When will st Mary’s decide first day of school in Aug?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I heard that they are thinking the Thursday of that week. So, the 20th.

But this is through the grapevine.

You mean the HSA?

It is not odd for a school’s parent association to know a rough or draft schedule. They are responsible for several beginning of the school year activities.

I have no connection to St. Mary’s. Why are you so bothered by the idea of a parent association?

NP

You aren’t associated with BSSM but knew a reference to HSA was a parent association?

Sharing information before the school communicates builds distrust, don’t you think?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I heard that they are thinking the Thursday of that week. So, the 20th.

But this is through the grapevine.

You mean the HSA?

It is not odd for a school’s parent association to know a rough or draft schedule. They are responsible for several beginning of the school year activities.

I have no connection to St. Mary’s. Why are you so bothered by the idea of a parent association?

NP

You aren’t associated with BSSM but knew a reference to HSA was a parent association?

Sharing information before the school communicates builds distrust, don’t you think?

Doesn’t everyone?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I heard that they are thinking the Thursday of that week. So, the 20th.

But this is through the grapevine.

You mean the HSA?

It is not odd for a school’s parent association to know a rough or draft schedule. They are responsible for several beginning of the school year activities.

I have no connection to St. Mary’s. Why are you so bothered by the idea of a parent association?

NP

You aren’t associated with BSSM but knew a reference to HSA was a parent association?

Sharing information before the school communicates builds distrust, don’t you think?

I’m the person you are responding to and nope, my kid’s school is far from Alexandria but also in northern VA. Zero affiliation but parent association acronyms tend to be similar-ish so it didn’t take a lot of critical thinking to see what it was referring to.

I just did a very quick google search to see if this was a state secret or something, and the very first result for me is a Google page that spells out the acronym.

And no, I don’t think it builds distrust to share draft information with people who have roles to fulfill on behalf of the school. At my kid’s k-8 parish school, our parent association is responsible for new family events + back to school events for the entire school community. Some of those include outside vendors like caterers, etc. I assume that in order to plan those things they need dates to plan against. I have zero cares in the world if that group knows information about the school before me.

[Anonymous]

Lol I’m so glad OP is back and even more grateful that there are so many posters that remember her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I heard that they are thinking the Thursday of that week. So, the 20th.

But this is through the grapevine.

You mean the HSA?

It is not odd for a school’s parent association to know a rough or draft schedule. They are responsible for several beginning of the school year activities.

I have no connection to St. Mary’s. Why are you so bothered by the idea of a parent association?

NP

You aren’t associated with BSSM but knew a reference to HSA was a parent association?

Sharing information before the school communicates builds distrust, don’t you think?

Doesn’t everyone?

NP, not at St Mary’s or any Catholic. No. What does it stand for? Don’t most parent associations have a P in the acronym? PTA, PTO? Wth is the HSA other than my medical reimbursement account?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I heard that they are thinking the Thursday of that week. So, the 20th.

But this is through the grapevine.

You mean the HSA?

It is not odd for a school’s parent association to know a rough or draft schedule. They are responsible for several beginning of the school year activities.

I have no connection to St. Mary’s. Why are you so bothered by the idea of a parent association?

NP

You aren’t associated with BSSM but knew a reference to HSA was a parent association?

Sharing information before the school communicates builds distrust, don’t you think?

Doesn’t everyone?

NP, not at St Mary’s or any Catholic. No. What does it stand for? Don’t most parent associations have a P in the acronym? PTA, PTO? Wth is the HSA other than my medical reimbursement account?

Home & School Association

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I heard that they are thinking the Thursday of that week. So, the 20th.

But this is through the grapevine.

You mean the HSA?

It is not odd for a school’s parent association to know a rough or draft schedule. They are responsible for several beginning of the school year activities.

I have no connection to St. Mary’s. Why are you so bothered by the idea of a parent association?

NP

You aren’t associated with BSSM but knew a reference to HSA was a parent association?

Sharing information before the school communicates builds distrust, don’t you think?

Doesn’t everyone?

NP, not at St Mary’s or any Catholic. No. What does it stand for? Don’t most parent associations have a P in the acronym? PTA, PTO? Wth is the HSA other than my medical reimbursement account?

A sampling of schools with an HSA:

Jane de Chantal (Bethesda)
Holy Redeemer (Kensington)
Blessed Sacrament (DC)

and…

BSSM (Alexandria)

[Anonymous]

OP please please please do yourself and us a favor and move your kid to a different school. You know your criteria: published honor roll, student directory, set first day of school. No need to worry about how math is taught, what sports/arts are offered, size of class, etc.
But seriously - leave the school!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I heard that they are thinking the Thursday of that week. So, the 20th.

But this is through the grapevine.

You mean the HSA?

It is not odd for a school’s parent association to know a rough or draft schedule. They are responsible for several beginning of the school year activities.

I have no connection to St. Mary’s. Why are you so bothered by the idea of a parent association?

NP

You aren’t associated with BSSM but knew a reference to HSA was a parent association?

Sharing information before the school communicates builds distrust, don’t you think?

Doesn’t everyone?

NP, not at St Mary’s or any Catholic. No. What does it stand for? Don’t most parent associations have a P in the acronym? PTA, PTO? Wth is the HSA other than my medical reimbursement account?

A sampling of schools with an HSA:

Jane de Chantal (Bethesda)
Holy Redeemer (Kensington)
Blessed Sacrament (DC)

and…

BSSM (Alexandria)

Thanks, to you and pp who spelled it out for me. I guess it’s a common term for Catholic schools in particular. All the (non-Catholic) schools I’ve been involved with use some form of parent/teacher association and I’d never heard of HSA except as a health savings account, which I knew wasn’t relevant. 😂

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I heard that they are thinking the Thursday of that week. So, the 20th.

But this is through the grapevine.

You mean the HSA?

It is not odd for a school’s parent association to know a rough or draft schedule. They are responsible for several beginning of the school year activities.

I have no connection to St. Mary’s. Why are you so bothered by the idea of a parent association?

NP

You aren’t associated with BSSM but knew a reference to HSA was a parent association?

Sharing information before the school communicates builds distrust, don’t you think?

Doesn’t everyone?

NP, not at St Mary’s or any Catholic. No. What does it stand for? Don’t most parent associations have a P in the acronym? PTA, PTO? Wth is the HSA other than my medical reimbursement account?

A sampling of schools with an HSA:

Jane de Chantal (Bethesda)
Holy Redeemer (Kensington)
Blessed Sacrament (DC)

and…

BSSM (Alexandria)

Thanks, to you and pp who spelled it out for me. I guess it’s a common term for Catholic schools in particular. All the (non-Catholic) schools I’ve been involved with use some form of parent/teacher association and I’d never heard of HSA except as a health savings account, which I knew wasn’t relevant. 😂

Plenty of non-Catholic schools use HSA, rather than PTA. It’s a matter of organization and fund-raising.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP please please please do yourself and us a favor and move your kid to a different school. You know your criteria: published honor roll, student directory, set first day of school. No need to worry about how math is taught, what sports/arts are offered, size of class, etc.
But seriously - leave the school!!

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP please please please do yourself and us a favor and move your kid to a different school. You know your criteria: published honor roll, student directory, set first day of school. No need to worry about how math is taught, what sports/arts are offered, size of class, etc.
But seriously - leave the school!!

You forgot one criterion: mature, open-minded, critical-thinking parents who aren’t pathetic sycophants who bully anyone who dares to question or critique or make suggestions.

[Anonymous]

I'm not sure I've ever seen someone use the word "sycophant" (or "sportsball") more than OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I heard that they are thinking the Thursday of that week. So, the 20th.

But this is through the grapevine.

You mean the HSA?

It is not odd for a school’s parent association to know a rough or draft schedule. They are responsible for several beginning of the school year activities.

I have no connection to St. Mary’s. Why are you so bothered by the idea of a parent association?

NP

You aren’t associated with BSSM but knew a reference to HSA was a parent association?

Sharing information before the school communicates builds distrust, don’t you think?

Doesn’t everyone?

NP, not at St Mary’s or any Catholic. No. What does it stand for? Don’t most parent associations have a P in the acronym? PTA, PTO? Wth is the HSA other than my medical reimbursement account?

A sampling of schools with an HSA:

Jane de Chantal (Bethesda)
Holy Redeemer (Kensington)
Blessed Sacrament (DC)

and…

BSSM (Alexandria)

Thanks, to you and pp who spelled it out for me. I guess it’s a common term for Catholic schools in particular. All the (non-Catholic) schools I’ve been involved with use some form of parent/teacher association and I’d never heard of HSA except as a health savings account, which I knew wasn’t relevant. 😂

Plenty of non-Catholic schools use HSA, rather than PTA. It’s a matter of organization and fund-raising.

+1. Our public school has an HSA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP please please please do yourself and us a favor and move your kid to a different school. You know your criteria: published honor roll, student directory, set first day of school. No need to worry about how math is taught, what sports/arts are offered, size of class, etc.
But seriously - leave the school!!

You forgot one criterion: mature, open-minded, critical-thinking parents who aren’t pathetic sycophants who bully anyone who dares to question or critique or make suggestions.

I’m actually really glad that you’re staying at St. Mary’s—you’re helping to preserve the community at my kids’ parochial school.