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Wednesday, October 29
All School Dress Down
Thursday, October 30
Students Dressed in Halloween Costumes-all grades!
Halloween Parade, 10:00 a.m. Friends and Families welcome to come!
Halloween Parties, Time TBA by teacher
Parent/Teacher Conferences, 4:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
Friday, October 31
School Closed for Students, Club Knight Day Camp Available
Parent/Teachers Conferences, 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Monday, November 3
Winter Uniform Begins (Click HERE for a uniform reminder)
Chess Club, 3:15 p.m.-4:00 p.m. in the Cafe
Tuesday, November 4
Running Club, 3:15 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
Thursday, November 6
Individual Student Photos for the Yearbook
Important Upcoming Performance for Pre-K through 4th grade at Barnes & Noble!
Tuesday, November 11 is our Barnes & Noble Book Fair. Students in grades Pre-K through 4th grade are performing patriotic songs at 6:00 p.m.. Grades will sing separately and then come together for a finale. The performance is in the Cafe area. Faculty will read throughout the evening and student work will be displayed throughout the store.
Students in Kindergarten-4th grades will wear their winter uniform. All students should arrive by 5:40 p.m. to meet Mrs. Lara.
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Knight News
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Knight Honor Code
Congratulations to our most recent Knight Honor Code recipients! Grace Stalek (3rd), Ava Goodman (3rd), Hannahgrace Daniels (4th), Yesenia Villalpando (4th), Lillian Young (4th), Eleanor Arcaro-Burbridge (4th), Patricia Tayn (4th), Grady Long (1st)
Pet Food Drive Raffle Winners
Thanks to all of the families that donated pet food, toys, blankets, and treats to our recent pet food drive. Raffle tickets were drawn Monday morning and Bacall Sellars (3rd), Samantha Young (6th), and Christian Hernandez (5th) are our Halloween basket winners!
 Red Ribbon Recognition
Eighth grader Daniela Villalpando was recognized yesterday for her presentation to local officers during Red Ribbon Week.
2014 Veteran's Day Program
If you are a Veteran or you know a Veteran that would enjoy being part of our program please contact Ms. Stalek at tstalek@bssknights.org.
Thank you Knights of Columbus!
A huge thank you to the Knights of Columbus for installing the new basketball goal on the playground. The goal was a gift from the class of 2014 and it happened that two alumna of the class of 2014 (Taylor Daniel and Jay Orejan) were volunteering at school on Monday and were able to take the first shots on the goal! Thank you, KOC and Class of 2014 for the the awesome new addition to the playground! -Ms. Maher
 Congratulations Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School
Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School Athletic Director Jeff Stoller was on hand for the NCHSAA 1A Wells Fargo Cup presentation at halftime of the Oct. 18 UNC vs. Georgia Tech Football game. The cup is presented for top overall athletic program in North Carolina. This is Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School's 6th win in 8 years. BMCHS would like to thank all of our students from Blessed Sacrament School, Immaculate Heart of Mary, Our Lady of Grace, Our Lady of Mercy, St. Leo's, and St. Pius X School for their contributions to the success of the BMCHS Athletic Program.
Order Your Yearbook!
We've received many, many orders through the One Form for the 2014-15 yearbook. There is a limited supply now available so order TODAY! Follow this link to order your yearbook.
Donations Requested!
Our Little Knights and our 3rd & 4th grades learning lab are in need of items! If you have any clean and gently used over-sized pillows, bean bag chairs, rugs, bookshelves, or children's ride-on toys (trikes, cozy coupes, etc) we would love to have these items! Contact Tara Hackman at thackman@bssknights.org if you have items to donate. Thank you!
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Prayer Requests
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Prayers
Please pray for Ms. Courtney Prutzman as she mourns the passing of her mother and Evan's (1st grade) grandmother, Joan Daniels.
Please keep Beth Lowe's mother in your prayers.
Please continue praying for Mrs. Carballo's son, Zachary, as he undergoes his second surgery tomorrow, October 30.
Prayers are requested for Ray Kroliczak's (8th) grandmother, Hope Phinney.
We ask that you keep in your prayers the mother of our former pastor, Father Paul Gabriel.
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From the Principal's Desk
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Dear Families,
Did anyone happen to see the sky this morning? The pink and red hues with the scattering of wispy clouds were a masterpiece of God's creation. For me, this is my favorite time of year, where there is a burst of colors everywhere. Take a moment and enjoy the beautiful season of fall.
Mrs. Gomez
Many Thanks!
Thank you to all who volunteered in helping with Oktoberfest. With your help, it was a fun and successful event! THANK YOU!
Join us if you can for our Halloween Parade on Thursday, October 30, at 10:00.
Winter Uniforms begin Monday, November 3. Don't forget about those haircuts if they need them.
 Don't Forget!
This weekend don't forget to turn back the clock and we get back the hour we lost in the spring.
Winter Uniforms
Students begin to wear winter uniforms Monday, November 3. Please make sure you have all of your items ordered from Land's End and ready to go.
Remember that students in grades K-4 should ONLY wear the gold PE shirt, not last year's field day t-shirt. Students in grades 5-8 wear their gold PE shirt for one day of PE and may wear last year's field day shirt for the second day of PE. The winter PE uniform is navy sweat pants, PE shirt, and BSS sweatshirt or hoodie.
Full winter uniform guidelines found HERE. Order from Land's End HERE.
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Classroom Connections
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Third Grade welcomes a special visitor!
Today my gramdma came to read to my class. She read The Pumpkin Man from Piney Creek. She even brought us a pumpkin for our class. She taught us a poem about scarecrows. She gave us Halloween pencils too. They had witches, bats and stripes on them. We loved her visit to our school.
--Abi Rugh
 
Third Grade Studies the Solar System
Today we made solar system models. We measured and scaled how far the planets were from the sun. We used calculators to find the scaled distance. We drew the planets. We had a lot of fun!
--Kennedy Grace Joyce
Seventh Grade and Kindergarten visit May Memorial Library PINK OUT! Our first annual PINK OUT was a huge success! BSS raised over $250 for a local imaging center.
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From the Admissions Office
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2014-2015 Recruitment Dates
Little Knights Building Foundations 2 year old Play Group
BSS welcomes children 24-42 months of age and their parents for play and monthly developmental information sessions with our own Child Development Specialist, Jill Zang Glenn, MEd. Join us monthly or as your schedule allows. We will meet from 3:30-5:00p.m. at Blessed Sacrament School in our Pre-Kindergarten room. Snack and drink provided. Group meets October 15, November 19, January 21, February 18, March 18, and April 15.
Little Knights and Friends Play Dates
We would like to invite your child and friends to our Preschool and Pre-K play dates at Blessed Sacrament School. The play dates will be held from 10:00 a. m. to Noon on October 4, November 15, February 21st, and April 25th. During the play dates we hope that the children and their friends will have a great time enjoying our playground while the parents have a chance to visit and get to know each other.
These play dates are open to all Little Knights as well as any friends of family you would like to invite. We do ask that you let us know if you can attend and if you will be bringing a friend along. We will be offering a peanut free snack and drink to the children and refreshments for the adults as well.
Bring a Friend to School Dates
Bring a friend to school dates are currently being scheduled and will be  announced soon. Visitors are always welcome! If you have a friend who is interested in checking out BSS please contact the Admissions Office to schedule a date that is convenient for the visiting student and for the class the student will visit.
Downtown Holiday Magic
For the second year Blessed Sacrament School will have a booth at Burlington's  Downtown Holiday Magic on Friday, December 12th. Our booth will be manned by the Admissions team, volunteer parents, and students. In addition to our booth the Middle School Chorus will carol throughout the city streets.
X-STREAM Expo at Blessed Sacrament Church
Sunday, January 25 from 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
X-STREAM Saturday Open House at Blessed Sacrament School
Saturday, January 31, 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
Burlington Kindergarten Fair
Tuesday, February 3 at First Presbyterian Church in Burlington
X-STREAM Science Event for Prospective Middle School Students
Tuesday, April 21, 6:00 p.m.
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From the Advancement Office
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Save-the-Date
January 23, 2015
BSS Annual Auction
Our Annual Auction is scheduled for January 23, 2015 at Ramada Inn. We anticipate a wonderful evening and a great opportunity for families and friends of Blessed Sacrament School to gather with proceeds from the event benefiting BSS. Watch for additional information in future KC.
The Annual Fund appeal materials will be mailed in October. We appreciate your participation and consideration for donations to BSS. Questions about the Annual Fund and why the need is so great? Please contact Jimma Causey, Director of Advancement, at 336-570-0019, ext. 134 or jcausey@bssknights.org.
Donations to BSS can be in many forms: monetary donations, gift-in-kind, stocks, establishing scholarships, planned giving, matching gifts - just to name a few options. Call the Office of Advancement with your questions and how individual and business donations can be beneficial to BSS. As BSS is a not-for-profit, most gifts are tax deductible.
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HSA (Home & School Association)
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Oktoberfest THANK YOU!
I would like to personally thank all of our Oktoberfest committee members for their time and dedication to making this event happen for the whole school community. Our members this year were Rebecca Wetter, Rebecca Wieting, Lisa Waldmann, Janet Bammens, and Ann Amyot. Also their spouses were of great assistance on the day to bring everything together. This is a whole school event that needs many hands to make light work for our parent volunteers. I enjoyed seeing your children with smiling faces.
--Tanya Barnes, HSA Co-President
A special thank you also to the Knights of Columbus for the continued great Oktoberfest partnership and the Columbiettes for their assistance in our Knight Cafe.
Leaves A Plenty!
Thank you to the families that came out to make our first landscaping date of the year a success! The Walker family, Solari family, Onder family, and Klein family worked hard to to rake the yard and playground.
Faculty and Staff Meals
The sign up for our October Faculty & Staff Dinner is almost full! If you can sign up for any remaining items please do. This year we are providing our faculty and staff with dinner the evening of parent/teacher conferences. There will be enough food to enjoy for lunch the following day. Thank you to all of the parents and grandparents who help support our faculty and staff! Sign up HERE.
 HSA Landscaping Days
Support the Curb Appeal committee October 25 from 1-3:00 p.m. for our first school work day! Help us prepare for city leaf collection by bringing a rake and clearing the front lawn and Little Knights playground! The Curb Appeal committee would love to have at least one family per class come out each month. Bring your family and join us! Sign up HERE to let the Curb Appeal committee know you are coming!
Our committee would like to encourage volunteers to bring rakes and gloves for leaf pick up. They are trying to avoid using leaf blowers to reduce noise pollution and be friendly neighbors as well as improve our own activity. The school has extra rakes so please label your tools.
KEEP THOSE BOX TOPS COMING!!! 
Thank you to everyone for participating. This summer we collected over 3,000.....that's AwEsoMe!! I'm working on the next batch to send in.
Thank you in advance for cutting on the dotted line before sending them in....it's a huge time saver when separating thousands. As always if you have any questions please email me @ cdaniels503@aol.com
--Carrie Daniels
Barnes & Noble Book Fair & Dine Out
Our Barnes & Noble Book Fair fundraiser is Tuesday, November 11th at the Alamance Crossing location. HSA is also holding a dine out that evening at Qdoba. Enjoy dinner out and stop by and support BSS at Barnes & Noble.
Don't forget to purchase Barnes & Noble Gift Cards in the office through SCRIP! An extra way to support BSS during the Book Fair!
Continue to sign up for Class Celebrations!
Class Celebration Sign Up Links
Little Knights
Kindergarten
First Grade
Second Grade
Third Grade
Fourth Grade
Middle School
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Little Knights News
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 Little Knights Building Foundations Play Group for 2 year olds!
Welcoming children 24-42 months of age and their parents for play and monthly
developmental information sessions with our own Child Development Specialist, Jill Zang Glenn, MEd. Join us monthly or as your schedule allows. We will meet from 3:30-5:00 p.m. at Blessed Sacrament School in our Pre-Kindergarten room. Snack and drink provided.
Limited space! Register today at 336.570.0019 or online HERE. The group meets: September 17th, October 15th, November 19th, January 21st, February 18th, March 18th, and April 15th.
 Little Knights and Friends Play DatesWe would like to invite your child and friends to our Preschool and Pre-K play dates at Blessed Sacrament School. The play dates will be held from 10:00 a. m. to Noon on November 15, February 21st, and April 25th. During the play dates we hope that the children and their friends will have a great time enjoying our playground while the parents have a chance to visit and get to know each other.
These play dates are open to all Little Knights as well as any friends of family you would like to invite. We do ask that you let us know if you can attend and if you will be bringing a friend along. We will be offering a peanut free snack and drink to the children and refreshments for the adults as well.
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BSS Athletics
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Support our Varsity Boys Basketball Team at the Renegar Basketball Tournament
Saturday, Nov 8: BSS vs OLM, 9:00 a.m. at Our Lady of Mercy (Winston-Salem)
Saturday, Nov 8: BSS vs Sacred Heart, 2:30 p.m. at St Leo School (W-S)
Saturday, Nov 8: Boy's Quarterfinals with possible 5:00 p.m. game
Sunday, Nov 9: Boys Semi-Finals and Finals at Bishop McGuiness HS
Weekly Sports Schedule
Wednesday, 10/29-Cheer Team Uniform Fittings
Pep Squad
Children should have comfortable clothes, sneakers, and a snack. We will change and start on homework right after school and then start practice at 3:45. Pick up time is 4:30.
Wild Knights, 3:15-4:30 p.m.
Parent help is always welcome especially right after school to assist with changing and homework. Thank you to those who have already said that they would help.
Thursday, 10/30 - JV Boys Basketball practice from 3:30-5:00 p.m. at Broad Street Gym (215 N. Broad St.)
Friday, 10/31 No Girls Basketball
Here is a link to the 2014-2015 Basketball Schedule- BSS Basketball Schedule
**Notes** All athletes need a current physical on file. Physicals are good for one calendar year. You can get a copy of the physical form in the main office or print a copy HERE.
If you have not already done so, please use the One Form to pay the athletic fees. Please contact Mrs. Bost if you have any questions or concerns about fees. abost@bssknights.org
Please click here to sign up for all Winter Sports, Pep Squad and the Wild Knights
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080d45a8a923ab9-20147
Any questions? Just contact Mrs. Bost - abost@bssknight.org
GO KNIGHTS!!!!
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Community News
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Child Care Position Available
First Presbyterian Church
508 W. Davis Street
Burlington, NC
Childcare provider (over 21 years of age) needed to care for pre-school age children primarily during Sunday School and Church. Hours from 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Sunday mornings. Please contact Brent Henderly @ (919)245-7654 or come by the church office at the address above to complete an application. CPR certification, references, and background check required.
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