Saturday, January 3, 2015

In This Issue

Parish MOMS Ministry

Xavier Tutoring

Spring Enrichment Program

Facebook

Quick Links

SFX School Website

Weekly Church Bulletin

2014-15 School Year Calendar

Link to Order School Lunches

Link to Scrip Order Form

Safe Environment Training

2014-15 Student/Family Handbook

2014-15 Preschool Handbook

Student Leadership, Co-curricular and Service Opportunity Handbook

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3rd Grade Families
Please note that Saturday, April 25th at 10:00am is the confirmed date and time for Confirmation and First Communion. Please add to your calendar.

Parish MOMS Ministry

Please join us on Thursday, January 8 from 6:30-8:30

for our session

"Help Me Get Organized."

Let's start the semester with new organizational goals for ourselves and our families!

Sessions are held at the Ignatian Spirituality Center on 1st Street across from the North parking lot.

Be sure to check out our page on www.facebook.com/sfxmoms.

E-mail sfxmoms@gmail.com with any questions or special prayer intentions.

Xavier Tutoring
Xavier tutoring will resume January 13th. The following dates are set for 2nd semester. Jan. 13, 20, 27 Feb. 3, 10, 17, 24 Mar. 3, 10, 24 April 21, 28 May 5

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Dear St. Francis Xavier Families,

Happy...before you get out of bed in the morning, pause to give thanks for everything. If you speak directly to God in giving thanks, your relationship will grow closer, and you'll begin to remember how much you are loved. Gratitude will grow in you as an attitude, and you won't be able to contain your happiness which means other people will benefit from your overflow, including your kids. Help teach them to give thanks by feeling grateful first. Celebrate a little gratitude each day as a family, maybe at dinner or before bed. Allow one another to share the why of whatever it is she or he is grateful for so that the value of the moment is understood by all. Talk about family bonding!

New...with every sunrise we're given a new chance to grow, to learn, to stretch ourselves into something more. Breathe in the moment and try to really live in the moment of now. We can reflect and we can plan, but we can only live now in this amazing state of newness. It can be exciting to be given a sense of the new, the never before, the opportunity to create in new ways. Do you feel the inspiration? Especially as kids mature they sometimes treat time as an enemy, either rushing or procrastinating. What if they befriended time as the gift-giver of something new, yet to be discovered? Wouldn't that be an adventurous way to live? They will need grown-ups in their lives to model this way of proceeding, and to remind them that there is more than meets the eye. Please show them the way.

Year...hmmm; we measure life hoping we can somehow better control it if we place it in chunks like minutes, days, weeks, years. It can be fun to anticipate special events and celebrate birthdays and anniversaries. The living in between part can be filled with so many experiences that we feel overwhelmed if we keep measuring...How am I doing? Am I achieving the success I should? Do I measure up compared with my peers? When will I know if I'm good enough? I am often taken by surprise when students tell me with pride that they push themselves to do their best. I know that they have learned to work hard, to try to exceed their limits, and to keep reaching for their goals - all good qualities. Yet the metaphor of one pushing oneself is wrought with strife of something unnatural, of some being that needs constant aggressive action, of never being satisfied, of not being able to be in the moment but rather always about getting somewhere next. What an awful weight to bear so that one can be admired. I think we can do better for our kids so that their drive rests in constant pursuit of their personal best which involves elements of personhood as a whole being - body, mind and soul. It includes room to listen to where God is calling us and maybe even time to rest in God's presence, so we an remember where we came from and where we're going, and who we belong to by the power of love. Then our hard work and achievements really do reflect God's glory (A.M.D.G.).

May your family enjoy the very best in the unfolding of these gifts - Happy New Year!

Ms. Kim Cavnar, Principal

SFX Spring Enrichment

Parent's Association Meeting Thursday !!!
Join in the fun right after pledge and prayer this Thursday, January 8th, in the library. Attend and receive a St. Francis cup!

XAVIER COLLEGE PREPARATORY

ENTRANCE EXAM

Saturday, January 10, 2015

No registration is required. Testing is from 7:30-11:30 a.m. (approximate dismissal). An exam fee of $50 will be collected at the beginning of the exam. Cash or check will be accepted. Please make check payable to Xavier College Preparatory. Applications will be distributed at dismissal. For those testing elsewhere, applications will be available in person. Applications are not available online.

Saturday, January 24, 2015: Make-up Admission Exam for those who have not tested elsewhere. Testing time is 7:30-11:30 a.m. (approximate dismissal). Registration is required for make-up exam. To register, call Mrs. Nancy Schissel at 602-277-3772, ext. 3112. An exam fee of $50 will be collected at the beginning of the exam. Cash or check accepted. Please make check payable to Xavier College Preparatory.

Applications are available in person at Xavier beginning January 10th. We encourage everyone to visit our website at www.xcp.org for information regarding the complete admissions process. Applications are not available online.

St. Francis Xavier School has launched a Facebook page. We will use this to promote school happenings, reach out to our St. Francis Xavier Alumni and we will share all the exciting things happening at our school and in our community.

Please take a minute to log onto your Facebook account and like our page. The page is under the heading " St. Francis Xavier Jesuit Elementary School", then click the like button.

You can click the link here and it will take you directly to our Facebook page.


SAVE THE DATE!!! Saturday, February 28th, 2015 School Shopping Event 8AM-10:30AM Paradise Valley Costco For every $75.00 spent SFX will receive a ream of paper. It all adds up! Simply show your receipt to at the table by the exit and we'll get credit and free paper. How simple is that!

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