Parent Resources
St. Christina uses Blackbaud Tuition Management (formerly known as Smart Tuition) to manage all tuition payments for enrolled students. Blackbaud provides great value to both schools and parents. Blackbaud significantly reduces the administrative work involved in collecting tuition. This reduction in workload frees up busy staff to address other priorities and allows school leaders to focus on educating children.
If you need to set up a new account, please visit enroll.blackbaud.school to create an account and link your banking information.
St. Christina uses PowerSchool education technology platform for the grading of all K-8 classes. PowerSchool serves more than 32 million students, 66 million parents, and 100 million users in over 70 countries around the world. PowerSchool keeps parents informed and engaged with anytime, anywhere access to 360-degree views of their student’s performance.
Power School helps parents with a suite of tools to monitor student progress and communicate with teachers. Real-time notifications alert parents to new grades and attendance, as well as important class announcements and reminders. Interactive calendars provide a big-picture view of student workloads, meaning parents can help students stay on track and manage their time. Parents can easily access important documents like IEPs, and private communication channels enable one-on-one correspondence with teachers to discuss student progress and growth.
Participation in the RaiseRight program is an excellent way to earn credit towards tuition while making everyday purchases at participating retailers. Through this program St. Christina will receive a small percentage of the rebate and a portion will be returned to families as a tuition credit. Tuition credits are posted to accounts in February and August. Orders can be placed online via RaiseRight.com, and paper order forms are also available at the St. Christina Rectory.
Here’s an example of how it works: Buy a $100 Mariano’s gift card (4% rebate) = $4 credit–family gets 74% ($2.96), school gets 26% ($1.04). If you purchase only this gift card each week, you earn a $153.92 tuition credit for the year! IT REALLY ADDS UP BY YEAR’S END SIMPLY BY PURCHASING GIFT CARDS FOR EVERYDAY SHOPPING!
UNIFORMS
Please take note of the following important policy and uniform updates:
Uniforms should be purchased at Schools R Us at 3146 W. 111th St. You can now shop and order uniforms online using the shopping link HERE.
PE or 2025 Fun Run shirts must be worn on PE Days. Save all other St. Christina t-shirts for Spirit Days or other Dress Down Days.
As we joyfully celebrate the 100th Anniversary of our Parish, students can continue to show their School/Parish pride by wearing their 100th Anniversary t-shirt every Friday with their regular uniform pants, skirt, or jumper. If they have gym on Fridays, they may wear the shirt with their gym pants. These special shirts will serve as a visible reminder of this milestone year (1926) and the rich history, faith, and community that have shaped our Parish for the past century. Please use the link HERE to purchase a shirt for a limited time!
Red Polo Shirts must feature the St. Christina school crest, with the exception of polos worn under jumpers.
School Shoes (for both the regular and gym uniforms) must be black, white, gray, navy, or red. Other colors are not permitted.
We appreciate your partnership in keeping our students dressed for success and our school day running smoothly!