Lancer 11/21/17

Web Version   Please remember to read this whole email for all upcoming events and important information. Attention After School Care Parents: We will close at 5:00 P.M. Today, Tuesday, November 21, 2017 Thanksgiving Mass will be at 9:00am Thursday morning. We hope to see you there. Registration Notice If you would like to split your registration payments into 4 payments, please contact Nancy Willard by Monday November 27th at nancy.willard@sfxburbank.com or call the Parish Office 504-4400. Payments will start in December and go through May. Wishing you a blessed, safe and peaceful Thanksgiving. May you all enjoy your time spent with family and friends. This email is sent from an account we use for sending messages only. So if you want to contact us, don’t reply to this email – we won’t get your response. Instead please email Nancy.willard@sfxburbank.com for school related items or rectory@sfxburbank.com for Church related items. ©2017 St. Francis Xavier Church & School | 3601 Scott Rd. Burbank, CA 91504

Lancer 11-15-17

Please remember to read this whole email for all upcoming events and important information. Honors Assembly will be held at 2 pm tomorrow in Holy Cross Hall, please join us if your schedule permits. November 21st will be 12pm Early Dismissal No School November 22-24. Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Attention After School Care Parents: We will close at 5:00 P.M. on Tuesday, November 21, 2017 Happy Thanksgiving! The Library needs volunteers Tuesdays 12-1pm on a weekly basis.. Please email Mrs. Porras at tracee.porras@sfxburbank.com. PSA hours will be given! Thank you. Currently, the PTO Board is in need of a Secretary who will be apart of our Executive Board. During the PTO General Meeting, which will be held on Thursday, November 16th at 7pm, we will hold an election for this position. We have one candidate, Melissa Procanik, who is hopeful in filling this role. Below is her bio for your review... Melissa Procanik is an SFX Parish member, mother of three, and has all three children currently enrolled at St. Francis Xavier School, Max (6th grade), Madison (4th Grade) and Mason (Kindergarten). Melissa has been actively involved in the SFX Community as the Courtesy PTO Committee Chair for the past school year. Prior to that she held the position of Co-Hospitality Chair, as well as Co-Chairing the Dinner Auction last year. She will again Co-Chair the Dinner Auction this year. She likes to help wherever needed and has served as Room Parent over the last several years. She is happy to be considered to serve the SFX community as PTO Secretary. She looks forward to helping the PTO continue to support our amazing school. Please refer to for SFX School website for October's PTO meeting minutes. Thank you. This email is sent from an account we use for sending messages only. So if you want to contact us, don’t reply to this email – we won’t get your response. Instead please email Nancy.willard@sfxburbank.com for school related items or rectory@sfxburbank.com for Church related items. ©2017 St. Francis Xavier Church & School | 3601 Scott Rd. Burbank, CA 91504

Lancer 11-8-17

Web Version   Please remember to read this whole email for all upcoming events and important information. There is no school Friday, November 10 in honor of Veteran's Day. Thank you and God Bless all of our Veterans and to those who serve. Reminders for St. Francis Xavier’s Annual Disaster Drill Students will not be able to take items home after this drill. So, please send their lunches in a disposable bag and do not send their back packs with things they might want/need over the weekend. All back packs will remain in the classrooms. After School Care will be available at 3:00 P.M. for those not able to leave work for this drill Mr. Magallon will be posted at the bottom of the Northwest Driveway during the drill. If you are not able to walk up the long driveway, we understand. Please ask Mr. Magallon to radio message Dr. Sullivan for your children to walk down to you. A Big Thank You to everyone who attended, worked, donated, and just had fun at our Annual Night at The Races'... Nancy Willard puts on quite the party, thank you Nancy!!! Congratulations to all the winners, see you next year. I hope this message finds you well. When did we get so close to Thanksgiving? And how did we get to the end of trimester number one? Well, we made it, and things continue to move forward rather quickly. We are in the middle of the second benchmark window of STAR testing. The sessions are going well. We will hopefully have reports for your perusal by November 16, the date of the second PTO General Meeting in Holy Cross Hall. As I mentioned in previous weeks, we are looking for time stamps on the sessions that indicate the students made adequate use of the time window. Limited amounts of time addressing a particular test typically results in lower scores. I look forward to addressing the community on Thursday November 16 at 7:00 PM in Holy Cross Hall. Report cards will be distributed following the meeting. Don’t forget, too, that we host the Honors Assembly at 2:00 PM in Holy Cross Hall on November 16 to validate the students who have secured excellent grades in their core subjects! The Mock Trial Team completed its first round on Monday November 6 defending the client, Casey Davidson, a political activist accused of murder! Oh my! While we don’t know how the team scored against the competition, it was delightful to witness that our defense team created sufficient reasonable doubt to earn a verdict of not guilty! We look forward to Monday November 13 when the prosecution team competes against another school’s defense team. Upon completion of round two, we will find out if both or either side of the case from SFX moves on to the third round. Congratulations to the students as they have worked very hard to compete! The SFX Junior High Academic Decathlon Team is in full practice mode. The team meets at 7:00 AM two days a week and again on Sundays for two additional hours to study the array of subjects included for the March ‘18 Academic Decathlon competition. We wish the team well as they prepare throughout the months leading to Sunday March 4! The Girls A Volleyball Team returns to St. Paul High School on Thursday November 9 for a 6:30 PM semi-final match against St. Catherine Laboure in the CYO Invitational Tournament. We wish the Lady Lancers the very best! Girls B is wrapping up their season by Wednesday November 15. The girls have enjoyed an excellent season of developmental volleyball! And Boys B Flag Football is wrapping up another successful season! It won’t be long until we begin basketball season! Go Lancers! Thursday November 9 marks the annual Disaster Drill procedure. We practice the drill annually in the event of a major catastrophe and the need to dismiss students to families in an orderly fashion. Please read the message in the Lancer for protocols about the day. Mr. Magallon will work the driveway at the west end of school. Please be aware of his role in providing directions to you as you proceed to pick-up your children. Students enrolled in After-School Care will be brought back to the classrooms for pick-up by ASC staff. Remember, there is no parking on the lot for this drill practice. As we celebrate another Veteran’s Day, let us be mindful of the brave men and women who have been of service to the country. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines!!! Keep the veterans in your prayers, especially those who are having a difficult time in the wake of recent service to the country. Of course we continue to watch out for one another in our parish and school community. God bless all of us as we enter the holiday season! Attention After School Care Parents: We will close at 5:00 P.M. on Tuesday, November 21, 2017 Happy Thanksgiving! This email is sent from an account we use for sending messages only. So if you want to contact us, don’t reply to this email – we won’t get your response. Instead please email Nancy.willard@sfxburbank.com for school related items or rectory@sfxburbank.com for Church related items. ©2017 St. Francis Xavier Church & School | 3601 Scott Rd. Burbank, CA 91504

Lancer 11-1-17

Please remember to read this whole email for all upcoming events and important information. There is NO School Friday, November 3rd for Professional Development Day Jog-A-Thon Money and Forms are due tomorrow, Nov. 2. Thank you. Join the FUN this Saturday, Nov. 4th for our 8th Annual Night at the Races' Drinks, Horse Race Betting, Food, and Prizes..even prizes for the losers! Don't miss out on this exciting evening. There's even Free Babysitting! Earn PSA Hours!! You can still sign up to donate or work at http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0c45a8ab2babfc1-night2 The PSA hours for the Olde Tyme Country Faire have been posted to your Service Hours Report accounts. Please take a moment to review the hours credited to ensure they match. As a reminder, your mandatory hours were deducted from your shifts as follows: 1 child = 2 mandatory shifts 2 children = 4 mandatory shifts 3+ children = 5 mandatory shifts Hours were posted in excess of the above based on 1 shift = 3.5 hours. Please email Chaza Chikh achaza@hotmail.com or Michelle Funaro mdfunaro@gmail.com with any questions. Student Council October Thank Yous Thank you to everyone who participated in Student Council’s October activities. Denim Day at the beginning of October raised $665 which was donated to The American Cancer Society. Our Red Ribbon Week Bake Sale raised $145 which will go towards sending students to Leadership Camp next summer. Thank you for your generosity! Also, thank you to all who took part in our Red Ribbon Week dress days and our Halloween Parade. Everyone looked fantastic! Congratulations to all the Halloween Story Contest Winners! ST. FRANCIS XAVIER SCHOOL ANNUAL DISASTER DRILL INFORMATION SHEET On Thursday November 9, 2017 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. Please 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 9th, please contact me at your convenience. Sincerely, Paul Sullivan, Ed.D. Principal, St. Francis Xavier School Suggested Pick Up Times: Grades TK, K & 1- 2:00 pm Grades 2&3 2:15pm Grades 4&5 2:30 pm Grades 6-8 2:45pm Last Saturday, Holy Cross Hall was filled with so many scary ghouls, princesses, warriors and cute characters at our SFX Halloween Party! The music filled the air as parents and kids all danced their hearts out! Trunk-Or-Treat participants decked out their cars in an awesome display, and trunk-or-treaters collected as many goodies as they could. Meanwhile, the Dodger game played in the background as many of the Dodger fans cheered on our LA team! What a fantastic night it was to kick-off our Holiday season! Thank you so much to our Family Activities Chair, Jason Murtha, our Tech Guy, Chris Nappi, our Trunk-Or-Treat Chair, Christine Rodriguez, all of our volunteers and everyone who donated to this awesome event! Thank you to all who participated in the Trunk-Or-Treat event! They were all so awesome! Congratulations to our winners! Best Overall Dia De Los Muertos 2nd Grade Christine & Ron Rodriguez, Jane Hur & Liezlie Peete Spookiest Haunted Honda TK Phil & Silvia Tucker Cutest TK The Nightmare Before Christmas Liza Contreras & Bianca Bronk Most Creative 1st Grade Star Wars Carol Parszik & Angie Resendez Sunday, November 5th is Daylight Savings Time. Don't forget to set your clocks BACK 1 hour. This email is sent from an account we use for sending messages only. So if you want to contact us, don’t reply to this email – we won’t get your response. Instead please email Nancy.willard@sfxburbank.com for school related items or rectory@sfxburbank.com for Church related items. ©2017 St. Francis Xavier Church & School | 3601 Scott Rd. Burbank, CA 91504