Dear Parents,

Senior activities began this week with the Fall Senior Retreat on Wednesday. Our seniors were engaged in team building, problem solving, and reflection activities to help set the tone for a positive, enjoyable, and successful senior year. We will be celebrating our seniors again on Thursday with the traditional Senior Ring Mass Ceremony. We have an amazing senior class and look forward to all they will accomplish this year and beyond.

As students are getting settled into their classes, homework, classwork and test grades are beginning to indicate your child’s academic performance in each class. Teachers are beginning to reach out to parents of students who currently have a grade of D or F. Missed assignments are the main cause for those with low grades. It is imperative that students complete all their assignments even if they are absent. Students must meet deadlines and plan ahead if they have athletics or other activities. Students should be referring to their teachers’ Google Classrooms to find out what they missed. Please refer to OnBoard to check your child’s attendance and current grades. Also, please do not hesitate to contact your child’s teachers if you have any questions or concerns about their grades. Students are doing much better getting to school on time. Thank you for your support with this.

I would like to reiterate that we do not allow food delivery services such as GrubHub and DoorDash on our campus at any time for safety reasons. We cannot have random strangers walking or driving through our campus trying to deliver food and trying to interact with our students. We will turn them away on sight. Also for safety reasons, anything needing to be dropped off for students from parents must be brought into the main office even during lunch. Thank you for your support and understanding. 

This year we will continue to use the computer use integrity tool Go Guardian.This program blocks any questionable content from being accessed online from student Chromebooks.This tool also helps teachers monitor what students have on screen during class time; for example, teachers can message students if they are on a gaming site instead of the article a teacher may be discussing. This helps ensure students are engaged in the classroom instruction and not using their Chromebooks for unintended purposes. The ability for these Chromebooks to be monitored by teachers is only available between 8:00 am and 4:00 pm during school days. 

As always we appreciate your continuous support of St. Michael’s High School.  Go Horsemen!

Yours in Christ,

Martin C. Sandoval, Principal