Crusader Connections
Father Andrew White S.J. School Newsletter
February 28, 2023
Pre-K Celebrates 100 Days of School!
Important Dates
February 28: Grade 7 Field Trip & Girls Varsity Basketball Championship Game, 6:30pm
March 2: Grade 7 Field Trip & Band Rehearsal, 6-7pm
March 3: First Friday Mass, hosted by 8th Grade & Stations of the Cross
March 7 & 8: Grade 8 Field Trip
March 10: Early Dismissal, 12:30pm
March 12: ADW Band Festival at McNamara
March 13: No School for Students, Professional Day
March 14: Parent Internet Safety Presentation: 6:30 pm
March 15 & 16: Grade 6 Field Trip
March 16: School Strategic Plan Input Meeting 6-7pm
March 17: St. Patrick's Day "Go Green" T-shirt Tag Day
March 18: Middle School Dance at FAW
March 21: World Down Syndrome Day: Wear fun socks!
March 23: Field Trip (Grades K, 1, 3) & College Sweatshirt Tag Day & B-ball March Madness Event
March 25: Maryland Day
March 29: Vocations Mass (6th grade) & End of Third Quarter
March 31: Monthly Activity (Middle School)
First Reconciliation
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Congratulations to our 2nd graders who received the sacrament of Reconciliation for the first time this past weekend! May they have incredible feelings of peace and joy as they experience God's mercy!
State FLL Tournament
Our FIRST LEGO League Robotics Team competed in the Maryland State Tournament last weekend! They did an amazing job explaining their project, the Electric Eagle to a team of engineer judges and execute their programming code as they navigated the robotics course. In the Robotics course, they came in 11th out of 60 teams. Great work! A special thanks goes to their mentors and coaches, Ms. Rowland, Mrs. Sarlo, and Mr. George. We also appreciate the MIL Foundation who sponsored this team!
FAW Athletics
📣 🏀 Go Crusaders! 🏀 📣
🏀 Best wishes in the Championship game Girls Varsity! 🏀
Join our amazing cheerleaders to cheer on the Varsity Girls in the Championship game at St. Mary’s Ryken TONIGHT at 6:30pm! Go Crusaders!!!
Today is the last day to sell/buy tickets!
Are you feeling lucky?
Take a chance (or 2 or 3!) on being one of the 31 winners in the third FAW Lottery Fundraiser! With $2,725 in cash prizes, this is a great opportunity to support the school and have a chance to come away a WINNER!!! Be sure to ask your family and friends to see if they'd like the chance to put a little extra cash in their wallets, too! Please see the flyer below to see how you have 31 chances to win!
Donations, please!
The children have such fun with the Brown Bag Auction and we hope you can help! Please consider contributing items to help build the baskets listed on the flyer below. If you'd like to donate a completed basket, just let a committee member know. Thank you!
A big Thank You to Schneider Orthodontics and the Dent Family for your completed basket donations!
3rd Quarter Progress Reports
Mid-quarter progress reports for students in grades 4-8 were posted on Parent PlusPortals last Friday, February 24th. Please login to check your child’s progress. If you have any questions, please contact your child’s teacher. To find the report, click the child’s picture, then “Classroom,” then “Progress Reports,” then "Combined Reports." Please go over the reports with your children and encourage them to keep working hard through the last half of this quarter! https://www.plusportals.com/FatherAndrewWhiteSchool
After School Math Tutoring Program
Sign up HERE!
School Store
This quarter, some of our middle school students are operating a school store. They are learning how to take inventory, markup items for profit, and manage the ins and outs of a business. The school store will be open every Wednesday during their elective class time. Items cost anywhere from 25 cents to $10. Please encourage your children to visit the school store! Kindly send in an envelope with money, marked with your child’s name and “School Store” so the middle schoolers know who to expect this week.
Now Enrolling
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Father Andrew White Catholic School has opened enrollment to new families for the 2023-2024 school year. We welcome you to consider becoming a part of this amazing, award winning school. Schedule a private tour to discover how our students are "Learning Today, Leading Tomorrow, Living our Faith." Call the office at (301) 475-9795 or email office@fatherandrewwhite.org.
FAW News Email
FAW News Email
Do you have an announcement you’d like to put in our weekly bulletin? Or perhaps you went to an FAW event, such as a basketball game, and you’d like to share some information or photos you took. We have created an email where you can send pictures, blurbs, etc. This will help us get new items in our bulletin, on our lobby TV, and on our website. Email: FAWnews@fatherandrewwhite.org Please send anything you’d like considered in the Announcements by Friday evening of the week prior.
It can be gradual or hit you out of nowhere -- the dreaded stomach bug! Another word for this lovely illness is gastroenteritis which is actually an inflammation of the lining of the stomach and intestines, and usually results from bacterial toxins or viral infections. The most common symptoms are nausea, vomiting, pain, diarrhea, and sometimes low grade fever; and the best treatment is rest and fluids. There are also medicines that can help such as antiemetics (for vomiting) and anti-diarrheals. Fortunately, if you can hang in there and endure the misery, the infectious agent will exit your system within a few days. Just follow good infection control, since it's often contagious, and stay hydrated (to avoid a trip to the ER for IV fluids). "Stomachaches" aren't always infectious gastroenteritis, since other things can cause similar symptoms (too much sugar or junk food, being nervous or anxious, swinging too hard on the tire swing, etc.) Whatever the cause, when recovering, it's best to start off eating small amounts of bland foods (such as the BRAT diet - bananas, rice, applesauce, and toast); and, of course, avoid the cause if at all possible.
Community News
Lenten Events at Camp Maria
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Praying for a Student
Please join us in prayer for a fellow Catholic school student from St. Mary's Bryantown. You can follow his journey at Finn's Fierce Fight.
Looking for Service Hours?
Do you love organizing a good party or an amazing event?
The Home & School Association is seeking a Co-Chairperson (or Chair Team) and committees to plan and organize one of our biggest and best events of the year: the Spring Social & Auction! The groundwork has already been laid for the Social & Auction this April, but we need teams in place to continue with the rest of the planning! Here are the positions that we need filled immediately:
- Spring Social & Auction Co-Chairperson
- Spring Social & Auction Planning Committee Members
Duties include soliciting sponsorships and donations, planning details, some marketing, logistics and executing the event. We’d love your outside-the-box ideas! Chairpersons of this event qualify for the complete fulfillment of the Service Scholarship/Volunteer Hours. If you’re interested in helping with this event, please email our HSA President, Jen Tennyson at jntennyson@gmail.com to get started! The Home & School Association (HSA) is grateful for any time or resources you are able to give!
Weekly Reminders:
❏ Sell/Purchase FAW Lottery Tickets (by TODAY)
❏ Cheer on our Varsity Girls in the Basketball Championship (TONIGHT, 6:30pm)
❏ Send in an envelope with money for your child to shop in the School Store (tomorrow)
❏ Send in items for the Brown Bag Auction
❏ Send news and pictures to FAWnews@fatherandrewwhite.org
❏ Submit Volunteer Hours
About FAW
Email: office@fatherandrewwhite.org
Website: https://www.fatherandrewwhite.org
Location: 22850 Washington Street, Leonardtown, MD, USA
Phone: (301) 475-9795
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fawschool/
Twitter: @FAWcrusaders