January 15, 2020
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Pack-The -Place Winter Wig-Out!

Pack-the-Place “Winter Wig-out” was a huge success! Congrats to the following home rooms for winning a dress-down day! Mrs. Morella’s 6th grade with 90% attendance & Ms. Tegtmeyer’s 8th grade with 88.9% attendance! Jr. Falcon Club had a blast cheering on their older buddies! Basketball, pizza and smiles... what could be better on a cold January night!
5th Grade SFX Boys Basketball White Team at St. Dennis Classic

Congrats to the SFX 5th Grade Boys white basketball team. The team came home with a second place trophy from the St. Dennis Cardinal Classic basketball tournament this past weekend! The boys played hard and did a great job throughout the tournament! Well done!
2019-2020 National Geographic GeoBee

SFX 4th Grader advances in competition!

Congratulations to St Francis Xavier School Geography Bee winner, 4th Grader Maddie Justak, from Mrs. Cooke’s class, who will advance to the next level of competition, a qualifying test to determine state competitors. For the 32nd year, the National Geographic Society is holding the National Geographic GeoBee for students in the fourth through eighth grade. Thousands of student schools are competing for this year's contest from across the US and the five US territories. Well done!
SFX 6th Grade Girl Scouts Visit Chinatown!

The 6th grade Girl Scouts truly enjoyed their visit to Chinatown! They tried tasty Chinese treats and learned a lot about traditional Chinese New Year celebrations. But the highlight was their dumpling-making lesson and lunch. The girls enthusiastically reported, “We made a LOT of dumplings!” Happy Year of the Rat!
FSA News Corner

Come join our FSA Board! Here are our openings:

1.VP
2. Treasurer
3. Social/Events

Please reach out to Prudence Hopkins if interested. pru73@yahoo.com

The Family & School Association (FSA) is a the SFX parent organization whose goal is to help advance the Catholic education of our children and to promote the spirit of St. Francis Xavier School by providing a supportive link between families and SFX school. The FSA achieves this goal by sponsoring educational and recreational events for school families. 
PARENT ROSARY

THURSDAY, January 16, 8:15am
SFX CHAPEL (located next to Joyce Hall in the school)

Each week, we pray for the SFX students, families, faculty and staff. 

This week, we will specifically be praying for the 8th grade class as they prepare for the next steps on their adventures! As always, bring your special intentions! 

And remember, if….

  • You’ve never prayed a Rosary. (We’ll have a quick overview before we start the prayer.)

  • It’s been a while, and you may have forgotten how. (We pray in a group… no one will know if, “under pressure,” you forget the Our Father!)

  • You lost your rosary beads. (There are plenty of extra Rosary beads on-hand.)

  • You don’t have enough time. (Start slow. Pray a decade or two with us. It’s typically 15-20 minutes.)

  • Your little one(s) won’t sit still. (They are most welcome. There is room to wiggle. And kid-friendly activities are available.)

  • You just want to start praying. (At first glance, the Rosary is simply a prayer asking for Mary’s prayers. But, when we meditate on each mystery of Christ’s life, we learn that Mary is asking us to draw closer to her Son.)

Questions: contact Katie Kanzer k.f.kanzer@gmail.com or Karen Trayser karentrayser@yahoo.com.
We are in need of Play Yards ASAP !!! May we please borrow?

As you know, the Robot Playground is a popular area at Open House!

Once again this year, we will need 5-6 Northstates Superyard play yard gates to make our robot playground in the middle of the gym . Last year we had several families who let us borrow theirs for the afternoon. 

Please contact SFX technology faculty Amy Ryan aryan@sfxlg.org or Allison Sowa asowa@sfxlg.org if you are able to lend us one!
Gym Uniform Webstore is Open!


The webstore is open
Wed, January 15th - Fri, January 24th (CLOSES 5PM)
Delivery by Friday, February 14th 

Please click on the link below to order!
ST. FRANCIS WEBSTORE 2020   
Password: SFX2020
We encourage every parent at SFX to attend this presentation on the digital challenges of modern parenting on Thurs 1/30 at 7pm.

One SFX 7th Grade Parent, who has heard Dr. Heitner speak, recently commented on our Facebook post:

"RUN, do not walk, to listen to this speaker!"
1/23/19
All-School Spelling Bee 2:00 pm School Gym

2/10/2020 4pm-8pm


CHECK HERE EVERY WEEK - MORE TO COME!


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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Shop For SFX

Y 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:
 
1)     www.ShopwithScrip.com   and click on Join a Program.
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!



 
Did you know that when you shop for the holidays at:
smile.amazon.com/ch/36-2171005 , AmazonSmile donates to St Francis Xavier Parish & School?
Use SFX ID # 70032987
at Office Max - program is valid all year long!