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PO Box 21297 Barrigada 96921 Telephone: 789-1270 Fax: 789-3900 Email Address: [email protected] Website: https://sfcscrusaders.com/ Facebook: Francis St. FrancisFully accredited by the Western Catholic Educational Association and is co-accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges

MONDAY March

9Hot Dog with Chili, Fruit, Tea and Water

TUESDAY March

10Chalakilis (Chicken with Creamed Rice), Fruit, Tea and Water

WEDNESDAY March

11HC Franks with Tomato Sauce and Corn, Rice Fruit, Tea and Water

THURSDAY March

12Red Rice,Teriyaki Chicken, Salad, Fruit, Tea and Water

FRIDAY March

13N O C L A S S E S Parent-Teacher Conference

Hafa Adai Todus Hamyu! This week has been a challenging one for our students, as they took their 3rd Quarter Exams.

Our Boys Volleyball Team had their last home game this week. We thank Mr. Noel Martinez and all those who made these home games possible. The outcome of the games do not matter, rather, that h0me games bring out the best in you. Also, our Saint Francis community is always hospitable and welcoming to our guests.

We wish our 1st Place winner, Kyra Quinata, and our alternate Landen DeVera good luck as they represent our school at the Islandwide Spelling Bee this weekend. Goooo Crusaders!

On March 9th, we begin the 4th and final Quarter of this exciting school year. Our 8th graders are now preparing for their Promotional Ceremony.

Next week we celebrate Simanan CHamoru 2020 (CHamoru Week 2020). We will have daily activities, which can be found in the following pages. Thank you, Mr. Kev, for developing and facilitating the week’s events.

The Parent Alumni Organization (PAO) is hosting the second annual CHamoru Food Fest fundraiser next Saturday, March 14th in the Multi-Purpose Building (MPB). Please purchase your tickets, as all donations will go toward the renovation of the school’s MPB. Special entertainment will be provided by PreK and Kinder students, and those in grades 2, 3, and 5. We are grateful to have the PAO assisting us, as the school is unable to do this alone.

Motus Spiritu! Mr. Anthony Quitugua, VP

Second Sunday of Lent

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The SFCS Parent Alumni Organization (PAO) invites one and all to its second annual CHamoru Food Fest Fundraiser on Saturday, March 14, 2020! All who come to support the event will enjoy a tasty spread of local dishes, to include fish, kelaguens, and even a roasted pig! There will be CHamoru desserts too! The event will take place in the school Multi-Purpose Building. Doors open at 6:30pm, and dinner will begin at 7pm. Saint Francis students will be dancing and singing as dinner entertainment! It will be an awesome treat!

Adult tickets are being sold for $20.00, and tickets are $10.00 for SFCS students and non SFCS students ages 11 and below. Tickets can be purchased in the Finance Office during the week. All proceeds will go toward the renovation of the Multi-Purpose Building. In time, our students and families will enjoy the completion of Phase 1B, which includes retractable basketball courts, a volleyball system, bleachers, and new flooring.

We can do this, Saint Francis familia! Thank you, and God bless you for all your continued prayers,

support, and financial gifts!

MARCH 2020

NO CLASSES Guam History and

CHamoru Heritage Day 3rd Quarter Exam Week4th Quarter

Begins CHamoru Week FestivitiesNO CLASSES

Parent-Teacher Conference

(8:30am-12:30pm)

CHamoru Food Fest Fundraiser

6:30pm

3rd Quarter Awards Ceremony

School Mass 8:30am

Full-Dress Uniform

Buy-Your-Change

Buy-Your-Change

Buy-Your-Change

Buy-Your-Change

Mulan 2 Movie Fundraiser at

Micro Mall at 10am

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To prevent miscommunication and ensure your child’s safety, please contact the Main Office regarding the changes in your child’s transportation BEFORE 2:00PM for remainder of the school year.

We kindly ask for your cooperation in dropping your child at the waiting area. Please refrain from walking your child to class after the 7:45AM bell rings. This will help ensure a safe school environment.

Finance Office: Parents and Guardians, to prevent the assessment of the $30.00 late fee, tuition payments must be paid no later than the 15th of every month.

Electronic Devices: Parent and Guardians, please label your child’s electronic device with their name.

Tardy Procedure: All students who arrive at or after 8:00 AM are required to be escorted to the main office by a parent/guardian to be signed in. Office staff will walk elementary students to class.

Car Drop-Off & Pick-up Area: In order to efficiently facilitate the movement of the pick-up lane, please DO NOT park and leave your car unattended. Consider others who are in line to pick-up their children.

To alleviate traffic in the pick-up area- Middle School students who have siblings in Elementary & are car riders, shall BOTH be picked up in the MIDDLE SCHOOL PICK-UP AREA. The same procedure will apply for any relatives of the child(ren) who are being picked up by an AUTHORIZED INDIVIDUAL.

Dress Out Days or Buy- Your- Change: Students are still required to follow our dress code policy when dressed out of uniform. Leggings, hoodies, ripped or bleached clothing are not allowed. The length of skirts and dresses are to be below the knees. Clothing must not depict evil, violence, or inappropriate graphics/words.

(SIGN OF THE CROSS)Gi na’an i Tata, yan i Lahi-na, yan i Espiritu Santo. Amen.

TATAN-MAMI (LORD’S PRAYER / OUR FATHER)Tatan-mami na gaige hao gi langet, matuna i Na’an-mu, umamaila’I gobietno-mu, umafa’tinas I pinto’-mu asi gi tano’ komu gi langet!Na’i ham pa’go nu’i kada ha’ani na aggon-mami ya un asi’i ham nu’I diben-mami, taiguihi I asisi’i i dumidibi ham siha, ya cha’mo pumopo’lo na in fanbasnak gi tentasion, lao na’fanlibre ham gi tailayi. Amen.

SI YU’OS UNGUINEGUE MARIA (HAIL MARY)Si Yu’os unguinegue Maria, bula hao grasia. Si Yu’os gaigue guiya hago. Matuna hao entre todos I famalaoan ya matuna I finanagumo as Jesus. Santa Maria, nanan Yu’os tayuyute ham ni man isao pago yan I horan I finatai-mame. Amen.

UMATUNA I TATA (GLORY BE)Umatuna I Tata, yan I Lahi-na, yan I Espiritu Santo. Taiguihi I tutuhon-na pago, yan siempre yan I minaihinekkok na ha’ane. Amen.

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Morning Mass

What a wonderful way to begin each day by attending and celebrating mass at St. Francis Church at 7:00 a.m., (except for Thursday) before school begins at 7:45. Parents are always welcomed to attend. For students arriving to school earlier than 7:30 a.m., they will be directed to go to the church to attend Mass. SFCS staff will be there to supervise: Sr. Clare Marie, Mr. Joseph Capulong and Mrs. Martha Sudo. Should students arrive after the reading of the Gospel, they should not receive Holy Communion. Instead, they may still line up with their arms crossed and go to the altar and be blessed by Father, including the little ones and those who have yet to receive their First Holy Communion.

SPORTS NEWS Our 4th Quarter sports will be starting

soon, and we are looking for coaches for both boys basketball and girls rugby. If

you or someone you know may be interested, please have them call the school. We would need coaches by

March 15, 2020. If we are not able to secure coaches by then, we would not be able to enter these two sports this year. Our student athletes would be able to participate in Track and Field for 4th

Quarter if basketball and rugby are not secured. They would also have the option of playing basketball or rugby for another

school that has a team entered. Either way, there are still opportunities for our

student athletes to display their athleticism in the 4th Quarter.

CHAMORU YEAR HAS BEGUN! Saint Francis students now enjoy full-colored CHamoru-themed posters, thanks to the Chamorro Studies Division of Guam Department of Education! Students can visit various classrooms to learn more about our island and culture! BIBA!

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LENT IN A NUTSHELL Lent begins with Ash Wednesday (this year February 26) and ends on Holy Thursday (this year April 9). On the evening of Holy Thursday the Sacred Triduum beings. The 40 days of Lent correspond to the 40 days that Jesus spent in the wilderness to fast, pray, and endure the temptations of the devil, all in preparation for his public ministry which would culminate in his death on the cross.

HELPFUL DEFINITIONS FAST: Eating less food than normal (does not necessarily mean no food). • What you can eat: One normal, full-sized meal, and two smaller meals which if combined would not

exceed one full meal. • Why: “Denying material food, which nourishes our body, nurtures an interior disposition to listen to

Christ and be fed by His saving word. Through fasting and praying, we allow Him to come and satisfy the deepest hunger that we experience in the depths of our being: the hunger and thirst for God.” –Pope Benedict XVI

ABSTINENCE: Do not eat meat. • What you can eat: fish and seafood • Why: “Catholic peoples from time immemorial have set apart Friday for special penitential

observance by which they gladly suffer with Christ that they may one day be glorified with Him. This is the heart of the tradition of abstinence from meat on Friday where that tradition has been observed in the holy Catholic Church.” –USCCB

ALMSGIVING: Material generosity to the less fortunate. • What you can give: money, goods, acts of charity • Why: Almsgiving “represents a specific way to assist those in need and, at the same time, an exercise

in self-denial to free us from attachment to worldly goods . . . Almsgiving helps us to overcome this constant temptation, teaching us to respond to our neighbor’s needs and to share with others whatever we possess through divine goodness.” –Pope Benedict XVI

IMPORTANT DAYS DURING LENT Ash Wednesday: Marks the start of Lent and the time for penance. Obligatory day of fasting (ages 18 to 59) and abstinence (ages 14 & over).

Fridays of Lent: Obligatory abstinence (ages 14 & over). All Fridays (even outside of Lent) are days of penance.

Holy Thursday: Lent ends and the Holy Triduum begins in the evening with the commemoration of the Institution of the Eucharist at the Last Supper.

Good Friday: The anniversary of the Crucifixion of Christ (no Mass). Obligatory day of fasting (ages 18 to 59) and abstinence (ages 14 & over).

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Holy Saturday: Christ is in the grave conquering death and freeing the captives. Final day of Lenten fasting (no daily Mass, Easter Vigil begins at sundown).

Sacred Triduum: The period of 3 days (Holy Thursday + Good Friday + Holy Saturday) during which we remember Christ’s Passion, ending at the Easter Vigil (Saturday evening).

Easter Sunday: Lent has ended and the joy begins, the day of Christ’s resurrection, the principle Christian feast of the entire liturgical year. This is the celebration of Christ’s victory over sin and death merited for us by his passion, death, and resurrection from the dead on Easter Sunday.

OBLIGATORY DUTIES DURING LENT Fasting & Abstinence: Our obligatory duty on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. Abstinence: Do not eat meat on the Fridays of Lent. Treat it as a day of penance. Confession: Catholics are obligated to fulfill their Easter Duty by receiving Holy Communion at least once during the Easter season (from Easter Sunday to Pentecost), therefore the Sacrament of Penance for any mortal sins is required prior to this, and is strongly recommended as a Lenten penitential practice for any venial sins prior to the Easter feast. BEST LENTEN PRACTICES • The entire season of Lent is a penitential season. The liturgical color for Lent is purple (just like

Advent) to show that it is a special time of penance. Taking up additional practices, such as self-imposed fasting outside of the obligatory times, Lenten devotions and spiritual reading, Stations of the Cross, a daily rosary, serving the poor, etc., all enhance the penitential and spiritual aspect of Lent.

• Make the Sacrament of Reconciliation (confession) an important part of your Lenten penitential practice. Many parishes have special times for confession during Lent. One traditional devotion towards this sacrament is to make a general confession of your whole life using an examination of conscience.

• Attend Mass on Ash Wednesday. While it is not a Holy Day of Obligation, all are encouraged to attend to receive ashes on the forehead.

• Attend Mass on Holy Thursday to commemorate the institution of the Eucharist, called the “Mass of the Lord’s Supper.”

• At 3 o’clock on Good Friday, pause and make a special effort to keep this hour sacred. This is the hour of Christ’s death on the cross, after which redemption for mankind was completed. Praying the Divine Mercy chaplet is ideal at this time (it just takes five minutes), or participate in our parish Good Friday Services.

• If possible, try to clear your schedule in order to reflect through the living Stations of the Cross service on Good Friday.

• Continue your Good Friday fast up to the start of the Easter Vigil to correspond to the entire time from Christ’s death on the cross until his resurrection on Easter Sunday.

• Attend the Easter Vigil at sundown on Holy Saturday to welcome the Easter Sunday feast. Pray for those being received into full communion with the Catholic Church at this Mass, that they will remain faithful to Christ and his Church, grow in holiness, and become saints.

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• On Easter Sunday and throughout the Easter season, fully celebrate the joy of Christ’s Resurrection and the conquering of sin and death he merited for us. Greet one another with the Paschal Greeting/Easter Acclamation, “Christ is risen!” and the response, “He is risen indeed!”

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SAINT FRANCIS SCHOOL MOVIE DAY FUNDRAISER

Sunday, March 29, 2020 ~ 10am ~ Micronesia Mall $12.00 per person ~ Tickets sold at school Main Office

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SFCS CHAMORU WEEK 2020 MONDAY, MARCH 9 Theme: I HINENGGE (The Beliefs) Dress-out option: Dress as your favorite CHamoru legend or person Phrases for the Day: “Eskulan San Francisco” - Saint Francis Catholic School “Katoliku” - Catholic “Guma’ Yu’os” - House of God (Church) Activity: 8:30-10am Morning Assembly - CHamoru Week Kick-off Activity History Tour: Meet Sirena, Santa Marian Kamalen, Puntan Dos Amantes, and Punta yan Fuuna

TUESDAY, MARCH 10 Theme: I KOTTURA (The Culture) Dress-out option: Bahaki, Mestisa, khakis with white-t-shirt, shell necklace, woven hat, etc. Phrases for the Day: “Hunggan” - Yes “Ahe’” - No “Korason” - Heart “Hu Guaiya Hao” - ‘I Love You’ Activity: 1:30-2:30pm CHamoru Dance Activity

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11 Theme: I LENGGUAHI (The Language) Dress-out option: We a shirt with any CHamoru words Phrases for the Day: “Maolek Yu’” - I’m good “Listu Yu’” - I’m ready “Dispensa Yu’” - I’m sorry / Excuse me Activity: 1:30-2:30pm CHamoru Words Competition (Words and Picture Matching) Note: *All Guam Flag poster entries are due.

THURSDAY, MARCH 12 Theme: I BANDERAN GUAHAN (The Flag of Guam) Dress-out option: Buy-Your-Change Activity: 8:30-9:30am Morning Assembly - CHamoru Week Closing Judging of Guam Flag posters 1-2:30pm COCOlympics (Coconut Games) -Over and Under, Shot Putt, Grating, Tug-O-War, Talaya Throw

FRIDAY, MARCH 13 No Classes - Parent Teacher Conference

BIBA, SIMANAN CHAMORU!! !9