St. Francis of Assisi School News

Dates to Remember

Aug 27 ... Middle School Back to School Night

6:30pm in the Church

Aug 29 ... K-5 Back to School Night

6:30pm in the Church

Aug 30 ... School Mass 8:45am

Sep 2 ..... NO SCHOOL—LABOR DAY HOLIDAY

Sep 2 ..... St. Francis Parish Labor Day Picnic

Locust Shade Park 11:30am

Sep 4 ..... PreKindergarten Back to School Night

6:30pm in the St. Catherine Room

Sep 6 ..... School Mass 8:45am

Sep 7 ..... Candy Bingo & Potluck

6:30pm in the dining facility

Sep 9 ..... Online Testing Begins grades 3-7

Sep 11 ... School Picture Day—In Uniform

Sep 13 ... School Mass 8:45am

Sep 20 ... School Mass 8:45am

Sep 27 ... Online Testing Ends grades 3-7

Sep 27 ... School Mass 8:45am

Oct 2 ...... Francis Day in the Park & Walk-A-Thon

Locust Shade Park 9:00am

Principal’s Corner Dr. Tricia Barber, Principal

Happy New Year! The faculty/staff truly enjoyed this morning welcoming our families! We look

forward to meeting with middle school parents on Tuesday, August 27th and K-5 parents on Thursday,

August 29th. Both parent only sessions will begin in the Church at 6:30 pm.

All families are invited to attend the St. Francis Parish Labor Day Picnic on Monday, September 2nd at

Locust Shade Park at the Lilac Pavilion. Festivities begin at 11:30am with a noon prayer service.

Hamburgers, hot dogs, and beverages will be provided. A sign-up for side dishes or desserts is

available in the vestibule of the Church. Please feel free to call the church office to RSVP. Hope to see

you on Monday!

Are you a BINGO lover? Plan to test your luck on Saturday, September 7th at 6:30 pm at the Candy/

Bingo Potluck. The link to Signup Genius is located on the front page of the St. Francis website. Please

call the school office if you have further questions.

Have a blessed week!

"Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path." Psalm 119:105

August 26, 2019

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Catholic Virtue of the Month Respect/Responsibility

“Music is life. That’s why our hearts have beats.”

Calling all singers to be part of the music ministry at Saint Francis School. Our ministry begins this

Thursday, August 29th as rehearsals for our Select Choir begin in preparation for our first mass of the

school year on Friday, August 30th. Select Choir is a non-audition chorus open to students in grades 3 –

8 that rehearses each Thursday from 3:15 – 4:15 p.m. Emphasis in this choir is on pitch, rhythm, voice

placement, choral vowels and interpreting text to effectively communicate through song. Singers must

make a reliable commitment to weekly rehearsals. If your student wants to participate, please fill in the

choir registration form and return it to school. Questions? Email Mrs. Wells: cwells@stfrncis.org.

Sign-ups for the various sports will be on the bulletin board at the top of the stairs in the Elementary

wing.

FALL

Track - 3rd - 8th grade boys and girls

Coach: Mr. Corrielus

Practice on Wed (3:20-4:20pm) and Friday (1:40-3:00pm)

Begins - Wednesday, Sept. 11

Location: at SFA

Cross Country (XC) 3rd - 8th grade boys and girls

Coach: Mrs. Scoffield

Practice on Monday 3:30 - 5:00pm

Every other Wednesday - 3:30 - 5:00pm

Begins - Monday Sept. 9th.

Location: at SFA

Wrestling - Wrestling : 3rd-8th Grade Boys

Coach: Mr. Kingett and Mr. Kasdorf

Practice: TBD

Begins: Beginning of November

Location: John Paul the Great High School

Soccer (Boys) - 5th - 8th grade boys

Practice and games varied

Volleyball - 6th - 8th grade girls

Coach: Mrs. Wiederholt

Practice on Monday and Wednesday 3:20 - 5:00pm

Location: SFA gym

WINTER

Cheerleaders: 3rd - 8th grade boys and girls

Coach: coach needed

Basketball: 3rd - 8th grade boys and girls NON-COED teams

More information to follow.

SPRING

Track - 3rd - 8th grade boys and girls

Coach: Mr. Corrielus

Practice and Meet dates TBA

Soccer (girls) - 5th - 8th grade

Information TBA

For questions, please contact: Sports Director: Mrs. DeVito at devitot.sfas@gmail.com or 540-226-6515

Sports News

Per our handbook:

Safety is always most important when it comes to our students. Please read and follow the car pool procedures.

AM CARPOOL:

Students should exit from the passenger side only. This may require rearrangement of car seats, but it is necessary for the safety of our students.

Be a courteous driver at all times. Watch your speed and pull all the way forward. Please do not pass any cars that are dropping off students.

Follow the directions of our patrols and staff as they are trying to keep all our students safe.

Do not leave your car or your child unattended in the carpool during drop-off and pick-up hours. If you need to go into the building, park in the parking lot within the designated lined parking spots after you have dropped your child off.

If you have cupcakes, large projects, notes for the office, etc., you can give the items to a safety patrol or to Mrs. Brown, or Ms. Rosemary, our carpool supervisors.

PM CARPOOL:

All carpool students are to be picked up in the carpool line. As a reminder, all dismissals after 2:50pm are from the carpool line. No adult may pick up his or her student from the parking lot or in the front of the school.

If you are waiting for a safety patrol to finish his/her shift and you are in a carpool, please pick up your carpool in the carpool line and wait for the patrol in the parking lot within the designated lined parking spots.

Arrangements to go home after school are not to be made in the carpool line. For a student to be allowed to go home with another student, both students need to bring in a note to the school office at the start of the school day.

Adult drivers are responsible for ensuring that children in the vehicle are properly restrained. Virginia law requires children riding in motor vehicles to be properly restrained until they reach eight years of age. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, children who are four feet, nine inches tall and 80-pounds may be ready for adult belts.

Students are not to re-enter the school building from the carpool line. If they forget something, park in the parking lot within the designated lined parking spots and escort your child into the school office. One of our goals is to teach our students responsibility; please impress upon your student(s) the importance of getting everything they need since students will not be allowed in the classroom after the teacher has left.

If the carpool line starts to move and your student is not out, please circle around and join the second line. Please let Mrs. Brown, a safety patrol, or a teacher on duty know whom you need and a safety patrol will be sent in to locate the student.

If you are in the second carpool line your child will be waiting for you on the blacktop. If you are delayed in picking up your child, your child will be escorted into daycare. Please park in the parking lot and come inside to pick up your y is always child. Students may not leave the building until they are signed out.

Carpool Reminder

Computer Club

Students in grades four through eight are given the opportunity to join

our Computer Club. Sign-up forms will be distributed this week and

must be returned by Friday, September 6, 2019. The list of members

will be populated by randomly selecting the submitted forms for four

students from each grade – Grade 4 through 8. Computer Club members meet every Tuesday, after

school dismissal from 3:10 to 4:10 pm beginning Tuesday, September 10, 2019 for which there is no

charge. Please return the forms promptly. Thank you.

Technology Que

Calling All Budding Beethovens

I have been a private piano teacher for over 25 years and have taught many St. Francis School students.

If you are interested in signing your child up for lessons at my home in Dumfries, please contact me.

Piano lessons can be scheduled Monday – Friday depending on availability.

If your child has a love for music and a piano or keyboard at home for practicing, I would be happy to

give you more information.

Thank you.

Elizabeth Brack,

(Religious Education Office Secretary)

703-680-2447

Brack0110@aol.com

CANDY

Calling all Bingo players!! It’s time once again all St. Francis School Families to join us

for our 2nd Annual Candy Bingo Potluck on Saturday, September 7th.

We will be playing regular bingo once again with that interesting twist of sweet good-

ness. So, please everyone bring your favorite large or extra large package of candy,

that will then become those wonderful sweet prizes. If you get a “bingo”, your get to

pick your favorite sweet treat!

Now for the potluck portion, please bring your favorite dish to share. We are always

excited to try new dishes.

Doors with open at 6:30pm and we should be kicking off the first Bingo game at

6:45pm.

Sign up at:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e084caca628a57-candy1