Dear Father Doyle Families,

This upcoming Monday marks the beginning of March, and we're blessed to have a month filled with great community events! Please be sure to read the information below to stay up to date on all of the latest from Fr. Doyle!

Firstly, March is National Reading Month, and Father Doyle School will be celebrating all month long! Check out a few upcoming events:

Weekly Evening Story Time via Zoom

Get cozy and relax, then join us for Story Time on Zoom every Wednesday in March beginning at 7pm. Each week we will have a special guest from the FJVD family reading a story live for our PK-2nd grade students. Older students are welcome to join as well!

Sign up for any (or all!) Wednesday's you would like to attend, and a separate Zoom invite will be sent out for each night. Please sign up for the first night by March 1st by visiting bit.ly/FJVDStoryTime. You can sign up for as many nights as you'd like!

We have also our students in Grades 3 - 8 to record and reading to share throughout the month of March, and we will be making those videos available as well to watch anytime! See below for more information if your child would be interested in recording a story!

Interested in helping out with Story Time?

We would like to invite our 3rd - 8th grade students to join us in creating Story Time videos for our younger students. All that you would need to do is send in a video of your child reading a children's book aloud, and we will do the rest! We will put these videos together, and make them make available to our families to watch with their younger students. The children's book can be chosen from the library at school or from your home library. Please sign up here by March 3rd if you are interested in participating and we will email you more information. If you have any questions, please contact Jen Marra at jennmarra@fjvd.org

More information is included in the Story Time Flyer here and attached below!

Reading Week

Each year, Father Doyle celebrates Reading Week with various activities and events. This year, Reading Week will be held March 22nd-March 26th. Stay tuned for more details coming soon!

Annual Read-a-thon

Our Annual Read-a-thon will kick-off on March 22nd and run through April 2nd. This yearly event is a great way to support and encourage literacy while also supporting our school. More details regarding sign-ups and other fundraising information will be available soon!

Teachers Read!

As much as we want to encourage reading and literacy in our students, we know the one of the best methods to do so is to show that reading and literacy is important to our faculty and staff! With this in mind, the month of March will feature an "FJVD Teachers Read" bulletin board where students can see what books teachers have read, are reading, and can't wait to read!

St. Patrick's Day Concert with the COVID Fightin' Irish!

Tickets go on sale Monday for another FJVD PTO and SSJP Parish sponsored fun family event: The “Covid-Fightin’ Irish” Outdoor Drive-In Concert, Saturday March 13 at 7pm, with the Saints John and Paul Irish Band, featuring Fr. Michael O’Woolley and Mr. Peloquin's Irish born father-in-law, Kieran Keating! Only 100 tickets will be sold and the event is expected to sell out fast, so get your tickets ASAP! More information can be found in the flyer here and attached below.

Auction Preparations Continue!

The Auction Committee is looking for volunteers to help with this year’s auction. It can be just an hour or two spread over several weeks, and it does not need to be a large, long-term commitment. Best of all, it can all be done from home and in your own time! Areas of assistance include composing Thank You notes, updating Facebook information, inputting information on the auction website, and coordinating and writing descriptions for our auction packages. If any of these things sound like something you might be willing to help with, or have ideas you would like to share, please email fjvdauctioncommittee@fjvd.org and let them know. Thank you again to all who have already donated to help make this year's auction a success!

Spring Picture Day - March 16th

Our Spring Picture Day is scheduled for Tuesday, March 16th. Students may dress out of uniform for picture day. Digital sign up information will be sent to families next week.

Have a great weekend! God bless, and go Saints!

Sincerely,

Mr. Peloquin

The Mission of Father John V. Doyle School is to provide students with a solid, well-rounded education based on Roman Catholic Tradition.

We live the Word of God in a caring, safe, and nurturing environment.

Box Tops for Education

Keep Saving Those Box Tops!

See the newsletter attached below for information on how to upload your box tops using the new Box Top App!

Participate in the FJVD Certificate Program!

This program is a great way to reduce the cost of your tuition while supporting FJVDl!

The Process:

• The school purchases shopping cards from all of your favorite stores
• You purchase the cards from the school, paying face value and spending the same dollars you would have paid to the stores directly
• The school earns a percentage discount offered by participating stores.

For each $50.00 you spend, you get a stamp on your Tuition Discount Card. Fill the entire card and redeem it for a $75.00 check!

Cards currently available include:

Stop & Shop, Applebee's, Barnes & Noble, Dave's, Dunkin Donuts, Panera, Wal-Mart and more!

Stop by the school Monday-Friday 7:45am-8:15am, the Rectory Monday-Friday 1:45-2:15pm, or in the Parish Center after the 7:30, 9:30 and 11:30am Sunday Masses to purchase your gift cards!

Aluminum Can Tab Collection

What: Aluminum can tabs are being collected

Why: To support the Ronald McDonald House in Providence

How can you help? Save can tabs and send them in to Mr. Godin’s room.