Blessed are you, Lord, God of mercy,
who through your Son
gave us a marvelous example of charity
and the great commandment of love for one another.
Send down your blessings on these your servants,
who so generously devote themselves to helping others.
Grant them courage when they are afraid,
wisdom when they must make quick decisions,
strength when they are weary,
and compassion in all their work.
When the alarm sounds
and they are called to aid both friend and stranger,
let them faithfully serve you in their neighbor.
We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

1. SFA campus will be closed through Friday, October 30.  We anticipate reopening the campus on Monday, November 2.  Look for an update at the end of this week. 
2. For the remainder of this week, virtual work will be provided daily for students and a daily Zoom will take place to allow students to see their teacher, aide, and peers.  We want to provide some normalcy in the midst of this crisis.  Please refer to your homeroom teacher's plan daily for information and Zoom links.  Flexibility will be offered for families who have been relocated or are without power.  Please email the teacher if your student is unable to attend Zoom or needs additional time for work assigned.  
3. We are working with the tent company to complete the removal of the debris and have our outdoor classrooms reconstructed as quickly as possible.  We will send out communication asking for volunteers to help us with the rebuild once we are ready.  Volunteer hours will be available and work will be completed on a weekend so no students are on campus.  Until we are able to rebuild, we will shift back to our Hybrid instructional model, with students attending on campus only on their colored cohort day (only for those classrooms who opened under the tents).  This means that students who were learning in our outdoor classrooms will need to remain at home on their off days.  Communications about the timeline for reopening our outdoor spaces will be provided as soon as we know more.
4. The High School Information Nights originally planned for our Junior High Students this week will be rescheduled.  Stay tuned for new dates.
5. This Friday's Materials Exchange Day for our virtual students is cancelled.
6. Red Ribbon Week will continue during class zoom meetings this week.  Students are encouraged to wear their sports shirts tomorrow, and all red on Thursday during their Zoom meeting.
7. Wear Halloween costumes to class zoom meetings on Friday, October 30th.
8. Class Halloween celebrations will be postponed until the afternoons of Wednesday, November 4th and Thursday, November 5th.  Celebrations will include treats and activities that room parents have previously planned, but not a dress up day as we would like to get our students back on track with curriculum as efficiently as possible.  Unfortunately, we cannot afford two whole days of celebrating at this time.  Instead of a school dress up day, we encourage our students to show off their costumes after school at our rescheduled Tricks, Treats, and Tacos event.
9. Tricks, Treats, and Tacos will be postponed until Thursday, November 12.  Please continue to pre-order your meals and plan your costumes and car decorations so that we can still celebrate together!  
10. The pumpkin carving contest will be postponed to next week.  Please bring your decorated pumpkins when we return on campus, hopefully next Monday, November 2nd.
11. The Third Grade All Souls Day Mass and Celebration originally set for Monday, November 2nd will be rescheduled tentatively for Monday, November 9th, pending approval from Fr. Fred.  This means that we will have two Masses in the same week, a Blue Cohort Mass for All Souls Day on the 9th with Fr. Fred followed by a Blue Cohort Mass on Thursday, November 12th with Fr. Sy.