• Admissions Application for the 23-24 school year NOW live. Parents - if you have a prospective JK/K student for next year, this is the time to apply! Email Gretchen now so we can keep an eye out for your application!

• WED. October 5: 7th & 8th Grade Parents: Coffee with Mr. Cruess, 8:30am, Cafeteria (Graduation & high school planning!) RSVP Here!

• WED. October 5: Deadline to provide Grandparent emails so Grandma and Grandad can receive Grandparent's Day invitations! Click here!

• FRI. October 7: HOUSE DAY! ALL Students to wear their House Jersey! (remainder of uniform stays the same).

• FRI. October 7: PTO Cookie Day! ($1/cookie, 1 cookie per child)

• MON. October 10: NO SCHOOL - Teacher Professional Development Day

• Comet Sports! Check the schedule here for your team.

• Club Activities this Week! - Click here!

PLANNING AHEAD...

• October 15: FallFest at SBCS! Details below.
• October 20: End of 1st Quarter
• October 21: NO SCHOOL - End of Quarter 
• October 25: Make Up Picture Day
• October 28: 1st Quarter Report Cards Post

23-24 Admissions Season Opens

We have now opened NEW admissions for the 2023-2024 school year. If you have a younger sibling who is planning to start at St. Benedict next school year, please get your application submitted as early as possible. Also, be sure to email Gretchen Ridgely now, so we can be expecting your application.  If next year is anything like the last few, we will have a limited number of spots in many grades. Also, if you have a friend or neighbor who is interested in our school, please encourage them to apply and join us for our in-person Open House on Wed. Oct. 19th (click here for more info). Word of mouth is by far our most effective marketing, and we are so grateful to all of you who promote our school out in the community. The application for 23-24 is available online our school website, and you can always reach out to Gretchen Ridgely, our Director of Admissions, with any questions.

High School Planning

For some of our students, this is the time to start the high school application process! We have a Coffee with the Principal for our 7th and 8th grade parents, coming up this week on Wednesday at 8:30am in the Cafeteria, to help you get started in that process. Mrs. Autry and Mrs. Cisik will help guide our middle school families through this process and make it as easy as possible. Even if your students aren't in middle school yet, it's never too early to be thinking about the next step in their education. Click here to RSVP by MONDAY, Oct. 3rd.

Parents in Prayer

This Tuesday, October 4 kicks off our first Parents in Prayer! This is an opportunity to pray monthly for our students, faculty and staff. We will meet the first Tuesday of each month from 8:15-9:00am in St. Anselm Hall. All are welcome! See the attachment for our prayers for this month. Please contact Danielle Kelleher dwkelleher9@gmail.com or Maria Jaramillo mjaramillo@saintbenedictschool.org with questions.

Grandparent's Day is Nov. 11th!

Please provide your grandparent's email addresses so we can send your child's grandparents (or grand-friend) an invitation to our Grandparents Day celebration at SBCS. (Even if they can't attend, we can invite them to send in mail for your child!) DEADLINE to provide emails is OCT. 5TH!! Don't Forget!

Fall Fest is Saturday, OCT. 15TH!!

Everyone loves FallFest and our committee has planned a great night for our families! Volunteers are still needed too - so click on the button below to access everything you need to know to make it a GREAT time!

Santa Shop Planning

Christmas will be here before we know it, and so will our beloved Santa Shop! Please remember to hold onto gently used games, books, stuffed animals and home decor items so you are ready when the call for items goes out in early December!

THANK YOU!!! to everyone for doing such an amazing job signing up to make our PTO events and activities around school a success! Volunteer opportunities for the first half of the year are filling up!

How to report your PTO Volunteer Hours:

• Click here to go to Parentsweb on our website.
• On the left-hand sidebar, click on FAMILY.
• In the center of the page, click ADD+ in the SERVICE HOURS section to enter your PTO Hours.
• Please be sure to do this right after you volunteer for an event so you don't lose track of your PTO hours.

Over $50,000 Raised to Date for the Playground!!

$250K TO GO!

Send in your donation/pledge today!

All gifts/pledges received between now and 11/29 will count towards our

Day of Giving on 11/29 at SBCS!

Order your exclusive centennial P.E. uniform TODAY! 

Youth and adult sizes available. This online shop is only available until

October 17th, so order today!

Legacy P.E. uniform designs are still acceptable. Uniform items will be delivered before Thanksgiving.

Contact Juliet D'Agostino with any questions @ julietdagostino@yahoo.com

Exciting things are going on in your school library. Here are some you should know:

Our elementary grades visit the library each week to hear great stories, to learn basic library skills, and to look for interesting titles to borrow. Middle school students can check out books by accessing the online catalog from the school website or library Google Classroom. Ask your student to show you how!

All students are invited to take part in the school-wide Reading Challenge. Forms and instructions went home with students last week, and are posted on the library webpage. Participation in the challenge is voluntary. Challenge finishers win House points and an award.

Students in grades K-6 can also earn a free personal pan pizza each month by reading every day. Pizza Hut's BOOK IT! program runs from October through March. There is no paperwork required, but if you want more information you can find it here.

Remember to be a good steward of the books you have borrowed: turn pages carefully with clean hands, use a bookmark to keep your place, put books gently in backpacks, and keep water bottles away from books.

Happy reading!

First Communion Registration

All families with children who are 7 years old and in the 2^nd Grade should contact Ben Fleser at the parish with any questions about First Communion Registration.

Middle School Youth Group

The next Middle School Youth Group will meet on Wednesday, October 12 at 6:30pm at St. Anselm Hall.

Family Faith Formation

All those with children in grades Pre K-4 are invited to attend Family Faith Formation at St. Benedict Church, which meets on the first Sunday of the month. Our next session will be on Sunday, November 6. Please contact Ben Fleser about registration

Ben Fleser Contact Information: bfleser@saintbenedictparish.org

Families - whenever you are in need of basic school information, please check our website! We try to keep everything you need to know easily accessible there. Most information is located under our SCHOOL LIFE tab, but here are some ready links:

Calendar

PARENTS WEB 

FACTS

Past Issues of Newsletter

Uniform Guidelines

School Handbook

School Supplies List

Summer Reading & Assignments

Forms

Faculty & Staff Contacts

Online School Directory (log into ParentsWeb, select Directory)

And some other helpful info (non-website)...

Need to book Afterschool or Morning Care?

Need to pick up your child early from school?

Is grandma or someone else picking up your child?

Email Mrs. Autry: pautry@saintbenedictschool.org or call 804-254-8850

Tia Lukanova - School Counselor

And don't forget to follow us on Social Media!

Instagram

Facebook

Orders need to be placed by Sunday at noon.

Executive Order Two requires that as of January 24, 2022 parents make the decision about whether their students wear masks in school.

ONLY COME TO SCHOOL IF….

• Your temperature is under 100.4 degrees.
• You do NOT have other symptoms of COVID-19, without an alternative diagnosis. Other symptoms include chills, sore throat, cough, shortness of breath, muscle pain, nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea.
• Please notify the school about a positive COVID test or possible exposure by sending an email addressed to pautry@saintbenedictschool.org, mmeadows@saintbenedictschool.org and scruess@saintbenedictschool.org.

Helpful resources for our families:

School Covid Guidance as of April 2022

COVID-19 Testing Information

Free At-Home COVID Tests

Richmond/Henrico Testing

Chesterfield Testing

How to Get the COVID-19 Vaccine

Richmond Health Department