Week of November 17, 2024 | |
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THIS WEEK:
MONDAY, Nov. 18th:
- Advanced Giving Begins to help us raise $30K to support our amazing teachers (see below!)
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 20th:
THURSDAY, Nov. 21st:
- Parent Teacher Conferences - Sign Up Here by Wednesday 11/20!
FRIDAY, Nov. 22nd:
- NO SCHOOL - THANKSGIVING BREAK BEGINS!
- Parent Teacher Conferences
Planning Ahead: Year-Round Uniform ONLY after Thanksgiving!
(No more Summer Uniform til after Easter Break.)
- Monday, Dec. 2 - Advent Wreaths Distributed in PM Carline
- Tuesday, Dec. 3 - OUR ANNUAL DAY OF GIVING & SERVICE! #GivingTuesday
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Friday, Dec. 6 - St. Ambrose House Feast Day - wear green shirt!
- Friday, Dec. 6 - Middle School Christmas Dance, 7pm - 9pm
Calendar Update
Due to the length of time between Christmas Break and Easter this year, the Office of Catholic Schools has added an additional day off of school in the spring. St. Benedict will not have school on Friday, March 21, 2025. Please add this date to your calendars, because it was not on the original calendar published at the beginning of the school year.
Click Here for the Full Calendar
INCLUDING COMET ⚽️ SPORTS & PRACTICES!
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Our Annual Day of Giving & Service
Please mark your calendar for this year's Day of Giving & Service at St. Benedict - Tuesday, Dec. 3rd, otherwise known as #GivingTuesday! This is always a special day for our school community to come together to support an important need of our school financially, while our children serve the needs of our greater RVA community. Last year's Day of Giving helped to raise the funds for our security upgrades. This year, our Day of Giving goal is to raise $30,000 to support our teachers - a critical and worthwhile investment! Advanced giving will begin TOMORROW Monday, November 18th and conclude at midnight on December 3rd. Diocesan schools use the #iGiveCatholic platform as we have in the past to receive and track donations during this time and there is a friendly competition amongst the schools. CLICK HERE FOR OUR GIVING PAGE!
Here's what we're asking our Comet Community to do:
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Make a donation. It's not the amount - its the participation that matters and our goal is 100%! You can send in a check made out to the school and in the memo line put "Day of Giving". OR you can use the link below to make a gift online. Diocesan schools are using the #iGiveCatholic platform, as we have in the past, to track our progress, recognize our donors, and engage in some friendly competition with our sister schools. All gifts (check or online) will be tracked on our site.
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Consider being a FUNDRAISER. This is a wonderful way to help spread the word to your friends and family about our amazing little school and enlist their help. Just click the FUNDRAISE button on our site HERE. At a minimum, share our link with family and friends to enlist their support.
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ARE YOU ABLE TO MAKE A MATCHING GIFT CHALLENGE to help ignite support from our community? (For example: Mr. & Mrs. Smith pledge to match the first $5,000 received, dollar for dollar OR Mr. & Mrs. Smith pledge to give $2,500 once the community raises $10,000.) These are each wonderful ways to help motivate and drive support for our wonderful teachers! If you would like to learn more about becoming a Challenge Gift Maker, please reach out to Mrs. Ridgely at asap.
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Parent Teacher Conference Sign Up! | |
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Parent - Teacher Conferences are planned for Thursday, November 21st from 4pm-7pm and Friday, November 22nd from 7:30am-12:00pm.
Parent-Teacher Conferences are not required but are encouraged, especially for parents of new students and for parents of students having difficulty in some aspect of their education. For elementary students, we encourage ALL parents to schedule a conference with your child's homeroom teacher. Middle School parents do not need to meet with every teacher, only those with whom you feel time is needed. Specials (elective) teachers are not part of these conference days. If you have questions, please call Pam Autry at (804) 254-8850. The Sign Up Genius will close at noon on Wednesday, November 20th.
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The SBCS Santa Shop is around the corner!
Santa shop is a fun way for our elementary students to shop for their families, and your donations both are needed and appreciated!
Thanksgiving break is a great time to collect these items!
Items to donate should be gently used or new (clothing must be new):
candles, ornaments, decorations, new ties, new scarves, new socks, new gloves, new hats, books, jewelry, card games, dice games, board games, puzzles, toys, kitchen wares, craft items, craft kits, stationary, picture frames, drawing items (pens, crayons, markers, coloring books, sketch books), play balls, and any item that might make a nice gift for a child or adult. Other items to donate would include wrapping paper, tissue paper, gift bags, sticker name tags, ribbon to wrap gifts, and tape.
Donations should be sent in between December 9th - December 13th. Santa Shop will occur on December 19th. We’ll send a sheet home with details.
PTO Questions or comments? Please contact Danielle at PTOPresident@saintbenedictschool.org
Ongoing Parent Volunteer Opportunities - Click Here!
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Parents in Prayer will meet in-person during the Advent season. It is open to all parents, and it is a way to pray for our students and teachers by name. Mr. Cruess joins us.
For the month of November, please click HERE to see the prayers!
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Important School Reminders: | |
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After-School Care
THIS YEAR there are a limited number of spaces available daily, so If you do not have a contract agreement for ASE, please email Pam Autry at pautry@saintbenedictschool.org no later than 9am on the day requested and she will need to confirm that drop-in space is available.
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Just a reminder ordering cuts off at 12:00 PM the day before the delivery. ORDER NOW!
If you have any questions, please contact My Hot Lunchbox at (888) 894-8295 or email: info@myhotlunchbox.com. We have to maintain a 25 minimum order to keep each of our vendors.
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Your PTO Leadership & Class Reps 24-25 | |
Thank You Parents for Helping with our Uniform Policy! | |
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Parents, now that colder weather is heading our way, please remember that tennis shoes are ONLY allowed on PE Days and with the Summer Uniform (shorts/skorts). If your son is wearing pants or your daughter is wearing the plaid jumper/skirt, they cannot wear tennis shoes. Thanks for your help!
All images and uniform guidelines can be found on our school website HERE.
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