Key Dates

Sunday, September 30

Open House from 1 -3 p.m.

Tuesday, October 2

College Mini-Fair during Period 3 

Wednesday, October 3

Activities Fair from 2:15 - 3:15 p.m.

For Freshwomen and Transfer Students

Big Sister/Little Sister from 3 - 5 p.m.

Friday, October 5

No Classes

Professional Day/Adult Learning Community Meetings

Saturday, October 6

SAT I & II

Wednesday, October 10 

IMPORTANT CALENDAR CHANGE, SEE "FROM THE ADMINISTRATION" BELOW

Full Day of School, B-day

Dates for Upcoming Sporting Events

Please keep your Fontbonne sports calendar up to date by using our listings below. We are experiencing problems with our connection to USA Today High School Sports, which has been incorrectly reporting our sports schedules. We are in the process of correcting this issue. Thank you!

From the Administration

From the Mission Advancement Office

From the Office of Mission & Ministry

Walk for Breast Cancer!

Here are easy ways to support Fontbonne's challenge to raise $4,000 in the Walk for Breast Cancer on Sunday, October 14. 

• Sponsor a student who is walking!  The quickest and easiest way to donate to the Breast Cancer Walk is to sponsor one of our students.  
• Donate online to our entire team. Go to http://main.acsevents.org/goto/Fontbonne.  There is an option on that page to "Donate Now" and you will be able to donate to the entire team via credit card or PayPal.   
• Write a check (or put cash in an envelope w/ Breast Cancer Walk marked on it).  Please make sure your check is made out to "The American Cancer Society" (and NOT to Fontbonne). 
• And of course you and your families and friends are more than welcome to join us for our walk on October 14 

Please contact Ms. Denning at kdenning@fontbonneacademy.org with any questions.

Founding of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Boston

Remembered This Week

On October 2, 1873, four Sisters of Saint Joseph from Brooklyn NY, under the leadership of Mother Mary Regis Casserly, arrived at St. Thomas parish in Jamaica Plain. Four days later they opened a school for girls in the church basement and 200 students were enrolled on the first day! We "stand on the shoulders" of these women of courage and we are grateful for the 139 years of ministry of the Sisters of Saint Joseph in the Boston area. We are proud to carry on their mission and charism in our school community as we continue to educate young women of "excellence tempered with gentleness."

Service Opportunities

Ms. Denning emailed students last week with information on several local service opportunities:

• An ongoing opportunity to tutor 5th through 8th grade students is available with a well-established program known as Project DEEP in Dorchester (subway accessible).
• Forbes House Museum in Milton is looking for volunteers to help as greeters and gallery assistants for a number of their upcoming events.
• MIT is looking for volunteers to help assemble science project kits for their K-12 outreach program on Saturday, October 13.

Students should refer to the email from Ms. Denning or stop by the Office of Mission and Ministry to get contact information for these organizations. Volunteers will sign up directly with the organization for these individual non-school-sponsored service projects. Service hours will be credited for students who participate and return their Service Verification forms.

From the Guidance Department
     

From the Athletic Department

From the Wellness Center

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