Dear SUA Community,

While our weather can’t exactly decide if it is spring or winter, the occasional sunshine and warm days remind us that spring is coming.  This is the time of the school year when we are making plans for a strong finish for one year and looking forward to the next.

One of the most important elements that happens this month to set up your daughter for success in the next school year is the course selection process.  As students consider and select courses for the '26-'27 school year, one of the best ways that you can support your daughter is to engage in the process with her.  Have some conversations around questions such as the following:

• What courses are you thinking about?  And most importantly, why?
• What are your goals for next year and beyond?  And how do these courses fit with these goals?
• How are you feeling about the workload?  How do the courses reflect “appropriate challenge” and allow time for wellness and balance?
• Students will have their minimester placements for December and May of '26-'27 by today.  How do these courses fit into the overall plan?

Generally, some open-ended questions and a listening ear may help students clarify their thoughts and create helpful dialogue.  Included in this Parent Bulletin is the Curriculum Guide, which contains information about the expansive curricular offerings at Saint Ursula Academy.

Our amazing counseling team is always there to help!  Students will meet their counselor for individual sessions to review their plans, and counselors will enter the course requests into PowerSchool.  Once course requests are in PowerSchool, they are visible to students and parents for further reference. 

The course selection process will be complete in the month of March.  In April, parents and guardians will be asked to “sign off” on students’ course requests in Final Forms.  This is a great step to make certain that all are on the same page before these requests are actually scheduled in PowerSchool.  In July, students received their schedule for 26-27, including bells and teachers.

Thank you for your partnership in this important process.  Please know that we are always here to help.

Go Bulldogs!
Kathy

This Week at SUA: Reminders and Tips to Help Your Bulldog

Notes:  

• Today all grade levels met in Merci Time to learn more about International Women’s Day, which we will celebrate at SUA on Thursday, March 5.
  • International Women’s Day celebrates the global social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women.  SUA will focus on culture through the fine arts, and students indicated their preferences for experiential fine arts sessions celebrating women during Merici Time today.
• The Winter Formal is Saturday, February 28, 7:30-10:00 p.m., in the Gym.  All students and their guests must arrive by 8:00 p.m. and need to stay until the dance ends at 10:00 p.m. Students can use THIS link to purchase tickets online; they can also purchase tickets in person on Tuesday and Thursday of this week during lunch.  Please reach out to Mrs. Bergmann or Mrs. Hammond with any questions.
• Spring Meet the Team is Wednesday, March 4, at 6:15 p.m. in the Gym.
• Our International Women’s Day Celebration is Thursday, March 5.
• The Spring Pep Assembly is Friday, March 6.
• Looking ahead:
  • Testing Day for students in the Classes of 2029, 2028, 2027 is Tuesday, March 10. Students in the Class of 2026 do not have classes but will attend the Senior Luncheon from 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. sponsored by the SUA Parent Club.