XMS - Weekly Newsletter

Middle School

Weekly Newsletter

4/26/23

Shout joyfully to God, all the earth,

sing praise to the glory of his name;

proclaim his glorious praise.

Say to God, "How tremendous are your deeds!"

~ Psalm 66

Talent Show

The Spring Talent Show will take place on Thursday, May 25th. Information sheets and a signup list are available outside the choir room.

Yes, May 25th is over a month away, but all participants must be ready to perform their stage-ready act at the auditions on May 8th, 9th, and 10th. Get involved! Join the fun! Groups, partners, and individuals are all invited to share your God-given talent!

Spring MAP Testing

XMS students are participating in the spring session of MAP testing starting this week. Testing will take place over 3 weeks. This week is the Language Arts test, next week the students will take their Reading tests and the following week will be for the Math test. Please help the children do their best by making sure they have a good night’s sleep and a healthy breakfast.

2022-2023 Yearbook

It’s yearbook time! Order forms for the 2022-2023 yearboook are due Wednesday, May 3rd. Yearbooks will be $20.00 if you turn your form in by May 3rd. After May 3rd, the price is $25.00. Click here for the order form.

State Literary/Illustrator Contest

Congratulations to the following writers/illustrators, who earned all the top spots at the local level and also placed at state in the Mary Jo Netteschiem State Literary/Illustrator Contest:

Elizabeth Davis placed 3rd locally with her story "The Doctor's Note". Elizabeth also won an illustrator award locally, and won an illustrator award at State.
Jasmine Wallace placed 2nd locally with her story, "Magic and Fate".
Tessa Wallace placed 1st locally with her story, " Inside Out". Tessa also won a 3rd place Literary award for her story at the State level.
Vivian Polakowski placed 3rd locally with her story "Play it Again."

Congratulations, ladies!

Teacher Appreciation Week

Teacher Appreciation Week is coming up May 2nd - 5th. The XMS Home and School Committee has some great things planned, but we need your help. Please consider helping us in one of these three ways:

Donate any $10 gift card. Gift cards can be brought to the middle school office any time before April 28th.
Donate a used medium-sized flower vase. We will be putting bows on them, and the students will fill them with flowers for the teachers. Please be aware that you will not get the vase back. Flower vases can also be brought to the office.
Contribute food items, or some of your time by signing up through this Sign-Up Genius.

Thank you for your help in celebrating our wonderful staff at XMS!

8th Grade - Important End of the Year Information

8th Grade Camp Forms - Due April 26th
Important 8th Grade End of the Year Information

Lost and Found

Please click here to take a look at the Lost and Found items we have collected to see if any belong to your family. Your child can pick their things up from the office lobby. All lost and found items will be donated after April 28th!

Xavier Day is April 28th!

Welcome to Xavier Week! This week we are highlighting each campus leading up to Xavier Day on Friday, April 28th. Xavier Day is a day to celebrate all things Xavier, to show our pride, and to make a gift in support of the school system we all love. Gifts of all sizes are sincerely appreciated and will help us reach our goal of 1,000 donors in support of Xavier Catholic Schools!

Watch our social media to see the extra fun things going on this week at each campus and ask your students what they did to celebrate at school. Show your pride on Xavier Day by posting your pride on social media, by making a gift, and by joining us at Xavier High School for a system wide celebration with “Food Trucks and Fun” from 4-6:30 PM on Friday. There will be two food trucks, Mr. Reynebeau cookies for sale, entertainment, and fun for the kids. Extend the fun by attending Xavier High School’s production of Spin Decades that evening. We hope to see you there!

Xavier Theatre Presents...

An original musical revue featuring songs and dances

from the Golden Age of pop music, the '50s, '60s, '70s & '80s

7:00 pm April 26, 27 & 28

Adult $12 • Senior $10 • Student $9

Xavier System Student w/ID $5

Ticket prices do not include service fees on credit card purchases.

These fees are established by Showtix4u, our box office vendor, and are nonrefundable.

Limited performances, get tickets now!

www.xaviertheatre.com

(920) 733-8840

Xavier Fine Arts Theatre

1600 W. Prospect Avenue, Appleton

A program of the St. Francis Xavier Catholic School System

2023 Xavier Booster Club Golf Outing!

Tuesday, June 20, 2023 - Royal St. Patricks Golf Course, Wrightstown, WI

Four-Person 18-Hole Scramble -- $140 per Person ($150 after June 2, 2023)

Sponsorship Available

https://xcsgolfouting23.givesmart.com/

Includes

-- Box Lunch

-- 18 Holes of Golf with Cart

-- Beverage Ticket x 2

-- Premium Golfer Gift

-- Course Events (Longest Drive, Longest Putt, each for Men and Women)

-- Post-Golf Heavy Hors d'oeuvres and Brief Program

From the Scrip Office

Kohl's is ending their policy of letting you pay your credit card bills with Scrip gift cards. The 4% cards are currently not available to order, so if you already have some of these, you will be able to use them for credit card payments until June 26th. I do have a very limited amount of 5% cards in stock. Once those are gone, the new cards will not be able to be used for paying your bill. Unfortunately we were not forewarned so I could not stock up.

Dave Teela

St. Francis Xavier Scrip Coordinator