September 2, 2010
Dear Parents:
Welcome back to a new school year! I want to take this opportunity to welcome new staff and new families into our school community. Mrs. Richards is our new music teacher, Mrs. Lewis is a Pre-K teacher, and Mr. Connor is going to be student teaching in the second grade for the fall semester. Mrs. Richards has her biography on the website. Mrs. Hartmann will be sending home information about Mr. Connor. He was a graduate of SJS and has fond memories of his time here.
It has been a wonderful start to the year thanks to many people who helped get the school ready for the opening day. Thank you to Father Chip for his support for the renovations, Mrs. Valzania for being here this summer getting the word out to families, and the H.S.A. who purchased the Science equipment for the lab. The H.S.A. was also responsible for the purchase of the mulch for both playground areas. The H.S.A. is the Home School Association. Peter Brady and his ministry and the following SJS families were here to help spread the mulch so that it was ready for the opening day. Thank you to the Capanna, DeSantis, Ferrara, Koritko, Ovanessian, McGinniss, Robinson, and Woods families for their help with this project.
Please continue the routine for drop off. As a reminder the doors are open at 8:00 a.m. and the children can be dropped off in the back of the school till 8:20 a.m. After 8:20 a.m. the children need to be dropped off in the front of the school because the buses start to drop off in the back of the school.
Thank you for your patience and understanding as we work through some changes.
School Happenings:
The students will be attending Mass tomorrow for First Friday and the start of the school year. They are expected to dress nicely if their uniforms have not arrived.
We will be welcoming our Pre-K students next week. The staff has been working to be sure that the classrooms are ready for the first day. The Pre-K children will enter in the back of the school building and will be able to walk right into their new classroom.
The art room is now in the old science room space and the students are enjoying this room to work on their first projects. Mrs. Gavel has been working to transform the room into a creative learning environment.
Father Chip wanted me to inform our parents that the children are invited to attend the 9:00a.m. Mass on Sundays as this will be a Children's Mass. The CCD classes will be using the school on Sundays from 9-12 and 6-8:30 p.m. Please do not enter the school during this time as we need to respect the religious education program. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
Reminders: Plan Ahead:
No school next week on Monday, Labor Day, September 6th and Thursday, September 9th.
Meet the Teachers/Open House will be on Tuesday, September 14th @ 7:00 p.m.
Reminders from the Nurse's Office
♥ All students entering Kindergarten must have a physical exam and state form completed before the first day of school. Forms are available in the Summer Packet and on the Parents page.
♥ All students entering 6th grade must have a physical exam and state form completed for the 2010-2011 school year. Forms are available in the Summer Packet and on the Parents page.
♥ If your child is planning to participate in Cheerleading or Basketball in the fall, they must have a sports physical completed before tryouts. Forms are available on the Parents page.
♥ Please plan to drop off any prescription medication and the physician's orders to the nurse on the first day of school.
♥ Please check your summer packet for important forms that need completion for the first day of school. The health forms are available year-round on the Parents page.
♥ Please do not hesitate to contact me by email 
if you have questions or concerns.
Gail Archer, RN
SUMMER PACKET ONLINE
Most of our summer packet is available
on our Summer Packet page.
Supply lists, reading lists, fillable forms and all health forms
SEPTEMBER HOT LUNCH MENU
Hot Lunch begins Tuesday, September 7th
Forms are Due Sept. 3rd
IMPORTANT REMINDERS
HOT LUNCH - SEPTEMBER 2010: As many of you are aware, the first day of school is August 31st, which is a Tuesday. There will be NO HOT LUNCH served the first week of school, so please send your children in with cold lunch.
We will have HOT LUNCH available the second week of school, which begins on September 7th. You will receive your September Menu toward the end of August, or during the first week of school. We will ask that you send back your menu and payment as soon as possible so that September lunches can go as smoothly as possible.
Also, we wanted to let you know that Walsh Catering will be implementing healthier choices next year, so please look for the changes on the menu.
LITTLE FLOWERS GIRLS' CLUB
2010-11 SIGNUP
The first Little Flowers Girls’ Club meeting of the 2010-11 school year will be Thursday September 2nd, 6:30-7:30 pm in the school library. New and returning members in grades K-6 are most welcome. Registration forms and fees are due at the first meeting.
If you have not been to a Little Flowers meeting and are interested, please email Jennifer Suess so we can add you to the mailing list for additional information.
The Little Flowers Girls' Club® is a program for girls who, together with their moms, want to grow in beauty in the sight of the Lord by learning and practicing Catholic virtues such as hope, truthfulness, perseverance and cheerfulness. Virtues are learned through lively presentations, crafts and activities incorporating the lives of the saints and scripture.
For more information about the club, see the Little Flowers Girls page.
BLUE KNIGHTS BOYS’ CLUB
2010-11 SIGNUP
Registration for the Blue Knights Boys’ Club is beginning for the 2010-11 school year.
Meetings are held monthly in the school library. New and returning members in grades 1-6 are most welcome. Registration forms and fees are due at the first meeting.
If you are interested, please email David Suess so we can add you to the mailing list for additional information.
The Blue Knights is a Catholic boys' club aimed at teaching the truths of the Catholic faith to boys through Scripture, saints' biographies, games, crafts and the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
For more information about the club, see the Blue Kinghts page.
SJS SCRIP
SUMMER IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER!
YES, SCRIP is still available during the summer. However, SCRIP will not be done weekly as it has been done during the school year. During the summer there will be 3 submission dates that the SCRIP will be submitted and then 3 distribution dates of the cards.
The cards will be distributed after Saturday 5:00 pm mass in the vestibule. If you have an order but are unable to make it to the schedule pick up please let us know.
If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to email the SCRIP email at or .
| Submission date | Distribution Date |
| Please note: Orders have to be in by 10:00am on the submission date to be ready for distribution date | |
| Aug 26th | September 3rd - after school |
Don’t forget to use SCRIP for all your summer needs. Vacations, Stay-vacations, Beach gear, Camping gear, Golfing gear and, of course, LANDS END for school uniform purchases!
Remember all purchase profits earned for each family is split 50/50. 50% of profit earned goes back to the family at the end of the SCRIP year and 50% of the profit earned goes to the school towards items needed in the school for our children.
It’s WIN – WIN!
Thank you
The SCRIP Team
Easy steps to join:
• Go to https://www.shopwithscrip.com/getstarted/register.aspx
• Click on 'MY ACCOUNT'
• Enter required information- SJS enrollment code is 65LCLD722LL12
• Set up a Presto Pay account which needs to be validated (this can take 2-3 business days to complete)
• You will be asked to submit a pin number which has to be verified by our schools SCRIP coordinator Jean Ferrara you can email this information to her
at
Questions: email the SJS SCRIP team .
Orders are usually cleared at 10am each Friday morning
for the following weeks distribution.
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