Welcome to the second week of Advent! This week’s theme is “faith” and I find the theme very fitting as we kick off putting our faith in action with our annual St. Vincent de Paul food drive this week! Although all non-perishable food and toiletries are accepted, St. Vincent de Paul has provided the following guidance per grade to help target their greatest item needs: 

As we enter this last full week of school before Thanksgiving vacation, it’s a great opportunity for us to join in communion at the table and celebrate our SJF family tomorrow at our Thanksgiving feast. With turkey and all the fixings, we are looking forward to a fantastic celebration for our students to give thanks for all we are given. Thank you Chef Ken and Chef Kris for helping transform this SJF tradition “COVID style” so we can keep thanksgiving in our minds and in our hearts.

This week we start our first service project of the year, “High 5” for St. Jude’s. Each student is encouraged to bring in at least $5.00 to benefit St. Jude Research Children’s Hospital...