The Buzz

Greetings SBPS Parents and Friends:

I pray all of you had a joyful and restful Thanksgiving holiday. I also hope that the snow didn’t hinder any holiday travels too much.

Because of the snow, we will be dismissing grades K-5 from the GYM on Monday and Tuesday this week. We will be allowing the staff to park in the parking lot on Monday and Tuesday for their safety. Please alert your caregivers to this change. If we dismiss from the gym beyond Tuesday, we will let families know.

Thank you to the MANY families who have already donated to this year’s Annual School Fund! Your generosity and support of SBPS is incredible. Thank you! You can read in the post below about our current success.

Thank you to all the families who donated food to the Our Lady of Angels Mission this Thanksgiving. The show of generosity was incredible. Our school community is able to help families in need. God bless you all.

Today is the first Sunday of Advent, and the beginning of a new liturgical year. This new season marks a time of anticipation and hope. If you are looking for a way to prepare your hearts and the hearts of your family for the coming of Christ this Advent, look no further. I put together a suggested Advent calendar of small ways you can prepare for Christ’s birth just a little bit each day. This Calendar was something created for the parish bulletin, but I’m happy to also have it linked here for you as well. We will be praying a new prayer for Advent each morning as a school community. You can find the prayer below in Ms. Gemo’s prayer corner. Each day we will also be reading from the Children’s Advent Devotional, “Adverbs of Advent.” Each day, as we read and reflect on Scripture, we will also learn a new adverb in preparation for Christmas. I hope you can join us in any of these Advent activities this month. The parish also has additional adult formation opportunities if your spirit is yearning for something deeper. Have a blessed Advent!

There’s a lot more important information below. Be sure to check out the following:

• Annual School Fund Update - Thankful for your generosity!

• Advent Speaker Series with St. Andrew Parish

• Christmas Craft Fair on Sunday, December 7, 2025

• Scholastic Book Fair begins on Sunday, December 7, 2025

Please find listed below important dates:

• November 30, 2025 - First Sunday of Advent

  December 1, 2025 - First Day of Trimester 2

• December 2, 2025 - Advent Speaker Series with St. Andrew Parish - “How God Comes to Us” - With Father Hank at St. Andrew Parish 7PM

• December 2, 2025 - 2nd Year Confirmation Candidate/Parent Spiritual Enrichment in Church at 7:00 PM

• December 2, 2025 - SBEAA - Athletic Meeting in Upper School Library 6:30PM

• December 5, 2025 - Be Still Friday - Church open for prayer from 2-4:30PM

• December 6, 2025 - 8th Grade High School Placement Test for Catholic High Schools - Good luck Bengals

• December 6, 2025 - St. Benedict Parish presents Holiday Pops Concert at 7:30PM in Church

• December 7, 2025 - HSA Christmas Craft Fair in the GYM 10AM to 2PM

• December 8, 2025 - Feast of the Immaculate Conception

• December 9, 2025 - Middle School Christmas Play in the GYM at 5:30PM

• December 9, 2025 - Advent Speaker Series with St. Andrew Parish - “How God Comes to Us” - With Father Ryan at St. Andrew Parish 7PM

• December 10, 2025 - Preschool Christmas Concert in GYM at 10AM

• December 11, 2025 - HSA Christmas Luncheon for Faculty and Staff

• December 12, 2025 - Be Still Friday - Church open for prayer from 2-4:30PM

• December 13, 2025 - First Reconciliation Service at 9:30AM

• December 14, 2025 - Christmas Caroling on the Steps of the Church

• December 15, 2025 - First Reconciliation Service at 6PM

• December 18, 2025 - Primary Christmas Concert at 5:30PM

• December 18, 2025 - Intermediate Christmas Concert at 7PM

• December 19, 2025 - Last day of school before Christmas break - 11:30AM dismissal

• December 20-January 5, 2026 - Christmas break

• January, 6, 2026 - School Resumes

May God be with us always!

Ms. Rachel Gemo, Head of School

Ms. Gemo’s Prayer Corner

Advent Prayer 2025 

Loving God, during these Advent days we turn to you in prayer. As we prepare to celebrate the birth of your Son, we ask your blessing on each of us.  

Open our hearts to the Good News that you bring to us and help us to welcome Your light into our lives, a light that gives us the gift of joy.  

May this joy fill our hearts, our minds, and our school.  

We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen 

Please continue to pray for Joe Accardi as he heals from his medical emergency a few weeks ago.