Dear Parents,
Our last quarter of this school year is now one week old. While there are many celebrations and a fair amount of spring fever that will be occurring around here the next couple of months, I would like to ask you to take a moment to reinforce with your child the importance of keeping the nose to the grindstone. This is an important time for a number of reasons including: a strong foundation has been built so far this year and this is an important time to build on that foundation with additional skills and more advanced concepts before we break for summer AND your child and his/her teachers have developed a relationship with each other. The teachers, ideally, know what makes your child tick and can use the wisdom gained this year to spur them to more success.
Report cards will be available on PlusPortals next Tuesday. Please use the report cards to reevaluate goals for the last stretch.
Faithfully,
Chris Kelly
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April 8 - 12 a B week
for lunch duty.
Hot lunch is $22.50 for the week.
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 BSS is hosting a CYO
MIDDLE SCHOOL DANCE
TONIGHT!!
Friday, April 5
7:30 - 10 pm
in BSS Gym
$10 per student
Snacks available for $1.00
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The time has come...
The school musical is NEXT WEEKEND!
Come celebrate under the sea with school children, k-8th grade.
Performances are April 12 and 13 at 7pm in the gym. Tickets are only $5, to be bought at the door, cash or check only.
Don't miss this two-night engagement!
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Save the date and get excited for the
77th Annual
MISSION FAIR
FRIDAY, MAY 3
12:30 - 2:30 pm
Our school community holds this very special and fun fair each year to benefit the Holy Cross Mission School in Kirinda, Uganda.
Orders due May 1st by 10 pm.
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Blessed Sacrament Academic Bridge Camp
available for all rising Kindergarten - 4th graders
Session 1: June 17-21
Session 2: June 26-30
Session 3: July 8-12
Session 4: July 15-19
Each session runs Monday-Friday from 9am - 3pm. The cost is $300 per week. Extended care will be available, at an additional cost, from 3:00-5:30pm.
This is a great way for children to academically bridge the summer months, learn team building and athletic skills, and have fun with their school friends and teachers over the summer.
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Come one, come all on Easter Sunday! While you are sitting at 9am Mass, the Easter bunny's helpers will be outside hiding eggs for everyone! So, when you leave church, stop by and find an egg! All children will get an egg, and a few lucky winners will find that their egg holds a special prize! If you are heading to 10:30 Mass, you can hunt on your way in to church! (Egg hunt will be held from approximately (9:50am to 10:25am).
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Take advantage of the Family Discount!
$25 for the 1st book and $18 for each additional book.
A limited number of yearbooks will be printed, so reserve your copy before they sell out!
Yearbooks will be distributed the last week of school.
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Shop Amazon and Earn Money for BSS!
Don't forget to click on the Amazon logo on the bsstoday.org homepage before you make your Amazon purchase. BSS gets a portion of the proceeds back!
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A Message from The Home & School Association
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Dear Parents,
Did you know the
Bulldog 5K is a HSA fundraiser? It's true! Last year the event raised $12,000. That's a lot of money! Please consider sponsoring the event, running in the event, or just coming and chilling on the blacktop. It's a really fun morning of community building. Celine and Brendan Delany are chairing the event for the 3rd year in a row. Celine also co-chaired our Spring Benefit. That's some serious dedication to our school. If you see her around, please thank her for all she's done for BSS! Register
here for the race.
Speaking of HSA money, did you know that the HSA helps pay for the
school play? It's true! The HSA contributes $3,500 for this special event. Please help support the event by signing you child up to be in the play or by coming and watching the play. It's a valuable learning experience for our children.
HSA is in the home stretch for the school year. Lauren Buckley has served as
HSA secretary for 2 years and her term is up. If you are interested in joining the HSA as secretary, please reach out to me at: gracemcnicholas@hotmail.com.
Have a great weekend!
Warmly,
Grace G. McNicholas
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Quarter 3 Box Tops Winners!!
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The counting is done! The Quarter 3 Box Tops winners are as follows:
3rd Place: K3 with 5.2 Tops per child
2nd Place: 5C with 5.38 Tops per child
and
1st place goes to...
2B, who brought in an average of 16.87 Tops per child!
Great job everyone! Thank-you for all your hard work! Our final Box Tops collection will be June 3rd.
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Here's what's coming up in April & May:
4/5: Middle School Dance
4/6: SIGN-UP PARTY -
Trivia Night
4/10: Uniform Exchange, 7:45-8:30am
4/12 & 4/13: School Play
5/1: Uniform Exchange, 2:30-3:30pm
5/3: Mission Fair
5/4: Bulldog 5K
5/8: Uniform Exchange, 7:45-8:30am
5/8: Final HSA meeting for the year, open meeting with budget review, all are welcome!
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Wrap Up of Last Week's Fundraisers:
Mother-Daughter Lilly Pulitzer Shopping Event: The event made
$1,080 from ticket sales, and Lilly Pulitzer gave us
$514 from the proceeds! Thank-you to everyone who participated!
Uniform Exchange: This week's Uniform Exchange brought in
$50 with lots of great donations and trades. Our next, and last UE for the school year, will be 5/1 and 5/8.
Dining Night: The Ledo's Dining Night in March brought in
$266.19! And the Wednesday Dining Night at Potomac Pizza made
$121.21. Great job everyone!
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