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2018 - 2019
School Year
Important Dates
| Dec 24 - Jan 4 |
Christmas Break |
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Jan 21
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day - School Holiday
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Feb 15
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Faculty Retreat - Student Free Day
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Feb 18
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President's Day - School Holiday |
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Mar 9
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Auction Dinner and Dance
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Mar 22
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Religious Education Congress - Student Free Day
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April 18 - 26
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Easter Break
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May 27
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Memorial Day - School Holiday
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| May 31 |
8th Grade Graduation
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June 14
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Last Day of School
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| Gianna |
2A
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Nicole
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1A
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| Lily |
1B
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Dear St. Francis of Assisi School Parents and Guardians,
I hope that your week off was relaxing and filled with cherished time with family and friends. As we look ahead, we have three and a half weeks until Christmas break. This time will fly. This week ends our Liturgical year and next Sunday we begin our new year with the first Sunday of Advent. As faculty on Monday, we talked about setting spiritual New Year's resolutions this week in preparation the upcoming Liturgical season. Our students were offered the Sacrament of Reconciliation at Santa Clara de Asis with priests from all three parishes present to hear their confessions. What a great way to start the New Year with spiritual house cleaning!
Tomorrow night our Catholic Identity Committee will host its Annual Family Advent Event. This year the focus is on the symbol of the manger in our Nativity. Much gratitude to Mr. and Mrs. Grant and Mr. and Mrs. King along with their Committee, in preparing a lovely evening for our community and building the mangers for our homes. When I think of the symbol of the manger, I see this as the first home Jesus was received into when he was born. As we begin this journey of preparation in Advent together, we can think of preparing ourselves as our manger to receive Jesus on December 25
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. What is the status of my manger? Is it sturdy and strong or unsteady and unstable? Does it need some work to rebuild and strengthen the structure?
We are blessed to be in this St. Francis of Assisi Community where we can share our faith with one another. Our students will be preparing for Christmas over the next few weeks and will bring home treasures and treats to share. Students are singing and preparing for Christmas programs that share the spirit of the season. We will spend time in adoration at Santa Clara (1
st
Friday) and on campus in Learning Support (2
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Friday). We will celebrate Mass with our second graders next Friday, honoring the feast of the Immaculate Conception and Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of America. We invite you to come and be fed by the many activities of Advent here over the next few weeks. "Amen, blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might, be to our God forever and ever. Amen." Revelation 7:12
As an SFA community, let us together encourage, lift up and pray for one another in this new Liturgical Year.
Jeannette Lambert
Principal
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Parents, just a friendly reminder to submit your class auction basket donations by Friday, November 30th. Our parent volunteers are excited to begin working on your classroom treasure.
The donation form can be downloaded here. |
Santa's Secret Shop
Tomorrow, Thursday, November 29th will be the last opportunity for kids to get their holiday shopping done. All items will be priced from $0.50 to $20.00.
Santa's Secret Shop is wonderful opportunity for students to experience the joy of choosing their own Christmas presents for family and friends. All proceeds go directly back to our PreK program at St. Francis.
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We are having a school wide Box Top Collection Contest now through December 14th. The class that brings in the most Box Tops will earn a Hot Chocolate Bar to celebrate! |
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| Just a reminder to not leave valuables in your car at any time. This applies to our parking lot, the church and the park. |
The new drinking fountain at the lunch tables is ready for use!
This drinking fountain/filtered water dispenser was donated by the 2018 SFA Graduating Class as their Legacy Gift.
There have already been a lot of happy kids filling up their reusable water bottles!
Thank you Class of 2018! |
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We are excited to present Peter Pan Jr., our 3rd Annual Spring production. Attached is the important information for auditions, rehearsals, and performances. A registration packet will be sent home in tomorrow's Thursday Folder. We hope all of our young stars will come out to auditions. No experience is necessary and all students will be given a role in the play!
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Little Lambs: Early Childhood Education News
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Friday, November 30
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Early dismissal 11:30 am - 11:50 am
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| Monday, December 10 |
Ps/Pre-K Purple Color Day - Students Wear Purple
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| Friday, December 14 |
Ps/Pre-K Christmas Program
9:00 am - Pre-K C
10:00 am - Pre-K A & B
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Part-time position available in Pre-K Extended Care. Monday - Friday, 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm.
Click here for full job description. Interested candidates email resume to Mrs. Martinson at
cmartinson@sfayl.org.
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| Order your yearbook today! |
Online ordering of 2018 - 2019 Yearbooks is now open! The cost if ordered today is $45.00.
The final day to personalize yearbooks is February 2, 2019. The final date to order yearbooks online is May 15, 2019.
Click here to place your order! |
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Thursday, November 29th
6:30 pm in The Seamus Center
The evening will include:
- Creating a NEW family tradition of giving through acts of service that will bring the true joy of Christmas to your home!
- Building a real wood manger as a family (kit included)
- Gathering around Santa to hear the story of "The Giving Manger"
- Hot chocolate and cookie bar
$20 per family
RSVP to SFAcatholicidentity@gmail.com
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The holiday season is upon us and buying scrip is not only a great way to give gifts but to do your holiday shopping while earning your scrip credits. You can download and view a digital gift guide at
ShopWithScrip.com/giftguide. This is also the season to order small denomination cards like $5 Starbucks.
The holiday schedule for scrip orders is as follows:
Order by Saturday
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Receive on Wednesday
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12/01/18
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12/05/18
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12/08/18
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12/12/18
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12/15/18
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12/19/18
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01/12/19
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01/16/19 |
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Wednesday lunches throughout the school year are hosted by our 7th and 8th grade students fundraising for their East Coast Study Trip. The DC Dining program offers a variety of meal options from a broad spectrum of local restaurants.
Please order DC Dining for Trimester 2 at St. Francis School. Please be sure to turn the form and payment into the office by
Monday of the week you are ordering a meal. DC Dining next
Wednesday, December 5, we will be serving
Lampost Pizza.
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, you'll find the exact same low prices, vast selection and convenient shopping experience as Amazon.com, with the added bonus that Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of eligible purchases to St. Francis of Assisi Catholic School. Simply click here to begin shopping through AmazonSmile.
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| St. Michael's Preparatory School Open House |
Santa Clara de Asis - Children's Faith Formation
Volunteers Needed! |
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