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Blessed Sacrament Family Guild Newsletter
March 2018
Mission Statement Blessed Sacrament School is
dedicated to providing an
atmosphere of love, trust and
care among students. Our
mission is to teach the Gospel
message, to build community
life in the Church and to
provide services to our
community. Blessed Sacrament
School provides students with
a Christian foundation as it
assists students to develop
spiritually, emotionally,
academically, physically, and
socially
Thank You Dinner Please join us at our April
16th meeting where we
will have a special thank
you dinner for all those
who have volunteered
during the past school
year. You make these
special events possible
and are the heart of
Blessed Sacrament
School!!
March Meeting
Monday, March 19
7:30pm
PCMR
Dues
Family Guild dues are
$15.00
*Dues can be paid at
any Guild Meeting or
may also be sent through school
with your child to Lori Cataldo,
Guild Treasurer. Please mark the
envelope with your child’s name
and grade so it can be properly
recorded. Please remember that
attendance at 4 meetings per
year is required along with dues
being paid for the current school
year if you are interested in
becoming a class mother next
school year.*
Nominating Committee For
2018-2020 Family Guild Board
A new Family Guild board
will be selected in the
next few months. In order
to do this, first a
Nominating Committee
needs to be chosen. Voting
for the Nominating
Committee will be at the
March meeting.
Nut Cards If you attend our
March and April
meetings you will
receive a NUT card
via email for your
child/children to use
on May 21, the day of
our Guild meeting.
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A Message From Our Principal, Joseph Cocozello
With the season of Lent upon
us, as we approach the month of
April, the third marking period is
well underway and there is plenty
of teaching time remaining. In my
opinion, the third marking period
often is a great indicator of how
our students are progressing.
Although preparation takes place
throughout the year, we will now
put added emphasis on New State
Exams which will administered in
April (ELA) and May (Math).
We are excited to have had
our 2nd graders make their First
Penance and we look forward to
their First Holy Communion in May.
Second grade is always a special
year in the lives of our children.
In closing, in light of recent
events, several parents have
reached out to me regarding
safety in our school. Please know
that the well-being of our entire
staff and all of our students is the
utmost priority. I am fully
confident that our school is safe
however we intend to reinforce
proper procedures and we are
looking into ways that we can make
our school even safer.
A Message From Our President, Maria Giambrone
I can’t believe that we are three months into
this year already! Time is flying by and pretty
soon the end of the school year will be upon us!
We had a couple of events recently and they
were amazing as always. Thank you to all of those
who volunteered to make them possible. February
Fortune, hosted by the Titan League was at the
end of February. Everyone dusted off their
cowboy boots and hats and came out to support
our sports program. I heard that it was a great
time and it looked like so much fun! Also in
February, we hosted our Family Fun Ice Skating
Day at the Staten Island Pavilion. Thank you to
Kelly Merrill who put this event together. It was
another successful day. On Superbowl Sunday, we
had our Annual Mother Daughter Breakfast at
the Staaten. It was a beautiful event as always.
Much appreciation to Lisa Salaris, Diane Toomey
and Izz Marani for creating such a wonderful
Mother Daughter memory for everyone. Thank
you to Jeanne Avitto, Jennifer Manzella and
Michelle McAllister for planning a fun Mother
Son night of bowling. Many thanks to Christine
Burke and Kim Burbano for volunteering at the
event.
Coming up, we have a lot more events being
planned. We are always looking for volunteers to
chair or help out at events. Some of the fun
things that we have to look forward to are:
Grandparents Day, Mother/Son Scavenger Hunt
for the upper grades, Talent Show, Installation
Dinner, Chinese Auction and Block Party. Please
reach out if you are interested in helping out at
any events. Looking forward to the weather
getting nicer, spring flowers, and the end of the
school year!
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Mother- Daughter Breakfast
Many thanks to Diane
Toomey, Lisa Salaris, Izz
Marani and their volunteers:
Nicole Briscoe, Dawn
Minogue and Kathy
Manuelian and for another
beautiful Mother-Daughter
Breakfast. It is such a
wonderful event to celebrate
Blessed Sacrament Schools’
girls and their Mothers,
Grandmothers and Aunts. It
is a special day especially
for our graduating 8th
graders and their Moms.
Mother Son Bowling Thank you to Jeanne Avitto,
Jennifer Manzella and
Michelle McAllister for
planning this fun event. We
are grateful to Christine
Burke and Kim Burbano for
spending their time
volunteering for this event.
Staten Island St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Thank you to all those
who came out to march
for the parade with
Blessed Sacrament
School. It was cold but
such a fun event to
participate in! Thank you
to Tracy McTiernan for
leading the BSS group.
Monthly Dine Outs
We hope that you can
participate in our
upcoming fundraising
dine outs!
Tuesday, March 27 11am to Close
Ho’Brah 412 Forest Avenue
*MUST HAVE FLYER*
20% of all dine in, take
out and bar tabs will be
donated back to BSS
Tuesday, April 17 11:30 am-10pm
Manor House 917 Manor Road
20% of ALL SALES for the day eat in or take
out donated back to
BSS! Thank you to our chair
ladies Lisa Bifalco and Stefanie Murray
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Calendar Events
Monday, March 19:
Last Day for Yankee Candle
Orders
Family Guild Meeting-
PCMR 7:30pm
Wednesday, March 21:
Grandparents/Special
Someone Day
Friday, March 23:
Last Day for Bread of Life
Food Drive
Pizza Day
Friday, March 30:
Good Friday- No School
Sunday, April 1:
Easter Sunday
Monday, April 2-Sunday,
April 8:
Easter Break- No School
Friday, April 6:
9am Mass Dedicated to Miss
Sandy
Wednesday, April
11-Friday, April 13:
ELA State Exams- Gr. 3-8
PCMR 7:30pm
Friday, April 13:
Pizza Day
Saturday, April 14:
Mother/Son Scavenger Hunt-
Gr. 6-8
Monday, April 16:
Kick off for JDRF Walk
Family Guild Meeting and Thank You Dinner-
7:30pm GYM
Upcoming Events
Grandparent’s/ Special Someone Day
“From firm roots grow beautiful
leaves”
Mass at 9am and
reception to follow in
the Gym
*This is a prepaid
event*
Thank you to Kelly
Merrill and Lori
Cataldo for organizing
this very special day.
Sweetheart Dance Wednesday,April 4
6:30-10:30 pm
LiGreci’s Staaten
For more information
contact:
Colleen Mulvey@718-313-5520
Michele McNeely@917-453-070
or
Jill Bruen@347-244-5543
Mother/Son Scavenger Hunt
Saturday,April 14
11am-1pm
“The High Line/
Meatpacking District
Hunt”
This event is for 6th,
7th & 8th grade Mothers
and Sons. Please contact Kari Byrnes@
917-846-8315 or Nicole
Briscoe@917-915-2517
See you at our next Guild meeting:
April 16
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Standing Committees
Helping Hands
If you know a family in need, please
contact
Kerry Falcone at (917) 902 -6945 or
Jeanne Avitto at 917-887-2656
Wake Committee
If you become aware of a death in the
family of our students,
please notify
Dawn DeGeorge (718) 876-5190 or
Elaina Singh (718) 273-0247
Campbell’s Soup Labels and Box Tops For
Education
Labels and box tops can be sent
through school to the Parent Guild
Mailbox.
Please mark the envelope “Campbell’s
Soup Labels” or “Box Tops”. Chair
Ladies are Laura Ventre and Ellen
Devlin
A+ Rewards
Attention Stop and Shop customers!
BSS has the opportunity to earn cash
through Stop & Shop A+ School
Rewards Program. If you registered
your card last year, you DO NOT need
to re-register this year. You can visit
the website:
www.stopandshop.com/aplus to verify
correct school assignment. Also, don’t
forget to encourage your friends and
relatives to do the same.
Supermarket Gift Cards
Supermarket Gift cards are on sale
everyday in the school office from
7:30am-3:30pm. Stores include Stop
and Shop, Met Food, Shoprite and
Kohl’s
Blessed Sacrament School
Leadership and Staff
Pastor
Monsignor Peter G. Finn (718) 442-1581
Faith Formation
Sister Anne Dolores Van Wagenen
School Phone (718) 442-3090
Principal
Mr. Joseph Cocozello [email protected]
Secretary
Mrs. Marcelle Durante [email protected]
School Nurse
Kerry Spencer, R.N. (718) 273-9366
After School Program
Coordinator Mrs. Barbara Castanza
Contact Us:
Website and Email
Visit our Family Guild tab on
the school website for forms,
information on our standing
committees, fundraising
events and future monthly
newsletters online at
www.blessedsacramentsi.com
or email us @
theguild@blessedsacramentsi.
com
President
Vice President
karibyrnes@[email protected] Recording Secretary
Corresponding Secretary [email protected]
Treasurer
Flyers for our
upcoming events are
included at the end of
the newsletter for
your convenience.
Feel free to contact
us with any questions
or suggestions
regarding Guild
functions. We are
always open to new
ideas!
