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THIS WEEK:
Friday, Nov. 8th:
- Grandparent's Day & Music Tribute!
- 12:30pm DISMISSAL; ASE Available
- If your child is to be dismissed from Church or in carline with someone OTHER than their parent, you must send in a note/email to your child's teacher in advance.
Planning Ahead:
- Thursday, Nov. 14 - PTO Meeting via Zoom
- Friday, Nov. 15 - Honor Roll Assembly Q1
- Monday, Nov. 18th - iGiveCatholic Advanced Giving Begins (see below!)
- Wednesday, Nov. 20 - Q2 Interims
- Thurs. Nov. 21 & Friday, Nov. 22nd - PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES
- Friday, Nov. 22nd - No School; Thanksgiving Break Begins!
- Monday, Dec. 2 - Advent Wreaths Distributed in PM Carline
- Tuesday, Dec. 3 - OUR ANNUAL DAY OF GIVING & SERVICE! #GivingTuesday
Click Here for the Full Calendar
INCLUDING COMET ⚽️ SPORTS & PRACTICES!
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Grandparents's Day
We are very excited to welcome our grandparents this Friday! Even if your grandparents are not able to attend, we ask all students to be present for Grandparent's Day. Each of them has an important role to play in our Grandparent's Day Program. While we ask that only grandparents attend the reception and classroom visits at school, parents are invited to join us for Mass and the patriotic musical program in St. Benedict Church starting at 10:30am.
SPECIAL NOTE: The Grandparent's Day musical program takes CONSIDERABLE planning and preparation and will be part of the students' music grade. If your child MUST miss school on Friday, please notify Mrs. Goodwin as soon as possible, so she can adjust our plan for the event.
Reading
An article was recently shared with me titled, "The Elite College Students Who Can't Read Books," where professors lamented how college students no longer know how or are willing to read books. They attributed this problem to all the distractions students have on screens that make reading seem slow and dull. They also mentioned that many middle school and high school programs have shifted away from reading entire books in favor of shorter excerpts and informational texts. The article reaffirmed for me the importance of reading quality literature all the way through, and we will continue to make that an emphasis here at St. Benedict. If you'd like to read the full article, it can be found here.
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Let's Support Our Wonderful Teachers! | |
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Our St. Benedict School community is nourished by the dedication, love, care, and professionalism of our wonderful teachers. We have 15 full-time and 3 part-time teachers, representing over 200 years of teaching experience and an average tenure of 7 years at SBCS. Despite the national teacher shortage and the lure of higher salary offers, our Catholic school teachers seek to serve out a far greater calling -- to bring the Gospel message into their classrooms and into the lives of the children they serve.
For this year's Day of Giving on DECEMBER 3, we seek to celebrate the witness, service and contributions of our beloved teachers here at St. Benedict Catholic School.
And while we realize the amount could never equal the service, for our community, this year we are seeking to raise $30,000 to support the day-to-day operations of our school with a special focus on recognizing and retaining our wonderful teachers. Funds raised will go to support: teacher salaries, professional development, funds for classroom resources, equipment, furniture and technology - and with your generosity - we hope to establish a new Teacher Incentives Fund. With this Fund, we hope to provide special rewards for our teachers' dedication and commitment to excellence in the classroom and to building up our school community.
ADVANCED GIVING begins Monday, November 18th! Stay tuned for details!
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Can you be a Difference Maker for our Teachers this Day of Giving?
We need donors who would be willing to make a MATCHING/CHALLENGE GIFT!
Last year 3 amazing families generously offered to match donations, dollar for dollar, up to a certain amount that they wanted to give.
Those 3 gifts made a HUGE difference in our ability to motivate donations from the broader community of families, parishioners and alumni and get us BEYOND goal!
If you would consider helping us in this important capacity, please email Gretchen Ridgely at development@saintbenedictschool.org TODAY.
Thank you for your help!!
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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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SBCS is once again offering fresh Advent Wreath kits that will make for a wonderful family activity to start the Advent Season.
The kits are being provided by Tommy's Garden, owned by Comet family Tommy and Pam Autry and the school will receive a percentage of each kit sold. The ordering deadline is November 11th and kits can be picked up at Tommy's Garden in Carytown on Nov 26 and 27th OR will be distributed at dismissal on Monday, December 2nd.
Click on the link below to order yours now!
For any questions, please reach out to pautry@saintbenedictschool.org
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Important School Reminders: | |
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👉Admissions for 25-26
The 2025-2026 Admissions Season kicked off on October 1st and it is looking like a very busy admissions season already. SO, CURRENT PARENTS, if you have a (NEW) younger sibling to join us next Fall, please submit your application now and email Mrs. Ridgely at admissions@saintbenedictschool.org so he/she is on our radar screen. PLEASE NOTE: All currently enrolled students at the school will receive re-enrollment contracts in mid-January for next year, so you do NOT need to reapply. Questions? Email here!
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 | |
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Open House for parents of prospective high school students for 2025-26
Place: Cardinal Newman Academy, at Church of the Epiphany, 11000 Smoketree Drive, North Chesterfield
Date and Time: Monday, November 4, 6:30 PM
RSVP: info@cardinalnewmanacademy.org
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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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