Volume 1- August 18, 2017.
"St. Stephen of Hungary, pray for us."
8/21 NO SCHOOL
Per Diocese due to Solar Eclipse
8/22 RENWEB TRAINING
8:00 am and 3:00 pm
8/22  Grades 1-5 Parent Night Meeting in Mercy Center at 7:15pm. Babysitting available for students only .     
8/23 Opening of School mass for Grades 1-8 at 8:15 am (5th -8th grade church uniforms required. 1st thru 4th regular school uniform.)
8/24 Grades Pre-K3, Pre-K4 & Kinder Parent Night Meeting in Mercy Center at 7.15 pm. Babysitting available for students only .     
8/25 "Protecting God's Children" Training in Mercy Center at 8:45 am
8/28 RENWEB TRAINING
8:00 am and 3:00 pm
8/29 RENWEB TRAINING
8:00 am and 3:00 pm
8/30 "Protecting God's Children" Training in Mercy Center at 5:00 pm.
8/30 School Night for Scouting in Mercy Center 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
9/1 Adoration in Chapel Grade 8 at 12:30 pm
9/4 NO SCHOOL – Labor Day
9/5 RENWEB TRAINING
8:00 am and 3:00 pm
9/8 Dress Down day
9/8 Family Science Night 6:30 - 8:00 pm
"Crime Scene Investigator"
9/12 RENWEB TRAINING
8:00 am and 3:00 pm
9/13 Grade 6 retreat
9/15 AR Kick-Off Day
9/16 Welcome Back Night at 5:30 pm sponsored by the Dads Club
9/21 School Pictures in School Uniforms
9/27 St. Vincent de Paul mass 8:15 am

Protocol for
Conference Request

If 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!






Parents, please remember that your child should work on Mathletics every week.
They are required to submit to their Homeroom Teacher one certificate a week starting August 21st .
Thank you for your cooperation.

  WE ARE A NUT FREE SCHOOL


 Pre-K3 thru 8th grade 
" NO " products that contain nuts, traces of nuts, or manufactured in a facility that may contain nuts will be allowed. This policy pertains to snacks, lunch, and
birthday treats.

Dunkin Donuts is NOT ALLOWED
due to possible cross-contamination. 

 For birthday class celebrations ,
please ensure that you bring
the " nut free " birthday treat to your homeroom teacher in the morning,
 not during lunch. Also, parents must notify homeroom teacher a week prior to the planned celebration.
This procedure will help keep our students with severe allergies and
Type 1 diabetes safe! 
Thank you in advance for
your cooperation .
There is GOOD NEWS about our Catholic Schools! 
The Office of Catholic Schools in the Diocese of Palm Beach is pleased to announce the publication
Faith Inspiring Excellence 2017,” which is an update on the implementation of Strategic Vision 2020: Charting a Course for Excellence that was promulgated in September 2013, as an outcome of the Leadership Summit on Catholic Schools.
 Follow the link below for a summary of the 2017-2018 activities of the Office of Catholic Schools (OCS) and individual Catholic schools.
 Both documents are available at: http://www.diocesepbschools.org/vision .
Thank you for your continued efforts to support our Catholic schools! We wish you all a blessed school year!
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 their:

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.
SJA Volunteer Coaches Needed

1. Tennis Boys Coach 5th through 8th
(April and May)
2. Tennis Girls Coach 5th though 8th 
(April and May)

If interested, contact Coach Martorana at [email protected]  

3.  Soccer Club volunteers needed to help with Soccer Club Advisor
Wednesdays
Pre-K3 & Pre-K4 
2:25 pm to 3:00 pm
1st grade
3:15 pm to 4:00 pm
Fridays :  
Kindergarten
 2:25 pm to 3:00 pm
2nd & 3rd grade
 3:15 pm to 4:00 pm)

If interested, contact Mrs. Annunziata,
 SJA Club Coordinator, at [email protected]


Extended Care Donations



Extended Care is requesting toy donations
for the students.
They are in need of Legos (ages 3-8), Barbie dolls, and Barbie doll clothes or any board games or toys appropriate for the
children to play in a Catholic School.
Please drop off your donation(s) in the main office or to Extended Care.
Thank you!!!
LUNCH/RECESS DUTY PROGRAM
2017-2018

Lunch Duty (inside)
10:45 am – 12:00 noon

8/22 Mary Zuloaga
8/23 Emmerick Volker
8/24 Becky Fortune
8/25 Franca Fattovich

 Recess Duty (Playground)
                     10:10 am – 10:50 am 

8/22
8/23 Mariana Moroian
8/24 Ann Lopker
8/25 Mariana Moroian

If anyone is interested in volunteering for lunch duty or playground duty, please contact the school office at 561-392-7974.

Thank you to all the additional volunteers!