Tomorrow, Friday, November 11, is Veterans Day. We would like to pray & thank all of our Veterans and their families for their sacrifice & service! Thank You! May God bless our country.

"Veterans Day is a time for us to pay our respects to those who have served. For one day, we stand united in respect for you, our veterans. This holiday started as a day to reflect upon the heroism of those who died in our country's service and was originally called Armistice Day. It fell on Nov. 11 because that is the anniversary of the signing of the Armistice that ended World War I. However, in 1954, the holiday was changed to 'Veterans Day' in order to account for all veterans of all wars.

We celebrate and honor America's veterans for their patriotism, love of country, and willingness to serve and sacrifice for the common good."-military.com

November 11 - 13 - Renegar Tournament @ OLM 🏀

Thursday, November 10 - Parent & Teacher Conferences from 3:30 - 6:00📝; High School Options Fair from 5:30 - 6:30 🏫 💙💛

November 10 - November 18 - NJHS's Foster Children's Christmas Project

Friday, November 11 - Veterans Day - School Closed 🗽👮🚢✈

Monday, November 14 - Running Club @ 3:00

Wednesday, November 16 - Fall Pictures Day! 📸Wear Winter Uniforms

Saturday, November 19 - Home Basketball Game vs. IHM @ 9:30 am 🏀

Tuesday, November 22 - Thanksgiving Prayer Service ⛪; Early Dismissal @ 11:30 am

November 23 - 27 - Thanksgiving Break - School Closed 🦃

Monday, November 28 - Running Club @ 3:00

Tuesday, November 29 - Away Basketball Game vs. SH @ 4:00 am 🏀

Friday, December 2 - Winter Wonderland @ the Knight's Castle! 5:00-7:00

Saturday, December 3 - Away Basketball Game vs. SPX @ 9:30 am 🏀

Monday, December 5 - Running Club @ 3:00

Tuesday, December 6 - Home Basketball Game vs. OLG @ 4:00 pm 🏀

Monday, December 12 - Running Club @ 3:00

Tuesday, December 13 - Away Basketball Game vs. OLM @ 4:00 am 🏀

Click here to see the official BSS calendar: BSS Calendar

Our Boys' Varsity Basketball team will be traveling to OLM today, Thursday, November 10th for the start of their Renegar Tournament and we wish them, our Coaches Aleem & Arcaro the best of luck! Go, Knights! 💙💛

For more details, please scroll down to the BSS Sports Section.

Thank you for attending our High School Options Fair! If you were not able to attend, please see below where the ABSS's Speciality Programs will be next in the area. Important deadlines are coming soon this Fall, so apply early!

¡Gracias por asistir a nuestra Feria de Opciones de Escuelas Secundarias! Si no pudo asistir, vea a continuación dónde estarán los próximos programas de especialidad de ABSS en el área. Fechas límite importantes llegarán pronto este otoño, ¡así que asegúrese de presentar su solicitud con anticipación!

Thank you students & parents for bringing a Thanksgiving Food Item 🦃

This morning, Thursday, November 10th, Mrs. Kearney & Señora Schmitt brought our seventh and third graders to deliver the collected food to our church's Little Portion Food Pantry. Mrs. Imrick & Mr. Leo were there to receive the food-thank you for all you do for our community!

Send No Money on Picture Day-Each student will be photographed individually. Your child's portrait will be available for you to order on a proof sheet. Packaging and pricing will be sent home with your child's proof.

Ordering-Review the proofs sheet and the price information. Complete your order by the deadline. Late orders will be subject to a late fee and delayed delivery. Send your completed order form and payment with cash or a check back to school. Credit and Debit cards must be paid online at the online ordering website and the password printed on your order form.

CLICK HERE to access this document in a printable form-there is a small form to cut out and return to school by picture day if you wish to change the background of your child's picture.

Questions? Contact York's Studio

Craig & Karen York

336-449-7101

Athletic Booster Club- In order to raise money for the booster club, BSS, with Mrs. Groh as chair, has organized a shoe fundraiser. BSS will be collecting gently used shoes and being paid by the pound. For example, 100 bags of 25 pairs will generally raise on average $1,000! 300 bags will generate about $3000! There is no max on how much we can earn!

The event would run for 60 days, with a completion date of 1-13-2023. 

The shoe collection begins on Tuesday, November 15.

Money raised will be used to and not limited to:

Our Student Council members are hosting a Winter Wonderland! Students and parents are invited to join us at the Knight Castle for an evening of Christmas activities. There will be a hot chocolate bar, cookie decorating, Christmas crafts, and a Christmas movie on the big screen! Everyone is invited to wear their favorite Christmas pajamas!

This will also serve as a Toy Drive! To attend the event, we ask that all attending bring an unwrapped toy or a monetary gift of any amount. Toys collected will be donated to a local charity.

Students will be given the opportunity to vote on the Christmas movie that will be shown at the event!

Dear BSS Parents,

Blessed Sacrament School is participating in the Foster Children's Christmas program again this year. We have adopted 4 children currently in foster care. The NJHS is helping to collect items so these children can have a wonderful Christmas!

Please sign up to bring a gift using the Sign-Up Genius link below. If you are having trouble finding a gift to purchase, you can donate money or gift cards instead. The donations are due by Friday, November 18th. There will be NJHS members stationed outside the Multi-Purpose room every morning to accept your donations. If you have any additional questions, you can email Mrs. Bost at abost@bssknights.org.

Thank you!

Our Kindergarten and 6th-grade students visited Paul's Pastry Shop during their STREAM Buddy time today! We love visiting and supporting downtown businesses. 

They were hoping for a tour of the kitchen, but the shop was just too busy today! Hopefully, we can visit again soon. CLICK HERE to see more pictures!

Congratulations to the following students for getting a Knight Honor Cross from Mrs. Gomez! These students have demonstrated the best values Blessed Sacrament School embodies: Matthew (Matty) Buyco (Seventh), Luca Vailati (Seventh), Carlos Martinez Sanchez (Seventh), Yahir Perez Garcia (Seventh), Diego Garcia Leon (Seventh), Crystal Romero Meza (Sixth), Angel Martinez-Mendez (Seventh)💙💛

Ms. Tonya Joyner is our Kindergarten Teacher Assistant with Mrs. Tonya Byerly. She teaches a Literacy Unit, a Math Unit, and Science. She decided to work at Blessed Sacrament School because she wanted to work for a full-day program. She was also drawn to BSS because it is a place where she can talk openly about her faith.

Ms. Tonya is a native of Johnston County. She grew up in Selma, NC. She went to college at UNC-Chapel Hill and obtained a degree in Sociology & Human Relations with a Concentration in Elementary Education. She shared with us that she took an interest in elementary education because both of her parents are retired educators. At first, she wanted to do something different and pursued other positions. Early in her career, she worked for the HUD division called the Housing Assistance Program and helped low-income homeowners. Before becoming a full-time stay-at-home mom, she worked at LabCorp, in their Human Resources division.

For the last 19 years, Ms. Tonya worked for Front Street UMC Preschool. When her oldest child started preschool at Front Street UMC Playschool, she became a very active parent volunteer. She served on the board and worked as a substitute teacher. She eventually became a pre-3 teacher and has been teaching ever since. She loves working with young children!

Ms. Tonya currently resides in Elon, NC, and has three children. Her oldest William is a Senior at UNC-Greensboro. Her middle son Thomas is a Senior at Western Alamance High School and is hoping to attend Lenoir–Rhyne University next year. Her youngest Emma Kate is a Freshman at Western Alamance High School. They have two long-haired miniature Dachshunds named Daisy Mae & Ruby Twizzle.

When she is not working at BSS, Ms. Tonya enjoys the outdoors, going fishing, hiking, or going to the mountains. She loves working at BSS and wants to tell our parents: "Thank You for sharing your children with me!"

Birthday: February 24 

My favorite places to eat: Mykonos Grill, Blue Ribbon Dinner & Chick Fil A

My favorite place to get coffee: is McDonald's & Salvation Coffee 

My coffee order is: Plain Coffe at McDonald's or Frozen Salty Dog at Salvation

My favorite thing for breakfast: Everything!- not picky eater-traditional bacon and eggs are a regular but on weekdays oatmeal or yogurt to go. 

I love to shop at: TJ Maxx, Target, Lowe's Home Improvement, and Home Depot--being a single mom, she learned how to do most of the home repairs herself. 

My favorite colors are: Red & Navy Blue

My favorite sports team is UNC-Chapel Hill's Tar Heels; Wake Forest, and Professionally the Carolina Panthers and Phoenix Suns.  

My favorite candy/snack is: Anything Chocolate

My favorite drink is: Diet Mountain Dew

T-shirt size: L

Hobbies: Fishing, Highking, Sporting Events, and Pickleball

Classroom/Office Wishlist: Kleenex & Cleaning Wipes

I hope this finds you having a good week. CLICKING HERE you will find a copy of the Renegar Tournament brackets.

CLICK HERE to review the rules of the tournament.

Here are the relevant details:

Please consider carpooling and let us know if there are issues with transportation.

Open Basketball Gym hosted by our Basketball Coaches will take place tomorrow, Saturday, November 12th as follows:

See you there boys! Go, Knights!!💙💛

Running Club has started! Students in kindergarten - 8th are welcome to come run. Running Club will be held on the back field from 3:00-4:00 pm. Please pick up your child on the back field no later than 4:00 pm.

We will meet on the following dates:

*We do have two coaches but are anticipating a large number of participants. Please let me know if you are willing to help out and on which date.

Happy Running!

Marci Letvak

Athletic Director

The teams we will be having this winter season are:

Varsity Boys Basketball

JV Girls Basketball

JV Boys Basketball

Varsity Cheer

JV Cheer

Pep Squad

Varsity Cheer 3:00-5:00

JV Girls: 3:30-5:00

JV Boys: 5:00-7:00

Varsity Boys: 3:30-5:30

JV Boys: 3:30-5:30

JV Girls: 5:00-6:30

Competition Cheer: 3:00-5:00

Competition Cheer: 3:00-5:00

Varsity Boys: 5:00-7:00

Looking forward to a great winter sports season!!!

Varsity Boys will play at the Renegar Tournament @ OLM (1730 Link Rd, Winston-Salem, NC 27103) more details soon!

CLICK HERE to access the for when all of the games will be played & AWAY SCHOOL GAME ADDRESSES.

If your child is playing a sport, remember to submit to our school a current physical and sign the Athletic Permissions Form & Code of Conduct. CLICK HERE to access a form to have your child's physician fill out. CLICK HERE to access the Athletic Permission & Emergency Form 2022-2023.

Make sure you follow PECSAA for the latest info.

Please email us at abost@bssknights.org or kchampion@bssknights.org if you have any questions.

We are looking forward to a fun season!

GO, KNIGHTS!!! 💙💛

Marci Letvak

Athletic Director

Congratulations to all of those students that made the 2022-2023 Competition Cheer Team!

If your family decides to accept the position on the cheer team the following commitments are required:

I am sure other questions will arise as we move forward, Please feel free to reach out to us with any questions or concerns.

Kelly Spradlin (kspradlin@bssknights.org)

Elizabeth Tichy (etichy@bssknights.org)

We are looking forward to a great season!! Go, Knights!!!

Our world, to slow the spread of COVID-19. Protect all of us from harm and be their comfort in this time of uncertainty.

Please keep Jasleene Guido in your prayers.

Please keep Ms.Devonia Baldi, mother of Isaiah (6th) for good health.

Dear Parents,

I hope everyone has a blessed and safe weekend. Prayers to all the veterans of the BSS Community.

Mrs. Gomez

You can reach Mr. Rico at 336-570-0019 ext. 212 or by email at admissions@bssknights.org Hablamos Español!

Here is a link to our admissions page: https://www.bssknights.org/admissions

Cristo Rey Catholic High School -Located in Durham, NC. They have a Bus that leaves from Home Depot here in Burlington! Ask for Martha Zaldivar, Director of Admissions.

Bishop McGuiness Catholic High School - Located in Kernersville, NC. They have a bus that leaves and brings students to Target here in Burlington!

From the Director of Admissions Mrs. Knox at Bishop McGuiness:

RSVP by Clicking Here or call the Admissions Office at 336.564.1011

The Burlington Upper School - Located here in Burlington, NC!

Alamance Christian School - Located here in Burlington as well.

If your family is in need of afterschool care services, do not forget to submit an enrollment form. Following are the links for Afterschool care information and enrollment forms:

Make sure you review the afterschool care procedures for the new school year below:

CLICK HERE to read the procedures

HAGA CLIC AQUÍ para leerlos los procedimeintos

Monday: Chick-Fil-A

Tuesday: Cici’s Pizza

Wednesday: Subway

Thursday: Smithfields Chicken ‘N Bar-B-Q

Friday: La Fiesta Mexican Restaurant

If you have any questions, please give us a call at (888) 894-8295 or email us at info@myhotlunchbox.com. We are looking forward to serving your school!

If you are bringing lunch to your child, please make sure it is labeled with your student's name and grade level and leave it on the table just outside the front door of the school--Do not forget to buzz the office to let us know you dropped by.

We will transition to Winter Uniforms on Monday, November 7th. CLICK HERE to review the winter uniform guidelines on pages 2, 4, 6 & 8.

Haremos la transición a los uniformes de invierno el lunes 7 de noviembre. HAGA CLIC AQUÍ para revisar las pautas del uniforme de invierno en las páginas 2, 4, 6 y 8.

If you would like to order new uniform pieces, Lands' End is currently the only option for items with a logo and plaid ties. We are working on a new vendor and will share more details soon.

You can purchase khaki and navy pants anywhere as long as they are solid and have a belt loop (2nd-8th).

There are a few other options for the plaid jumpers and skirts.

All plaid should have the colors green, navy, yellow, and red. There are a few variations. Please be sure to get the one w/ all 4 colors. On Lands' End, it is called HUNTER/CLASSIC NAVY PLAID.

On French Toast and Walmart, it is called GREEN PLAID.

You can still purchase PE uniforms locally at Graham Sporting Goods. They have the yellow PE shirts, solid sweatpants, and zip-up jackets. You do NOT have to get the logo on the sweatpants, but it must be on the jacket and sweatshirt.

PE pants need to be solid navy. There should not be any lines down the sides or decals on them.

Let me know if you have any Winter Uniform questions!

Thanks,

HAGA CLIC AQUÍ para revisar nuestras pautas de uniformes escolares para el año escolar 2022-23.

HAGA CLIC AQUÍ si prefiere comprar los uniformes nuevos en Land's End. El código de nuestro Colegio es 900029141.

Recuerde, ¡ahora puede comprar nuestros uniformes de educación física en Graham's Sporting Goods! Tienen nuestro logo en la tienda para la compra de playeras amarillas de educación física solamente. Están ubicados en 2535 S Church St, Burlington, NC 27215.

The back-to-school spirit wear sale is halfway over! Save 30% on everything in the store. Choose from hundreds of spirit wear designs and garments that are delivered to your home in days. Don't miss it! **This is NOT part of BSS uniforms**

Visit https://1stplace.sale/56240

We'd love to help promote your business, while you support our school!

In addition to keeping our tuition as low as possible, donations during the 2021-2022 school year allowed us to do the following:

If you or someone you know owns a business and would like to partner with our school, contact us today!

CLICK HERE to access more detailed sponsorship level opportunities.

I look forward to working with you!

Beth Fitzgerald

Director of Advancement

We are now selling Attractions Dining & Value Guides. They are $25 each! Buy 5 and you get one free! This year our 7th & 8th Grade students are helping us sell them. They are working to raise money for a special Coding project. They will earn $10 for each book sold. Look in Yellow Folders on Friday for more information!

Learn More HERE

AmazonSmile is a simple way for you to support Blessed Sacrament School every time you shop, at no cost to you. AmazonSmile is available at smile.amazon.com on your web browser and can be activated in the Amazon Shopping app for iOS and Android phones. When you shop at AmazonSmile, you’ll find the exact same low prices, vast selection and convenient shopping experience as Amazon.com, with the added benefit that AmazonSmile will donate 0.5% of your eligible purchases to BSS. Just make sure you choose Blessed Sacrament Church/School as the charity organization you select.

Remember, only purchases made at smile.amazon.com, (not www.amazon.com or the mobile app,) generate AmazonSmile donations.

CLICK HERE to find out more about AmazonSmile

No more clipping. No more sending Box Tops to school. All you need is your phone. Download the ALL-NEW Box Tops app, shop as you normally would, then simply scan your store receipts to find participating products. The app will automatically credit Blessed Sacrament School's Box Tops earnings online. Click here for a video of how it works.

Twice a year, your school will receive a check and can use that cash to buy whatever it needs! If you see this label, use the new Box Tops app to scan your receipt. Box Tops are still worth 10¢ each for your school. CLICK HERE

With Cart to Class, Lowes Foods will give up to a quarter of a million dollars to local schools this year. To participate, just enroll Blessed Sacrament School on your Fresh Rewards card, and start earning for our school. Click Here

When you shop Harris Teeter brands, a percentage of your purchase is donated to Blessed Sacrament School if your VIC card is linked.

You link your card online (CLICK HERE), or you can ask your cashier to link your VIC card by providing our TIE code 1704.

Click here to RESERVE YOUR VISIT