A Message from Administration

Next week is a very special week for our eighth graders.  On Wednesday, February 21, they will be celebrating Grandparent’s Day, and on Thursday, February 22, they will be celebrating the sacrament of Confirmation. 

On Wednesday, our eighth-grade students will be celebrating Mass with their grandparents, or a special person that they have invited to share the day with.  After Mass, the students, along with their guest(s), decorate a small wooden cross to serve as a reminder of this special time.  The crosses are then displayed at the Confirmation Mass on Thursday.

On Thursday, we will be celebrating the sacrament of Confirmation with our Archdiocesan Vicar general:  Father Jeff Shooner.  Our eighth graders will be presented to Father Shooner and anointed with the chrism oil giving strength to live out their baptism and sealing them with the fullness of the Holy Spirit’s gifts.  

One of my favorite steps in the preparation for Confirmation is the interview process in which each candidate is interviewed to discuss saint names, sponsors, and preparedness in entering into this sacrament.  I had the chance to interview several of our candidates, and it was such a wonderful experience to listen to their experiences and influences in their walks of faith.  (And I learned a lot from them as well!)  This commitment of faith is such a beautiful representation of the many influences in each candidate’s life:  parents, siblings, grandparents, family, friends, teachers, and experiences…  It’s such an honor to be able to witness this sacrament of Confirmation.

Ellen Martin

Principal

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Weather Alert Notifications via FlockNote

Are you receiving school closure or delayed schedule messages on your cell phone?  If not, you can sign up to receive "All Parent" messages sent via FlockNote by texting SCHOOLPARENTS to 84576.  

Book Bee -4th Grade Coach Needed

The Archdiocese of Louisville Book Bee competition will take place on May 11th! Book Bee is a competition where a team of up to twelve students read a list of books for their grade level and answer detailed questions about those books on the competition day. This is a wonderful extracurricular activity for students who enjoy reading! St. Albert is in need of a coach for the fourth-grade team. If you are interested in coaching the fourth-grade team or would like to know more about Book Bee, please contact Lindsey Choi at lchoi@stalbert.org.

Looking for donations to the silent auction booth!

We are looking to make the silent auction booth at  the picnic even bigger than it was last year and we need your help! We need BIG items like UofL, UK, liquor bottles, restaurants gift cards, concert tickets, gift baskets, high school gear, summer camp certificates, and any other big ticket items you or someone you know would like to donate!

2024-2025 School Calendar

The 2024-2025 St. Albert school calendar is ready!  

The process of setting St. Albert’s school calendar starts with the Archdiocese giving us a “skeleton” calendar.  From there, we sit down and start the puzzle of making sure we have the required amount of days and time of instruction while trying to meet the needs of our faculty, staff, and families.  

The 2024-2025 school calendar has some changes be aware of:

• Our early dismissal days (12:30) are moving to Wednesdays (unless they are before a holiday/spring break)

• Our conferences will look different:

• Tuesday, (October 8, and February 11) will be a full day of instruction. PTS conferences will be held from 3:00 - 8:00.

• Wednesday (October 9, and February 12) will be a half day of instruction. PTS conferences will be held from 1:00 - 8:00.

• We have built into the calendar a teacher work day after the Christmas break:  No students

• We have built into the calendar one snow day before moving to online learning.

Parent Internet Safety

Rick Nord, the speaker from our Internet Safety Parent Meeting will be giving the same presentation at the following locations Whitefield Academy on 2/27, then Bethlehem High School in Bardstown on 3/18. He has invited interested parents to attend either session. 

Here are the flyers he recommends parents read-

Mark Your Calendars!

2023-2024 School Year Meeting Dates 

Each PTO meeting will occur in the Cafeteria from 6 to 7:30 p.m. 

All parents are encouraged to attend!

Thursday, April 18, 2024

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Coming Soon: Greenspace Restrooms/Equipment Storage

Click here to view the Greenspace Restrooms and Equipment Storage. 

Fish Fry

February 23rd, 5-7:30 pm

We need your help!  If you have a kindergarten or 8th-grade basketball player, we ask that you and your player come help set up the gym on Friday after the carpool. Also, please sign up to work a shift at the fish fry as well!  There are lots of options.  We also ask that your player help bus the tables during the fish fry. This is our largest fundraiser for athletics and we need many hands to make a lighter load for all. THANK YOU! GO VIKINGS! 

Volunteers, please sign up here. Thank you!

Parish Post

Please read the Parish Post to stay up to date with events and opportunities. 

Love Children?  Want to help Children Grow in their Friendship With God? Need Service Hours?

Volunteers are needed to help with Vacation Bible School!  Our Scuba VBS is going to be a lot of fun- an underwater adventure with Jesus!  We need people to help lead stations, take care of snack, be group leaders and other great things along the way!  Students entering 7th grade- Adults are needed to help make Scuba VBS as awesome as it can be!  Dates for Scuba are June 25-28th.  If you are interested in helping to volunteer, please contact St. Sarah at syungwirth@stalbert.org or call 502-425-3940, ext. 109.  (Registration forms for Scuba will be going out in Spring.)