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 SPIRIT AWARD STUDENTS OF THE MONTH FOR JANUARY:

Congratulations students, great job!

Spirit Award Students of the Month - KINDNESS                  Academic Students of the Month

PK - Mrs. Folsom      Aubrey Alvarez                                   Tri Johnson

PK - Miss Curry        Isabella Rios                                       Ben Porter

PK - Mrs. Wudtke     Jack Knox                                           Mary Grace Montgomery

Kindergarten          Makayla Lewis                                        Hailey Woronec

Gr. 1                           Alexa Wirth                                        Taina Pimentel

Gr. 2                           Jackson Hardin                                  Alyssa Sumner

Gr. 3                           Remigio Sanchez                                Amari George

Gr. 4                           Schuyler Denstedt                              Jerami Soriano

Gr. 5                           Amanda Vazquez                               Lukas Porter             

  

 WE ARE NOW ENROLLING!

Please consider taking home a SJA Now Enrolling sign for your yard. (Don't forget to sign it out). Thank you - and GO FALCONS!!

 The tuition and fees have been established by the finance committee and you will receive the information next week, along with the instructions on how to re-enroll on RenWeb.

 Friday, February 24, 2012            Early Registration Deadline (discounted fee)

Friday, May 4, 2012                      Deadline For General Registration (full fee) 

 Refer a family and if they enroll you receive a $50 Publix gift card. Gift cards to be distributed after the first day of school when enrollment begins.

 CLASS, GROUP & TEAM PICTURE DAY:

Lifetouch Studios will be here on Wednesday, Feb. 8 to take class, group and team pictures.  Payment envelopes for purchasing class pictures were sent home through your child's classroom teacher on Friday, Jan. 27.  If paying by check, please make your check payable to Lifetouch.  There is an option on the payment envelope to purchase by credit card.  If paying with cash, please include the exact amount as no change will be given.  Group and team photos are not available for purchase.  They will be published in the school yearbook.  *Payment envelopes are available in the school office.

 WE'RE LOOKING FOR OLD TROPHIES, MEDALS & PLAQUES:

We are looking for old trophies, medals and plaques that you may have hanging around the house.  We would like to recycle them for reuse.   If you have any questions, you may contact Lisa Loomis at 863-804-0325 or you may email her at dbad1@comcast.net.

 SPRING SPORTS:

Any student interested in participating on the girls' soccer team or the boys' flag football team needs to turn in a completed sports form and the sports fee as soon as possible. If a student has played a sport this year, only the sports fee needs to be paid.  Any student who participated on the basketball teams needs to return their uniform after their last game. Please clean the uniform and label it with your child's name. Students may turn in their uniform  directly to Coach Palmer or return it to the school office and it will be put in to Coach Palmer's box. 

 Thank you to all the parents who covered concessions ran the clock or kept the book during our home basketball games. We appreciate you.  Coach Palmer

  ST. JOSEPH OUTREACH FOOD BANK VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY:

The St. Joseph Outreach Food Bank will need help for 4 to 6 weeks every Wednesday beginning  Feb. 8, to sort boxes of produce and other items.  They are in need of volunteers 9:30 - 11:30am for sorting and bagging the items and 1:00-3:00pm for help doing paperwork and distributing the items to the families in need, from the pavilion adjacent to the St. Joseph's Church parking lot.  If you could use service hours and are interested in volunteering, please contact Mary Jo Wagner at 863-665-1102** In addition, on Wed. Feb. 8, any of our school parents who would like to have tomatoes that are being distributed that day, are welcome to do so from 1:30 - 3:30pm.  

 BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION CLASS CONTEST!!!

Don't forget to save your Box Tops and (Campbell's) Labels for Education for the upcoming Class Contest!

Feb 6th through the 15th the class that brings in the most box tops will be awarded a strawberry shortcake party! 

What better way to celebrate the spring season in Central Florida and help your school?

*This month we get double points for Labels for Education - see attached form for details!!

 EVENT:  SCRIP CARD SALE

Location:  SJA Auditorium - front counter

Date:  Every Friday

Time:  8:45 a.m., directly following Mass

 Brittany Montgomery, SCRIP Chair. She can be contacted at Britt.sweetthings@gmail.com or by phone, 863-701-0517.

 MARK YOUR CALENDAR

...and be on the lookout for your Annual Strawberry Stampede registration form.

Date:  February 25, 2012

Time:  8:00 a.m.

Location:  Lake Hollingsworth

Chair, Lisa Loomis  dbad1@comcast.net 863-559-3078

   TEACHER IN-SERVICE DAY SPECIAL!

EXTENDED DAY CARE OFFERED FROM 7:50 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Friday, February 17 - $25.00 Per Child

 Things to know:

  • Bring lunch and snack
  • Wear PE clothes or play clothes
  • Check-in at the Academy
  • Pick-up at the Academy
  • A minimum number of students are required in order to provide this service so it is important that you sign-up in a timely manner.

 The students will ride the bus from the school to the pavilion ((weather permitting) at St. Joseph Church (old school) on Missouri and play in the covered area for a few hours and return on the bus. In order to participate in this program, your child must be registered in Falcon's Perch and current with payment.  In order to save your space for Friday Feb. 17, return this form and payment of $25.00 by Tuesday, Feb. 14.

Regular Extended Day Care rates apply before 7:45 a.m. and after 3:30 p.m. on all In-Service days.  The $25.00 rate is for the hours listed above.

 Thank you,

 Mrs. Peggy Zellars, Supervisor ,Extended Day Care

 Student(s) name:

 

 

 

 

By signing I agree to the above terms for payment and for the bus trip to and from the pavilion.

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Parent Signature                                                                  

  

ST. JOSEPH'S PARISH SPRING FEAST

Featuring the Feasts of our patron St. Joseph and St. Patrick

Date: Sunday, March 18, 2012

Time: 1PM - 4PM

Living Rosary begins at 1:00 PM in the Church, followed by the Food Festival

Contact: The Ministry Office at 863-682-0555

We hope each family will bring 1 themed dish for the Food Festival, based on the oldest child's class:

PreK  and Kindergarten - Italian

1st & 2nd   -  German/Polish

3rd, 4th and 5th - Mexican

6th, 7th and 8th  -  Chinese

This year we are adding a bit of fun to our Festival by including optional dress for your themed dish's country!

 

CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK WAS A HIT:

A huge THANK-YOU to the Chair of Catholic School's Week, Karen Doolittle!

 Thank you to the following professionals who graciously took the time from their busy schedules to speak to our students on Career Day.  Our students learned so much!

 Sam Crosby- Miller, Crosby & Miller

Anne Furr-Executive Director of Lakeland Downtown Authority

Linda Cesar - The Edge Worldwide

Maureen Shaw - The Flower Cart

David Waterman - Lakeland Police Department

Sean Sweat - Fire Department

Steve Jones - Knights of Columbus

Marnique Jones, MD

Linda Jezard - Advantage Positioning

Frank O'Reilly - Polk County School Board

Kelly Lane - Girl's and Boy's Clubs of Polk County

Eduardo Saires - Pilot 

Larry Bull -High Performance Holdings, LLC

Martha Pelligrinit

Annette Miller - Sylvan Learning Center

Patrick Fleitz - Music Director

Ann Mau - SPCA Medical Clinic

Kathleen Munson - President, Lakeland Chamber of Commerce

McGruff

 Thank you to our vocational speakers who came to speak with our students on Vocations Day, Fr. Ramon, our pastor, Cathy Lausell, director of faith formation and Janet Scarcia, director of religious education at St. Joseph's Church.  Thank you for your dedication and service to our church and to SJA.

 Thank you to the parents who volunteered many hours, scheduling activities, working at the Book Fair and Walk-A-Thon and helping our teachers during  Catholic Schools Week.  We have great parents at SJA!

 Thank you to our teachers and staff for their many contributions during Catholic Schools Week.  Those teachers serve a mean spaghetti dinner!  They were awesome!

 Thank you to all of our students, parents, and grandparents for making it our best Catholic Schools Week ever!

 

GAME RESULTS:

Jan. 31 - Girls Basketball Game vs All Saints - WIN!!  WAY TO GO LADIES!!

Jan. 31 - Varsity Boys Basketball Game vs All Saints- Lost

 

 

 

 


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