The Parent Portal is now closed while teachers finalize their grades for the 2nd Quarter. Report cards will be available on line beginning Thursday 4 February.

Tuition assistance is available to any family impacted by COVID. Please go to: forms.tads.com/inner-city-tuition-relief. The access code is: COVIDETA-20. For more help, call the Parent Help line 800-477-8237.

Registration for NEW students is now open. Registration for CURRENT students begins Monday 8 February. Parents will receive an email with directions. Please call 718-367-3081 with any questions.

We are happy to welcome Mr. Luis Vazquez as our new 4th grade teacher.

Our annual Silly Sweater Day will be held on Tuesday 22 December. ALL STUDENTS (in school and remote) are invited to wear a sweater that is silly, ugly or fits the season. Even though we are not all together, it can still be fun!!

We are happy to welcome Ms. Maribel Vega, our new Kindergarten teacher. Ms. Vega has 22 years' experience teaching young children in Catholic schools. Our best wishes go with Mrs. C as she departs for a new position much closer to home. We thank her for all she has done at OLR over the last 8 years.

Congratulations to all of our students who earned academic honors for the 1st quarter. The complete list is posted in the Wednesday Folder. In addition, we will hold a virtual Honors Assembly for each class on this Friday. Your teacher will give you the time. We will use each class' regular Zoom meeting. Remote families will be able to come to school on Friday to pick up their ribbons and awards.

It has just been announced that breakfast and lunch for all students will be free for the 2020-2021 school year. Students at home doing remote learning just need to pick up their meals here at school. Please call (718-367-3081) with any questions.

This year, parent-teacher conferences will be held via ZOOM meetings. Most of the meetings will be on Friday 20 November between 12:30 and 4:30p. Students will be dismissed at 12 noon. Teachers will reach out to make appointments. There will be NO in-person meetings.

On Friday 6 November our 8th graders will take the TACHS exam for entrance to Catholic High Schools. This year, the test is completely remote. Students will take the test at home. Good luck to all.

The Parent Portal will be CLOSED beginning Tuesday 3 November so that the teachers can complete their grades (1-8.) Grades for the first quarter close on Friday 6 November.

We now have a limited number of school masks. Every student in the building who asked received one. If you would like one, just ask (no charge.) The only rule......you wear it!

Our Lady of Refuge School will reopen on Wednesday 9 September. Parents have chosen to have children in one of two groups: REMOTE--those students who will stay at home and learn on-line, as they did last spring and IN SCHOOL-those students who will come to school every day. Because of the size of the classes, students coming to school can come every day. We will not split them. For more info see the documents in the Wednesday Folder.

Please carefully review the Re-Opening plans developed by the Superintendent's Office (home page) and the specific details for Our Lady of Refuge School in the Wednesday Folder. Please call or email with any questions.

All students will receive their required school supplies when they return to school FREE OF CHARGE. Parents need not shop for the usual items (pens, pencils, notebooks, etc.) This is the school's way of saying THANK YOU to all parents who have been so supportive through these difficult times.

Click the title above for more info.

There is an updated price list and information about how to order uniforms on the "School Uniforms" page. (under School Updates)

Please go to the Wednesday Folder to see a letter from our Superintendent, Mr. Michael Deegan, regarding plans to reopen school in September.

Click on "About Us" and scroll down to our VIDEO for a quick look at Our Lady of Refuge School.