Monday Mail August 30, 2021
SBA Athletics Has A New Website Hey sports fans, SBA Athletics has a brand new website. Drawing from his collegiate experience, Athletic Director Nate Weyant spearheaded the effort to deliver a site that is able to keep up with the speed and amount of information that needs to be reported and communicated. You will be able to see rosters and schedules at a glance. You can livestream games, view photo galleries and even purchase pictures of your athlete.The new site will also allow you to keep up with scores and follow our social media feed. It enables us to shine more of a light on our athletic program sponsors so you can patronize these businesses that support us. The best part of the new website is that it is truly a family affair. Our kids are exceptionally talented - both our athletes and the students who cover them. That's why our future sports photographers and journalists will have the opportunity to build their portfolios by uploading photo galleries, videos and articles. We will be adding to the site in the months to come, so look for our archives to grow. In the meantime, please check out the new site (sbaathletics.org) and let us know what you think!
A Message from Our Superintendent
SBA Hall of Fame The Office of Advancement is delighted to introduce the new SBA Hall of Fame. Alumni, teachers, coaches, and friends of St. Benedict at Auburndale are making a difference in their communities, all the while upholding the standards of excellence instilled in them at SBA. Our Hall of Fame will recognize and honor individuals for their outstanding achievement during and after their time at St. Benedict. SBA Administration will be delighted to review all nominations. A ceremony to honor the Hall of Fame inductees is scheduled for Sunday, February 6th 2022 at 3:00 pm. The deadline to submit nominations for the Hall of Fame is September 30th .
Faith at St. Benedict Father Dexter will be out of town August 31-September 2 for a Vocations Conference in Minneapolis. Please pray for his safe travels and an uplifting experience!
Wednesday, 9/1
Monday 8/30
Tuesday 8/31
Thursday, 9/2
Friday, 9/3
1st Period Mass Confession (11:30am 12:30pm) All Day Adoration
Eucharistic Adoration at the Nest A favorite tradition at SBA is First Friday Eucharistic
Adoration. Parents are needed in the Chapel during these hours each month. Please email Father Dexter to offer a time and day you would like be present with the Lord.
SBA Weekly Sports Report What a week for the Eagles! We celebrated our fall sports with a brief pep rally in the rotunda on Friday afternoon, complete with a performance by the soarin' sounds and cheers led by our cheerleaders. It was a sea of red at the football game vs. Bartlett and despite the 42-13 loss, the Eagles had an awesome third quarter. Antonio Adams got the Eagles on the board and Jonathan Johnson converted the PAT to make it 30-7. On the first play of the very next drive, Alex McAlpin hit Cayden Wills for an electric 75-yard TD, the Eagles longest play from scrimmage this season. Our cross country team had an impressive showing at the Fast & Furious on Saturday with Daniel Leoni blowing away the competition to win the first meet of the season. The top 5 male eagles were Colin Kozlowski, Josh Green, Vince Koch and Trevor Scott. For the ladies, Sommer Griffs led the way with a fourth-place finish. Sarah Wiggins took seventh, with Anna Leoni coming in eighth, Kayleigh Villem ninth, Madeline Wade 10th and Jenna Houff 11th . Eagles Volleyball continues to put on a dominant show, with Varsity posting a 4-1 record, JV at 5-0 and our freshman team at 2-0 on the season. Congrats to Kara Crunk on being a Commercial Appeal Athlete of the Week finalist! Our golf teams have had some strong showings and our girls soccer team looks forward to playing on the home pitch for the first time this week. Come out and cheer our Eagles on!
Cheer On Your Fellow Eagles At This Week's Events:
Saturday, September 4 - City Auto Twilight Classic
Friday, September 3 @ 7:00pm - SBA vs. MUS (Away)
Monday, August 30 - Girls vs. St. Agnes, Fayette Academy, Hutchison & ECS at Fair Oaks Tuesday, August 31 - Boys vs. St. George's at Timber Truss, Girls vs. St. Mary's at Timber Truss Thursday, September 2 - Girls Golf vs St. Agnes, St. George's, St. Mary's, Hutchison & ECS at Windyke
Tuesday, August 31 – SBA vs. St. Mary's (Home) JV 4:00pm, V - 6:00pm (HOME OPENER & MEMPOPS DAY) Thursday, September 2 – SBA vs. Crosstown (Away) V 5:30pm
Tuesday, August 31 - SBA vs Briarcrest (Away) F 4:30pm, JV - 5:30pm, V - 6:30pm Thursday, September 2 - SBA vs. St. Mary's (Home) JV 5:30pm, V - 6:30pm
Beat the Heat...and the Turkeys Come out to the Lady Eagles Soccer home opener against St. Mary's (Turkeys) at 6:00pm on Tuesday, August 31st. Wear your SBA gear and get a free MemPop, courtesy of SBA soccer!
Wall Ball Wednesdays Boys LAX will be working on stick skills on Wedesdays (back side of the SBA gym) at 3:00pm. Come on out!
Athletic Season Passes & Game Tickets If you are planning on attending multiple sporting events this year (and you SHOULD!), consider picking up an Athletic Season Pass. Passes are good for admission for two to all SBA home events, excluding TSSAA postseason events. Don't miss out - a limited number remain! Individual game tickets will also be sold. Note - Students should use their student IDs to get in at SBA-hosted regular season games.
SBA Athletic Season Pass
Individual Game Tickets
Fan Covid Guidelines We are excited to welcome fans back to the Nest for the start of the 2021-22 home sports season. SBA continues to follow all Shelby County and CDC guidelines to ensure the safety of our students, staff, parents and guests. Masks are required for entry into the building and must be worn at all times. Fans are asked to stay as socially distanced as possible in the stands. Failure to adhere to these policies will result in removal from the building. Thank you for your understanding!
Student News Official SBA Letter Jackets It is time to order your official SBA Letter Jacket. A time-honored tradition, this is a keepsake you can hold on to forever. A representative will be available outside the dining hall during lunch on Wednesday, September 1 to help with sizing and ordering. A deposit of $100 will be due upon ordering. The full cost of the jacket is $129.95 for wool with vinyl sleeves and $166.95 for wool with leather sleeves. Names/patches are additional fees. Also, if you missed Junior class ring orders this week, stop by the jacket table on Wednesday for another chance!
SBA Club Fair - Tuesday, August 31 Our club fair will be held tomorrow in the gym at 2:30 pm. Students
will attend with their 8th period class and return to class for attendance before the final bell rings. The more involved you are, the better your SBA experience will be! And we guarantee there is a club that matches your interest. Come see what makes us SBA!
National Honor Society Tutoring Options If you need tutoring, the SBA National Honor Society has several different convenient options. Take a look on quicklinks.
Home & School News Let's show our fantastic teachers how much we appreciate them with some Teacher Treats! Use the SignUp Genius link to sign up to bring some treats. We have 6 dates reserved throughout the school year for the SBA favorite event! Your treats can be sweet or savory or store bought or homemade. If possible, please individually wrap your treats. The first opportunity is Tuesday, September 17.
SBA Health News If your student will be taking any as-needed medications (Tylenol, Advil, ibuprofen, and/or allergy medication) during the school day, please fill out our Prescription Form, and send in with a bottle marked with your student's name. We will not share any medications amongst students. They will only receive medicine from their specially-marked bottle. If your student needs to carry an Epi Pen/Auvi Q injector or inhaler, please fill out the appropriate form and submit to Nurse Lynn.
Prescription Drug Form
Epi Pen Contract
Inhaler Contract
SBA COVID Policies SBA is following the Shelby County Health Department as well as
the Tennesse Department of Health for all of our COVID-19 guidelines. You can find our most current policy here. Please note that while absences due to quarantine will count as we return to preparing our students for higher learning, students will have the opportunity to remote in and keep up with classroom instruction and assignments.
From the Desk of Nurse Lynn From time to time, Nurse Lynn will share things she comes across or suggestions for better health. With so much conflicting and confusing COVID information out there, this article has some great content that is easy for us non-medical people to understand! Our total number of COVID cases (faculty, stafff and students) for the school year as of August 30 is 9.
Mark Your Calendar We begin our 2:00pm first Wednesday of the month dismissals this week.
Summer Trip to France There will be an informational meeting regarding the trip to France this summer in room 101 A on Thursday, September 2 at 6 pm. The trip is a tour to Paris, Normandy, and Brittany. Besides visiting Paris landmarks, highlights include the Normandy Beaches, Mont St Michel, and St. Malo. Please email Cheryl West at westc@sbaeagles.org if you need more information.
Save the Date! - SBA Gala & Auction Mark your calendars for April 30th for "Many Eagles, One Mission," SBA's gala and silent auction. This will be an evening you don't was to miss.
The Catholic Diocese of Memphis Eucharistic Congress This year we are celebrating the 50th Anniversary of our Catholic Diocese of Memphis. The theme for our Anniversary is That All May Be One. To commemorate this momentous celebration, a Eucharistic Congress will be held October 8th - 9th , 2021, at the newly renovated Renasant Convention Center in downtown Memphis. A Eucharistic Congress is a gathering of clergy, religious and laity
to bear witness to the real presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist. The Eucharist is the sacramental presence of Jesus under the forms of bread and wine. Please join us.
Did You Know? SBA Business Directory We want to support you and your business by starting an SBA Business Directory! Current SBA families, Faculty/Staff families, Alumni, Alumni parents who own a business can complete the online form to be included in our newly created directory. Scan the code, or click here to be included. Once our directory is established, we will post on our website and feature members here and on social media! Once an Eagle, always an Eagle!
Attendance While we certainly hope that the steps we are taking to reduce the spread of any communicable illnesses will lower overall absences this year, we know they will happen. Whenever a student must be absent from school, a parent or guardian should call the school office (901.260.2893) or email us at attendance@sbaeagles.org before 9:00am to notify us of the reason. Upon the student's return to school, he or she must bring a doctor's note, if applicable, and a written statement signed by the parent stating the reason for the absence. This must be brought to the office before the student's first period class.
SBA Has New Hospital Grade Filters As part of our plans to mitigate the transmission of all communicable illnesses this year, SBA has installed new Room Air Purifiers (RAP) in all classrooms and most common spaces. These hospital grade filters will remove more viral particles from the air than normal filters. It is our hope that this helps not only with the Covid-19 virus, but also strep, stomach bugs, flu, etc. If you are interested in learning more, please watch this short video.
The Eagle Cafe The Eagle Cafe is back and better than ever this year. Your old favorites like the legendary cookies and meatloaf with sides haven't gone anywhere. But this year the Eagle Cafe will also feature new items, like fusion cuisine (think Korean tacos) and iced coffees from the new Java Nest. There are multiple ways to pay (declining balance cards and meal plans). Find out more about your dining options and view our current menu here. Be sure to check out the Eagle Cafe's new fusion menu! In August, Korea meets Mexico with Korean beef tacos. Try them out on August 31st .
2021-2022 Academic Calendar The 2021-2022 School Calendar is available on Quicklinks on the website.
Quicklinks We talk a lot about Quicklinks on the website, but we realize that they can be hard to find! Quicklinks live on the homepage. You can access them by clicking on the small gray box (pictured circled in yellow) on the scrolling banner on the homepage. We put timesensitive and current information there, as well as things like the current year's school calendar or forms you need easy access to. Of course, anytime you have questions on where to find something, feel free to call the office or contact us at communications@sbaeagles.org.
New Social Media Submission Form We want to shine a light on the great things that happen at SBA every day - as well as the amazing accomplishments of our esteemed alumni. But just like it takes a village to make our community so amazing, it takes help from all of you to tell our story. Please use this form to let us know what you want to share - for social media accounts and for our printed publications. Let's tell the world what it means to be an Eagle! You can find the social media and publications form on Quicklinks at the website.
Driver's Permit - Certificate of Attendance Needed Did you know that a certificate of attendance is required for a student to get a Driver’s Permit? You may pick up a form in the front office during office hours. Please have the student's Social Security Number to complete the form.
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God Bless & Go Eagles!