St.
John’s School Newsletter – August 27, 2008
Phone: 256-722-0772
Saint
Vincent de Paul: Did you know that students are encouraged to bring
a canned good to mass on Friday? Our 8th grade students
gather the cans and deliver them to the St. Vincent de Paul Society
food pantry. Please consider having your child(ren) participate in
this each week! Let’s fill up those 2 carts!
Perfect Attendance: Please note that we will no longer recognize
Perfect Attendance at the end of year awards’ day. I realize this
will disappoint some of you, however, I strongly feel students
should be at school when they are healthy and do not want this award
to encourage anyone otherwise. Thanks!
If
you would like to join your student for lunch, that will start after
Labor Day. Please call or e-mail (jcleary@stjohnb.com)l by 8:30
am.
All
absences for students will be excused with a note that has your
signature. While we appreciate the email notification, it is not
considered an acceptable form of excuse.
Caldecott Reading Program:
All
students in the second grade who read 15 Caldecott Award or
Caldecott Honor books, gold and silver medals, during the school
year will receive a certificate on honors day in May. The books may
be checked out from the Saint John the Baptist Catholic School
Library or any other library. Books can be counted only once toward
this award. Each student must keep a written record of the books
read and turn in the list to his or her homeroom teacher, and the
list will be forwarded to the librarian between May first and May
eighth.
Newbery Reading Program:
All
students in the third grade and above who read 15 Newbery Award or
Newbery Honor books, gold and silver medals, during the school year
will receive a certificate on honors day in May. The books may be
checked out from the Saint John the Baptist Catholic School Library
or any other library. Books can be counted only once toward this
award. Each student must keep a record of the books read and turn
in the list to his or her homeroom teacher, and the list will be
forwarded to the librarian between May first and May eighth.
BOXTOPS BONUS: While shopping at your
favorite grocery or warehouse store, look for your BoxTops products
which may have two, three or five extra BoxTops on the packaging.
Some of these bonus BoxTops are in the form of a certificate which
must be cut from the packaging. Please send the complete
certificate in with your child along with your other BoxTops and
Labels. Thank you!
Spirit Wear Tee Shirt Sale
Spirit wear tees are
sold by the 8th grade class to help fund their annual team building
and spirit uplifting trip to Mentone. This year classes are not
required to purchase a certain color. You may choose your own color
tee! Tees are available for students, parents, teachers, staff,
coaches, siblings, grandparents and other St. John’s fans. All the
tie dye and solid color tees will be silk screened with white ink
with the design shown to the left. Please be careful in placing
your order to receive the tee you intend to order. Orders are
due by August 29th! No extra tees will be ordered. Don’t miss
out!
Note:
Students will be
given opportunities to wear spirit wear tees throughout the school
year in place of their regular uniform. If you have any questions
or you need an order form, please contact Michelle Kloske at
threegirlygirls@hotmail.com
Benefit Gala
Kick-off Meeting August 27, 2008 at 6:30pm:
Please join us for a
kick-off meeting August 27th in the Parish Hall. The St.
John’s Benefit Gala is our biggest fundraiser. The money raised
helps us to continue to provide high quality educational programs
and opportunities for our students. Join us in making the 10th
Annual Gala the most successful St. John’s fundraiser to date.
Together we can make a difference!
Thank you!
Michelle Kloske and Marita Durham
2009 Benefit Gala Co-Chairpersons.
For more information
go to www.stjohnb.com or email us at benefitgala@stjohnb.com.
Fall Merchandise:
Share your St. John’s spirit! Deadline to order Fall Merchandise
(Men’s/Women’s Dry-Fit Polos, Jackets, Sweatshirts, T-shirts, etc.)
is Friday, September 5th. All orders received by the 5th will be
distributed prior to Fall Break. The merchandise order form can be
downloaded from the Crusader Club’s web page as well as the School’s
Form web page. If you have any questions, you can direct them to
our Merchandise Coordinator, Kenzie Stevens (hosii@knology.net).
Please make checks payable to “St. John’s Crusader Club”
Fall
Fest:
There will be a Fall Fest meeting Thursday, September 4th
at 1:30 PM. Any interested volunteers please plan to attend. Any
questions contact Tracy Mewborne at email tracym3@aol.com.
PTO News: go to www.stjohnclubs.org/pto/
Volunteers Needed!! Please consider
joining the Wednesday Newsletter Committee. This committee meets
Wednesday mornings to copy, and assemble Wednesday folders for the
entire school family. This is a great way to meet other parents and
help the school! Please go to the PTO website and sign up today!!
Meeting:
Our next meeting will be on Monday September 8th at
6:30pm in the school cafeteria!
If you still need to pay your dues, you can send a $5.00 check into
the school office marked “PTO Dues” or pay them at our first meeting
of the school year!
SCRIP:
What’s new with SCRIP? In a word – PLENTY! First, you can buy
SCRIP from the ON-DEMAND sales every Friday morning from
7:30am-8:00am in the lower parking lot. We have expanded the
inventory to meet YOUR needs. We have Kohl’s, Kroger, Walmart/Sam’s,
Burger King, Home Depot, and much more. Check out the PTO website
for a complete list of the SCRIP-ON-DEMAND inventory. Second, you
can now order AND pay for your SCRIP (via EFT) using the Shop
with SCRIP and prestopay option offered by
Great Lakes SCRIP. With this convenient option, you don’t have to
send an order form or a check to the school each week. You can do
it all on-line and your SCRIP order will be sent home in the
Wednesday folders. You need to register at
www.glscrip.com to activate your account.
LadyBug Rosary Group: Meets on Tuesday at 2pm in the church to pray the
rosary for the school. It takes about 35 minutes, and babysitting
is provided in the church nursery. |