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Dear Parents,
It's all so beautiful. What a beautiful sacrament, what a beautiful week, what a beautiful Mass, what a beautiful day!
Last Saturday's celebration of First Communion was reaffirmed with our annual May Procession Mass today. The school gets to celebrate and the second graders get to come and celebrate the month of Mary in their special clothes. It was a beautiful Mass and we love seeing the proud smiles of the parents and the cherubic faces of the second grade children and the support of the rest of the school on this special day.
We started today with Mass and ended the day with our Student-Teacher games. This is a wonderful tradition when the entire school gets to cheer on the eighth graders (or the teachers) in games of volleyball and basketball. Always intense and always full of laughs; it's a special way to celebrate as a school.
Please remember, next Friday is Field Day! Information has been sent home about this. This is an early dismissal day and we DO NOT meet at school. All children are dropped off at and picked up from Candy Cane City. Please be sure to return permission slips (children may not attend without one) and follow the directions for pick up and drop off. We work very hard to make this as SAFE and convenient as possible. Please follow directions from the staff at the park. See the Weekly below for more details.
Faithfully,
Chris Kelly
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May 20 - 23 is a B week
for lunch duty.
Hot lunch is $18.00 for the week.
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The Father Daughter Dance TONIGHT!!
Friday May 17th
7:00-9:00pm in the Gym
DJ, Photo Booth and Dancing
$50 per family
Please consider signing up to help make this year's dance a blast!
Tickets available at the door!
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Friday, May 24
8:15 am - 12 pm
Candy Cane City/Meadowbrook Park
7901 Meadowbrook Lane, Chevy Chase
DROP OFF AND PICK UP AT THE PARK.
NO AFTER CARE.
If you know your child will be absent on Field Day, please inform the homeroom teacher as soon as possible.
Children should wear play clothes that lend themselves to grass stains and spills. No tank tops or short shorts will be permitted. Everyone must wear tennis shoes to participate in events.
Please send lunch in a disposable bag with your child and include one or two disposable plastic bottle of waters.
For additional information, please click here.
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Support Blessed Sacrament School
By Supporting Annual Fund
Annual Fund helps bridge the gap between tuition and school operating expenses.
It is the foundation from which we can attain new heights!
- 35% of parents have given!
- At the beginning of this school year, we set an ambitious goal to honor our 95th anniversary by reaching 95% parent participation
- BSS is all about COMMITMENT - Over 95% of our faculty and staff have made a donation.
- Please show your commitment by making a gift TODAY.
- GIVE $95 AND OVER to receive a BSS Bulldog Car Decal.
- ALL GIFTS of any size MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
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Come learn about human trafficking in our city
and what we can do to help victims in our community.
Tuesday, May 21 at 7 pm
Blessed Sacrament Pastoral Center
3630 Quesada Street, NW
(Enter from School Parking Lot)
Hannah Halbreich, of the Trafficking Victims Assistance Program of Catholic Charities, will discuss the facts about trafficking and provide training to assist persons escaping sexual and labor slavery.
Sponsored by the Sancta Maria Unit of the Sanctuary Sodality of Blessed Sacrament as part of a series of presentations on topics of faith and social justice.
Light refreshments will be served. All are welcome.
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Attention CYO Coaches:
Please be reminded, whistles are prohibited on the school field at all times.
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Please join the Queen of Peace Sodality for a special Mass & Cocktail Reception to benefit our Blessed Sacrament Social Concerns Ministry; helping those in need in our community.
The event will be held at the home of Jim & ML Shanahan, 10400 Stable Ln, Potomac MD 20854, on Saturday, May 18th 5-8. Mass will begin promptly at 5:15.
The cost for the event is: $75/person.
Please consider being a Sponsor for $250 or more. Sponsorship includes admission for 2. Pay at the door or mail a check (payable to Queen of Peace Sodality) to: Lois Boylan,
8101 Connecticut Avenue N300, Chevy Chase, MD 20815.
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Diaper Drive May 4-19, 2019
The Stella Maris Sodality is hosting their annual Diaper Drive. There are three ways for sodalists to participate:
- Drop off diapers in the boxes at each church exit or in the school lobby. Partial packages are fine!
- Cash! The DC Diaper Bank has high volume, low cost diaper buying power. A donation of $20 will buy over 3 weeks of diapers for a baby. We will be collecting checks and cash after Masses the weekend of May 18th & 19th.
- Amazon. Purchase diapers at https://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/1G9IJMMO5V30U . Your items will be delivered directly to the DC Diaper Bank. Specify "Stella Maris" as the organization.
Why Diapers? Lots of reasons, but excessive crying, often the result of diaper rash or discomfort, is the number one cause of child abuse. Diapers and other baby and other hygiene items are not covered by government food subsidies.
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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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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,
The HSA proposed budget for the 2019-2020 school year is now ready to be voted on. Please follow the link
here to cast your vote.
As you will notice we have a deficit of $2,285. Although this is not ideal, we are moving in the right direction. Last year we had a deficit of over $14,000, so a deficit of just over $2,000 is a vast improvement. Our goal is to have a surplus and begin to put money back into the reserve which we have had to pull from for the past 3 years.
If you are able to help us close this small gap, please consider donating
here. We are also still accepting donations for the Raise the Paddle effort to innovate the kindergarten space and classrooms. Raise the Paddle did well, but we would like to have a few thousand more dollars to make all the improvements proposed. We are so excited about full enrollment for next year's kindergarten. We are hopeful that the renovations will help continue this trend.
The HSA is so grateful to all you do as parents to support our school. Our successful fundraisers are because of you! Thank you for participating and thank you for all the volunteer work you do. Blessed Sacrament is a special place because of you!
Warmly,
Grace G. McNicholas
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Proposed '19-'20 Budget
is Complete!
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Room Parents Wanted!
Want to be a room parent for the 2019-2020 school year? Email me at: gracemcnicholas@hotmail.com
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Uniform Exchange Wants YOU!
The Uniform Exchange is looking for one more person to join their team for the 2019-2020 school year.
Interested? Email me at: gracemcnicholas@hotmail.com
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Here's what's coming up in April & May:
5/24: 3rd Grade Movie Party. Tickets
here.
5
/31: Ladies Only Wine Country Day Trip - Only 2 spots left!
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Wrap Up of Last Week's Fundraisers:
Bulldog 5K: Bulldog 5K grossed
$18,635.00 and netted
$12,652.93! Thank you to Celine and Brendan Delany for chairing this event! Thank you to all of our other volunteers who helped the day run smoothly!
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