Saturday, May 9, 2015

In This Issue

SFX Spring Concert

Scrip News

SFX Sports

Parent University

Math Team News

PA Board

Summer Theatre Program

Quick Links

SFX School Website

Weekly Church Bulletin

2014-15 School Year Calendar

2015-16 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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St. Francis Xavier Spring Concert
Tuesday, May 12th, 2015 at 6:30 Xavier College Prep Piper Hall Preschool - Grade 3 and Adv. Recorders

SCRIP Credit Card Days Are Coming!

Tuesday May 12 and Thursday May 14

We will take credit cards on everything except Visa cards and gas cards.

If you have large orders, please email us at least a week ahead to ensure we have your items.

Summer Hours: June 9th - June 25

Tuesday and Thursday from 8am-10am

Just some ideas......

Father's Day is June 21st - Home Depot, Best Buy, Sports Authority and Total Wine

Plan ahead for your summer.....

Summer's not complete without camping!....REI, Cabbelas and Total Wine

Vacations - Marriott, Gas Cards, road trip restaurants and Total Wine;)

Happy Shopping!

2014-15 Sports Awards Banquet

Thank you to Coaches, Mitchell, Lauck and Skipper who put together a memorable evening that reflected the best of SFX. The event was a great celebration of a year of very hard work and a beautiful spirit of community.

Congratulations to the following students who were recognized at the sports banquet this week

Outstanding Achievement Girls:

Katie Donaldson, Madeleine Wickers and Jacqueline Haring

Outstanding Achievement Boys:

Cameron Glosser, Adam Shear,

Lake Etsitty and Peter Seivert

Girls Volleyball JV

MVP: Gisselle Bojorquez

Offensive Player: Katie Donaldson

Defensive Player: Natalia Duran

Wolves Award: Holly Burns

Girls Volleyball Varsity

MVP: Madeleine Perich

Offensive Player: Emily Hamilton

Defensive Player: Madeleine Williamson

Wolves Award: Jacqueline Haring

Girls Softball

MVP: Jessica Leland

Offensive Player: Talle Donley

Defensive Player: Maeve Jones

Wolves Award: Athziri Arzate

Girls Basketball

MVP: JacquelineHaring

Offensive Player: Jessica Katzman

Defensive Player: Katie Donaldson

Wolves Award: Madeleine Williamson

Boys Football

MVP: Tommy Moore

Offensive Player: John Vanderwey

Defensive Player: Tony Hendricks

Wolves Award: Andrew Talamante

Boys Basketball (A Team)

MVP: Jack Flanagan

Offensive Player: Parker Hughes

Defensive Player: Jimmy Hoos

Wolves Award: Sully Shannon

Boys Basketball (B Team)

MVP: Ryan Gelinas

Offensive Player: Lake Etsitty

Defensive Player: Tommy Moore

Wolves Award: Xavier Denogean

Boys Baseball

MVP: Cameron Glosser

Offensive Player: Adam Shear

Defensive Player: Ryan Gelinas

Wolves Award: Ben Yancey

Please take a moment to view the of the year of sports and the banquet too. Thank you to Emily Calihan for her work in putting the video together.

Sports Banquet Video

Attention Parents of 2015-16

1st grade and Kindergarten Students

Parents of incoming kindergarten and first grade students are invited to join us for our Parent University mini-series, "Summer Launch".

Developed in collaboration with our teaching staff, the series will include three sessions:

May 13 @ 8am -- "Young Readers", hosted by Sylvia Avery, SFX Reading Coach
May 20 @8am -- "Young Mathematicians", hosted by Kathy Valladao, SFX Math Coach
May 27 @8am -- "Young Minds, Young Souls", hosted by Kim Cavnar, SFX Principal

Presenters will share ideas and activities to support your child's learning and development during the summer break. Attendance is strongly recommended, and reservations are required as "kits" will be provided to attendees. Please look for the official invitations -coming via email starting next week. If you have any questions, please email kathy.valladao@sfxphx.org.

AmazonSmile is the same Amazon you know. Same products, same prices, same service. It is a simple and automatic way for you to support SFX every time you shop, at no cost to you. When you shop at smile.amazon.com, you'll find the exact same low prices, vast selection and convenient shopping experience as Amazon.com, with the added bonus that Amazon will donate 0.5% of the prices of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to SFX!

Register here and name SFX as the recipient. Every time a registered person buys something from Amazon, SFX receives money! Your Prime Membership will work in conjunction with this program.

To shop at AmazonSmile go smile.amazon.com from the web browser on your computer or mobile device. You may also want to add a bookmark to smile.amazon.com to make it even easier to return and start your shopping at AmazonSmile. Happy Shopping!

Box Top Contest
Classes only have 1 more chance to turn in box tops (May 11th) and become the SFX's top classroom winner. Clip the box tops off all the grocery items you are already purchasing, turn them in and earn money for SFX! The year's top classroom winner will earn a pizza party or $200 for classroom electronics.

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Dear St. Francis Xavier Families,

It's that time of year where you might feel you need to keep a cot at school since you're here so often. Thank you for making everything worthwhile through your attendance, your good cheer, you endless volunteering and giving.

As Mother's Day arrives, followed by Father's Day next month, I realize that we are all mothers and fathers in some form and shape. Mostly because you are constantly giving birth to your kid's next grand adventure. Even when they struggle or make mistakes, when you help them see what's next, as in what do I need to do to make this better - you are bringing about new life.

The sacrifices you make are also endless and trust me when I say that we value all you do more than you know. Mostly because we can never catch up with everything that's happening because your feats are innumerable and your generosity effusive. I don't know how you do it, but we all just do it for the kids, and everyone benefits. I'm deeply humbled, sometimes even embarrassed and at the same time giddy, by ALL you do for us. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Moms and Dads are at the center of everything good that happens. You are the lifeline of our school community. If we succeed it's because you were behind us and beneath us and beside us every step of the way. You didn't think you signed up for all this when your child was born, yet your love led the way and continues to do so. Thank you for making SFX great, really great, because your love keeps us growing better and better.

We celebrate YOU,

Ms. Kim Cavnar, Principal

SFX Summer Camp...Join In On The FUN!!!

7th Grade Breakaway Retreat

On Friday May 1st the seventh grade spent a wonderful day on retreat at the CASA The seventh grade breakaway retreat is designed to help students transition into their role as the 8th grade leaders of the school. The theme of the retreat "Who do you say I am" based on Luke 9:20a helps students come to a deeper understanding of themselves and their classmates as they journey through the joys and struggles of adolescence and junior high.

Thank you so much to the retreat team: Ms. Cavnar, Mrs. Peil, Mr. Long, Mrs. Westerfield and SFX Alums Mark Frakes '11, Jack Blake '13, and Julia Jacoby '13.

SFX Math Team News

Last month, 40 SFX Math Team members in grades 2-6 and the entire 7th grade competed in the national Noetic Math Contest. We are proud to announce that St. Francis had 2 students place on the National Honor Roll (top 10% of test takers) and 41 students received National Honorable Mention (top 50% of test takers).

Below is a list of the grade level and

National Honor Roll winners:

Grade 2

Rafe Carag (team winner and National Honor Roll)

Grade 3

Kate Lum Lung (team winner and National Honor Roll)

Grade 4

John Ross Wichterman (team winner)

Grade 5

Sam Carag (team winner)

Grade 6

Noah Nuez (team winner)

Grade 7

Noah Whetstone (team winner)

Jack Munhall (team winner)

Congratulations to all Math Team members for your hard work, and thank you to our coaches - Mr. Viscum, Mrs. London, Mrs. Bush, Mrs. Walker and Mrs. Valladao and our wonderful coordinator, Mrs. Hoos! Math Team will start up again next year and if you love math, we hope you will consider joining!

Congratulations to Gracie Reeves
In the regional gymnastics meet for Northern California, Southern California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona she placed 2nd on Bars, 4th on Vault, 2nd Beam,9th on Floor, and 1st all around! She has qualified to compete in Nationals in Spokane Washington next week. We are super proud of all her hard work and congratulate her on making SFX proud!

1st Day School Supplies - Order Now!

St. Francis Xavier School is continuing our partnership with 1st Day School Supplies again for the 2015 - 2106 school year. This program helps parents get the exact school supplies needed for next year without the hassle of going to the stores. Just enter the school's zip code (85012), then select St. Francis Xavier, then select your child's grade for next year. It is that easy. The supplies will be delivered to school and ready for your child on the first day of school. Click here to get started.

2015-2016 SFX PA Board

Congratulations to the following parents who will serve next year.

Anne Brislin - President

Allison Johnson - Vice-President

Kristin Hassett - Marketing

Kelly Brown - Supplemental Fundraising

Sarah Flick - Co-Treasurer

Sarah Wadsworth - Co-Treasurer

Judy McCarville - Preschool Liaison

Emily Calihan - Homeroom Parent Coordinator

Shannon Dowdall - Recording Secretary

Bernadette Moreno - Hospitality

Jackie Ceran - Corresponding Secretary

Thank you to those parents that served on the board this year, Katie Chester, Anne Brislin, Pam Haley, Linda London, Lory Parson, Sarah Flick, Jennifer Cotsonas, Emily Carroll, Ann Blue, Kristen Hassett, Sonya La Sota and Kelly Brown.

7th and 8th Grade Participate In Live Interactive Multi-School Workshop on Modern Day Slavery

Thanks to the Intercommunity Peace and Justice Center, sponsored by the Oregon Province Jesuits, our 7th and 8th grade classes were given an opportunity to connect with Jesuit and Jesuit parish-connected schools to learn about Human Trafficking-modern day slavery. By exploring age-appropriate material about human trafficking, conflict minerals in our electronics and relevant Catholic Social Teaching, the program hopes to inspire students to act for justice in our world.

The webinar:

Introduced students to the reality of global and local slavery
Included live interaction with students in other schools around the country
Used Catholic Social Teaching and prayer
Addressed a world issue that will be the theme of Pope Francis' World Day Of Peace message for 2015
Helped students understand their impact in the world
Drew connections between their electronics and child slavery in mines
Engaged students in social responsibility and ethical consumerism

For more information on modern day slavery and to see if your family has a slavery footprint click on the following link

http://slaveryfootprint.org/

SFX Parish's Summer Theater Program

Presenting:

WIZARD OF OZ

YOUNG PERFORMER'S EDITION

Do you have a child who would love to be in a musical or maybe a natural performer you would like to see on stage? Give them a creative outlet to channel that energy! This summer Amy Burns will be bringing The Wizard of OZ-young performer's edition to the church, school, and local community. There will be auditions, scripts, choreography, set design and costuming...and every child will be casted! The production team will keep things simple and your child will learn performing arts, create as a group, perform for an audience and work as a team to put on a fantastic show for family and friends at our end-of-session evening performance. Your child will work hard and have tons of fun!

Auditions: May 21st - 4:00 pm in the SFX School Music Room

Click Here To Print the Audition Form

Click Here to Print the Registration Form

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