Think back to your days at St. Francis Xavier School... If we asked you, "What do you remember about the church basement?", what would you say?
Some of you might remember having gym class there or maybe attending the fish fries and spaghetti dinners. Did you ever attend the Parish Carnival and do you remember the shuffleboard on the tile floor? And how could we forget all of the time students spent there eating lunch with classmates?
So many of us have fond memories from all of the time we spent in the church basement. Fast forward to today, and you will find students enjoying their lunch, laughing with friends, and carefully planning their recess activities together. As you can imagine with a 60+-year-old building and a basement that gets limited natural sunlight, our lunchroom needs some updates.
Currently, our folding tables are long and narrow making it difficult for students to have conversations in small groups. Because of the inefficient layout, teachers find it difficult to use the area for projects and group work. The outdated tables are quickly falling into a state of disrepair.
This year’s #weGIVECatholic campaign hopes to give some much-needed attention and love to our lunchroom to help our students and staff COMMUNICATE, COLLABORATE, and CREATE more effectively.
With your help, new chairs and round tables in our cafeteria will allow students to better COMMUNICATE and socialize with one another and promote a family-like atmosphere during their lunch periods. The new layout will allow teachers to be able to use the large space for projects when students need to COLLABORATE in small groups. Having the newly designed space will maximize opportunities for our teachers to help our students discover, CREATE, and become 21st-century learners.
We need your support to shape our school’s future. Please support St. Francis Xavier School on Tuesday, November 29th!