ST. JOHN’S SCHOOL WEEKLY BULLETIN
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 301-373-2142 Fax: 301-373-4500
December 5, 2012
web: www.sjshollywood.org
Before/After care: 301-561-3624
TAD - The Archdiocese of Washington has opened the Tuition Assistance Program for the 2013-2014 school
year. Please visit the following website for details: http://site.adw.org/tuition-assistance. This can only be done
on-line. TAD replaces the PSAS that has been used in the past. If you plan on asking for any tuition
assistance for next year, including Combs Scholarship Funding, Monsignor Harris Scholarship Fund or
asking Father Ray, this step must be done first. Please include any potential student for the next school year.
Deadline to apply is this Friday, Dec. 7.
Bingo – Bingo workers for Dec. 9 are: Betty Ann Quade, James Abell or Denise Wilson, Robert or Nikki Davis, John or
Susan Gatton, Carie or Adam Ptack, Pat or Joe Remetz, Ronald or Bonnie Repasi, Billy Russell or Andrea Haasch, John or
Karla Truetler, Matt or Emily Dobson, Michael or Kitty Pilkerton, Susan Schug, Michael & Bethany Schultz, Brian or
Chumi Yi. Please email the Bingo you worked to: [email protected]. Remember if you cannot work a Bingo;
please find a family to switch with you. Penalty for not working your bingo is $200.
After Care Help Wanted – We need help in after care. Hours are from 3:00-5:30pm. You must be over 18 and be in
compliance with the Child Protection policy, including fingerprinted. Please email Mrs. McDonough @
[email protected] if you or someone you know is interested. This is a paid position!
HSA Meeting – Please mark your calendars and plan on attending the next HSA Meeting, Monday, Dec. 10 at 7.00pm.
Orange & Grapefruit Sale Incentive - Ordering forms plus prices and delivery dates are available on the school website.
Customers can enter their own orders using the online ordering form. There is no need to collect money since they pay
when they pick up their fruit. Be sure to enter in your child's name in the box marked "Seller Name" on the form. Go
to: http://www.sjshollywood.org/AboutSJS/Orange-Grapefruit-Sale.aspx. Prizes will be given to the 3 top family sellers
and to the top class! Please contact Mike Thompson @301-373-8545.
Volunteer Opportunity - Volunteers are need to help unload the truck on Friday night, December 14, from 4-7 pm, and
help handout and collect money on Saturday, December 15, from 7:30am to 5pm, and Sunday, December 16, from 8am to1
pm. You can sign up for any hour within these time frames by calling Diana Feist @ 240-237-8544 or copy and paste the
link below. The link will direct you to a google document and you can fill in your name and phone number in any time slot
you wish. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AsOakbmPorafdGwyT1ZVRVVPblJpN0Y1UEVQSklUS0E.
Please remember to record your volunteer hours at [email protected].
Santa’s Workshop – Santa’s Workshop will be held Dec. 10-12. The calendar lists what days each grade will go on. The
gifts are $3 each with a maximum of 4 gifts per child. Volunteers are needed. Please contact Kelley Winslow at 301-6724109.
Advent Carols & Lessons – Please join our Chorus on Thursday, Dec. 13 at 6:30pm for our Advent Lessons & Carols
(Christmas Concert). All families and friends are welcome to listen to their sweet voices singing Christmas Carols!
8th Grade Christmas Play – Please join our 8th graders as they perform in our annual Christmas Play, Tuesday, Dec. 18 at
6:30pm. This year they will be performing in “The Least of These.” All families and friends are invited.
Illness - Please note that students who are absent for more than 3 days must have a doctor’s note upon their return to
school. Students must also be fever free for 24 hours before returning to school. If your student is vomiting, has a fever or
diarrhea during the school day, you will receive a call to come pick your student up. Thanks for your cooperation.
Shop With Scrip Orders - Here is the Holiday schedule for “shop with scrip” orders. Please have your orders submitted
by Dec. 10 and Dec. 17. In January, we will go back to placing orders every 2 weeks.
Report of Absence - If your child is reported as absent, please remember that your child is not permitted to come to school
for any in-school or after school activities the day of their absence. Thank you for your cooperation.
Parish Christmas Party – The annual Parish Christmas Party will be held on Saturday, Dec. 15, immediately after the 5pm
mass. This will be a pot-luck dinner so be sure to bring a dish to share. There will be a band, crafts and even a visit from
Santa! All are invited.
Assistant Cheerleading Coach Wanted – We are in need of an assistant for cheerleading. You must be over 18 and have
completed all the requirements for Child Protection. If interested, please contact Lisa Pahel at 301-904-6770.
Needy Child- All grades at SJS have “adopted” a needy child for Christmas. Students are asked to bring in monetary
donations for the Needy Child. For every $1.00 a student donates, they will add an ornament to the Christmas tree that is in
the open area of the school near the middle school classrooms. Thanks for your generosity during this season~
got pennies?
6 cents will provide
for a hot meal of rice
curry and vegetables,
and every penny will
be spent on food.
Our 6th graders have been reading a book on the life of Teresa of
Calcutta, the Catholic nun who dedicated her life to serving the poor
in India. The children have responded to the graphic descriptions of
the conditions endured by the poor.
We've discussed some pretty sobering realities in our world,
including the fact that 25,000 children under the age of 5 die daily
due to starvation and other preventable causes. The kids have
decided to do something about it by raising $10,000 and donating it
to Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity. The 6th graders felt that
people wouldn't miss their pennies. We did the math and figured
that a million pennies equals $10,000.
We're going to do this!
Mother Teresa was awesome. "By blood, I am Albanian. By
citizenship, an Indian. By faith, I am a Catholic nun. As to my calling, I
belong to the world. As to my heart, I belong entirely to the Heart of
Jesus." We thought that was pretty cool.
Please send your child to school with any pennies you can spare.
We’ll have containers throughout the school to collect pennies.
Please spread the word!
Mr. Elder, 6th Grade Literature
[email protected]