Dear Parents,
Happy Thanksgiving!!!
We can all be thankful that we have finally returned to being able to fully celebrate the holidays. Please enjoy your time away from school and get prepared for the joyfully chaotic time between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Next week, we will jump right in!
Monday we will generate enthusiasm for Giving Tuesday with the distribution of blue and gold t-shirts to everyone AND we’ll have the whole school cheer for the teachers in a Blue-Gold dodgeball game on the Field of Dreams! Tuesday we are encouraging EVERYONE to participate in Giving Tuesday.
ALL WEEK, we will be collecting cans for the Greg Gannon Canned Food Drive, but we’ll really ramp it up at the end of the week culminating on our BIG collection day at school on Friday and our HUGE neighborhood collection on Saturday morning.
And, if you REALLY want to kick up the joyful chaos…what better way than to Bulldog someone. Click HERE to sign up to Bulldog a family, one week only (December 4-9).
Please joyfully join us in these activities as we kick off the holiday season!
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- Nov. 23-25 No School Thanksgiving Break
- Nov. 30th 8th Grade HS Placement Test
- Dec. 2nd Students may wear Christmas PJs/Festive Flannel
- Dec. 2nd 8th Grade Movie Night
- Dec. 3rd Greg Gannon Food Drive ends
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Ordering for the last 2 weeks of November is closed. To order for the month of December and first week of December orders must be received by TODAY Nov 29th
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Sibling Applications!
Sibling applications are due Monday, December 12th.
Applications are online only and can be found here.
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The Teacher Christmas Gift Fund is open for gift donations from now until December 5th. Don't delay--make your donation today! Please Donate here.
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Who is ready to feel the joy of GIVING?
Blessed Sacrament’s 2022 Giving Tree
Did you know the Giving Tree program provides Christmas gifts for over 700 children in need in our area? This year we will have an in-person gift donation and also have an online donation that will go towards gift cards for the families in need. In most cases your donation will be the only gift the child receives, so please consider giving generously!
Click Here to make an online donation. Donations will be accepted now through Wednesday, November 30th.
Click Here to request a star to provide gifts for a family in need. We will be collecting in-person gifts Saturday, December 10th 12pm-5:30pm & Sunday, December 11th 9am-12:30 pm in the Blessed Sacrament School auditorium.
Giving Tree is looking for new co-chairs for 2023. Please contact us if you are interested in helping spread Christmas cheer!
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Stocking Stuffer Service Project
The 6th grade advisories are collecting soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, Chapstick, and deodorant for the homeless to be distributed at THRIVE DC. This year, our goal is to fill 300 stockings! We really need your help in order to fill them all.
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Kindergarten - 2 deodorant & chapstick
1st - 2 full-sized toothpaste & chapstick
2nd - deodorant & 2 chapstick
3rd - 2 full-sized toothpaste & toothbrush
4th - 2 full-sized toothpaste & chapstick
5th - deodorant & 2 soaps
6th - 2 toothbrushes & soap
7th - deodorant & 2 soaps
8th - 2 toothbrushes & chapstick
ALL DONATED ITEMS ARE DUE FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9th.
THANK YOU!
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The 35th Annual Greg Gannon Canned Food Drive
We will be collecting cans all next week. There will be prizes for classes who bring in the most cans each day. Overall grade winner will earn an ice cream party!
Every can counts!
We want to see you on the Black Top Saturday morning, December 3rd at 8:30 am to celebrate friendship and fellowship with the Blessed Sacrament Community! Donuts, Coffee and Hot Chocolate will be plentiful!
Saturday, December 3rd.
Registration Is Open!
Select Parish Drives, Blessed Sacrament.
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BSS Spirit Wear Online Winter Sale
ORDER NOW to get NEW winter outwear and cozy BSS uniform approved winter items including quarter-zips, athletic tees, hoodies, sweatpants, belt, fleece jackets and vests, team jackets, and pom-pom beanies.
WINTER SALE CLOSES Friday, December 2nd.
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Delivery will take 6-8 weeks. All proceeds support the BSS community.
In-Person Sale: Limited quantities of hoodies, sweatpants, fleece jackets/vests and more will be sold at the DECEMBER IN-PERSON SALE (date to come).
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Library Announcement:
As winter break approaches, the library will be undergoing a “check out freeze” in which no books will be able to be checked out from December 12th-22nd. This will allow the library to take inventory half-way through the school year.
Please note:
K-5 library classes will otherwise continue to take place as usual leading up to the break.
All books must be returned to the library by December 22nd, 2022.
Any books that remain overdue after this date will be assumed “lost” and a replacement fee will be assessed once school restarts in January.
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Holiday Bulldogging
What's cuter than a bunch of Duffy the Bulldog in your yard? Duffy with Christmas flair!
Spread the Christmas cheer and show your school pride by reserving a spot to get Bulldogged this Christmas season! Your kids will love waking up to Holiday Bulldogging. One week only--December 4th to December 9th--so sign up here today!
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Faith in the Marketplace
Friday, December 2 after 6:30 am Mass Duffy Parish Center
Explore how others live and practice their faith in the marketplace. Our speaker is Rick Gannon, a long-time BS parishioner, and Executive Director of the Greg Gannon Canned Food Drive which has
served our community for 35 years by collecting and distributing more than 2.3 million shelf-
stable food items.
The Blessed Sacrament GGCFD collected more than 70,000 cans as part of a total of 170,520 items from all participating parishes and distributed to more than 60 food pantries, affiliated with Catholic Charities. Please come and hear Rick’s observations on the Greg Gannon Canned Food Drive and its service to the community.
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There is a new way for you to earn Box Tops for Education to benefit Blessed Sacrament School.
Just download the app, then scan your receipts! BSS parents have tried the app, and the process seems to work smoothly.
Don’t forget to credit your earnings to a specific grade level on the app. (A little competition never hurts!)
All the information can be found at the link below, and it only takes a few minutes to register:
Sign up now:
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Support Blessed Sacrament!
It's shopping season and one of the easiest ways to support the HSA and our school is by shopping through Amazon Smile!
Click here to shop Amazon and be sure to bookmark the link. Amazon will donate a percentage of all purchases to Blessed Sacrament.
If you use the Amazon Shopping app on your phone or tablet, go to the Settings menu and under Programs and Features click 'See all Programs' and click 'AmazonSmile'. Search "Shrine Most Blessed Sacrament" to add BSS to your rewards program. Then every time you shop Amazon on your phone/tablet, BSS will receive a percentage of your purchases, including orders from Amazon Fresh and Whole Foods! Just remember to shop through the Amazon Smile Link! You can ask friends and family to consider registering as well!
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