Info & steps to be Grizzly ready.  Please read carefully.

If you haven't already:

Emergency Forms Need to be completed before your first day of school:
  • Junior Kindergarten STATE Mandated Emergency Transportation Form  Please complete and bring to May assessments for office.
  • Medical Forms for Physicians : All New Students
  • Baptism (if applicable) & Birth Certificate must be submitted prior to first day of school.  Be ready to upload these documents in July when we send Beginning of Year Forms to Complete email. 
  • Special Note to 1-8 Transfer Students: Buddies will be matched once class lists are completed in June.
  • SAVE THE DATE: Aug 17, Orientation for ALL new students, JK/K in morning by sign up times, soon to come,  and Transfer Students at 1pm with buddies. First day of school, Aug 18. Calendar link below.

Junior Kindergarten & Kindergarten
​Required Assessments

Entering Junior Kindergarten 2026-27

Entering Kindergarten 2026-27 from St. Gabriel  Learning Loft or Jr Kindergarten 

Entering Kindergarten 2026-27 from Preschools other than SGS or LL

Scholarships & EdChoice

Financial Assistance Links-ALL DUE NOW:

School Schedule

2026-27 Calendar 
Basic Hour Information
School Hours: 7:50AM-2:30PM
Earliest Drop Off: 7:20AM
Best Practice, Ready to Learn at 7:45AM to be Grizzly Ready for a great day! 
We start announcements and prayer at 7:50am sharp.

Parent Handbooks, Uniforms,
​and School Supply Lists

Very Detailed  information found:
All School Handbook, Supply Lists, and Uniform Information
Junior Kindergarten Handbook
Kindergarten Handbook
Please note these will updated soon for 2026-27, but provide excellent answers and guidelines.
​As always, please call if you need information or direction-we are here for you! 440/352-6169 

Communication

The school will communicate on a weekly basis with Bear Essentials newsletter  emailed via Digital Academy on Fridays/Weekends during the school year. It is very important families are aware of the information in the newsletter. If you are not receiving or would like other emails added to this distribution list, please contact  [email protected] .
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​As always, please call if you need information or direction-we are here for you! 440/352-6169 

FACTS & Digital Academy 

FACTS Uses:
  • Application for tuition assistance
  • Tuition payments/Payment Plans
DIGITAL ACADEMY Uses:
  • Grades
  • Lunch Ordering
  • Cub Care
  • Dismissal Changes
  • Teacher Communications
  • School Communications
  • Please be sure your family data card is accurate.
  • Log into Digital Academy . 
  • Application for New Students

Transportation

Transportation Departments will develop routes and communicate directly to you in August. Transportation is available for grades K-8. If you do not hear from your transportation department by August 4, please contact them directly. 
​Please see Mentor SD transportation form here. 
​Please see Riverside SD Tranportation Form here
Mentor SD Transp:  440.974.5260
Riverside SD Transp: ​440.357.5571
​Please note that Painesville City SD no longer transports to St. Gabriel School. 

CYO Sports

There are a variety of ways to meet new friends and one is CYO sports! 
See here for opportunities! Now enrolling for Fall! 

After School Care

We offer convenient after school care for students in JRK-Gr 5.  Registration and payment must be made prior to starting.

Information on Cub Care here.

Cafeteria

Jr. Kindergarten and Kindergarten Grizzlies Pack for the first few months of the school year to get comfortable with the routine. 
Your Family Digital Academy Portal has an option to order and pay for lunches if you choose to buy for grades 1-8 and when that option is available to JK and K.​

Virtus

All volunteers that help at the school must be VIRTUS trained. We recommend getting this taken care of as soon as possible so as to not miss out on any fun events. Certification includes a class, fingerprinting, and document signing. Click here for details.  

CYO Information

CYO begins in first grade for select sports. See here for all offerings and ages and registration. ​Registration starts early! Go Grizzlies!  

Remember to Pray

Grizzlies Pray every morning and afternoon and many times during the school day! Here are our Arrival and Dismissal Prayers: 

St. Gabriel School Morning Prayer
St. Gabriel the Archangel,
You are God’s special messenger.
Help us to be God’s special messengers too. May all that we think, say, and do be a way  of sharing God’s Love with others.
St. Gabriel, the Archangel, pray for us.
 In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen.
 
St. Gabriel School Afternoon Prayer
Oh Heavenly Father,
We thank you for our food today
And we remember the hungry.
 We thank you for our health,
And we remember the sick.
 We thank you for our friends
And we remember the lonely.
 May these remembrances stir us to service.
 St. Gabriel the Archangel,
Keep us safe as we travel home.
In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen

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St. Gabriel Catholic Church
9935 Johnnycake Ridge Road
Concord Township, OH 44060

School Phone: ​440-352-6169
Week Day After School Hours:  ​440-352-6169 x-4         (until 6 pm)
Learning Loft PS Phone: 440-354-7574
Fax: 440-639-0143

St. Gabriel School admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.​

The enrollment for the 2025-26 year in grades JK-8th is 566. 

All employees and volunteers who have contact with students undergo thorough screening, including background checks through the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation & Identification (BCI&I). For complete information on screening policies, see the revised Policy for the Safety of Children in Matter of Sexual Abuse, section 1.2 (p.3).