Week of December 11, 2022 | |
So much fun at Santa Shop and our annual Christmas Tag Day!! | |
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MONDAY, December 12th - Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe (see info below)
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TUESDAY, DEC. 13TH THROUGH THURSDAY, DEC. 15TH - MIDDLE SCHOOL EXAMS (Middle School students ONLY have 12:30pm Dismissal. ASE is available.)
- FRIDAY, December 16th:
- Lessons & Carols Performance 11:30, Church
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Early Dismissal at 12:30pm, ALL STUDENTS MUST BE PICKED UP AT CHURCH FOLLOWING LESSONS & CAROLS. NO ASE, NO LUNCH, NO AFTERSCHOOL ACTIVITIES
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Monday, December 19 - Christmas Break Begins! NO SCHOOL through Jan. 2nd
PLANNING AHEAD...
- Tuesday, January 3 - Students return. Classes Resume.
Parents in Prayer - Month of DECEMBER Prayers
ASE Reminder
ASE (After School Enrichment) is available M-F, 3-6pm for all of our St. Benedict Families. It is staffed by Mrs. Autry, Mr. Clary and Ms. King. If you are not regularly scheduled, but would like to reserve a spot for your child, please email Mrs. Autry at pautry@saintbenedictschool.org by 9am daily, so we can confirm availability.
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As we approach the Christmas break, I'd like to wish everyone a very joyful and blessed Christmas on behalf of our faculty and staff. Please join us for Lessons & Carols on Friday, December 16 at 11:30am in St. Benedict Church. This is a beautiful way to prepare our hearts for the coming of the Lord. Dismissal will be from the church immediately following Lessons & Carols.
On Christmas Day, we sometimes get so caught up with the presents, family, gatherings, food, and other things that we forget what the holiday is really about. This Christmas I encourage you to start the day by reading the nativity story from the Gospel of Luke (2:1-20). You could also take that time to place your infant Jesus in the nativity scene at home. Starting the morning this way, reminds us that our focus should be the coming of our Savior into the world.
Thank you to our St. Benedict Drama Group for a wonderful Christmas performance!
The St. Benedict Drama Group presented the play, Mrs. Santa Claus Drives the Sleigh on Dec 2nd, 2022. It was written by Olivia Aristide and is a royalty-free play, part of a fantastic collection of plays for kids and teens on Drama Notebook. https://www.dramanotebook.com/plays-for-kids/.
The second play, The Fourth Wise Man, was adapted by Connie Schneider from the short story “The Other Wise Man,” written by Henry Van Dyke in about 1896.
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Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe | | |
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On Monday, December 12th we will celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
An altar will be set up to honor Our Lady in the garden at the front of the school, weather permitting.
Our classes will visit the altar throughout the day to offer prayers and flowers in honor of Our Lady.
Want to learn more about Our Lady's miraculous appearance to St. Juan Diego? Click here!
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BEST CHRISTMAS GIFT EVER! | |
THIS IS THE GIFT that keeps on giving... every school day, all year long! We have designed an AMAZING PLAYGROUND for all of our students to enjoy from JK-8th grade! Now, we need your help to build it! Our students can be enjoying this wonderful new space this Fall, but we have to raise $200K by Jan. 1st to make this happen! PLEASE, if you haven't already, send in your donation THIS WEEK to help make our new playground a reality! MAKE IT IN HONOR OF YOUR COMET/S and share our fundraiser with family and friends this Christmas! www.saintbenedictschool.org/giving | |
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Our students and staff have already read 2,389 books this school year. Wow!
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Right now there are 317 books checked out in good standing.
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Uh oh! 114 books are overdue.
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100 books are marked as lost because they are so far overdue.
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ALL books must be returned before Christmas break. Please search your shelves and get ALL books returned to the library this week.
Some of our favorite books are showing wear and tear. Please treat your library books with care. Last month we lost four books to errant water bottles.
The school-wide Reading Challenge is still going strong, with dozens of participants and a few early finishers. Augustine House has the most Challenge finishers so far. If you want to start the challenge, or if you need a new challenge form, you can find them on the library webpage or google classroom.
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Tacky Light Tours Give Back 20% to SBCS | |
Want to do something fun for your family and friends (up to 10!) this Christmas Break? One of our very own St. Benedict Families, The Edwards, operate Tacky Light Tour RVA and has offered that, for each tour booked by a St. Benedict family, 20% of the tour costs will be donated back to our school! Please see the info below and use CODE: STB when booking. What a fun holiday event for your family and friends that supports our school! | |
Middle School Youth Group | |
All those in grades 5-8 are invited to join us for our final Middle School Youth Group of the Fall semester on Wednesday, December 14 from 6:30pm-8:15pm for a Christmas celebration. We know it's exam time, and we will be praying for you during your exams! | |
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Please record all volunteer hours in FACTs before the Christmas break. Volunteer opportunities for the second half of the year will be posted after the Christmas break.
- Click here to go to Parentsweb on our website.
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On the left-hand sidebar, click on FAMILY.
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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.
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Substitute Teachers for 22-23 School Year! | |
Saint Benedict School is looking for substitute teachers for the 2022-2023 academic year. Applicants should have their college degree and will have a background check performed as part of the application process. Please contact Sean Cruess or Pam Autry at 804-254-8850 if you are interested. Thank you! | |
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High School Info
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Yay Lunch! (Click on image for more info!) | |
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Introducing Yay Lunch’s Give Thanks Gift Card Sweepstakes
Every time you order Yay Lunch, you’ll be automatically entered to win a $300 gift card — and you’ll get to select one teacher to receive a $300 gift card, too.
Yay Lunch is giving thanks for you! From November 14 until December 11, every time you order, you’ll automatically be entered to receive a $300 gift card. And that’s not all: Each winner will get to pay it forward and gift a teacher with a $300 gift card, too.
You can also enter by nominating someone to win a Yay Lunch gift card — which secures an entry for you and your nominee, too. You can nominate as many people, as many times as you want!
Two winners will be drawn once a week (that’s eight winners + eight teachers total!), and each entry will be eligible to win throughout the entire promotion period.
You can learn more about the sweepstakes here, and order Yay Lunch + submit a nomination to enter!
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