Hannaford Helps Schools Thank You - Hannaford Helps Schools recently let us know that we will be receiving $389.04 as part of their Fall rewards program. Thank you to all those who participated!
Upper Campus Honor Roll - Congratulations to our upper campus scholars who achieved Honor Roll for the 1st quarter! Please view the list of students HERE!
Re-enrollment Reminder - Don’t forget to re-enroll for the 2025-2026 school year! All students must be enrolled by January 15 in order to guarantee a seat for the next school year. Early re-enrollment helps the school with planning and budgeting for the upcoming year. The enrollment packet can be found in the Family Portal of the “primary” parent under Enrollment/Reenrollment. Thank you for your prompt attention to this!
NEXT WEEK! 5th Grade Parent Meeting - 5th grade parents are invited to attend Making Middle School Meaningful: An Introduction to the Upper Campus on Wednesday, December 4 at 6:30 PM in the gym at the upper campus. This program is for 5th grade parents only and will introduce all that the upper campus has to offer 6th grade students next year. (Please note that this evening is intended for parents only. Students will have their own introduction to the upper campus on Step-Up Day on the morning of Wednesday, February 5.) For more information, 5th grade parents should refer to the email they received last week or contact Lorrice Bedard at [email protected].
THIS WEEK! Progress Reports - Progress Reports for the second quarter of the school year were emailed to all parents on Tuesday, November 26.
NEW! NEXT WEEK! No After Care - Just a friendly reminder that there will be NO After Care on either campus on Friday, December 6 so that all families, faculty, and staff can attend the Christmas Tree Lighting at 6:00 PM.
NEW! Annual Appeal - Our Saint Christopher Academy Annual Appeal is underway! Letters explaining the appeal were mailed to current families, staff and faculty, alumni, alumni parents, and community friends last week…please let us know if you did not receive the letter or if you would like the information mailed to a grandparent, friend, or other potential supporter! The Annual Appeal is the second of our three school-wide fundraisers and all funds STAY at Saint Chris to directly benefit our students. Donations to the Annual Appeal can be made by sending a check into school, by donating online HERE, or by texting SaintChris to 53555. Our goal for this year’s Annual Appeal is $80,000…we look forward to periodically updating parents on our progress through the Wednesday News! Please join us in reaching this important goal!
NEW! Lower Campus Winter Apparel Reminder - Winter weather will be here very soon, so it’s time to remind everyone about wearing appropriate outerwear for the colder months! Our lower campus students WILL be going out to recess and After Care as long as the temperature is above 20 degrees and it is not raining, so they should be wearing winter coats, hats, and gloves when the weather is cold. Boots should also be worn when it is cold and especially when it is snowy. Please remember to have students bring their regular school shoes in their backpack too as they are not allowed to wear boots in school. We know that students often resist wearing winter clothes, but we are counting on parents to help us keep our kids warm and healthy!
NEW! Winter Weather Uniform Reminder - Students at both campuses are reminded that leggings are not allowed under skorts or jumpers. Tights of any kind can be worn or girls may choose to wear the uniform pants. In addition, no shirts, turtlenecks, etc. are allowed under short sleeve uniform polo shirts.
Pajama Drive to benefit The Pass Along Project – We are happy to be participating in a Pajama Drive for The Pass Along Project again this year! The Pass Along Project collects and distributes clothing bundles to children who enter the foster system. We will be collecting pajamas for these children who often arrive at a foster home with nothing. Please click HERE for specific instructions! Families on both campuses are urged to participate until December 13!
NEW! Hot Lunch Ordering for January - Ordering for January’s Hot Lunch will open on Sunday, December 1st and run through midnight on the 15th on Boonli.com. Please be sure to place your order early in case of technological difficulties. You will receive an email confirmation once your order has been placed….if you do not receive that email, your order has not yet been placed and your child will not receive Hot Lunch for the month. Thank you!
NEW! January Calendar Notes -- Looking ahead January, we have a few schedule notes for your calendar:
- Our first day back to school after Christmas vacation will be Monday, January 6.
- There will be NO After Care on Thursday, January 9 so teachers can enjoy their Christmas party!
- We will have NO school on Monday, January 20 in observance of Martin Luther King Jr Day.
- Wednesday, January 29th will be an Early Release day for teacher professional development.
NEW! Dogs at Lower Campus Dismissal - Please keep all dogs in your car before, during, and after lower campus dismissal. Dogs should not be taken to ANY part of our lower campus grounds to relieve themselves, even if you are cleaning up after them. Our students play across all of our campus and we must keep the area as clean and sanitary as possible. Thank you for your cooperation with this!
UPDATED! SCRIP for Christmas! – Did you know that you can purchase gift cards to most popular retailers and restaurants quickly and easily online through the Shop with Scrip Program…AND benefit Saint Chris at the same time? Click HERE, select “Join a Program,” and create an account using our school code 751C7D6L13155. Gift cards are available from a long list of retailers and restaurants and all gift cards will be shipped directly to the school. The school receives anywhere from 1.25% to 14% of your gift card purchase! Christmas is a perfect time to give the program a try, with gift card options like Dunkin Donuts and Starbucks, Target, and Barnes and Noble! SCRIP also has an app for your phone that makes ordering and managing gift cards soooo easy! Check out RaiseRight by ShopWithScrip! Please note: All Scrip orders must be placed by December 10 to guarantee delivery before school vacation!
UPCOMING EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES
NEW! Upper Campus Snowflake Dance - Upper campus students are invited to attend the Snowflake Dance on Friday, December 13 from 6:00 - 8:00 PM in the cafeteria! Tickets will be on sale during lunch from December 3 to 6 for $5.00. See Mrs. Osborne for more details.
Monthly Food Collection - Mr. Spidaliere’s class has decided to do a monthly food collection for the Corpus Christi Food Pantry. All families are welcome to donate! Students may drop donations in the 3S classroom at any time.
December Activities - We have a busy month of Christmas events coming up in December, so be sure to mark your calendar now!
- NEXT WEEK! Tuesday, December 3: PreK to grade 2 Christmas Concert at 9:30 AM in the church hall
- NEXT WEEK! Friday, December 6: Christmas Tree Lighting at 6:00 PM at the lower campus (No After Care that day)
- Wednesday, December 11: Christmas Concert for grades 3 to 8 at 7:00 PM in the gym.
- Friday, December 13: Upper campus Snowflake Dance
- Wednesday, December 18: Upper campus Lessons and Carols at 9:45 AM in the gym.
- Wednesday, December 18: Lower campus Prayer Service at 1:45 PM in the church.
- Thursday, December 19: Christmas Free Dress and lower campus Christmas Crafternoon
- Friday, December 20: PJ/Polar Express Day on both campuses
- December 21 - January 5: Christmas Vacation!
NEXT WEEK! Christmas Tree Lighting and Blessing of the Bambellini: Gather the whole family for our Christmas Tree Lighting on Friday, December 6 at 6:00 PM in front of the lower campus building! This event is a beautiful tradition in the Saint Chris community and includes the blessing and lighting of our school Christmas tree, the story of the promise of the Messiah and the birth of Jesus told in short bible readings, and the singing of traditional Christmas carols. Families are also invited to bring their bambellini…the baby Jesus from their home nativity…for a special blessing….just like at the Vatican! All are invited!
Upcoming School Masses - All parents are invited to attend our school masses! Parents must enter through the front door of each campus facility, sign in, and receive a nametag to attend. All upper campus masses are at 9:45 AM and lower campus masses will be at 1:45 PM unless otherwise noted. The schedule for the next month is:
- December 5 - Upper campus CANCELED!
- December 9 - Lower campus Immaculate Conception Mass @ 9:45 AM
- December 9 - Upper campus Immaculate Conception Mass @ 9:45 AM
- December 18 - Upper campus Lessons and Carols @ 9:45 AM
- December 18 - Lower campus prayer service @ 1:45 PM
- January 8 - Lower campus (grades 3-5) @ 1:45 PM
- January 16 - Upper campus @ 9:45 AM
- January 21 - Lower campus @ 1:45 PM
- January 27 - Lower campus Catholic Schools Week Mass @ 9:45 AM
Upper campus students will attend Mass at Bishop Guertin High School
NEW! Auction Website is LIVE! Our new and improved Auction website is now live HERE on the school website! You can use the website to purchase tickets, donate items, purchase advertising or sponsorships, read FAQ’s and more! Check it out TODAY!
NEW! Auction Committee Meeting NEXT WEEK! - This year’s Auction is going to be a slam dunk of a good time! Please join us in planning this fabulous event in support of the school by attending the next Auction Committee Meeting on Monday, December 2nd at 7:00 PM in the conference room at the upper campus!
Student Programs and Activities
NEW! Christmas Free Dress - Our classrooms will be fun and festive over the last two days of school with TWO Christmas free dress days! On Thursday, December 19, all students on both campuses are welcome to wear their favorite red, green, and white free dress. On Friday, December 20, all students should wear their favorite school-appropriate pajamas for a special Polar Express day! For both days, all students should keep in mind our free dress guidelines outlined in the parent-student handbook!
Cheerleading for Grades 5 to 8 - Gooooo Wildcats!! Grade 5 to 8 students are invited to join our upper campus cheerleading squad! The squad will cheer at select JV and Varsity Basketball games throughout the winter. Practice times and dates to be determined as soon as the squad has been created. If your child would like to join the squad, please sign him or her HERE. If the squad is full, please use the waitlist!
DEADLINE THIS WEEK! Ski Club - Registration for this year’s Ski Club is now underway! The Saint Chris Ski Club is a fun opportunity to learn how to ski or snowboard through Crotched Mountain. It is a 6 week program beginning Friday, January 10th. Students depart school about 2:45 pm to arrive at the mountain for a 4:00 pm lesson. Lessons run an hour long after which students are welcome to enjoy dinner in the lodge and ski the rest of the evening. Buses depart, heading back to school, at 8:00 pm sharp. For more information, please email Mrs. Beauregard at [email protected].
$408 is the cost for lift tickets, lessons, and rentals for all 6 weeks. There are also a la cart options for lift, rentals and lessons so you can get only what you need. There will be a separate charge for the bus which will be posted once we get a final head count. NOTE: Only students in grades 3-8 are permitted to ride the bus. Our younger students are welcome to join Ski Club but must be accompanied by a parent and will need to have transportation to and from the mountain.
IMPORTANT: All students must be registered for Ski Club using the form HERE by THIS Sunday, December 1st!
Chess, Checkers & Cribbage Club! New members are ALWAYS welcome to the Chess, Checkers, and Cribbage Club. To view the schedule for upcoming meetings, please click HERE!
UPPER CAMPUS UPDATE: Due to low student interest, we will not be providing Chess, Checkers, and Cribbage Club for the upper campus at the moment. If there is interest in the future, we will start it up again. Please contact Carol Fiore, [email protected] with any questions.
Parent Volunteers
Parish Appreciation Christmas Cookies -- Tis almost the season of giving! Please help us share our Christmas joy with the pastors and parish staffs of our Deanery! Bake your favorite Christmas goodies (or bring your favorite Christmas candy!) and deliver them to the front desk on either campus on Monday, December 9th by 9:00 AM. We will use everyone's delicious treats to create giving plates of cookies and candies for delivery to each of the parishes in our Deanery in appreciation of their support of Catholic schools. We are still in need of a few more cookie and candy donations! Please sign up using the SignUp Genius HERE and thank you for your contribution to this wonderful project!
Parish Christmas Cookies Delivery - We also need parent volunteers to deliver the cookie plates to the parishes on the morning of Tuesday, December 10! A couple parishes are still open for delivery help! Please see the SignUp Genius HERE!
NEW! Hot Lunch Volunteer Schedule - Thank you to our fabulous Hot Lunch volunteers! The schedule for the next week is:
Thursday, November 28
LC: No Lunch - Thanksgiving Break
UC: No Lunch - Thanksgiving Break
Friday, November 29
LC: No Lunch - Thanksgiving Break
UC: No Lunch - Thanksgiving Break
Monday, December 2
LC: Melanie Marcu, Beth Kreick
UC: Diane London, Paul Schibbelhute
Tuesday, December 3
LC: Dorene Krauss, Leslie Bellows
UC: Nadra Bell, Jen Liba
Wednesday, December 4
LC: Colleen Rice, James Rappaport
UC: Sandra Delosa, Robert Delosa
NEW! Popcorn - Thank you to this week’s popcorn poppers:
Lower Campus: Thanksgiving Break
Upper Campus: Thanksgiving Break
ST. CHRISTOPHER PARISH NEWS
NEW! Saint Nicholas Day Celebration at St. Christopher Parish!
When: Sunday, December 8th
Time: Following 10:00 AM Mass
Where: Church Hall
Join us to learn about this beloved Saint's dedication to Jesus through stories and celebration!
🎨 Children's crafts and activities
☕️ Light refreshments & treats provided
THIS WEEK!! Thanksgiving Mass - St. Christopher Parish will hold a Thanksgiving mass on Thursday, November 28 at 8:30 AM. What a wonderful opportunity to give thanks to the Lord for all of his gifts this year!
St. Christopher’s Moms & Minis – Meet with other moms for hot coffee, light treats and conversation in the church hall. Our minis get to play while we chat and grow in faith and fellowship! We meet every 1st and 3rd Wednesday at 9 - 10:30 AM during the school year, with play dates throughout the summer. For additional information call or text Alex Sullivan at 603-479-4554.
NEW! Parish Advent and Christmas Schedule: School families are cordially invited to attend any of the upcoming Advent and Christmas season masses and activities:
COMMUNITY NEWS
Happy Hearts Day Care - Happy Hearts Day Care, located across the street from the lower campus at 12 Cushing Ave, has one opening for before and after care. The hours are 6:30 to 8:30 AM and 3:00 to 5:30 PM. We accommodate on snow days, two hour delays, early release, no school days (except for the major holidays) and even if there is a power outage. They also provide care on the Christmas, February and April vacation weeks. If interested, please call Linda at 603-321-9320.