Peek of the Week

Dear SJCS Families, 

Happy Mother’s Day to all of our very special mothers at St. John’s.  I believe that the gift of motherhood is one of God’s greatest blessings. We have been tasked with such important and difficult work in raising our children, but the fruit it bears is entirely worth the effort! 

We are down to the last few weeks of school and I know my children are looking forward to summer vacation!  But first, we have some learning to get through.  As you are likely discovering, it becomes more challenging to get students to want to put in effort once the weather turns nicer.  This challenge is true in the classroom as well as at home! Luckily the snow made it feel more like March this weekend…I continue to tell our families to do the best that you can.  Our children have been handed a significant and abrupt change in their classroom and learning routines and the impact of it all is still yet to be determined.  So, do the best you can and don’t sweat the small stuff. 

I will be meeting with 8^th grade parents this week to discuss options for graduation, as well as scheduling Zoom meetings in the coming weeks for our parents scheduled to have students in grades 1-4 next year.  I hope these are constructive in detailing plans for the future at St. John’s, both short term and long term. 

This Friday we will have our annual Crowning of Mary at 10am on Facebook Live.  We encourage our students to login and participate if they are able.  We will also be praying the rosary during this time period, so get your rosaries out and login for our annual Crowning ceremony. Although it will look different this year, we are blessed to have technology that will bring it into the homes of our families. 

God Bless,

Shelly Wheeler

Principal 

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Monday, May 11

8^th Grade Parent Zoom Meeting – 7pm 

Tuesday, May 12

St. John’s School Mass – 1pm, Facebook 

Wednesday, May 13
 
 

Thursday, May 14

Friday, May 15

Facebook Live – 10am, Crowning of Mary and School-wide Rosary 

Coming up: 

May 19 – SJCS School Mass 1pm (Facebook)

May 22 – Facebook Live, 10am 

May 25 – Memorial Day, NO SCHOOL

May 26 – Memorial Mass – Facebook Live, 1pm 

June 8 – Last day of school, Drop Off – Details TBA 

June 12 – TENTATIVE 8^th Grade Graduation 

Dear SJCS Families, 

I’m writing this note from my office as the fathers and daughters are enjoying themselves at our first annual Father/Daughter Dance.   The girls and their dads, grandads, uncles, and family friends are having such a good time! It’s heartwarming to watch this particular group of our SJCS family have some time to enjoy each other.  As so many of us know, these years go so quickly. I hope this evening of dressing up, dancing, and a little silliness, makes a special memory for years to come for both the men and the little girls.  A giant THANK YOU to our eighth graders who made this evening possible, and to the eighth-grade moms (Mrs. Kerr & Mrs. Nelson specifically) that pulled it all together! Also, thank you to the generous families who spent time baking for this event and providing snacks for all! 

Online re-enrollment is opening this week.  We had a delay in setting the final tuition for the 2020-2021 school year.  A tuition letter will be coming out explaining a little about the finances and how we arrived at the final numbers.  Running a school on tuition is challenging, as the tuition dollars coming in don’t quite cover the teacher salaries and health insurance.  We rely on the parish subsidy and fundraising to finance the actual operation of the buildings, administration, custodial staff, kitchen staff, etc…  I do promise we are doing everything we can to keep tuition costs as low as we can, while still operating at a level at which our families can expect a superior Catholic education.  More information to come at the beginning of the week. 

Congratulations to our Spelling Bee & Geography Bee Winners this past week! The spelling bee champion for 2020 is 5th grader, Maeve Coughlin and runner-up is 8th grader, Sophie Gonzales.  Our Geography Bee winner for 2020 is 8th grader Sophie Gonzalez and runner up is 7th grader Curtis Wheeler.  They were fun competitions to watch and we congratulate all of our contestants that earned spots in the school bee (they had to win top 3 in their classroom to qualify for the school bee).  

We have been blessed with some warm and snow-less days in January!  As it currently stands we are scheduled to get out of school on June 11.  If we have another snow day, the year will go to June 12, and so on.  We have not picked a date for 8^th grade graduation or field day yet, as we will wait to see how many more snow days we might expect so we can set realistic dates for these end of year events. You’ll notice in the “Coming Up” dates below that we have scheduled dates for the Curriculum Fair and Spring Concert, so you can mark them on your calendar now! 

As always, if you have questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me! 

(I apologize for the note coming during the Super Bowl – I normally would have tried to send this earlier but had a bit of a busy day!) 

God Bless,

Shelly Wheeler

Principal 

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Peek of the Week – February 3, 2020

Monday, February 3

Fiddler Practice – 2:30-4:30pm, SJCC

Tuesday, February 4

School Mass, 8am

Lectors: Grade 3

Choir: Grades ¾

First Grade Dental Screenings, After Mass 

SJCS Band – 2:45-3:30pm, SJCC

Wednesday, February 5

Fiddler Practice – 2:30-4:30pm, SJCC

HTHT Science – 3:00-4:00pm 

Thursday, February 6

SJCS Band – 2:45-3:30pm, SJCC 

PTA Meeting, 6pm, SJCC

Friday, February 7

Fiddler Practice – 2:30-4:30pm, SJCC 

*Reminder that LC closes at 5:00pm on Fridays

Coming Up:

Feb. 14 – American Heart Association Jump-a-Thon, Grades 5-8 

Feb. 17 - 21 - No School, February Vacation 

March 3 – State of the School Address, 6pm 

March 4 – Bishop Deeley visit to SJCS (new date!)

March 5 – PTA Meeting, 6pm, SJCC

March 13 - Second Trimester Report Cards

March 19 - Early Release 11:30am, Parent Conferences 12-7pm – Learning Center Available 

March 21 – Open House, 10am-12pm

March 27-28 - Spring Production, Fiddler on the Roof 

April 2 – Curriculum Fair & Early Primary Literacy Evening, 6pm

April 10 - Early Release, Good Friday - NO Learning Center

April 20-24 – No School, April Vacation 

May 2 – Annual School Auction

May 5 – Blood Drive, SJCC, Time TBD  

May 6 – Early Release, 11:30am – Learning Center Available

May 18-22 – Spring NWEA Testing

May 21 – Middle School Field Trip to Funtown (Science)  

May 22 – Catholic Choir Festival, Grades 3-8 ALL DAY, Basilica of Sts. Peter & Paul, Lewiston

May 23 – First Holy Communion, St. John the Baptist Church, 10:00am

May 25 – NO SCHOOL – Memorial Day, Memorial Day Parade, SJCS Band

May 26 – Memorial Mass 

May 28 – Annual Art Walk & Spring Music Concert, 5:30pm, SJCC 

June 11 – CURRENT Last Day of School (will change with snow days)