  St. Jude Children's Math-A-Thon Students will receive their Registration Forms and Math Fun Books for the MATH-A-THON on Monday, January 30th. The MATH-A-THON may also be completed online. St. Jude's is a Cancer Research Hospital that offers treatment to children with cancer. Our goal this year is to raise $4,000. Please make checks payable to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Cash contributions are also accepted. The MATH-A-THON begins on January 30th and the students will have a minimum of one month to complete the funbook and collect pledges. This is a wonderful opportunity to not only get extra practice in Math, but to learn the joy of helping others less fortunate. Math-A-Thon Online Fundraising Instructions - Student Destiny Library Program Recently, students were presented with our new library program Destiny. There are many amazing features to this program. It is web based so that you are able to access our Library Catalog by going to: https://sfas.follettdestiny.com This program will enable your child(ren) to search the catalog for books they need for school reports, projects, or for their own enjoyment. I am available to assist students @ 8 a.m. If you have any questions, please call or send me an email at weindelmayerg.sfas@gmail.com This page will show you the Top Ten Books checked out; Resource Lists, and New Arrivals. This page also allows you to search for books by title, author, subject, keyword, and series (as in the Library Search Section). Books are displayed by their covers. You click on the book to find more information on it. You will also see similar books that you may like to read. You will also see if the book is available. In Destiny Quest you can also look up other books by ‘browsing the shelf.’ Click on Browse Shelf to see titles and the covers of books. In both Library Search and Destiny Quest you can add a book to “Your List” to check out at another time.
Our school is once again participating in the Pizza Hut BOOK IT! Reading Program. This program begins on October 1st and ends on March 31st and students in grades Kindergarten through Grade 6 are eligible to participate. BOOK IT is easy and fun! Your child has the opportunity too earn Reading Award Certificates by meeting monthly reading goals. These certificates can be redeemed at a participating Pizza Hut restaurant where your child will receive a BOOK IT! award and a free one-topping Personal Pan Pizza. I use our Reading Incentive Goals in conjunction with the BOOK IT! Program. If students in Kindergarten though Grade 4 read 10 books per month, they will receive a BOOK IT! certificate. Students in grades 5 and 6 need to read 5 books per month to receive this certificate. Thank you so much for encouraging you child to read! Reading Incentive Program This program is an integral part of our reading program. It has been designed to encourage reading in a wide range of areas and thus enrich each child's world view. The program is based on the completion of four goals. As your child reads a book, record the title and author on the goal sheet. Each goal requires the reading of 10 books. When the goal is completed, return the goal sheet to school and your child will receive a certificate for completing the goal and the next goal sheet. A detailed description of the program will be sent home with the first goal sheet. Books that your child started reading as of the first day of August may be listed on the goal sheet. Please encourage your child to read. If your child is unable to read, anyone may read to him/her. Certificates and goal sheets are sent home each week. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me at weindelmayerg.sfas@gmail.com |
St. Francis School 
18825 Fuller Heights Road, Triangle, VA, 22172 Phone: 703-221-3868 Fax: 703-221-0700