By now, you're probably realized your first grader keeps coming home talking about sight words.  So what are they and why are they important? 

As beginning readers, it's crucial that students immediately recognize common words that will appear throughout their reading texts.  Phonics (or sounding out words) is essential, but students should not spend their time sounding out the common words like "the" and "with" but instead should immediately recognize these words.

You can read more about all this on this great website: What are Dolch words?   

Welcome back to all our returning Cabrini Families and a special welcome to all of our new families.  As we begin this new school year, the halls buzz with excitement and students filled with the Holy Spirit.

This school year's theme is Alive in Christ!  We will focus on fulfilling our mission and advancing as a school community through the virtues of patience, humility, generosity, honesty, best effort, compassion, empathy and self-control.  Each month we will focus on a specific virtue and then review them all in May.  We will continue to pray the Cabrini Creed and gather in Church to celebrate the Eucharist on Thursdays.

We always welcome families and special friends to join us for Morning Prayer, School Masses and announced special activities throughout the school year as we learn about, pray for and become Alive in Christ!   

Help support Cabrini with your donation!

Your support of St. Frances Cabrini Academy is greatly appreciated.  Below please find our current wish list of needed items.  If you have any of the needed items or would be interested in purchasing and donating them, please contact our office at (314) 776-0883 or eric@cabriniacademy.org to let us know and arrange pickup/drop-off.  

As some of our items may be a bit specific, please contact our Director of Advancement Eric Winters to learn all the details about the specific items.  Thank you for your support!

Classroom & Curriculum Wish List

Primary Grade Games:
Apples to Apples Jr., Guess Who Extra, Moneywise Kids, Beat the Parents, Trivial Pursuit Kids, Cranium Hullaballoo, Pictureka!

Magic School Bus Videos:
Gets Lost in Space, For Lunch, Inside Ralphie, Gets Eaten, Goes to Seed, Kicks Up a Storm, Blows its Top, Flexes its Muscles, The Busasaurus, Wet All Over, Out of this World, Ups and Downs, Gets Planted, Rocks and Rolls

Science Videos:
Nova – The Universe Within DVD
Mythbusters DVD Seasons 1–4
Bill Nye Life Science Videos:  Blood & Circulation, Cells, Digestion, Nutrition, Respirat