Through CRS Rice Bowl, we journey with members of our human family around the world, and commit our Lenten prayers, fasting and almsgiving to deepening our faith and serving those in need.
Events & News
Technology Links
Here’s a small list of interesting sites we might visit in the classroom that you can visit at home…
Activities & Games
- The Color.com (coloring) https://www.thecolor.com/
- Dr. Seuss https://www.seussville.com/#/books
- Explore Mars https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/spacecraft/rover/summary/
- Fly a Line http://www.barcinski-jeanjean.com/entries/line3d/
- Learn4Good (thinking games) https://www.learn4good.com/games/index.htm
- Nick Jr. http://www.nickjr.com/
- Paint a Nebula https://29a.ch/sandbox/2011/neonflames/#
- PapaJan (Bible Coloring Pages) https://www.coloring-page.com/bible.html
- Playground https://www.funbrain.com/
- Poisson Rouge (Red Fish) https://www.poissonrouge.com/
- PBS Kids https://pbskids.org/
- Primary Games https://www.primarygames.com/
Arts & Crafts
- Activities for Anytime! https://www.angieslist.com/articles/building-home-arts-and-crafts-kids.htm
- ABCYa Free Draw https://www.abcya.com/abcya_paint.htm
- KidMons Tiny Sketch https://kidmons.com/game/paint-online
- NickJr. Free Draw http://www.nickjr.com/nick-jr-originals/games/nick-jr-free-draw/
Christmas
- Nativity Story via Social Media (video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UgXdOy4fGg
Environment
- Papal Encyclical, Laudato si’ (24 May 2015) “a new dialogue about how we are shaping the future of our planet” – Pope Francis http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.html
Government
- Maine Kids dot-gov http://www.maine.gov/sos/kids
Keyboarding
- Typing Games http://www.freetypinggame.net/default.asp
Math & Science
- NASA – Kids Club https://www.nasa.gov/kidsclub/index.html
Stories
- Magic Keys Online Stories for Children http://www.magickeys.com/books/
Zoos
- National Zoo https://nationalzoo.si.edu/
- Sandiego Zoo https://zoo.sandiegozoo.org/
- Oregon Zoo https://www.oregonzoo.org/
- National Geographic Kids https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/
- Animal Planet Live (Streaming Cams) https://www.apl.tv/
- Monterey Bay Aquarium https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/
- Minnesota Zoo http://mnzoo.org/
- London’s Interactive Farm https://hounslowurbanfarm.co.uk/
Data and Information
- History of the Typewriter (wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typewriter
- History of the Computer (wikipedia) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer
- History of OS (wikipedia) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_operating_systems
- History of File Structure (wikipedia) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directory_%28computing%29
Alt Tech – Sound Making
- Music Adventure https://www.madeon.fr/adventuremachine/
- Fun With Music – A Touch Piano http://touchpianist.com/
- Music Machine https://www.incredibox.com/
- Sound Machine https://asoftmurmur.com/
- Find the Invisible Cow? (sound) https://www.findtheinvisiblecow.com/
- Animated Graphics https://animagraffs.com/
- Driving Fun https://framesynthesis.com/drivingsimulator/maps/
- More Activities https://www.certstaff.com/classes/educational-computer-games-kids.html
**SJCS provides these links for fun and entertainment. SJCS is not responsible for any of the content of the above links.**
February 2, 2020
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 8th 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
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)
