Volume 17 - December 14, 2018
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"St. Joan of Arc, pray for us."
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12/7-12/19 Middle School Midterms
12/20 Dress Down Day
12/21 Dismissals by noon - Christmas Vacation - NO HOT LUNCH, NO EXTENDED DAY CARE
12/24-1/7 Christmas Vacation Break
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Important Calendar Update:
St. Joan of Arc School was just approved to make Monday, January 7, 2019, a Teacher Workday and a day of no school for students. Please make arrangements.
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2019 Winter Middle School
Parent/ Teacher Conference
On January 7th, we will host optional Parent/ Teacher Conferences in the Sports Arena. A Sign Up Genius will be emailed to middle school parents next week.
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Mrs. Dickenson, our 5th grade home teacher, graduated from Nova Southeastern University’s High School and participated heavily in the arts. Every 10 years there is an alumni reunion show. They have several special alumni who participate in the show including Josh Gad, who is Olaf from Frozen. They graduated and performed together over the years. Josh will hopefully be returning if not in person via live video in the show on Dec 23, at 7:00 pm, is the show at NSU’s Arts Center. Mrs. Dickenson has several solos and group numbers. She will be opening the show and closing the show with solo performances. We would love to have Mrs. Dickenson's St. Joan of Arc School's Drama Program students come see Mrs. Dickenson. Please see the link below to purchase tickets:
https://m.ovationtix.com/pe/10330107
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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]
For detailed information about this event please scroll down on
Newsletter to Career Day Flyer
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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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IMPORTANT DATES
FOR THE 2018-2019
SCHOOL YEAR
Christmas Break
12/24/2018 - 1/7/2019
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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2018
Cardinal Gibbons
Brain Brawl
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Dear SJA Parents,
In addition to recently becoming STREAM certified, we have more great news to share: On Saturday, December 8th four of our 8th graders competed at the 2018 Cardinal Gibbons Brain Brawl.
Congratulations to Mr. D’Alonzo for leading a 3rd year in-a-row first place win for St. Joan’s as 8th graders from area Catholic and private schools competed in this event! We also want to give a heartfelt thank you to Sr. Josephine, Miss Christian, and Mrs. Prisco for working with Mr. D’Alonzo to prepare our students. Belen Aguirre, Jake McGowan, Nico Herbert, and Luca Qumsieh did an outstanding job preparing for the competition over the past two months and representing St. Joan's. Go Gators!
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St. Joan of Arc School parents helping the Special Projects Department set for SJA's Jingle Bell Gala.
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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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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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St. Joan of Arc School PE t-shirts $15, can be purchased in the school office.
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SJA 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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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.
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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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Click below for the Parents'
Ultimate Guide to Snapchat
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SJA Boys & Girls Basketball Clinic Starting in January 2019
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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
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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
12/17 Lisa Banic
12/18 Barbara Sozio, Vanessa Espinosa
12/19 Tim Sullivan
12/20 Claudio Villareal
12/21
Recess Duty (Playground)
10:10 am – 10:50 am
12/17 Lisa Banic
12/18 Vanessa Espinosa
12/19
12/20 Claudio Villareal, Courtney Stevens
12/21
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
.
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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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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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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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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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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Click below for Pre-K3 &
Pre-K4 Drop-Off Information
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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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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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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.
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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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-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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St. Joan of Arc School's Barnes and Noble Book Fair
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The St. Joan of Arc family got to do a little Christmas shopping at the Barnes and Noble Book Fair on December 9th! The event included Story Time with the teachers, a Lego building center, a cookie decorating spot, a spirited Christmas performance from the bell and concert choirs, and a chance to win an awesome science-themed basket. A portion of the book sales and cafe sales went to support St. Joan of Arc Catholic School. Thank you to all the parent volunteers who helped at the various stations, thank you to Dr. Brown and Mrs. Morgan for leading the musical performances, and a special thank you to Ms. Novoa for coordinating the event!
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Saint John Paul II Academy's Family Fun "It's a Wonderful Run 5K" Saturday Dec. 15, 2018 @ 8:00am Register at
www.itsawonderfulrun.com
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Toy Drive for Our Lady Queen of Peace Church in Delray Beach
deadline 12/17
for donations
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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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