Dear Parent,

Happy New Year! I would like to take this opportunity to wish all of our families a year filled with many blessings. I pray for all of you daily and will continue to ask God to watch over you in 2026.

This Sunday, January 25, we begin our annual observance of Catholic Schools Week. The national theme is “United in Faith and Community.”

We are grateful for the opportunity to celebrate the gift of Catholic education. This special week allows us to reflect on our mission, recognize our dedicated teachers and staff, and give thanks for the students and families who make up our school community.

Throughout the week students will participate in a variety of activities that highlight our faith, academic excellence, service to others, and school spirit. These experiences are designed to help our students grow spiritually, academically, and socially with some fun interspersed throughout the week—all ways to celebrate what makes St. Vincent de Paul special!

So, as we begin Catholic School’s Week, I want to thank our parents, staff, and students for their support and dedication that allows us to provide the spiritual values and academic excellence that makes St. Vincent de Paul School such a wonderful school. As principal, I am filled with pride and gratitude and look forward to the future with excitement and anticipation of what we can accomplish together.

May we all continue to follow the words of St. Vincent de Paul, “Put your trust in Him and following His example, always act humbly, graciously, and in good faith."

Gratefully,

Dr. Barbara Marchese
Principal

Catholic Schools Week 2026 At-A-Glance

Friday, January 23

In anticipation of CSW and to raise money for our sister school in Guatemala, there will be a special “$1.00 dress-down” day today. Students may bring $1.00 (or more) for the students in San Ildefonso. Clothing should follow the guidelines for dress-down days. Students may wear their school uniform if they choose not to participate.

Saturday, January 24 - Sunday, January 25: CELEBRATE OUR PARISH

Students are asked to wear their school uniforms to Mass this weekend. Show your school pride and gratitude to all our parishioners. Attend the Knights of Columbus pancake breakfast Sunday morning. The Awesome Angels children’s choir will sing at the 9:00 Mass.

Monday, January 26: CELEBRATE OUR STUDENTS       

Please send a rosary with your child. All teachers, staff, and K-8 students will gather in the church to pray together.

Jersey Day! Wear a jersey or other team attire. Students may dress down on the bottom (following dress-down guidelines).

Grades 4-8 will attend the school spelling bee.

Tuesday, January 27: CELEBRATE OUR NATION 

All-School Mass at 8:15 A.M.

Patriotic ½ Dress-down! Show your patriotism AND wear our school colors of red, white, and blue on top!  A uniform skirt, skort, or slacks should be worn.

Students whose homeroom number ends in “1” will wear red on top, students in homerooms that end in “2” will wear white on top, and students in homerooms that end in “3” will wear blue on top.

All-school Pledge of Allegiance

Buddy Activity: Students will join with their buddies to create cards for local veterans.

Wednesday, January 28: CELEBRATE OUR COMMUNITY

PIZZA LUNCH! All parents are welcome to join us. 

Crazy hair day and inside-out dress-down day!    

Thursday, January 29: CELEBRATE VOCATIONS 

Grade 8 students will join other eighth graders from the city as Archbishop McGovern celebrates CSW Mass at St. Cecilia’s.

A special prayer for vocations will be recited during each lunch period.

Crazy sock day. Students may wear uniform shorts, if weather cooperates.

Friday, January 30: CELEBRATE FACULTY, STAFF, AND VOLUNTEERS

12:00 dismissal

Thanks to SPREE and the Patterson family, it's PAJAMA DAY! Students may wear pajamas and bring one favorite stuffie to school.

Students will gather in the gym for a friendly volleyball competition.

Throughout the week: 

Prayer buddies

Classrooms will watch a video about “A day in the life of a priest.”

Our school service project for the week will focus on praying for the students and staff at our sister school, San Ildefonso, in Huehuetenango, Guatemala, and creating cards for local veterans.

Registration begins February 9th. There are 2 steps to register your child for the 2026- 2027 school year:

First, log on to your Parent PowerSchool account, and then update your child’s Ecollect registration forms. **Now is a good time to make sure you can log into your Parent PowerSchool account**

All families will receive an email from FACTS on February 20th. Pay the registration fee of $500.00 per child and sign up for the 2026-2027 tuition payment plan.

If this causes a hardship for your family, please contact Dr. Marchese at marcheseb@svdpomaha.org to make payment arrangements.

All forms are due on March 2nd.
If you have questions, please contact:
Ray Bentzen, bentzenr@svdpomaha.org, for PowerSchool questions.

Courtney Eden, edenc@svdpomaha.org, for general questions
about the registration process.

Angela Garrett, garretta@svdpomaha.org, for questions about FACTS.

Progress Reports

Progress Reports will be sent home with students in grades K-2 on February 2, 2026. Hard copies of Progress Reports will not be sent home for students in grades 3-8. Teachers in 3-8 will have grades updated in PowerSchool.

Optional Parent/Teacher Conferences

Optional Conferences for grades P-8 will be held on Thursday, February 12, from 1-6:30 P.M. Conference times for all teachers will be by appointment only.

Teacher request forms/emails for conferences will be sent on Monday, February 2. Online sign up forms for conference times will be available on February 3 (links provided via an Emma mailing on that date). Time slots that are available will have a “Sign Up” button; times that are unavailable will be labeled “Full.”

Teacher break times during conferences:

3:30-4:00 P.M. - Grades P-3, Mrs. Nigrin, Mrs. Sullivan, Mrs. Fosbender, Ms. Bousquet, Mrs. Kaiser, Mr. Pflaum, Mrs. LeMense, Mrs. Price, Mrs. Warneke, and Ms. Campbell.

4:00-4:30 P.M. - Grades 4-6, Mr. Leever, Mr. Polacek, Ms, Kolberg, Mr. Boone, Mrs. Kuhr, Mrs. Singh, Mrs. Skudlarek, Mrs. Heavey, Mrs. Miller, and Mrs. McDermott.

There will be no school on February 13 and 16. Teachers will join St. Stephen the Martyr teachers, for a day of Spiritual renewal with the Sophia Institute on February 16. 

Get Your Pictures in the Yearbook!

The yearbook staff invites students and parents to submit photos for the yearbook. If you have great photos of school events, we'd like to see them. Help us get as many photos as possible to create a terrific book everyone will want to have.   

If you'd like to share your pictures with our yearbook staff, click here to view instructions.  

Thank you in advance for helping make our yearbook the best it can be!