This week the students and faculty will be preparing to welcome our students' grandparents and completing their work prior to Easter Recess which will begin after Grandparents Day on Wednesday, April 17th. With that in mind I would like to remind parents of a few deadlines that are coming up.

WOSF Scholarship Applications are due into the School Office by Monday, April 15th.

Financial Aid Applications for the 2019/20 school year must be completed through the FACTS website by Wednesday, May 1st.

Summer Camp Registrations and Fees must be completed and turned into the School Office by Friday, May 24th. If a minimum number of participants are not met then camps run the risk of being cancelled by the camp facilitator. As stated in previous communications please be aware that there is no Summer Day Camp offered this year.

I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend.

Sincerely in Christ,

Brian Pope

Principal

Sunday, April 7th

• Happy Birthday Mrs. Tami!!!
• 9:00 - 11:30am: FSA Hosted Fellowship Sunday
• 10:15 - 11:30am: Bible Study
• 4:00pm: Parent and Confirmandi Meeting

Monday, April 8th

• Middle School Laptops Turned In
• 10:45am - 12:30pm: Pizza with the Principal
• 3:00 - 4:00pm: Garden Club
• 4:00pm: Girls Soccer Match at HHCA vs. HHCA
• 5:00pm: Boys Soccer Match at HHCA vs. HHCA

Tuesday, April 9th

• STARBASE visit to 5th Grade
• 7:30am: STARS
• 3:00 - 4:30pm: Baking Club (Group A)
• 3:30pm: Soccer Practice at Chaplin Park

Wednesday, April 10th

• 8:00 - 9:00am: FSA Meeting
• 9:00am: Saying Yes: What is God's Will for Me?
• 10:00am: School Mass
• 10:45am: Stations of the Cross led by Deacon Galo
• 3:30pm: Soccer Practice at Chaplin Park (Boy's Only)
• 4:30pm: Girl's Soccer Match at St. Peter's Catholic School
• 6:00 - 8:00pm: Youth Group

Thursday, April 11th

• Spirit Day in support of the St. Francis Center
• 7:30am: STARS
• 8:00am: SAC Enrollment Committee
• 3:00 - 4:00pm: Photography Club
• 3:30pm: Soccer Practice at Chaplin Park

Friday, April 12th

• 1:00pm: SAC Technology & Curriculum Meeting

Saturday, April 13th

Upcoming Events

• 4/14: Palm Sunday
• 4/16: Open Houses at 12:00pm & 6:00pm
• 4/17: 11:30am: Early Dismissal, Grandparents Day
• 4/18 - 4/27: Easter Recess

How do they do it!!! PreK had such a big week with learning numbers, working with process Art, visiting with their middle school friends and blasting their stomp rockets off. PreK looks like such a blast!!!

They also had so much fun celebrating Mrs. Tami's Birthday!!!

The 2nd graders were collaborating smoothly during work centers this week. They were also working on a favorite reading skill: Homophones!

Divine Mercy Sunday, the first Sunday after Easter is quickly approaching. Lectio Divina classes will be learning to pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, a prayer that was given to us directly by Jesus through St. Faustina Kowalska. Next week we will learn more details about the devotion in our Lectio Divina classes. Please be sure to ask your child what they have learned and perhaps they might even lead your family in praying the devotion. Father Jairo kindly blessed rosaries for third grade students to use while praying the Chaplet.

For more information about the Divine Mercy message and devotions go to: https://www.thedivinemercy.org/

The 5th grade students again helped the Backpack Buddies Ministry this past Thursday. Keep up the service 5th grade!

The 6th Grade Religion class has been reading self-selected books about inspiring saints. The goal of the book report was to take the information about the saints and make it into an unusual and attractive project. Students used their spatial visualization skills and made a dodecahedron--an interesting solid shape with 12 pentagonal faces. It has 30 edges, 20 corners, and at each corner 3 edges meet. It took skills that were very precise to make the figure. We are excited to see how well they came together and hope you like our work too!

The SFCS Faculty went back to class this week to conclude their professional development program with Dr. Myra Finneran. The faculty analyzed assessments and how to better differentiate them for authentic evidence of learning.

Thank you Deacon DeWolfe for leading the Stations of the Cross this past week. This week we welcome the 2nd Grade class who asked to join the older students to pray the Stations.

The students and faculty said goodbye to Mrs. Boudreaux at the end of the awards assembly this week. We also were able to celebrate the coming of baby Boudreaux who will be coming soon. Mrs. Boudreuax will be missed and many prayers and blessings for the growing Boudreuax family will come from the SFCS community!

Congratulations to all the students for their achievements during the 3rd Quarter!

Mrs. Sweeney taught the Baking Club how to make pasta from scratch!

Congratulations to Class of 2018 alum Mabel Safe! Mabel was accepted to the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities Academy Program as a member of the Music Department for Saxophone. Great job Mabel!

Please click the form below to check out the Summer Camp offerings this year. Registration forms with payment must be turned into the School Office by Friday, May 24th.

The application is due Monday, April 15th and the notification or the recipients will be no later that May 1st.

It is time now to complete and submit your FACTS Financial Aid Assessment for the 2019 - 2020 School Year if you are desiring tuition assistance. Please click the link below. Applications must be completed by May 1st, 2019.

Below is the SFCS Calendar Overview for the 2019 - 2020 School Year.

Belk will be having their spring Charity Day sale on Saturday, May 4th. PERFECT for Mother's Day shopping! Buy a coupon now for $5, save $5 on any purchase all day long from 7am to 9pm on the day of the sale. 100% of that money goes to the school. Plus the pre-sale will begin April 20th so you can shop at your leisure and still get the sale prices! Items can then be picked up at the store on May 4th. Purchase as many coupons as you think you need. Coupons are being sold in the school office now.

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