Basil E-News 10/18/19

October 18, 2019

Open House

On Sunday, October 13 the Saint Basil Academy family welcomed prospective students and families to tour our school. Thank you to all who volunteered and helped make this day successful!

Penny Wars

From October 7 - October 11, the four classes competed in Penny Wars to raise money for the Sustainability Campaign. Students beat all expectations and raised a grand total of $4,011.10! Thank you to all the students who dug into their wallets to bring in all their change!

B Street Band

On October 4, Saint Basil Academy hosted a BYOB Concert. Thank you to all our food sponsors and attendees.

The Bridge Educational Foundation

The Bridge Educational Foundation, through the support of Waste Management, is donating $108,500 of scholarship money to families of Bucks and Eastern Montgomery County. Saint Basil Academy was awarded $2,500 from Waste Management for scholarships to families in the 2019-20 school year. Jeff Pearce, Finance Director at SBA, attended the presentation ceremony along with represen tatives from other schools, representatives from the Bridge Educational Foundation, and legislators.

Community Day

Each year students are given the opportunity to visit different sites and share their gifts with the community. Check out some shots from all the Community Day 2019 sites.

Big Sister/Little Sister Day

SBA is proud to keep the tradition of Big and Little Sisters going each year. The big sisters began the day with locker decorations. This year's group of big and little sisters got together for lunch, made friendship bracelets, and got to know more about each other!

Sports Update

Volleyball

SBA 3 V. Villa Joseph 2

SBA 3 V. Merion 0

SBA 3 V. Nazareth 0

Congrats to Mary Kelly on her 1000 career assist! She is the first athlete in Basil history to achieve this!

Soccer

SBA 4 V. Cheltenham HS 0

Field Hockey

SBA 4 V. Sacred Heart 2

SBA 5 V. Lansdale Catholic 0

Congrats to Natalie Carter on 2 Hat Tricks last week!

Cross Country

Congrats to Taylor Thomas and Cate Quinn for being named to the Catholic Academy All-Star Cross Country Team.

Sisters of Saint Basil the Great Pilgrimage

On Sunday, October 6, freshmen attended a prayer service as part of the Sisters of Saint Basil annual Pilgrimage. The pilgrimage theme was The Unity of the Trinity: That All May Be One Through the Intercession of the Mother of God.