Volume 9 - October 12, 2018.
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"St. Joan of Arc, pray for us."
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10/16 Bliss Designs Shopping Day
8:30 am - 4:00 pm
10/17 Dress Down Day - SJA Goes Pink
10/19 NO SCHOOL - Teacher Work Day
10/21 Family Mass at 12:15 pm
10/22 Quarter 1 Report Card available to view via RenWeb after 4:00 pm
10/23
Vision and Hearing Screenings for any new students and grades K, 1, 3 and 6
10/24 St. Anthony Mary Claret Mass 8:15am
10/26 Trunk or Treat 6:30 pm-8:00 pm
SJA Parking Lot
10/31 3rd Grade Saints Program
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11/1 All Saints Day Mass 8:15 am
11/9 Veterans Day Service 9:15 am
11/14 Box Top Turn-in Deadline 25 tops - Dress Down Day 12/5
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Click below for the
Parents' Ultimate Guide to Snapchat
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- Thank you, Dr. Sasha Chediak, Do.O. (SJA graduate) and Mrs. Erika Luceri-Johnson (SJA Parent), MPH, PA-C, from Clearyderm for an excellent informative presentation on Sun Safety.
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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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Our Early Childhood Blooming Artists Club members in action!
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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.
Donations can be dropped of at the
Special Projects Office,
Monday through Friday.
Thank you for your support
You will find the Donation Agreement Form by clicking on the button below.
Click on Auction flyer for more details.
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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!
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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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Cardinal Gibbons High School
2018 Open House
Sunday, October 14th
12:45 pm - 3:00 pm
The formal presentation will begin promptly at 1:00 PM in the gymnasium.
Cardinal Gibbons High School
2900 NE 47
th
St, Fort Lauderdale 33308
For more information, please contact
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Saint John Paul II Academy
2018 Open House
Sunday, November 4th
1:00 pm-3:00 pm
Formal Presentation at 2:00 pm
Sixth, seventh and eighth-grade families are invited to attend.
Click on the SJPII Open House Flyer below for details
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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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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 6 walkie-talkies.
We are still in need of an additional
4 walkie-talkies.
if you wish to make a tax deductible donation for this cause.
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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
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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.
Below you will find a form explaining how to log in your Service Hours in REN WEB.
Thank you for your much valued help.
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Click on the Dress Down Days button below to view upcoming days.
Note: dates are subject to change.
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Click below for Pre-K3 &
Pre-K4 Drop-Off Information
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Click below for important Grandparents Day information.
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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
10/15 Lisa Banic, Denise Boissinot
10/16 Vanessa Espinosa, Barbara Sozio
10/17 Tim Sullivan
10/18
10/19
NO SCHOOL
Recess Duty (Playground)
10:10 am – 10:50 am
10/15 Lisa Banic
10/16 Vanessa Espinosa
10/17
10/18 Courtney Stevens
10/19
NO SCHOOL
If you are interested in volunteering, please email Colleen Spencer at
[email protected]
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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 [email protected]
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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.
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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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 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
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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.
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Protocol for
Conference Request
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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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Start saving your Box Tops to help your school and earn a
Dress Down Pass.
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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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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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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.
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First School Buddy Mass
The pews at the 10:45 am Mass on October 7th were a little more crowded than usual. The seats were filled with families from Religious Education for the monthly Family Catechism Mass and for the first school Buddy Mass for Kindergarten and 5th grade. Children were involved in the Mass through the readings, Prayer of the Faithful, and by bringing up the offertory. At the end of Mass, parishioners were delighted to hear the children sing together. The buddies met in the gazebo after Mass for refreshments and treats.
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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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