Hot Lunch Program refunds now being processed

Update on Hot Lunch Program Refunds:

Refunds are now being applied for the school council run hot lunch program.
We have tested out the process and noted the following:

1) The refund will be applied to the PayPal account where you made the hot lunch payment.  If you do not have a PayPal account (you chose to pay as a "guest") you will get an email indicating that you will receive a refund.  If you create a PayPal account, you can monitor the progress of the refund.

2) The refund may take up to ten days to be processed (credited) to PayPal.  You can view the refund amount, but it will remain in "pending" state until the funds are released by PayPal.  Once the funds are cleared, the refund should be applied to the credit card you used for the purchase. It may take an additional few days to be processed to your credit card.  Please be patient.

3) If your credit card has changed or they are unable to credit your original credit card, the funds should be credited to your PayPal account.  If  you don't already have a PayPal account, you should create one using the email you used for the hot lunch transaction.  At this point, you can choose to:

a) leave the funds in your PayPal account and use them to make purchases as a PayPal credit.

b) link your bank account to your PayPal and transfer the funds to your bank account.  Again, there is a PayPal delay (a few days) to release the funds from PayPal to your bank account.

4) You can check your hot lunch account to verify the correct amount has been credited under the "Orders" tab.  Select "Account Transactions".

Any issues with refunds, please contact us via the hot lunch email account st_philip_lunches@bell.net or directly to danakean@gmail.com.

Thank you for your patience!

Sincerely,
Dana Kean and Suzanne Easton

Hot Lunch Program Credits during School Closure

Hello to the St. Philip Community,

I hope that you are all keeping safe and healthy.

Just wanted to advise that credits have been applied to the hot lunch program accounts for lunches that have been missed up to the May 3 school closure date previously announced.  If the shut down is extended, we will continue to process credits to all accounts until such time that we know if/when school will resume.  At that time, a refund will be given for all missed lunches.

If there are any families that need a refund more quickly due to circumstances, this can be arranged no questions asked.  Please keep in mind that to do this, we require two council members to meet to co-sign a refund cheque and we prefer to minimize/avoid this type of meeting if at all possible.  Please email the hot lunch email if a refund is needed:  st_philip_lunches@bell.net

Please go to "Orders" and "Account Transactions" to see this credit. <https://stphilip.hotlunches.net/>


Thank you for your understanding and patience,
Dana Kean
Council Co-chair

March School Council Meeting Cancelled

The March School Council Meeting has been cancelled.

We will reconvene on Monday April 20th at 6:30PM.

Have a super March Break!

St. Philip School Council Science Fair Registration now open!

St. Philip Catholic Elementary School Science Fair

Thursday April 30th, 2020 6:00 pm

We are pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 2020 St. Philip School Council
Science Fair! Please find all the details below.

Registration forms with signatures are due by Friday, March 29th. Registration forms and details available on right hand sidebar under "Important Forms". Please print and return to school office. Spots will be filled "first come, first served."

This is a non-competitive fair, the students will have a commentator ask questions and give feedback.  Joining the fair is totally optional and not a requirement, it is simply to learn and have fun!!

Rules:

• No more than 3 students per project. Grades 1-6 entries are welcome.

• Registrations must be signed by one of the parents/guardians of each participant.
• Please indicate if the project has any special requirements such as an electrical outlet. If this is not indicated on the form, it may not be possible to accommodate the request
• There are 45 spots, first come, first served.  Space for late entries is not guaranteed.
• Please enter only one form per project
• Animals may not be brought to the Science Fair.  Also applies to any displays using flames or other ignition sources unless permission is obtained from the Fair organizer (Dana Kean danakean@gmail.com).
• Each project is assigned a space of 90 cm x 90 cm. Please design the display to fit in this space. Office supply stores sell fold-up display boards that can be reused provided non-permanent adhesives (e.g. Blue tack) are used. The display should generally present the hypothesis (the question being asked) or theme of the project, followed by the experimental method (if experiments are done) then the data or information obtained, and is finished with a general conclusion. For a helpful online Science Fair resources, visit Education.com or Discovery Education Canada
• Set up time is 5:30 – 6:00 pm on Thursday April 30th.
• Pickup of projects will be at the end of school day on Friday May 1st. Unclaimed projects will not be kept without prior arrangement.

Any questions please contact danakean@gmail.com