Volume 13 - November 9, 2018
"St. Joan of Arc, pray for us."
11/14 PK4 Retreat in Mercy Center
11/14 Box Top Turn-in Deadline 25 tops - Dress Down Day 12/5
11/14-11-16 Reaccreditation Visit/STREAM Accreditation
11/16 Thanksgiving Mass 8:15 am
11/19-11/23 Thanksgiving Break
12/1 Palm Beach Diocesan High School Placement Exam
12/5 Honor Mary (in Anticipation of Immaculate Conception)
12/7 Parish & School Auction
12/9 Barnes & Noble Book Fair
12/11 "A"Classes - Christmas Program
12/13 "B/C Classes - Christmas Program
12/21 Dismissals by noon - Christmas Vacation
12/24-1/4 Christmas Vacation
Our Reaccreditation Team/ STREAM Accreditation Team will arrive to
St. Joan's for a tour on Wednesday, November 14th. The team will visit classrooms and meet with various stakeholders on Thursday, November 14th and on Friday, November 15th. On Friday afternoon, the faculty will hear the team's exit report.

Please do not use dress down passes on Wednesday, 11/14, Thursday, 11/15 and Friday, 11/16.

We wish to thank all of our faculty, staff, and students for their outstanding work in preparing for the visitation!!!
Saint Joan of Arc celebrates our veterans every year with a Veterans Day Prayer Service and Reception. The Boy and Girl Scouts led everyone with the pledge of allegiance, and the choirs sang the "Star Spangled Banner." The Bells Choir performed beautifully as well. The Student Council and National Junior Honor Society recognized our veterans and highlighted their years of service and accomplishments. Afterward, the veterans were treated to refreshments in the decorated media center. Thank you Deacon Mike Zatarga, also a veteran, for leading the prayer service. A very special thank to Mrs. DiBetta, Miss Hiponia, Dr. Brown, Mrs. Morgan, our choir, bells choir, our Tech Department, the Boy and Girl Scouts, Mrs. Lopez, and
Mrs. Smolinski, for a
wonderful service. 
Saint Joan of Arc is having their last Food Drive for the year. We are collecting the following items for our food pantry:

canned fruit, canned vegetables, canned soups, canned stews, canned meats, stuffing, jelly and cereal

 Please bring the items to your Homeroom by
Monday, November 12th

Thank you on behalf of our
brothers and sisters in need.
Deadline for Fall turn-in is
November 14, 2018, 
for December 5th Dress Down Day.
Please turn in 25 box tops in a zip-lock bag with student's name/homeroom.
We are looking for volunteers for St. Joan of Arc's 4th Annual Career Day on January 28th, 2019! If you are interested in presenting, please contact Miss Bryant at bryant _ [email protected]  

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.
Click on J i n g l e B e l l B a l l flyer above
for updated information on
Auction Donations
AUCTION
SAVE THE DATE 
    Our Annual Auction “Jingle Bell Ball” will take place on Friday, December 7 th at the Polo Club in Boca Raton.
Please consider acquiring or donating a certificate from businesses
you frequent or own.
For example, restaurants, hair salons,
spas, dry cleaners, movies, hotels,
resorts, fitness centers,
and other unique experiences.

This is a reminder that
auction donations are past due.
The Donation Deadline has been extended to 
Friday, November 16, 2018
Families are asked to participate by donating a monetary gift or a new item that can be used for the auction.

Donations can be dropped of at the
Special Projects Office,
Monday through Friday.
Thank you for your support

Click the buttons below for information on Auction details
The Special Projects Office is collecting any baskets that you may want to recycle. We would like to use them for our Auction Gala in December. Thank you again for your help!
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.
Knights of Columbus Food Drive
On Sunday, November 4, 2018,
The 2nd grade Brownies volunteered their time to help out with receiving the bags of food, sorting, organizing, taking the food to the food pantry and stocking the shelves. They really enjoyed it!! It was so cute to see them excited about helping out.
PIANO LESSONS
If you're interested in after school small group piano lessons, please contact Mrs. Smolinski, at [email protected], in the main office. Lessons take place on Tuesdays for 3rd through 5th grade and on Wednesdays for 1st and 2nd grade.
Courage/ Fortitude

Nicholas Quiroz KA
Gabriella Dismuke KB
Lorenzo De Varona 1A
Greyson Tomko 1B
Emma Cooper 2A
Nickolas Velez 2B
Lilly Fischer 2C
Derek Hopkins 3A
Brayden Weinkam 3B
Anne D'Alonzo 4A
Sadie Fortune 4B
Joseph Mullins 5A
Matthew Baldwin 5B
Ariana Zuloaga 6A
Abigail Dlugos 6B
Audra Hankey 7A
Mia Blair 7B
Jake McGowan 8A
Thomas Ternus 8B
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.)
SOCCER/FUTSOL CLUB
Starting Monday, November 12 Pre-K4 - 2nd Grade
Wednesday, November 14
Kindergarten - 4th Grade
both for 10 sessions
Click on button below for detailed information and registration form
SJA baseball caps for sale, for $20, at Trunk or Treat near Mercy Center or in the main office. Students may wear their St. Joan labeled hats at PE and at recess for sun safety purposes.
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.

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.
 LUNCH/RECESS DUTY PROGRAM
2018-2019

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

11/12 Lisa Banic, Sandra Ramirez
11/13 Barbara Sozio, Vanessa Espinosa
11/14 Tim Sullivan,
11/15 Claudio Villareal
11/16  Lisa Banic

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

11/12 Lisa Banic, Sandra Ramirez
11/13 Vanessa Espinosa
11/14
11/15 Courtney Stevens, Claudio Villareal
11/16 Lisa Banic

If you are interested in volunteering, please email Colleen Spencer at [email protected]
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.
3D PENS
Tax deductible donations will fund 3D pens and accessories. Any amount is appreciated. Please contact Mr. Hirsh at [email protected]
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.
Please consider donating Chinese jump ropes for indoor recess.
Please contact Mrs. Smolinski at [email protected].
Your donations will count as service hours.
Donations needed for keyboards
for upcoming piano lessons starting on November 6, 2018. 
Please drop off the items in the school's office. Thank you for your consideration.
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.
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
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. 
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 and 100, that skill is considered mastered.   
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.
Click below for Pre-K3 &
Pre-K4 Drop-Off Information
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.
 Please email Mrs. Wendy Horton at [email protected]
if you wish to make a tax deductible donation for this cause.
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.
Below you will find a form explaining how to log in your Service Hours in REN WEB.
Thank you for your much valued help.

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!
On Thursday, 10/25, the St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church and School Mission and Finance Council met at their regular scheduled meeting to review and approve the 2018-19 Church and School Budget. The committee meets six times per year.
IMPORTANT DATES
FOR THE 2018-2019
SCHOOL YEAR

Thanksgiving Break
11/19/2018 - 11/23/2018
Christmas Break
12/24/2018 - 1/4/2019
Spring Break
3/18/2019 - 3/22/2019
Easter Break
4/18/2019 - 4/22/2019
Last Day of School
5/31/2019
Click below for the Parents'
Ultimate Guide to Snapchat
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 

-To cover costs related to athletics, students will be charged a $25 sports fee for each sport in which they participate to a maximum of three per year.



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.


Athletes must submit $25 sport fee, check made payable to St. Joan of Arc Catholic School, to the main office or to your child's coach ASAP.
PE News
Due to the heat, water will be provided for Kindergarten through 2nd grade. 
3rd through 8th grade students need to bring their labeled water bottle
(name and grade) to PE.
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!