SAM - 11/14/22

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT MEMO

Everything You Want to Know

Week of November 14, 2022

 

FROM THE 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.  

• Fire Drills: conducted once each month during the school year (ex: fire in building) 

• Earthquake: conducted bi-annually (ex: earthquake) 

• Lock Down Team Response: conducted bi-annually (ex: medical emergency in the building, police activity in neighborhood or airborne contaminant in the neighborhood)

• Evacuate: conducted bi-annually (ex: active shooter or armed intruder in the building)

 

All these emergency drills, and their proper procedures, are reviewed with students prior to the initial drills. Here’s the timeline for our drills for this fall:

• Fire Drill: conducted on September 13th and November 2nd (school building) and October 4th (science lab)

• Earthquake: conducted on Thursday, November 3rd

• Lock Down Team Response: conducted on Monday, November 14th

• Evacuate:scheduled for Friday, November 18th

 

Additionally, we would like to share some helpful resources to help facilitate your understanding of our implementation as well as help guide conversations at home.  Parent support of these procedures is critical for our success. 

• Books available on Amazon

  • I’m not Scared, I’m Prepared by Julia Cook

  • The Ant Hill Disaster by Julia Cook

• Child Trauma Toolkit for Educators

• Creating School Intruder/Active Shooter Drills article

• Parent Guidelines for Helping Youth after a Recent Shooting article

• Talking to Children About Violence article

 

CALENDAR REMINDERS:

Tuesday 11/15: NO HOT LUNCH today, 3pm Chess Wizards, 3:15-3:45pm Gr 5-8 Study Hall

Wednesday 11/16:  7:30am Glee club in church, 11:30am All-school Thanksgiving luncheon, 1:00pm School Mass (6th gr), 2:00pm Dismissal, 2:30pm Faculty meeting

Thursday 11/17:  Happy Birthday to Mr. Sweeney! 7:30am Glee club in gym, 3:15-3:45pm Gr 5-8 Study hall, 5:30pm PTC Exec meeting, 7:00pm Men’s Club Thanksgiving dinner

Friday 11/18:  8:15am Kindergarten Hearing screening (rescheduled date), 10:00am Franz Bakery visits 2nd grade

Saturday 11/19:  11:00am 2nd Gr Parent/Student Reconciliation Prep meeting

Tuesday 11/22:  NO HOT LUNCH today, 3pm Chess Wizards, 3:15-3:45pm Gr 5-8 Study Hall

Wednesday 11/23: NOON DISMISSAL, no extended care, Happy Birthday to Chef Kris!

Thursday 11/24:  HAPPY THANKSGIVING - NO SCHOOL

Friday 11/25:  NO SCHOOL, Happy Birthday to Mrs. Birrell

PLAYGROUND DUTY REMINDERS:

Playground duty is from 11:25-1:00. The November 2022 duty calendar is on your FACTS Family Portal under Resource Documents. On your assigned day, please check in at the school office and then head to the Corrado Family Center!  It is important to arrive on time on your scheduled playground duty date.  When you don’t show up, three different teachers must give up their lunch periods to cover the primary, intermediate, and middle school lunch recess periods. If you have a conflict with your scheduled duty date, or you are able to help out on a date that needs coverage, 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.

Tuesday 11/15:    BREWER

Wednesday 11/16:    WILDE

Thursday 11/17:    STRAUCH

Friday 11/18:        HAMILTON

Monday 11/21:    BENTHIN

Tuesday 11/22:    ANDREWS

Wednesday 11/23:    NOON DISMISSAL

Thursday 11/24:    NO SCHOOL

Friday 11/25:        NO SCHOOL

PARENT INFORMATION NIGHT - WEDNESDAY, 11/30

Please mark your calendar to attend our annual Parent Information Night on November 30th at 5:30pm. Each year SJF presents a speaker to engage parents on various topics. This year, we have Dr. Dean Moshofsky of Metropolitan Pediatrics. He will be discussing Resiliency and the many ways we can help our children develop this important trait. Dr. Moshofsky is very passionate about the importance of resilience and will be sharing ideas and strategies for kids of all ages.

More than 20 years of research has been done to look at ways to help children and adults overcome adverse experiences. Studies have shown that resilience as a quality can:

• Improve optimism

• Reduce anxiety and depression

• Build academic strengths and success

Child care will be provided at no charge, please RSVP to Susan Robinson if you will be dropping your child(ren) off so she can plan accordingly. srobinson@sjfschool.org

The meeting will last for 1 hour and each family will earn 1 Family Volunteer hour for attending. We hope to see you all at the Corrado Center on the 30th at 5:30.

 

KID’S HEART CHALLENGE

Dear Families – Kids Heart Challenge is coming to an end, and our students have done an amazing job learning how to keep their hearts healthy through fun physical activities, while helping others with special hearts! So far, our school has 42 students participating and have raised $2,821 in lifesaving donations which will help AHA to save 56 lives! GREAT JOB Heart Heroes!

 Donations are due on Monday, November 21st! If we have 100 students participating in the challenge, we will get a free dress day! There is still time to join our team today at http://www2.heart.org/goto/StJohnFisherSchoolPortlandOR or on the FREE Kids Heart Challenge App for Apple or Android. The class with the most students registered will get popsicles and the class with the most money raised will get a spirit day!

 Click here for your Virtual Envelope to meet this year’s Heart Heroes, heart survivor Finn, and to see what cool thank you gifts you can earn! Every $50 raised helps the American Heart Association save a life by certifying someone in hands-only CPR - raise $50 to earn your lifesaver KHC t-shirt, 4 Heart Hero keychains, AND sign our commemorative KHC banner! 

 Incentive Update:

• 42 students have signed up to take the challenge – if we get to 100, we will get a free dress day!

• Ms. Sheridan’s 2nd grade class is currently in the lead for most students registered and most money raised!

• 16 students have raised $50, helping the AHA to certify someone in hands-only CPR and save a life! These students will get to sign the KHC banner!

SJF PARISH ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT JOB OPENING:

St. John is looking for an energetic, professional and organized person for a full time position as the Parish Administrative Assistant. Candidates should have a proven ability to work efficiently in a busy office, be proficient in Word, Excel, Publisher and be comfortable with high contact with our parishioners, vendors, volunteers and the general public. The position includes maintaining parish sacramental records, bulletin publication, managing the parish calendar, Mass intentions, answering phones, plus assisting the SJF Pastor in daily and general office proceedings. Hours are Monday - Thursday from 8 am to 4 pm with Friday being optional if needed and includes full benefits.

If interested in the position, please submit a resume to Father Richard Thompson at [email protected]

ART LITERACY VOLUNTEER NOTICE

Volunteers are needed for fun Art Literacy projects throughout the school year. Lead an art lesson in your child’s classroom - all materials and scripting provided! - and earn several volunteer hours. It’ll be a fun group and no experience is necessary! Contact Kristin King for details: [email protected]

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY - CYO VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT GAMES

We need parents to run the gate for each of the following times during the CYO Volleyball Tournament games taking place at the SJF Gym. SJF receives half of the gate proceeds for all tournament games hosted at our gym.

11/14- 5:30pm-7:30pm -   COVERED

11/17- 5:30pm-7:30pm

11/18- 5:30pm-7:30pm

11/19- 8:30am-10:30am

          10:30am-12:30pm

Please contact JB Gibbs ([email protected]) or (325) 271-5311 if you can help.

EASEL PARTIES ARE BACK!

We're so excited to bring back the fun and socializing we all love in the form of easel parties.  If you're new here, an easel party is simply a party that an SJF couple or family hosts for either adults or kids, that other SJF parents or kids attend as a way to have fun and fundraise.  

We're currently putting together the upcoming party calendar and we need YOU.  We've got lots of fun ideas and need the hosts.  In the past there have been ping pong parties, poker, mom's night out, dad's night out, pickleball, margarita mamas, outdoor movie night, tea party, cookie decorating, etc.  

If you're interested, please reach out to Danielle Floberg daniellefloberg@yahoo.com or Lauren Bailey lauren.lyn.bailey@gmail.com.

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, JR. AUDITIONS ARE NOV. 29-30

Attention 5th-8th grade students: Auditions for this year’s middle school musical, Fiddler on the Roof, Jr. will take place on Nov. 29-30.  This is the Tuesday and Wednesday following the Thanksgiving break.  Please note that everyone who is auditioning must attend both audition sessions. Details for the audition process are on the attached audition notice.

SJF CHRISTMAS BAZAAR

The traditional SJF Christmas bazaar is returning on Saturday, Dec. 3 from 1-3pm.  There will be a cake walk, holiday games, and the Peachtree gift booth.  The Altar Guild will be selling holiday wreaths, baked goods, and nuts. It’s a fun and festive way to earn volunteer hours. Sign up to help on this Google Form

SJF ALTAR GUILD

The SJF Altar Guild will begin their Annual Nut Sale this weekend after all Masses. The sale will continue on Nov. 19 & 20 and Nov. 26 & 27 if there are any nuts remaining.  No inflation - the prices remain the same as last year.  Please see the attached flyer for more information.

CYO BASKETBALL REGISTRATION OPEN (Last Day to Register: 11/30)

It's time to register for the Winter 2022 SJF Basketball Season!

Register your 1st & 2nd graders for CYO Hot Shots Basketball here: https://cyocamphoward.org/content/18524/SJF-Basketball-Hot-Shots

Register your 3rd-8th graders for CYO Basketball here: https://cyocamphoward.org/content/16518/SJF-Basketball

Practices begin in late November. There will be one game in December, then a Holiday break, followed by the rest of the schedule beginning in early January.

Regular season games are on Saturdays and a championship tournament will be played in March.

1st & 2nd: The registration fee is $230 per participant (LATE FEE : $270 Effective 11/21/22)

3rd-8th: The registration fee is $260 per participant (LATE FEE : $300 Effective 11/21/22)

Hot Shots uniform order link will be available soon, it will be sent to parents when it's ready.

Questions? Email: JB Gibbs, Club AD, at [email protected]

Please click on the link below for more information:

Auditions Info Fiddle on the Roof
Altar Guild Nut Sale