• MON. October 10: NO SCHOOL - Teacher Professional Development Day

• WED. October 12: Deadline to Order for FallFest (click above)

• SAT. October 15: See you at FALLFEST! 4PM - 8PM

• Comet Sports! Check the schedule here for your team.

• Club Activities this Week! - Click here!

PLANNING AHEAD...

• October 20: End of 1st Quarter
• October 21: NO SCHOOL - End of Quarter 
• October 25: Make Up Picture Day
• October 28: 1st Quarter Report Cards Post

Parents in Prayer - Month of October Prayers

Eucharistic Revival

Many of you may not have heard that the bishops of the United States have announced a 3-year Eucharistic Revival for the Catholic Church. The revival started on June 19, 2022, the Feast of Corpus Cristi. "Our world is hurting. We all need healing, yet many of us are separated from the very source of our strength. Jesus Christ invites us to return to the source and summit of our faith: his Real Presence in the Eucharist. The National Eucharistic Revival is a movement to restore understanding and devotion to this great mystery here in the United States." At. St. Benedict, we celebrate the Mass as a school community each Friday. Parents are always welcome to join us. In addition, the entire school has a monthly opportunity on the first Friday of each month to pray with the Blessed Sacrament. We also invite parents to join us for Eucharistic Adoration during our school time or commit to serving as a First Friday Adorer for one hour each month at St. Benedict Parish (email Alice DiFazio at notele@comcast.net). It's truly an amazing hour with Our Lord.

Kroger Community Rewards

Thank you to our families who support us through the Kroger Community Rewards Program. Due to your support, we received a check from Kroger for $271.30. This is an easy way to help our school through purchases you already make. If you're not signed up for the Kroger Rewards Program and you'd like to be, please use the link here: https://www.kroger.com/i/community/community-rewards.

Fall Fest is THIS Saturday, OCT. 15TH!! Sign up by 10/11!!

Everyone loves FallFest and our committee has planned a great night for our families! Volunteers are still needed too - so click on the button below to access everything you need to know to make it a GREAT time!

Grandparents Day is Nov. 11th!

Your grandparents should have received their invitation by email on Friday Oct. 7. Parents, please make sure your grandparents RSVP by 11/1 - even if they can't attend. We have asked grandparents, who cannot join us in person, to send a letter of love for their grandchild to open that day (due 11/5). Their RSVP lets us know if we should be expecting them OR a letter for their grandchild.

ALSO - because space will be VERY limited at the school, we ask all of our parents to honor the day and our request that ONLY GRANDPARENTS attend the morning events at the school (unless your grandparent requires physical assistance or you are a registered parent volunteer for Grandparent's Day). Parents are welcome and encouraged to please join us at 10:30am at the Church for Mass and the student's Veteran's Day Salute. We just ask you to please save the forward rows for our special guests, because it is their day and we want to show great hospitality to our grandparents!

Grandparents Day is a 12:30pm dismissal day (with ASE available til 6pm). We will have regular carline dismissal at school, however, if you and/or your Grandparents would like to have your student/s released with you from the Church, following the performance, please let your child's teacher know. Your teacher will dismiss each student in their class from Church only if they have a note from you. Teachers will be reaching out closer to the event as a reminder.

Another Volunteer Opportunity!

Up to 4.5 PTO hours available!!



Please help us at the upcoming Alumni Wine Walk at SBCS on Tues. Oct. 25th. Parent volunteers are needed to help with set-up, serve and breakdown as we welcome our alumni for a stroll down memory lane and an update on our Campaign!

Santa Shop Planning

Christmas will be here before we know it, and so will our beloved Santa Shop! Please remember to hold onto gently used games, books, stuffed animals and home decor items so you are ready when the call for items goes out in early December!

How to report your PTO Volunteer Hours:

• Click here to go to Parentsweb on our website.
• On the left-hand sidebar, click on FAMILY.
• In the center of the page, click ADD+ in the SERVICE HOURS section to enter your PTO Hours.
• Please be sure to do this right after you volunteer for an event so you don't lose track of your PTO hours.

Over $50,000 Raised to Date for the Playground!!

$250K TO GO!

Order your exclusive centennial P.E. uniform TODAY! 

Youth and adult sizes available. This online shop is only available until

October 17th, so order today!

Legacy P.E. uniform designs are still acceptable. Uniform items will be delivered before Thanksgiving.

Contact Juliet D'Agostino with any questions @ julietdagostino@yahoo.com

Exciting things are going on in your school library. Here are some you should know:

Our elementary grades visit the library each week to hear great stories, to learn basic library skills, and to look for interesting titles to borrow. Middle school students can check out books by accessing the online catalog from the school website or library Google Classroom. Ask your student to show you how!

All students are invited to take part in the school-wide Reading Challenge. Forms and instructions went home with students last week, and are posted on the library webpage. Participation in the challenge is voluntary. Challenge finishers win House points and an award.

Students in grades K-6 can also earn a free personal pan pizza each month by reading every day. Pizza Hut's BOOK IT! program runs from October through March. There is no paperwork required, but if you want more information you can find it here.

Remember to be a good steward of the books you have borrowed: turn pages carefully with clean hands, use a bookmark to keep your place, put books gently in backpacks, and keep water bottles away from books.

Happy reading!

• All families with children who are 7 years old and in the 2^nd Grade should contact Ben Fleser ASAP at the parish with any questions about First Communion Registration. Registration for First Communion will end on October 16. 

• The next Middle School Youth Group will meet on Wednesday, October 12 from 6:30pm-8:15pm at St. Anselm Hall. All those in grades 5-8 are invited to attend.

• All those with children in grades Pre K-4 are invited to attend Family Faith Formation at St. Benedict Church, which meets on the first Sunday of the month. Our next session will be on Sunday, November 6. Please contact Ben Fleser about registration

• Ben Fleser Contact Information: bfleser@saintbenedictparish.org

Families - whenever you are in need of basic school information, please check our website! We try to keep everything you need to know easily accessible there. Most information is located under our SCHOOL LIFE tab, but here are some ready links:

Calendar

PARENTS WEB 

FACTS

Past Issues of Newsletter

Uniform Guidelines

School Handbook

School Supplies List

Summer Reading & Assignments

Forms

Faculty & Staff Contacts

Online School Directory (log into ParentsWeb, select Directory)

And some other helpful info (non-website)...

Need to book Afterschool or Morning Care?

Need to pick up your child early from school?

Is grandma or someone else picking up your child?

Email Mrs. Autry: pautry@saintbenedictschool.org or call 804-254-8850

Tia Lukanova - School Counselor

And don't forget to follow us on Social Media!

Instagram

Facebook

Orders need to be placed by Sunday at noon.

Executive Order Two requires that as of January 24, 2022 parents make the decision about whether their students wear masks in school.

ONLY COME TO SCHOOL IF….

• Your temperature is under 100.4 degrees.
• You do NOT have other symptoms of COVID-19, without an alternative diagnosis. Other symptoms include chills, sore throat, cough, shortness of breath, muscle pain, nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea.
• Please notify the school about a positive COVID test or possible exposure by sending an email addressed to pautry@saintbenedictschool.org, mmeadows@saintbenedictschool.org and scruess@saintbenedictschool.org.

Helpful resources for our families:

School Covid Guidance as of April 2022

COVID-19 Testing Information

Free At-Home COVID Tests

Richmond/Henrico Testing

Chesterfield Testing

How to Get the COVID-19 Vaccine

Richmond Health Department