St. John the Baptist Catholic School Newsletter 1057 Hughes Road Madison, Alabama 35758 (256) 722-0772 www.stjohnb.com October 04, 2017 10/04/17 10/06/17 8th Grade Retreat 10/05/17 Re-Take Picture Day 10/06/17 Mass @ 8:30am 10/06/17 First Friday Adoration 10/06/17 End of First Semester 10/09/17 10/13/17 FALL BREAK NO SCHOOL 10/16/17 Crusader Club Meeting 5:00pm MS Conference Rm 10/18/17 Mass @ 8:30am 10/20/17 Spirit Shirt Day 10/20/17 Used Uniform Sale Information attached 10/21/17 Fall Fest PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES: Conferences are scheduled for October 26th and October 27th. This is for grades K5 thru 8th grade. K4 meets in January 2018. Conference times are going home today. Thank you. MADISON STREET FESTIVAL: On Saturday October 7th, art work created by our students, will be displayed at the Student Art Tent. CAFETERIA NEWS: If you are having problems pulling up the lunch menu, please refresh the page. Thank you. Mass Schedule Saturday Evening 5:30pm Sundays 7:00am, 8:30am, 11:30am & 5:30pm Weekdays Monday 8:30am Tuesday 6:15am & 8:30am Wednesday 8:30am & 6:30pm Thursday 8:30am & 6:30pm Friday 8:30am First Saturdays 8:30am Holy Days 6:00am, 8:30am & 6:30pm Sacrament of Reconciliation Wednesday 5:30pm 6:20pm Thursday 5:30pm 6:20pm Saturday 3:30pm 5:00pm (Other times by request) Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Monday Thursday 9:00am 6:00pm Friday 9:00am noon First Friday 9:00am-9:00pm First Saturday 9:00am 10:00am COUNSELOR S CORNER: Attached you will find information from the National Children s Advocacy Center. It is a long standing tradition at St. John s and our School Counseling and Guidance Program to give our students the opportunity to participate and work in collaboration with the National Children's Advocacy Center (NCAC). The project includes providing students the opportunity to work with professionals on a designated learning practicum day. This is a field trip service project to the NCAC. The students are asked to participate in a 10-minute mock interview to allow professionals who are in training to practice some of the skills that they have been learning, such as rapport building by talking with a child about a fun topic of interest. In between sessions, students have the opportunity to play games and get to know students from other grades. Students between the ages of 5 to 12 years old are asked to participate in morning or afternoon sessions. Drivers are needed from 8:00 am to 11:45 am and then from 12:00-3:15pm. The afternoon session does have your student returning after school has been dismissed. To sign your student up, please see attached documents. To volunteer to be a driver, please contact Dr. Cole at mcole@stjohnb.com. All students participating must bring a sack lunch and all 5 year old students must bring their car seat. PERMISSION FORMS TO THE SCHOOL BY Wed, OCT 18. Red Ribbon Week: Is scheduled for the week of October 23 rd. The Red Ribbon Planning Committee is working hard to make it a fun and educational week for the students. Our Theme this year is Our School Rocks: Band Together Against Bullying and Drugs. More information to follow. Thank you.
SADDLE UP, IT S BOOK FAIR TIME! October 23-27, 2017 is our Fall Book Fair! Our theme this year is Round up a Good Book! Read! Wanted, Parent Volunteers to help at Book Fair in two hour blocks of time. If you would like to volunteer, please email Ms. Crown at jcrown@stjohnb.com and advise the day and times you are able to work. If you are able to help longer, that would be wonderful. Youth Protection certification is required to volunteer. Book Fair Schedule: Sunday, October 22nd-set up book fair 2:30-4:00PM Monday, October 23rd- Class preview time and make their wish lists. Book fair closes at 4PM Tuesday, October 24th- Class preview time and buying begins that afternoon. Book fair closes at 4PM Wednesday, October 25th- Students will be buying all day. Book fair closes at 4PM Thursday, October 26th-Parent Teacher Conferences begin at 1PM. Students in during the morning hours. Book fair closes at 6PM Friday, October 27th- Parent Teacher Conference begin at 1PM. Students in during morning hours. Book fair closes at 3PM and pack it back up for pick up on Monday, the 26 th. **Students may not be pulled from their classes to attend the book fair during school hours. We also have an on-line fair that begins October 9th and will be open till October 29th. Any books ordered through our on-line fair will be delivered to the school in the student s name. There will be a link on the school home page to direct you to the Scholastic on-line fair. The URL is: http://www.scholastic.com/bf/stjohnthebaptistschool4. BOXTOP NEWS: We are in the final week of our Box Tops Collection Contest. Here are our top 5 classrooms so far: Mrs. Hervias class has an astounding lead with 1,299 Box Tops Mrs. Velasquez- 642 Box Tops Mrs. McInnish- 489 Box Tops Mrs. Lones- 392 Box Tops Miss Glosemeyer- 383 Box Tops The three classes with the highest submission totals will receive a classroom reward! Hurry up! Our last collection day is THIS FRIDAY, October 6 th! Our next classroom competition starts after Fall Break. Continue to send in your Tyson A+ Rewards and Coke Codes! Check out the Box Tops App on both Apple and Android for bonus offers to increase our fundraising for the school through the Box Tops program! Congratulations to the 5th/6th volleyball team on a terrific season! The volleyball team finished tied for first place in the regular season and came in second place in the end of season HISL tournament. Great job, Crusaders! The first General Membership Meeting of the year for the Crusader Club will take place on Monday, October 16th at 5:00pm in the Middle School Conference Room. All are welcome to attend. Be sure to visit the Crusader Club table at Fall Fest on Saturday, October 21st. We will have St. John s spirit gear for sale. Upcoming St. John s soccer and volleyball games: 3rd/4th SJ1 Soccer vs Holy Family at Holy Family Wednesday 10/04, 4:30pm 3rd/4th SJ2 Soccer vs Holy Family at Holy Family Wednesday 10/04, 5:30pm, 3rd/4th SJ1 Soccer vs Holy Family at Holy Family Thursday 10/05, 4:30pm, 3rd/4th SJ2 Soccer vs Oakwood at Oakwood Thursday 10/05, 4:30pm, Visit http://www.stjohnb.com/ccsite/events-calendar.html for all future game times and information. GO CRUSADERS! FALCON MIDDLE CATHOLIC SCHOOL News: Upcoming Falcon Catholic Middle School (7th/8th grade) tryouts and meetings: Indoor Track Meeting @ JPII MPR 10/26, 5:15pm GO FALCONS! Please visit the Falcon Catholic Middle School page at http://www.jp2falcons.org/athletics/fcms.cfm for more information.