FRIDAY NIGHT'S NEWSLETTER

PICS OF THE WEEK!

RWANDAN FUNDRAISER SUCCESS,

PRAYERS FOR VOCATIONS,

CLASSROOM VISITS,

A PD DAY FOR OUR TEACHERS

& A HOLIDAY!

 A major highlight of this short week was the school's outpouring of love, generosity and support of our parish fundraiser! Father Leonard launched the "Potty Project" during our First Friday Focus assembly last week and a follow up Dress Down Day (in the Rwandan flag colors) raised over two thousand dollars for the project! 

Our students' support was a huge "wave" to the needs of the Rwandan village!

National Vocations Awareness Week was highlighted by classroom visits by Father Ryan, and Adoration with the Maronite sisters! Father made appearances in many of our classrooms to read aloud a book entitled, The Unsolvable Problem by Mother Clare Mathiass, CFR and discussed with the students the call to religious life. Our monthly visit from the Maronite sisters also took place this week, and students had the opportunity to spend time Adoring Our Lord in our school gym. Students prayed for vocations, heard the sisters' call to religious life testimonies, and received a beautiful bookmark/prayer card with a "Prayer to Know God's Plan" for their lives. Father Jack Schrader from St. John Neumann Parish in East Freetown will be onsite this coming week to discuss vocations with our middle school students.

Our faculty had a productive day at Bishop Stang High School yesterday, as we "voted with our feet" to attend break out sessions on topics of interest. From MAP test score analysis to Social Emotional Learning supports, and from First Aid review to Building Classroom Communities, everyone had the opportunity to learn something new during our PD day.

Hoping that everyone enjoyed the few days off in addition to the weekend!

Thank you to all of our veterans, both those living and deceased, as well as those who currently serve our country...

God bless all of our school community veterans and God bless the USA!

Please click here to view our newest additions to the photo gallery!

ALL SAINTS DAY!

We have so much to be grateful for!

Have a wonderful weekend. 

#miracles

#watchforthem

This prayer borrowed from the Pope's Missions with Missionary Childhood Association...

Click here for full calendar of prayers/activities for the month of November!

OUR FIRST FRIDAY FOCUS...

was a huge success!

Acushnet Creamery's finest, Mrs. Donna Coray, stopped by on Monday to select the winner of an ice cream party for class participation in our Rwandan fundraiser! Five classes had 100% participation rates, and therefore those grade levels were entered into a drawing to see who would receive this most generous offer..... Congratulations Grade 7!

Monday Mass Day!

Weather permitting, we will be attending Holy Mass on Monday, November 14th. Middle school students should wear Special Occasion Uniforms!

A Solid Response to CYO Basketball!

Thank you to those who have volunteered to coach! Practice times/schedules will be shared soon...

Looking forward to a great season!

The month of November we pray for All Souls...

For those who sleep in Christ,

Life has changed not ended. 

An Altar of Remembrance has been created in the main lobby and in a very special way we will remember and pray for the souls of the faithfully departed loved ones of our school families, as well as alumni of SFX School throughout the month of November. Please click here to submit the names of loved ones , as well as any deceased alumni that you may know of (please include graduation year) to be placed in our basket of remembrance and prayed for daily.

Discover Catholic Schools Week 2022

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!

Please see this letter to Massachusetts families with suggestions for preventing respiratory illness, signed jointly by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Frankie Spiritwear Makes Great Christmas Gifts!

• Dates: November 7th - November 30th
• 20% savings sitewide
• Free shipping over $75
• Guaranteed delivery by December 23rd
• Click here or on above image to be led to our 1st Place Spiritwear site! Our school received 40% of proceeds!

• Monday, 11/21- Mass @ 9am (weather permitting)
• Wednesday, 11/23- Early Dismissal (11:30am); FAM House Challenge Day; Lunch will be available and Extended Care until 3:30pm only!
• Friday, 12/2- First Friday Confessions in the Library @ 7:30am & Mass in the Gym @ 8:10am;
• Saturday, 12/3- Feast of St. Francis Xavier!

Students are offered lunch daily, free of charge. Click here for November Menu for your planning and packing purposes!

NEXT SEC MEETING

Tuesday , Nov. 14th @ 7pm

Click here for Zoom Info!

A HUGE THANK YOU!

Thank you to all of our vendors, attendees, students & volunteers! A special shout out to former school parent, Jenalyn Gobern (David '22), who graciously chaired this event. The vendors were pleased with their sales and a spring event is being considered!

Save the Date

for an evening of celebrating the reason for the season!

December 21st 2022

...more details coming soon!

December CMC!

Who's coming?

More details to follow, but save the date!

Friday, December 16th 3-4:30pm

National Junior Honor Society Tutoring Starts this Week!

Our NJHS students, under the direction and guidance of Mrs. Shaughnessy, offer their tutoring services to students who have been recommended to the program by their classroom teachers beginning this week! Tutoring will take place on Tuesdays & Thursdays, and all information has been communicated to participating students!

YAY for Pre-K!

A successful trip to the

Acushnet Fire Station!

Thank you to the department for the time spent with our preschoolers...

St. Francis Xavier School 

 223 Main Street, Acushnet, MA 02743

www.sfxacushnet.com