SJPDS Newsletter January 17, 2019
IMPORTANT DATES, REMINDERS, & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Tomorrow at SJPDS:
EC Parent-Teacher Conferences
No school for EC
No Before&After Care for EC

Lap Cards Due for Lower School
Lap Cards that students are designing to be used at Walk for Wamunyu are due.
Martin Luther King Day
Monday, January 21
All school closed
Re-enrollment and FACTS
The Admissions Office and Business Office are proud to announce the use of the FACTS Student Information System (SIS) for the 2019-2020 school year. FACTS SIS will improve the way St. John’s Parish Day School manages information, automates processes, and communicates with families.

FACTS Management is a system that is familiar to parents and is used for payment of tuition and incidentals. By combining the FACTS Management and the Student Information System, parents will have one log-in to apply, enroll and pay tuition and incidentals. All Parents will have a new log-in which will allow them to manage their payments, emails, addresses and re-enrollment. Re-enrollment contracts will not be mailed as in years' past, but will be posted online for each parent’s viewing and signature. Please click the buttons below for important dates and information concerning re-enrollment.
Important After Care and Half Day Care Information

On Friday, January 25, 2019 and on Friday, May 24, 2019  there is no After Care service available for either Lower School and Early Childhood. On  January 18, 2019  there is no After Care for Early Childhood due to the Parent-Teacher Conference day. The same is true on March 15, 2019  for Lower School Parent-Teacher Conference day.  

On the remaining Half Day Wednesdays, January 30, February 27, March 27 and May 1,  special programs for both Early Childhood and Lower School are available from noon to 3:00 p.m. Space is limited. Registration and payment is required a week in advance. A regular After Care is offered on those days from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. 

To register for Half Day Care:  click the button below for the registration form. Print, complete, and submit. Registration for January 30 Half Day is due January 23rd.
CAMPUS NEWS
Volunteers Wanted: Walk for Wamunyu

Come volunteer for the Walk for Wamunyu, Monday, January 28th! We would love your help tracking laps, passing out popsicles, and cheering on our students. 

Each year the students of SJPDS walk/run to raise money for our pen pals in Kenya. The money has been used to help our friends in many ways; from sports equipment to water tanks to library cards. 
SJPDS Summer Camp Registration is Now Open
St. John's Parish Day School offers 8 fun-filled weeks of camp for children ages 3  1/2  to entering Kindergarten in Fall 2019. Register by March 29, 2019, for 10% Early Bird Discount. For more information, click here
Questions? Email Alison Enokian at summer@stjohnspds.org
Friday Helpers Needed!

We are searching for volunteers to stay after child drop-off on Fridays for an hour to aid in making copies for folder assembly. This is a great opportunity to easily earn volunteer hours, and make you eligible for consideration of that coveted parking space in front!
Please see the sign up button below for Friday Folders. Email Allison Heussler with questions: allisoneheussler@gmail.com .
Snow Days

Congratulations on a job well done for our recent Snow Day and Delayed Start Day. The report from the Staff is that the single drop-off time and single start-time worked very well on Tuesday. Please know that, if possible, we will make a decision about a Snow Day by 7 P.M. the night before, but more often we cannot make the right decision until we have inspected the campus early on the morning of the day in question. Several of us observe a protocol to make that decision by 5:15 A.M. We do pay very close attention to what Howard County schools are doing, but we reserve the liberty to go our own way. – Dr. Prehn
UPCOMING EVENTS
Walk for Wamunyu
Monday, January 28
9AM – 12:15PM

Student fundraising event for Kenya Connect.
Spirit Week - A Celebration of Our Five Gifts
January 28–February 1
We are so excited for our upcoming Spirit Week! Throughout the week students will learn about our St. John's Five Gifts. Each day of Spirit Week, students will wear a different designated color from our school logo or wear spirit wear. Click Spirit Week Information to find out each day's colors. Want to order new spirit wear? Click Here
Spirit Day
Wednesday, January 30
All school noon dismissal
Candyland Mini Gala Interest Meeting
Friday, January 25
Clark House Conference Room
2:30 – 3:30 PM

Come by to share your ideas and find out how you can help make the Candyland Mini Gala a huge success!
Winter Luncheon for all SJPDS Staff
Wednesday, January 30
12:15PM – 1:15PM

The PA's Winter Luncheon for all SJPDS staff is quickly approaching! We need volunteers to help make this event successful. Please check out the Sign-Up Genius and sign up to help! There are opportunities to help before and during the luncheon and/or to make/donate food items. THANK YOU!
Alumni Coming Home Day
Tuesday, February 5th 
8 AM – 11 AM

We love to have our Alumni "Come Home" to SJPDS! We enjoy hearing what they have been up to and to foster their continued connection to the school. While some of our visitors will be helping out in classrooms other will be doing special things around the school such as creating Mini Gala decorations, painting rocks, etc. We are in need of a few parent volunteers to oversee these students for 90 minutes. 
Upcoming PA General Meeting
Wednesday, February 27th, 4:30 pm
All Saints Hall

Please join us on for Parents' Association General Membership Meeting. Hope to see you there!

PARENTS' ASSOCIATION NEWS
It’s time to turn in your Box Tops!

Thanks to all the Box Tops you turned in this fall, our school earned a check from Box Tops For Education™ for $376.10. Our goal for this year is $1,000 so keep the Box Tops coming in! The spring submission deadline is right around the corner. Please send your Box Tops to school by Friday, February 22nd so they can be included in our school’s April check. Watch for winter collection sheets in this Friday’s folder.

Submit completed collection sheets or a sealable plastic bag of Box Tops. Include your child’s name, teacher’s name and grade in order to be entered to win a prize. Collection envelopes are located outside your child’s classroom and there is a box in the school lobby.

Kelly Shea & Kim McKnab
2018-19 Box Tops for Education™ Coordinators for SJPDS
Scrip
Welcome to Scrip! An effortless fundraiser for the SJPDS Parents’ Association. The idea is simple: you buy gift cards at their face value and use them to pay for various items during your regular family shopping. The SJPDS Parents’ Association receives a percentage of the dollar value of your purchase from the merchant, for the benefit of the school and your children. For information on ordering, read more  here .

Did you know you could buy Scrip gift cards for your iTunes purchases? If you order a Scrip iTunes e-card, the SJPDS PA receives 5% of the face value. Just another way that your every day purchases can help support the school and your children.
HELP SUPPORT SJPDS
There are some EASY ways to help support our school and help raise extra money for this school year! The money raised goes toward new school items, “mini grants” for our teachers, as well as to support special events (such as author & zoo visits). Don’t forget to pass the word along to family, friends, and neighbors so they can help support SJPDS. We really appreciate everyone’s participation!

Giant A+ Rewards
Enroll your Giant rewards card using our school code 04414 to begin earning points from each purchase you make. The program began September 7, 2018 and runs through March 16, 2019. Enroll now through January 31, 2019! Last year we earned $1,300. Click here to sign up

Harris Teeter: Together in Education
Create an account and enroll (or re-enroll) your VIC card ( card must be enrolled each year ) and select SJPDS (code 7161) TIE as your designated school. SJPDS will earn points from qualified items (Harris Teeter brands) and receive a cash payment at the end of the school year. Click here to enroll

BoxTops for Education
Collect BoxTops from participating products (there are hundreds of them) and submit them in the envelopes outside the classrooms or in the box in the front hallway. You can either tape them on the sheet provided or place them in a sealed baggie. Please make sure to include your child’s name, grade, and teacher on the paper and/or sealed baggie. We will collect BoxTops all year! Last year we earned $690.00 and our goal is to raise $1,000 this school year! Click here to register

You can also download and use the Box Tops Bonus App. All you have to do is sign up, select St. John’s Parish Day School, select what you have purchased, scan your receipt and start earning money for SJPDS!

Shop with Scrip
Help SJPDS earn money through everyday purchases. Sign up at www.shopwithscrip.com and click on the JOIN A PROGRAM , enter the SJPDS PA enrollment code: 1EDB8C1821622 , and other key information (usename, etc). Select your gift cards and earn money for our school! Feel free to contact Shana Christrup at scripdirector@gmail.com with questions and more information about the program. 

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