SAM - 03/29/2022

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT MEMO

Everything You Want to Know

Week of March 28, 2022

 

FROM THE PRINCIPAL:

We are looking forward to hosting Grandparents and/or Special Friends at our school Mass later this month. In an effort to help space out attendance, we will be dividing guests via the student’s last name:

• Wednesday, 4/6: Students whose last name begins with A-L are welcome to bring a Grandparent/Special Friend to our Mass

• Wednesday, 4/20: Students whose last name begins with M-Z are welcome to bring a Grandparent/Special Friend to our Mass

Guests should arrive at the school between 12:40-12:55 to pick up their student and escort them to the church. To help us connect the guests to our students, please complete the following short Google Form: https://forms.gle/RHyY6X8QWgitzBgVA. We will assume students will return to their homeroom after Mass to be dismissed by their classroom teacher. If your student will be going home with their Grandparent or Special Friend after Mass, please indicate this on the Google form AND email their homeroom teacher.

Additionally, while celebrating our Grandparents and/or Special Friends next month with community Mass, we have the opportunity of adopting books for our library.  You and your family and friends are invited to browse and shop our virtual Support Our School Wish List and purchase books for our library shelves. Your student’s name will be prominently displayed inside the book, honoring your donation, and they will be the first to borrow the book and take it home. More details on the attached flyer. We thank you for supporting our students’ love of reading and learning!

CALENDAR REMINDERS:

Tuesday 3/29:  1:00pm 4th Gr Reconciliation,  3-3:45pm Gr 6-8 Study Hall, 3:15-4:30pm GREASE! Rehearsal in CFC

Wednesday 3/30:  1:00pm School Mass (4th Gr), 2:00pm Dismissal, 2:30pm Faculty meeting, Final SJF Parish speaker series “Journey Through Mass” lecture series with Dr. Glenn Byer at 7pm in the Corrado Family Center

Thursday 3/31:  3-3:45pm Gr 6-8 Study Hall, 3:15-4:30pm GREASE! Rehearsal in CFC

Saturday 4/2:  6:00pm SJF night at Portland Winterhawks vs. Seattle. Click HERE to purchase tickets 

Monday 4/4:  3:15pm Middle School Speaker Series-Chris Loberg with Faith Cafe

Tuesday 4/5:   3-3:45pm Gr 6-8 Study Hall, 3:15-4:30pm GREASE! Rehearsal in CFC, 5:30pm SAC meeting

Wednesday 4/6:  1:00pm Grandparent Special Friend Mass (A-L) (3rd gr hosts Mass), 2:30pm Preschool activity hour for our incoming kindergarten class for 2022-2023

Thursday 4/7:  3-3:45pm Gr 6-8 Study Hall, 3:15-4:30pm GREASE! Rehearsal in CFC

Sunday 4/10: Men’s Club Easter Egg Hunt at 10am

PLAYGROUND DUTY SCHEDULE

Tuesday 3/29:        Carter

Wednesday 3/30:    Arbaugh

Thursday 3/31:    Schmitt/Stout

Friday 4/1:        Schwab 

Monday 4/4:        Ramsperger-Burke

Tuesday 4/5:         O’Donnell

Wednesday 4/6:     Rosales

Thursday 4/7:     Pullen

Friday 4/8:         Milbank

The playground duty schedule for April 2022 is on your FACTS Family Portal under Resource Documents. Playground duty is from 11:25-1:00. Check in at the school office and then head to the Corrado Family Center!  If you have a conflict with your scheduled duty date, or if you are able to help out on a date that is open, please contact our playground duty coordinator, Holly Hunt, at mailto:[email protected]. Thank you for helping our students in the lunchroom and on the playground.

SJF NIGHT - PORTLAND WINTERHAWKS

Do you have your tickets yet? Portland Winterhawks play Seattle this Saturday, April 2 for only $20 per ticket--and $5 comes back to SJF!  The link for purchasing tickets is HERE.

FAMILY VOLUNTEER HOURS UPDATE

We are now about 2/3 of the way through the school year. So far the average hours per family is about 15 hours. Given that we did not have our typical auction with all its volunteer opportunities, the PTC along with Mrs. Holub has decided that we will lower the requirement per family to 20 hours total for this year. We still have several volunteer opportunities if you have not yet met the 20 hours per family goal. 

The jog-a-thon will be May 20th and we have several volunteer opportunities for this amazing event! We will need volunteers for the day of the event as well as the following positions that still need to be filled:

Co-chair 1

Co-chair 2

Underwriting/Sponsorships

Volunteer Coordinator

We are hoping to find 1-2 co-chairs to train under our amazing long standing chair, Erin McClasky. Please use the link below to sign up. 

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0f4ca5ad2ca5f49-jogathon

If you have any questions, please reach out to Nora Jensen ([email protected]) or Erin McClasky ([email protected])

We have several other volunteer opportunities as well: May Crowning, 8th grade luncheon, talent show, field day, 2nd grade First Communion reception just to name a few. Please reach out to your classroom parents for information on volunteering for these events. 

Thank you for dedicating your time to our school! Remember that volunteering is a great way to get more involved, meet new families, and grow our community! Please reach out to Volunteer Coordinator Nora Jensen ([email protected]) if you need help finding the right fit for your volunteer opportunity.

ON-SITE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY

The trophy case in the main entrance hallway needs some attention.  If you can help with rearranging the trophies, and dusting the shelves (on your schedule) please contact Mrs. Wasman.

MENS CLUB EASTER EGG HUNT

Our SJF Men’s Club is organizing an Easter Egg Hunt for families on Sunday, April 10th at 10am (between the 9am and 11am Mass).  They will have coffee, donuts, relay races and fun for the whole family!  Hunts will be organized into 4 categories: Pre-K and younger, K-2nd graders, 3rd - 5th graders and 6th - 8th graders.  Cost is $5 per person - not to exceed $20 per family. See you there!

CYO TRACK & FIELD VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

CYO Track & Field season begins this Saturday, April 2 and we need volunteers to help at the meets.

Each school is asked to provide volunteers for each meet. These meets cannot happen without volunteers. Please look at the attached chart and email JB Gibbs ([email protected]) if you are able to help in any of those time slots. Hours worked at the meet count as volunteer hours for SJF and you do not need to have an athlete involved in track in order to volunteer.

Thank you in advance- Go Cardinals!
JB Gibbs
[email protected]
(325) 271-5311

HOT LUNCH REMINDERS

When you order hot lunch for your student, the salad bar is INCLUDED. The Salad Bar Only (No Entrée) option is for students who only want to get food off the salad bar and not the entrée provided.

PLEASE double check that you have ordered hot lunch for your student(s). With this Friday being the beginning of April, there are some families that forgot to order pizza for Friday April 1st. While we do order an extra pizza in case slices are accidently dropped, we cannot provide pizza for students that aren’t signed up for Hot Lunch. However, we do provide the option for those students to grab food off the salad bar so they don’t go hungry during their lunch period.

ST. MARY’S ACADEMY SUMMER CAMPS FOR GIRLS

Registration for SMA summer camps is well underway! St. Mary’s Academy camps are filled with adventures, hands-on activities, and a variety of fun games to pique every girl’s interests. All camps are for girls entering grades 5-6 or 7-8 this fall 2022. Some of our most popular camps are already sold out, but there are still many wonderful camp offerings remaining.

Please click here to view our camp website and online registration page. Thank you for supporting summer enrichment opportunities for girls!

PART-TIME POSITION AVAILABLE AT ST. JOHN FISHER PARISH

Looking for a great part-time position? SJF is looking for a part-time Parish Office Assistant.

• New position

• 8 am – 12:30 pm,  Monday thru Thursday – (17 hours per week)

• Non-exempt 

Provides administrative support, reception and assistance to Parish Administrative Assistant.  

Please contact Kathleen Birrell for more information and complete job description at (503) 244-4945 or email at mailto:kbirrell@johnfisher.org

SJF SUMMER CAMP 2022

There’s lots of fun stuff planned for our SJF campers this summer!  Susan Robinson, our camp director, has completed this year’s brochure, with descriptions of each week’s activities and a registration form.  It’s not too early to sign up!

PLEASE CLICK LINKS BELOW FOR MORE INFO:
Grandparents & Special Friends Day
Book Sale Flyer
Easter Egg Flyer
Track & Field Volunteer Opportunities
Summer Camp 2022 Camp Descriptions