The auction is coming up this Saturday, and we thought you might like to get a look at the items that will be offered during the live auction. This takes place shortly after dinner, with a real auctioneer. It's going to be a lot of fun!
Click here for the Live Auction Preview >
This month's family challenge is in the form of an Advent Calendar. This is designed to be used by teachers during the week, and by families at home. It's a little way, every day, to remind ourselves of the true purpose of Advent, to prepare ourselves for the coming of the Messiah.
Click here to download a calendar for your family.
SFC is excited to be offering an extracurricular opportunity to learn American Sign Language (ASL).
School parent Holly Dumproff will be hosting these learning sessions for 6 weeks on Tuesday nights. It’s open to adults and kids, and it's free.
If you and/or your children are interested in learning ASL, please sign up here to let us know you’re coming! Sign up >
Tuesdays, from November 8 – December 13 from 6pm -7pm in Mrs. Lehnerz’s room in the Middle School.
We hope to see you there!
Thanksgiving is coming (not to mention All Saints Day and All Souls Day) so November's Family Challenge is all about practicing gratitude, by consciously thinking about who and what we're grateful for, saying a prayer of gratitude each day, and writing a note of gratitude to someone you appreciate each week.
Download the Family Challenge Calendar for November >
Friday, October 21, 5pm-7pm in the school parking lot
We're really looking forward to this year's Trunk or Treat. It's always a lot of fun, and the weather report shows it's going to be a beautiful day. The theme this year for costumes and decorating is Community Heroes. Come for dinner, treats, and lots of fun.
We can't wait! Be sure to get your family's registration in soon! Click here to register >
As part of the Community Heroes theme - we have local community heroes coming out for the event - with their trucks! We'll have trucks and heroes from:
We're also looking for donations of candy to give out to the kids. Please bring bags of wrapped candy to the main office. Thank you!
More Info:
October is the month of the Holy Rosary. Many great popes, saints, and Christian leaders have encouraged us to pray the rosary. It’s a powerful prayer, they say, one that can change your life, strengthen the family, bring peace to the world, convert entire nations, and win the salvation of souls.
So this month's family challenge encourages families to create a routine of praying the rosary. Try the weekly or the daily challenge, whichever fits your family's schedule better. Then start praying the rosary together, and slow down, and find joy and peace in God's presence.
Download the Daily Challenge Calendar for October >
Download the Weekly Challenge Calendar for October >
Not sure how to say the rosary?, or where to find the readings for the mysteries? We recommend checking out this website:
www.usccb.org/how-to-pray-the-rosary
Teacher Appreciation Week is May 2 - May 6. We have something planned for every day of the week, to let us show our appreciation for the hard work and dedication of our teachers.
Monday - Thank Your Teacher - Each student can bring in a flower, to create a bouquet, along with a handwritten thank you note!
Tuesday - Supply Your Teacher with a Thanks! Bring in a school supply for your teacher's classroom, e.g. dry erase markers, a pack of fun pens, card stock, Expo spray, erasers, etc.
Wednesday - We Donut Know What We Would Do Without You! - Coffee and donuts delivered to the teachers. (Sign Up to buy a cup of coffee for your teacher.)
Thursday (Cinco de Mayo) - You're Nacho average teacher! Taco bar luncheon from Qdoba. (Sign Up to contribute to lunch.)
Friday - Thank You from Parents - Lunch for Teachers from the Parents (Sign Up to bring a dish.)
Feel free to have your children color pictures or write notes of appreciation to their teachers all week. Questions? Contact Alicia Dineen (alicia@aconversationpiecellc.com).
Click here to download the flyer.
The weather is finally warming up, and we're optimistic that this means it's really the start of spring! It's a perfect time to get outside with your family and walk. It's good for your health. It's a good way to spend time together. And it's a good excuse to get outside to enjoy the nicer weather.
We challenge every school family to try doing this month's Family Challenge together. We think you'll love it. Download your calendar, and get started. Complete at least 25 of the challenges, then turn your calendar in to the school office to be entered into a drawing for a prize.
Click here to download your May Calendar.
Sunday, January 30 - Saturday, February 5
Throughout the week we will have activities that celebrate Parish, Community, Nation, Vocation, Students, Staff and Faculty.
Monday - Celebrating Our Nation
Tuesday - Celebrating Vocations
Wednesday - Celebrating Our Students
Thursday - Celebrating Our Community
Friday - Celebrating Faculty & Staff
Monday - Red, White & Blue Day
Tuesday - Dress Your Best
Wednesday - Pajama and Slipper Day
Thursday - Dress as what you want to be when you grow up
Friday - Hawaiian Day (Middle School would need to change after Mass)
Note: Schedule subject to change
Click to download a printable schedule.
During Catholic Schools Week, students will be collecting donations for birthday bags for the Full Shelf Food Pantry. Each grade is responsible for suppling an item for the bags, which will be assembled by the K4 and K5 classes. Thank you for helping out with this project!
K3 - Gift bags
K4 - Birthday candles
K5 - Frosting
1st - Gift bags
2nd - Cupcake liners
3rd - Birthday napkins or cupcake liners
4th - Cake mix
5th - Frosting
6th - Cake mix
7th - Birthday napkins
8th - Birthday candles
January's Family Challenge, designed for our school families by the School Advisory Council, is about getting your body moving. Download your calendar, and get started. Complete at least 25 of the challenges, then turn your calendar in to the school office to be entered into a drawing for a prize for a 10-visit punch card to The Gym WB.
Click here to download your January Calendar.
Click here to download your February Calendar.
It's time for the annual Stocking Stuffers collection, organized by the 3rd graders, along with the parish religious formation students. We are collecting new tube socks, granola bars, candy (extra Halloween candy works great!), small bags of pretzels, fish crackers, fruit snacks, etc. Students can bring the items in to their classrooms until Monday, November 15. Then the 3rd graders will stuff the collected items into the socks, so they can be donated to the Full Shelf Food Pantry. Thank you for your help!
Dear Families,
Saint Frances Cabrini School recognizes the importance of overall wellness. We have created monthly challenges that will encourage you to spend time together as a family, and that will help to grow and support the mission of our school. We want to encourage the efforts of families working together to become well in all aspects of life. Use this month's calendar as a way to bond, to explore the many things we can be grateful for, and to HAVE FUN!!
November's monthly challenge is the Gratitude Challenge. This will challenge you to think of the many reasons to be grateful to God. Each day has a unique task for your family to do together. Complete at least 25 of the tasks during the month, and then turn in your calendar by Dec 5th to be entered into a drawing to win a beautiful Kin+Ore cutting board.
Click to download a pdf calendar for your family.
Thanks,
School Advisory Committee.
Our 7th/8th grade girls volleyball team had their first set of games over the weekend. They lost the first match, but had very close, competitive games, and won the 2nd match - all 3 games!
Highlights from those games:
6th grade had a clean sweep with winning all three. They cheered for each other and really worked together as a team. Great work ladies!
5th grade had some great learning opportunities with their games this past weekend and Monday. The wins came from strong serving! Keep up the learning girls!
Click HERE for an update from Father Nathan regarding Mask-only Mass, Holy Week, and Easter Updates (2/23/21)
Let all of our school and parish families join together in prayer in these days leading up to the Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker for a growth in enrollment in our school, our early childhood programming, and our family faith formation programming. We will only accomplish a growth in our faith communities through earnest prayer and devotion. Saint Joseph, Pray for Us!
The Novena to Saint Joseph the Worker for a growth in our enrollment begins April 23rd and concludes on May 1st. Please see the text and instructions of the novena prayer. My thanks to everyone for praying for our growth.”
Father Nathan
Spring Novena for a Growth in Enrollment/Novena Prayer to Saint Joseph the Worker/Begins on April 23rd and ends on May 1st
1. Pray one Rosary each day (how to pray the rosary).
2. At the conclusion of the Rosary, pray the following prayer:
Joseph, by the work of your hands and the sweat of your brow, you supported Jesus and Mary, and had the Son of God as your fellow worker. Teach me to work as you did, with patience and perseverance, for God and for those whom God has given me to support. Teach me to see in my fellow workers the Christ who desires to be in them, that I may always be charitable and forbearing towards all. Grant me to look upon work with the eyes of faith, so that I shall recognize in it my share in God's own creative activity and in Christ's work of our redemption, and so take pride in it. When it is pleasant and productive, remind me to give thanks to God for it. And when it is burdensome, teach me to offer it to God, in reparation for my sins and the sins of the world.
Novena Prayer
O good father Joseph! I beg you, by all your sufferings, sorrows and joys, to obtain for me what I ask.
(Here name your petition). [an increase in enrollment for our school and formation programs]
Obtain for all those who have asked my prayers, everything that is useful to them in the plan of God. Be near to me in my last moments that I may eternally sing the praises of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. Amen.
3. Pray one additional Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be.