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Po Box 27
Clifton 4361
Ph: (07) 46973366
Fax: (07) 46973067
Email: [email protected]
6th June, 2013
Pickup in the Rain
One night, at 11:30 p.m. an older African American woman was standing on the side of an Alabama highway trying to endure a lashing rain storm. Her car had broken down and she desperately needed a ride. Soaking wet, she decided to flag down the next car. A young white man stopped to help her, generally unheard of in those conflict-filled 1960′s. The
man took her to safety, helped her get assistance and put her into a taxicab.
She seemed to be in a big hurry, but wrote down his address and thanked him. Seven days went by and a knock came on the man’s door. To his surprise, a giant console col-our TV was delivered to his home. A special note was attached. It read: “Thank you so much for assisting me on the highway the other night. The rain drenched not only my clothes, but also my spirits. Then you came along. Because of you, I was able to make it to my dying husband’s bedside just before he passed away… God bless you for helping
me and unselfishly serving others.
Sincerely,
Mrs Nat King Cole.”
Dear Parents
The above story is a good example of the Good Samaritan Charism of our school which is to
help others in need. We encourage our students at all times to help others in need.
Our Inaugural Art Show is only a week away (next Friday, 14th June 2013) and excitement is
rising amongst the children for the Pyjama Movie night that will take place on the same night. We
are planning to feed the children their snack at 6.10pm and then start their movie either in the
Prep/1 classroom for P-3 or Yr 4/5 classroom for 4-7 by 6.30pm. If you intend to join us on the
evening, please return the reply slip if you have not already done so.
The school has obtained a Liquor Licence and will be selling Beer, Wine and Soft Drinks. Any
profit made from these sales will help pay for the Art Show materials and the balance of funds
will be donated to Leukaemia Foundation.
We are also holding a Gold Coin Donation Free Dress Day next Thursday(13/06/13) in aid of
Red Nose Day, with funds raised being donated to the SIDS foundation.
A correction from last week’s newsletter is that Jaeden Ruhle was competing in the Darling
Downs Tennis Trials as a member of the Southern Downs Team. Well done Jaeden.
This Week’s Liturgy Roster
Saturday, 8th June 7.00 p.m.
Welcoming: E Lyons
POF/OHP: H Gillam
Alter:
Readers: B Pollard & J Pauli
Offertory: E & D Lyons
Eucharistic Ministers: M Baker & l Murphy
Cleaning: J Keleher, J Meara, C Horton, G
Murray & A Marks
Quote of the Week
“Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire
you to build theirs.” – Farrah Gray
God Bless, Brett Pollard Principal
Club Hotel Raffle Roster June 7th— D Lucas & M Lyons
June 14th— D Batham & P McKenzie
Tuckshop Roster June 7th — C Stace & E Gascoyne
June 15th — C Stace & R Whitaker
SCHOOL FEES: School Fees for Term 2 are now due. Please remember that these fees help with the smooth running of the school and are vital to pay for most of our everyday expenses. It would be appreciated if any families having difficulty meeting this commitment could con-tact me as soon as possible.
Dates To Remember
JUNE 2013: 6th - School Accreditation 13th- Free Dress Day - Gold Coin Donation for Red Nose for SIDS Day 14 th - SFDS ART SHOW (Friday - 6pm) 17th - School Reports Home 19th - Athletics Field Events (Wed -10.30 am) 21 st - Track and Field Carnival at school. 21st - Term 2 Ends at 3.00 pm
JULY 2013 8th - TERM 3 Begins 9th - Sacramental Program Meeting 4pm 12th - NAIDOC DAY Celebrations (At school) 22nd- Catholic Education Week 26th - Bishop’s Pupil Free Day 29th - CD Track and Field
AUGUST: 31st - Father’s Day Bush Dance (Saturday Evening)
2014 March 14th - Parish Fete at the school. (Friday even-ing)
CONGRATULATIONS TARA
Tara Wilkinson represented the school at the
Scots PGC Equestrian Extravaganza last
weekend. . She won the Combined training
(dressage and jumping) and was awarded
Champion Primary School Rider with the best
overall score .
She also finished 4th and 5th in the pure
show jumping event She represented St
Francis with pride and beat some very com-
petitive schools.
A fine effort, well done!
St Francis de Sales Boys take away
the trophy for the Footy Competition
at Gala Day.
Members of the combined St Pats, Allora and St Fran-cis de Sales Soccer Team who were awarded first place at Gala Day. Well done!
WOOLWORTHS EARN AND LEARN STICKERS The Woolworths Earn and Learn promotion has started. As with last year, St Francis de Sales School has nominated the Mater Hospital Special School as the school we wish to support. This is a great way of supporting the sick children who have to attend this school while in hospital. This is an easy way of doing a fund raiser for them without families dipping their hands into their own pockets.
