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Third Grade Class Prayer
Dear God, Please wrap your arms around the sick and the poor, especially those in our Parish. We ask that you put an end to this virus and that life can go back to normal. Thank you for our food, family, friends and St. Francis School. We praise you God, for your goodness. Amen PRAYER PARTNERS: Please join us as we lift up Mrs.Kulow and our third Grade students in prayer during the month of January. Levi Acker, June Feuerhelm, Holt Jacobson, Ben Johnson, Walker Loberg, Markus Lorentz, Anna Puhrmann, Aaron Riester, Lane Rohl, and Grace Turvaville. Don’t worry about anything: instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Philippians 4:6 During the month of February, we will be lifting up Mrs. Koch and our Second Grade students in prayer. FOLLOWING IN JESUS’ FOOTSTEPS VIRTUE AWARDS FOR BEING CONTENT: Content – You are not greedy or always wanting things Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” Hebrews 13:5 Easton Rohl, Adeline Dopp, Aaron Riester, Taelyn Hines, Evie Peterson, Regan Nelson AWARDS FOR BEING OBEDIENT: Obedient – Doing what you are told and doing it right away If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully follow his commands given today, The Lord your God will set you high above the nations on Earth. Deuteronomy 28:1 Ruby Feuerhelm, Ryland Hines, Amelia Dopp 4YK – CAUGHT SHOWING CHARACTER: Content - Rylan Morud Obedient - Boyer Rohl Thank you to all of you who have helped us stay open and able to be together as our St. Francis School family should be. Your care, caution and compassion have kept us healthy and together. No matter what your personal opinion about Covid 19 may be, you’ve all graciously accepted the ever changing rules of health and safety and kept St. Francis students learning together. For this we will be forever grateful. Wishing all of you a safe, healthy and happy Holiday Season. May the love of our Savior shine upon you and your loved ones this Christmas. CHRISTMAS PROGRAM: Many thanks to Mrs. Penton and our students who performed a beautiful Christmas program called The Last Noel. On December 9th and 10th, the program was recorded and the link will be sent to you on December 21st for your viewing enjoyment. We will also have DVD’s available for sale: Christmas Program DVD copies are $15 each and Blu-ray copies will be $20 each. Christmas + Spring Programs DVD $25 and both on Blu-ray will be $35 Order forms are included in your monthly envelope. Please return by Wednesday, January 27th. KC CHRISTMAS POSTER WINNERS: Congratulations to these students whose entries won top prizes in the Knights of Columbus Christmas Poster Contest. The posters of the first place winners in grades 1-4 are eligible for the diocesan level of the contest, and will be sent to La Crosse. ALL SCHOOL PAJAMA DAY - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22: Our all school pajama day is tomorrow, December 22. REMINDER: NO BUSES JANUARY 8: The public school will again be giving their teachers an extra inservice day without students. St Francis IS NOT taking this day off. We will be counting this Friday, in our attendance. 4YK and Preschool WILL be in session. Eagles Nest Before School Care and Wrap Around Care WILL be available. Unfortunately, there will be NO BUSES running this day. You will need to provide transportation for your child or set up a virtual day with your child’s classroom teacher. I’m sorry for any inconvenience this may cause you. Going forward into 2021, the school district WILL transport our children (after Jan 8) even when EES is not in session. This service is ONLY provided to students who have used bus transportation on a regular basis this year. Thanks for your patience with this schedule change. POTENTIAL INCOMING 4YK STUDENTS AND REGISTRATION FOR NEXT YEAR: We will begin our registration process for next year in early January with a mailing to potential 4YK students. If you have a child who will be 4 years of age by September 1, 2021, and would like to receive registration materials for St. Francis School, please send me your child’s name and birth date as soon as possible. If you know of a family in our area who might like to receive registration information for any grade, please send me or call me with the contact information. Registration materials will be sent home with our current students and to potential 4YK students in January. Thank you for your help in spreading the good news about our school! REGISTRATION UPDATE FOR NEXT YEAR: Registration forms for our present students will be sent home after the parish finance committee meeting. FIFTH GRADE THANK YOU!: The 5th grade class at St. Francis School has spent the Fall learning about the challenges many people face trying to earn enough money to feed their families. After learning how many of our friends and neighbors the Ellsworth Food Pantry helps each month, the students decided to have a Holiday Food Drive to benefit this program. On December 11th, our fifth grade students, along with Mrs. Swanson and several wonderful parents and older siblings, delivered 360 pounds of food and $562.77 to the Food Pantry. We could not have done this without your generosity! You’ve made a huge difference in the lives of so many this Holiday Season! RECORDERS - GRADE 4: As part of our fourth grade music curriculum, students will study the recorder. Each fourth grade student will need to have a recorder and a “Methods” book. Additional information and an order form is included in the monthly envelope for fourth grade families. This is part of the 4th grade Music curriculum and students will be learning the fingering, but not blowing into their instruments until this kind of activity is cleared during the pandemic. The order form is included in this white envelope and should be returned no later than Wednesday, January 6. CHRISTMAS VACATION: Christmas vacation will start on Wednesday, December 23. Classes will resume on Monday, January 4. SCHOOL COLORS DAY - FRIDAY, JANUARY 8: Students are encouraged to dress in school colors, blue and white, January 8. Show your school pride! END OF SECOND QUARTER - THURSDAY, JANUARY 14: The second quarter ends on Thursday, Jan. 14. VIRTUAL PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES – FRIDAY, JANUARY 15 (NO SCHOOL): Parent-teacher conferences are not mandatory and are requested by a teacher or parent. Teacher requests will be sent out closer to the date. Information for parents that wish to request a conference will be sent out about Christmas break. Please remember that you can view your child’s grades (Grades 3-5) in our JMC program. CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK - JANUARY 31 - FEBRUARY 6: We will join in the National observance of Catholic Schools Week. While we usually kick off this week with a special Mass and Open House, those events aren’t in the cards during this year of Covid 19. We will have a wonderful, Covidly responsible, Catholic Schools’ Week celebration at school with many fun activities February 1 - 5. TUITION STATEMENTS: Please contact the school office if you need a copy of your tuition statement. Parents have mentioned having trouble printing statements from JMC. WI TAX SCHEDULE PS - PRIVATE SCHOOL TUITION: WI tax Schedule PS is used to claim the subtraction for tuition paid for your dependent child to attend a private school. The subtraction is available for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2014. The form requires the name, address, and federal employer identification number (FEIN) of the private school where your child was enrolled during 2020. For St. Francis students, you will need to use: St. Francis of Assisi Parish, 264 S. Grant Street, P.O. Box 839, Ellsworth, WI 54011. Reminder: In order to claim tuition expenses on your 2020 tax return, payments must be received by the parish no later than December 31, 2020. SCHOLASTIC VIRTUAL BOOK FAIR FEBRUARY 19 - MARCH 5: Our book fair will be virtual and will be a little later this year. Please watch for more information in the February newsletter. HISTORY IS ALIVE: Once again, our 5th grade students will present their historical biography research projects during Catholic Schools Week. During these presentations our students “become” George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and many more! Because there is no Catholic Schools Week Open House, we hope to stream these presentations to their families. Through their hard work and creativity, history truly is “ALIVE”! FIRST COMMUNION PARENT MEETING - MARCH 3: First Communion Parent Meeting will be Wednesday, March 3, 2021 from 5:45 to 6:45 pm in the St. Francis Church. This meeting is for parents only, whose children will be making their First Communion on April 11, 2021. NO SCHOOL - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15: Students will not have class on Monday, February 15. This is a district-wide in-service day. HOME AND SCHOOL ASSOCIATION NEWS Thank you to all who attended our H and S Meeting through Google Meet last week! We had a fabulous turnout. The minutes are included in today's white envelope. The next Home and School Meeting will be Thursday, February 4th at 7p.m. We will evaluate the situation closer to that time to determine if we will do an in-person or virtual meeting. We would like to extend a heartfelt THANK YOU to everyone who was able to give on Giving Tuesday! Due to all the donations and continued support we are able to purchase the three new color printers we very much needed along with a start towards new text books. We appreciate everyone's support and can't thank you enough! HOME & SCHOOL MEETING - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4: Our next Home and School meeting will be Thursday, February 4 at 7pm. All are welcome! HAVE A SPORTING GOOD TIME CARNIVAL UPDATE: Hello families! YOU SHOULD HAVE TICKETS IN YOUR HANDS!! Feels pretty good, right?? Get them into someone else's hands too! :) We are asking all St. Francis families to sell 2 Grand Raffle tickets and 5 booklets of traditional raffle tickets. The Virtual event will take place the week of February 1, 2021. There will be a schedule of events to come out in January. We will have fun things going on at the school, a community medallion hunt and a silent auction. We are also working on pairing with local restaurants so that you can purchase supper from them and they will donate a part of their proceeds to St. Francis. Classroom basket signs ups are out!! If you haven't signed up please do so to donate an item(s) on the list. You can drop these off at the school as soon as possible. We'd like to have all items by January 15th. Thanks, Carnival Committee CHURCH/COMMUNITY NEWS RECONCILIATION: This year there will not be an "in person" parent meeting for those parents with children in 2nd grade who will be receiving their First Reconciliation. As soon as plans are made for a different kind of presentation regarding this Sacrament we will let you know. First Reconciliation is scheduled for Thursday, January 14, 2021. DATES TO REMEMBER: Dec. 23 - Jan. 1 - Christmas Vacation Dec. 25 - Merry Christmas! Jan. 4 - Classes Resume Jan. 4 - Home and School Meeting Jan. 6 - Recorder Order Form and Money due (Grade 4) Jan. 14 - End of Second Quarter Jan. 14 - 2nd Grade First Reconciliation Jan. 15 - Teacher In-Service/ Parent-Teacher Conferences (No School) Jan. 18 - Beginning of 3rd Quarter Jan. 27 - DVD Orders Due Jan. 31 - Feb. 6 - Catholic Schools Week and St Francis School Carnival activities Mar. 3 - First Communion Parent Meeting Please call or email if you have questions: 715-273-4391 Kathy Swanson - Lead Teacher kswanson@stfrancisellsworth.org God Bless All of you this Holiday Season!
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Weeks of Advent:
Week 1, Hope Dear Jesus, you are the hope in our messy world. This Advent, help us to slow down, listen to your voice, and focus on what’s really important. We place our hope in you as we prepare our hearts to celebrate your birth on Christmas. Amen. Week 2, Peace Dear Jesus, you entered our world on Christmas as the Prince of Peace. This Advent, as we strive to become the-best-version-of-ourselves, fill us with a deep and abiding peace. Help us share that peace with everyone we encounter, especially those who need it most. Amen. Week 3, Joy Dear Jesus, help us focus on you during this busy season. May we stay aware of the joy you bring into our lives. We want to find you in the everyday moments and come with hearts of gratitude to your manger on Christmas. Amen. Week 4, Love Dear Jesus, may the light of your love always shine in our hearts. As Christmas draws closer, we marvel at your great love for us. Let your love transform every aspect of our lives and touch everyone we encounter. Our hearts are open to you, Jesus. Amen. FOLLOWING IN JESUS’ FOOTSTEPS **Please help us continue to celebrate our virtue awards winners at home and in your prayers. We will celebrate them at Masses when Father returns from Poland in December. VIRTUE AWARDS FOR BEING ATTENTIVE: Attentive – I watch and listen carefully. My child, pay attention to what I say. Listen carefully to my words. Proverbs 4:20 Jaxson, Deni, Samantha, Ben, Emmie, and Kaia Jacobson 4YK – CAUGHT SHOWING CHARACTER: Attentive – Mabel MR. BUCKEL’S RETIREMENT: Many people have asked how we will celebrate Mr. Buckel’s retirement. The truth is, that is yet to be determined. Mr. Buckel has some upcoming appointments that he needs to remain Covid free for, and will not be joining us until after those appointments in mid December. Any cards that you would like to share with Mr. Buckel can be sent to the office and we will be glad to forward them to him. We hope to celebrate his amazing years of service in a healthier time. We will keep you posted! CHRISTMAS CARDS: Send us your Christmas Cards! We would love to add your family to our St. Francis Families Christmas Card Display. You may send your card to school with your child or mail it to: St. Francis School PO Box 250 Ellsworth WI, 54011 Thank you and Merry Christmas! POTENTIAL INCOMING 4YK STUDENTS AND REGISTRATION FOR NEXT YEAR: We will begin our registration process for next year in early January with a mailing to potential 4YK students. If you have a child who will be 4 years of age by September 1, 2021, and would like to receive registration materials for St. Francis School, please send me your child’s name and birth date as soon as possible. If you know of a family in our area who might like to receive registration information for any grade, please send me or call me with the contact information. Registration materials will be sent home with our current students and to potential 4YK students in January. Thank you for your help in spreading the good news about our school! THANKSGIVING VACATION - NOVEMBER 25-27: There will be no school on Wednesday, November 25 through Friday, November 27 for Thanksgiving Vacation. Classes will resume again on Monday, November 30. HOME AND SCHOOL MEETING - THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3: Our next Home and School Meeting will again be held virtually on Thursday, December 3 at 7:00pm. See link on next page. SCHOOL COLORS DAY - FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4: Students are encouraged to dress in school colors, blue and white, December 4. Show your school pride! NO SCHOOL - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8: Students will not have classes on Tuesday, December 8 as we observe a holy day of obligation, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. CHRISTMAS PROGRAM FILMING - DECEMBER 9 AND 10: Please avoid making any unnecessary appointments on these days. We really want to have all of our students in our 2020 Christmas Program. CHRISTMAS PROGRAM: In the spirit of remaining healthy and yet upholding our Catholic School traditions, your children who are in grades K-5 will rehearse and perform a Christmas Program, but unfortunately, there will be no live performance or reception. Our videographer will record individual classroom performances as well as the dialogue portions of the play, and then creatively join those pieces together to make it appear as if all the children are performing together. Rehearsals and filmings will be only with their classmates. As has been our practice during Covid 19, children in all grade levels will not be performing together. The performance will be streamed to parents. We will send you the specifics as soon as we know them. You will also be given the opportunity to purchase our concert DVD. As with everything this year, this is new territory. We will do our best to keep you abreast of what is happening and when you can expect to see the program. The important thing for us is that our children will have a Christmas Program. Covid 19 or not, Christmas is coming and will be celebrated to the best of our ability at St. Francis Catholic School. SCHEDULE CHANGE - FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11: The public school will again be giving their teachers an extra inservice day without students. St Francis IS NOT taking this day off. We will be counting Friday, December 11 in our attendance. 4YK and Preschool WILL be in session. Eagles Nest Before School Care and Wrap Around Care and WILL be available. Eagles Nest After School Care WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE that day and all students will need to be picked up by 3:30pm on Friday, December 11. Unfortunately, there will be NO BUSES running those days. You will need to provide transportation for your child or set up a virtual day with your child’s classroom teacher. I’m sorry for any inconvenience this may cause you. We are trying to put less stress on all of you by staying in school. Thanks for helping us with this schedule change. ELLSWORTH FOOD PANTRY FOOD DRIVE: Thank you for your support thus far, but we need a LOT more food to give our friends and neighbors in need of a hearty holiday meal. Monetary donations are accepted as well. 5th grade will be delivering our donations to the Ellsworth Food Pantry on Friday, December 11th. Keep those donations coming! FIFTH GRADE CLASS TRIP TO THE FOOD PANTRY – FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11: On Friday, December 11 our fifth grade class will be delivering the donated items to the food pantry. A permission slip for this trip is included in the monthly envelope for those students. Please complete the permission slip and return it by Wednesday, December 2. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS CHRISTMAS POSTER CONTEST: Students in grades 1-5 have been invited to participate in the annual KC Christmas Poster Contest. Students will complete these posters at school. Winners will be announced as soon as we know. CHRISTMAS VACATION: Christmas vacation will start on Wednesday, December 23. Classes will resume on Monday, January 4. EARLY CHILDHOOD SCREENING - WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13: Early Childhood Screening is scheduled for Wednesday, January 13. Our 4YK students will not have class that day. END OF SECOND QUARTER - THURSDAY, JANUARY 14: The second quarter ends on Thursday, Jan. 14. PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES – FRIDAY, JANUARY 15 (NO SCHOOL): Parent-teacher conferences are not mandatory and are requested by a teacher or parent. Teacher requests will be sent out closer to the date. Information for parents that wish to request a conference will be in next month’s newsletter. Please remember that you can view your child’s grades (Grades 3-5) in our JMC program. CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK - JANUARY 31 - FEBRUARY 6: We will join in the National observance of Catholic Schools Week. While we usually kick off this week with a special Mass and Open House, those events aren’t in the cards during this year of Covid 19. We will have a wonderful, Covidly responsible, Catholic Schools’ Week celebration at school with many fun activities February 1 - 5. TUITION STATEMENTS: Tuition Statements can be printed from JMC for tax purposes. WI TAX SCHEDULE PS - PRIVATE SCHOOL TUITION: WI tax Schedule PS is used to claim the subtraction for tuition paid for your dependent child to attend a private school. The subtraction is available for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2014. The form requires the name, address, and federal employer identification number (FEIN) of the private school where your child was enrolled during 2017. For St. Francis students, you will need to use: St. Francis of Assisi Parish, 264 S. Grant Street, P.O. Box 839, Ellsworth, WI 54011. Reminder: In order to claim tuition expenses on your 2020 tax return, payments must be received by the parish no later than December 31, 2020. HOME AND SCHOOL ASSOCIATION NEWS HOME AND SCHOOL MEETING-TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3 at 7pm: This meeting will be virtual. The meeting link is: meet.google.com/gxq-fymi-xdh HAVE A SPORTING GOOD TIME CARNIVAL UPDATE: Hello Families!! The carnival committee has been working hard! The raffle tickets are at the printer as you are reading this! Look for them to come home very soon!! They will come home in your oldest child's daily folder so please be checking that next week or the week after. We are asking all families to sell 2 Grand Raffle tickets and 5 booklets of Traditional Raffle tickets again this year. Please turn the ticket stub and payment into the office. We are adding something new this year: Classroom Baskets! There will be an email coming to you regarding the baskets so please look for that too. The classroom baskets were created in hopes that we can replace our lost income from not being able to sell game tickets. We are asking families to donate items to the basket (there will be a list of items to choose from) and then the baskets will go on our live auction. If all the things in the basket are selected, please feel free to add something of that theme of your choice. We appreciate and THANK YOU for your support in this year's carnival! - Carnival Committee CHURCH/COMMUNITY NEWS RECONCILIATION: This year there will not be an "in person" parent meeting for those parents with children in 2nd grade who will be receiving their First Reconciliation. As soon as plans are made for a different kind of presentation regarding this Sacrament we will let you know. First Reconciliation is scheduled for Thursday, January 14, 2021. DATES TO REMEMBER: Nov. 25-27 - Thanksgiving Vacation Nov. 26 - Happy Thanksgiving! Dec. 3 - Home and School Meeting (7:00 Virtual) Dec. 4 - School Colors Day Dec. 8 - Holy Day - No School for St. Francis Dec. 9 - 10 - Christmas Program Recording Dec. 10 - Food Drive Donations Due Dec. 11 - Fifth Grade Field Trip to Food Pantry Dec. 23 - Jan. 1 - Christmas Vacation Dec. 25 - Merry Christmas! Jan. 4 - Classes Resume Jan. 13 - Early Childhood Screening (No School for 4YK ONLY) Jan. 14 - End of Second Quarter Jan. 14 - 2nd Grade First Reconciliation Jan. 15 - Teacher In-Service/ Parent-Teacher Conferences (No School) Jan. 18 - Beginning of 3rd Quarter Jan. 31 - Feb. 6 – Catholic Schools Week May God Bless Our St. Francis Families!! Please call or email if you have questions: 715-273-4391 or Chuck Buckel - Principal cbuckel@stfrancisellsworth.org Kathy Swanson - Lead Teacher kswanson@stfrancisellsworth.org St Francis School ~ November Newsletter Fourth Grade Class Prayer Dear Lord, We thank you for our families, friends, classmates, teachers and everyone in our school and community that prove your love by sharing their kindness, patience, and generosity. We ask you to help us choose positive words and actions throughout each day. We also ask for your help in providing for the needs of all of us and any person throughout the world who struggle with finding water, food, clothing, shelter, and any other basic life necessity. Amen. PRAYER PARTNERS: Please join us as we lift up Mrs. Huebel and our Fourth Grade students in prayer during the month of November. During the month of December, we will focus on Advent and the Christmas season. All Saints Day - November 1 Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and praise His name. For the Lord is good and His love endures forever; and His faithfulness continues through all generations. Psalm 100:4-5 In honor of All Saints Day on November 1st, you are invited to join in our Annual Prayerful Remembrance. Throughout the month of November, please write the names of your departed relatives and friends on the enclosed form and return it. These names will be placed in a basket near the altar at church. You can return the form to school, place it in the collection basket at a weekend Mass, or place it in the basket at the altar. During the month of November we will pray as a community during Mass for our loved ones who have gone home to heaven. We hope that you will all join us in this wonderful St. Francis tradition. FOLLOWING IN JESUS’ FOOTSTEPS **Please help us continue to celebrate our virtue awards winners at home and in your prayers. We will celebrate them at Masses when Father returns from Poland in December. VIRTUE AWARDS FOR BEING DILIGENT: Diligent – I start fast, work hard, and finish strong. Jordy , Cooper , Anna , Sophia and Ava VIRTUE AWARDS FOR BEING GENTLE: Gentle – I speak quietly and touch softly. Fallon , Ella , Vander, and Aubrey Marks 4YK – CAUGHT SHOWING CHARACTER: Diligent - Lily Gentle - Enoch SCHEDULE CHANGE: The public school has decided to give their teachers two extra inservice days that will be student days off. St Francis IS NOT taking those days off. The days chosen are Friday, November 13 and Friday, December 11. We will be in school and counting those days in our attendance. 4K and Preschool will also be in session. Wrap around care and Eagles Nest Before and After School Care will be available. Even if you’ve never used those programs, please feel free to set up service for those days. Doing this ahead of time will ensure we have enough staff present to best serve our students. Unfortunately, there will be no buses running those days. You will need to provide transportation for your child or set up a virtual day with your child’s classroom teacher. ***We will be recording the Christmas Program on December 11, please try to arrange a ride for your child. I’m sorry for any inconvenience this may cause you. We are trying to put less stress on all of you by staying in school. Thanks for helping us with this schedule change. MR. BUCKEL IS RETIRING! He’s really doing it! Mr. Buckel has been such a savior for our school. He leaves a legacy in education over 30 years long. I know he’s been the principal to many of our parents and now for their children. We want to appreciate him with a huge celebration, but with Covid 19, we are limited to some cake at school. We hope all of you will reach out to Mr. Buckel in some way over the next month to show your appreciation for his presence in your lives and the great work he has done for our school. Here’s hoping his retirement is relaxing and rewarding! NEW PRINCIPAL: The rumors are true! Mrs. Swanson will become our new principal on December 1st. She will continue her role as our 5th grade teacher until the right replacement is found and have some daily work time in the office as well. The best transitions are the seamless ones and Mrs. Swanson’s goal is to make that so. TUITION ASSISTANCE: Tuition Assistance has been applied to the accounts of our families who have requested assistance and have paid at least half of your tuition. Please contact the school office by Wednesday, November 4th if you are in need of assistance for the 2020-2021 school year. SPECIAL HARVEST BREAKFAST - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29: We will have a special Harvest Breakfast for students on Thursday, October 29, complete with pumpkins carved by our fifth grade class. Please see the enclosed flyer for more information. END OF FIRST QUARTER: The first quarter ends on Thursday, October 29. TEACHER IN-SERVICE – FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30 (NO SCHOOL): Students do not have classes on Friday, October 30. This is a district-wide in-service day. SCHOOL COLORS DAYS - NOVEMBER 6 AND DECEMBER 4: Students are encouraged to dress in school colors, blue and white, November 6 and December 4. Show your school pride! THANKSGIVING VACATION - NOVEMBER 25-27: There will be no school on Wednesday, November 25 through Friday, November 27 for Thanksgiving Vacation. Classes will resume again on Monday, November 30. CHRISTMAS PROGRAM In the spirit of remaining healthy and yet upholding our Catholic School traditions, your children who are in grades K-5 will rehearse and perform a Christmas Program, but unfortunately, there will be no live performance or reception. Our videographer will record individual classroom performances as well as the dialogue portions of the play, and then creatively join those pieces together to make it appear as if all the children are performing together. Rehearsals and filmings will be only with their classmates. As has been our practice during Covid 19, children in all grade levels will not be performing together. The performance will be streamed to parents. We will send you the specifics as soon as we know them. You will also be given the opportunity to purchase our concert DVD. As with everything this year, this is new territory. We will do our best to keep you abreast of what is happening and when you can expect to see the program. The important thing for us is that our children will have a Christmas Program. Covid 19 or not, Christmas is coming and will be celebrated to the best of our ability at St. Francis Catholic School. 4YK AND PRESCHOOL WINTER PROGRAM: We are not sure what creative means we will find to have our 4YK or Preschool programs. More info to come. CHRISTMAS VACATION: Christmas vacation will start on Wednesday, December 23. Classes will resume on Monday, January 4. HOLIDAY FOOD AND FUNDS DRIVE: Our 5th Grade Class at St. Francis is sponsoring their annual Holiday Food and Funds Drive to benefit the Ellsworth Food Pantry. In October alone, our local pantry served 394 of our friends and neighbors. Please give what you can to help everyone in our community have enough to eat during this Holiday Season. Please see the enclosed flyer for all the info! Thanks so much for your help! Mrs. Swanson and the 5th Grade Class ONLINE JMC SOFTWARE PROGRAM: Log in to our online JMC Software Program at https://stfrancis.onlinejmc.com and check out these great resources for parents!
Parent Portal Introduction Video Link: https://youtu.be/0anJtmzTMZ8 Your username is your last name and your password was set up or confirmed at the beginning of the school year when you completed our online registration process. If you forgot your password, you may now reset it in a few easy steps. If you have any questions, please call the school office. EAGLES NEST BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL CARE PROGRAM: Our Eagles Nest Program was started three years ago to provide a service for our families who needed care for their children outside the hours of our school day. This year, with the changes in work schedules and parents working from home, Eagles Nest Care has not been needed by as many families as in years past. We are working hard to continue this program as we believe it is an important service to our families. However, this means we do need to make some changes to our program. We are trying to keep these changes small so the impact on our families is as minimal as possible. Effective November 1st, our cost per hour will increase $.50 per hour. If this will cause a hardship to your family, please contact the school office. Eagles Nest Before and After School Care is a safe, fun place for your child to play and be creative in a relaxing environment. It is important to us to be able to continue this wonderful program for our families and would love to see our attendance increase! Every St. Francis' family is welcome to use this program! If you need to work early or late, have a meeting, or need to run errands we are here for you! Registration forms are available on our website at http://www.stfrancisellsworth.org/before--after-school-program.html Eagles Nest Hours Before School: 7:00am - 7:45am After School: 3:25pm - 5:30pm Cost Per Hour (starting 11/1/20) 1 Child - $3.50 2 Children - $5.50 3 Children - $6.50 (with a minimum one hour charge per AM session and one hour charge per PM session) Notice to Families with students scheduled for care on a regular basis. If your family's care needs change, please give us at least a two weeks notice of your schedule change if it means your child will be attending less hours/days. Your regularly scheduled hours will be added to your bill for those two weeks as we make appropriate adjustments. You may add more hours/days to your schedule at any time by emailing the office. Notice to Families with students who use Eagles Nest for Drop In Care: We ask that if you are in need of Before School Care, please be sure to contact the school office at least one day in advance so we can make sure staff is scheduled accordingly. If you need After school drop in care, an email can be sent to the office the same day care is needed. WEATHER RELATED SCHOOL CLOSINGS: You will be notified by the St. Francis JMC system about school closings. Also, the Ellsworth district will continue to publicize any school closing or delayed starts on these radio/television stations, as well as the district website www.ellsworth.k12.wi.us KCUE 1250 AM - Red Wing, KSTP, Channel 5 - Mpls./St. Paul, WCCO Channel 4 - Mpls/St. Paul, KARE Channel 11 - Mpls./St. Paul, KMSP Channel 9 - Mpls./St. Paul In the event of a two hour delay, St. Francis 4YK and preschool students will not have classes. Eagles Nest Before School Care will open at 9:00am in the event of school being two hours late. HOME AND SCHOOL ASSOCIATION NEWS HOME AND SCHOOL MEETING - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3 at 7pm: This meeting will be at school and virtual—your choice. Masks will be required. No childcare is available at this time. HAVE A SPORTING GOOD TIME CARNIVAL UPDATE: Hello families! The Grand Raffle and Traditional Raffle tickets will be going home with families at the end of November so please keep your eyes open for them! The envelope will have a value of $225 so PLEASE look for it and keep it in a safe place. Every family will be asked again this year to sell at least 2 Grand Raffles and 5 packs of Traditional Raffles. We know that this year will look different, but we plan to have a Sporting Good Time virtually and have fun things lined up for the students and are very excited for this event. We appreciate everyone's support in this fundraiser for the school! -The Carnival Committee CHURCH/COMMUNITY NEWS WEEKLY BULLETIN: To subscribe to receive the weekly bulletin delivered to your email, simply click on the following link to subscribe: https://www.parishesonline.com/.../st-francis.../subscribe RECONCILIATION: This year there will not be an "in person" parent meeting for those parents whose 2nd grade children will be receiving their First Reconciliation. As soon as plans are made for a different kind of presentation regarding this Sacrament we will let you know. The First Reconciliation is scheduled for Thursday, January 14, 2021. ST. FRANCIS TRUNK OR TREAT: Please join us for “Trunk or Treat” on Saturday, October 31st from 2:30-4:30 pm in St. Francis School Parking Lot. Please bring your kids to trick or treat while youth and adults dress up and hand out candy!!! Please bring a canned item and/or money for the Pierce County Pantry Food Shelf. All are welcome!!! ST. FRANCIS PARISH MITTEN CAMPAIGN: St. Francis Parish Mitten Campaign will begin the week of October 31-November 29. This year along with mittens, the collection will be including gloves, mittens, scarves, and hats. The donated items will be delivered to the Pierce County Food Shelf to assist our neighbors in the Pierce County Community. A Collection Box marked for your items will be placed at the back of the church or you can bring them to the school office. God Bless you for your generosity. ELLSWORTH TRAVEL/IN-TOWN BASKETBALL REGISTRATION: Registration is open from October 5th - 26th. To register and for more information visit eelsworthpanthers.com/youthbb. Even though we are a little ways out from high school basketball, youth basketball is coming fast. Parents if you are interested in ordering basketball apparel, the clothing store is now open, through November 1st. Link: https://chippewavalleysportinggoods.itemorder.com/ Code: EBB20 DATES TO REMEMBER: Oct. 29 - Harvest Breakfast Oct. 29 - End of 1st Quarter Oct. 30 - Teacher In-Service (No School) Oct. 31 - Trunk or Treat (2:30 - 4:30) Nov. 1 - All Saints Day Nov. 2 - Beginning of 2nd Quarter Nov. 6 - School Color Day Nov. 25-27 - Thanksgiving Vacation Nov. 26 - Happy Thanksgiving! Dec. 3 - Home and School Meeting (7:00) Dec. 4 - School Color Day Dec. 11 - Food Drive Donations Due Dec. 23 - Jan. 1 - Christmas Vacation Dec. 25 - Merry Christmas! Jan. 4 - Classes Resume May God Bless Our St. Francis Families!! Please call or email if you have questions: 715-273-4391 or Chuck Buckel - Principal cbuckel@stfrancisellsworth.org Kathy Swanson - Lead Teacher kswanson@stfrancisellsworth.org |
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