“Over three decades of research have shown that regular family meals offer a wide variety of physical, social-emotional and academic benefits.”

https://thefamilydinnerproject.org/about-us/benefits-of-family-dinners/

The link above is just one of many that provide evidence of the benefits of eating together as a family and activities to make dinner together a special time.

Here at SGS we not only want to encourage you to eat together as a family at home, but to also offer you the opportunity to join your child for lunch at school. Starting October 11th, the cafeteria will be open for lunch visitors. Please see the sign-up genius link here for all the details.

The school calendar may be accessed on the school website and in FACTS Family Portal.

Please note: dates are subject to change. Read Dragon Tales weekly for current information. 

Students can not be checked out after 1:15 on pep rally day, October 7th. If you need your child between 1:15 and 2:45, then your child must be checked out prior to 1:15. All students and teachers in PreK-8th grade will be in the gym from 1:15-2:30. After the pep rally, all students will be dismissed to their assigned dismissal area. 

Cafeteria Visitors

Starting on Tuesday, October 11th, the K-8th cafeteria will be open to lunch visitors on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays of regular schedule school days. The PreK cafeteria will begin welcoming visitors at a later date, when the PreK students are completely adjusted to their school routines and developmentally prepared to handle visitors coming and going. We are excited to extend this invitation to our school parents, but due to limited space, the following guidelines must be adhered to so we can accommodate all parents who wish to eat lunch in the cafeteria:  

Parents who wish to eat lunch with their child must:

• Sign up on the Sign-Up Genius posted in Dragon Tales before Monday at 12:00 noon. 
• Only those parents who have signed up are allowed to visit in the cafeteria.
• Parents are allowed to join their child in the cafeteria once per quarter.  
• When signing up, include whether you will purchase a plate lunch from the cafeteria or bring something from home so the cafeteria can plan accordingly. 
• If you are not purchasing a cafeteria lunch and are bringing food into the cafeteria, the Child Nutrition Program does not allow food that is wrapped or marked with commercial/fast food labels in the cafeteria.  
• For safety reasons, siblings are not allowed.
• Because this is a special time for parents to be with their child, parents and their child will eat together at the designated visitors’ tables/spaces. Other students must stay in their regular seat assignments.
• Upon arrival, parents should sign in at the school office and receive a visitors pass. Parents should walk directly to the cafeteria when their child’s lunch time begins. When lunch is over, parents should walk directly to the office and sign out.
• Parents should not follow students to the classroom or activities after lunch.
• For the privacy and safety of students, cell phones are not allowed to be used on campus for personal reasons. You can take a picture with your child, but it must be outside or without other students in the background. Please enjoy this cell-phone free time with your child. 

We hope you enjoy this time together with your child and appreciate your cooperation and willingness to follow the guidelines above.

ST. GEORGE FAIR - OCTOBER 14, 15 & 16  - St. George Theme Basket Raffle

Theme Basket Sponsors:

• PreK: It’s a Date 
• Kindergarten: Barbie/Princess/Disney/Lego/Transformer/Hot Wheels 
• First Grade: 1A & 1B: Saints 1C & 1D: Holidays
• Second Grade: Gift Cards 
• Third Grade: Family Night Entertainment 
• Fourth Grade: Louisiana 
• Fifth Grade: Sports and Leisure 
• Sixth Grade: LSU 
• Seventh Grade: Chocolate Basket 
• Eighth Grade: Lottery scratch off tickets         

Please return donated basket items to your child's homeroom teacher by October 12.

Many thanks to all students who donated to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital as part of our September Stewardship Project. Everyone enjoyed wearing silly socks and walking around the gym for the "Sock it to Childhood Cancer" Walk this morning. Tomorrow is the deadline to donate by sending donation to school or online via Dragons for St. Jude team page. Watch for a total of donations collected in our next week's Dragon Tales newsletter.

Yearbooks for the 2021-2022 school year were sent home on Tuesday. We do have extras this year. If you want to purchase one, please send $50 in an envelope to Mrs. Cooper's attention. 

If you have any questions, please email Mrs. Cooper.  ashley.cooper@sgschoolbr.org

Students in 3rd - 8th grade are allowed to purchase seconds (entrée is $2.75 additional to the lunch price of $3.30).

• Parents, please speak with your student if you have a restriction on buying extra servings.
• Students wishing to purchase extra sales must have money in their meal accounts.
• If you do not wish for your student to purchase extras in the cafeteria, please complete this form and return it to the school cafeteria.
• Parents may also send a check to school as payment for meals. Please note that all accounts must be current.

• Lunch menu is subject to change



• The lunch menu is posted in your FACTS Family Portal and is always current. 

Inaugural Dragon Shootout at the Fair!!

The St. George Athletic Association is excited to partner with the St. George Fair Committee in hosting the inaugural Dragon Shootout at this year's fair on the new middle school basketball court!  

All 3rd-8th grade boys and girls are eligible to participate in this event. Please visit https://www.st-george.org/dragon-shootout for more information.

Registration closes October 1 and space is limited so don’t wait to register! You can use the following link to register:

https://www.st-george.org/dragon-shootout-registration

Dragon Spirit Shop:

An online spirit shop is now open for anyone to purchase items to show your team spirit. This shop will remain open until Monday, Oct. 3 (please allow about 3-4 weeks after the shop is closed for the items to come in), and please share this link with all family and friends.

St. George Spirit Shop

Cross Country:

The cross country team is hosting their home meet at Highland Road Park this Saturday October 1, the girls race begins at 10:30 and boys at 11:00! It should be a beautiful morning so plan to go cheer on our Dragon runners!! Many thanks to our coaches for their work in planning this event, and our prize donors Varsity Sports, Raising Canes and Beyond Bowls!

GO DRAGONS!!

Girls Basketball:

The St. George 6th-8th Girls Basketball tournament begins today Thursday 9/29. The theme this year is 80s “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun”!! Make plans to come out and support the girls! You can find the full updated schedule using this link all weekend:

2022 St. George Girls Basketball Tournament

Here is the schedule for the upcoming week:

Monday, 10/3

• 3rd Fire @ St. George 5:45
• 4th Dragons @ St. George 6:30
• 5th Green @ St. George 7:15
• 5th Dragons @ Ascension Catholic 6:30

Tuesday, 10/4

• 5th Green @ Holy Family 5:45

Wednesday, 10/5

• 4th Green @ MBS 5:45
• 8th @ St. John 7:15

Thursday, 10/6

• 6th @ St. George 5:45
• 7th @ St. George 6:30
• 8th @ St. George 7:15

Intramurals:

We have 3 more days for our intramural t-ball, tomorrow Sept. 30, and next Monday and Friday. The time for all three days is 4:30-5:30 and the boys and girls will be playing a game the full time.

Parent Code of Conduct

Student Athlete Physical Exam Form

The entire material universe speaks of God’s love, His boundless affection for us. 

Soil, water, mountains; everything is, as it were, a caress of God.” 

Laudato Si 84

Registration is now open for the Joy in Marriage on October 25th at 6pm. Join us to hear Brett and Jen Connison speak and for an evening of fellowship. 

You can register at the direct links found below: 

Event: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040F4AA4A929ABFD0-joyinmarriage

Babysitting: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040F4AA4A929ABFD0-october

Registration helps us plan the light refreshments.