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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT MEMO - Everything You Wanted To Know Week of 01-13-25 A NOTE FROM THE PRINCIPAL: Tonight you can enjoy a night off from cooking to help support our school! The Chipotle on Beaverton Hillsdale Hwy will be donating 25% of sales between 4-8pm if you show the flyer attached (or on social media) or use the promo code MEBT4K4 when ordering online. Thanks!

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT MEMO Everything You Wanted To Know - Week of 01-06-25 A NOTE FROM THE PRINCIPAL: Happy New Year! I hope you all enjoyed the Christmas holiday with family and friends and are slowly settling back into the school routine. Now that 2025 has begun, it’s time to start thinking about the 2025-26 school year:

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT MEMO - Everything You Wanted To Know Week of 12-16-24 A NOTE FROM THE PRINCIPAL: Report Cards for Trimester 1 went home with your children last Thursday. If you have questions regarding your student’s progress, please email your child’s teacher for additional details. Additionally, please click on this Google Form to acknowledge you have received your child’s report card. You do not need to return a signed

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT MEMO - Everything You Wanted To Know Week of 12-09-24 A NOTE FROM THE PRINCIPAL: The second candle of the Advent wreath is lit this week symbolizing peace. Our students led our Advent Prayer Service on Monday at 8:15 with the theme of “waiting.” Waiting with a purpose, waiting for a reason and waiting in joyful hope for the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ. We send our prayers that you and your family find peace this week and this Advent.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT MEMO - Everything You Wanted To Know Week of 12-02-24 A NOTE FROM THE PRINCIPAL: Welcome to Advent! As we get ready to celebrate the birth of our Savior, let us remember there are many ways for us to prepare. Here at St. John Fisher Parish and School we have many traditions to help us celebrate the season: Advent Activity Calendar: The attached Advent activity calendar is filled with ideas to help us prepare our hearts and minds for the celebration of Christmas.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT MEMO - Everything You Wanted To Know Week of 11-25-24 A NOTE FROM THE PRINCIPAL: As your family prepares for the Thanksgiving holiday this Thursday, I would love to share the prayer our middle school leadership elective led us in during our school Thanksgiving celebration last Wednesday. Blessings to you all on this holiday!

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT MEMO - Everything You Wanted To Know Week of 11-18-24 A NOTE FROM THE PRINCIPAL: Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good. His love endures forever! -Psalm 107:1- As we prepare for Thanksgiving next week, our virtue for this week is Gratitude. Through dedicated gifts of time, talent and treasure, our faculty, staff, parents and students work tremendously hard each and every day to provide our SJF community with a quality Catholic education. Thank you for all you do for St. John Fisher Church and School! We will celebrate gratitude as a school community this Wednesday at our annual Thanksgiving luncheon. Our chef’s have been working around the clock to make a huge feast we will share in our family groups, followed by recess and our Thanksgiving Mass. All are welcome to either volunteer and help at the luncheon or join us for our Mass at 1pm.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT MEMO - Everything You Wanted To Know Week of 11-11-24 A NOTE FROM THE PRINCIPAL: This week is our final week for the “High 5 For Ronald McDonald House.” The concept is that classes will generate a donation that represents $5 for every student in their class. For example, 8th grade with 25 students would raise $125. If we accomplish this goal, our total donation would be $1,125. BREAKING NEWS!!! We have a generous donor that has offered to match our fundraising efforts for Ronald McDonald House up to $5,000! Should you choose to donate via check, please make your check payable to St. John Fisher as we will make 1 collective payment to Ronald McDonald House. Thanks for your commitment to supporting our goal of building active Christians and responsible citizens through service!

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT MEMO - Everything You Wanted To Know Week of 11-04-24 A NOTE FROM THE PRINCIPAL: This week we started our second service project of the year, “High 5” for Ronald McDonald House. Our middle school leadership team chose this service project as they wanted to make an impact for people their own age. Ronald McDonald House Charities of Oregon and SW Washington provides access to medical care, a home away from home, and a community of support for seriously ill or injured children and their families. This project will run from Monday, November 4th to Friday, November 15th. Each class has an individual goal based on their enrollment. For example, Kindergarten has a goal of $115.00 (23 students at $5.00 a piece), while 5th-grade has a goal of $130.00 (26 students at $5.00 a piece). Every class that meets their goal will receive a special treat the week before Christmas break. Thank you to Mr. Vecchione and our middle school Leadership elective for organizing this service project for our community.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT MEMO - Everything You Wanted to Know Week of 10-28-24 A NOTE LIBBY RANKIN, 2024-25 PTC PRESIDENT: Dear Parents, It’s hard to believe it’s almost November! Molly and I are excited for everything that lies ahead this school year. As we move forward, we want to take a moment to express our gratitude to everyone in this amazing community. Your involvement—whether attending events or volunteering—means so much to us, and we appreciate your ongoing support.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT MEMO - Everything You Wanted To Know Week of 10-21-24 A NOTE FROM OUR PRINCIPAL: As we wrap up October, we have a number of events planned I wanted to bring to your attention: Mon, 10/21-Fri, 10/25: Scholastic Book Fair will be open in the school lobby after school and during conferences and classes have arranged times to visit the fair during the day as well. Should you choose to have your student purchase their books while they visit the fair during the school day, the easiest way to pay for books during the day is by using the ewallet system located HERE or via cash. Thanks for supporting a love of reading! Tues, 10/22: Cardinal Club meeting tonight at 7pm! Come meet with our families and help plan/organize our upcoming community events such as the Christmas Bazaar, Week of Giving and Parent’s Night Out! See you there! Thursday, 10/24 and Fri, 10/25: This Thursday and Friday are our annual parent/teacher conference days. Our front doors will be open on Thursday from 7:30am-10:30am, 12:00pm-2:00pm and 5:00pm-8:00pm and on Friday from 7:30am-10:30am. All families are asked to enter via the front doors to check in and pick up their child’s midterm progress report and STAR assessment scores. Then, parents can make their way to the following locations: PreK: library Kindergarten - 5th Grade: homeroom classroom 6th - 8th: Corrado Family Center. For families that miss conferences, your students midterm progress report and

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT MEMO - Everything You Wanted To Know Week of 10-14-24 A NOTE FROM OUR PRINCIPAL: This Friday, we will have our first service project when students have the opportunity to wear “free dress” with a free will offering for the Hurricane Helene Response Fund through Catholic Charities. We will be making 1 large donation on behalf of St. John Fisher so children are welcome to bring cash or check made out to St. John Fisher School. Thanks for your support!

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT MEMO - Everything You Wanted To Know Week of 10-07-24 A NOTE FROM OUR PRINCIPAL Conferences are right around the corner (Thursday, 10/24 and Friday, 10/25). These dedicated days provide valuable time for us to follow our mission in partnering with families. To help with scheduling appointments, we will be using Google Forms to have families sign up for their conference time(s). Conference sign up links for all teachers will be sent via email this Wednesday, 10/9 at 6pm to allow families the opportunity to sign up after working hours. Please complete your conference sign up by noon next Wednesday, 10/16.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT MEMO - Everything You Wanted To Know Week of 09-30-24 A NOTE FROM OUR PRINCIPAL Safety has always been a top priority for our SJF community. Studies show that having students practice what to do in an emergency situation will help prepare them if/when an emergency situation happens. Therefore, we have a number of safety drills we conduct to keep our school safe.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT MEMO - Everything You Wanted To Know Week of 09-23-24 A NOTE FROM OUR PRINCIPAL Tonight parents are welcome to join our Cardinal Club for fun and engagement in the SJF School Community. We are a social club that meets monthly to plan PTC events such as Oktoberfest, The Christmas Bazaar, Week of Giving & Jogathon. Cardinal Club is an extension of the PTC and volunteer hours may be claimed for participation.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT MEMO Everything You Wanted To Know - Week of 09-16-24 A NOTE FROM OUR PRINCIPAL We are looking forward to welcoming our Pre-K through Fifth Grade families at our Back to School Night tomorrow (9/18) at 6:30pm. We will begin in the Corrado Family Center for a welcome and distribution of our directory/handbook and then proceed to your child’s classroom.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT MEMO - Everything You Wanted To Know Week of 09-09-24 A NOTE FROM OUR PRINCIPAL We are looking forward to welcoming our middle school families at our Back to School Night tomorrow (9/11) at 6:30pm and our PreK - 5th Back to School Night is next Wednesday (9/18) at 6:30pm. Both evenings begin at 6:30pm. Highlights of our evening include:

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT MEMO - Everything You Wanted To Know Week of 09-02-24 A NOTE FROM OUR PRINCIPAL It is with great pleasure that I get to welcome you to another great school year at St. John Fisher! I hope your summer was filled with memories of good times. We have been preparing for the big start all last month, and from the excitement in the school this morning, it was apparent that the kids (and parents) were ready for school to begin.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT MEMO - Everything You Wanted To Know Summer SAM #5 - 08-27-24 A NOTE FROM OUR PRINCIPAL Our faculty and staff in-service week is well underway and we have been working hard preparing for your arrival! From attending Mass and faith formation activities to decorating classrooms and having team meetings to work out schedules and duties, we are getting excited for the first day with our students next week.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT MEMO - Everything You Wanted To Know Summer SAM #4 - 08-20-24 A NOTE FROM OUR PRINCIPAL Exciting news - The September hot lunch menu is ready and open for ordering from your FACTS Parent Portal. As you get ready to order, a few important items to note: