Week At A Glance, May 19th to 23rd

Victoria Day & Pro-D Day: 
A reminder there is no school on Monday, May 19th and Tuesday, May 20th. Enjoy the Victoria Day long weekend. The school will re-open on Wednesday May 21st at 8:40 am.

Monday, May 19th, 2025:

• VICTORIA DAY –  NO SCHOOL

Tuesday, May 20th, 2025:

• PRO-D-DAY –  NO SCHOOL

Wednesday, May 21st, 2025:

• High Jump practice 7:30 am. Please drop your child off with Miss Pratley at the Parish Hall. Students will be walked back to the school
• Throwing Practice at lunch
• Hot Lunch

Thursday, May 22nd, 2025:

• New Kindergarten Early Learning Program
• Grade 7 Pizza Lunch Fundraiser
• Track practice 3:00 pm – 4:15 pm. 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.
• PEC Meeting at 6:30 pm

Friday, May 23rd, 2025:

• Grade 5 Class to Victoria
• Rosary at 10:30 am (Kindergarten)
• Jeans Day $2.00 for BC Children’s Hospital
• Grade 7 $2.00 Ice Cream Sandwich Fundraiser

SFA Website – new features!: 
We are working on refreshing different aspects of our school website and now have a feature called, “Life at SFA”.  It contains video footage and interviews with students and staff at SFA.  A lot of hard work went into the production of this feature and we are incredibly proud that it showcases our school so well.  You can find the videos by going to the SFA school website under the “About” tab and look for “Life at SFA” or you can click HERE to be taken directly to the page.  Enjoy and share these clips with families and friends!

Jeans Day May 23rd: 
Jeans Day is May 24th at SFA in support of BC Children’s Hospital. This hospital provides medical care for the province’s most seriously ill or injured children. An average of 690 sick and injured children receive care every day at BC Children’s Hospital and over 200,000 children are cared for every year there. If students would like to wear jeans they are asked to bring in a toonie. 

Uniform Reminders: 
A friendly reminder for both boys and girls uniforms: dress shorts, kilts, tunics, skorts are to be no higher than two inches above knee. When in uniform black shoes are required at all times.

PE uniform includes wearing the SFA PE t-shirt and SFA PE shorts for PE classes. The SFA jogging pants and jacket are to be worn on top of the shorts and t-shirt, if needed (it is optional). Thank you.

McCarthy Uniforms: 
Please see below information for ordering uniforms, bundle promotion and store hours.

Pizza Lunches: 
The last Grade 7 Fundraising Pizza lunch will take place on June 5. Please click on the link below to order. Thank you for your support.

JUNE 5 PIZZA LINK Deadline:  May 28, 2025

Parish Education Committee Election (PEC) Update:

Please note that the nominating committee members for the PEC Elections that are to take place the weekend of May 24/25, 2025 are Mr. Matthew Langford and Ms. Annie Kaderly. If you have any questions about the PEC elections or nominating process please contact the school at office@sfaschool.ca

Grandparents Tea Friday May 30th:

SFA Carnival June 1st, 2025:

Date: Sunday, June 1, 2025
Time: Noon – 4:00 pm
Location: St. Francis of Assisi Parish Garden, 2025 Napier Street, Vancouver

Admission includes:

• Admission to the Annual SFA Carnival
• All-day game-play
• Unlimited photos at the photo booth
• One free cakewalk entry
• Bouncy castle with slide
• Arts & crafts table
• Face painting

Tickets:

• $10 per person
• $15 at the gate
• Free admission for children under 5

Purchase admission, food, and drink tickets here: Annual SFA Carnival – Saint Francis of Assisi School
 

Italian Days On The Drive, June 8, 2025:
St. Francis of Assisi will be participating in the Italian Days on the Drive on Sunday, June 8, 2025!  We are in need of volunteers to help out. This is a great way to fulfill your Parent Participation hours! Those interested in volunteer opportunities for this day please reach out to our Parent Participation Coordinator, Mrs. Kathryn Percy at:  parentparticipation@sfaschool.ca

We are looking for volunteers to help set up, sell food and take payments and do take down. Especially looking for people with food safe. Please email Pamela at sfachurchevents@gmail.com for more information.

The Great Grandview Garage Sale June 21, 2025:
Rent a table and sell your no longer wanted items for some quick cash. if you don’t want to rent a table, but have items you want to donate to the church to sell, that’s also an option. We are looking for volunteers to help set up, sell food, sell donated items and do take down. Please email Pamela at sfachurchevents@gmail.com for more information.

School Supply Donations:
We are a group of students from Notre Dame Regional Secondary organizing a school supply donation initiative to support children who may not have access to the materials they need to learn and grow.

This project was inspired by a story shared by one of our team members, whose mother works in the inner city of the Surrey school district. She spoke about students who arrive at school without any supplies or do not have extra materials at home. Hearing this deeply moved us, and we felt compelled to take action.

Like many students, we received a school supply package each year and brought those items home at the end of the school year. Over time, this led to a buildup of school supplies, such as crayons, pencils, sharpeners, and scissors, that are still in good condition but no longer needed.

Our goal is to collect these extra supplies, clean and organize them into kits, and donate them to students who would benefit from them. If your family has any extra school supplies (used or unused) that you’re willing to donate, we’d love to include them in this initiative. Donations will be collected until the end of the school year.

Donations will be collected in each classroom. Thank you for helping us make a positive impact in our wider community.

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

2025 – 2026 School Application:
We are still accepting applications for the 2025 – 2026 school year. Please forward the attached application package to any family and friends.

UPCOMING DATES:

May 27th – New Kindergarten Early Learning Program

May 28th – CISVA Track Meet at Swangard, Hot Lunch

May 30th – Grandparents Tea 10:30 am to Noon at church hall

Jun 1st – Family Mass 10:30 am (Staff), Carnival at church hall and garden

Jun 2nd – Panorama photo – All students to be dressed in winter uniform (including school sweater)

Jun 3rd – Kindergarten & Grade 6 Immunizations (Consent forms have been sent home)

Jun 4th – CISVA Track Meet at Swangard

Jun 5th – Staff Appreciation Lunch

Jun 6th – Eucharistic Adoration/Rosary Grade 6

Jun 9th – PRO-D DAY – NO SCHOOL

Jun 10th – New Kindergarten Orientation at 1:00 pm 

Jun 13th – Donuts for Dads, Grade 4 Nature Writing Workshop, Step Up Day 1:00 pm, Grade 7 Leaving Ceremony 

Jun 14th – Work Bee 8:30 am 

Jun 19th – Grade 7 Fundraiser Pizza Lunch, PEC Meeting 6:30 pm  

Jun 20th – School Mass Grade 7 at 9:15 am, No After School Bus   

Jun 24th – Wolf Recognition Assembly 1:00 pm  

Jun 25th – Last Day of Before & After School Club  

Jun 26th – Last Day of School, 9:15 am Mass (Grade 6), Noon Dismissal, Learning Updates Go Home 

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