SFSS Family Newsletter

Every week, the students, faculty, and staff realized how blessed and lucky we are to have the community we have. Here are just some of the latest examples of how lucky and blessed we are:

• We have so many generous donors, volunteers, and supporters who have reached out recently looking to sponsor fundraisers, purchase items off our classroom wish lists, and want to help with public relations events and with obtaining grants.
• The faculty and staff have noticed how many of our students have grown academically and socially this year; including our 6th graders who demonstrated the largest growth from September to January in math and reading in the entire diocese.
• We see the Holy Spirit at work with families asking about the sacraments: working with Fr. Carlos on Baptism prep for those wanting to enter the church and with Mr. Cass on reconciliation and Holy Communion prep.
• Caring families and staff who go above and beyond the call of duty to help others.
• We are very fortunate to have Fr. Mull and Fr. Carlos who just love the school. Fr. Mull works hard to preserve Catholic education and making sure our school can continue into the future. Fr. Carlos devotes his time to engage with students and share his creativity to help students participate in and share their faith.

Thank you for to all who help make this school and community a beautiful place to work, learn, grow, and thrive!

Please don't forget to turn in the RSVP form attached below on Monday, March 20th.

Our teachers have a conference day, so there is not school for students.

Don't forget it's time to re-enroll for next year. Karen Struzik has been busy helping families to re-enroll. Our goal is to have 120 students!

In February, you should have received this email:

St Francis/St Stephen School’s administration and staff are already looking ahead and making plans for next school year. In preparation for the start of the {EnrollmentYear} school year, please take time now to complete {StudentFirstName}'s reenrollment.

To complete our online reenrollment process, you will access our Family Portal through your existing login. If you do not have a login, please follow the Instructions for Creating a Family Portal Login listed below.

To access Family Portal:

• Please go to FACTS Family Portal
• Type in your username and password. If you have forgotten your username or password, please click on the link provided
• Go to left-side Navigation Menu
• Click on Apply/Enroll
• Click on Enrollment/Reenrollment

Our Enrollment system will open with a link to the enrollment packet for {StudentFirstName}. The process should take approximately 15 minutes to complete. Your information will be saved if you need to quit and come back later. If you have any questions, please contact our office.

Sincerely,

St Francis/St Stephen School

315-789-1828

Instructions for Creating a Family Portal Login

• Please go to FACTS Family Portal
• Select Create New Family Portal Account
• Enter your email address as provided in your application to the school.
• Click Create Account
• You will receive an email from FACTS Customer Support containing a link that will allow you to create your username and password. For security purposes this link will remain active for 6 hours.
• Log into Family Portal as instructed above.

If you need any help reach out to Karen Struzik - 315-789-1828 option 2.

Thank you for those who have spread the word about our Read-a-thon. We are a 3rd of the way to our goal. If every student asks 4 people for $25 each, we will meet our goal in no time.

Only two weeks left!

If you want to make a donation to our school's Read-a-thon, go to https://app.99pledges.com/fund/2023RAT . Thank you!

Don't forget to send pictures of your children doing the reading activities and encouraging them to keep on reading!

Thank you to all who ordered or shared the ordering. We are going to receive $899.46 profit.

We exceeded the goal! Every little bit helps.

If anyone has any gift cards or items they would like to donate for this event or other upcoming events, please send into the school marked raffle/prize items.

Wednesday afternoon was our SFSSS Spelling Bee!! Our 5th & 6th graders competed to represent SFSSS at the annual Sister Mary Smith Spelling Bee on Thursday, April 27 at 7:00PM at St. Mary's School in Canandaigua.

We had 11 excited students interested in being our representative! 5th graders Brandon, Francesca, Elizabeth Anne, Lucy, Janelle, and Miles, and 6th graders Isabella, Alycia, Wyatt, Caleb, and Matthew all did a WONDERFUL job!! All of them would have represented SFSSS well!! Their classmates were their audience cheering them on.

Congratulations to Isabella Andrade for winning our SFSSS spelling bee, and to Elizabeth Ann Ciancaglini for being our alternate!! Isabella will be our representative at the St. Mary Smith Spelling Bee!

Congratulations to all of our spellers! We are proud of all of them!!