Volume 22 - February 1, 2019
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"St. Joan of Arc, pray for us."
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02/05 Field Day
02/06 5th Grade Retreat 8:15 am
02/07 Open House 8:30 am - 10:30 am
02/08 6th Grade Field Trip
02/08 3rd Grade Adoration in Chapel 1 pm
02/15 NO SCHOOL - Teachers Professional Day
02/18 NO SCHOOL - Presidents' Day
02/20 8th Grade Retreat 8:15 am
02/22 Dress Down Day
02/25-03/15 Terra Nova Assessment - Grades 2-8
02/27 7th Grade Retreat 8:15 am
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**Wednesday, April 3rd**
Grades 1st & 2nd
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Grades 3rd & 4th
12:30 pm - 2 pm
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**Tuesday, April 9th**
Grades 3rd-4th
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
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Grades 5th-8th Geography Bee Winners
1st Place: Raphael Turcat
2nd Place: Claudia Hammes
3rd Place: Eivissa Tinney
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Thank you, Home & School Team for spoiling SJA's Faculty and Staff with a fabulous Catholic School Week luncheon, themed
“Breakfast at Tiffany’s".
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St. Joan of Arc celebrated it's
2nd Annual STREAM DAY
on Friday, February 1st.
Thank you, Miss Christian, for coordinating this exciting event and to our 5th through 8th grade middle student STREAM activity leaders for teaching innovative lessons! Our students were engaged and loved learning from their peers. A special thank you to all of our parent volunteers and to our Home and School President, Mrs. D'Arelli, for all their hard work behind the scenes in order to make this a successful and smooth STREAM DAY!
Pre-K3 thru Kindergarten activities
Science: Lava lamps Bridgette S. and
Emma S.
Technology: Robots and drones: Freddy A., Joey S., and Baer T.
Religion: Buttefly: Belen A. and Lucas J.
Engineering: Building furniture and houses with unique building blocks:
Rory O. & Calleigh N.
Art: Pop Up and Abstract Art: Max S. & Valentina R
Math: Running game with cones and numbers: Celeste E. and Emily J.
1st through 4th grade activities
Science: Alessandra R.: Animal Trivia Pictionary
Science: Guillermo H.: Oreo Moon Phases
Technology: Quizlet and Kahoot with trivia facts used iPads: Grant C.
Religion: Making Origami hearts and knot stuffed heart pillows: Kata A. and Ally R.:
Engineering: Building Gum Drop Structures: Chris C. and Sean R.
Engineering: Using Catapults: Jackson B. and Brady A.
Art: Making Marble Milk Art: Ava R. and Sarah T:
Math: Escape Room Using Math (focus on measurement): Isabel R and Isabel M
5th through 8th grade activities
Science: Strawberry DNA: Brooke H. and Riley M.
Science: Coke and Mentos: Ritchie D.
Technology: Coding: Luca Q.
Religion: Big game board on floor using Hacky Sack: Maria S.
Religion: Quizlet Llive: Alejandra P.
Engineering: Cup Towers: Natalia G.
Engineering: Candy Towers: Gianna D. (Guest SJA Graduate)
A: Pictionary with play-doh: Tiago C.
M: Math Escape Room (focus on decimals and fractions): Cecilia H. Maya M.
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IMPORTANT DATES
FOR THE 2018-2019
SCHOOL YEAR
Spring Break
3/18/2019 - 3/22/2019
Easter Break
4/18/2019 - 4/22/2019
Last Day of School
5/31/2019
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SPECIAL PROJECTS ASSISTANT
Part-time employment assisting Special Projects Office with Parish and School Special Events and Fundraisers.
Maximum of 24 hours per week.
Flexibility needed when planning and attending Special Events.
SKILLS NEEDED
Competent skills in Word, and Excel
Excellent and Professional telephone manner, good public relations skills, and confidentiality.
Ability to work effectively with Parish and School employees, department heads, parents, parishioners, and the general public.
Public Relations, fundraising and event planning experience helpful.
Please send resume to
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To order your yearbook click on button below and search for
"Saint Joan of Arc"
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If you would like to submit photos for the yearbook from the Christmas Show, Sports Games, Grandparents Day, or any other school-related activity, you can do so in the
"Community Upload"
feature.
Please use the access code
"sja"
on the Yearbook Forever website.
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St. Joan of Arc School will be offering a Running Club starting
January 15, 2019, - March 26, 2019
Click on below button for form and detailed information
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SJA Volleyball Clinic
Saturdays starting in February
02/02-05/04
10:00 am - 11:00 am
SJA Sports Arena
Grades 5th-7th
Coach Alvarez
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Donations needed for keyboards
for upcoming piano lessons starting in January 2019
Please drop off the items in the school's office. Thank you for your consideration.
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PIANO LESSONS
If you're interested in after school small group piano lessons, please contact Mrs. Smolinski, at smolinski_kamila@stjoan.org, in the main office. Lessons take place on Tuesdays for 3rd through 5th grade and on Wednesdays for 1st and 2nd grade.
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St. Joan of Arc Catholic School
Ballet/Dance Recital 2019
Click on button below for dates/times
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**Friendly Reminder**
No SMART Watches allowed to be worn at school.
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RenWeb is now FACTS
Two companies become one to serve everyone better. Four years ago, FACTS and RenWeb united to provide the best education experience possible. Since that time, we’ve worked toward combining our services in a way that benefits our school partners and their families. Now we’ve taken the final step and become a single company: FACTS. As of October 2018, RenWeb Student Information System is now
FACTS SIS.
Click the picture above to visit the new login page. (same district code, username and password.)
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As stated in the 2018-19 Parent/Student Handbook (page 10), every parent is required to volunteer a minimum of
10 service hours, per family, for the school year. Failure to do so will result in a $100.00 charge to your account for each
hour not completed.
Click on the To Do List: Log Volunteer Hours image above, for instructions on how to login your Service Hours in RenWeb.
Thank you for your much valued help
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PE Request
5th thru 8th grades
Please do not bring aerosol
deodorant sprays for PE uniform change, due to allergies. Rub on deodorants are preferable
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Congratulations, Girls JV Soccer Team, for an undefeated season!
We are extremely proud of you!
Our JV Girls Team competed and won against larger schools such as: Pine Crest, American Heritage, and Cavalry Chapel. A huge thank you to our awesome JV Girls Soccer Coaches -Mrs. Bezjak and Mrs. Owens!
Go Gators!
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Come Support the
SJA Cheerleaders!
The 2019 Catholic Athletic League Varsity Cheerleading Competition will be held this Saturday, Feb. 2nd at Cardinal Newman High School Gym WPB. Ticket sales begin at 10:00 am and the price of admission is $4.00 a person. Doors open to spectators at 10:30 am and lock shortly after.
There are seven Catholic Schools competing this year so we encourage and welcome our SJA fans to come out and raise your Spirit for our All Star Cheerleaders. Spirit makers will be provided! We thank you for your support! Any questions, please contact Elaine Simpson 561-339-7268 or Colleen Huott at 561-212-5844
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Click on button below to order your STREAM T-shirt
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SJA Boys & Girls Basketball Clinic Starting in January 2019
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SOCCER/FUTSOL CLUB
Starting Monday, February 25
Pre-K4 - 2nd Grade
Wednesday, February 13
Kindergarten, 3rd & 4th Grades
both for 10 sessions
Click on button below for detailed information and registration form
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Are you receiving text messages from
Saint Joan of Arc School?
If you are not not receiving
SJA text messages,
text START to 22383
in order to add you to our
SJA text blasts.
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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.
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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.
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LUNCH/RECESS DUTY PROGRAM
2018-2019
Lunch Duty (inside)
10:45 am – 12:00 noon
2/4 Lisa Banic,
Carol Hopkins
2/5
Barbara Sozio
2/6
Carol Hopkins, Tim Sullivan
2/7
2/8
Recess Duty (Playground)
10:10 am – 10:50 am
2/4 Lisa Banic
2/5
2/6
2/7
2/8
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SLA Management Account Balances
Parents, in order to make our lunch line efficient, please ensure your child is informed of his/ her pin # and encourage your child to memorize the pin #.
SLA is not permitted to give out pin numbers.
Also, if your child buys lunch or snacks, please make sure your child's account is funded so you do not incur outstanding balances.
Thank you for your cooperation.
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3D PENS
Tax deductible donations will fund 3D pens and accessories. Any amount is appreciated. Please contact Mr. Hirsh at hirsh_seth@stjoan.org
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LEGOS
Please donate regular-sized Legos (not jumbo-sized) and Lego people. Drop off gently used Legos to the Science Lab or Media Center. Thank you.
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Please consider donating Chinese jump ropes for indoor recess.
Please contact Mrs. Smolinski at smolinski_kamilla@stjoan.org.
Your donations will count as service hours.
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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.
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.
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Culinary Club Wish List
Spring Classes Starting in January
Mrs. Putetti is in need of the following
new
items for safety purposes:
Electric Frying Pans
Hot Plates
Toaster Ovens, etc.
She is looking forward to teaching your child some Italian/American recipes.
Thank you for your consideration.
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FOR SECURITY REASONS THE GATE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE SCHOOL WILL REMAIN
CLOSED
AND
NO
ENTRANCE WILL BE ALLOWED
FROM
2:00 pm to 6:00 pm
PLEASE USE MAIN ENTRANCE BY THE SPORTS ARENA
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Please
DO NOT
allow individuals to tailgate when you enter the campus.
All guests need to be individually identified prior to having access to our school.
This is one of the most important safety measures you can take to
heighten our security.
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Dear Parents,
As stated in the tuition agreement, there is a $350.00, per family, security fee. We ask that all families submit this additional payment,
in the form of a check made payable to
“St. Joan of Arc School”,
to the homeroom teacher of your oldest child. Please indicate “Security” and your family name in the memo field of your check.
Thank you.
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Dear SJA Pre-K4 through 8th Grade Parents,
We continue to offer IXL.com in the following subjects:
ELA (Pre-K through 12), Science (2 through 8), Social Studies (2 through 8), and
Math (Pre-K through 12).
IXL can help with remediation, practice, and further enrichment in and out of the classroom. Your child's teacher may assign one or several specific skills to do at home which coincide with the curriculum
or with a learning gap.
If you have an Apple product (iPad/ iPhone) or another SMART device (i.e. Android),
you may want to download the IXL app.
In order to use IXL, log onto
IXL
.com
.
Your child's username is his/ her student ID @stjoan (i.e. br102@stjoan) and password is only his/ her username
(i.e. br102).
If your child achieves between an 85 -100, that skill is considered mastered.
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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!
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To cover costs related to athletics, athletes will be charged a $25 sports fee for each sport in which they participate to a maximum of three per year.
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Physicals must be up-to-date in order to participate in tryouts.
Please fill out the required "Athletics Forms" via RenWeb:
Once in RenWeb, go to:
-School Information
-Resource Documents
-PE Forms
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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.
IF FOR ANY REASON YOU NEED TO PICK-UP YOUR CHILD EARLY, PLEASE PLAN AHEAD AND BE HERE BEFORE 1:55 PM.
Please refer to the Parent/Student
Handbook, page 15.
Thank you.
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Security Wish List
Thank you very much to the parents
who have underwritten our
Walkie-talkies for the school.
We currently have enough funds to cover
the purchase of 7 walkie-talkies.
We are still in need of an additional
3 walkie-talkies.
if you wish to make a tax deductible donation for this cause.
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JA baseball caps for sale for $20, in the school office. Students may wear their St. Joan labeled hats at PE and at recess for sun safety purposes.
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PE WISH LIST
St. Joan's PE Program is in need of (hockey) indoor/ outdoor "borders" to keep equipment from traveling to the other side of the Sports Arena and Athletic Field, as well as, out of the bleachers (keeps the momentum of the class going). The borders are also used to facilitate student activities taking place simultaneously.
Ideally it would be great to have the whole set, though the cost would be around $6,000, whereas, getting a few sections are about $200 each.
If you're able to donate for one or more of the borders, we would greatly appreciate this tax deductible gift. Your donation can count toward service hours.
Thank you - Coach Shapiro
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Click below for Pre-K3 &
Pre-K4 Drop-Off Information
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St. Joan of Arc School PE t-shirts $15, can be purchased in the school office
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On Thursday, 1/24, the St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church and School Mission and Finance Council met at their regular scheduled meeting to review and approve the 2019-20 School Tuition. The committee meets six times per year.
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SJA's Annual Career Day
Saint Joan of Arc's 4th Annual Career Day on January 28th, 2019 was the biggest one yet with over 30 presenters! Grades Pre-K3 - 8th heard from professionals in a variety of fields such as medicine, law, marketing, journalism, business, mental health, technology, financial, design, architecture and more! Career Day couldn't have been made possible without the generous support of parents and community service professionals who volunteered their time to make Career Day special. Thank you, Miss Bryant, for coordinating this outstanding event for our students!
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National Junior Honor Society 2019 Inductees
In celebration of Catholic schools and the excellent education they provide, it was more than fitting to conduct the NJHS inductions ceremony during Catholic Schools Week. These students modeled service, leadership, scholarship, character and citizenship. There were 8 new members inducted to NJHS between grades 6-8.
Thank you, Mrs. Dickenson, for coordinating the event.
New Members of
National Junior Honor Society
for 2019
Payton Bezjak
Daniela Dominguez Hernando
Augusto Grimaldi
Carlo Guasch
Robert Haber
Cecilia Metzger Hasey
Emma Simpson
Emily Tarazi
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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 2018",
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 2018-19 activities of the Office of Catholic School and individual Catholic schools. Both documents are available at
Faith Inspiring Excellence 2018
Thank you for your continued efforts to support our Catholic schools!
We wish you all a blessed school year!
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