Dear St. John’s parents:
We have some excellent news to start off our new year!
In an effort to improve the quality of online communication with the parents at Saint John’s, we have completed a massive overhaul of the school website. Our goal was to improve the site’s navigability, aesthetics and overall ease of use. Our desire to revamp the website came as a result of your feedback, both from the end-of-year survey and the parent focus groups. Your input and feedback has helped guide our actions and prompted us to make our website more useful and user-friendly.
A site use manual will be sent home with your child tomorrow, Tuesday, January 5. The purpose of this manual is to help you become more quickly acquainted with the site and to highlight all of the amazing features our new site offers. I encourage you to see the new school site for yourself at http://school.saintjohns.net. It really is fun to browse!
If you would like to learn more about the functionality of our new website, I invite you to attend the Principal’s Coffee this Friday after Mass for a website training session. I promise that you will find the session very useful.
I’d like to take the opportunity to thank profusely our amazing webmaster, Samantha Sweeney for all of her hard work in making this website a reality – thank you!
I hope you have a wonderful start to 2010 – may the Lord continue to bless you all.
+Blessings,
Dr. Sara Baird Amodio
Principal, St. John the Evangelist Catholic School
1730 W. 12th Street
Loveland, Colorado 80537
970-635-5830
“Providing Roots and Wings for over 50 years”
St. John's Mission Statement
In communion with our families, St. John the Evangelist Catholic School provides a respectful Catholic environment dedicated to developing the whole child through academic achievement, personal responsibility and the formation of faith-filled citizens in a place where Christ is ever present.
Monday, January 4, 2010
Friday, December 18, 2009
St John the Evangelist Catholic School Chronicle
St John the Evangelist Catholic School Chronicle
December 18, 2009
Love the Learning. Build our Friendships. Live the Faith
Dear St. John’s Parents-
May the blessings of this Advent season be upon you and your family!
As we close out 2009, I’d like to take this opportunity to reflect upon some of the amazing things that have happened at our school so far.
We have expended our academic offerings to provide a Resource program for our students. Through Title money from the Recovery Act, our school has a Thompson R2J Resource teacher who comes to our school three days a week. We have allocated some of our aide money to hire Mrs. Daws to be our in-house Resource teacher. We have also created a Tutoring Corps with school parents and parish members to help with tutoring for our students. This all came as a result of the end-of-year survey where the feedback suggested we expand our academic offerings for all children– thank you for your feedback!
We continue to expand our extra-curricular offerings to provide a “whole child” education… Battle of the Books team, our State Championship Lego Robotics Team, our choir, our newly established Strings program, our band, Speech team, Yearbook, Spelling Bee…and much, much more! Our Athletics program continues to develop and excel here at St. Johns – our Volleyball girls and Basketball boys both had amazing seasons
We are the 2009 recipients of the Group Publishing grant for youth service to our community for the service projects that each class performs. We were acknowledged by Senator Bennet for the reception of this award: “Colorado is fortunate to have organizations like St. John the Evangelist making a positive impact in communities across the state. Thank you for your exceptional service.”
I can’t thank you all enough for your continued support of St. John’s. We are blessed and honored to be with your children each day! Your children are my source of inspiration each day – and I take great joy in seeing the students grow and develop!
I pray that each of you have a very blessed Christmas and a happy new year. – all of you stay in my constant prayers, and will say special prayers for each of you this holiday season.
+Blessings,
Dr. Sara Baird Amodio
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
We will return from Christmas vacation on January 4th. On January 6th it is early release and if you would like to use the extended day program Mrs. Haigh needs you to contact her and sign up ahead of time. January 18th is Martin Luther King Day and we will not have school.
ST. JOHN’S ANNUAL SOCK HOP
January 30, 2010, 5:30-8:00 P.M., Hoying Gym
It’s that time of year to start planning our Annual Sock Hop to kick off Catholic School’s Week!
We are planning a fun-filled family event and we need your help.See the volunteer sign up sheet and log in those volunteer hours. (Remember you need 50!) the sheet is posted on the website. We need volunteers for the clean-up crew, door greeter, photo booth, and food service. Please sign up to help us make this year’s Sock Hop a fun time for all St. John’s school and parish families. For more information, contact Shannon Lotz at 635-5844 or email at lotzsh@saintjohns.net
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK DVD
It’s that time again , when we make our annual Catholic schools week DVD. If you have pictures of school events or activities, please email them or put them on a DVD and bring them in the first week of January. We really need these ASAP to prepare the video for CSW.
PTO Updates:
.
v Just a reminder, that we will not have a PTO meeting in December. We hope to see you at the January 14th meeting.
CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT
The school 2009 Christmas ornament is here, and we will be selling them in the loop. They will be available in the morning and afternoon loop, or you may drop by the school office.
This year’s ornament, crafted by Peyton Stroh, is a beautiful design of the Christ child under a star encircled in a twisted wreath.
Ornaments are $12.00 each, 2 or more- $10.00 each. PTO will also be taking limited orders for an ornament/cookbook combination. In addition, we have a few ornaments left from last year for $10.00 each. The 2008 ornament is a design of the Holy Family. Please consider these ornaments as a gift for friends and family when you are shopping for Holiday gifts. Thank you for supporting our school!
Greetings St. John’s Families,
Catholic Schools Week is quickly approaching and we have many great events planned for your child and the whole family. The theme for the year’s celebration is “Dividends for Life”.
Each school day we will celebrate with and outreach to the many different communities that are part of Catholic Education . The following is a schedule of events for the week so please mark your calendars!
Saturday, January 30th – Sock Hop!
5:30 - 8:00 pm, Hoying Gym – all families welcome!
Saturday/Sunday January 30th and 31st – Mass “In our Parish”
At each Mass Dr. Amodio will be speaking about the school and there will be a short DVD presentation. We will also be collecting prayer requests from parishioners so that our students can pray for our congregation during the week.
ACTION: 1. We will need volunteer families to collect these prayer cards at the end of each mass. Please contact Briana Lasher if you are interested in helping. brianalasher@comcast.net.
2. Please have your children to wear their uniforms to Mass.
Monday February 1st – “Our Community”
Third Annual Birthday Bag Community Service Project. Please see the list on the other side to determine what item your student(s) are to bring to add to the bag. After each class puts their items in the bags, we will donate them to local agencies who will distribute them to families who may not have the resources to celebrate a child’s birthday.
ACTION: Please have the students bring their items to school. We will also be in the loop on Friday January 29th collecting items for the bags.
Tuesday, February 2nd– “Vocation Day”
Each class will be adopting a staff member or a “feeder” church to say thank you for supporting our child’s education. The classes will be putting together thank you notes, goodies and prayers for these special people. We will be asking families to donate items for these thank you baskets.
ACTION: Please help the room parents by bringing in requested items – THANKS!
Wednesday, February 3rd – “Nation Day”
**EARLY RELEASE** MASS will be held at 8:30. (Note:Mass uniforms please!) This is also Father Franks Birthday; we will be celebrating with himJ. After mass we will be doing a LIVING ROSARY prayer service for world peace. The service will be held in the church. This is sure to be an amazing event as the students are representing the beads of the rosary. Please join us!
Thursday, February 4th – “Student Day”
To kick off student day Parents, Grandparents, Relatives and Friends are invited to come and have LUNCH WITH STUDENTS. RSVP forms will be sent home after the break, be sure to RSVP by January 22nd. RSVPs are required whether you plan on attending or not. After a fun lunch we will be cheering on the Staff VS. 8th Grade in an Olympic Games Competition. Feel free to come watch the mayhem in the Hoying Gym at 2pm!
Friday, February 5th –Teacher Appreciation Day - NO SCHOOL
The Catholic Schools Week committee will be providing a brunch for the teachers to enjoy.
BIRTHDAY BOX DONATIONS: We are asking for the following to be brought to school by Friday, January 29th. (Note: please make sure your item below will accommodate at least 8 children)
3 Year Preschool: 1 packet of birthday invitations
4 Year Preschool: boys – 1 pack paper cups girls – 1 pack cupcake papers
Junior Kindergarten: girls- Cake Mix boys-Frosting
Kindergarten- Campbell-Maher: 1 can of frosting per student
Kindergarten- Wood: 1 box of cake mix per student
1st Grade: Mertens Koolaid or Lemonade packet + 1 box of birthday candles
1st Grade - Lotz: streamers or other festive decorations
2nd Grade – Martinek: streamers or other festive decorations
3rd Grade Boney: boys – napkins girls - plates
3rd Grade Alyea: birthday napkins
4th Grade: Pigg birthday plates
4th Grade: Cunningham 1 packet of birthday invitations
5th Grade: Sgourdos balloons or other festive decorations
Middle School: girls - party favor items boys - party favor bags
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Check List:
q Return your RSVP by Jan 22nd for the Luncheon. Even if you cannot make it please return the form and indicate whom your child will sit.
q Please send in your items for the birthday box and goody item for thank you baskets, January 29th.
q Come to the Sock Hop on Saturday January 30th!
q Make sure the kids wear their uniforms (polo shirts) to Mass on the 30th or 31st.
q If you can help collect prayer requests at mass on Saturday the 30th or Sunday the 31st please contact Briana Lasher at brianalasher@comcast.net.
q Students need to wear their Mass uniforms on Wednesday February 3rd.
q Join us on Wednesday for Mass and the Living Rosary.
q Attend lunch on Thursday February 4th..
q Cheer on the staff and students at the Olympic games on Thursday the 4th.
Do you want to help volunteer for any of these events? Please contact Briana Lasher at brianalasher@comcast.net. We are specifically looking for someone to help video tape the living rosary, but there are many other opportunities to help as well.
This is a really fun-filled week of activities and we encourage as much family participation as you are able.
O God,bless our family and all its members and friends;bind us together by your love.Give us kindness and patienceto support each other;and wisdom in all we do.Let the gift of your peacecome into our heartsand remain with us.May we rejoice in your blessingsfor all our days.
v Please pray for the Holas, Hutchinson, Jacobson, Janda
v Let us give thanks to God for all the gifts he has provided us
v Especially give thanks to God for the gift of a parish school and ask his help as we continue to grow and prosper
v May Our Lord grant us all the graces we need and desire
Saint John the Evangelist Catholic School
1730 W. 12th Street Loveland, Co 80537 970.635.5830
Saint John the Evangelist School does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color or national or ethnic origin
December 18, 2009
Love the Learning. Build our Friendships. Live the Faith
Dear St. John’s Parents-
May the blessings of this Advent season be upon you and your family!
As we close out 2009, I’d like to take this opportunity to reflect upon some of the amazing things that have happened at our school so far.
We have expended our academic offerings to provide a Resource program for our students. Through Title money from the Recovery Act, our school has a Thompson R2J Resource teacher who comes to our school three days a week. We have allocated some of our aide money to hire Mrs. Daws to be our in-house Resource teacher. We have also created a Tutoring Corps with school parents and parish members to help with tutoring for our students. This all came as a result of the end-of-year survey where the feedback suggested we expand our academic offerings for all children– thank you for your feedback!
We continue to expand our extra-curricular offerings to provide a “whole child” education… Battle of the Books team, our State Championship Lego Robotics Team, our choir, our newly established Strings program, our band, Speech team, Yearbook, Spelling Bee…and much, much more! Our Athletics program continues to develop and excel here at St. Johns – our Volleyball girls and Basketball boys both had amazing seasons
We are the 2009 recipients of the Group Publishing grant for youth service to our community for the service projects that each class performs. We were acknowledged by Senator Bennet for the reception of this award: “Colorado is fortunate to have organizations like St. John the Evangelist making a positive impact in communities across the state. Thank you for your exceptional service.”
I can’t thank you all enough for your continued support of St. John’s. We are blessed and honored to be with your children each day! Your children are my source of inspiration each day – and I take great joy in seeing the students grow and develop!
I pray that each of you have a very blessed Christmas and a happy new year. – all of you stay in my constant prayers, and will say special prayers for each of you this holiday season.
+Blessings,
Dr. Sara Baird Amodio
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
We will return from Christmas vacation on January 4th. On January 6th it is early release and if you would like to use the extended day program Mrs. Haigh needs you to contact her and sign up ahead of time. January 18th is Martin Luther King Day and we will not have school.
ST. JOHN’S ANNUAL SOCK HOP
January 30, 2010, 5:30-8:00 P.M., Hoying Gym
It’s that time of year to start planning our Annual Sock Hop to kick off Catholic School’s Week!
We are planning a fun-filled family event and we need your help.See the volunteer sign up sheet and log in those volunteer hours. (Remember you need 50!) the sheet is posted on the website. We need volunteers for the clean-up crew, door greeter, photo booth, and food service. Please sign up to help us make this year’s Sock Hop a fun time for all St. John’s school and parish families. For more information, contact Shannon Lotz at 635-5844 or email at lotzsh@saintjohns.net
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK DVD
It’s that time again , when we make our annual Catholic schools week DVD. If you have pictures of school events or activities, please email them or put them on a DVD and bring them in the first week of January. We really need these ASAP to prepare the video for CSW.
PTO Updates:
.
v Just a reminder, that we will not have a PTO meeting in December. We hope to see you at the January 14th meeting.
CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT
The school 2009 Christmas ornament is here, and we will be selling them in the loop. They will be available in the morning and afternoon loop, or you may drop by the school office.
This year’s ornament, crafted by Peyton Stroh, is a beautiful design of the Christ child under a star encircled in a twisted wreath.
Ornaments are $12.00 each, 2 or more- $10.00 each. PTO will also be taking limited orders for an ornament/cookbook combination. In addition, we have a few ornaments left from last year for $10.00 each. The 2008 ornament is a design of the Holy Family. Please consider these ornaments as a gift for friends and family when you are shopping for Holiday gifts. Thank you for supporting our school!
Greetings St. John’s Families,
Catholic Schools Week is quickly approaching and we have many great events planned for your child and the whole family. The theme for the year’s celebration is “Dividends for Life”.
Each school day we will celebrate with and outreach to the many different communities that are part of Catholic Education . The following is a schedule of events for the week so please mark your calendars!
Saturday, January 30th – Sock Hop!
5:30 - 8:00 pm, Hoying Gym – all families welcome!
Saturday/Sunday January 30th and 31st – Mass “In our Parish”
At each Mass Dr. Amodio will be speaking about the school and there will be a short DVD presentation. We will also be collecting prayer requests from parishioners so that our students can pray for our congregation during the week.
ACTION: 1. We will need volunteer families to collect these prayer cards at the end of each mass. Please contact Briana Lasher if you are interested in helping. brianalasher@comcast.net.
2. Please have your children to wear their uniforms to Mass.
Monday February 1st – “Our Community”
Third Annual Birthday Bag Community Service Project. Please see the list on the other side to determine what item your student(s) are to bring to add to the bag. After each class puts their items in the bags, we will donate them to local agencies who will distribute them to families who may not have the resources to celebrate a child’s birthday.
ACTION: Please have the students bring their items to school. We will also be in the loop on Friday January 29th collecting items for the bags.
Tuesday, February 2nd– “Vocation Day”
Each class will be adopting a staff member or a “feeder” church to say thank you for supporting our child’s education. The classes will be putting together thank you notes, goodies and prayers for these special people. We will be asking families to donate items for these thank you baskets.
ACTION: Please help the room parents by bringing in requested items – THANKS!
Wednesday, February 3rd – “Nation Day”
**EARLY RELEASE** MASS will be held at 8:30. (Note:Mass uniforms please!) This is also Father Franks Birthday; we will be celebrating with himJ. After mass we will be doing a LIVING ROSARY prayer service for world peace. The service will be held in the church. This is sure to be an amazing event as the students are representing the beads of the rosary. Please join us!
Thursday, February 4th – “Student Day”
To kick off student day Parents, Grandparents, Relatives and Friends are invited to come and have LUNCH WITH STUDENTS. RSVP forms will be sent home after the break, be sure to RSVP by January 22nd. RSVPs are required whether you plan on attending or not. After a fun lunch we will be cheering on the Staff VS. 8th Grade in an Olympic Games Competition. Feel free to come watch the mayhem in the Hoying Gym at 2pm!
Friday, February 5th –Teacher Appreciation Day - NO SCHOOL
The Catholic Schools Week committee will be providing a brunch for the teachers to enjoy.
BIRTHDAY BOX DONATIONS: We are asking for the following to be brought to school by Friday, January 29th. (Note: please make sure your item below will accommodate at least 8 children)
3 Year Preschool: 1 packet of birthday invitations
4 Year Preschool: boys – 1 pack paper cups girls – 1 pack cupcake papers
Junior Kindergarten: girls- Cake Mix boys-Frosting
Kindergarten- Campbell-Maher: 1 can of frosting per student
Kindergarten- Wood: 1 box of cake mix per student
1st Grade: Mertens Koolaid or Lemonade packet + 1 box of birthday candles
1st Grade - Lotz: streamers or other festive decorations
2nd Grade – Martinek: streamers or other festive decorations
3rd Grade Boney: boys – napkins girls - plates
3rd Grade Alyea: birthday napkins
4th Grade: Pigg birthday plates
4th Grade: Cunningham 1 packet of birthday invitations
5th Grade: Sgourdos balloons or other festive decorations
Middle School: girls - party favor items boys - party favor bags
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Check List:
q Return your RSVP by Jan 22nd for the Luncheon. Even if you cannot make it please return the form and indicate whom your child will sit.
q Please send in your items for the birthday box and goody item for thank you baskets, January 29th.
q Come to the Sock Hop on Saturday January 30th!
q Make sure the kids wear their uniforms (polo shirts) to Mass on the 30th or 31st.
q If you can help collect prayer requests at mass on Saturday the 30th or Sunday the 31st please contact Briana Lasher at brianalasher@comcast.net.
q Students need to wear their Mass uniforms on Wednesday February 3rd.
q Join us on Wednesday for Mass and the Living Rosary.
q Attend lunch on Thursday February 4th..
q Cheer on the staff and students at the Olympic games on Thursday the 4th.
Do you want to help volunteer for any of these events? Please contact Briana Lasher at brianalasher@comcast.net. We are specifically looking for someone to help video tape the living rosary, but there are many other opportunities to help as well.
This is a really fun-filled week of activities and we encourage as much family participation as you are able.
O God,bless our family and all its members and friends;bind us together by your love.Give us kindness and patienceto support each other;and wisdom in all we do.Let the gift of your peacecome into our heartsand remain with us.May we rejoice in your blessingsfor all our days.
v Please pray for the Holas, Hutchinson, Jacobson, Janda
v Let us give thanks to God for all the gifts he has provided us
v Especially give thanks to God for the gift of a parish school and ask his help as we continue to grow and prosper
v May Our Lord grant us all the graces we need and desire
Saint John the Evangelist Catholic School
1730 W. 12th Street Loveland, Co 80537 970.635.5830
Saint John the Evangelist School does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color or national or ethnic origin
Friday, December 11, 2009
Saint Johns Chroicle December 11, 2009
St John the Evangelist Catholic School Chronicle
December 11, 2009
Love the Learning. Build our Friendships. Live the Faith
Dear St. John’s Parents-
I hope that this letter finds you joyful in the Advent season – we are prayerfully awaiting the coming of our Lord!
I wanted to take this opportunity to share with you the topic of an upcoming Faculty meeting that will be taking place on Monday. As a faculty, we will be discussing all the ways that we are making our mission statement come alive in our school. How can we better fulfill our mission at St. John’s? A mission statement is not a static statement that you just attach to the bottom of emails or hang up on walls in the school. It is meant to guide all of our actions at our school, and be used as the standard of excellence. In all things that we do at St. John’s, we should be asking ourselves: “Is this action supported by our mission?” or “Is this action fulfilling our mission?”
In our meeting, we will focus on the key points of our mission statement, and what they mean to us as the educators in the school:
In communion with our families
A respectful Catholic environment
Development of the whole child
Academic achievement
Personal responsibility
Formation of faith-filled citizens
Creating a Christ-filled environment
I would ask each of you, as parents, to reflect on our mission statement along with our faculty. How can the parent community play a role in supporting our mission? Are there things the parent community can do to more actively fulfill our mission? I would love to hear your comments and reflections on these questions. By engaging in this reflection, I think it serves to make our mission statement more “living” – and in turn, make us a stronger and more vibrant school community!
May the Lord continue to bless you and your families this holiday season! Please know that each and every family here at St. John’s remains in my constant prayers.
+Blessings,
Dr. Sara Baird Amodio
2ND ANNUAL WINTER COAT DRIVE
National Elementary Honor Society is sponsoring the 2nd Annual Winter Coat Drive to Benefit Catholic Charities and local Catholic churches. Nov. 30th to Dec. 15th. Collection boxes are located in various locations around campus. For more information, contact Mrs. Martinek
LUNCH ACCOUNTS
Just a reminder to those families that are behind on Lunch money. We really need all accounts paid in full prior to December 18th. If your family cannot pay at this time please contact Mrs. Heeseman to make arrangements. Thanks for your help. Don't forget it's never too late to apply for Free & Reduced meals. heeseci@saintjohns.net
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
December 18th is the last day before Christmas Vacation! We will attend Mass and then dismiss at 11:50. We will not have extended that day so be sure to make arrangements for your child to be picked up. We will return from Christmas vacation on January 4th. On January 6th it is early release and if you would like to use the extended day program Mrs. Haigh needs you to contact her and sign up ahead of time. January 18th is Martin Luther King Day and we will not have school.
2010 WALK-A-THONThe Walk-A-Thon committee still needs you! We have plenty of volunteer opportunities available to help with our spring fundraiser, so if you're interested in promoting health and fitness within our school community, we urge you to join us and find out what you can do to help. This is a great opportunity for working parents to get your 50 hours of volunteer service completed, because our committee meets on weekday evenings and/or on the weekends -- and you can complete tasks on your own time. If you're interested in volunteering, we will be having our next meeting on Tuesday, December 15 at 7 p.m. at the Starbucks in Eagle Plaza (next to King Soopers). If you have any questions, or if you'd like to be part of the Walk-A-Thon committee but are unable to attend our next meeting, please contact Helen Franks (hmfranks@msn.com or 532-7874) or Lexy Donnelly (lexydonnelly@gmail.com or 203-0702). We hope to see you there!
SCRIP: SPECIAL ORDER SCRIP REMINDER FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Are you traveling over the holidays? Plan ahead, and buy scrip to cover your traveling expenses! You can special order scrip for American Airlines, Avis Rental Car, Budget Rental Car, Carnival Cruise Line, Marriot Hotels and Travelocity Hotels with rebates of 8% to 12%!
Need ideas for the teenager on your holiday shopping list? GLSCRIP has gift cards for Ticketmaster, iTunes, Aeropostle, LL Bean, and Lands End in various denominations.
Do you like to give specialty food gifts? Hickory Farms, Harry & David (scrip can be used at Loveland’s outlet store), Omaha Steaks, and Williams Sonoma are available. Rebates are from 8% to 15%!
How about stocking stuffers? Baskin Robbins scrip is available in just $2 increments, and Blockbuster in $6 denominations with 15% rebate – perfect for stocking stuffers or gift exchanges!
PTO Updates:
v We are in need of volunteers to help sale ornaments at the Christmas Festival on Dec 12th and 13th. If you can help please email Kathleen Klenk at colklenk1@frii.com or call 278-1202 with the times you are available.
v Just a reminder, that we will not have a PTO meeting in December. We hope to see you at the January 14th meeting.
CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT
The school 2009 Christmas ornament is here, and we will be selling them in the loop. They will be available in the morning and afternoon loop, or you may drop by the school office.
This year’s ornament, crafted by Peyton Stroh, is a beautiful design of the Christ child under a star encircled in a twisted wreath.
Ornaments are $12.00 each, 2 or more- $10.00 each. PTO will also be taking limited orders for an ornament/cookbook combination. In addition, we have a few ornaments left from last year for $10.00 each. The 2008 ornament is a design of the Holy Family. Please consider these ornaments as a gift for friends and family when you are shopping for Holiday gifts. Thank you for supporting our school!
O God,bless our family and all its members and friends;bind us together by your love.Give us kindness and patienceto support each other;and wisdom in all we do.Let the gift of your peacecome into our heartsand remain with us.May we rejoice in your blessingsfor all our days.
v Please pray in thanksgiving for Hailey Ann Benegas born December 3, 2009
v Please pray for the Heesacker, Heesemann, Hennessey, Hill families
v Let us give thanks to God for all the gifts he has provided us
v Especially give thanks to God for the gift of a parish school and ask his help as we continue to grow and prosper
v May Our Lord grant us all the graces we need and desire
Saint John the Evangelist Catholic School
1730 W. 12th Street Loveland, Co 80537 970.635.5830
Saint John the Evangelist School does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color or national or ethnic origin
December 11, 2009
Love the Learning. Build our Friendships. Live the Faith
Dear St. John’s Parents-
I hope that this letter finds you joyful in the Advent season – we are prayerfully awaiting the coming of our Lord!
I wanted to take this opportunity to share with you the topic of an upcoming Faculty meeting that will be taking place on Monday. As a faculty, we will be discussing all the ways that we are making our mission statement come alive in our school. How can we better fulfill our mission at St. John’s? A mission statement is not a static statement that you just attach to the bottom of emails or hang up on walls in the school. It is meant to guide all of our actions at our school, and be used as the standard of excellence. In all things that we do at St. John’s, we should be asking ourselves: “Is this action supported by our mission?” or “Is this action fulfilling our mission?”
In our meeting, we will focus on the key points of our mission statement, and what they mean to us as the educators in the school:
In communion with our families
A respectful Catholic environment
Development of the whole child
Academic achievement
Personal responsibility
Formation of faith-filled citizens
Creating a Christ-filled environment
I would ask each of you, as parents, to reflect on our mission statement along with our faculty. How can the parent community play a role in supporting our mission? Are there things the parent community can do to more actively fulfill our mission? I would love to hear your comments and reflections on these questions. By engaging in this reflection, I think it serves to make our mission statement more “living” – and in turn, make us a stronger and more vibrant school community!
May the Lord continue to bless you and your families this holiday season! Please know that each and every family here at St. John’s remains in my constant prayers.
+Blessings,
Dr. Sara Baird Amodio
2ND ANNUAL WINTER COAT DRIVE
National Elementary Honor Society is sponsoring the 2nd Annual Winter Coat Drive to Benefit Catholic Charities and local Catholic churches. Nov. 30th to Dec. 15th. Collection boxes are located in various locations around campus. For more information, contact Mrs. Martinek
LUNCH ACCOUNTS
Just a reminder to those families that are behind on Lunch money. We really need all accounts paid in full prior to December 18th. If your family cannot pay at this time please contact Mrs. Heeseman to make arrangements. Thanks for your help. Don't forget it's never too late to apply for Free & Reduced meals. heeseci@saintjohns.net
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
December 18th is the last day before Christmas Vacation! We will attend Mass and then dismiss at 11:50. We will not have extended that day so be sure to make arrangements for your child to be picked up. We will return from Christmas vacation on January 4th. On January 6th it is early release and if you would like to use the extended day program Mrs. Haigh needs you to contact her and sign up ahead of time. January 18th is Martin Luther King Day and we will not have school.
2010 WALK-A-THONThe Walk-A-Thon committee still needs you! We have plenty of volunteer opportunities available to help with our spring fundraiser, so if you're interested in promoting health and fitness within our school community, we urge you to join us and find out what you can do to help. This is a great opportunity for working parents to get your 50 hours of volunteer service completed, because our committee meets on weekday evenings and/or on the weekends -- and you can complete tasks on your own time. If you're interested in volunteering, we will be having our next meeting on Tuesday, December 15 at 7 p.m. at the Starbucks in Eagle Plaza (next to King Soopers). If you have any questions, or if you'd like to be part of the Walk-A-Thon committee but are unable to attend our next meeting, please contact Helen Franks (hmfranks@msn.com or 532-7874) or Lexy Donnelly (lexydonnelly@gmail.com or 203-0702). We hope to see you there!
SCRIP: SPECIAL ORDER SCRIP REMINDER FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Are you traveling over the holidays? Plan ahead, and buy scrip to cover your traveling expenses! You can special order scrip for American Airlines, Avis Rental Car, Budget Rental Car, Carnival Cruise Line, Marriot Hotels and Travelocity Hotels with rebates of 8% to 12%!
Need ideas for the teenager on your holiday shopping list? GLSCRIP has gift cards for Ticketmaster, iTunes, Aeropostle, LL Bean, and Lands End in various denominations.
Do you like to give specialty food gifts? Hickory Farms, Harry & David (scrip can be used at Loveland’s outlet store), Omaha Steaks, and Williams Sonoma are available. Rebates are from 8% to 15%!
How about stocking stuffers? Baskin Robbins scrip is available in just $2 increments, and Blockbuster in $6 denominations with 15% rebate – perfect for stocking stuffers or gift exchanges!
PTO Updates:
v We are in need of volunteers to help sale ornaments at the Christmas Festival on Dec 12th and 13th. If you can help please email Kathleen Klenk at colklenk1@frii.com or call 278-1202 with the times you are available.
v Just a reminder, that we will not have a PTO meeting in December. We hope to see you at the January 14th meeting.
CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT
The school 2009 Christmas ornament is here, and we will be selling them in the loop. They will be available in the morning and afternoon loop, or you may drop by the school office.
This year’s ornament, crafted by Peyton Stroh, is a beautiful design of the Christ child under a star encircled in a twisted wreath.
Ornaments are $12.00 each, 2 or more- $10.00 each. PTO will also be taking limited orders for an ornament/cookbook combination. In addition, we have a few ornaments left from last year for $10.00 each. The 2008 ornament is a design of the Holy Family. Please consider these ornaments as a gift for friends and family when you are shopping for Holiday gifts. Thank you for supporting our school!
O God,bless our family and all its members and friends;bind us together by your love.Give us kindness and patienceto support each other;and wisdom in all we do.Let the gift of your peacecome into our heartsand remain with us.May we rejoice in your blessingsfor all our days.
v Please pray in thanksgiving for Hailey Ann Benegas born December 3, 2009
v Please pray for the Heesacker, Heesemann, Hennessey, Hill families
v Let us give thanks to God for all the gifts he has provided us
v Especially give thanks to God for the gift of a parish school and ask his help as we continue to grow and prosper
v May Our Lord grant us all the graces we need and desire
Saint John the Evangelist Catholic School
1730 W. 12th Street Loveland, Co 80537 970.635.5830
Saint John the Evangelist School does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color or national or ethnic origin
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
2010 Walk-a-Thon
The 2010 Walk-A-Thon committee still needs you! We have plenty of volunteer opportunities available to help with our spring fundraiser, so if you're interested in promoting health and fitness within our school community, we urge you to join us and find out what you can do to help. This is a great opportunity for working parents to get your 50 hours of volunteer service completed, because our committee meets on weekday evenings and/or on the weekends -- and you can complete tasks on your own time. If you're interested in volunteering, we will be having our next meeting on Tuesday, December 15 at 7 p.m. at the Starbucks in Eagle Plaza (next to King Soopers). If you have any questions, or if you'd like to be part of the Walk-A-Thon committee but are unable to attend our next meeting, please contact Helen Franks (hmfranks@msn.com or 532-7874) or Lexy Donnelly (lexydonnelly@gmail.com or 203-0702).
Monday, November 30, 2009
Saint Johns CHRISTmas gift shop
St. John’s
CHRISTmas GIFT SHOP
Here’s what you need to know!
When: December 8th and 9th
Where: The Hallway of the New Gym
Who: All St. John’s students will have a chance to shop for gifts for their family! This is a great opportunity for the kids to be involved in the season of giving.
How: Here’s how it works:
1. Talk with your children about who to buy for and how much money they will have to send. Gift items range from $.25-$6.00
2. Fill out the envelope by putting a checkmark next to the people for whom your children will be shopping for as well as the total dollar amount you are sending in. Also fill out a name next to each one checked so we know who to address the gift too! If there is money left over it will be sent back home with the child in the envelope or you can write donation on the envelope and we’ll put what’s left in the PTO fund.
3. We will have Shopper Helpers to assist the children (especially the younger ones). The children will only be allowed to shop for those people on the list that have been selected. The Shopper Helpers will make sure that everyone who is on the list gets a gift.
4. Every gift will be wrapped and tagged to say who it is for.
5. Remember to send your money with your child on Dec. 8th or 9thth. Teachers can collect envelopes early if you prefer. They will be shopping during class – see attached schedule. Cash is preferable, however, if a check is sent please make it out to St. John’s PTO. Again, if the child does not spend the full amount change will be sent home or donated to PTO if specified.
6. If we have items left the shop will be open after school on the 9th and students may shop for whomever they like. Preschoolers are welcome to come then as well. The shop will also be open during RE time on the 9th.
7. We need VOLUNTEERS! We need gift wrappers and shopper helpers. You can sign up on the St. John’s website http://school.saintjohns.net or on the bulletin board in the front office. This is a really fun time to interact with the St. John’s children, earn volunteer hours, and get to know some other parents.
If you have any questions please email or call: Bethany Anderson 217-6724 bethanyjadeanderson@msn.com or Denise Deschene 391-1770 BigCMikey@aol.com Blessings and Merry Christmas!
CHRISTmas GIFT SHOP
Here’s what you need to know!
When: December 8th and 9th
Where: The Hallway of the New Gym
Who: All St. John’s students will have a chance to shop for gifts for their family! This is a great opportunity for the kids to be involved in the season of giving.
How: Here’s how it works:
1. Talk with your children about who to buy for and how much money they will have to send. Gift items range from $.25-$6.00
2. Fill out the envelope by putting a checkmark next to the people for whom your children will be shopping for as well as the total dollar amount you are sending in. Also fill out a name next to each one checked so we know who to address the gift too! If there is money left over it will be sent back home with the child in the envelope or you can write donation on the envelope and we’ll put what’s left in the PTO fund.
3. We will have Shopper Helpers to assist the children (especially the younger ones). The children will only be allowed to shop for those people on the list that have been selected. The Shopper Helpers will make sure that everyone who is on the list gets a gift.
4. Every gift will be wrapped and tagged to say who it is for.
5. Remember to send your money with your child on Dec. 8th or 9thth. Teachers can collect envelopes early if you prefer. They will be shopping during class – see attached schedule. Cash is preferable, however, if a check is sent please make it out to St. John’s PTO. Again, if the child does not spend the full amount change will be sent home or donated to PTO if specified.
6. If we have items left the shop will be open after school on the 9th and students may shop for whomever they like. Preschoolers are welcome to come then as well. The shop will also be open during RE time on the 9th.
7. We need VOLUNTEERS! We need gift wrappers and shopper helpers. You can sign up on the St. John’s website http://school.saintjohns.net or on the bulletin board in the front office. This is a really fun time to interact with the St. John’s children, earn volunteer hours, and get to know some other parents.
If you have any questions please email or call: Bethany Anderson 217-6724 bethanyjadeanderson@msn.com or Denise Deschene 391-1770 BigCMikey@aol.com Blessings and Merry Christmas!
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Dr. Amodio's trip to Haiti final entry
Day 3, Part II
As we waited for the prison guards to let us in, our bus parked next to a heavy artillery UN tank with Nepalese soldiers. Wasn’t really sure what to make of that! We were able to see the “visitors” of the prisoners pressing up against the gate hoping to catch a glimpse of their loved ones. Eventually, we were led in. We then waited for some time in the hallways, and while we waited there, we were able to see prisoner-workers serving up the “flour soup” to the prisoners. We were led through the cell blocks by armed guards. The conditions in the prison were appalling: 16 men in a 12x12 cell and the smell was indescribable. As we passed by, the men were reaching out their hands through the serving hole shouting out, “Help me” or “What can you do for me?” We came to find out through our interpreter, Lesly that many of the men have been in prison on petty charges (theft, minor assault, etc.) for several months and have yet to appear before a judge. They had no legal recourse and no immediate plans for any – unless they had money for bribes. Fr Martin noted that the whole scene reminded him of a slave ship, and how these men must have felt the same utter despair. Fr. Martin tried to offer a blessing to as many as he could, but there were simply too many.
I had the incredible opportunity to speak with the women prisoners. I asked them how many children they had, and if they have ever had a chance to see them since being there. All of the women said that they haven’t seen their “bebes”, and it was heartbreaking to see the pain on their faces as they spoke lovingly about their children.
We spent the next hour or so sorting out care packages of hygiene products and donated Crocs (doing Colorado proud!) for the prisoners, and then working to feed over 500 prisoners a lunch donated by Food for the Poor.
Our visit concluded with the freeing of 4 prisoners. We cheered for them as they came into the entry area. Several us washed their feet and gave them a new pair of sturdy shoes – symbolically washing the “dirt” from the prison as they started a new life. It found it so moving to hear the prisoners talk about their freedom in such a passionate way – even though I felt as if they were merely moving from one prison to another one in the form of destitution in the outside world. Admittedly, I have always had a hard time coming to terms with the New Testament teachings on freeing the prisoners and caring for the incarcerated. Sometimes God gives you the 2x4 you need to change your perspective – and this truly a blow to my hard–fast belief system!
Day 4
It was a very hot day. It was about to get much warmer. Our first stop of the day was to the “Bridge People Neighborhood”. This is an area just under the main bridge in town. All of the sewage and trash that flows out of the canals washes up on either side of the river, and collects directly under the bridge. This is where the people build their homes. When we came, we had to step on the simmering garbage and try our best not to step on anything “ripe”. Pigs wandered in search of food – we saw one pig being charred to be sold for money. Imagine eating a pig that had eaten trash and sewage. This was a hard image for a die-hard fan of BBQ! We had a chance to visit with a family – they had a little boy with them. There was no place for him to play – only in the garbage in front of his home. Toward the end of our visit, several young men came to see what the “blancs” were doing in their neighborhood. One particular young man broke my heart as an educator – he wanted to show us his notebook full of notes from his mechanics class. He wanted to be a mechanical engineer. He was so proud of his work and you could tell he truly had that fire in his belly. To think that here this young man was living in these conditions – and how he was willing to work so hard to improve himself. His desire to better himself made me think back to our American students and how all too often they take their education for granted.
Sweating, we all got back on the bus to travel to Prolonge- Nativity Village. This is the village where our Sister School is located. The village is located in a swamp. While most of the village has been moved to an area of higher ground, a few families still remain in the swamp building homes close to sewage and one of the biggest mosquito breeding grounds I have ever seen. We saw a woman fishing for inch-sized crabs in the swamp – fishing for a meal for her family and perhaps extra income. A couple other women and I had a chance to visit with a mother of a newborn and hold him. The mother was so proud of her baby! Half of all the deaths in Haiti are of children under the age of five. To think of how much love a mother has for her children – only to know the odds that one or two of them will die is unbearable.
I walked into the village and was greeted by the school children – all dressed in blue. I was asked by the principal to speak to the children in French about the importance of listening to their teachers and keeping up with their studying. Afterwards, I had a chance to meet the young women in the vocational training program I helped design as part of my doctoral studies – it made me so proud to see the pride the young women took in showing off their new uniforms and how they held their head up high – something you don’t see that often in women in Haiti. Finally, I had a chance to tour the classrooms – I saw a preschool classroom with 56 students eating their only meal for the day – a huge plate of rice and beans. This is one of the ways that FFP has identified to keep kids in school – if they get a free meal; they are more likely to stay in school. There was only one teacher with three toys in the classroom – amazing classroom management!
After the others in our group managed to get the bus unstuck from a mud pit – we all left to prepare for our trip to a remote village to view Food for the Poor’s newest village – and share in a community-wide ribbon-cutting celebration.
As we approached the village, we were greeted by the entire village – the first thing we saw was all the children lined up to greet us. We saw several cases of malnutrition – little children with orange hair and distended bellies. Word soon got out to the surrounding villages that FFP was going to be serving a meal – and all too quickly a huge mass of close to 1,000 people seemed to converge at once. It was pretty overwhelming. There was one little guy called FeFe that really touched my heart – one of the men with us gave him energy bars, but he could not get enough. He was so frail and he held on so tight to anyone who held him. I keep praying that he doesn’t become part of the statistics on childhood mortality.
As we drove home, we had our scariest experience in Haiti – a gang street fight. Two gangs were throwing rocks across the street at each other. Pretty big ones at that! Our driver made the decision to drive quickly through the fray. Our bus got hit by a rock. To me, the scene reminded me of the importance of stability in the efforts to promote development – what promotes stability? What promotes instability? These are questions that still linger with me – but I keep coming back to the starfish story: as long as we can make a difference for the one, that is all that can be asked of us!
+Blessings,
Dr. Sara Baird Amodio
Principal, St. John the Evangelist Catholic School
1730 W. 12th Street
Loveland, Colorado 80537
970-635-5830
“Providing Roots and Wings for over 50 years”
St. John's Mission Statement
In communion with our families, St. John the Evangelist Catholic School provides a respectful Catholic environment dedicated to developing the whole child through academic achievement, personal responsibility and the formation of faith-filled citizens in a place where Christ is ever present.
As we waited for the prison guards to let us in, our bus parked next to a heavy artillery UN tank with Nepalese soldiers. Wasn’t really sure what to make of that! We were able to see the “visitors” of the prisoners pressing up against the gate hoping to catch a glimpse of their loved ones. Eventually, we were led in. We then waited for some time in the hallways, and while we waited there, we were able to see prisoner-workers serving up the “flour soup” to the prisoners. We were led through the cell blocks by armed guards. The conditions in the prison were appalling: 16 men in a 12x12 cell and the smell was indescribable. As we passed by, the men were reaching out their hands through the serving hole shouting out, “Help me” or “What can you do for me?” We came to find out through our interpreter, Lesly that many of the men have been in prison on petty charges (theft, minor assault, etc.) for several months and have yet to appear before a judge. They had no legal recourse and no immediate plans for any – unless they had money for bribes. Fr Martin noted that the whole scene reminded him of a slave ship, and how these men must have felt the same utter despair. Fr. Martin tried to offer a blessing to as many as he could, but there were simply too many.
I had the incredible opportunity to speak with the women prisoners. I asked them how many children they had, and if they have ever had a chance to see them since being there. All of the women said that they haven’t seen their “bebes”, and it was heartbreaking to see the pain on their faces as they spoke lovingly about their children.
We spent the next hour or so sorting out care packages of hygiene products and donated Crocs (doing Colorado proud!) for the prisoners, and then working to feed over 500 prisoners a lunch donated by Food for the Poor.
Our visit concluded with the freeing of 4 prisoners. We cheered for them as they came into the entry area. Several us washed their feet and gave them a new pair of sturdy shoes – symbolically washing the “dirt” from the prison as they started a new life. It found it so moving to hear the prisoners talk about their freedom in such a passionate way – even though I felt as if they were merely moving from one prison to another one in the form of destitution in the outside world. Admittedly, I have always had a hard time coming to terms with the New Testament teachings on freeing the prisoners and caring for the incarcerated. Sometimes God gives you the 2x4 you need to change your perspective – and this truly a blow to my hard–fast belief system!
Day 4
It was a very hot day. It was about to get much warmer. Our first stop of the day was to the “Bridge People Neighborhood”. This is an area just under the main bridge in town. All of the sewage and trash that flows out of the canals washes up on either side of the river, and collects directly under the bridge. This is where the people build their homes. When we came, we had to step on the simmering garbage and try our best not to step on anything “ripe”. Pigs wandered in search of food – we saw one pig being charred to be sold for money. Imagine eating a pig that had eaten trash and sewage. This was a hard image for a die-hard fan of BBQ! We had a chance to visit with a family – they had a little boy with them. There was no place for him to play – only in the garbage in front of his home. Toward the end of our visit, several young men came to see what the “blancs” were doing in their neighborhood. One particular young man broke my heart as an educator – he wanted to show us his notebook full of notes from his mechanics class. He wanted to be a mechanical engineer. He was so proud of his work and you could tell he truly had that fire in his belly. To think that here this young man was living in these conditions – and how he was willing to work so hard to improve himself. His desire to better himself made me think back to our American students and how all too often they take their education for granted.
Sweating, we all got back on the bus to travel to Prolonge- Nativity Village. This is the village where our Sister School is located. The village is located in a swamp. While most of the village has been moved to an area of higher ground, a few families still remain in the swamp building homes close to sewage and one of the biggest mosquito breeding grounds I have ever seen. We saw a woman fishing for inch-sized crabs in the swamp – fishing for a meal for her family and perhaps extra income. A couple other women and I had a chance to visit with a mother of a newborn and hold him. The mother was so proud of her baby! Half of all the deaths in Haiti are of children under the age of five. To think of how much love a mother has for her children – only to know the odds that one or two of them will die is unbearable.
I walked into the village and was greeted by the school children – all dressed in blue. I was asked by the principal to speak to the children in French about the importance of listening to their teachers and keeping up with their studying. Afterwards, I had a chance to meet the young women in the vocational training program I helped design as part of my doctoral studies – it made me so proud to see the pride the young women took in showing off their new uniforms and how they held their head up high – something you don’t see that often in women in Haiti. Finally, I had a chance to tour the classrooms – I saw a preschool classroom with 56 students eating their only meal for the day – a huge plate of rice and beans. This is one of the ways that FFP has identified to keep kids in school – if they get a free meal; they are more likely to stay in school. There was only one teacher with three toys in the classroom – amazing classroom management!
After the others in our group managed to get the bus unstuck from a mud pit – we all left to prepare for our trip to a remote village to view Food for the Poor’s newest village – and share in a community-wide ribbon-cutting celebration.
As we approached the village, we were greeted by the entire village – the first thing we saw was all the children lined up to greet us. We saw several cases of malnutrition – little children with orange hair and distended bellies. Word soon got out to the surrounding villages that FFP was going to be serving a meal – and all too quickly a huge mass of close to 1,000 people seemed to converge at once. It was pretty overwhelming. There was one little guy called FeFe that really touched my heart – one of the men with us gave him energy bars, but he could not get enough. He was so frail and he held on so tight to anyone who held him. I keep praying that he doesn’t become part of the statistics on childhood mortality.
As we drove home, we had our scariest experience in Haiti – a gang street fight. Two gangs were throwing rocks across the street at each other. Pretty big ones at that! Our driver made the decision to drive quickly through the fray. Our bus got hit by a rock. To me, the scene reminded me of the importance of stability in the efforts to promote development – what promotes stability? What promotes instability? These are questions that still linger with me – but I keep coming back to the starfish story: as long as we can make a difference for the one, that is all that can be asked of us!
+Blessings,
Dr. Sara Baird Amodio
Principal, St. John the Evangelist Catholic School
1730 W. 12th Street
Loveland, Colorado 80537
970-635-5830
“Providing Roots and Wings for over 50 years”
St. John's Mission Statement
In communion with our families, St. John the Evangelist Catholic School provides a respectful Catholic environment dedicated to developing the whole child through academic achievement, personal responsibility and the formation of faith-filled citizens in a place where Christ is ever present.
Friday, November 20, 2009
Saint Johns Chroicle November 20, 2009
St John the Evangelist Catholic School Chronicle
November 20, 2009
Love the Learning. Build our Friendships. Live the Faith
Dear St. John’s Families-
Thank you for all of your prayers as I made my trip to Haiti. It was an amazing experience – full of God’s grace and the face of Christ in everyone I met.
I have been completing my blog on the trip (available on Facebook, our school’s blog, and our website). Below is the first installment in the blog on this incredible journey.
As a reminder, we will have our “100 Person Feast” on Monday November 23rd at 1:30pm. I will be sharing the pictures from my trip – particularly the pictures of our sister school in Cap Hatien, Haiti. All are invited to come!
Day 1
I met the other members of the trip at the Food For The Poor headquarters in Coconut Beach, FL. It was so nice to connect with old friends, especially Angel Aloma, the Executive Director of FFP whom I have known for many years. There was a beautiful new statue in the foyer of a poor beggar on the floor – once you got down on your knees to get a better view, you realized the beggar had Jesus’ face. Very moving! I distributed the Rosaries from Fr. Frank to the other members of the trip, so that they could then distribute them to people who touched their hearts on the trip. After a lunch there and a tour, we returned to the hotel for an early rise the next morning.
Day 2 – Part 1
We depart for Port au Prince and arrive at the Louverture Airport. Your first view of Haiti is of all of the men aggressively looking to help newly arrived passengers with their bags. There is 80% official unemployment in Haiti – most people do odd jobs or sell whatever they can on the streets. We were greeted by Mme. Guerre (our Haiti FFP liaison) and Daniel (our bus driver). We came to find out later in the day that Daniel’s wife just had a baby and there were complications – but yet he spent all day with us until the evening without seeing them.
We first visited Little Children of Jesus Orphanage which serves mentally and physically handicapped children. We arrived in time for Mass and all of the children participated the best they could – it really moved my heart. We all had a chance to then hold some of the children and be with them. There were few workers, so many of the children had limited one-on-one contact. All of the beds were lined up in the main gathering place, side-by-side. Flies were everywhere. The child that moved me the most was a small boy with encephalitis and twisted limbs who just laid there on the bed with flies on his face. These children had been abandoned because of their conditions – Delane Bailey (the FFP Haiti Projects Director) explained that normally these children would have been left to die, so this is truly the best situation currently available to them in Haiti.
Our next stop was to Merge, the first Operation Starfish village. On the way, we have a flat tire and all then cram into the back of a pickup truck! We were greeted by 300 school children for another Mass. The space we were in was a cafeteria/church made of cinderblocks with no air conditioning. To think that only after a few minutes I was sweating buckets – and the kids had been there all morning in uniform practicing for the Mass… Parents take great pride in their children attending school. Every child has their uniform neatly ironed, even if they have only a rusted tin roof over their heads. Delane explained that families rise at 4:00 or 5:00 to just get their children ready for school. After school, children gather around the street lamps to do their homework as it is often the only light in the village after dark. Time and time again, I was struck by how much effort parents put into providing their children with an education, how much education was valued, and how very lucky children were to receive an education. Many times, if a family has multiple children, only a couple of children are able to attend school because the family simply couldn’t afford to send them.
Back on the road again, we encountered the ever present “Tap-Taps”, or old small-sized pick up trucks with the bed brightly covered and rigged to handle about 10 passengers. This is the mode of transportation in Haiti – when you want to get off, you “tap tap” on the roof! The Tap-Taps all have religious sayings or Bible quotes – God Provides, Jesus is my Savior, God is Patience, etc. – and this is one of the first examples a visitor sees of the Haitian’s unwavering faith and how pervasive faith is in everything they do.
Day 2 - Part 2
We had a chance to visit the feeding center at the Food For The Poor Headquarters in Port au Prince. Each day, Monday through Saturday, the center feeds approximately 15,000 people. People walk for miles to the center to receive their only meal for the day, a meal that consists of rice, beans, and a bit of stew. Typically, it is the job of the young girls in the family who are not going to school to fetch the food in large buckets that you see at Home Depot. Imagine having your meal - your only meal - delivered in a plastic utility bucket. The lines start early in the morning and go on until the late afternoon. Since the center only operates 6 out of 7 days, this means that these 15,000 go without food on Sunday.
It was determined that it was safe enough for us to visit Cite Soleil after visiting the feeding center. Cite Soleil is considered by many to be the poorest slum in the Western Hemisphere, and in recent years was the epicenter of most of the gang in-fighting and violence in Haiti. What we saw was shocking - garbage piled in massive heaps, open sewage, children everywhere with sores and no clothes. But the sign of poverty that moved me the most was when we saw the women making "Mud Cookies" to sell and to feed their families: Bouillon, water, salt, seasoning, and dirt left to dry out in the sun. As a mother, I cannot fathom getting to the point where the only option I had in feeding my children was to feed them seasoned dirt.
We left Cite Soleil completely drained.
Day 3 - Part 1
Early the next morning, we left on a puddle jumper for the city of Cap Haitien in the northern part of Haiti. On the way to the airport, I saw public service announcement billboards telling the public about the new anti-kidnapping law that was just put into effect. Somehow, that was mildly encouraging. As you near the airport, you also see the UN bases. Compared to my last visit to Haiti, I did notice fewer UN armored vehicles (tanks?!) on the roads, and more light armored vehicles in the form of pickup trucks. I took that as a sign of lessening tensions. Flying out of Port au Prince, one notices that many of the houses in Haiti have no roofs. This is because that many of the more "middle class" families when building a cinderblock home will only build a lower level and then partially construct the upper level. If you put a roof on your house and paint it, that means you have to pay more taxes. The overall effect is one of a seemingly bleak warzone.
As we arrived in Cap, we saw the morning workers getting ready to vend their goods: the sugar cane carts, the man pushing a heavy cart full of raw meat in 90* temperatures, women carrying impossibly heavy buckets or bowls in their heads. Without all the heavy traffic, it was easy to see the canals between the homes running with open sewage and garbage.
As we settled into Cap, Delane and Jim McDaniel (the Operation Starfish Director) announced our upcoming surprise visit to the prison where we were to free 4 prisoners and provide them with a care package as they started their new life.
+Blessings,
Dr. Sara Baird Amodio
STUDENT COUNCIL IS ASKING FOR BRAND NEW TEDDY BEARS (OR OTHER STUFFED ANIMALS) Deadline - November 23, 2009We will be donating the bears to the Children’s Hospital in Denver. Thank you for your donation;
it is immensely appreciated. Questions? Please contact Mrs. Siedenburg – siedeca@saintjohns.net
ST JOHN EAGLES TAKE HOME LEGO ROBOTICS AWARDCongratulations to the Lego Robotics team at Saint John the Evangelist Catholic school in Loveland. The team competed at the Poudre Qualifier tournament at Poudre High school in Fort Collins and won the "Outstanding Teamwork" award. in addition, they took 10th place overall. This award now qualifies them to participate in the State Championship to be held in Denver, December 12th.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR 100 PERSON FEAST!
The 100 Person Feast is a school event with the simple goal of raising awareness of two important social justice issues: Poverty and Hunger. The event is presented in such a way so that students at the elementary- and middle- school age levels (grades 4-8) can begin to appreciate impact of poverty and hunger on a global scale, and to consider how they may act to address these social injustices. Lessons on Catholic social teachings will infuse the program, thereby showing how these injustices and inequities can be addressed in light of our faith.
This year’s event will be November 23 at 1:30 pm.
“I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.” Matthew 25:40
We are looking for parent volunteers to assist with serving and running the 100 Person Feast. This is a very moving event, which will inspire you and your family during the Thanksgiving week.
If you can volunteer to help, please contact Mrs. Champlin, 635-5830 or christine@saintjohns.net
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS WERE HONORED BY THE SCHOOL LAST WEEK
There was plenty of excitement at Saint John’s School when the Knights of Columbus arrived at a special assembly to honor Veterans Day. The Knights arrived at the school in full regalia including their swords. The students sang God Bless America and presented the Knights with a plaque commemorating the Knights service to the school. Following the ceremony, the students were able to come thank the Knights with a handshake and smile.
ATTENTION ALL 8TH GRADE STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS HOLY FAMILY HIGH SCHOOL PLACEMENT TEST
Saturday December 5, 2009 Fee: $20 8:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. Bring two #2 pencils and the $20 fee
Holy family high school 5195 west 144th avenue Broomfield, Colorado 80023
The placement test is required for fall 2010 freshman enrollment for further information and registration call
Holy family high school at (303) 410-1411
EXTENDED DAY UPDATE
Payments are due by the 15th each month to avoid a 15.00 late fee. Arrangements can only be made through Dr Amodio or Father Frank to waive such fees. For the month of November, since the 15th fell on a weekend, I am honoring all payments made by the 17th. Please check out the Extended Day Page on the School Website for important information and reminders in the future.
GIRLS’ MIDDLE SCHOOL BASKETBALL
Attention all middle school girls interested in practicing basketball. Open gym sessions are scheduled on Saturdays.
When: Saturday 9 – 11 a.m. Dates: Nov. 21, 28 Dec. 12, 19 Jan. 2, 9 You will need to bring your own basketball and a water bottle. Still have Questions? Contact Mary Schneider (970.669.0005)
SCRIP: SPECIAL ORDER SCRIP REMINDER FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Are you traveling over the holidays? Plan ahead, and buy scrip to cover your traveling expenses! You can special order scrip for American Airlines, Avis Rental Car, Budget Rental Car, Carnival Cruise Line, Marriot Hotels and Travelocity Hotels with rebates of 8% to 12%!
Need ideas for the teenager on your holiday shopping list? GLSCRIP has gift cards for Ticketmaster, iTunes, Aeropostle, LL Bean, and Lands End in various denominations.
Do you like to give specialty food gifts? Hickory Farms, Harry & David (scrip can be used at Loveland’s outlet store), Omaha Steaks, and Williams Sonoma are available. Rebates are from 8% to 15%!
How about stocking stuffers? Baskin Robbins scrip is available in just $2 increments, and Blockbuster in $6 denominations with 15% rebate – perfect for stocking stuffers or gift exchanges!
CHECK GLSCRIP.COM ONLINE FOR MORE GIFT CARDS TO ORDER. ALL SPECIAL ORDERS ARE DUE BY DECEMBER 6TH FOR CHRISTMAS DELIVERY. SUBMIT YOUR ORDER FORM WITH PREPAYMENT ATTN: DOROTHEA, SPECIAL ORDER, AT THE SCHOOL OR PARISH OFFICE.
PTO Updates:
v We are in need of volunteers to help sale ornaments at all the Masses on Nov 28th and 29th and Dec 5th and 6th and also the Christmas Festival on Dec 12th and 13th. If you can help please email Kathleen Klenk at colklenk1@frii.com or call 278-1202 with the times you are available.
v The PTO is trying to gather information to get your thoughts and opinions as they begin to rewrite our bylaws and goals for the upcoming year. Please take a moment, to cut and past this link into your browser, and give us your feedback. The survey is located at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=S7tAO9_2fxtoqY4g15X8SXIA_3d_3d
v WE WANT YOU....
....to volunteer at the Barnes and Noble Book Event. Saturday, Novemebr 28th and Sunday November 29th. There are times available all day from 9 am - 10 pm.
This is a great opportunity for the 5th-8th grade kids to help out. We want them too! The sign-up is located in the front office or email lexydonnelly@gmail.com with your available time. Thanks so much.
CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT
The school 2009 Christmas ornament is here, and we will be selling them in the loop on Tuesday November 10th. They will be available in the morning and afternoon loop, or you may drop by the school office.
This year’s ornament, crafted by Peyton Stroh, is a beautiful design of the Christ child under a star encircled in a twisted wreath.
Ornaments are $12.00 each, 2 or more- $10.00 each. PTO will also be taking limited orders for an ornament/cookbook combination. In addition, we have a few ornaments left from last year for $10.00 each. The 2008 ornament is a design of the Holy Family. Please consider these ornaments as a gift for friends and family when you are shopping for Holiday gifts. Thank you for supporting our school!
LAST CALL FOR ALCOHOL! Boots N Bordeaux is wrapping up!
Your may still place your wine order through the end of the month. Be sure to stock up for the Christmas season and get some great deals, while helping our school. For more information go online or contact the school office at 635-5830.
God, our Father and Creator, be with us in our school.Help us to treasure your gift of life and treat one another with care.Let us always remember that we are all created in your image.Come, Lord Jesus, and be with us in our school.Guide our teachers, guide our parents, and lead our students to recognize you in all people.Come, Holy Spirit, and be with us in our school.Give us a vision for the future, and the determination for shaping a faith-filled future.
v Pray for the Kellogg family as they celebrate the birth of their son Joseph Gunner Kellogg
v Pray for the elderly including the grandparents of the Cajero and Ellis family
v Pray for those who have passed away this week, including the Najera’s Grandmother, help them cope with their loss
v Please keep Matt Walsh in your prayers as he get ready to go to Arizona to compete in the Ironman competition
v Pray for the Tollefson/Gerken Family as they celebrate the early birth of their niece/granddaughter
v Pray for those who are struggling to find employment
v Please pray for the Foley, Fox Franks, Garcia, Genger families
v Let us give thanks to God for all the gifts he has provided us
v Especially give thanks to God for the gift of a parish school and ask his help as we continue to grow and prosper
v May Our Lord grant us all the graces we need and desire
Saint John the Evangelist Catholic School
1730 W. 12th Street Loveland, Co 80537 970.635.5830
Saint John the Evangelist School does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color or national or ethnic origin
November 20, 2009
Love the Learning. Build our Friendships. Live the Faith
Dear St. John’s Families-
Thank you for all of your prayers as I made my trip to Haiti. It was an amazing experience – full of God’s grace and the face of Christ in everyone I met.
I have been completing my blog on the trip (available on Facebook, our school’s blog, and our website). Below is the first installment in the blog on this incredible journey.
As a reminder, we will have our “100 Person Feast” on Monday November 23rd at 1:30pm. I will be sharing the pictures from my trip – particularly the pictures of our sister school in Cap Hatien, Haiti. All are invited to come!
Day 1
I met the other members of the trip at the Food For The Poor headquarters in Coconut Beach, FL. It was so nice to connect with old friends, especially Angel Aloma, the Executive Director of FFP whom I have known for many years. There was a beautiful new statue in the foyer of a poor beggar on the floor – once you got down on your knees to get a better view, you realized the beggar had Jesus’ face. Very moving! I distributed the Rosaries from Fr. Frank to the other members of the trip, so that they could then distribute them to people who touched their hearts on the trip. After a lunch there and a tour, we returned to the hotel for an early rise the next morning.
Day 2 – Part 1
We depart for Port au Prince and arrive at the Louverture Airport. Your first view of Haiti is of all of the men aggressively looking to help newly arrived passengers with their bags. There is 80% official unemployment in Haiti – most people do odd jobs or sell whatever they can on the streets. We were greeted by Mme. Guerre (our Haiti FFP liaison) and Daniel (our bus driver). We came to find out later in the day that Daniel’s wife just had a baby and there were complications – but yet he spent all day with us until the evening without seeing them.
We first visited Little Children of Jesus Orphanage which serves mentally and physically handicapped children. We arrived in time for Mass and all of the children participated the best they could – it really moved my heart. We all had a chance to then hold some of the children and be with them. There were few workers, so many of the children had limited one-on-one contact. All of the beds were lined up in the main gathering place, side-by-side. Flies were everywhere. The child that moved me the most was a small boy with encephalitis and twisted limbs who just laid there on the bed with flies on his face. These children had been abandoned because of their conditions – Delane Bailey (the FFP Haiti Projects Director) explained that normally these children would have been left to die, so this is truly the best situation currently available to them in Haiti.
Our next stop was to Merge, the first Operation Starfish village. On the way, we have a flat tire and all then cram into the back of a pickup truck! We were greeted by 300 school children for another Mass. The space we were in was a cafeteria/church made of cinderblocks with no air conditioning. To think that only after a few minutes I was sweating buckets – and the kids had been there all morning in uniform practicing for the Mass… Parents take great pride in their children attending school. Every child has their uniform neatly ironed, even if they have only a rusted tin roof over their heads. Delane explained that families rise at 4:00 or 5:00 to just get their children ready for school. After school, children gather around the street lamps to do their homework as it is often the only light in the village after dark. Time and time again, I was struck by how much effort parents put into providing their children with an education, how much education was valued, and how very lucky children were to receive an education. Many times, if a family has multiple children, only a couple of children are able to attend school because the family simply couldn’t afford to send them.
Back on the road again, we encountered the ever present “Tap-Taps”, or old small-sized pick up trucks with the bed brightly covered and rigged to handle about 10 passengers. This is the mode of transportation in Haiti – when you want to get off, you “tap tap” on the roof! The Tap-Taps all have religious sayings or Bible quotes – God Provides, Jesus is my Savior, God is Patience, etc. – and this is one of the first examples a visitor sees of the Haitian’s unwavering faith and how pervasive faith is in everything they do.
Day 2 - Part 2
We had a chance to visit the feeding center at the Food For The Poor Headquarters in Port au Prince. Each day, Monday through Saturday, the center feeds approximately 15,000 people. People walk for miles to the center to receive their only meal for the day, a meal that consists of rice, beans, and a bit of stew. Typically, it is the job of the young girls in the family who are not going to school to fetch the food in large buckets that you see at Home Depot. Imagine having your meal - your only meal - delivered in a plastic utility bucket. The lines start early in the morning and go on until the late afternoon. Since the center only operates 6 out of 7 days, this means that these 15,000 go without food on Sunday.
It was determined that it was safe enough for us to visit Cite Soleil after visiting the feeding center. Cite Soleil is considered by many to be the poorest slum in the Western Hemisphere, and in recent years was the epicenter of most of the gang in-fighting and violence in Haiti. What we saw was shocking - garbage piled in massive heaps, open sewage, children everywhere with sores and no clothes. But the sign of poverty that moved me the most was when we saw the women making "Mud Cookies" to sell and to feed their families: Bouillon, water, salt, seasoning, and dirt left to dry out in the sun. As a mother, I cannot fathom getting to the point where the only option I had in feeding my children was to feed them seasoned dirt.
We left Cite Soleil completely drained.
Day 3 - Part 1
Early the next morning, we left on a puddle jumper for the city of Cap Haitien in the northern part of Haiti. On the way to the airport, I saw public service announcement billboards telling the public about the new anti-kidnapping law that was just put into effect. Somehow, that was mildly encouraging. As you near the airport, you also see the UN bases. Compared to my last visit to Haiti, I did notice fewer UN armored vehicles (tanks?!) on the roads, and more light armored vehicles in the form of pickup trucks. I took that as a sign of lessening tensions. Flying out of Port au Prince, one notices that many of the houses in Haiti have no roofs. This is because that many of the more "middle class" families when building a cinderblock home will only build a lower level and then partially construct the upper level. If you put a roof on your house and paint it, that means you have to pay more taxes. The overall effect is one of a seemingly bleak warzone.
As we arrived in Cap, we saw the morning workers getting ready to vend their goods: the sugar cane carts, the man pushing a heavy cart full of raw meat in 90* temperatures, women carrying impossibly heavy buckets or bowls in their heads. Without all the heavy traffic, it was easy to see the canals between the homes running with open sewage and garbage.
As we settled into Cap, Delane and Jim McDaniel (the Operation Starfish Director) announced our upcoming surprise visit to the prison where we were to free 4 prisoners and provide them with a care package as they started their new life.
+Blessings,
Dr. Sara Baird Amodio
STUDENT COUNCIL IS ASKING FOR BRAND NEW TEDDY BEARS (OR OTHER STUFFED ANIMALS) Deadline - November 23, 2009We will be donating the bears to the Children’s Hospital in Denver. Thank you for your donation;
it is immensely appreciated. Questions? Please contact Mrs. Siedenburg – siedeca@saintjohns.net
ST JOHN EAGLES TAKE HOME LEGO ROBOTICS AWARDCongratulations to the Lego Robotics team at Saint John the Evangelist Catholic school in Loveland. The team competed at the Poudre Qualifier tournament at Poudre High school in Fort Collins and won the "Outstanding Teamwork" award. in addition, they took 10th place overall. This award now qualifies them to participate in the State Championship to be held in Denver, December 12th.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR 100 PERSON FEAST!
The 100 Person Feast is a school event with the simple goal of raising awareness of two important social justice issues: Poverty and Hunger. The event is presented in such a way so that students at the elementary- and middle- school age levels (grades 4-8) can begin to appreciate impact of poverty and hunger on a global scale, and to consider how they may act to address these social injustices. Lessons on Catholic social teachings will infuse the program, thereby showing how these injustices and inequities can be addressed in light of our faith.
This year’s event will be November 23 at 1:30 pm.
“I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.” Matthew 25:40
We are looking for parent volunteers to assist with serving and running the 100 Person Feast. This is a very moving event, which will inspire you and your family during the Thanksgiving week.
If you can volunteer to help, please contact Mrs. Champlin, 635-5830 or christine@saintjohns.net
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS WERE HONORED BY THE SCHOOL LAST WEEK
There was plenty of excitement at Saint John’s School when the Knights of Columbus arrived at a special assembly to honor Veterans Day. The Knights arrived at the school in full regalia including their swords. The students sang God Bless America and presented the Knights with a plaque commemorating the Knights service to the school. Following the ceremony, the students were able to come thank the Knights with a handshake and smile.
ATTENTION ALL 8TH GRADE STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS HOLY FAMILY HIGH SCHOOL PLACEMENT TEST
Saturday December 5, 2009 Fee: $20 8:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. Bring two #2 pencils and the $20 fee
Holy family high school 5195 west 144th avenue Broomfield, Colorado 80023
The placement test is required for fall 2010 freshman enrollment for further information and registration call
Holy family high school at (303) 410-1411
EXTENDED DAY UPDATE
Payments are due by the 15th each month to avoid a 15.00 late fee. Arrangements can only be made through Dr Amodio or Father Frank to waive such fees. For the month of November, since the 15th fell on a weekend, I am honoring all payments made by the 17th. Please check out the Extended Day Page on the School Website for important information and reminders in the future.
GIRLS’ MIDDLE SCHOOL BASKETBALL
Attention all middle school girls interested in practicing basketball. Open gym sessions are scheduled on Saturdays.
When: Saturday 9 – 11 a.m. Dates: Nov. 21, 28 Dec. 12, 19 Jan. 2, 9 You will need to bring your own basketball and a water bottle. Still have Questions? Contact Mary Schneider (970.669.0005)
SCRIP: SPECIAL ORDER SCRIP REMINDER FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Are you traveling over the holidays? Plan ahead, and buy scrip to cover your traveling expenses! You can special order scrip for American Airlines, Avis Rental Car, Budget Rental Car, Carnival Cruise Line, Marriot Hotels and Travelocity Hotels with rebates of 8% to 12%!
Need ideas for the teenager on your holiday shopping list? GLSCRIP has gift cards for Ticketmaster, iTunes, Aeropostle, LL Bean, and Lands End in various denominations.
Do you like to give specialty food gifts? Hickory Farms, Harry & David (scrip can be used at Loveland’s outlet store), Omaha Steaks, and Williams Sonoma are available. Rebates are from 8% to 15%!
How about stocking stuffers? Baskin Robbins scrip is available in just $2 increments, and Blockbuster in $6 denominations with 15% rebate – perfect for stocking stuffers or gift exchanges!
CHECK GLSCRIP.COM ONLINE FOR MORE GIFT CARDS TO ORDER. ALL SPECIAL ORDERS ARE DUE BY DECEMBER 6TH FOR CHRISTMAS DELIVERY. SUBMIT YOUR ORDER FORM WITH PREPAYMENT ATTN: DOROTHEA, SPECIAL ORDER, AT THE SCHOOL OR PARISH OFFICE.
PTO Updates:
v We are in need of volunteers to help sale ornaments at all the Masses on Nov 28th and 29th and Dec 5th and 6th and also the Christmas Festival on Dec 12th and 13th. If you can help please email Kathleen Klenk at colklenk1@frii.com or call 278-1202 with the times you are available.
v The PTO is trying to gather information to get your thoughts and opinions as they begin to rewrite our bylaws and goals for the upcoming year. Please take a moment, to cut and past this link into your browser, and give us your feedback. The survey is located at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=S7tAO9_2fxtoqY4g15X8SXIA_3d_3d
v WE WANT YOU....
....to volunteer at the Barnes and Noble Book Event. Saturday, Novemebr 28th and Sunday November 29th. There are times available all day from 9 am - 10 pm.
This is a great opportunity for the 5th-8th grade kids to help out. We want them too! The sign-up is located in the front office or email lexydonnelly@gmail.com with your available time. Thanks so much.
CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT
The school 2009 Christmas ornament is here, and we will be selling them in the loop on Tuesday November 10th. They will be available in the morning and afternoon loop, or you may drop by the school office.
This year’s ornament, crafted by Peyton Stroh, is a beautiful design of the Christ child under a star encircled in a twisted wreath.
Ornaments are $12.00 each, 2 or more- $10.00 each. PTO will also be taking limited orders for an ornament/cookbook combination. In addition, we have a few ornaments left from last year for $10.00 each. The 2008 ornament is a design of the Holy Family. Please consider these ornaments as a gift for friends and family when you are shopping for Holiday gifts. Thank you for supporting our school!
LAST CALL FOR ALCOHOL! Boots N Bordeaux is wrapping up!
Your may still place your wine order through the end of the month. Be sure to stock up for the Christmas season and get some great deals, while helping our school. For more information go online or contact the school office at 635-5830.
God, our Father and Creator, be with us in our school.Help us to treasure your gift of life and treat one another with care.Let us always remember that we are all created in your image.Come, Lord Jesus, and be with us in our school.Guide our teachers, guide our parents, and lead our students to recognize you in all people.Come, Holy Spirit, and be with us in our school.Give us a vision for the future, and the determination for shaping a faith-filled future.
v Pray for the Kellogg family as they celebrate the birth of their son Joseph Gunner Kellogg
v Pray for the elderly including the grandparents of the Cajero and Ellis family
v Pray for those who have passed away this week, including the Najera’s Grandmother, help them cope with their loss
v Please keep Matt Walsh in your prayers as he get ready to go to Arizona to compete in the Ironman competition
v Pray for the Tollefson/Gerken Family as they celebrate the early birth of their niece/granddaughter
v Pray for those who are struggling to find employment
v Please pray for the Foley, Fox Franks, Garcia, Genger families
v Let us give thanks to God for all the gifts he has provided us
v Especially give thanks to God for the gift of a parish school and ask his help as we continue to grow and prosper
v May Our Lord grant us all the graces we need and desire
Saint John the Evangelist Catholic School
1730 W. 12th Street Loveland, Co 80537 970.635.5830
Saint John the Evangelist School does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color or national or ethnic origin
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