A Message from Administration

Last week we celebrated Catholic Schools Week and the role that it plays in our lives. Our student council did an excellent job planning activities and themes for the week and the 7th grade planned a spirited rally which culminated in a Quick Recall Match between the Junior High Quick Recall Team and the Junior High Teachers. It was so much fun.

As the primary educators of your children, the administration would like to thank you for your commitment to Catholic education and for choosing to send your children to Saint Albert the Great Catholic School.  You are making huge sacrifices so that your children are educated in a Gospel-centered environment, where Catholic values are taught and nurtured.  It is our mission that your children receive a strong Catholic base to build their futures upon. We are confident that as your children move through the grades, they will cultivate a sense of right and wrong, learn to treat others with respect and kindness,  develop compassion for those who are less fortunate, and value their faith, prayer, and living a Christ-centered life. 

By choosing to send your children to St. Albert the Great, you are giving them a gift that is priceless and a foundation that is strong.

We pray that you continue to find Saint Albert the Great a place where you can trust in the faculty and staff to educate your children in the Catholic faith and to set good examples for your children. 

Every day we thank God for the gift of your children in our lives.

Have a great conference/s with your child/ren and their teacher/s  and ENJOY the winter break.

May Peace be Yours,

Saint Albert the Great Pray for Us!

Deanna O’Keefe

Assistant Principal

• You can also add our digital school calendar to your phone so you have the latest school dates at your fingertips. To add our Google Calendar, click HERE and then select the +Google Calendar in the bottom right corner. 

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.

The Scholastic Book Fair

Our Scholastic Book Fair is taking place this week and next week during Parent/Teacher Conferences! The Fair will be open this week 7:30am-3:30pm, and it will be open 7:30am-7pm next Monday, February 12th and Tuesday, February 13th. We are looking forward to seeing you there!

Teacher Conference Dinner Signup

It's conference time again, and we need volunteers to bring it items to cover dinner for our wonderful teachers.  Here is the Signup Genius.  Please sign up and make sure items are clearly labeled and dropped to the office Monday, February 12th.

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!

Carpool Reminders

Morning and Afternoon carpools are stressful times of the day for our staff. Ensuring the safety of our 716 students, their families, and our staff is of the utmost concern and the reason why we have so many people working each morning and afternoon. We appreciate the families following the procedures in place. 

We would like to remind everyone of the procedures. Please know that these are in place to prevent incidents/accidents which have happened in the past. We appreciate your patience and support in following these procedures.

Morning Carpool-

• Do not drop your child off in any area off of campus for them to walk to school.

• Use the church and gym line! Students are no longer walking through the entire courtyard, all enter at the first school door in the courtyard and walk through the school halls to the upper grades. There is a monitor in the courtyard and at the door, in addition to the monitors parents can see in the parking lot. 

• If you need to park near the office and take your child in, be aware of the buses and people in the parking lot. Do not pull near the church to drop off your child. 

Afternoon Carpool-

• Use the carpool line and follow the directions from the monitors. Please stay in the lane you choose and be aware there are two lanes at the beginning of the line.

• Cones are placed behind the last car in each wave. If you are behind the cone, do not get your child. Please be patient, you will be in the next wave. 

• Do not park in the church lot, playground lot or near the Sacred Heart Center to pick up your child. If you need to get to an appointment, you should contact the school and teacher for your child to be called to the school office. You will park near the office and come in to get your child. 

• All walkers need to have a signed form on file in the school office. Click here to complete the form.

Please share this information with anyone who picks up your child. Carpool maps and directions can be found on the school website.  If your family has extenuating circumstances, please contact the school office to make safe arrangements for your family. Together, we can get all of our students, families, and staff on their way safely!

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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Thank you to the PTO for the Catholic Schools Week treats! Each homeroom was gifted with new indoor recess games. Students enjoyed an Icee treat and a Viking bracelet. The staff was served a delicious breakfast! We appreciate all you do for our school!

Night at the Races

Night at the Races is coming up this weekend and we need volunteers to help make the event a success! Please consider helping out by signing up here.

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.)