News Archive

Eye of the Storm Weekly News for the Week of February 13th is available on our YouTube channel!

At St. Francis, focus on Universal Mental Health Strategies is a key priority and focus - specifically looking at pillars of safety, regulation and relationship. Ms. Kraft has a prominent (and beautiful) bulletin board to support students with positive mindsets and changing the narrative. #HealthySchoolsSFA

We are sad to say farewell to Ms. Spiess who finished her last day here at St. Francis. It’s not goodbye, just see you later! Ms. Spiess is heading to work as a teacher at Holy Spirit Academy. We will miss you! You have been such a blessing to this school. ♥️

Friendly reminder! Our Grade 5s are hosting a Valentine's Day Bake Sale this Tuesday! Purchase any item for $1 - all proceeds donated to Coldest Night of the Year! #sfacares

Our Movie Night has begun! A huge thank you to Parent Council for planning and organizing this fun evening for families to enjoy - comfy start to the weekend!

St. Francis of Assisi had 4 teachers (Mr. Alleluia, Ms. Leger, Mrs. Olson and Mrs. Gatto) attend Writers' Workshop for the last two days alongside Mrs. Avramovic who is part of the district's Workshop Team! 100% of the teachers who teach Language Arts have now participated in this in-house professional development. Together we work to continuously improve our teaching practices and build consistency across grades. #sfalearning 📖📚📝

To say we had fun today for 100 Days Smarter is an understatement!

On Friday, February 17th, students at St. Francis of Assisi are encouraged to wear PINK for Pink Shirt Day. The Pink Shirt Day design was inspired by moments of kindness, empathy and understanding that can mean so much to children impacted by bullying. For bullied children, it can be hard to know where to turn. But a helping and supportive hand can make a world of difference! Remember that whether it's sending a check-in text, calling out bullying behaviour when you see it, or simply offering your support, there are so many ways we can all help and connect with people being bullied. Let's Lift Each Other Up this Pink Shirt Day, and all year round!

A week of 100 Days Smarter Trivia! Kindergartens were the first to place their ballots after morning announcements. Each grade level had a different question to correspond to some of the things they’ve learned within the first 100 days of school. Stay tuned for tomorrow!

Science in Grade 5 is looking at separating mixtures!

Attention Kindergarten to Grade 3 Families FRIENDLY REMINDER: PRE-ORDERS FOR FOOD (PIZZA & TREAT BAGS) DUE THIS SUNDAY! Order online healthyhunger.ca No outside food or drink are permitted. Bring your blankets and pillows! Donations to Parent Council accepted at the door ❤

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In Science, Grade 1 students are using their senses to determine if we should eat snow. Today they surveyed their peers. So fun! #SFALearning

Grade 7 students commenced their study of poetry in Language Arts. Today they had an opportunity to go on a scavenger hunt to help test their skills on what they’ve learned so far about forms/structures of poems and poetic devices! #SFALearning

Staff and families from St. Francis of Assisi have organized a team to participate in the Coldest Night of the Year Walk, an initiative to raise money for local charities serving those experiencing hurt, hunger, and homelessness. Not able to join our team? Support the cause by donating to our team page!

Well this is proof that old trends always find their way back! Today was the first day of the Division 2 Yo-Yo Club! So much fun!

We loved getting to see all of your Kindergartens with their favourite books! We are sad they didn’t include us on the invitation to the PJ party!

Mr. Leidl's Monthly Newsletter is now available! See full version here:

Our Kindergartens had some fun sporting their favourite pajamas to school yesterday. Bonus - they brought in their favourite bedtime story to share with the class. Nothing better than a good book in comfy clothes! #SFALiteracy

Poems made to perfection! 4B did a beautiful job making collages to publish their colour poems.