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National Digital Citizenship Week!
Oct. 14-18 is National Digital Citizenship Week! SFX students, learning about their "digital footprint", started off the week by signing their names to a "footprint" to be added a display in the Waiola staircase!
SFX students learn to:
- Protect private Information for themselves and others
- Respect themselves and others
- Stay safe online by listening to gut feelings
- Stand up to cyberbullying when they see it happening
- Balance the time they spend using media and doing other activities.
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Red Ribbon Week
Activities October 21st – 25th 2019
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Celebrating Red Ribbon Week is an ideal way for our St. Francis Xavier School Community to unite and take a visible stand against drugs. Red Ribbon Week also promotes respecting yourself and thinking about others.
- Monday, October 21st: Pledge to say NO to Drugs! Wear a Red Shirt with their school uniform bottoms. Students will pledge to stay drug free by coloring a ribbon
- Tuesday October 22: Sock It To Drugs. Students may wear crazy socks with their school uniform.
- Wednesday October 23: Close the Book on Drugs. Students may wear a book themed shirt with their school uniform.
- Thursday October 24: Be Strong Against Drugs. Students will be able to wear a superhero shirt with school uniform bottoms. Capes Welcome!
- Friday October 25: Life is a Journey Travel Drug Free! Dress for the future! Dress for your future career or wear your future college shirt. Full dress down day. Please see handbook for dress down day requirements. Smarties Treat from FSA! Thank you FSA!
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Drumroll please! We are excited to announce that the SFX musical will be....
The Sound of Music!
Mark your calendars! Performances will be on Friday, February 28 at 7:00 and on Saturday, February 29 at 2:00 and 7:00.
The director of the play will be
Mr. Micheal Kott
with
Mrs. Laura Walls
assisting as Faculty Advisor.
Director Micheal Kott
, is currently the Associate Dean of the Learning Resource Center at Morton College. He holds a BS and MS in Cinema Post-production and Directing from DePaul University. He has been involved in theatre since the age of 8 when he made his debut as a sunflower in a school play. Over the years he has performed in many theatres, and been involved in too many theatre productions to name. Among his favorites are Rooster in Annie and Captain Hook in Peter Pan. Mike was the artistic director for Master’s Backstage Players at the Lutheran Church of The Master in Carol Stream for 15 years.
“I have heard many wonderful things about the very talented students at St. Francis Xavier and I cannot wait to get started.”
Stay tuned! More information about the musical regarding auditions, etc. will be coming!
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Field Trip payments through FACTS!
Charges for field trips have begun to show on some FACTS accounts. If you signed up for Auto Pay you’ll receive an email invoice from FACTS notifying you of the charge and the automatic payment date. Due dates will be set for 4 business days prior to the field trip. At the bottom of the email is an explanation of the charge, i.e. “Grade 2 Field Trip”. Those of you not on Auto Pay will receive the same invoice prompting you to go into your account to authorize payment on or before the due date.
The cost of each field trip will still be listed on the permission slip, however, we very much prefer if payment could be made through your FACTS account. Permission slips still have to be returned to the homeroom teachers.
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2020-2021 REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Re-registration forms for the 2020-2021 school year will be online this year for students currently in grades PS3 – 7th. The electronic forms will be emailed out the week of October 21st. Please complete and submit the re-registration form by November 15th. A $75 per student nonrefundable re-registration fee will be charged to all families’ FACTS accounts, after the 1st of the year, unless you have replied “no” or “maybe” on your re-registration form.
If you have a child ready to enter Saint Francis Xavier for the first time next year, please request a registration packet by checking the appropriate space on the online re-registration form. New student paper registration forms will be sent home beginning Monday, November 4th and we ask that they too be returned by Friday, November 15th. All re-registration questions should be directed to Mrs. Evans at pevans@sfxlg.org.
We invite you to tell your friends and neighbors with school age or soon to be school age youngsters to contact our Advancement Director, Mrs. Mary Tassi, with questions regarding new family registration or to arrange a tour of our school. Mrs. Tassi may be reached at mtassi@sfxlg.org or 708-352-2175 ext. 331.
Registration opens to the public on Monday, November 18th.
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Note from the lunchroom:
Please remember to include the appropriate utensils in your child's lunch bag to correspond with what they are eating that day. We have a limited supply of plastic utensils for emergencies only. Thanks for understanding!
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5th Grade Service Program Request
The 5th graders service theme is honoring veterans and active duty service members. A component of their service year includes two special events/projects. They will be hosting a mass and reception on Veterans Day, Monday, November 11th at 8:30 am Mass to honor those who have served, or are serving our country.
If you know someone who you think would like to receive an invitation to this mass, please send their address to Sara Edwards:
saraedwards9@hotmail.com.
The students will also be writing letters and sending care packages to active duty service members. If you know someone who you think would like to receive a care package, please send their address to Jane Fleischmann:
jfleischmann3@gmail.com.
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SFX WINTER SPORTS EVALUATIONS
Mark your calendars
Registered athletes are expected to attend evaluations for their grade/ sport. If a student is unable to attend evaluations due to injury or other significant event please contact Tammy Bauer sfxad@sfxlg.org. Team numbers are dependent on registration numbers, so in fairness to and in consideration of the other athletes, if your child is no longer available to participate in winter sports please let me know as soon as possible.
- 5th boys’ Basketball—Tues. Oct 22nd 6:00pm-7:15pm
- 7th boys’ Basketball—Tues. Oct. 22nd 7:15pm- 8:30pm
- 6th boys’ Basketball—Wed. Oct. 23rd 6:00pm-7:15pm
- 8th boys’ Basketball—Wed. Oct. 23rd 7:15pm- 8:30pm
- 7th girls’ Volleyball—Thurs. Oct. 24th 3:45pm-4:45pm
- 8th girls’ Volleyball—Thurs. Oct. 24th 5:00pm-6:00pm
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SFX CROSS COUNTRY QUALIFIES FOR STATE!
The SFX Boys & Girls Cross Country teams placed 1st in their IESA Sectional Meet this weekend completing the 2.0 mile course in wet and muddy conditions. Congratulations to Terese Tully and Nicholas Strayer on their 1st place finishes in their races. This marks SFX’s sixth straight year qualifying both a boys and girls team to compete in the Illinois State Meet, held in Normal Illinois. Runners for the girls team placed 1, 3, 9, 15, 16, 25, 41 and the boys individual placements were 1, 2 ,3 ,6 ,7 ,8, 20! GO FALCONS!
Girls Sectional Results:
1st: Tully - 13:31.0; 3rd: McCarty - 13:48.9; 9th: Owen - 14:26.3; 15th: Adams - 14:51.7; 16th: McAuliffe - 14:52.2; 25th: Olson - 15:04.1; 41st Eggerding - 15:47.5
Boys Sectional Results:
1st: Strayer - 11:40.9; 2nd: Newcomb - 12:17.3; 3rd: Wagner - 12:26.7; 6th: Lewis - 12:45.3; 7th: Perfect - 12:46.5; 8th: O'Halloran - 12:47.8; 20th: Burns - 13:23.5
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PACK THE PLACE
Last Thursday was a fantastic and successful Pack the Place! Thank you to all that came out to support the 7th and 8th grade girls basketball teams. A special thank you to all of our volunteers — especially Tim Gannon who was an incredible MC throughout the evening!
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JUNIOR FALCON CLUB!
- Free Entry,
- A voucher for a Slice of Pizza, a snack & drink
- A designated cheering section
- An invite to come to the court for fun activities between games
- Jr. Falcon T-Shirt to show your PRIDE!
Falcon 5k: 100 yd Dash
is offering FREE ENTRY for Junior Falcons!
Sign up Here:
Falcon 5K Entry
. Bring your Falcon out at 7:40 am on 11/2/19 to "Chalk" up the streets for the runners! Got Ideas? We'd love to hear your ideas for any upcoming SFX and Falcon Events that may be fun for Jr. Falcons. Please email
Kelly.Kolovitz@gmail.com
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Attention 3rd Grade:
In the spirit of fellowship and unity, SFX Religious Ed is inviting third graders to join them at the 5:00 Mass this Saturday, October 19. Third graders are invited to sit up front and center with the third graders from Religious Ed.
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THURSDAY ROSARY
This is an easy fix.... bring them tomorrow, let’s untangle them!!
When: THURSDAYS at 8:15am
Where: SFX CHAPEL (Sign in at the School Office. Chapel is located on the lower level in school next to Joyce Hall)
Each week, we pray for the SFX students, families, faculty and staff and of course your special intentions!
It’s a beautiful way to meet other parents, share personal intentions, and most importantly, pray for our SFX students and staff. Questions? Please contact Karen Trayser @ karentrayser@yahoo.com or Katie Kanzer @ k.f.kanzer@gmail.com.
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St. Francis Xavier Family Ministry
The St. Francis Xavier Family Ministry Group is excited to share the following
service opportunities for the 2019/2020 school year!
SFX families are invited to participate in these service events. The idea behind the Family Ministry is to give families a chance to have fun and work together while serving others in need. Please help us make a difference
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Register for the 5k or Fun Run by October 13 to guarantee a Race Shirt! Students may wear their race shirts (with uniform bottoms) the Monday following the race. Falcon Pride!
www.sfxfalcon5k.com
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Treat yourself to lunch or dinner next Wednesday and help SFX!
Our next SFX Restaurant Fundraiser is being offered by a SFX School parent/owner of the Butcher & the Wok in the Food District at the Oak Brook Mall. Please spread the word to your family, friends and neighbors that
SFX will receive 50% of food and bar ALL DAY on 10/23 when they mention SFX! Thank you Michael LaPidus for this generous offer!
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Falcon Yearbook!
Love discounts? Go to the Treering website (
www.treering.com
) to order your Falcon 2019-2020 yearbook before the end of October for a 10% discount. Parents, use your login/ password from last year!
New
parents, please use this code: 1015047106533739.
We need your pictures!
If you have pictures from the Ice Cream Social, Homecoming Events (8th Grade Tailgate, Pep Rally, Parade), First Day of School, Football, Cross Country or Girls Volleyball or Basketball please upload to their respective shareable folders while logged onto Treering!
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"DUDE! Are you going?
We're stoked!
The party's Saturday!
That's like 3 more days!
It will be tubular!
Grab your best 80s attire and join us for a most righteous time! Saturday, October 19th 7pm-Midnight at Village Club of Western Springs 4221 Lawn Ave, Western Springs.
All are welcome to rock out to the 80s band, have a drink, and relive this awesome decade. Prizes for best dressed. Many thanks to the following bodacious families... The Mackenzies, The Mogensens, The Murphys, The O’Briens ! You Rock!
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We have quite a few spots open to volunteer for the SFX Falcon 5k.
There are also other spots open both on Race Day and before. We can’t do this without your help!
Please sign up today!
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Note: second and third trimester Grade level Parish Masses will be added in January.
80's Party 10/19
Restaurant Fundraiser
Butcher & the Wok
Oak Brook Mall
10/23
December 20th
Christmas Break begins with NOON Dismissal
CHECK HERE EVERY WEEK - MORE TO COME!
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Come to the SFX Games!
Cheer your Falcons to Victory!
See home & away for all sports through this link.
You can also download the 8to18 app for your phone from the AppStore!
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Our wonderful St. Francis Xavier Catholic School Faculty, and Staff work with such dedication to fulfill the mission of providing our children with a quality education in a happy, safe, Christ-centered environment.
Click & Clap is our year-round positive recognition program allowing families to acknowledge special moments, and thank a SFX Faculty or Staff member for something they have done that has left a positive impression on a student or on your family in a special way.
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The following is shared community news. The content shared is informational and does not serve as a recommendation or endorsement by SFX School or SFX Parish.
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2019 - 2020
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
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2019 2020
HEALTH INFO LINKS
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Shop For SFX
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our family has the option of getting 40% of the profit back as a tuition credit, or you can choose to send your credit to another family or return it to the school.
HOW TO ENROLL:
2)
Enter our enrollment code: 5471CCD65575L
3) Enter a user name, password, and your account information. Fill in the validation, click Register, and you can start earning money for SFX!
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Use SFX ID # 70032987
at Office Max - program is valid all year long!
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Bookmark the link! Your purchases can make a difference!
Good news! AmazonSmile is now available in the Amazon Shopping App to all AmazonSmile customers using supported Android devices. You can use the below copy and instructions to share the news with your supporters!
If you are an AmazonSmile customer, you can now support St Francis Xavier Parish & School in the Amazon shopping app on your Android device! Simply follow these instructions to turn on AmazonSmile and start generating donations.
If you have the latest version of the Amazon Shopping App, open the App on your Android device.
View Settings and select AmazonSmile.
Follow the in-App instructions to complete the process.
If you do not have the latest version of the Amazon Shopping App, update your App. Click here for instructions.
AmazonSmile is not currently available for iOS users
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