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MAY NEWS 2022
Dear SFACA Families:
We hope that you all have had a beautiful Easter and were able to celebrate with family and friends. As we are now in the month of May, we remember the significance of Mary as our Holy Mother and her importance in our lives. We also celebrate and wish all Academy moms, aunts, grandmothers, and all who act in the beautiful role as Mother a beautiful and happy Mother’s Day.
APRIL NEWS 2022
Dear SFACA Families:
This month, we are approaching the beautiful season of Easter. We are waiting patiently for the celebration of Easter and the most important celebration of our faith. We await the significance of the Risen Lord. May He continue to be the source of strength and peace in our lives, especially these upcoming days. Please refer to the Parish bulletin for the various church services and liturgies during Holy Week. Continue reading “April 2022 News and Calendar”
PREPARATION FOR LENT AND THE EASTER SEASON
MARCH NEWS 2022
Dear SFACA Families:
This month, we will begin the season of Lent as we prepare for the beautiful celebration of Easter. We are also anxiously awaiting for Spring and its beautiful weather and flowers.
The children will be having a prayer service on Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent and will receive ashes to begin this holy season. The children also will be having weekly Stations of the Cross service to remember the journey that Jesus took in His preparation of His death on Good Friday and Resurrection on Easter Sunday.
CELEBRATION OF CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK
Dear SFACA Families:
We are beginning the celebration of Catholic Schools Week!
There are many activities scheduled for the week of January 30th to February 4th. We thank all our administration, faculty, staff, home academy members, and our SFACA parents and students who make our school so wonderful. Without their dedication and commitment to our school, it would not be the school it is!
We kick off our Catholic Schools celebration with an opening mass on Sunday, January 30th at 11am followed by an open house. We hope you can join us. On Monday, January 31st we launch our Catholic Schools Week Service Project benefitting “God’s Love We Deliver.” It is an organization which delivers healthy meals for those who have serious illnesses and who cannot provide meals for themselves. Any help that you can do to support this worthy cause will be greatly appreciated. Continue reading “February 2022 News & Calendar”
We hope that you all had a wonderful Christmas holiday with your families. We are wishing you all a happy and healthy New year! We wish you many blessing this upcoming year.
The first trimester has been completed and we are now in the second trimester of our school year. We wish the children continued success as they begin the second trimester. Continue reading “January 2022 News & Calendar”
DECEMBER NEWS 2021
We hope that you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday with your families. We have much to be grateful for as a school community.
As we approach the “countdown” to Christmas, we have some very exciting and fun activities for the children.
There will be a Toy Drive, which began on November 30th and will continue every day until December 17th. This toy collection will help give needy boys and girls who are less fortunate than us a joyous Christmas morning. All donations will be given to Marguerite Pantry in Jackson Heights. A few gentle reminders:
. please do not wrap the gifts
. please keep multi-cultural toys in mind
As always, we appreciate your generous donations and are thankful for all that you do as a school community to help others. Continue reading “December 2021 News & Calendar”
Dear SFACA Families:
Our Spirit Day celebration last month was a complete success. The students had a blast playing games with good sportsmanship and cooperation among the gold and brown teams. The gold team won by 1 point! We thank Mrs. Mincone for her help with organizing the games for our students. We also thank our parents for helping by cheering the students on during the games. We thank Mrs. Kyriakopoulos, our Home Academy President, Mrs. Angie Spampinato, our Academy Board Chair and all the parents who helped with our Spirit Day, our lunch moms for handing out the pizza lunch and making sure everything ran smoothly. We also thank Mr. Gus for our ice cream treats. We congratulate Alina in 7th grade for being the winner of the grand prize – Nintendo Switch. Continue reading “November 2021 News & Calendar”
OCTOBER NEWS 2021
Dear SFACA Families:
Welcome back to school and thank you for helping us get back to a wonderful start. October is filled with fun activities starting with our annual celebration of Spirit Day. Thank you to all for supporting our academy with this event. It will be a fun day for the students! If you are able to watch your child participate, please see the times listed below. Please note that masks will be required of all watching and all must remain outside the perimeter of the school yard. Continue reading “October 2021 News & Calendar”
Good afternoon SFACA Families,
I hope this email finds you all safe and well and that you have been able to have some relaxation this summer. Summertime seems to go faster every year.
We are very much looking forward to our full in-person academy opening on September 8th, 2021. As you know, each new school year is an opportunity for us to improve as educators so that our students can reap the benefits of our growth. With that in mind, we will work this year to give our students the best of ourselves. We want them to be filled with hope, joy, comfort, and the love of learning throughout this new school year.
Continue reading “School Begins Wednesday, September 8th….Welcome!”
Dear St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Academy Family,
It is my pleasure to welcome you to the 2021-2022 school year filled with great anticipation for a wonderful year of learning planned for our students.
In order to make our academy opening as smooth as possible, we would like to provide you with some information that will help you get your child ready for the big day. (Please note that this information is subject to change if Covid protocols dictate needed revisions.)
PARENT ORIENTATION & MEET THE TEACHER MEETING
Grades Kindergarten through Grade 8
Wednesday, September 8th at 6:30pm in Monsignor Campbell Hall (MCH – church basement)
All parents will meet with SFACA’s Board of Directors and me regarding important information, goals, and expectations about the 2021-2022 academy year. After this brief meeting you will meet with your child’s teacher.