Harvest-fest Besties!
Click here for more photos for more Harvest-fest Highlights... such a beautiful and fun-filled day!
A beautiful fall weather day served as a wonderful backdrop for our first ever Family Harvest-fest at SFX. Fun for the whole family was had, with games, activities, popcorn and ice cream as a few of the day's highlights. A special word of acknowledgement and gratitude goes to our Grade 8 students who helped to run the games for our younger students, The leadership opportunities that come from being "upper class-men" are fully embraced by our students!

Parent conferences are right around the corner! Be on the lookout for an email next week, as all conference scheduling will be done online this year.

Please stay well informed by reading the newsletter in its entirety, as well as visiting teacher web pages frequently.

Thanks for another great week and have a wonderful weekend!
God bless ~
Mrs. Russo
In honor of Our Blessed Mother......
Wear Blue for $2 on Tuesday!
In this month devoted to the Holy Rosary and focused on the beauty of choosing life, we spend a great deal of time praying for Our Blessed Mother's intercession. Our prayer intentions and generous giving will focus on the unborn this coming week, as students are invited to "Dress in Blue for 2". The $2 per student will be donated to A Woman's Concern in Fall River.
Thank you for supporting this important cause!
~ NJHS
All Saints Day...
...will be here before we know it!
Please click here to SAY YES to assist with our annual TRUNK OR TREAT TRADITION!
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Bring Back Bay State?
Bay State Gymnastics is interested in returning this year for a winter Tumbling Session for Kindergarten through Grade 4. If you think that your child would be interested, could you kindly click here to let us know? Without enough tumblers, the program will not continue this year. Thank you!
Next week-at-a-glance:

Monday- 10/7- Southwestern Beef Bowl
Tuesday- 10/8- Chicken Teriyaki Dippers
Wednesday 10/9- Pepperoni Pizza
Thursday 10/10- Grilled Cheese Sandwich
Friday 10/11- Chicken Patty on a Bun
Important Dates for Calendars:
* Monday, 10/7 - School Events Committee Meeting 7pm; Please join us if you are able... all are welcome!
* Friday, 10/11 - Progress Reports come home today (Grades 1-8);
* Monday, 10/14 - NO SCHOOL
* Wednesday, 10/16 - Early Dismissal (11:30am) - Parent Conferences (Lunch will be offered and Extended Care will run until 5:30pm);
* Thursday, 10/17 - Parent Conferences (after school/evening);
"Your grace is enough for me, O Lord."
2 Cor. 12:9 
NEXT SCHOOL MASS 2019-2020
Will be held on Monday 10/7 @ 9am
Readers:
Kailey Araujo (8) & Julia Hartford (8)
(Middle school students expected to wear Special Occasion Uniforms this day!)

ALL ARE WELCOME TO JOIN US!

Click here to access this year's theme song about God's grace!
House Blessings and/or Crucifix Campaign!
Click here to let us know if you would love to have your house blessed and/or would appreciate having a crucifix for your home... Protect your home and center it in Christ!
Annual Blessing of the Animals
Feast of St. Francis of Assisi

Thank you, Father Williams for the wonderful blessing that you bestowed upon our household pets today, on the Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi. Thank you, parents, for bringing your dogs, cats, bunnies and even a chicken to be blessed! More photos will be found in next week's newsletter!
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NEXT UP ON THE GRADE 8 AGENDA.....
FAMILY HALLOWEEN DANCE!
Save-the- Date!
Enrichment from Abroad!
Father Williams may not have been teaching Latin to our 7th & 8th graders last week, but he did flip the classroom, instructing from abroad! Our students were exposed to places far beyond the classroom experience! Please click the links below, to view Father's educational videos:
New video from Croatia!  
Northern Italy
Why does Venice matter? Find out from Fr. Williams https://youtu.be/YRqjEVETkAM   
Roman Echoes in Slovenia https://youtu.be/4Sg26BkyoqE
Padua, Italy  
S chool E vents C ommittee
SFX Family Harvest-fest 2019.... THANK YOU! A great deal of thanks goes to Michelle Hamel, Casey Jacintho and Maryann Ribiero (grades 3-5 SEC reps), who pulled off a wonderful opening of the school year event for our families!
Next SEC meeting: Monday, Oct. 7th @ 7pm in Library... please join us if you are able!
VENDORS NEEDED
Save-the- Date!
Our annual Vendor Fair will be held on Saturday, November 9th from 10:00am -2:30pm ! Please share this information with friends & family who may want to host a table at this event... thank you!
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CYO Basketball
The program is still looking for players for the third and fourth grade boys team (as well as a coach!) We could also use a few more for boys in the Grades 7/8 bracket. Coach Kearney says he is always happy to take more boys/girls in any of the age groups! 
Please make sure that your child(ren) are coming to school with a water bottle that they can fill up throughout the school day.
STAYING HYDRATED = STAYING HEALTHY
DOT DAY SMILE!
DOT DAY ART !
THANK YOU, MRS. ANGELEY!
#GodsGrace
#enough4us
St. Francis Xavier School 
 223 Main Street, Acushnet, MA 02743