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
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