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Lenten observations, beginning with today's Ash Wednesday Prayer Service, will include grade level Mass, Stations of the Cross, Lenten Prayer Services, reflective classroom activities, and service projects reaffirming the theme
"Be Still and Know That I am God".
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Friday February 28th 7:00 pm, Saturday February 29th 2:00 pm & 7:00 pm
St. Francis Xavier Gymnasium
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Please bring a non-perishable food item to The Sound of Music and support Fourth Grade’s Service Project to fight hunger.
Please help the SFX Food Pantry fill the Easter bags by bringing a food item to The Sound of Music production. Jelly, canned tuna and chicken, scalloped potatoes, canned fruit, cookies, crackers, ground coffee, lemonade, ketchup. mustard, paper towels and napkins are all appreciated.
A Service Project Sponsored by SFX 4th Grade.
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SFX 7th Grader awarded 1st Place "All American Girl" for 7th grade
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Congratulations to SFX 7th grader Jenna Eggerding, who was recently awarded First Place as
"All American Girl"
for 7th grade at Congressman Dan Lipinski’s
"All American Boy and Girl"
recognition ceremony, Approximately 25 7th grade girls were finalists. More than 1,000 students applied for the awards. The top 100 underwent formal interviews with a panel of judges. Criteria for the award includes academic achievement, community involvement, and extracurricular activities. Jenna will be playing the role of Maria VonTrapp in the SFX Spring Musical
"The Sound of Music"
on February 28th and 29th.
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LOST BOYS SPEAKER PRESENTATION
7th grade students read Lost Boy, Lost Girl: Escaping Civil War in Sudan. This book tells the incredible story about what these children endured when civil war engulfed Sudan during the 1980’s. This week, two members of the Lost Boys of Sudan came to SFX to discuss their experiences with our 7th grade students.
The gentlemen both commented positively on the SFX students. Across all of their many yearly school presentations, they observed that the students here at St. Francis Xavier are consistently attentive, well behaved, and ask great questions. We are so proud of our students.
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CHANGES TO SIX FLAGS READ TO SUCCEED PROGRAM - NOW ENTIRELY DIGITAL!
Dear K-6 families,
As in years past, students in grades K-6 are invited to participate in the Six Flags Great America Read to Succeed Program. Students who read for 360 minutes will earn a free ticket to Great America.
This year Six Flags has gone entirely digital, and will no longer require a hard copy of your student's reading log to be submitted. I have attached a hard copy of the reading log so you can keep track of your child's reading before entering their minutes on the Six Flags website, but this is only for your personal tracking and may be discarded once you have entered the reading minutes online.
If your child would like to participate in this program, please follow these steps:
1. Register your student at sixflags.com/books
2. Use St. Francis Xavier School's code: JTFPE
(The prompt will actually ask you for your teacher's code, but you will enter the SFX code above)
3. Choose your child's teacher
Grades K-3: Choose your homeroom teacher
Grades 4-6: Choose your Language Arts teacher (4-Farley; 5-Stasaitis; 6-Pak)
4. Complete your registration by following the prompted questions
5. Fill out the online reading log for your student
6. Please have your child registered and their reading minutes entered by Monday, April 6
7. Great America tickets will be printed at school and handed out in May
Please contact me directly with any questions at kfilbin@sfxlg.org.
Happy reading,
Katie Filbin
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Participate in the 3 C's Parent Survey!
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This survey is designed to generate a detailed picture of the inner workings of your child’s school. As a parent, this opportunity will allow you to share your thoughts on the important elements of school effectiveness in a survey about St. Francis Xavier school. The 5Essentials Survey will be conducted February 19 – March 20, 2020
Your participation in the parent portion of the survey will help us understand the conditions at your child’s school and guide improvement. Your identity and survey responses will be kept completely confidential and will never be connected to you or your child.
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Important Parent Information
Tax Credit Statement-Educational Expenses
If you made tuition payments to us in the first 6 months of 2019 you should have received a statement from Jane Bandyk that detailed all of your payments from January 1, 2019 through June 30, 2019. For the 2
nd
half of 2019, you will need to log into your FACTS account.
Step 2: Select 'View Details'
Step 3: Select 'View Payment Summary' (Page will open in another window or tab)
Step 4: Select the year & then 'Print'
These statements can be used to fill out the Illinois Receipt for Qualified Education Expenses for your Illinois tax return and/or, in the case of Pre-School, the Child and Dependent Care Expenses form for your Federal tax return.
FACTS Billing for 2020-2021 Re-Registered and Newly Registered Students
Your FACTS account is now billing $75.00 per re-registered student currently in grades PS3-7
th
. That charge will show the re-registered students name. If you have registered a child who will be new to St. Francis next year the charge will show the name of the lead parent on your account. New student’s names for the 2020-2021 school year can’t be uploaded to FACTS yet.
FACTS 2020-2021 Tuition Assistance
Applications for tuition assistance must be made through the FACTS Management System. The site will open for applications February 1
st
. Please
CLICK HERE to see the attached letter
explaining the application process and required documents. We ask that all applications be completed by June 1, 2020. Parents will be notified of tuition assistance awards prior to the July/August billing of 2020-2021 tuition.
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Dear Families,
Please look around the house for any overdue or missing SFX SCHOOL LIBRARY BOOKS! Although I am only at school Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays,..
LIBRARY BOOKS CAN BE RETURNED ANY DAY!!
Thank you for your help with this.
Mrs. Filbin
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SFX Spring Athletics!
Calling all SFX athletes! The Spring Sports season is just around the corner and you don’t want to miss out on all the fun! 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th graders…
It’s not too late to sign up for a fun season of
Track & Field
.
There is something for everyone - sprints, hurdles, javelin, high jump, middle distance, shot put, long jump, triple jump, discus and relays. Practices begin in March. Tell your friends!
Boys Volleyball
is a short, fast season. If your son has never tried the sport, now’s the time! The athletes gain an appreciation for a sport they might not be that familiar with while having a great time competing with their classmates. Practices will begin late February.
Please contact Tammy Bauer
sfxad@sfxlg.org
if you’d like to register your student-athlete or would like additional information about the SFX spring sports season.
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FSA News Corner
What's next?
Mother / Daughter: March 8th
Come join our FSA Board! Here are our openings:
- Vice President
- Social / New Families
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.
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Lenten Opportunity from the Catholic Identity Committee
For most Catholic adults, the Mass is a most familiar part of the Faith. But, that familiarity can prevent us from appreciation of and reflection on the “source and summit” of our faith life. "The Mass, led by Bishop Robert Barron, beautifully explains the Mass in detail: what we do, why, and the significance it has in our lives. It’s a long, complex prayer. Every movement, gesture, & response is Biblical, and/or traditional, and it all has meaning. As Catholic adults, we may not know the significance of all the details.
The Catholic Identity Committee of the SFX School Advisory Board will present this 6-episode series over three Monday nights in March.
Join us on March 9, 16, and 30th from 7:00pm-9:00pm in Unity Hall for DVD presentation and discussion.
Please RSVP to Katie Kanzer k.f.kanzer@gmail.com or Katy Newcomb katynewcomb@hotmail.com. Walk-ins are welcome---bring a friend!
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PARENT ROSARY
THURSDAY, February 20, 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 2nd grade students as they prepare for their participation in the Sacrament of Reconciliation. 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. TRUST me, it happens every week!)
- 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.
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The Sound of Music
Student Musical
2/28/20 7pm
2/29/20 2pm & 7pm
3/4/20
3/8/20
Holy Thursday Living Stations of the Cross
4/9/20
8:30 am & 2:00 pm
CHECK HERE EVERY WEEK - MORE TO COME
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Important letter regarding E-Learning Days...
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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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The following is shared community news. The content shared is informational and does not serve as a recommendation or endorsement by SFX School or SFX Parish.
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2019 - 2020
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
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2019 2020
HEALTH INFO LINKS
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Shop For SFX
Your 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:
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!
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Use SFX ID # 70032987
at Office Max - program is valid all year long!
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