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.
______________________________________________
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
