SCHOOL NEWS
Ms. Erin Meadows’s 3rd-grade class took a field trip to St. Bernard Abbey in Cullman, Alabama, on Tuesday to see the Ave Maria Grotto.
St. Francis Xavier (SFX) Catholic School 5th through 8th graders competed in a variety of athletic events on Friday at the Birmingham Diocese’s Field Day at John Carroll Catholic High School.
Second graders at St. Francis Xavier (SFX) Catholic School on Tuesday got to learn about the planets in our solar system, as well as our place in the Milky Way Galaxy and the universe during a field trip to Samford University’s Cristenberry Planetarium.
Seventeen 8th Graders at St. Francis Xavier (SFX) Catholic School received the Sacrament of Confirmation on Saturday, thereby officially becoming members of the Catholic Church.
St. Francis Xavier (SFX) Catholic School first-graders received a special “mimetic” lesson about butterflies from first-grade teacher Ms. Julie Cannova and librarian and technology specialist Ms. Kayley Zicarelli.