Week of November 22, 2020 |
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Giving Thanks for Our School! |
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Tuesday, November 24 - HOUSE DAY! All students should wear their House Shirt with regular uniform.
- Wednesday, Thursday & Friday (Nov. 25-27) NO SCHOOL - Have a Happy Thanksgiving!
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Monday, November 30 - Welcome back! Coat Drive begins - details next week!
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Tuesday, December 1 is #GIVINGTUESDAY!!! - Please do your part to help us get to 100% participation for $100K and 100 Years!! Deadline is midnight! See below for details!
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Planning Ahead? Always check out our school calendar on the website HERE!
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Need a past newsletter? Check out our archives on the website HERE!
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Middle School - you are on the Week 2 Schedule this week (Days 6-10). Not sure? Check ParentsWeb on our website! (Once in ParentsWeb, go to Student - Schedules to see your child's class schedule.)
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I know that everyone is excited about the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday. It is a time that we normally spend celebrating with family and friends. As we celebrate Thanksgiving this year, I would just ask that you take all the safety precautions you can. The precautions you take as families, help us to stay open for instruction for our entire community. Here are some suggested precautions from the CDC to keep everyone safe and keep our school open. This Thanksgiving, I am so grateful for our amazing school community!
Remember that after Thanksgiving, students are no longer allowed to wear the summer uniform (shorts and skorts). They may still wear the navy mesh shorts on PE days if they choose. As the weather gets colder, please remember appropriate coats, gloves, and hats. We do try to get outside as much as possible, and we don't want any of our students to be cold. That being said, it is helpful if children are NOT wearing their gloves when they arrive in carline so that they can sanitize their hands efficiently.
Our first House Day of the school year is this Tuesday! All students should wear their House t-shirt with their regular uniform. For our House Day, we will be making Christmas cards for different nursing homes and doing competitions in the classroom to earn House points. Here are the current House standings, but there will be many more points after Tuesday!
Jerome 15 * Augustine 15 * Gregory 11 * Ambrose 8
Last but not least, our #iGiveCatholic Challenge is underway and will culminate just after we return from Thanksgiving Break on Dec. 1st - #GivingTuesday! Check out the update below and please do what you can to support this vital fundraiser for our school!
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100% can't happen without YOU! |
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Ok Comet Family!
This is our
ONE BIG GIVING EVENT
OF THE YEAR,
and we are counting on
every single family
TO DO WHAT YOU CAN
to support our #iGiveCatholic Challenge between now and Dec 1st!
We can't get to 100% participation or $100K without YOU!
And once we raise $100K, The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation will DOUBLE OUR DONATIONS, but we have to do our part first! That's why we're taking advantage of the #iGiveCatholic initiative to help drive our challenge - so let's get this done!
If you have not yet given - please visit your Class Champion's page today
and make your best gift.
We are all so grateful and blessed that our children are back in school - so let's show our support by doing what we can
for St. Benedict!
Let's do this, Comets!
Click on your Class Champion to give today!
As of Friday - here's how our classes are ranking (by participation):
JK: 50% (5 families still to give!)
1st grade: 42% (10 families still to give!)
6th grade: 39% (11 families still to give!)
4th grade: 38% (10 families still to give!)
Kindergarten: 32% (13 families still to give!)
2nd grade: 32% (13 families still to give!)
5th grade: 32% (13 families still to give!)
3rd grade: 27% (15 families still to give!)
8th grade: 24% (13 families still to give!)
7th grade: 20% (12 families still to give!)
Total Family Participation: 29%
We've got a ways to go to get to 100%!!!
Don't want to give online? That's fine! Just send in your donation with this form no later than December 1, 2020 in an envelope with your student or mail to us at St. Benedict Catholic School, 3100 Grove Ave., Richmond, VA 23221. In the memo line be sure to write "Centennial Fund" so we know what its for! It will still count towards our #iGiveCatholic challenge and your student's class competition.
Considering a larger gift? We are so grateful to everyone for sharing their generosity with this effort. If you are able to make a larger donation - or would consider making a multi-year gift, please use our donation form here. Donors making gifts of more than $2500 can be spread out over up to 5 years and will be recognized in a permanent Centennial Fund display in our school lobby. Using the form for this level of gift is recommended to avoid iGiveCatholic's online processing fees, while still counting towards our #iGiveCatholic challenge and your student's class competition.
Want to help us make a BIGGER impact? When you go to our SBCS #iGiveCatholic page, click on FUNDRAISE and tell why you love our school. You'll get your own #iGiveCatholic fundraising page that you can share on social media or over email with your family and friends. Check out my page here ! Want to know more? Email Gretchen at centennial@sainbenedictschool.org. And thanks so much for increasing our impact!!
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Every Comet’s favorite shopping day is just around the corner!
Santa Shop is a fun day that our younger students can shop with a middle school buddy to find presents for the family. This year, we are limiting each student's shopping time to under 15 minutes, so we recommend limiting gift purchases to immediate family only.
Parents - Clean out your gently used or new items around the house and donate them to our Santa Shop so our little shoppers
have presents to purchase!
SUGGESTED ITEMS:
Candles, Christmas decorations, Ties, Scarves, New socks*, New gloves*, New hats*, Books, Picture Frames, DVDs, Vases, Jewelry, Kitchen and Dining Ware, Stationery, Tools, Board games, Stuffed Animals, Baby Items, and other new or gently used gifts.
*For hygenic reasons, please only donate these items brand new, never worn, WITH TAGS STILL ON.
We also need donations of GIFT BAGS!
(Instead of wrapping presents this year,
we will only be using gift bags to limit time in line.)
DEADLINE FOR DONATIONS
TO HELP US STOCK THE SHELVES IS MONDAY, DEC. 7TH!!
Money collected from the sale will go to Student Council.
Any leftover items will be donated to a charity thrift store after the event.
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Congratulations Honor Roll Students |
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Last week, we honored our 4th through 8th grade students who made our Honor Roll for the 1st nine weeks. Here are some thoughts Mr. Cruess shared with our students:
Like us, each Saint had different gifts.They can be models for now and as we prepare for our futures. Some like Saint Luke and Saint Gianna Molla were doctors. Saint Thomas More and Saint John of Capistrano were lawyers. Saint Katherine Drexel and Saint John Bosco were known for starting schools and teaching young people. Many Saints became priests or nuns. And some were even students, like you are now. Saint Aloysius Gonzaga was known as a brilliant student, while Saint Joseph of Cupertino struggled in school and needed his guardian angel’s help to pass his exams. So what does holiness look like in the life of a student?
I think it is about the little things in our daily lives. Do we give our best in class? Do we show respect to our teachers? Do we act with kindness to our classmates, especially the one who might get on our nerves sometimes. Is our day a constant prayer and offering to God? Saint Therese of Lisieux said this, “Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word; always doing the smallest right and doing it all for love.”
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SBCS is excited to announce the creation of the SBCS Rosary Society. The purpose of the society is threefold: to encourage devotion to Our Lady; to promote the sanctity of its members; and to pray for the intentions of the entire SBCS family. Membership is open to all students, staff, and families, and there are only two requirements: praying a daily Memorare and a weekly Rosary for the intentions submitted to the society. If you or members of your family would like to take part, please fill out the short form linked to HERE.
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Hello parents and hopefully all are busy getting ready for a safe Thanksgiving! The Diocese has recently updated procedures around administration of any medication (prescription or over the counter). In order for us to dispense medication we must have a signed form and the medication in the original packaging, even for over the counter medication. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we work to implement this new directive. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact either Mrs. Dart or myself.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Sincerely,
Denise Lawrence RN BSN
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SBCS Winter Basketball Update |
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We know that the St. Benedict basketball program has a long and rich tradition, so we are very sorry to announce that due to the COVID guidelines, we will not be offering basketball this year. The league we participated in last year, WeLuvRVA, has decided not to organize a league at this time because of COVID concerns. |
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Cardinal Newman Academy (serving grades 9-12) will be holding an in-person Open House on December 3rd at 7pm and a virtual Open House on Dec 9th at 7pm. Registration is required to attend either Open House. Masks and distancing will be required for the in-person event. To register, please email: info@cardinalnewmanacademy.org.
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Taking Care of our Comet Family |
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Please remember that we are one community that is supportive and respectful. As in any year, from time to time teachers and students may be out of school. Please respect privacy and don't jump to conclusions.Whenever a member of the school community has a confirmed case of COVID-19, we will work with the Diocese and the Health Department to make sure close contacts are notified so they may take appropriate action inline with CDC guidance.
Also, here's some other helpful information:
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As we approach Thanksgiving now might be a good time to review the CDC recommendations for Thanksgiving
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As we enter cold and flu season you may want to learn more about the differences between COIVD-19 and the Flu here.
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And remember!
ONLY COME TO SCHOOL IF….
- Your temperature is under 100.4 degrees.
- In the past two (2) weeks, you HAVE NOT presented symptoms of COVID-19, such as a fever, chills, sore throat, cough, shortness of breath, muscle pain, nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea, with no alternative diagnosis.
- In the past two (2) weeks, you HAVE NOT been exposed - less than six (6) feet for greater than 15 minutes - to anyone who has tested positive for or exhibits symptoms of COVID-19 (with no alternative diagnosis), without wearing the appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
UPDATED SEPTEMBER 3, 2020
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