Crusader Connections
Father Andrew White S.J. School Newsletter
January 31, 2023
Important Dates
January 29 - February 4: Catholic Schools Week
January 31: Report Cards Posted on Portal & Open House (by appt. only)
February 1: STEM Night
February 3: First Friday Mass, hosted by 6th grade, 8:30am
February 4: #FAWwhiteout Rally Event
February 17: No School for Students
February 20: No School - Presidents' Day
February 22: Ash Wednesday Mass, 8:30 am
February 23: Field Trip (2nd - 5th Grade)
February 25: First Reconciliation (2nd Grade)
Happy Catholic Schools Week!
Sunday - Celebrating our Parishes
Monday - Celebrating Vocations
Tuesday - Celebrating our Nation
Our Open House (by appointment only) to invite interested new families to visit our wonderful school will be held today, Tuesday, January 31st from 3:00 – 5:30pm. We appreciate that our families are the best ambassadors for FAW and your word of mouth about our school is the best PR we have! Please help us get the word out about our next Open House to all prospective family and friends. Great things are happening at Father Andrew White! Note: Admissions for prospective families will open on February 7, 2023.
Report Cards Posted Today
Report cards will be posted on the Parent Portal today, Tuesday, January 31st. You can find the report card in the E-Locker under E-Portfolio. https://www.plusportals.com/FatherAndrewWhiteSchool If you need assistance logging into the Parent Portal, please contact Mrs. Greer at greer@fatherandrewwhite.org.
Wednesday - Celebrating our Students
Thursday - Celebrating our Community
Friday - Celebrating our Staff, Parents, and Volunteers
Saturday - Celebrating our Families
#FAWWHITEOUT
Come enjoy a rally in the school gym on February 4th at 2:30pm to close out Catholic Schools Week as we celebrate our families. We want to show our basketball teams our support by having all the FAW fans participate in the #FAWwhiteout, where everyone shows up to cheer the teams on in a wave of white!
2023-2024 Registration
Registration for the 2023-2024 school year is now open. All of our current families should have received an email from TADS notifying them of the pending enrollment process. Families can complete re-enrollment forms through their TADS account online at https://secure.tads.com/Accounts/Login.aspx. NOTE: The easiest way to complete the process is to click on the link that will be included in your email.
Please complete the forms by February 6, 2023.
Admissions for prospective families will open on February 7, 2023. http://mytads.com/a/fatherandrewwhiteschool
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.
Let's win free shipping!
Your January gift card purchases can make an even bigger impact on our organization in 2023. Every order placed between now and January 31st equals an entry for our organization to win free shipping for the rest of the year. Five organizations will win so let's make FAW one of them!
Record your Volunteer Hours!
Be sure that your parent volunteer hours have been submitted. At this point, you should have completed 12-13 hours to stay on pace to fulfill your 25 hour commitment if you are a Service Scholarship family. https://fatherandrewwhite.org/volunteer-hours-log/
AmazonSmile Program Ending
We wanted to share the news that the AmazonSmile program is ending on February 20, 2023. Over the years our school has earned over $1,000. We encourage you to place orders for Amazon shopping at www.Smile.Amazon.com for the next month to ensure that our school will earn money for the duration of the program. Thank you!
FAW Athletics
We are now posting our basketball schedules and the results from our games on our website. Please see the link below!
📣 🏀 Go Crusaders! 🏀 📣
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!
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.
Most of us would agree that having good health is a constant goal that takes continuous effort. In defining health, it is usually divided into two main categories of physical and mental, with many factors (spiritual, emotional, social, and even financial) that can affect one's overall health. I personally believe that spiritual health is a category of its own, with the utmost importance.
Furthermore, I believe that "Prayer is the best medicine" and I offer up this prayer today:
"Dear God, Heavenly Father, we come to You today with praise and gratitude and humbly ask that You bless our FAW community with good health in mind, body, and spirit. Amen"
Community News
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 Finns 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:
❏ Participate in Catholic Schools Week
❏ Enjoy STEM Night (Wednesday)
❏ Re-enroll your student(s)
❏ Sell/Purchase FAW Lottery Tickets
❏ Order gift cards (especially this month)
❏ Shop through smile.amazon.com
❏ 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