SFCS Weekly Howl - 5.13.24

Happy Monday!

We are officially in our last two weeks of this academic year!

Our Spring MAP testing has gone well as we have moved to the make-up testing phase this week. Score reports will be included with your student's report card in June, as well as any photographs from Grandparent's Day.

We still have quite a few events scheduled before the last day of school, so please be sure you are checking the "What's Ahead" calendar feature below as well as your email for details on time, place, and any updates.

Yearbooks were distributed to the 8th grade class on Friday. The distribution of yearbooks will continue today during all lunch periods. If you did not preorder a yearbook and would like to purchase one, please contact the School Office. We do have a limited supply of yearbooks for $20 each. Congratulations to Taylor K. and Michelle C. for having their artwork featured on the covers of our 2023.24 yearbook!

Finally, we are excited to again offer a Summer Reading program for our students! Please see information below. An email will also be sent outlining the program and providing the reading log.

Wishing you a fabulous week ahead!

Blessings,

Andrea

Andrea Smith, M.Ed., LPC, NCC

Principal

**FOR INFORMATION ON ATHLETICS, PLEASE SCROLL DOWN TO THE ATHLETICS SECTION. **

May 13 - Yearbook Distribution - grades PreK - 7th

May 14 - Last Bake Club

Athletic Awards Night

May 15 - May Crowning

May 19 - School Family Mass - St. Francis By the Sea Catholic Church

8th Grade Confirmation - Holy Family

May 20 - 5th Grade Play

May 21 - Kindergarten Promotion Ceremony

4th Grade Field Trip

8th Grade Graduation Practice

May 22 - 8th Grade Last Day

8th Grade Graduation Practice

4Q Academic Awards Presentation

8th Grade Send Off

8th Grade Cap and Gown Distributed

May 23 - Talent Show

May 24 - Last Day of School - Noon Dismissal

Move up Day - Grades PreK - 7th

8th Grade Mass and Graduation Ceremony

Please be sure to check your closets and drawers for missing items. Our lost and found pile is growing! Any items not picked up by the end of the month will be donated or thrown away. Thank you!

While we continue to accept applications for enrollment and re-enrollment, we are now reaching waitlist status in some classes. Please contact the school office for more information. (843) 681-6501.

Get ready SFCS readers! We are excited to announce the Summer Reading Olympics for 2024! Information and the reading log will be emailed to families this week. Please contact Mrs. Amanda Keefer (amanda.keefer@sfcshhi.com) for more information.

Beginning the week of June 3 through August 2 the School Office will have the following summer schedule:

Monday and Friday - Closed

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday - 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Should you need special assistance outside of these hours, please call the School Office

(843) 681-6501 to arrange an appointment.

May 19, 2024

SFCS Holy Bears are available in the SFCS Spirit Shop along with t-shirts, hats, bracelets, bows, and more! Stop by before the summer to pick up a gift for someone special!

The Island Discount Card provides discounts at a variety of businesses on the Island. Each card is $25 or buy four get one free. Cards may be purchased from the School Office by check made out to SFCS or online through Hometown Ticketing. To purchase online, please click here SFCS ISLAND DISCOUNT CARDS. There is a small surcharge for processing when purchasing online. Thank you for supporting SFCS through the purchase of an Island Discount Card!

The first graders have been learning about how the Earth moves around the Sun and the phases of the Moon.

The 2nd Grade put on three wonderful performances of the "Mother Goose Character Camp" last week. The students did a fabulous job singing, dancing, and acting! Thank you to Mrs. Sweeney, Mrs. Gaherty, and Mrs. Schoeppe, for helping the students showcase their wonderful talents.

The 3rd grade visited historic Beaufort last Thursday. They enjoyed their time touring the town on a horse drawn trolley and stopped for ice cream as a special treat.

The 4th grade used manipulatives to study volume this week. They also enjoyed a visit from Rosie, the comfort dog.

Mrs. Brewster’s 5th Graders researched the world’s biomes. Students designed pizza box displays depicting the plants, animals, climate, and temperature of their biome. A special thanks to the Wolf Family and Giuseppi’s Pizza for providing the materials to make this creative, student-driven learning a success.

Mrs. Brewster’s 5th Grade class welcomed Mr. Tovar-Rozo who spoke about the profession of Sales and Marketing. Mr. Tovar-Rozo heads up this division for an Internet Service Provider. The students learned about the importance of a strong work ethic and perseverance. Thank you, Mr. Tovar-Rozo, for inspiring us to always do our best.

Congratulations to Megan K. for solving the diagramming dilemma in Honors English 8!

The Houses competed in their last academic competition this past Thursday in a Religion competition. The MS Houses will have one more athletic competition to earn points before the grand tally for the House Trophy Cup! The winner will be announced at the 4Q Awards Program on May 22. Good luck to all the Houses!

Congratulations to the following students who competed in the St. Francis 2023/2024 Chess Club:

8th Grade:

Ed Thompkins, Rocco Blum, Will Chapman

7th Grade:

Henry Wright, Zachary Szypczack, Matt Chapman, Cisco Cedeno, Will Heitman, Noah Perrine, Drew Borgmeier, Andrew Perilli, Lewis Wolf

6th grade:

Greyson Taylor, Luke Middleton, Liam Fisher, Leyton Powers, Cameron O’Rourke

Throughout the year, all 17 students competed in up to 6 varsity tournaments. 6th Grade who joined in the second semester competed in 2 separate JV tournaments before all being promoted to participate in the last 2 Varsity tournaments of the season.

Varsity and JV Champions:

Lewis Wolf- Grand Champion – Lewis had an overall Tournament record of 5w- 1 loss compiling a record of 23 wins vs 2 losses. Lewis will have his name engraved on the Chess Club plaque located outside the school library.

Matt Chapman- Champion. Matt had an overall tournament record of 1 win vs 4 losses compiling a record of 20 wins vs 5 loses. The win over Liam Fisher was Matt’s sole tournament victory. All of Matt’s losses were at the hands of Lewis in the final round of each tournament.

Liam Fisher- Honorable Mention. Liam joined Chess Club in the 2nd semester and won 1 JV Championship. He was immediately promoted to the Varsity where he upset Lewis in his first ever varsity tournament . Liam fell only to Matt Chapman in a very intense tournament final. Liam finished in the final 4 of each of the 3 Varsity tournaments he participated in.

Cameron O’Rourke- JV Tournament Champion

As each tournament progressed, the students who were eliminated from tournament play were able to play for the Win Championship in which the student with the most accumulated wins over the course of the season took top prize.

Cameron O’Rourke- Win Champion. Cameron joined Chess Club in the second semester. He was a student of the game in which he constantly looked for competition, asked questions and thrived in challenging himself to do better every time he participated. Not only was he the JV tournament champion, his 12 wins made him the Win Champion in his only semester of competition.

The faculty and staff were honored throughout the week by FSA, parents, and students. The faculty and staff enjoyed breakfasts, lunches, a special blessing at Mass, a bouquet of flowers, and a gift bag of supplies, candy, and gift cards. Thank you to our community of students and parents who love our faculty and staff so well! 💛

On Friday, Mrs. Smith celebrated her birthday with cupcakes for all the students, faculty and staff. Mrs. Smith felt lots of love as students sang happy birthday and surprised her with beautiful cards, balloons, and flowers. 💙

On Friday, May 10, the new 3rd grade teacher, Ms. Nickles stopped in to meet students in the 2nd grade. We are excited to welcome Ms. Nickles to SFCS for the 2024.25 academic year!

The Athletic Award Night has been rescheduled for Tuesday, May 14 at 6:00 p.m.

Thank you to our Athletic Sponsors for the 2023.24 academic year. We are grateful for your support!

Do you have any news about alumni from SFCS? If so, please contact Andrea Smith (andrea.smith@sfcshhi.com) with information to share. Please include the year of SFCS graduation.

St. Francis Catholic School, a ministry of St. Francis By the Sea Catholic Church, partners with several of the Parish ministries. Please refer to this section of the Weekly Howl for information and events of those ministries who have a partnership with our school.

The WOSF will be selling Belk coupons to be used during their charity event on June 7 -9. When shoppers buy a $5 coupon from WOSF, they will be able to use that coupon for $5 off any purchase at Belk, June 7 - 9. The WOSF gets to keep all money raised which will go towards the St. Francis Catholic School Scholarship Program. The coupons will be on sale May 18 & 19 after all Masses.

The St. Francis Thrift Shop is looking for volunteers to work in the store. Any amount of time you can give the SF Thrift Shop will fit your availability into a schedule. Interested volunteers should contact Eleanor Bell, Embell31@outlook.com.

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