Weekend Mass schedule: Saturday 5:00 pm; Sunday 7:30, 9:00, 10:30 am, 12:00 and 5:00 pm

Parish Stations of the Cross on Friday at 6:00 pm during Lent

 Weekday Mass schedule March 16 - 20: All school Mass on Wednesday, March 18 at 9:30 am

Weekday Mass schedule March 23 - 27: Parish Mass at 8:00 am: grades K -2 on Tuesday, grades 6 - 8 on Wednesday, grades 3 - 5 on Thursday

School Stations of the Cross at 2:00 pm on Friday, March 20

Benediction at 2:00 pm on Friday, March 27

Faith in Action:

Please continue to encourage everyone to save for Operation Ricebowl, our Lenten outreach program. It is a wonderful opportunity to give to those who are less fortunate.

Work continues to move forward on Project Domino. We have signed a contract with Online Builders, an Encinitas contractor. In anticipation of meeting the completion date of August, some of the construction work will begin before school dismisses for the summer. We will provide more details on the scope of this early construction as it becomes available. In order to accomplish this, the school library will be completely shut down when we return from Easter break on April 13th. Mrs. Mattera will work with the students and families to ensure all library materials are returned in a timely manner.

Academic Decathlon Results

Congratulations to our 2015 Academic Decathlon team! Another great finish for Saint John School. All the team members worked very hard and put in a lot of extra time and effort. A special thank you to the team coach, Mrs. Smith.    Team members are:      

8th grade:       

Mikaela Adams   Lauren Alberton       Carly Duenas   Ellie Duval                             

Sophie Getty       Abigail Meyers       Olivia Shane         

7th grade:    

Moya Caulfield   Stuart Dempster      Carson Duenas                                                 Shea Hinojosa     Raquel Pareja    

6th grade:    

David Meyers       Jake Titcomb

Overall Team finish - 2nd place

Logic Team completion - 4th place

Lauren Alberton - 1st place Mathematics

Mikaela Adams - 3rd place Fine Arts

Raquel Pareja - 3rd place Current Events

Sophie Getty - 4th place English

Olivia Shane - 6th place Science

Strategic Plan:

We have recently added our Saint John School Strategic Plan to School Speak. It will also be on the school website. Please skim or read it when you have an opportunity. It provides a self-assessment and evaluation of the school's strategic areas. It also provides an outline of goals and action plans to meet the three to five year benchmarks. The Annual Fund and Project Domino are part of the Strategic Plan. We invite your comments and suggestions and will survey your ideas more in-depth in the New Year.

Roaring Twenties Auction Information

Best of Live raffle tickets now being sold! Get in on the limited chance to win a great Live Auction item. Limited number of tickets sold. Only $100. Look for more details on School Speak.
  

Parish Meeting Rooms

To groups who use the parish facilities for meetings:

Please help us to be good neighbors. We ask that you please reset the meeting room to the way you found it. It is understandable that you may need to move chairs and tables around during the course of your meeting/event. However, please reset the room to its original state before leaving. Often, the rooms are used by groups in the evenings and we want to have the rooms in the appropriate set up/condition. Parish staff are not always available to "reset" the rooms. Thank you so much for your cooperation and understanding!

GREEN MY LIFE

Hey, Earth Lovers,

         Want to know what's going on? Well, we are having some great SoCal weather. Earlier this week we received a gift of a little rainstorm, even though local Californians will have to cut back on water usage for rationing because we are in the fourth year of the drought. This means we have to be extra careful about using water inappropriately- it's not a joke! 

From February 26th to March 4th, Encinitas will receive more rain with 50-60% chance of rain on Saturday and Sunday. One thing you can do to extend the benefits of these showers is to collect the water from the rain showers in buckets to pour on your backyard plants- not only will they love a little extra attention, but you'll feel great about doing something productive while helping the earth at the same time! Although it won't be the best time to go to the beach, you can spend the rainy weekend doing some pre-spring cleaning around the house. Thanks for reading these tips, and enjoy beautiful California! 

                                       Sincerely,

                                 Emily Tulino, 6th grade

                              Commissioner of Ecology

CRS Rice Bowl Project

 Forty years ago, Catholics in the United States wanted to respond to the famine in Africa. They asked themselves if they could feed the hungry through Lenten prayers, fasting, and almsgiving. The answer was yes and it came in the form of a small cardboard box. Forty years later, the Rice Bowl Project continues to bring help to those in need. It is sponsored by Catholic Relief Services. Many of you may remember the program from your Catholic school days.

Each student will be given a special cardboard box that will be used to hold money. We ask that your family thoughtfully consider how you can put donations in the box. For example, you may choose to "give up" something (a common Lenten tradition). You could give up going to Starbuck's one day and put the money you would have spent on a latte in the Rice Bowl box instead. Perhaps students can give for their time by completing extra chores and putting any money earned in the Rice Bowl. Get the whole family involved in deciding what works best for your family. The project runs through the Lenten season.

If you are a more modern, tech savvy type of family, you may want to consider downloading the CRS Rice Bowl app from Google Play or the App Store. You can make donations directly from your mobile device. Otherwise, we suggest you put the collection box in a special place in your home, for example, your kitchen or dining room table. That way, you can continue to reflect and prepare for your Lenten journey on a daily basis while serving our brothers and sisters in need.

New Afterschool Enrichment 

fitkidsAmerica announces a new afterschool program at Saint John School. Volleyball and Lacrosse class instruction, skills, training, and conditioning for grades K-5 for eight weeks, beginning March 25 - May 20. Registration form and additional information is available on SchoolSpeak or at the front office.

SAVE THE DATE

ST. JOHN VACATION BIBLE CAMP 2015

JULY 13-17 8:30am-12:00pm

Students currently in grades K-5

Registration will be available in April on the parish and school websites, and in the school, parish and Religious Ed offices. Plan on joining the adventure!

REMINDERS 

School Board meeting at 6:30 pm in the library on Thursday, March 19

3rd grade First Eucharist meeting on Wednesday, March 25

Parish Stations of the Cross are each Friday at 6:00 pm during Lent. We also have a Fish/Fry and Bingo in the Parish Hall from 5:00 - 9:00 pm on Friday during Lent.