My heart was filled with pure joy this morning at the precious sound of one of our PreK classes praising God by reciting this Psalm for me.

“O give thanks unto the LORD for He is good.” - Psalm 118:1

Later the teacher shared with me that she has been using this Psalm with her class

to discuss and learn about being thankful during Thanksgiving. She explained, “Throughout our days, we say what we are thankful for and how it is important to thank God for everything. I teach that if you have God in your heart, He will always provide if you have faith. Every morning, I tell them if they came to school angry, sad, or mad to give it to God. If they came to school happy and ready to learn, to thank him for allowing them to wake up and be ready but, we are really learning to give thanks to him because he is so good to us!”

I hope that we all can approach the Thanksgiving holidays with this Psalm in mind and with the simplicity of a child of God. I pray that our entire St. George school community will “have God in your heart” and “give thanks to him because he is so good to us!”

Thank you to all St. George School families for generously donating to our November stewardship project. Everyone's generosity helped us to prepare 37 Thanksgiving meal boxes complete with a gift card to purchase a ham or turkey, and LOTS of extra food to restock the St. Vincent de Paul pantry here at St. George. Many area families will be blessed this Thanksgiving.

For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me. (Matthew 25:35)

Miss Hooper and Miss Marino, school counselors, are in the process of planning a parent seminar to educate parents on important mental health topics. Please complete this survey at your convenience to help inform them on which topics you would be most interested in learning about. 

Cafeteria Visitors

The K - 8th cafeteria is 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, only one parent visitor can attend per quarter and 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 before Monday at 12:00 noon.
• Only those parents who have signed up are allowed to visit the cafeteria.
• Due to space, one parent visitor is allowed per quarter. Please do not sign up for more than one visit per quarter as this blocks other parents from signing up.
• 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.

Boys Basketball for 3rd-8th Grade:

Practices are now underway and you should have received team information from your coach, please contact Ashley Bourgeois if you have not received any communication yet. 

The registration information was sent out by email, if you have not completed the online registration please make sure you complete it using the following link by Friday, 11/18: 22/23 BBB Registration

Fall Sports Uniform Return:

Uniforms for all fall sports (girls basketball, football and cross country) are due in now. Please place the cleaned uniform in a large zip lock bag labeled with your student athletes name on the outside (do not use a post-it as those tend to fall off) and place it either in the tub in the school office or your child may put it in the tub outside the athletic office in the gym. Please have all uniforms returned by Friday 11/18.

Spirit Shop:

An online spirit shop is now open and can be found here: St. George Spirit Shop The shop will close tomorrow, Friday 11/18, please allow 4-6 weeks for the items to come in after that.

GO DRAGONS!!

• Lunch menu is subject to change
• The lunch menu is posted in your FACTS Family Portal and is always current. 
• The December lunch menu has been updated in the FACTS Family Portal.