St. Francis de Sales
The Home and School Connection-August 15, 2022 V:25-I:1
Monday, August 15, 2022 is the Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary.
Welcome To The New School Year!
Dear Parents,
On behalf of our Pastor, faculty and staff, welcome to St. Francis de Sales for the 2022-2023 school year! We thank you for entrusting your child’s education to us; we will make every effort to help your child grow and achieve spiritually, academically, and socially this year. We anticipate an exciting and productive year as we collectively strive to foster a positive culture of learning for our students. I wish to extend a special welcome to those families who have recently joined our school community! We are delighted that you have chosen a Catholic education for your children, and even more pleased that you have selected St. Francis de Sales. We hope that you will quickly feel at home and become involved in the many aspects of our school. We feel extremely fortunate to be working with such an exceptional group of students, families, and parish community members.
Looking forward to the year ahead, I am honored to serve as principal of this wonderful school community. The strength of St. Francis de Sales has been built upon true generosity and commitment! From our Parish Administration, to our exceptional faculty and staff, we have an environment that makes the spiritual formation, academic growth, and well-being of our students the top priority. We cannot say enough about our wonderful students and parents – you provide tremendous support and contribute so much to our school! As I have often experienced, the Catholic identity of this school is the essential ingredient in our programs, faculty, staff, students and parents. Whether we define the quality of the school as a climate, culture, chemistry, or Catholic identity - St. Francis is a strong and focused school. We are excited to announce that the theme for the 2022-2023 school year: “Let Your Light Shine” from Matthew 5:16. Our goal is to emphasize the goodness that surrounds us when shine our lights by living our faith through our good deeds.
Again, thank you for your commitment to Catholic education and entrusting your children to us during these most important years. I look forward to working with you on behalf of our students and wish you every grace and blessing as we plant the seeds for a wonderful new school year!
Respectfully,
Mrs. Carol Wilson
Principal
The Home and School Connection
In order to enhance our communication between home and school, the weekly Home and School Connection will be available through our school web-site (typically posted each Sunday evening for your convenience.
Please visit the home page of our web-site often. It includes a link to the weekly Home and School Connection as well as School Calendars, Scrip Information, Homework Assignments, Lunch Orders, and our Student Information System - FACTS. You will find that the site works just as well on mobile devices as it does on a desktop - so you can find information on the go. When looking for the latest school news, simply scroll down to the "Latest News," “Upcoming Events” and “Social Media Feeds” sections on our home page.
The "Latest News" section highlights important announcements and includes a variety of helpful resources. The "Upcoming Events” section summarizes our daily schedule. Please explore each of the drop down menus on our home page for all school related information!
School is open - drive carefully!
Please be sure to use the crosswalks and park in the designated parking areas (parking OR dropping off students in front of the school, parish, and religious education buildings is not permitted). We also ask that you obey our dedicated students who volunteer to serve as crossing guards - keeping everyone safe. We greatly appreciate your support and cooperation. Thank you!
Scrip Program - A Reminder For Our Returning Families
Welcome back to the new school year and thank you for your participation and support of our Scrip Program! At this time we are reminding each of our returning school families to update your Scrip profiles in order to reflect your child(ren)'s current grade level(s). This will ensure that the proper credit is received for your child(ren)'s classroom(s).
Updating the correct grade level is very easy:
1. Sign in to shopwithscrip.com
2. Click on the Dashboard tab
3. Scroll down to the Change Profile/Password Link
4. This is where you will be able to update and enter the new Classroom/Group of each child
If you have any questions or require assistance, please let us know! Please remember, to purchase SCRIP through shopwithscrip.com. Thank you for your support of our school!
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Monday, August 15, 2022- Welcome Back!
- Today is the first day of school!
- The Before School Program will be available in Holly Hall beginning at 7:00 AM. Please enter through the primary grades gate.
Arrival Procedures:
- Students in Kindergarten - 4th Grade will enter through the primary grades gate.
- Students in Grades 5th- 8th Grade will enter through the middle school gate.
Dismissal Procedures:
- Parents with students K-4th Grade: Please plan to meet your student at their classroom door.
- Parents with students 5th -6th Grade: Please wait at the Middle School gate as your student will be dismissed upon your arrival.
- Parents with students 7th - 8th Grade: Students will be dismissed through the satellite parking lot off of Washington upon your arrival.
- For families with younger siblings: the older student may go to the younger sibling(s) classroom to pick them up and then return to the parent pickup line.
Please remember, our students will be dismissed at noon each day during this week.
- The After School Program begins today in Holly Hall. The After School telephone number is 702-523-6597.
Prayer and Flag Ceremony will be hosted by our NJHS this morning at 8:20 AM. Parents are welcome to attend!
Open House: will be held for parents with children in 1st- 5th Grades beginning at 6:00 PM.
Thursday, August 18, 2022
- First day for Choir Practice - from 7:50-8:20 AM.
Open House: will be held for parents with children in 6th -8th Grades beginning at 6:00 PM.
Friday, August 19, 2022
- School Mass will be celebrated at 8:30 AM.
The Life Skill of The Week is...
“Tolerance: To recognize and respect the opinions, practices, or behavior of others.” To be tolerant means that you accept other people's opinions and preferences, even when they live in a way that you don't agree with. Tolerance also means that you don't put your opinions above those of others, even when you are sure that you are right.
AUGUST & SEPTEMBER- BETTER LUNCH MENU
To place orders on the Better Lunch system, you will be required to enter a SCHOOL CODE. The Code for our school is: SFDS.
Please click here for the monthly menus.
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St. Francis de Sales Catholic School
Email: cwilson@sfdslv.org
Website: www.sfdslv.org
Location: 1111 Michael Way, Las Vegas, NV, USA
Phone: 702-647-2828
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sfdslvschool
Twitter: @sfdslvschool