St. Francis Elementry School, Private Catholic Elementry School, Sacramento, California

The Giving Tree exists to help address specific needs of the school through direct communication with the parents of the school. Many items needed by teachers and staff at St. Francis are items that may no longer be needed by other members of the St. Francis community or are of a particular interest to a particular St. Francis family.

Please check this list to see how you can choose to contribute to the needs of St. Francis’ faculty and staff. Once an item has been donated, an acknowledgement is noted on the website as well as on the Giving Tree located just inside our school’s main entrance.

If you have any questions, please contact the requestor directly, or Jill Rice at jrice@cde.ca.gov.

ITEMS RECEIVED

A Big Thank You To:	Item Received	Recipient
Jennifer Durnell	3 cases Quart Sized Canning Jars with Lids for TK Friendship Brownies	TK
Kelly Mulcahy	large drop cloth, fuzzy rollers, 2" paint brushes	Performing Arts (Grades 5-8)
Wendy Ip	Heavy Duty Electric Pencil Sharpener	1^st Grade
Freitas Family	Class set of Farewell to Manzanar	7^th Grade
	Repair of the chairs	Extension
Loren Bruno	Numerous Items	Italian Program
Jim & Denise Estes	New Industrial Coffee Maker & a Year's Worth of Coffee	Faculty Lounge
Rice Family	Set of Tuning Forks and 2, Craft-Sized Glue Guns	Science Dept
Rice Family	Table	1st Grade
Steve Gay & Mary Ellen Rosebrough-Gay	(4) soccer balls size 4, (10) Rubber Footballs Junior/Intermediate Size, (4) Basketballs 27.5, (2) Double Dutch Jump Ropes	Physical Education Dept / Chiara Adamo

ITEMS NEEDED

Item Needed	Recipient	Contact
20 Cases Quart Sized Canning Jars with Lids for TK Friendship Brownies	TK	Nicki Powell transkindergarten@stfranciselem.org
Playground Equipment	4^th grade	Dan Reynoso fourthgrade@stfranciselem.org
Board Games for Classroom	4^th grade	Dan Reynoso fourthgrade@stfranciselem.org
3” Paint Brushes	Performing Arts (Grades 5-8)	Sharon Pressburg performingarts@stfranciselem.org
Plastic Sliding File Drawers	Performing Arts(Grades 5-8)	Sharon Pressburg performingarts@stfranciselem.org
Professional-Grade Collapsible Costume Rack	Performing Arts(Grades 5-8)	Sharon Pressburg performingarts@stfranciselem.org
Permanent Professional-Grade Costume Rack (with a plastic cover)	Performing Arts (Grades 5-8)	Sharon Pressburg performingarts@stfranciselem.org
Target Gift Cards to Purchase Clear Plastic Bins for Costume Storage	Performing Arts(Grades 5-8)	Sharon Pressburg performingarts@stfranciselem.org
20 Student Thermometers (must be able to be immersed in liquids and measure in both F° and C°)	Science Department	Pamela Church mathscience@stfranciselem.org
2 Heavy Duty Glue Guns	Science Department	Pamela Church mathscience@stfranciselem.org
Anything Italian (e.g.): New/old travel books Maps Posters Cookbooks Children’s Books Textbooks Masks Magazines Music DVDs	Italian Department	Sheryl Cecchettini Italian@stfranciselem.org
Tennis Balls	Physical Education	Chiara Adamo physed@stfranciselem.org
Soccer Balls	Physical Education	Chiara Adamo physed@stfranciselem.org
Foam Baseballs and Bats	Physical Education	Chiara Adamo physed@stfranciselem.org
Jump Ropes	Physical Education	Chiara Adamo physed@stfranciselem.org
Basketballs 29.5 men’s size for varsity boys 28.5 size for varsity and JV girls and JV boys 27.5 size for little dribblers	Athletics	Chiara Adamo physed@stfranciselem.org
iPod Player with Speakers	8^th Grade	Jan Stefanki eighthgrade@stfranciselem.org
Rabbit Air – Minus 2A SPA-700AP – Ultraviolet Hepa Air Purifier	Computer Lab	Mary Avila-DaRosa mathspanish@stfranciselem.org
Document Cameras	All faculty and staff	Jill Rice jrice@cde.ca.gov
Repair/Replace 3 Green Chairs in the Hallway Outside of Extension	Extension	Patti Sanchez extension@stfranciselem.org
Soccer Balls	6^th Grade	Sharon Pressburg sixthgrade@stfranciselem.org
Magnetix	Kindergarten	Jessica Donaldson kindergarten@stfranciselem.org
Pizza Warmer ($2,000)		Angie Curiale angiecuriale@yahoo.com
Slushy Machine ($4,000)		Angie Curiale angiecuriale@yahoo.com
Restoration of the at the top of the third floor stairway so that heavy items could be elevated up the stairs, rather than carried.		Lynda Lammerding llammerding@stfranciselem.org
10 soccer balls (size 4); 12 kick balls; 20 junior sized rubber footballs; 25 Frisbees	Physical Education	Chiara Adamo physed@stfranciselem.org
iTunes gift cards	2nd Grade	Mike McCrimons secondgrade@stfranciselem.org
Repair doors on cubbies	Extension	Patti Sanchez extension@stfranciselem.org

IMPORTANT DIGITS:

Tax Exempt ID# 45-4330879
PCFD Code/United Way - 836
United Way Campaign #16072
NCES #A0300532

Mission

St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Elementary School is dedicated to living the Gospel values. Our Franciscan, academically challenging curriculum teaches and supports students in becoming contributing members of their communities.

Philosophy

St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Elementary School, an educational ministry of St. Francis of Assisi Parish, strives to create a Franciscan environment which serves the spiritual, intellectual, emotional, social, and physical needs of our students. Understanding that parents are the primary educators of their children, the staff’s vocation is to inspire and facilitate learning. Together, we instill Catholic Christian values and traditions in our children.

Schoolwide Learning Expectations

A St. Francis of Assisi Elementary School Student is:

Spiritual:

demonstrates Gospel values
actively participates in prayer celebrations
understands the Catholic faith
shows a love of God, others, and self

Academic:

actively solves problems and thinks critically
makes progress through the diocesan standards
develops and shares knowledge and talents
demonstrates a curiosity and respect for learning

Respectful:

appreciates diversity and the uniqueness of others
practices good citizenship
lives the “Acts of Courtesy”
cares for God’s creations

Responsible:

practices self-discipline
makes Christ-like decisions
owns his/her choices
is trustworthy

Confident:

recognizes self-worth
leads and cooperates
embraces challenges
always perseveres

The Prayer of Saint Francis

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace;
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is darkness, light;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is doubt, faith;
And where there is sadness, joy.
O, Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled,
As to console;
To be understood, as to understand;
To be loved, as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.