Crusader Connections

March 29: Vocations Mass (6th Grade) & End of Third Quarter

March 31: Monthly Activity (Middle School) & Field Trip (3rd - 5th Grades)

April 3: Spring Uniforms Begin

April 6: Holy Thursday & Early Dismissal (12:30pm)

April 7: Good Friday & No School

April 7 - 17: Easter & Spring Break - No School

April 18: School Resumes for Students & Faith Rally

April 19: Military Child Celebration Day

April 21: Spring Social & Auction

Teachers will now have a professional day on Monday, April 17th. This means your children will have an extra day of Easter/Spring break! School (for students) will resume on Tuesday, April 18th.

The weather is beginning to get warmer. It is time to try on the spring uniform to check that it fits. Spring uniforms officially begin on Monday, April 3rd.

As we approach the end of the quarter (tomorrow) please remember to keep your logged volunteer hours up to date!

The Destination Imagination teams will be competing at the State Tournament on Saturday. April 1st at UMBC. If you see any DI members from any of our eight teams, please wish them good luck!

The DI teams will be collecting essential items (shampoo, toothpaste, soaps, etc.) the week of April 3rd as a Lenten offering to restock the DI Cabin of God's Love housed outside of Our Lady of the Wayside. Please send in any essential items (travel size and full sizes accepted) any day between April 3rd-6th. The Cabin of God's love was a Destination Imagination service project created by a FAW DI team in 2019. The "Cabin" is stocked with donated items for those visiting the food pantry to take what they need, at no cost. FAW DI proudly support this effort on a continual basis year after year. Thank you for supporting our DI teams and our community in this way!

Please contact Mrs. Cacko at cacko@fatherandrewwhite.org with any questions.

This year the Catholic schools are participating in relay races on May 13, 2023 at St. Mary's Ryken. Parents of students in grades PK - 8 will be contacted if they qualify from the trials completed during PE class. To help prepare, those selected students will participate in practice sessions after school. VIRTUS cleared parent volunteers are needed. Please see the opportunity in the volunteer section below.

We are looking for volunteers to work on some maintenance jobs over the summer. Please contact Mrs. Szoch principal@fatherandrewwhite.org if you are interested in leading this group. Thanks for considering!

We had a great time at our Middle School Volleyball Tournament last weekend!

Tomorrow is the last day! 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. All items will be on sale and less than $5. 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.

It is time to order your student's Father Andrew White School yearbook! The Remember Me Yearbooks online store will be open from now through 4/12/2023. Each book costs $25.00.

To order your yearbook, follow these steps:

1. Go to order.remembermeyearbooks.com.
2. Enter your access key: W52FZKZKBN.
3. Enter your student's details and choose your quantity.
4. Proceed with checkout and place your order.
5. After placing your order, you will receive an email confirmation.

The April lunch menu is by itself, but the May and June lunch menus are combined due to June being so short. You are welcome to place both orders at once, but this is not mandatory.

*The April lunch menu will close on March 31st

*The May/June lunch menu will close on April 28th

Please Note:

*The last day for PK is May 25th

*The last day for 8th grade is June 2nd

As a reminder, credits are issued in the event of a school closure, field trip or an extended absence of three days or more.

https://fmsecure.orgsonline.com/m_login.aspx

Please be sure to take care of any outstanding balances.

Help make one of the students' favorite fundraisers a success! Please consider donating by 3/31. Details are in the flyer below. Thank you!

Faith Rally is TUESDAY, April 18th! All students are invited to wear their home-made or best faith shirt (with uniform bottoms - NO PE shorts please) for the "Wear Your Faith T-shirt" contest! (Girls with jumpers can either wear their faith shirt over the jumper or under.) Plan to gather up some non-perishable items and send them in on Tuesday, Faith Rally day so we can support our Food Pantry. Get ready for a great day of faith and fun! We can't wait to celebrate our faith with the students! #Thywordisalampuntomyfeet

Sign up HERE!

This fun and fanciful event is highly anticipated, as this is our first year back in person after a three year hiatus. Enjoy an evening out with friends, fellowship and a spirit of charity for our school!

We are excited to announce our raffle: we are raffling off FREE TUITION for ONE student for an entire school year! Thank you to the Knights of Columbus Council #1470 for helping sponsor this raffle! This raffle will kick off our whole event, which is followed by the Brown Bag Auction, that includes specially assembled, kid-themed baskets. The baskets will be on display at the school and students will have many opportunities to browse the baskets and vote for their favorites.

Friday, April 21, 2023 is our main event, which will be a cocktail party at the beautiful Fenwick Inn in Leonardtown from 6:00pm-9:30pm! Tickets are on sale NOW to attend the social event. The auction will be held online, so even if you cannot attend the event, you’ll be able to participate in winning the items for auction and the purchasing of the Tuition Raffle! This event is open to the public with the purchase of a ticket so please invite friends of Father Andrew White or family to join us for a fun evening out!

Our event has many exciting parts, so be on the lookout for more information as we get a little closer. Here's what you need to know:

- Buy your event tickets NOW via the link below to secure reduced pricing

- Auction items will be available for preview on April 10

- Auction Bidding opens online on Monday, April 17

- Brown Bag Auction starts April 18 for kids at school

- Spring Social Event at Fenwick Inn Friday, April 21 at 6:00pm (doors open at 5:30pm)

- Bidding CLOSES at 7:30pm on Friday, April 21

**The FAW Auction Committee is seeking 12 volunteers to help on the day of the event. Please contact Carla Carrillo if you’re able to help: carla.carrillo@mac.com

Tickets are now available for purchase with this link: https://fundraiser.support/FAW2023

We hope that you’ll join us in making this event a success!

~ The FAW Spring Social & Auction Committee

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Father Andrew White Catholic School has opened enrollment to new families for the 2023-2024 school year. We welcome you to consider becoming a part of this amazing, award winning school. Schedule a private tour to discover how our students are "Learning Today, Leading Tomorrow, Living our Faith." Call the office at (301) 475-9795 or email office@fatherandrewwhite.org.

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.

Short Prayer for Healing - "Father, help me to keep my focus on You when the pain and hurt are overwhelming. Help me be faithful and see the good and blessings surrounding me. Please strengthen my mind, heart, and body, and heal me today. May the Holy Spirit guide me in peace and comfort. Amen."

Aside from prayer, you've probably heard that laughter is the best medicine. In fact, Proverbs 17:22 actually says, "A joyful heart is good medicine!" Therefore, I now challenge you to use the natural "medicines" of prayer and joy, and have a truly blessed week!

Please join us in prayer for a fellow Catholic school student from St. Mary's Bryantown. You can follow his journey at Finn's Fierce Fight.

This year the Catholic schools are participating in relay races on May 13, 2023 at St. Mary's Ryken. VIRTUS cleared parent volunteers are needed to assist during the training sessions (Tuesday/Thursday from 2:30 - 4pm). Additional volunteers are needed on the day of the event from 12 - 4pm. Please let Katy Burfield know you'd like to help by emailing her at kateburfield@gmail.com.

Our Knights of Columbus, St. Mary's Council #1470 is in need of our help! They are looking for adults who are able to be Floorwalkers. The primary job is to walk up and down the tables and sell Holders to the bingo players. Volunteer hours can be earned from 6pm to about 9 or 9:30pm on Fridays at Father Andrew White School. The point of contact is Steve Tomaszeski. Please reach out via phone 240-808-3560 or email steven.tomaszeski@gmail.com. Thank you for considering helping this wonderful organization who does so much for our community!

❏ Send in an envelope with money for your child to shop in the School Store (tomorrow)

❏ Order Hot Lunch

❏ Send in items for the Brown Bag Auction

❏ Try on Spring Uniforms

❏ Sign up to be a Summer Maintenance Volunteer

❏ Consider volunteering to help the KofC with their Friday Bingo

❏ Order Gift Cards

❏ Send news and pictures to FAWnews@fatherandrewwhite.org

❏ Submit Volunteer Hours

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