Please remember to read this whole email for all upcoming events and information.

All Jog-A-Thon money is due by tomorrow, October 21

Donations are still needed for our 7th Annual A Night at the Races. PSA hours give for you time or donations. Please go to the following link to volunteer.

Volunteers also needed for our Annual Trunk or Treat on October 29th. All you need to do is decorate you car and provide the candy to distribute. PSA hours provided for you time and candy. Please go to the following link to sign up.

Student Council Hosts Halloween Parade

Student Council Members are busy planning some fun activities for the Halloween Parade to be held Friday, October 31, 2016 beginning at 10:45 A.M. We are planning to have the Parade on the Lower School Yard, if it is not too hot or rains. Otherwise, it will be held in Holy Cross Hall. All students may come to school dressed in their costumes. Extra items, or oversized costumes, may be added at recess time. Parents, please check, in advance, with your child’s homeroom teacher regarding any need to assist students in putting on any final touches before the Parade. Also, please remember the following guidelines for your child’s costume at school:

1. Masks may be included, however due to safety reasons, the children are to put them on only once their class “parades” and removes them afterwards. Student Council members will assist them with this task.
2. Props may accompany your child's costume except for knives, guns, or any other weapon.
3. Please help your child choose an age appropriate costume as well as one which is supportive of Catholic School standards.

Parents are welcomed to join in the festivities. Feel free to dress up and join in the fun! Please find a seat or place to stand after the classes have been seated in the Lower School Yard. If you need special seating arrangements, please let us know. Thank you and have a safe and fun Halloween!

St. Francis Xavier School Student Council Thanksgiving Food Drive To Support Burbank Temporary Aid Center

Once again, the St. Francis Xavier School Student Council are sponsoring a Thanksgiving Food Drive beginning on October 31st and ending on November 4th. Our collection will aid the Burbank Temporary Aid Center, which is in need of many food items. Below is a suggested list of items needed by the Temporary Aid Center. To help ensure an even donation of needed items, we are suggesting the following items by grade level:

Grades 1, 2, and 3: Tuna, jelly, peanut butter, macaroni & cheese, coffee, tea

Grades TK, 5, and 8: Canned fruits, canned spaghetti, soups, hash, canned meats, can vegetables

Grades 4 and 7: Juices, cereal, complete pancake mix, syrup, instant potatoes, powered milk

Grades 6 and K: Cookies, brown sugar, cocoa mix, Jell-O, stuffing mix, gravy

Thank you for your participation to this very worthy cause. May you and your family enjoy the rich blessings that Thanksgiving brings!

ST. FRANCIS XAVIER SCHOOL ANNUAL DISASTER DRILL

INFORMATION SHEET

On Thursday November 10, 2016 at 2:00 P.M. St. Francis Xavier School will hold the Annual Disaster Drill. The drill helps the school community prepare for a 72-hour evacuation and safe zone in the event of a major catastrophe. On this day the school community practices the pick-up routine in the event of such a major occurrence. (This drill will be rescheduled in case of rain!)

What follows are directions for parents to pick up the children on Disaster Drill Day. Please allow me to say up front, please be patient and calm as we go through the motions of the drill.

Please arrive to pick up your child/children between 2:00 and 2:45 P.M. At the close of this announcement we have suggested time windows for grade-level pick-up but we will release students on a first-come, first served basis.

Please DO NOT park on school grounds. The lots will be closed and only opened for emergency vehicles during an actual disaster. Gates will remain closed, and the west driveway will be manned by a staff member to ensure that you park on the neighborhood streets.

Park on Scott Road or an adjacent street. Please be mindful to not block any resident’s driveway. Do not double park or park in any designated red zones.

Report to the west driveway where the staff member is located. Walk up the driveway and find a place in line. The line will lead to the upper parking lot where more staff will be on duty to operate the rolling gates. This is the sign-out area. While you will not sign-out your child during this drill, we will have you do so in the event of a real emergency.

Once you arrive at the rolling gates, your child/children will be summoned and released to you. Please DO NOT loiter but instead leave immediately. This will allow the drill to run quickly and smoothly. Your quick departure will also free up parking spaces in the neighborhood.

DISCLAIMER: In the event of an actual disaster, no child will be released until picked up by a parent or another designated adult.

For families who are absolutely unable to participate, we will hold the child/children throughout the drill and release them to After School Care at the end. You may pick-up your child/children in After School Care as usual.

If you are picking up additional children besides your own, please inform the staff members at the sign-out gate. We will call all the children in your party for release at that time.

During an actual disaster we are equipped to hold and care for the children up to 72 hours. All of the faculty and staff are certified in basic First-Aid and have received many hours of training over the years.

We are the beneficiaries of many concerned and caring administrators, teachers, staff and families that have gone before us to ensure that the school is prepared to help the children during a disaster. We are grateful to the past and present PTO Boards for their assistance in making disaster preparedness a priority at St. Francis Xavier School.

I thank you in advance for reading and absorbing all of the aforementioned details. I also thank you in advance for your cooperation. Foremost among all the details, remain calm, patient, accommodating and everything will run smoothly.

If you have any questions about the Disaster Readiness Drill scheduled for Thursday November 10th, please contact me at your convenience.

Sincerely,
Paul Sullivan, Ed.D.
Principal, St. Francis Xavier School

SUGGESTED PICK-UP TIMES BY GRADE LEVELS

GRADES PICK-UP TIME GRADES PICK-UP TIME
TK, K & 1 2:00 P.M. 4 & 5 2:30 P.M.
2 & 3 2:15 P.M. 6, 7 & 8 2:45 P.M.