SFB Weekly Newsletter - February 11, 2021

February 11, 2021

A Word From Our Principal

Dear St. Francis Borgia Families,

The AUCTION FROM THE HEART is finally here! This event is the single largest source of revenue raised by our school community. The funds raised from the auction will ensure that St. Francis Borgia Catholic School continues to provide exemplary education within a Catholic community at an affordable price.

Looking to find out what it’s like to be the Principal of St. Francis Borgia? Now is your chance to find out! Bid on your chance to call the shots and run the show! From the desk of Mrs. Royes, you will get to do all sorts of fun things at SFB including but not limited to:

Declare an Out of Uniform Day!

Welcome everyone for the school day at morning drop-off.
Hang out in “your” office.
Initiate a fire drill.
Want your class to have an extra recess or double gym class? You’re the boss! Make the call over the intercom.
Visit a lower-school classroom and read a story.
You and a friend can have lunch together with the teacher of your choice! Lunch provided.
Want your class to have NO HOMEWORK for the day in a certain subject? You got it!
See everyone off at the end of the day after a one-of-a-kind day at SFB.

So be daring and do it! It is the responsibility of the winning bidder to line up their day of ruling prior to a mutually agreed upon date.

I have already been eyeing up many silent auction items. Bidding on these items opened up last week and will close at 9:00pm on Saturday. The bidding is very easy...and you receive a text notification if your item has been outbid. I encourage you to check it out at: SFB2021.givesmart.com

See you at the auction!

Many Blessings,

Amy Royes

St. Francis Borgia IT Committee

St. Francis Borgia is looking to establish an IT Committee to help guide the parish and school on IT matters, including hardware, software and underlying networks. Do you have strong IT skills and an interest in sharing your time and talent with the parish? If so, we are interested in talking to you!

Committee members would meet one evening every other month (meeting length one to two hours) to understand the current state, and make suggestions to improve the reliability, cost effectiveness, security of parish and school systems.

Interested? Contact Fr. Patrick Burns, pastor, at PBurns@SFBChurch.org.

School News

Enroll Now for the 2021-22 School Year

New SFB Referral Credit Program

Do you know someone looking for a Catholic-Centered education? You, our school families, are the best champions for our school! If you refer a friend to SFB, and they enroll for the 2021-22 school year, you each receive $100 credit towards tuition for the 2021-22 school year. Thank you for always supporting our teachers and our school!

GIVE: Your friend receives $100 credit
GET: You get $100 tuition credit

Scrip Orders for SFB

Online orders are due by 8am Monday February 15 to be sent home in family mail on February 18.

Mark your calendars for Thankscriping Days on February 18 - 19 when bonus rebates up to 19% will be offered on over 60 eGift cards and reloaded gift cards. Families must have an online account to take advantage of the bonus rebates. If you don't have the RaiseRight app, download it now! SFB's enrollment code is 6CA4291353L7

If you have any questions about SCRIP, please reach out to Ann Martinek or Maggie Pickart

School Committee

2020 – 2021 Board Members:

Pastor: Fr. Patrick Burns

Principal: Amy Royes

Chairperson: Joe Dailey

Committee Member: Jennifer Wells

Committee Member: Eric Schmidt

Committee Member: Ceci Bassindale Committee Member: Jason Stenz Committee Member: John Tokarz

Parish Liaison: Tim Schilter

Secretary: Becca Lauria

School Committee meetings are held the 3^rd Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the large conference room at St. Francis Borgia Catholic School. All meetings are open meetings unless otherwise designated as being Executive.

If you wish to address the School Committee please submit a written petition to the Chairperson one week in advance of the meeting date for approval for the agenda.

Home & School News

We are switching things up a bit with Staff Appreciation Lunches. Room parents will be reaching out to you to see if each grade could take a week to sponsor a lunch. Be creative! You can have it catered, breakfast for lunch, sandwiches, soups, appetizers, ethnic, or whatever else you can think of! There will still be plenty of chances to sign up, so check back often!

Also, we still have a few dates wide open, so if a family would like to provide a lunch, please contact us and let us know!

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Kids Choice Day

A HUGE thank you for the support and donations received to make this years Kids Choice Day a success!! The kids had a blast playing the games! We are working to assemble the art project into a cross that will be hung in the hallway in the coming months The day wouldn’t have been possible without the generosity of our school families - THANK YOU!