PIC(S) OF THE WEEK!

After School Clubs Make a Return...

Thankful to be in school and for an increased sense of normalcy!

From volleyball to Picasso, our students are beginning to experience a taste of the "olden days"! Thank you, Mrs. Martins & Mrs. Larkin for hosting our current after school activities for our students!

Please make certain to make note of the fact that our students have no school next Friday the 19th! A professional development day with faith as its focus has been planned by the Catholic Schools Alliance and will be enjoyed by our entire faculty and staff next week. While your kids may spend the day in their pj's on Friday, our staff will be enjoying Mass with the Bishop and a day of spiritual nourishment.

Speaking of a day of reflection, our 3rd through 5th grade students had a beautifully executed retreat today that included a visit from the Daughters of Mary of Nazareth, some time for Adoration, and the opportunity to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Thank you, Mrs. Bentley for planning this wonderful day for our students!

We are grateful, thankful, and truly blessed.

Enjoy the weekend with your families.

#joyfulrebels

#yearofcelebration

The long awaited awesome pics!

Click here for more photos from our wonderful All Saints Day Celebration!

• Shop with Scrip fundraiser ends Monday, November 15th in order to (hopefully) have cards in before Thanksgiving break. Please reach out if there are any questions. More info is available here and here!
• October Extended Statements were included in Friday folders last week. If you didn’t receive yours, please let me know

Discover Catholic Schools Week 2021

Please be watching for and LIKING our social media posts next week, highlighting our wonderful school during Discover Catholic Schools Week! Different than our National Catholic Schools Week that we celebrate at the end of January, this week is designed to inform our local community of the great things that are happening in our Catholic Schools!

Also next week, we begin a new spirit wear purchasing option, with the help of the 1st Place Spirit Wear platform! Please click here to view our "School Bookstore" and make purchases soon! Items will make great Christmas gifts!

*** Speaking of Spirit Wear... Is your child's Frankie shirt looking tired, faded and cracking?

Please click here to inform the front office of any abnormal and rapid decline in shirt quality!

Thank you!

• Friday, November 19th-

NO SCHOOL; Diocesan PD day;

• Wednesday, November 24th-

EARLY DISMISSAL @ 11:30am;

• Wednesday, December 1st-

Trimester 1 Grades Close

• Friday, December 3rd- SFX Feast Day/High School Placement Exam;

COVID Case Weekly Notification

Positive COVID cases for the Week of 11/5 to 11/12 ...... 0

From the

Health Office:



• Please note that the FDA and CDC has approved the COVID vaccine for those students between the ages of 5 and 11. Please click here to see a letter sent by DESE. Should you decide to have your child/ren vaccinated and would like to share vaccination information, please reach out to the school nurses... thank you!
• Also, PLEASE remember that if your child(ren) is displaying signs/symptoms of COVID -19 OR if is awaiting test results, PLEASE do not send them to school!

QUESTIONS? Call or email our school nurses.

Meeting Updates!

• Thank you to all who attended this year's Vendor Fair! The perfect fall weather served as the perfect backdrop for the day! The fair was a great success, raising close to two thousand dollars towards our SEC fundraising goal!
• Plans are in the works for an outdoor Christmas celebration! Any families who may have extra lights or decorations that we could borrow, please click here to let us know!
• More details coming next week!

• Campus Ministry Club (CMC) Save the Date! Thursday, November 18th from 3-4:30pm. Who knows what Mr. Hamel will have "up his sleeve" this month?! Please click here to have your middle schooler added to the attendance roster for next week's CMC!
• The Creative Treehouse with Mrs. Larkin had a stellar start this week, and students are thrilled to see which famous artist is featured next week!
• The Intramural Girls' Volleyball Group offering continues next week! Weather permitting the girls will volley and have a great time from 3-4pm. Please note that regular Extended Care Fees will apply.

 All Original Works art orders are due back to the school by November 16th. 

The products will arrive at the school on 12/16.

Just in time for wrapping and giving!

Click here for NOVEMBER Menu!

(but don't rely on it too much!)

Thank you for your continued patience and understanding with the last minute menu changes, as we have been told that NBPS are 6 to 8 days behind in their deliveries!

November

The Month of All Souls

Please click here, to send along the names of any family members, as well as any deceased alumni that you may know of (along with their graduation year), so that we can join our hearts in prayer for them throughout the month!

Fly on the Wall

While outside at recess duty this week, I noticed a large Mary statue in the yard of a neighboring house that was in view. I mentioned it to the group of girls nearby to which this conversation followed:



Student #1- "I used to have a Mary statue in my backyard, but my dad threw it away because it was getting all moldy."

Me- "Aw, that's too bad... I have a Mary statue in my backyard."

Student #2- "In my backyard we have a chicken coop."

#awingoraprayer

#mouthsofbabes

#hilarious

St. Francis Xavier School 

 223 Main Street, Acushnet, MA 02743