465 Westchester Avenue Crestwood, new York 10707 tel: (914) 337-8760 • fax: (914) 337-9978 school.annunciationcrestwood.com
August 28, 2024
June 12, 2024 Dear Annunciation Families: A special week is upon us. This week we celebrate in so many ways our students who are graduating and moving up. Yesterday and this morning, we celebrated our Prek3, Prek4 and Kindergarten students. It was such a joy to watch our students grow this year and their ceremonies were a testament to how hard they have worked. We will miss their smiling faces over the summer but we cannot wait to see what the future holds! Our 8th grade students will celebrate their graduation Mass tomorrow and ceremony on Saturday. This group has gone above and beyond serving our school community and they have earned countless awards and scholarships that we cannot wait to share in the near future. They have been a true gift to us all. We will miss our class of 2024 dearly. They have made an everlasting impact on our lives. Congratulations to our graduates. Mock Trial Results: Our four Annunciation teams that participated this year in both the 7th grade and 8th grade Thurgood Marshall Mock Trial Competition did an amazing job and we are so proud of them. Our 7th grade Defense team, 7th Grade Prosecution team, and our 8th Grade Defense team made it all the way to the Semi-Final round, and each gave captivating performances that would make you all proud. Our 8th grade Prosecution team made it all the way to the Final Round and gave a competitive and skillful performance, under the guidance of AES alumni parent John Sullivan. Although our teams did not take home the championship cup, in our eyes they accomplished their goals: public speaking, engaging in active listening and mastering the art of debate. A special “shout out” to our courageous group of 6th graders who stepped up to fill-out the 8th grade team, in order for the team to continue to participate in the competition. This was a high school level exercise and we are so proud of each and every one of our students for participating. Well done! AES HSA Auction: Our AES Auction was a HUGE success. We raised $20,327.86. We have been fulfilling auction prizes and having so much fun doing so. Thank you for your generosity and for making this a major fundraising event. Rescheduled SkyDome - June 17, 2024: On Monday, we will have the Mobile Ed productions, Sky Dome, come to Annunciation (rescheduled from Catholic Schools’ Week). Field Day–Tuesday, June 18, 2024: Reminder that field day is rescheduled to Tuesday, June 18, 2024. We will be providing pizza for lunch. Please send your children in with water and be sure to apply sunscreen. We just want to take the opportunity prior to the end of the school year to thank our class parents and HSA for all that went in behind the scenes to make events and fundraisers such incredible experiences. From our birthday bash to bigger events, our students had FUN. Summer Work: Summer assignments will be sent home with your children prior to the last day of school. Please ensure that the children complete all necessary work. Morning Care & Extended Day: Just a reminder that today is the last day of the extended day. Morning care will not be available for the remainder of the school year. HSA NEWS: Thank you to all the parents and friends who came out to support the students for the Walk-a-thon last Friday. It was truly a memorable day and an example of how special our school community is, ending with the Clap Out for our wonderful 8th grade! We are still tallying late donations (you can still submit if needed) and will report out on the final total next week. End of the Year Collection: Please consider contributing to the End of the Year Teacher Collection (flyer attached). Contributing to this fund is a wonderful way to acknowledge your teacher, our staff and our administration for their hard work all year. Class Parent Volunteers: Thank you to all of our volunteer class parents who worked tirelessly all year to make our lives easier! We appreciate all that you have done for our students and for being a guide to our parents. Thank You!!! If any parents are interested in volunteering to be a class parent for next school year, please submit your name and preferred grade to: hsa@annunciationcrestwood.com by this Monday June 17th. As we have done the last two years, we will put all the names that we get into two hats per grade (if we receive enough submissions) (a) rookie class parents; (b) experienced class parents. We have found that pairing a rookie and experienced class parent together leads to an easier transition for the beginning of the new school year. If we do not receive volunteers for a particular grade, we will reach out to past volunteers to see if they would be willing to participate again. Being a class parent is a rewarding experience and we hope you consider volunteering. And remember, even if you are not selected to be a class parent, we have many opportunities for you to volunteer within our school community.
Annunciation School
Educating Students in a Catholic Tradition of Excellence for over 80 Years
August 28, 2024
Dear Annunciation Families:
T-Minus 8 days until we begin school again! We truly cannot wait to welcome your children next week. A few important reminders for the 2024-2025 school year are listed below, please read this weekly carefully for pertinent details regarding our schedule for opening days & the weeks to come.
We pray that you have a wonderful and restful unofficial end to your summer this weekend. God bless all who continue to work to support the growth and prosperity of our country, Happy Labor Day!
2024-2025 Calendar:
The 2024-2025 calendar is LIVE on our website. As usual, If there are any adjustments that need to be made to the calendar, we will inform you promptly.
Important to note & reminder from our August 5th communication:
The Superintendent of Schools has allotted 2 full weeks for Christmas vacation this year.
With that in mind, we will only be taking the Tuesday and Wednesday of February break this year and will return to school on Thursday, February 20, 2025. We know this is an adjustment to our regular calendar but in planning for the possibility of snow days etc., it is best to build in these days to that week in February. With that said, our last school is now June 18, 2025. As always, snow day give back days will be listed on the calendar for planning purposes.
New Student Ice Cream Social:
We warmly welcome 57 NEW students to our Annunciation family this year! We are so excited for our new students to join us. Our HSA will graciously be hosting our New Student Ice Cream Social on September 4, 2024 at 4:30PM. Thanks to our chairs, Erin Downey and Rosa DiLullo, we will be partnering with Ice Cream Emergency this year for our new student welcome! We hope to see our new families there!
A.Hartz School Supply Pick Up:
Our A.Hartz school supply pick up is scheduled for grades 1-8 for:
August 28, 2024 and September 3, 2024 from 5P-7P.
If you ordered supplies for your child(ren) in grades PK3-Kindergarten, supplies will be delivered to the classrooms.
Thank you to our partners at Value Drugs and Mrs. Kristen Oddo for continuing to spearhead this program for Annunciation. We also thank Mrs. Michele Scanlon for volunteering to organize and chair the supply pick up evenings!
OPENING DAY & Arrival/ Dismissal Reminders and Updates:
** On Thursday, September 5, 2024→ Students will line up near the basketball hoops. Teachers will be present with signage to direct students.
Beginning on Friday, September 6, 2024→ Students will walk directly to their classrooms.
Grades PK3-Kindergarten Arrival:
8:10AM at the early childhood doors
Grades 1-8 Arrival:
8:05AM doors will open and students are permitted to go directly to their homeroom.
Doors will close at 8:15AM this year. Any child arriving after 8:15AM will need to go to the main office and collect a late pass. Excessive lateness will impact students’ ability to earn honors in grades 5-8. Please be sure to be prompt in the morning.
PK3 Dismissal:
11:30AM→ Pick up at the doors on St. Eleanoras Lane (closest to the Mary statue)
PK4 Dismissal:
2:55PM→ Pick up at the early childhood doors (same as arrival)
Grades K-8 Dismissal:
3:00PM→ Students will be dismissed through the same doors that they enter through in the morning.
2024-2025 Arrival/Dismissal Form:
Please complete the attached Google Form regarding your child’s intended arrival and dismissal plan. As always, if there is a change to your child’s transportation or someone else will be picking up your child, the school office and homeroom teachers must be notified. Your child(ren) will not be released to anyone unless we have written permission from the parent/ guardian.
- This Google Form must be completed by ALL FAMILIES no later than September 4, 2024.
For Students with IESPs/504 Plans:
For students that have been enrolled at AES with existing IESPs, please submit the 24-25 updated IESP to the main office. We do not receive these documents from YPS and therefore we need our parents to submit them to us so that we can update records.
If anyone is NEW to school and has a current IESP in place and/or 504 plan, please submit it to us so that it can be reviewed and updated with our Special Education Department as needed.
If your child will be bussing out for services at one of our local schools, please be sure to include the homeroom teacher and administration on these scheduling correspondences.
Last year, we began suggesting that parents supply students that will be bussed for services with an Apple AirTag. The AirTag will be held in the main office and distributed to the child before he/she goes on the bus. It will be returned to Mrs. Brown upon return back to school.
If you are interested in having your child evaluated, please contact Ms. Montanez and schedule an initial meeting.
Email: monica.montanez@catapultlearning.com
Back to School Night Reminders:
September 23, 2024→ Back to School Night, Lower School, 6P-8P
September 24,2024→ Back to School Night, Upper School, 6P-8P
2024-2025 Family Handbook:
The family handbook will be shared electronically and will be housed on our website for the entire school year. If adjustments are needed, we will notify you of changes within the handbook.
Each child will be coming home next week with a BLUE folder which has all appendices from the Annunciation School Family Handbook that require signature. All appendices must be signed and returned to your child’s homeroom teacher.
Please complete the folder for EACH child within your household.
The Absent Note is to be KEPT HOME for your use when your child may be absent.
The Transcript Request form should ONLY be completed if/when you are interested in acquiring your child’s student transcripts.
Homeroom teachers will follow up with families if appendices are not returned on time.
Weekly Connection Going Forward:
We will continue with our Wednesday Weekly Connection.
There will be a section that overviews school community information & there will be notes from Mr. Keenan (Upper School Principal) and Mrs. Liberatori (Lower School Principal)
For external/internal organizations, please be sure to send flyers to Ms. Curtin, Ms. Brown & administration by TUESDAY for flyers to be included in the Weekly Connection.
Safety Drills:
We will be running safety drills (evacuation & lockdown) drills each month.
Grades 1-8 will practice their evacuation drill on Friday, September 6, 2024. During the first full week of school, we will conduct one evacuation drill and one lockdown drill.
We will inform the community when we will be practicing drills (but will not specify time).
We remind our students and families that it is essential to conduct safety drills to prepare for emergency situations.
The students here at Annunciation School are in an incredibly safe environment and we will continue to work diligently with our Safety Task force and our partners at YPD to stay abreast of all current safety measures.
Happy Kid Lunch:
Please complete the attached form if you are planning to participate in our Happy Kid Lunch program for the 2024-2025 school year.
https://forms.gle/9ArSfSfaBEhpWNph8
Save the September Dates:
- September 4, 2024→ New Student Ice Cream Social, 4:30P
- September 5, 2024→ First Day of School Grades 1-8, NOON dismissal
- September 6, 2024→ First Full Day Grades 1-8, 10AM Mass
- September 9, 2024→ Morning Care/ Extended Day begins, Kindergarten Orientation, 10AM, Happy Kid Lunch Begins
- September 10, 2024→ PreK3, PreK4 Orientation, 10AM, Kindergarten NOON dismissal
- September 11, 2024→ Kindergarten, Full Day, Prek3 NOON dismissal
- September 12, 2024→ Full Day PK3-Grade 8
- September 13, 2024→ Full Day, HSA Color Run, 4PM
Attachments:
After School Club Info & Form (3 pages)
Ladies Guild Pep Rally
Best,
Caitlin Geraghty Liberatori Hugh M. Keenan
Lower School Principal Upper School Principal