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SBA WEEKLY UPDATES:
December 18, 2017
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STEM Grant Awarded
The Ukrainian Community Foundation of Philadelphia (UCFP) has granted SBA a $5000.00 grant to develop the STEM and robotics curriculum. We are most grateful to the UCFP in supporting this important educational initiative. Special thanks to Mr. Mark Mykytiuch, physics/math teacher who, in conjunction with Mrs. D'Angelo, wrote the grant and has been preparing for STEM opportunities for the 2018-2019 school year.
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Senior Tree Lighting
The Senior Tree lighting will be on Monday, December 18 in the AP Room at 7:00 pm. All seniors are welcome to bring a guest and celebrate the holiday season with us. Please bring a dessert and we will provide hot chocolate and Christmas Carols!
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Drama Club
Drama Club Christmas party will be on Monday, December 18 at 3:00 in the AP room. Please sign up on the Drama Board.
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Minding Your Mind will be presenting to students, faculty, and staff on Thursday, December 21 at 1:30 PM. Minding Your Mind provides mental health education to teens, parents, teachers and schools to reduce the stigma often associated with mental health issues. Speaker Kristen Harootunian will educate SBA on her success in dealing with stress, and overcoming substance abuse disorders and negative coping skills.
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Friday, December 22 Schedule - early dismissal
- 8:00 AM - First period for prayers, announcements, and attendance
- 8:30 AM - Auditorium - Prayer Service, Mini-Concert, and Panther Tales
- Break
- 10:00 AM - Making Christmas/New Years Cards for St. Christopher's Hospital and Veterans - Cafeteria (seniors and freshmen) and AP Room (juniors and sophomores)
- Holiday treats - cafeteria
- 10:40 AM - Student Advent Angel exchange - AP Room
- Dismissal
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Transportation for December 22
The following buses will come for early dismissal on December 22:
Abington, Centennial,
Cheltenham, Hatbox
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Lower Moreland,
Springfield
Upper Dublin,
Upper Moreland,
Wissahickon.
If your daughter's bus is not on the list, please make other arrangements for her transportation home.
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Upcoming Christmas Break
Christmas break will begin at dismissal on Friday, December 22. Classes will resume on Monday, January 8.
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Counseling & College Services
Seniors:
As you receive your college acceptances, please bring in your letters of acceptance and any merit/scholarship awards to the Counseling office. As a reminder, each Senior is allotted 8 transcripts. There is a $5.00 fee for each additional transcript.
If any colleges are requesting your first quarter grades, please come to Counseling and sign up.
Sophomores:
The counselors are continuing their individual meetings with the Sophomore students.
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Parents' Club
General Meeting
Our next General Meeting will be Thursday, January 11 at 7 pm in the AP room.
Gift Donations
If there are holiday gifts you have received that you do not need, please consider donating them to the Parents' Club to be used in raffle baskets for Night at the Races and our upcoming Mother-Daughter event. Please do not send any holiday themed gifts and mark you donation 'Parents' Club'.
10 Week Club
View the list of winners
here.
Thank you to all who participated!
Save the Date for Night at the Races, Saturday, February 10 from 7PM to 11PM. Event information will be mailed out in January or click on the links below to buy event tickets, horses, lotto tickets, or to become a sponsor. Event is open to the public, but must be 21 to attend.
You may
also download
and print your orders to be sent to school:
Please return the yellow volunteer forms that were handed out at Back to School night.
The
volunteer form is also available on the
SBA website
. We are asking that each family volunteer for at least 2 events this year. A list of activities is on our webpage. There are student related events, Parents' Club events and Development events. We have amazing people in place in Admissions, Development and Leadership. Let's give them all the help we can.
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Pawprints School Store
Store hours week of December 18:
- 12/18 Monday Closed
- 12/19 Tuesday 11:00 am-6:00 pm
- 12/20 Wednesday 7:30 am-3:00 pm
- 12/21 Thursday Closed
- 12/22 Friday 8:00 am-11:00 am (Store closes early)
Can you believe Christmas is one week away? Stop by our school store to finish your shopping!
Reminder: Any online orders placed after 12/18 may not be filled until after Christmas Break. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!
Freshmen Hoodies/Class of 2021-Another chance to order:
We are taking another order for "Class of 2021" grey hoodies. The cost is $40 (size 2X is $42). Orders will be taken on our online store until January 12th. We expect these to arrive at the end of January. This may be your last chance to order this item.
Mini-THON Fundraising:
Calling all students, teachers and alumnae! As most of you know, we have started to raise money for our 4th annual Saint Basil Academy Mini THON. The leaders this year are very excited to start raising money to fight childhood cancer. This year's crewneck that was sold, through the online school store, was so popular that we heard more students, teacher, parents and alumnae are interested in ordering more! All of the proceeds will go towards Mini THON. The crewneck will be sold until January 12th. Shirts will arrive the end of January. Order online in the link below. Remember that it is For the Kids! Thank you for your support!
Attention Sophomores: Once the design has been chosen for the Soph Hop shirt, we will make the shirt available online for you to purchase. Please check our online store over the holidays. The last day to place your order will be Friday, January 12th.
Many of our items can be viewed and ordered online.
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Great Books for Christmas!
The Confidence Effect
written by Grace Killelea provides specific strategies on how women can increase confidence and achieve success when they step up, speak up, and take risks to showcase their talents and skills. The book focuses on the importance of building relationships. "Leadership is cultivated and like any path, follows twists and turns, switchbacks, and pit stops that require us to improvise, adapt, and overcome along the way. We simply can't and shouldn't do it alone." Killelea stresses that women can create authentic confidence and need to practice the four "Rs" of success - relationships, reputation, results, and resilience. This powerful book enables women to claim the success that they deserve.
Tim Tebow's new book, Shaken, shares
glimpses of his journey staying grounded in the face of disappointment, criticism, and intense media scrutiny. Following an exceptional college football career with the Florida Gators and a promising playoff run with the Denver Broncos, Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow was traded to the New York Jets. He was released after one season. Tebow talks about what it takes to have resilience, to build confidence in his identity and with God. He reflects on how rejection, broken dreams, and heartbreak are tough, but can be manageable when grounded in truth. Tebow shares, "Many of us get bogged down in life because we compare ourselves to others and fall short. Our faith is about living life with an open hand, using the gifts and blessings in our lives for others.
Don't hold onto your gifts; share them to aim above the status quo and make a difference. Don't strive to be like someone else. Be who God created you to be; be you."
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Suggested Student Gift List
Looking for another little something for your daughter for Christmas? Some of our faculty members gathered ideas for their classes to share with you:
All Math students:
TI-84 graphing calculator
Freshmen (English & History project):
1" binder
50 index cards
Sophomores:
(English) Mark Twain's Adventures of Huck Finn: requires:
ISBN-13 978-0-486-28061-5
Seniors:
(English) Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" requires Folger's Edition: ISBN 07434-8281-6
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