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St. John the Apostle School
May 28, 2009
http://www.stjs.org
2008 Nationally Recognized Blue Ribbon School
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June 28 |
Sunday |
Used Uniform Sale
at Parker, 12:00 – 2:00 |
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August 12 |
Wednesday |
First Day of
School, Noon Dismissal |
DID YOU KNOW
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that SJS alumni, Claire Cuny and
Chris Camarillo, received awards at the ninth annual Betty Lynn Buckley Awards
ceremony held at Casa Manana. Claire received the Excellence in Choreography
Award, and Chris’ award was for Excellence in Costume Design. All winners also
received a $500.00 scholarship. Congratulations! We are very proud of you
both.
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that Madeleine Opalecky will be in
On Stage in Bedford’s production of Alice in Wonderland. The show runs
the last two weekends of June. Way to go, Madeleine!
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that the first graders read 2,399
books on their Home Reading List this year. Aliya Castaneda, Connor FitzGibbon,
Kiana Jackson, Braden Monaghan, Alissa Nguyen, Kevin Nguyen, Lollie Piceno,
Kayla Ramirez, Jordan Richardson, Sofia Rizo, Reymond Salazar, Molly Tice and
Jonah Valdes all read over 100 books. Abby Martinez and Daniella Semper read
over 200 books. Way to go, first grade!
NOTE FROM THE BUSINESS OFFICE
All accounts must be current to receive report cards.
This also includes sports fees and book fines.
REPORT CARDS
Student report
cards are being sent home today. 8th grade report cards will be
mailed.
SUMMER ESP HOURS
Campus preparations for the
2009-2010 school year will begin Saturday, June 6. You can get a head start on
your ESP hours for next year by joining us on Saturday mornings, 8:00 a.m. until
noon,. The only Saturday we will not be working is July 4. Cleaning
classrooms, painting, moving furniture and equipment, grounds keeping and other
opportunities will be taking place all summer. If you're not an early riser,
show up when you can. This is a great way to take care of your ESP commitment
before the school year begins. Teens can earn service hours, so bring them,
too! Please make plans to help this summer. It will benefit you, the school,
and your CHILDREN! Call Barb Krueger at 817-590-4574 if you have any questions
or want to work.
COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD FOR MAY
Congratulations to Mrs.
Hernandez’s 7th grade homeroom for winning the Community Service
Award for May!
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR 2009-2010
Volunteers are needed to
help the school office with daily copying. Five volunteers (one dedicated to
each day) are needed for two hours during the school day. The two hour block of
time is up to the volunteer, but needs
to be consistent so
that a set schedule can be made. The copying is done in the church office, so
they need to know when the school is using their copy machine. Also, back up or
"on call" volunteers are needed to fill in
if the regularly scheduled person is unable to work on any given day. The
commitment is for the entire school year and will earn ESP hours. If volunteers
cannot commit for the school year, a minimum of one semester
commitment is preferred. Children are not allowed to accompany volunteers while
copying. If you are interested in volunteering or have any questions, please
contact Barb Krueger at 817-590-4574.
SCRIP SUMMER ORDERS
We will be ordering Scrip
through June 16th for delivery on June l8th. We will order again
starting the last week in July.
NOTES FROM THE NURSES OFFICE
If your child has any medication in the Nurses’ Office please make sure that you
pick it up on the last day of school. (The parent has
to be the one to pick it up; we are not allowed to send it with the student).
All medicine remaining after the last day will be
discarded, per diocesan policy.
If your child will be needing to take any of the
“allowable medications” per diocesan policy, during school hours next school
year, we will need another medication form filled out and signed for the
2009/2010 school year.
IMMUNIZATIONS:
Because of the revision of the immunization requirements that take effect at the
beginning of the 2009-10 school year a letter was mailed home to all the parents
whose children will need those immunizations before school starts in August. If
your child is due for any immunizations over the summer, please bring their
updated shot record to the nurse’s office before the first day of school.
If they are out of compliance with their immunizations they will not be able to
start school.
Please call if you have any questions.
Thank you,
Barbara Timmermann, RN
School Nurse
ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR
CURRENT STUDENTS
2009-2010
Re-registration Reminder – It’s not
too late to register for next year. If you haven’t already, please do so as
soon as possible.
CAFETERIA REMINDER
Accounts in arrears may be paid in the school office.
EMAIL UPDATES
If you have changed your
email addresses, please contact the school office or you may go on RenWeb to
update it. We need your current emails because any information regarding the
school will be sent through email.
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USED UNIFORM
SALE
The summer Used
Uniform Sale will be Sunday, June 28th from
12:00-2:00 at the Parker Uniform Store at
I-30 & Oakland.
The store will be open exclusively to SJS families on this day. You
will be able to purchase new items at a 10% discount if you don't find
what you need among the used uniforms available that day. Remember to
leave the tags on the new items in case they need to be exchanged for
different sizes when school starts.
See the
enclosed flyer for details about the Used
Uniform Sale. Call Barb Krueger if you have any questions at
817-590-4574. |
SUMMER READING
Forms for the
summer reading requirement have been sent home with the students and can be
found on our website.
SUMMER TUTORING
Mrs. Overcash is offering
summer tutoring for students in grades 1-4. If you are in need of tutoring for
your child in reading,
English, or math please contact her at
sovercash@stjs.org or at 817 284-2228.
She will be doing the
tutoring at North Richland Hills Public Library.
Boots ‘N Bowties
2009 Update
The request for families to
host ‘gift-giving’ parties is coming along; however, we still have some grades
without any hosts.
This is for the 2009-2010
Class:
8th Grade – Open (One Family
pending)
7th Grade – Open
6th Grade – One Family has
volunteered
5th Grade – One Family has
volunteered
4th Grade – Open
3rd Grade – Open
2nd Grade – One Family has
volunteered
1st Grade – Two Families have
volunteered
As you can see, we still
need families to volunteer to host a party for their child’s grade.
Volunteers will host a
party for a particular grade. All families with children in that grade will be
invited to a ‘party’ during August or September. Each family is being asked to
bring a new, unwrapped gift to the party, which will be offered at the Boots ‘N
Bowties Auction in November.
Families hosting the
parties have the choice to determine where, and how the party will be held.
Some have suggested swimming parties, picnics, baseball games, etc. The parties
may be held at the host’s home or another location to be determined by the host.
Send your name and phone
number to the school office and someone will get in touch.
We need to have all grades
represented before the end of May.
Our goal is to have two or
more hosts for each class. Each host will earn 5 ESP hours. Please, consider
hosting on the parties. It’s our students that will benefit.
HOME AND SCHOOL NEWS
Financial Report
Home & School would like to
thank all the families who help us with our fundraising. All money raised goes
back to the school to help with expenses such as capital projects.
Last year, “Family Night”
fundraisers generated over $1500 in funds for our school. The ink recycling
program generated $265 in funds for our school. Over $2,000 were raised with
the Taste Test fundraiser. The golf tournament raised $7,970.63 and those
proceeds go towards the computers in the computer lab. Final numbers of our
fundraising efforts in 2007-2008 are listed in the table below.
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2007-2008 |
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Laser Quest |
$ 44.00
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Leapin’ Lizards |
$ 117.00
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Talent Show Pizza
Sales |
$ 145.69
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Ink Cartridges
Recycling |
$ 265.50
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Cici’s |
$ 399.35
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Chuck E Cheese |
$ 488.21
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Red Robin |
$ 634.11
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Taste Test |
$2,207.50
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Golf Tournament |
$7,970.63
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This year, the numbers are
not quite final but we are providing estimates for comparison purposes. As of
May 26, 2009, our family night fundraisers have raised almost $800. This year
there was no Test Taste since the company went out of business. Estimates from
this year’s golf tournament indicate that we raised over $9,000! Those proceeds
will also go toward the computers in the computer lab. The estimated proceeds
from 2008-2009 fundraising efforts are listed below. Remember, these numbers
are not final; the estimates are for comparison purposes only.
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2008-2009 Partial
List of Fundraising Amounts |
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Cici’s |
$333.41 |
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Chuck E Cheese |
$149.62 |
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Red Robin |
$312.23 |
Thank you SJS families for
helping us with our fundraising efforts!
Next Year’s Board
Positions STILL Available!
As parents of St.
John students, we are all members of the H&S Association, and your invaluable
time and talents towards these activities are greatly welcomed and appreciated!
Please watch for sign up opportunities in the summer mailing and join the fun of
volunteering!
