SJA Weekly Newsletter

Volume 14- December 8, 2017.

"Immaculate Conception, pray for us."

12/11 “A” Classes Christmas Program in Church for Grades 1 – 8 at 6:30 p.m.

12/15 “B” & “C” Classes Christmas Program in Church for Grades 1 – 8 at 6:30 p.m.

12/15 Early Childhood Christmas Shows

Kinder: 8:30 am Immaculata Center

Pre-K4: 9:15 am Immaculata Center

Pre-K3: 10:00 am Pre-K Classrooms

12/21 Dress Down Day

12/21 Dismissals by noon for Christmas Vacation

NO HOT LUNCH

NO EXTENDED DAY

12/22 - 1/8 NO SCHOOL Christmas Vacation

MIDDLE SCHOOL 2017 MID-TERM SCHEDULE

1/9 School resumes

1/12 Erin Go Brew: 7:30 – 9:00 am

1/12 Grade 4 Adoration in Chapel

at 1:00 pm

1/12 Second Quarter Report Cards after 4:00 pm on Ren Web

1/15 NO SCHOOL

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

1/19 Dress Down Day

1/19 Family Science Night

6:30- 8:00 pm

1/24 Grade 4 Retreat

1/29 CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK

1/30 CSW Open House

8:30 am - 10:30 am

1/31 CSW Mass at 9:15 am

Student Dismissal Policy

Early dismissal for students can be very disruptive to the class. Early Dismissals are requested to be scheduled at the beginning of the last period.

No student will be dismissed between 2:00 pm and 2:45 pm.

Please refer to the Parent/Student Handbook, page 15.

Thank you.

Protocol for

Conference Request

I f you have a concern, please contact the teacher and then if further discussion is needed, contact the main office to request to speak with the assistant principal. If the issue is still not resolved, request a meeting with the principal via the main office.

Thank you!

AFTERNOON DISMISSAL -SAFETY

Parents, as soon as your child is dismissed, PLEASE supervise your child closely. We are concerned that some students are running near the parking lot, in front of the church, and in the Butterfly Garden in front of the church. Thank you for your cooperation as your child's

safety comes first.

Kindergarten through 8th grade VOLUNTEER SERVICE HOUR FORMS Forms can also be found on our school website under School Forms and in RenWeb under the resource document section.

FORMS DUE BY DEC. 21st for Quarter 2.

PLEASE CLICK HERE TO ACCESS FORMS

If you are running late to pick up your child from school, a club, a sport or extra help, your child cannot be left in the office for late pick up.

Please be advised he/she will be sent to extended care. Refer to the handbook for the daily charge.

Thank you.

Christmas Toy Drive

Please be generous again…

Traditionally our school has supplied the Christmas toys/gifts for the migrant children at Our Lady Queen of Peace Mission in West Delray Beach.

New toys/gifts unwrapped

are due to the homeroom teacher by Wednesday, December 13th.

The last day for AR (Accelerated Reader) will be

Tuesday, December 19th.

The last day for the quarter is Thursday, December 21st.

The LOST and FOUND table in the Gazebo is FULL!

Please stop by to see if your child's lunchbox, shoes, sweatshirt, sweater or other personal belonging may be found. ALL ITEMS will be removed and either donated or disposed by the end

of Thursday, December 20th.

Thank you.

Ergotron iPad Lock Boxes

The Ergotron Lock boxes give SJA the ability to lock, charge and secure

16 iPads at a time.

SJA has deployed lock boxes in most of our classrooms.

We are in need of three more.

We are asking for your contribution to purchase them.

The price for each one is $ 3,700.00.

The 2017-2018 goal is to be 1:1 iPads 1st through 8th grade and a class set in the media center.

With your help, we can achieve this goal. We have the iPad's, we need to lock boxes to securely deploy them.

Thank you in advance for your generosity!!!

Please contact Mr. Hirsh, at [email protected] , if you would like to make a tax deductible donation.

Please be aware that when your child is late due to a doctor's appointment,

he/ she needs to bring a note to be able to get an excused tardy slip.

Thank you.

Remaining Virtus Training Dates for 2017-2018

Saturday, January 27th

in New Mercy Center at 9:00 am

Wednesday, April 4th

in New Mercy Center at 8:30 am

You must attend any these sessions in order to volunteer at the school.

Spaces are limited, so please register online on www.virtusonline.org.

Registration is mandatory in order to receive credit for attendance.

This session is for adults only and there is no babysitting available. Participants must arrive on time! If you arrive more than 15 minutes late, you will be asked to attend another session.

Please contact Miss Bryant at [email protected]

with any questions.

St. Joan of Arc will have its 3rd Annual Career Day on February 2nd, 2018!

If you are interested in presenting your job on Career Day or would like more information, please contact Miss Bryant at [email protected] .

RAPTOR SECURITY SYSTEM

The Diocese of Palm Beach, has implemented this security system to all the schools in our Diocese, for visitors, volunteers and contractors/vendors to utilize.

Parent volunteer should wear BOTH thei r:

1) St. Joan ID badge lanyard and

2) the Raptor system lanyard.

Parent volunteers, visitors and contractors/vendors need to sign-in via Raptor system, located in the main office.

Parents who are volunteering will need their driver’s license.

Parent volunteers must wear the additional lanyard that says “volunteer” attached to the clear sleeve that has his/her Raptor sticker in it when volunteering at the school.

Thank you.

There are many parent badges in the office ready for pickup.

If you do not have your badge,

please stop by to pick it up.

If you have not ordered your badge,

please follow these simple instructions

to get your badge.