Greetings St. Ignatius Families,

Our students enjoyed a fun time playing Bingo with their 8th grade Family Group leaders calling the numbers over Google Meet. Our gator mascot made a brief appearance in the classrooms as the kids played bingo! Each and every day our students are developing eager minds, passionate hearts, enthusiastic spirits, and brilliant 
futures.  

Spread the word about our wonderful school. Next week, we will host a virtual Open House information night on Thursday, January 27th from 6:30 PM -8:00 PM. On Sunday, March 6th, after the 10:30 AM Mass, families interested in sending their children to St. Ignatius School may tour the school from 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM. 
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Remember- January 31st is the FACTS deadline to apply for tuition assistance for the 2022-2023 school year. If your family would like to be considered for tuition assistance, please update your information in FACTS and apply for financial aid for the 2022-2023 school year.  
 
 Our “Love In Deed” virtual event is coming soon on Saturday, February 26th at 7:00 PM. This fun, virtual, interactive event will help us build community while fundraising for our school budget for next year. If you are interested in being a sponsor for this event, please let the office know.Thank you for helping support our silent action with basket donations! Remember, families donating items to the themed class baskets will be given one free dress pass per student in their household. When your family contribution is received in the school office, your family name will be entered into a  weekly prize raffle. Each week one family name will be drawn and that family will receive a basket of St. Ignatius swag including glassware, coasters, and a gift card, plus a shoutout in the Ignatian!  

As the COVID cases surge due to the Omicron variant, we are grateful for  our students and families working together to hold strong to our many layers of mitigation. The CDC has recently suggested upgrading from a cloth mask to a KN95 or N95 mask for better protection as proper masking continues to be an effective mitigation strategy.  Please remember proper masking in and out of school and maintaining social distancing are the best 
ways to keep our school community safe. We are blessed that our school’s vaccination rate is currently 87% of our school population.

​Senate Bill 197 is a new law that went into effect on January 1, 2022. The purpose of this law is to apply current laws on teen dating violence (grades 7-12), domestic violence, and sexual harassment to all schools, including private schools. All schools, both public and private, are required to create policies, establish procedures for the manner in which school employees are to respond to incidents, training of staff, education of students in grades 7 - 12, and displaying of posters in English and Spanish regarding domestic violence resources. A discussion has been started with the teachers at a recent staff meeting regarding this new law and expectations on schools. We anticipate the posters will be displayed in our middle school hallway and classrooms.  

May our faith give us peace, hope, and strength as we work together to build a just and compassionate world.  “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” Romans 15:13 
Carol Pausz 
Principal