SAM - 12/6/2022

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT MEMO

Everything You Want to Know

Week of December 5, 2022

 

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. 

Our local St. Vincent de Paul food drive has begun and extends through Wednesday, December 14th. In an effort to help ensure a variety of foods/toiletries are collected, we recommend donating the following items:

• K, 4th and 8th: Pasta, soup, chili, toothbrushes/toothpaste

• 1st and 7th: Brown and white rice, toilet paper

• 2nd and 6th: Canned meat, tuna and shampoo

• 3rd and 5th: Canned veggies, canned fruit, deodorant

 

The 6th - 8th “Snow Ball” middle school dance with Holy Trinity and St. Cecilia is this Friday at Holy Trinity from 6:30-8:30pm.  6th, 7th, 8th Grade Parents- If you have not completed the consent form with your child, please review and complete this form (due Wednesday, 12/7). Additionally, any parent looking for some volunteer hours are welcome to chaperone the dance. If interested, please sign up here.

Finally, I want to send a HUGE “Thank you” to our SJF Cardinal Club for our first Cardinal Christmas this past Saturday! Our Cardinal Club team of elves, led by Molly O’Neill, transformed our school into a winter wonderland complete with hot cocoa, cake walks, goodies to buy/sell and special visitors Santa and Mrs. Claus! Special thanks to donors Brian and Pilar Vocker with “How Sweet It Is” for donating their amazing confections, Pat and Erin McClaskey for donating Sparkles, and Will and Lisa Markusen for donating the Blazer raffle package. Additionally, thanks to our vendors: SJF Altar Guild for their nuts, wreaths and centerpieces, Petie Farkas with Peachtree Gifts, Deacon Scott and his wife Angie with their woodworking and crafts, and Debbie Grbavac with her sewing items. What a special way to kick off our holiday season and share the SJF spirit.

CALENDAR REMINDERS:

Tuesday 12/6:  3-4 Chess Wizards, 3:15-4:30pm Fiddler rehearsal

Wednesday 12/7:  7:30am Glee Club in church, NO School Mass today, Family group activity from 1:15-1:45pm, 2:00pm dismissal, 2:30pm Faculty meeting

Thursday 12/8: Report Cards distributed, 7:30am Glee club in gym, 2:00pm Mass for Feast of the Immaculate Conception, 3:15-4:30 Fiddler rehearsal, 3:15-3:45pm Gr 5-8 study hall, 6:00pm SAC/PTC Exec. meeting

Friday 12/9:  6:30-8:30pm Middle School Dance at Holy Trinity (6th - 8th graders register at: https://forms.gle/LejaiyetgjWyjyT88)

Monday 12/12:  Teacher Appreciation Lunch-thanks 1st Grade

Tuesday 12/13:  1:30pm K/2/4 Gingerbread House Building, 3:15-3:45pm Gr 5-8 study hall

Wednesday 12/14:  10:30: K-4 Christmas program rehearsal, 1:00pm School Mass (3rd Gr), 2:00pm Dismissal, 5:30pm K-4/GLEE/BAND Christmas Program

Thursday 12/15:  3:15-3:45pm Gr 5-8 study hall, 7:00pm Men’s Club Christmas Dinner

Friday 12/16:  Holiday Themed Free Dress for All, 2:00pm Classroom Christmas parties, 6:30pm SVDP Food box packaging in old cafe

Saturday 12/17:  10:30am Food box blessing and distribution

PLAYGROUND DUTY REMINDERS:

Playground duty is from 11:25-1:00. The December 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 12/6        PARTOVI

Wednesday 12/7:    WALLACE

Thursday 12/8:    

Friday 12/9:        KOPETZ

Monday 12/12:    SHAVERS

Tuesday 12/13:    SCHARTIGER

Wednesday 12/14:    AMATO-DUNN

Thursday 12/15:    ELDIEN

Friday 12/16:        ANDRETTA-WONG

 

BOOK FAIR RESULTS

Thank you to everyone who shopped at the Fair! Over 400 books went home with students, classrooms and the library received over 70 new books, and our funds were replenished for purchasing classroom book sets. A special thank you to our volunteers who helped set up the Fair and manned the cash register. Happy Reading from Mrs. Burd!

 

FREE DRESS FOR FLORIDA UPDATE

Thank you for wearing “free dress for Florida!” SJF donated $2,387.48 to the Catholic Charities Diocese of Venice to support Hurricane Ian relief efforts. In addition, our donation was doubled because of a matching gift from the Tromble Family Foundation. Thank you to Monika Lussier  who helped facilitate the referral for the matching donation. 

 

ADVENT GIVING TREE

This Advent, SJF is partnering with the Good Neighbor Center in Tigard to provide presents for families that are in need this holiday season. Come pick an ornament off of our Christmas tree set up in the main school entrance.  It will have a specific ask listed. Be sure to bring your new, unwrapped present back to school by Friday, Dec. 16 and place it back under the tree.  Thanks for your support!

 

SJF HEART HEROES

Kids Heart Challenge has officially ended and I am so proud of our families for coming together to focus on heart health and helping others over the last few weeks! 66 students took the challenge to Move More or Be Kind, 8 families learned the lifesaving skill of hands-only CPR, 4 students completed Finn’s Mission and your school raised $4,587 for the American Heart Association, helping to save 91 lives! THANK YOU for your incredible generosity and support of our school and this lifesaving program.

Special CONGRATULATIONS to Ms. Sheridan’s 2nd grade class for being the top participating and fundraising class this year! Students will get to celebrate with an exciting Spirit Day soon! 

Click Here for a BIG thank you from Oregon Heart Hero, Warren!

THANK YOU SJF HEART HEROES!  You are making a difference in the fight against heart disease

 

PREPARING FOR ADVENT

Our school has a number of ways to help us prepare for Christmas. First, we will celebrate with an all-school Advent prayer service each Monday at 8:15am in the old cafeteria. Our faculty, staff and students will be leading these prayer services and families are welcome to attend. Additionally, we will be continuing our focus on the virtues and concentrate on the Advent virtues of prayerfulness, humility, obedience, generosity, gratitude, patience and docility. Attached is a great worksheet of how the students can know and live these virtues. Finally, we have created a “December Kindness Calendar,” that students can use as their own Advent calendar preparing for Christmas. Feel free to download the calendar from this newsletter to help your child incorporate kindness into each day during Advent.

 

LOST & FOUND CLOSET

The Lost & Found closet has been emptied out once again (thank you, Erin McClaskey) and is on display in the main school entrance.  Please come take a look for any missing jackets, uniform pieces, water bottles, and lunch boxes.  Items will be on display until the end of this week.  Unclaimed uniform items will go to uniform exchange; the rest will be taken to Goodwill.

 

CHESS WIZARDS WINTER SESSION

Registration is open for the Winter session of Chess Wizards.  This session will be on Wednesdays from 2-3pm, starting Jan. 11 and going through March 22.  Registration is online only at chesswizards.com, or using the QR code on the attached flyer.

Please click links below for more information:
Thank you from Catholic Charities
Advent Kindness Calendar
Chess Wizards