Your weekly update from St. Francis Xavier School...
 Let us "offer up" our crosses this LENT 
and let Christ meet us on our journey!
In This Issue
Next week's LUNCH MENU 
at-a-glance:
Mon
Mar 6
Hot Dog
Tues
Mar 7
Chix Nuggets
Wed 
Mar 8
Pollo Guisado (chicken stew)
Thurs
Mar 9
BBQ Chicken
Fri
Mar 10
Pizza Square


Don't forget...
2nd Trimester Grades 
closed today!

Report cards for Gr. 1-8 will be sent via email on Tuesday, 
March 14th.  (Only Kindergarten will receive a hard copy.)  
Please contact the office if your email address has changed.  
Thank you!
Mark your calendars...
School Events Committee happenings...
Our next meeting is this Monday, 3/6 @ 7pm!
Please join us as we discuss:  
Our "Pi Day Celebration"
taking place on 3.14,
...AND GALA PLANNING CONTINUES!
This year's annual fundraiser...

With only  62 days until our major fundraiser, much help is needed! 
Thank you to all those families who accepted the 
GALA FAMILY CHALLENGE!
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It's never too 
late to  
donate!
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EXTENDED CARE Updates: 
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Art Club Session 2...
...actually begins on 
Tuesday the 7th of March!  
Last week's session was a make up for the snow day cancellation! 

Click here to access new updated flyer for next session of 3-D Art!

Baystate Gymnastics 
Final Session 
of the 2016-2017 school year to begin on Monday 3/13!
Click here to sign up! 

Spring Track Starting Soon!
Who's SMILING now?
 
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We are!  

Thanks to the many, many AmazonSmile purchases made by our school and parish families between Oct. 1st and Dec. 31st, we recently received a che ck in the amount of:

$172.62!

..... every little bit helps!

Keep shopping AmazonSmile!
This week's adventures...
      

     Welcome back from a well-deserved week away from school!  It is clear from the looks on their faces and the stories told in the hallways that the students' breaks were filled with fun, sun and extra sleep in time!   

    Our students jumped right back in to their studies, putting forth best efforts and making certain any missing assignments were completed. After school t utoring sessions, extra Math help, small group instruction, and individuals taking tests were the norm in many classrooms after school each day.  Pressure to do well seemed to be on the increase, as second semester grades closed today!  

   As clearly seen in the above photo, Wednesday  marked the onset of our Lenten journey as Monsignor  marked our foreheads with ashes!  He also explained this Church tradition is a sacramental, not a sacrament.  Take the time to ask your child about the difference!  

     Please stay well informed by frequently visiting our website, and reading all school correspondences!  Many opportunities for prayer, fasting and almsgiving will be offered during this holy season of Lent... let us make this journey together!

     Looking forward to seeing many of you at Stations of the Cross this evening at 7 pm, and/or the Rosary Party on Sunday at 6pm.  

God bless and have a great weekend!
     ~Mrs. Russo
Faith in Practice
Please join us 
if you are able 
for our next 
school Mass as we continue the Lenten season on

Monday, March 6th
@ 9am
(Weather permitting)

1st reading:  Sophia Arruda (8) 
2nd reading: Rebecca Antonio (6)
Prayers of the Faithful: Amber Engel (5)
Couldn't go last time because you were out of town?  
No worries!  Just in time for your family Lenten prayer promise... rosary.jpg
Sunday, March 5th 
@ the school, 6pm
ALMSGIVING
Wanted:  NEW Wool Socks!
More  information coming soon on a SOCK  DRIVE being run by our National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) Members in the coming week to help the local homeless shelters provide needed socks to the needy of this area. 
Stay tuned for more details! 
Just a reminder to the 2nd grade parents whose children will be receiving their First Holy Communion                 at St. Francis Xavier Parish...
First Holy Communion Parent Meeting this  Sunday March 5th at 9:20am in the hospitality room at church across from the 2nd grade classroom.
SO MANY GREAT MEMORIES IN ONE GREAT BOOK!
 
All Orders are DUE before March 31st...

Please either send the order form back with payment (check or cash) or order online ybpay.lifetouch.com (and pay by credit card)!
"Fly on the Wall.... 
Heard from the Hall..."
I have the pleasure of having an office that shares a wall with one of our Preschool 4 classrooms.  It brings such joy to hear the students 
laughing, singing and playing on a
daily basis. This week the fly in the hall heard the following exchange from the same classroom

Teacher:  "You all are so rowdy after vacation, it is mayhem in here!"
Student #1:  "What is may him?"
Teacher: "Not may him, mayhem.  Mayhem means wild and noisy."
Student #2: "Am I mayhem?"
      #affirmative
WHO WILL WIN A CHANCE TO PICK FROM 
THE 3 MYSTERY PRIZE ENVELOPES ???
One class will win per floor.
Contest ends April 28th!
A collection sheet is being sent home.
Please send it back with your tops attached or send them loose in a clear ziplock bag.  
Click below for more sheets :