Friday, August 27, 2010

Saint John the Evangelist Catholic School Chroicle

St John the Evangelist Catholic School Chronicle
August 27, 2010

Dear St. John’s School Families,
AN UPDATE FROM THE PRINCIPAL

What a stellar opening of the new school year it was! It was such a joy to greet
your child (ren) on Monday morning. It was an experience that is difficult to
describe, as the loop dropped off excited, smiling children all dressed in their
Mass uniforms, with new shoes, new backpacks and fresh, sometimes damp hairdos
with the fragrance of just having been recently shampooed. “High fives”, hugs,
picture taking and maybe a bit of emotion as students said “good-bye” to their
parents was touching to say the least.

Yes, it was a busy, wonderful first week. The children and staff attended Mass
on both Monday and Friday mornings. There were SAC (Parent Advisory)
meetings, followed by PTO meetings and even a Technology Committee meeting.
Fund raising is well on its way with Gala Baskets coming in, tickets are being sold
for HOLLYWOOD NIGHTS and, of course, the Golf Tourney. Oh, and don’t
forget the Gold C books to sell. Sorry so much is coming up so soon. The PTO
and all of last year’s fundraising was responsible for the NEW TEXT BOOKS that
all of our students are now enjoying. A big thank you to everyone that made this
possible.

Just a reminder that next Wednesday is early release day for children, as Father
Frank has scheduled a retreat for all school staff members.
Have a great weekend.

Shalom,
Lois Schmitt
Lois Schmitt


Saint John’s GalaHey St. John's Families this is the last week to buy your tickets to the "Hollywood Nights" benefit gala dinner, silent and live auction. $50/person. This fun black tie optional event is the largest fundraiser for both the school and the parish. Tickets will be on sale this week only in the school office and after all masses. NO TICKETS will be sold at the door. Come and join us for the fun event contact Lexy Donnelly at 290-7081 for more information. Do not forget to purchase your raffle tickets $25/ ticket or 5 for $100. 1st prize $5,000 2nd prize 1 year tuition at St. John's or $3,650.
If you have not yet contributed scrip please do so as soon as possible, so far only 35 families have contributed. Scrip will be sold after each Mass and you can leave the scrip there with the seller and designate it for Saint John’s Parish School.


GOLD C BOOKS ARE FOR SALE
All students should have received a packet with a Gold C entertainment book and order form for selling them. If you are unable to sell the book, please return it with the order form to the office, making sure your child's name is on the form. This is an honor system as the PTO is responsible for the cost of all books distributed.

We will be selling the Gold C books after all masses on August 28-29. If you would like to volunteer to help, please email Ann Pakenham at annp722@yahoo.com. Thanks for your help with such short notice!


DAISY TROOPIf your daughter is interested in becoming a Daisy Girl Scout for the 2010-11 school year, we will be holding an informational meeting on Wednesday, September 1 at 12 p.m. on the P.E. field east of the elementary school. Please bring a picnic lunch -- siblings are welcome to join us, too! We will be accepting girls 5 and up (whose birthday is before October 1st) in Junior Kindergarten through 1st Grade. If your daughter is interested in becoming a Daisy, and you are unable to make this meeting, please contact either Helen Franks (hmfranks@msn.com or 532-7874) or Jen Metzler (philler10@aol.com or 669-5807) to receive a packet of information.


SCRIP NEWS
Your participation in the scrip program is off to a strong start. It was great to see familiar and new families buying scrip at Back-to-School night. The credits toward your $150 profit minimum are already being accounted for and you can email dorothea.boettcher@saintjohns.net at any time to find out where you are with your scrip purchases. We have almost sold out of the JC Penney scrip at the 50% special credit, so hurry if you still want to take advantage, because when sold out, JC Penney will only be available by special order at the regular percentage. Staples has a bonus available on select cards: purchase a specially marked $25 Staples card, and get $26.25 of value to spend (the profit of 5% is still only on the $25 you spend). Scrip is available to buy at the school office on all school days (except Monday mornings), the parish office and before and after the weekend masses.


CHRISTMAS IN AUGUST?
Do you hang on to gift bags and store bags? Is your closet packed full of them? The Christmas Shoppe is going green! If you have bags you'd like to get rid of, please consider donating your gently used bags for the Christmas Shoppe! We use the bags to wrap the gifts from the kids - and we need LOTS of them every year! All sizes are welcome! This is a great way to clean out your closets, reduce our costs and recycle too! Drop the bags off at the school office! Thanks so much!

SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS!
Fr. Frank is hosting a parish volunteer picnic. If you have volunteered in any capacity (ministry, labor, office volunteers, counters, parents etc.) this message is for you. Fr. Frank would like to honor all the parish and school volunteers on Friday, September 17th from 5:00 to 8:00 pm. He will provide chicken, lemonade, ice tea and water, potato salad & macaroni salad. If everyone can provide a salad, side dish or dessert that would be wonderful.

BOX TOPS & CAMPBELL SOUP LABELS
We want to let you know of a way you as parents can help our school, without having to spend extra money. There are two programs that help raise money for St. John's. One is the Box Tops program and the other is the Campbell Soup Labels. All you have to do is clip the labels and bring them to your child's classroom at the end of each month. The Campbell Soup Labels are the barcode on the product. The Boxtops has a rectangle logo on the container. On St. John's website, there will be a list of products for both programs as well as monthly collection sheets you can print, to tape the labels to (boxtops and soup labels need to be on separate sheets). The Campbell's has separate sheets depending on their point value: 1, 5, or 10 pt. I want to add though that you do not have to put them on the sheets. Do what works the best for you. This year we are making it more exciting for the students. There will be monthly collection contests beginning with the September collections. The details on the prizes are still being worked out, but each month the winning classes will have a reward. At the end of the school year, the class with the highest amount of labels collections will have a pizza party. So, start your collecting if you haven't already. Make sure when you turn in your tops and labels on September 30th, you include all you collected through the summer. If you have any questions you can contact Angie Luce ( cade9598@msn.com) or Linda Nowak ( len6886@yahoo.com ). You can also go to the program websites to find more information and sign up for email updates on new products: http://www.boxtops4education.com and http://www.labelsforeducation.com/ .

HOT LUNCH & BREAKFAST
We look forward to another great year with our school lunch and breakfast program. Please see below for a few details and reminders about these programs.
Lunch and breakfast pricing will remain the same for students, $2.50 for lunch and $.50 for a la carte milk. Breakfast will be $2.00.
Parents, teachers and staff are always welcome to have lunch/breakfast with the students. Adult prices are $3.50 for lunch and $2.50 for breakfast.
Due to budget constraints, we can no longer allow lunch/breakfast accounts to go negative. This will mean no charging of lunch or breakfast.
St. Johns offers free or reduced meals through the USDA to families who quality, you may print this information off the school website.
When sending lunch/breakfast money with a student, please place it in an envelope with the students name and teacher.
Our programs cannot run efficiently without our wonderful volunteers. Please sign up on the school website to volunteer and help serve lunch or breakfast.
See the school website for daily menus and encourage your child to try something new!!
Thank you, and let me know if you have any questions.
Cindy Heesemann
Food Service Director
St. John the Evangelist Catholic School
970-635-5853
heeseci@saintjohns.net



O God, bless our family and all its members and friends;bind us together by your love. Give us kindness and patience to support each other;and wisdom in all we do. Let the gift of your peace come into our hearts and remain with us. May we rejoice in your blessings.


· May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Please keep Deacon John Kunesmiller and his family in your prayers
· Pray that the family may be respected by all in its identity and that its irreplaceable contribution to all of society be recognized.
· Pray for that the Church may offer new generations, through the believable proclamation of the Gospel, ever-new reasons of life and hope.
That Christians may contribute to alleviating the material and spiritual suffering of AIDS patients, especially in the poorest countries.
That children and young people may be messengers of the Gospel and that their dignity may always be respected and preserved from all violence and exploitation
That the nations of the earth, through knowledge and mutual respect, may grow in harmony and peace.
Especially give thanks to God for the gift of a parish school and ask his help as we continue to grow and prosper
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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