Week At A Glance, April 27th to May 1st

Monday, April 27th, 2026:

• Spring Uniform Starts
• Track Practice 3:10 pm to 4:15 pm at Templeton Track. Please pick up your child from the school no later than 4:30 pm. Any students who have not been picked up by 4:30 pm will be sent to the After School Club and you will be charged for this service.

Tuesday, April 28th 2026:

• Long Distance Track Practice at 7:45 am at Templeton Track. Please drop your child off with the teacher. Students will be walked back to the school. 

Wednesday, April 29th, 2026:

• High Jump Practice at 7:30 am at the Church Hall. Please drop your child off with Miss Pratley. Students will be walked back to the school.
• First Communion Retreat 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
• Hot Lunch
• Throwing Practice at lunch
• Chess Club 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm (Students in Grade 4-7 who signed up)

Thursday, April 30, 2026:

• Grade 7 Pizza Lunch Fundraiser
• Track Practice 3:10 pm to 4:15 pm at Templeton Track. Please pick up your child from the school no later than 4:30 pm. Any students who have not been picked up by 4:30 pm will be sent to the After School Club and you will be charged for this service.

Friday, May 1st, 2026:

• Rosary (Grade 3)
• Confirmation Interviews with Father Lucca (Grade 7)

Saturday, May 2nd, 2026: – First Holy Communion 11:00 am

Gym Update
The foundation of the gym has been laid and the large frames have arrived. Work will commence on Monday. A reminder that Venables Street will be closed Monday from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.

Catholic Outreach – Fundraiser for Miguel
Miguel is a 9 year old boy living in Bolivia, and we send money every year to help him and his family.
The candy fundraiser will run from Monday April 27th to Friday May 1st. Students can bring in a minimum $1.00 donation, each guess will be $1.00, with a maximum of 5 guesses per jar. You can put in a guess for all 3 jars. On Friday, May 1st, Mr. Colford and Ms. Raymond will be announcing who had the closed guess for each jar. The winner will win all the candy inside. The 3 candy jars will be in the LRC room at lunch time.

SFA Carnival
This year’s SFA Carnival will be held on May 31st. Please consider volunteering to help make this a fun event :

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1X5TFvfjAkKga-suRIupMpg8Uefw4VDeX9_o6F5w5Dho/edit

This year’s Talent show will be from 1:30 to 3:30, sign up is now open : 

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeB-mf-Sf41AOx3gIFNGmf-do4d6hQU0-5iITs5RVxwKs7Hbg/viewform?usp=header

SFA Preschool
Did you know SFA has a preschool? Located at the Church, SFA Preschool offers a caring, faith-based 4-hour morning program that gives children a wonderful foundation before kindergarten. Limited spaces are still available for 2026/2027. Email preschool@sfaschool.ca or apply online.

St. Francis of Assisi Parish Education Committee (PEC):
The SFA PEC is a group of 7 parishioners who assist the pastor and principal in ensuring that the school is following proper governance and policy.  If any parishioner is interested in being nominated to be on our PEC please contact the parish office:  parish@sfaparish.ca   Thank you.

Summer Camp
Mrs. Busto and Mr. D will be running a summer camp from July 6th to July 31st. This camp is for current SFA students and incoming SFA students. More details will follow. Please forward any questions directly to Mrs. Busto (c.busto@sfaschool.ca) or please speak with Mr. D.

School Calendar: Please click on the link for the school calendar.  https://sfaschool.ca/calendar/

SFA Instagram Page! Follow us on our new Instagram page @sfavancouver to keep up to date on all the news.

UPCOMING DATES:

May 4th  – St. Helen’s Track Meet at Swangard

May 7th – Vancouver Aquarium Fieldtrip (Grade 3)

May 8th  – Victoria Fieldtrip (Grade 5), School Mass (Mother’s Day & May Crowning) 9:15 am (Grade 1)

May 9th – Work Bee 8:30 am

May 15th  – Sports Day, Noon Dismissal, ASC Noon to 3:00 pm

May 18th  – NO SCHOOL – VICTORIA DAY

May 19th  – NO SCHOOL – PRO-D DAY

May 22nd – Grandparents Tea 10:30 am to Noon at the Church Hall, Rosary (Kindergarten)

May 27th – CISVA Track Meet at Swangard

May 29th – Rosary (Kindergarten)

May 31st – SFA Carnival at the Church Garden

Jun 1st – Panorama Photo (All students must wear their winter uniform with their school sweater)

Jun 3rd – CISVA Track Meet at Swangard

Jun 5th – Rosary (Grade 4), Confirmation Mass (Grade 7) at 4:00 pm

Jun 9th – New Kindergarten Orientation 1:00 pm 

Jun 13th – Work Bee 8:30 am

Jun 15th – NO SCHOOL – PRO D-DAY

Jun 19th – Grade 7 Mass at 5:00 pm and Leaving Ceremony

Jun 25th – School Mass 9:15 am (Grade 6), Last Day of Classes, Learning Updates Go Home, Noon Dismissal

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