Blessed Francis Seelos Academy
Weekly News
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A Look Ahead
Thursday, December 8th - Zroni Pick-up
Friday, December 9th - Santa Shop
Friday, December 16th - Kindergarten Christmas Presentation
Saturday, December 19th - Forensics Tournament - Butler Catholic - 8:30-12:30
Tuesday, Dec. 20th - Grades 1-4 Christmas Presentation - 1:00 pm
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Honoring Mr. Reese
It wasn’t easy, but we pulled it off! Before Thanksgiving break, we surprised Mr. Reese with an assembly to thank him for his 10 years of dedication to our school. The surprises got even bigger when Iceburgh joined the celebration and the faculty gave Mr. Reese Penguin tickets with a message from Mike Lange. After 10 years, we also thought he finally earned his own parking spot. In this season of thanks, we are thankful to God for bringing him to Seelos Academy. Thanks also to the many hands who helped organize the event, especially Ms. Murrin, Mrs. Davison, Mrs. Anfang, Mr. Murslack, Mrs. Benner, and Mr. Scalamogna (from the NHRCES office).
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Lunch
The Lunch menu can be found on the school website. Click here.
The cafeteria staff is looking for additional volunteers to help with lunch throughout the year. The link to sign up is Cafeteria SignUp Genius
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Golden Apple Nominations
It is time again to recognize the outstanding Catholic educators in the Diocese of Pittsburgh Catholic schools. Did you know that we currently have 3 teachers in our building plus Mr. Reese that have won the award? Continue helping us recognize our amazing faculty by nominating others from BFSA for the prestigious Golden Apple Award. Please visit this link for additional information. |
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Seelos Samaritans
On Tuesday, December 6th from 3-4:15pm, we will be making Christmas cards and small crafts/ornaments/magnets for the residents of Alexis Manor. Students will be dismissed to the cafeteria immediately after school. They must have a note. Students should bring crayons, markers, and/or colored pencils with them. (Stamps, stickers, embellishments optional) Pick up will be at the side door (by the playground) at 4:15p.m. Please sign up here. Thank you!
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Grateful Hearts
Thank you to the many classrooms that completed service projects as part of their Thanksgiving celebrations. One example was the third grade, whose parents purchased and donated food items, and the students combined them into lunch bags including a small notecard for the Red Door in downtown Pittsburgh. They created close to 200 bags! Seelos Shines!
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Forensics Runners-Up
Congratulations to our forensics team for a second place finish last week in their first forensics tournament of the season held at Butler Catholic. They placed only three points out of first place!
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Emergency Closings and Delays
If inclement weather or some other emergency requires that school be delayed or closed, this information will be announced via email, radio, and/or television. PLEASE DO NOT CALL THE SCHOOL OR RECTORY FOR THIS INFORMATION.
In the event the school has a two-hour delay, all children should report to school by 10:15 am. Morning care is cancelled when school is delayed. If a district does not have a delay, the children from that district will follow their normal bussing schedule. If a public school has a delay when the school does not, those children may follow the delayed bussing schedule unless the parent/s can bring them.
Bussing is the responsibility of your local school district; therefore you must listen to their announcement and follow their directives for cancellations and delays. If your district cancels and we do not, there will be no bus service provided. Likewise, if we are on a two-hour delay and your district is running on a regular schedule, please do not put your child on the bus. Please note that children will not be admitted to the building nor will supervision be available if students arrive prior to the two-hour delay start time.
PLEASE NOTE: Because our attendance registers are legal indicators of a child's presence at the times we are in session, children who arrive late or are absent because of busing when school is in session will be marked as Excused Tardy of Excused Absence.
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Santa Shop
It's that time again! The annual Santa Shop will take place on Friday, December 9 during school hours.
Send your donations of fluffy socks or warm mittens gloves or scarves to school for sale at the holiday shop on December 9.
Crafty or own a small business?
We are also accepting donations of homemade items (soaps, jewelry, ornaments) to sell at our school shop!
The students have so much fun, so thank you in advance for your donations!
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Concession Stand Training for Parents and 8th Graders
Basketball season is starting up which means the concession stand is open. There will be a few hot items such as hotdogs, soft pretzels, warm chocolate chip cookies, ham and cheese rolls and pepperoni rolls. Therefore if you have never received training on how the equipment works in concessions you need to attend training. If you are an 8th grader who would like to volunteer time in the concession stand to earn service hours you need to attend training.
A second session will be held on Tuesday, December 6th from 6:30pm – 6:45pm.
Please RSVP to Jennifer Sachar if you plan to attend or have any questions.
Trained 8th graders and trained Seelos alumni will have access to a signup genius to sign up for the game times they would like to volunteer during the season and earn service hours. Basketball teams will still need to provide one parent volunteer during their games to work in concessions. We will not maintain a sub list as in the past. Up to 2 student volunteers will assist the team parent in concessions during the game.
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Neighbor's News
Please visit this link to our website for flyers from our neighboring businesses and high schools regarding upcoming events and sports clinics.
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Did You Miss a Newsletter?
All of our weekly newsletters are on the school website. Go to Parents/Read the Latest or view here.
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Zroni Pick Up
Zroni rolls will be delivered next Thursday, December 8th. You can pick up your order between 2pm and 3pm in the school cafeteria and enter through the side door by the playground. Please contact Kristen Leckey at kristenlecky@yahoo.com if you will not be able to pick up your order at that time. Thank you!
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Gift Card Program
Do you run your own business or know someone who does? Are you planning to give gift cards to your staff to wish them a Merry Christmas? Why not buy your gift cards from the school and help us fundraise? Orders can be placed by sending a completed order form and check into the school, going online to www.bfsafundraising.com, or in-person at the school office. Place orders by December 7th to ensure delivery by the 21st.
We have a limited number of $5.00 and $10.00 gift cards. Place your special order now if you’d like some of these cards to show your gratitude this Thanksgiving or if you are looking for stocking stuffers, gifts for bus driver, mail carrier, coach, etc. For more information and order forms, questions may be directed to: giftcards@seelosacademy.org or ldavison@seelosacademy.org
Available $10 cards:
Amazon Barnes and Noble Bath & Body Works Chick-fil-A
Chipotle Dairy Queen Denny’s Dominos Dunkin Donuts
IHop Panera Pizza Hut Starbucks Subway Target Walmart
Available $5 cards:
Barnes and Noble Panera Starbucks Taco Bell
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Fundraising Partners
Visit our website for additional ways to support Seelos Academy through our fundraising partners.
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