FROM MRS. BUHRMAN

Dear St. Luke Community, 

I would like to take a few minutes of your time to just relay important information, to keep you abreast of what is happening on campus. We are constantly striving to make the St. Luke  Experience as stress free, as possible. We realize how little things that may not have phased us in the past, are coming at us with hurricane speed. We are really trying our best to create a calm and stress-free environment for everyone. We feel this is the best way to meet the needs, so our students and families can feel a sense of calm when they are dealing with school issues.
 
I would first like to comment on drop off and pick up. We are trying different ways to make the drop off and pick-up experience fast, efficient, and safe. To keep everyone safe, we will continue to ask all parents to please use the car line and not get out of the car. This ensures that the lines move quickly, it allows the teachers to focus their attention on the safety of the students, and to keep our students isolated away from potential exposure. We truly appreciate how dedicated our parents have been to following the rules. We do have a few parents that sub in our school, and PTC comes on campus to work sometimes, so if you see parents getting out of their car, it is probably a sub, or PTC. We have the same expectations for all and want you to know that equality is very important to us.
 
On circle drive, we are asking all parents to start turning to the right for pick up. We are concerned about the safety of our parents sitting on Callaghan waiting to turn into the parking lot. If the cars turn right and come around, it gives us the whole parking lot to have cars safely wait to pick up their children. We also appreciate your consideration when picking up middle school students. Many of you pull up to the top and wait, or circle around. We truly appreciate the consideration and cooperation. Together, we can make pick up a less stressful event and safer for everyone.
 
I would also like to thank the parents that were parked on the curb yesterday afternoon who moved their cars when the fire alarm went off. We have a new security system, so we are ironing out the unexpected, I am sure you all can relate. We will continue to send out blasts with information, to keep you informed with accurate information. Again, if you don’t hear it from the school, it may be inaccurate information.
 
I think this is a good place to interject with the fact that I check my emails constantly. Please feel free to reach out to me for any questions, concerns, or comments. I appreciate your input immensely, and I do answer all my emails. If you do not hear back from me within 12 hours, please resend. I do my best to keep open and prompt communication.
 
There was a survey sent out yesterday. Just a reminder that we would really appreciate your feedback, so we can continue to best meet the needs of our community. There was a note added to the letter about additional questions; there are none, so please disregard that portion. If you have any comments, or you want to address anything further, please feel free to email me.
 
Thank you so much for your time!

Nadine Buhrman
nadine.buhrman@stlukecatholic.org
 

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THANK YOU CAREER DAY VOLUNTEERS
 
A big thank you to all the wonderful career day presenters who volunteered their time to share career information and guidance.  All of our students, pre-K through 8th, benefited from interesting and interactive sessions.  Students learned about the following careers:  firefighter, Apache helicopter pilot, aerospace engineer, emergency medicine physician, school psychologist, software engineer, speech and language pathologist, social worker, and many more.  Our career day was a huge success and we couldn’t have done it without you!
   

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RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS WEEK RESCHEDULED
 
Random Acts of Kindness Week at St. Luke’s has been rescheduled for the week of
March 1st - 5th​.  Acts of kindness are needed now more than ever . . .
 
Next week we honor St. Teresa of Calcutta as we intentionally practice random acts of kindness at school, home, and in the community.  St. Teresa of Calcutta taught the world to see Christ in everyone we meet and to be kind to everyone. Throughout the week, students will learn about St. Mother Teresa’s spirit and selfless attitude as they participate in a kindness activity.  We encourage everyone to participate in the following special dress days:
 
Special Dress Days:
 
Tuesday, March 2nd​ - in honor of St. Teresa of Calcutta, wear a shirt that represents kindness, peace, or love (e.g.  a Valentine’s Day shirt) with jeans and athletic shoes
 
Thursday, March 4th ​- “Kindness is the St. Luke Way” day - wear a St. Luke spirit shirt with jeans and athletic shoes
 
Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier.  Be the living expression of God’s kindness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile. ​  -St. Teresa of Calcutta