Dear Parents,

Mark your calendars!  On Wednesday, May 18th we will hold our 1st Annual  School Eucharistic Congress.  The purpose of this event is to focus our school on the study and adoration of the Eucharist as center of our Catholic faith.  The day will include:

***School Mass at 9:00
***All day Eucharistic adoration  
***Middle school talk: Father James Hedderman presents "The Eucharistic stations"  
***K-5 talk: Brother Leo from EWTN  
***Some students K-8 will present their Eucharistic Essays during the day
***Eucharistic Benediction at 2:30 

Facing Mercy together,

Nathan Wright

Congratulations 2nd graders!
IMPORTANT OFFICE NOTES
IMPORTANT DEADLINE NOTE
FINANCIAL AID FORMS DUE APRIL 29, 2016.
 

2016-17 ST. FRANCIS XAVIER CHURCH FINANCIAL AID FORMS are available in the school office.

Deadline for financial aid forms was listed as May 1st however, due to the fact that May 1st is a Sunday all forms must be submitted to the school office by April 29, 2016. Thank you for your attention to this important deadline.
  
AAA SCHOLARSHIP applications are now available. An email was sent to all families.  Please use the links below for information, guidelines, qualifications and application.  
GRANDPARENTS DAY
Mrs. Marie Hayes and second grade students proudly show grandparent visitors their school and their magnificent rainforest.
 


 

 






    
2016-2017 HOME AND SCHOOL OFFICERS INSTALLED
Congratulations our 2016-2017 Home and School officers:

Chair: Jamie Baguer
Vice Chair: Lorien Hale
2nd Vice Chair (Fundraising): Mary Zarate
Secretary: Pam Burns
Treasurer: Dede Tynes

A huge thank you to our outgoing members.  You have given a tremendous gift of time and talent to our school. 

Cyndi Martinez (President)
Kristi Tomberlin (Secretary)
Dawn Conner (Treasurer)

TEACHERS RECOGNIZED FOR YEARS OF SERVICE
Congratulations to Mrs. Marie Hayes and Mrs. Mandy Burmester who celebrate a combined thirty years of education!
 
Thank you for your dedication and support of our children and Catholic Education!  You are a gift to the children and St. Francis Xavier School.
 
                                           Mrs. Marie Hayes           25 years
                                           Mrs. Mandy Burmester   5 years 


 
2016 ART SHOW
Congratulations to all participants and winners in the
St Francis Xavier School Art Show 2016

             Yeshenia Perez, Gr. 7             Best of Show Winner Grs 6,7,8

             Breanna Getz, Gr. 1                Best of Show Winner Grs K,1,2
  
           Paula Taylor Sanchez, Gr 3    Best of Show Winner Grs 3,4,5

A special thank you to Miss Rudnicke for facilitating the creation, judging, and display for the show.  
2016 Art Show Winners
 
Best of Show from Grades K-2- Brenna Getz
           
 Grade K 
 1st Place  Eden Robinson     2nd Place  Sadie Brown   3rd Place   Katelyn Edwards
           
Honorable Mention: Joe Cannova, Jake Baker, John Sransky, Delia Osbun, Malachi Rutledge
 
Grade 1      
  1st Place  Parker Bailey        2nd Place Sinclare Smith  3rd Place   Grace Hampton
           
Honorable Mention: Briley James, Josie Benson, Evie Brown, Dayna Simien, Ella Hale
 
Grade 2 
  1st Place  Christoper Smitherman   2nd Place  Zoe Pugh  3rd Place  Olivia Sullivan
           
Honorable Mention: Joey Martinez, Nicole Rodriguez-Barrantes, Kynlie Harvard, Lillie Owens, Angelique Hernandez
 
            Best of Show from Grades 3-5 - Paula Taylor-Sanchez
 
Grade 3        
 1st Place  Mary Beaumont   2nd Place  Veronica Walker  3rd Place  Alex Perrin
           
Honorable Mention: Jimmie Sears, Bri Pugh, Jose-Carlos Martinez, Paul Vincent Bruno, Kara Pepe
 
Grade 4  
1st Place  David Caycedo    2nd Place  Mary Lou Sranksky     3rdd Place  Gracie Beals
           
Honorable Mention : Lulu Hill, Emma Fortier, McKenzie Baker, Tania Perez, Mary Catherine Cannova

Grade 5       
 1st Place  Lilly Watts   2nd Place Elizabeth Okunbor  3rd Place Cecilia Wright
           
Honorable Mention: Inessa Ambrose, Elizabeth Burns, Brigid Sullivan, Alex Harvard, Anna Kate Driver
 
Best of Show from Grades 6-8 - Yeshnia Perez
           
Grade 6       
 1st Place  Peter Ray2nd Place Sidney White  3rd Place tie   Crystal Doan, Lailah Burell
 
Honorable Mention: Haley Miller, Nathan Wright, Lynette Garcia, Peyton White, Sam Sransky
 
Grade 7       
 1st Place  Sam Connor  2nd Place  Makayla Jordan  3rd Place   Skylar Camp
  
Honorable Mention: Tony Martinez, Nyonia Ivy, Jamie Blum, JT Balducci, Evie Fletcher
           
Grade 8       
 1st Place  Chloe Allison2nd Place Adrian Martinez   3rd Place  Ricky Zimmerman
  
Honorable Mention: Clyde Lamp, Mateo Rodriguez-Barrantes, Isiah Ambrose, Katherine Ann Wagstaff, Ella Katherine Oliver
 

FAMILY SPOTLIGHT

St. Francis Xavier School is proud to share parent art work featured by Red Dot Gallery and recently on display.  Please read the beautiful story featured below. 

 

Red Dot oil painting student, Marina Caycedo (David Gr 4) recently finished this large painting. She is from Uzbekistan, and started taking classes about 6 months ago. Her talent and skill is remarkable, considering she's never taken a painting class before. This painting held a special place in her heart and inspired me and the rest of her classmates. She lost her daughter Camilla, above, 10 months before starting this painting, when she was 14 months old. She came to Red Dot to take a class to help her with her grief. It was obvious that the process of this finished piece was healing for her in many ways, and it touched all of us who watched her work on it with great care. I am always humbled and honored to get to share in the personal, creative journey of all my students.
     
UPCOMING EVENTS
May 3, 4  -  USBORNE BOOK FAIR -SFX Library
May 4      -   CONFIRMATION Gr 8 - Mass 7pm
May 6      -   Diocesan Track & Field Day John Carroll High School
May 12    -   Spirit Day
                  -  8th Grade Graduation Banquet 6pm
May 16    -   School Advisory Board Mtg 6pm
May 18    -   School Eucharistic Congress
May 20    -   Gr K Class Trip Birmingham Southern
May 23    -   Yearbook signing 1 pm
                      Last Day Gr 8
May 25    -   Graduation Mass Gr 8   7pm
May 26    -    9am Kindergarten Program
May 27    -    Last Day of School
                       9am Mass
                       Report Card Distribution
                       10am Dismissal

 
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5TH AND 6TH GRADES VISIT THE SHRINE OF THE MOST BLESSED SACRAMENT IN HANCEVILLE

Our 5th and 6th grade classes visited the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Hanceville last Thursday.  The visited the St. JP II Eucharistic Center, took a tour of the grounds, visited the Lourdes Grotto, prayed part of the Rosary with the Nuns in the main Church, and had Mass with Father John Paul in the Lower Church.

 
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Mark your calendar: All 5th - 8th graders will spend Friday, May 6th at JCCHS for Field Day.

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