November 13, 2019
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Older Friends Day 2019
1st Grade Service - Caring for Older Friends
Veterans Day 2019
5th Grade Service - Veterans and Active Duty Military
4th Grade Service - Working to End Hunger

4th grade students from St Francis Xavier School presented Mary Freeman, Dir. of Outreach/Food Pantry at St. Francis Xavier Parish, La Grange, IL with a $350 check from the 7 cents a day campaign for the SFX Food Pantry. Students received a tour of the food pantry and had very good conversation and received education about hunger in our community.
2019 Service Day "NON-student" T-shirts

ORDERS DUE FRIDAY 11/15

SFX Service committee will be selling 2019 Service Day T-shirts for any Volunteers, Moms, Dads, Family and/or Neighbors who want to join the excitement of the SFX Service Day on Dec. 6th.


Many volunteers enjoy having their own shirts to be worn on Service Day field trips. Every SFX student will receive a free shirt on Dec. 6th to be worn on Service Day as well as other Service events throughout the year. You do NOT need to order a t-shirt for your student.

Please get orders returned by Friday, NOVEMBER 15th. They are $7 each. You will be able to pick up t-shirts in the gym foyer onThursday, Dec. 5th after school and on Friday, Dec. 6th in the morning before field trips. Any questions, contact Bridget Weber at bridgetlweber@mac.com.
2020-2021 RE-REGISTRATION DUE BY NOV. 15TH


Please don't delay! Open enrollment for new families begins Nov. 18th!


The online 2020-2021 Re-registration Form for students currently in PS3-7th grade was emailed to families on Monday morning, October 21st. If you have not yet submitted your children's re-registration please do so by November 15th. Registration will begin for new families on November 18th.

Towards the bottom of the form you are asked if you'd like to request a registration packet for a sibling who would be new to St. Francis next year. Do not request a registration packet for the student you just re-registered. The packets are only for NEW students of current families. All re-registration questions should be directed to Mrs. Evans at pevans@sfxlg.org. 

We invite you to tell your friends and neighbors with school age or soon to be school age youngsters to contact our Advancement Director, Mrs. Mary Tassi, with questions regarding new family registration or to arrange a tour of our school. Mrs. Tassi may be reached at mtassi@sfxlg.org or 708-352-2175 ext. 331.
Registration opens to the public on Monday, November 18th.
FSA News Corner


BOOK FAIR
Thank to our Book Fair Co-Chairs: Rachel Malone, Tina Orlando and Julie Schaff. Thank you for all your hard work on this years amazing Book Fair.

Volunteer Honor Roll:

Kelly Anderson, Camille Brune, Bridget Briscoe, Andrea Dekoj, Lisa Doyle, Mary Gibbons, Melissa Hannon, Ally Hayes, Lauren Keach, Laura Khasho, Angie McMurray, Liz Musker, Colleen Olsen
Mario Rangel, Bridget Weber

Upcoming Events:

November 25th: Parent-Teacher Conferences
December 6th: Service Day
PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES

Parent Teacher Conferences for grades PK4 - 8 (except Mrs. Cooke's 4th grade) will be held from 8 am - 8 pm on Monday, November 25th. Conference appointments will be made by parents on the Pick-A-Time website. Instructions for making your appointment and the username and password required for each of your students will be sent home with each families' eldest the week of November 4th.

The scheduling site will be available from 9am on Wednesday, November 13th and closes at 3pm Wednesday, November 20th. Don't miss your window of opportunity. Watch for information to come home and be prepared to make your appointments while the site is open and available.
PARENT ROSARY

SFX SCHOOL CHAPEL - TOMORROW, NOV 14, 2019 @ 8:15am The chapel is located in the lower level of the school next to Joyce Hall.
This week, we will specifically be praying for the 2nd grade class.

Each week, we pray for the SFX students, families, faculty and staff.  
As always, bring your special intentions! Questions: contact Katie Kanzer k.f.kanzer@gmail.com or Karen Trayser karentrayser@yahoo.com.
8th Grade News

The calendar of events has really been busy for our 8th graders and their parents. Graduation pictures were yesterday and what a great looking group all dressed up! After proofs are delivered to you, the retake day will be arranged. Stay tuned....

Lyons Township High School invites our 8th grade students to a Jr. Lions Tour which this year has been scheduled for Thursday, December 5th. The event begins at South Campus at 1pm and parents are responsible for getting their student there and picking up after at 2:30. They are not required or expected to return to SFX that afternoon. Car pooling is generally involved. Attached is a permission slip which is required for each 8th grader. They have also been given a hard copy to bring home today. Please return this A.S.A. P. as I provide LTHS with a list of students they should expect to attend. The permission slip also asks if your student will shadow at a different school that day or stay at SFX all day. We need to know for planning purposes. I've also attached the LTHS registration timeline for planning purposes.

Catholic High School testing is Saturday, December 7th. Those students testing will/should bring back to school a signed parent release of their students information. Upon receipt of that release I will forward their 7th & 8th grade report cards and 7th grade ASPIRE test results. The high schools have a very short window of turn around for this information, so please be on the lookout when they return from testing, sign and send to me or the homeroom teacher. If your student tests at a school which now asks parents to upload this information directly, please email me and I will send the information to you if you require copies.
Carol & Light Service

Mark your calendars: The Carol & Light service will take place on Thursday, December 12th at 7:00pm in the Church.

This beautiful Advent prayer service with seasonal readings & songs will be presented by the students in grades 2, 4 & 6. Please join us as we prepare to welcome Jesus!
St. Francis Xavier Family Ministry

The St. Francis Xavier Family Ministry Group is excited to share the following service opportunities for the 2019/2020 school year!  SFX families are invited to participate in these service events. The idea behind the Family Ministry is to give families a chance to have fun and work together while serving others in need. Please help us make a difference . 
Falcon Yearbook!
Don't Delay - 5% Discount in November!

Love discounts? Go to the Treering website ( www.treering.com ) to order your Falcon 2019-2020 yearbook before the end of November for a 5% discount. Parents, use your login/ password from last year!  New  parents, please use this code: 1015047106533739.

We need your pictures! 8th grade parents please upload any of the following to the labeled shared folder on Treering:

  • Retro (through the years pics)
  • Baby pics
  • 8th grade tailgate
Building Our Future Annual Appeal

By now you should have received your personal request to participate in our annual appeal to close the financial gap at St. Francis Xavier School.

The time is now!

  • Please CLICK HERE to Donate now. There are options available for single lump sum payment or automatic withdrawal of recurring amounts.
  • Send your donation to our school or to the parish office marked: "Building Our Future"

As you know, it costs more to operate the school than what is provided via tuition income. The parish is providing almost $468,000 this year to subsidize school operating expenses. In order to fill the financial gap between the tuition paid by parents, the subsidy provided by the parish, and the growing cost of educating our children, the remainder must come from fundraising appeals (Biennial Auction, Building Our Future, Oktoberfest, Falcon 5k, Book Fair, Restaurant Fundraisers, etc). The good news is most of this year’s activities, such as the Golf Outing, Oktoberfest & Falcon 5K have been well attended and combined to raise similar funds to prior years. 

Our goal is participation by 100% of households, to the extent that each family is able to donate.  
Thank you in advance for helping to Close the Gap!
The Book Fair may be over but the Anderson's is not done donating! CLICK HERE for coupons that can be used through November 20th in the store!

Note: second and third trimester Grade level Parish Masses will be added in January.

Kindergarten Fall Program
11/19 7:00 pm

Thanksgiving Break
No School
11/25-11/29

Parent/Teacher Conferences
11/25

Service Day!
12/6

Q-BBQ Fundraiser
12/10 11am-9pm

Carol & Light
12/12 7:00 pm

Christmas Band Concert
12/17 7:00 pm

December 20th
Christmas Break begins with NOON Dismissal

Jan 6th Classes Resume

Buona Beef Fundraiser
1/14/20 10:30am-10pm


CHECK HERE EVERY WEEK - MORE TO COME!


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