SUMMER SAM #5

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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.  

We look forward to seeing families at our community event Uniform Sale/Exchange for all students and Supply Drop Off (for students in grades 1-8) this Thursday, August 29th from 2:30-4:00pm.  Remember that PreK and K students will bring their supplies to their slow start appointments.

Here’s one last reminder checklist of things to do before the first day of school:

• Download the most up-to-date school calendar to your Google calendar HERE

• Purchase your students school supplies (list HERE) 

• Visit the uniform sale on Thursday, August 29th from 2:30-4:00pm

  • Uniforms are required for the first day of school

• Complete the After School Pick Up Plan (attached to the SAM and hard copies will be available at the uniform sale Thursday, August 29th)

• Middle School Families/Students: Order the required PE uniform via SJF Spirit Wear Store

  • There will be a grace period for students to wear athletic clothes that follow the free dress guidelines, till the orders arrive 

• Any Family/Student: Order the optional spirit wear crewneck (red or gray) via SJF Spirit Wear Store

• Sign up for extended care (before and after school care). You are welcome to bring your September Extended Care signup calendar to the uniform sale and turn in to the office. 

• Order September hot lunches via your FACTS Family Portal under “Student” and “Lunch”  (deadline for orders is Friday, 9/6) Chef Ken and Chef Kris will also be at the community event to answer questions you may have about the lunch program or how you can help as a hot lunch volunteer. 

  • Be sure to bring your lunch for the first week of school.  Hot Lunch begins Tuesday, 9/10.

CALENDAR REMINDERS:

Thursday 8/29:  2:30-4pm Supply Dropoff for grades 1-8 & Uniform Sale for all

Monday 9/2:  Labor Day Holiday - NO SCHOOL / NO EXTENDED CARE

Tuesday 9/3:  GR 1-8 1st Day of School (In Uniform), No Hot Lunch this week

Tuesday & Wednesday 9/3-9/4: PreK & K Slow Start Days (Individual Slow Start appointments)

Wednesday 9:4:  1:00pm School Mass (Teachers), 2:00pm Dismissal, 2:30pm Faculty meeting

Thursday 9/5:  PreK & K 1st Day of School, 8:15am Welcome Coffee & Donuts in CFC

Friday 9/6:  6:30pm Gr 4-6 Girls’ Sleepover at SJF

Monday 9/9:  No Hot Lunch

Tuesday 9/10: Hot Lunch Begins!  5:30pm SAC meeting, 6:30pm PTC Exec meeting

Wednesday 9/11:  1:00pm School Mass (8th gr), 2:00pm Dismissal, 2:30pm Faculty meeting, 6:30pm Gr 6-8 Back-to-School Night in CFC

Thursday 9/12: High School Visit Day - 8th Gr

Friday 9/13:  6:00pm HOSA Bingo Night in CFC

PLAYGROUND DUTY: 

Parents, in addition to the weekly reminders in the SAM, you can access the Playground Duty calendar on your FACTS Family Portal under Resource Documents. Playground duty is from 11:25am - 1:00pm. On your assigned day, please check in at the school office first, and then head to the Corrado Family Center.  It is important to arrive on time on your scheduled 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 there is a conflict with your scheduled playground duty date, please notify Holly Hunt, our playground duty coordinator, as far in advance as possible so that she can reschedule your duty. Thank you for your help in the lunchroom and on the playground.

Tuesday 9/3        BERSCHEID

Wednesday 9/4    MINEO (KIM)

Thursday 9/5        KIRKER

Friday 9/6        LEWIS

Monday 9/9        VITTERS

Tuesday 9/10        EBERSOLE

Wednesday 9/11    McCLASKEY

Thursday 9/12    De VENUTA

Friday 9/13        WINDELL (REESE)

HOSA BINGO NIGHT

Join us for HOSA Bingo Night on Friday, 9/13 and help support our middle school HOSA program!

SUNDAY MORNINGS PARENT VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY

Children's Liturgy of the Word (CLOW) runs during the Sunday 9am Mass during the school year. It is a Catholic circle time for young children focused on that Sunday's Gospel reading. One volunteer hour may be claimed for each Sunday of participation. Please contact Erica Benthin - [email protected] (503) 435-8005 or Darlene Sheridan - [email protected] for details.

HEALTH DAY VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Please join us for Health Day.  We will be doing vision screening for the entire school.  This is a great and easy way to get some volunteer hours.  No experience needed.  We will start in the Corrado Center at 8 am (right after dropoff) and will be done in about 1.5 hours.  Please sign up at: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080F49ADAA29A7F58-50957745-health

Call me if you have any questions, 801-440-9515.

Thanks, Christy Meade

ROOM PARENTS 2024-25

Welcome to our 2024-2025 school year!

My name is Katie Richmond, and I have a seventh grader and am lucky enough to be the second grade Instructional Assistant here at SJF. I am helping Elizabeth Monnig, our Room Parent coordinator, with recruitment for this school year. 

Here is a rough description of what a room parent does: 

- Class parties (Halloween, Christmas, Valentine’s Day)

- appreciation luncheon for staff

- communicate with parents about upcoming events and fundraising

Each class has one to two other responsibilities to take cover, depending on the class (might be May Crowning, First Communion reception, graduation reception, etc. )

Please email me at [email protected] if you are interested in being a room parent. Please indicate what grade, who your child is, and if you have been a room parent in the past. I know it's always fun to be a room parent for the little ones, but remember these will be the last years to be in the classroom at this capacity with the middle schoolers too. 

Please feel free to reach out with any questions.

VOLUNTEERING AT ST. JOHN FISHER

We appreciate our parent volunteers! If you will be volunteering on campus this year in any capacity (CYO coaches, hot lunch, classroom helpers, room parents, field trip chaperones, etc.), you are required to complete the following before beginning any volunteer service.

New Parent Volunteer Requirements (New Family at SJF or you have not previously volunteered at school):

• First, attend the in-person training, “Creating A Safe Environment” (CASE Training) . Please note that you must do your CASE training in person; there is not a remote option for the CASE training course.  The CASE training schedule at SJF is below.  A list of additional training sessions taking place throughout the diocese this fall is attached to this SAM

• Background Check - Once complete, your background check is good for 3 years.The background check and policy acknowledgement form are completed online through Praesidium Academy, the training portal used in the Archdiocese for all parent volunteers.

• Read and digitally sign the “Know Your Policies” form

Ongoing Parent Volunteer Requirements (Returning families to SJF who will continue their service with minors):

• Complete the online training update assigned by the Archdiocese. For the 2024-25 school year, parents may view either the “Preventing Sexual Activity Between Young Children” course, or the “Preventing Sexual Activity Between Adolescents” course. Additional information on these courses is attached to this SAM. You can access and view either course through your Praesidium Academy account.

Please contact Mrs. Wasman in the school office if you have any questions about volunteering at SJF.

CASE TRAINING DATES AT ST. JOHN FISHER

SJF will host CASE (Creating a Safe Environment) trainings this fall on the following dates:

Wednesday, Sept. 18 at 5:00pm (Just prior to the PreK - 5th grades Back to School night)

Friday, Sept. 20 at 8:30am (Right after morning dropoff)

Friday, Sept. 20 at 1:30pm (Finishes just before afternoon pickup)

Pre-registration is not required.  All CASE training takes place in the Corrado Family Center.

Here is a link to additional CASE training sessions taking place throughout the Archdiocese.

Please click the links below for more information:
After School Pick-up Policy
September Hot Lunch Calendar
​Sept. Extended Care Calendar​​​