SCHOOL NEWS

Friday, October 2, 2026

Letter Days

Friday, October 2, 2026

Important Announcements

Looking Ahead

  • Oct. 2 | Early Dismissal - No Lunch
  • Oct. 6 | Walk-a-thon Kickoff
  • Oct. 7th-14th | Book Fair
  • Oct. 9 | End of the first quarter
  • Oct. 12 | No School / Staff Professional Development
  • Oct. 16 | Family Game Night
  • Oct. 23 | Walk-a-thon

Lunchroom Volunteer Sign Up

We greatly appreciate our lunchroom volunteers and are always looking for parents to help. Please use the link, Track it Forward, to sign up. You have the opportunity to volunteer for a shift, either 10:15-11:45 am or 11:45am-1:15pm. Please stay for the entire shift. We appreciate your help. We ask that all volunteers follow a neat, casual dress code (no clothing with inappropriate graphics, short shorts, or beachwear) during their shifts. Lunch volunteer hours will be doubled. Thank you!

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Used uniforms

Please send any gently used uniforms to the front office. A used uniform sale will be advertised soon.

Saint Carlo Acutis International Exhibition

Monday Oct. 12-Friday, Oct. 16, St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church will be holding the Saint Carlo Acutis International Exhibition. It is a journey of the Faith through the Vatican approved international exhibit designed and created by St. Carlo Acutis. Please see the attached flyer for more information.

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Lunch Reminders

Uber Eats and other delivery services are not permitted, nor are fast food lunches brought in. If you are bringing a treat for a birthday, please contact the homeroom teacher prior. Please bring enough for the homeroom or the whole grade. Please do not pass out extra treats to students in other homerooms or the grades as we want to keep it fair for our students.

iCan

Quarter 2 registration for iCan afterschool enrichment is now available. Please see the attached for more information. Registration closes on Tuesday, Oct. 6.

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Oct. 2: God's Messengers

Today is the feast of the Guardian Angels. If you have never given much thought to your guardian angel, you will after these Hallow sessions: God's Messengers & Daily Miracle.

Clinic News

Please see the attached information from the Clinic regarding cold and flu season.

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PowerSchool Update

Families may have received emails from PowerSchool saying that their child has been deactivated and/or unenrolled. PowerSchool has been working on a data update with a validation process that is being completed. Please do not be concerned as this is an internal update with PowerSchool. As the validation is completed you may receive emails that say your child has been enrolled and/or updated. Thank you for your cooperation as we integrate this new student information system.

Go Pink!

Friday, October 2, 2026

October: Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Throughout the month of October, NJHS will be holding pink dress down days to bring awareness and raise funds for breast cancer. All proceeds will benefit Gilda's Club South Florida. Please see the flyer for more information. Please notice the guidelines for Oct. 30 dress down have been updated. All students must adhere to the out of uniform guidelines as written in the Parent-Student Handbook.

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2026 Walk-a-Thon

Friday, October 2, 2026

Tuesday is the Walk-a-thon kick off!

Parents, please refer to the email sent by Development on Tuesday. Students will wear their Walk-a-thon kick off shirt with P.E. shorts and shoes.

Spirit Shirts

Friday, October 2, 2026

We are pleased to announce there is a new way to order spirit shirts. Please see the attached flyer and SGS SPIRIT SHIRT ORDER REQUEST form! Please note that the request form is subject to availability and will be confirmed with HSA.

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Birthday Book Club

Friday, October 2, 2026

You can still join the Birthday Book Club. Please see the attached for more information.

JOIN HERE
REGISTER HERE

Fall Family Craft Festival

Friday, October 2, 2026

Our Fall Family Craft Festival is this weekend! You can still get your tickets early with our pre-sale prices. Please join us for a wonderful time of family fun.

PURCHASE TICKETS

Literati Book Fair

Friday, October 2, 2026

Only one more week until the Fall Book Fair begins! Students will shop October 7-14. Set up your child's gift card to use at the fair HERE. ALL cash purchases will be rounded to the nearest nickel. Bring a quarter (25 cents) to play the lollipop game!

Join us for a special **Grandparent event** on Thursday, October 8th right after school from 2:30-4:30. We will have snacks, bookmark craft, raffle prizes, and of course shopping for new books! SIGN UP HERE in advance to help us prepare enough snacks.

Want to volunteer at the book fair? Sign up!

Thank you for supporting our school and our library!

SET UP A GIFT CARD
VOLUNTEER FOR GRANDPARENT EVENT
VOLUNTEER TO THE FAIR

Pastor's Lecture Series

Friday, October 2, 2026

Adult catechesis continues at Saint Gregory with Father Davis offering his 13th Pastor's Lecture Series presentation, this time entitled "Eschatology: The Study of the Last Things, the End of Time, and the Afterlife." There will be five successive Tuesdays, during which Father will offer an hour and a half lecture, 7:00pm to 8:30pm, on the following dates: October 20, October 27, November 3, November 10, and November 17. Each lecture will be held in the church. All are welcome, but RSVP with Ginny Matheo, 954-473-6261, at the church office, so that the correct number of copies and materials can be prepared.

Open Houses

Friday, October 2, 2026

In the next couple weeks, local Catholic High Schools will be holding open houses for prospective students. Please see the attached flyer for more information.

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Box Tops

Friday, October 2, 2026

We’re excited to get our Saint Gregory the Great Catholic School community involved with Box Tops for Education!

Supporting our school is easy — simply download the Box Tops app and scan your receipts after you shop. When you purchase participating products, Box Tops automatically credits earnings directly to our school. There’s no additional cost to families, and every scan can help!

Please see the attached flyer for more information, and scan the QR code below to get started. SHOP. SCAN. EARN. REPEAT!

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