ST. JOAN OF ARC SCHOOL 7970 Wentworth Drive S.W. T3H 0K2

Phone: 403-500-2107 Fax: 403-500-2307 http://www.cssd.ab.ca/schools/stjoanofarc

January Newsletter 2020

Inside This Issue:

Kindergarten Registration

Professional

Development Day/Teacher’s Conven-

tion/Family Day

School Zone Traffic Safety

Warm Feet for

the Street

Calendars for 2020-2021

School Year

School Council

Cavalier Foundation

Cavalier Athletics

Yearbooks

CCSD Nights Calgary Flames

High School Registration/ Open Houses

January/February

Calendar of Events

Health News

St Michael

Parish News

Message From Administration

Welcome back everyone! We do hope that you had an opportunity to spend some quality time with your family and friends during the holiday season. The month of December allowed us the opportunity to gather as a Catholic com-

munity and to celebrate together. I would like to thank all families, students and teachers who attend-ed our Advent Mass on December 12th. A special thank you goes to Mrs. Davis, Mrs. Cousin, Mrs. Bennett, Mr. Newton and the Grade 6 students for their leadership in organizing this Mass, and thank you to Fr. Pilmaiken for leading the celebration. As well, a special thanks to our elementary teachers for preparing Christmas Carols with their classes. If you were there you know how beautiful the stu-dents sounded. Our goal next year is to have the entire congregation, parents and students, singing Carols together. Also, thank you to all families who donated food and money to help support those in need at this special time of year. Baby Jesus, the Light of the World, has arrived; quite literally, we now experience more daylight as the sun rises higher in the sky as each day passes to Summer Solstice on June 20th, 2020. The 2019 Junior High Christmas concert was also a huge success; thanks again to Mrs. Bennett for preparing students and organizing the event. Thank you, also, to our incredible parent volunteers who decorated the school and organized our fantastic 2019 Christmas Family Dance! We are now ready to begin the second half of our school year together, and we look forward to new learning, exciting activities and new friendships. Our youngest and our oldest students will encounter some great changes in the coming months. The grade 9 students will begin the transition process into Senior High. There will be many Open House opportunities and presentations from various high schools. Our Kindergarten students will also be transitioning into a full day of school for Gr.1 next year. This New Year is a time to look forward to new goals and challenges. Please take a few moments with your child to set new goals for the remainder of the school year. Begin the conversation by ask-ing your child what they could do to ensure continued success. This may involve academic work; however, it could also involve other categories such as developing social skills, being more aware of the needs of others, and trying to help those in need. It may also involve healthy lifestyle choices such as eating better foods, helping the family to prepare healthy lunches, exercising at least three times a week, and maybe cutting down on the amount of sugar eaten – less pop, treats and candy. We still have another six months left of school so it’s not too late to start making a difference! Finally, we will have a New Year celebration on Wednesday, January 22nd starting at 11:15am here at the school. Please note there is also a Professional Development day for all teachers scheduled for Friday, January 31st, which means there will be no classes for K-12 students on this date; please mark your calendars. I hope 2020 brings love, laughter and good health to you and your home. Sincerely, Mr. R. Paolozzi

Kindergarten Registration We will be continuing to accept Kindergarten registrations for the 2020-2021 school year on Monday January 6, 2020. Your child is eligible if he/she turns four years old on or before December 31, 2019 and lives within our Wentworth/West Springs boundaries. We encourage all St. Joan of Arc families to register at this time.

Documents Required — Birth Certificate — Baptismal Certificate (for child or one parent)

— Proof of Residency (driver’s license)

Registration Form – Which is required to be filled out at time of registration.

Professional Development Day, Teachers’ Convention and Family Day Parents are reminded that Friday, January 31 is a Professional Development day. There will be no classes. Thursday, February 13 and Friday, February 14 is Teachers’ Convention and there will be no classes for all students. Monday, February 17 is Family Day and there will be no school.

School Zone Traffic Safety The Safety of the children attending St. JOA is being seriously compromised because traffic laws are not being followed. Community members and staff at St. JOA are very concerned. We ask that you please consider your actions while driving within the school zone, the consequences of an acci-dent could be devastating. Children learn what they see, please consider what they are learning and be sure to teach well: • Do you always use the cross walks? • It is not safe to stop in the middle of the street and allow your child to jump out into traffic. • Passing in a school or playground zone is against the law. • Bus zones are reserved for busses during school hours, even temporary or short term parking in these areas

must be avoided. • U-Turns in a school zone are not only illegal, but in a busy area like ours, they are very dangerous. • Cross walks need to be kept clear so they can be utilized when necessary. Vehicles are to be parked 5m from

the crosswalk. We realize parking is very limited at St. JOA and traffic before and after school is very congested. The safety of the children is always our first priority. Please drive safely!

Warm Feet for the Street Thank you to all our St Joan of Arc families who donated items for our Warm Feet for the Street Campaign sup-porting the Mustard Seed. We were able to fill 429 pairs of socks to help those in need.

Calendars for 2020-2021 School Year

The District Calendars for 2020-2021 are now finalized. The following calendar documents can be found at the district’s Internet site at: https://www.cssd.ab.ca/Calendars/Pages/Default.aspx

Next Meeting is Wednesday January 15th, 2020 at 6:30pm. Thank you to all those who decorated, set up and to those who volunteered for the CHRISTMAS DANCE! AN SPECIAL EXTRA THANK YOU to all of you students and families who attended the dance, shopped at the market and to the market vendors for your support! Your volunteer support is always appreciated! Get involved! Contact sandyblair@shaw.ca We would like to wish all St Joan of Arc families a Very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

CAVALIER FOUNDATION

The Cavalier Foundations next meeting will be Wednesday January 15th, 2020 at 7:30pm in the Learning Com-mons. All parents are invited and encourage to attend. The Cavaliers Foundation would like to wish our St. Joan of Arc families a safe and happy holiday season!

St. Bernadette School Participat es in Arts Sm arts

Sr. Basketball Sr. Teams currently played in the third Western Basketball Classic in conjunction with St. Greg School. Congratulations to our Sr. Girls Basketball team that finished in Second Place. Congratulations to our Sr. Boys Basketball team who finished Fourth place.

Jr. Basketball Basketball tryouts will be starting in January (Jr Boys Tryout Jan. 7 @7:30, Jr Girls Tryout Jan. 7 @3:30) There will be a grade 7 and 8 team for boys and girls. Good luck to all students trying out and during the season.

Intramurals Intramurals will restart in the new year for both elementary and JH students. JH students will be partici-pating in 3v3 Basketball.

Dance St. Joan of Arc is pleased to offer Dance instruction to all students from Kindergarten to Grade 9 start-ing January 6. Students will be receiving instruction during regularly scheduled physical education clas-ses. Soundkreations will offer a high energy class of Hip Hop Dance for St. Joan of Arc students.

If you are not sure if you al-

ready paid please look under

the online fee payment tab on

our school website & check

under your child’s name. If

not—please order one now on

our online fee payment tab. We

hope to have all orders in by

the end of May.

It promises to be another Photo

Packed Book of St. Joan of Arc

Memories you won’t want to miss!

*We also have 2018-2019 year

books available for purchase in

our front office.

Have you ordered your 2019-2020

Yearbook? It only costs $25.00 &

will be a wonderful memory to

treasure!

energetic and non-stop resulting in a great workout and a ton of fun. Each workshop/class is designed to meet a groups needs f

n-one to large groups, beginner to advanced. DBV is pleased to say that it is reaching students of all ages with loads o have never attempted any form of dance b

January 2020 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 New Year’s Day

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5 6 Day 6 School Re-opens

7 Day 1 8 Day 2 9 Day 3 10 Day 4 Fun Food- Boston Pizza Science Fair

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12 13 Day 5 14 Day 6 15 Day 1 Volunteer Orientation 6:00pm School Council Meeting 6:30pm Friends of Cavalier Meeting 7:30pm

16 Day 2 17 Day 3 18

19 20 Day 4 21 Day 5 22 Day 6 New Year’s Liturgy 11:15am

23 Day 1 24 Day 2 Fun Food-Booster Juice Spirit Day- Jersey Day

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26 27 Day 3 28 Day 4 29 Day 5 30 Day 6 31 PD Day

K-9 Dance January 6-21

K-9 Dance January 6-21

K-9 Dance January 6-21

February 2020 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

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2 3 Day 1 4 Day 2 Gr9 Vaccinations

5 Day 3 6 Day 4 JR Boys Basket-ball Tournament 4:00-6:00pm

7 Day 5 JR Girls Basket-ball Tournament 4:00-6:00pm Fun Food- Tim Horton’s

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9 10 Day 6 11 Day 1 12 Day 2 Spirit Day- Red/Pink Day

13 Teachers’ Convention

14 Teachers’ Convention

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16 17 Family Day

18 Day 3 19 Day 4 20 Day 5 21 Day 6 Fun Food- Subway

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23 24 Day 1 Gr7 Skiing

25 Day 2 Shrove Tuesday-In Class Pancake Breakfast

26 Day 3 Ash Wednesday Liturgy 10:30am Pink Shirt Day

27 Day 4 28 Day 5 Spirit Day- Crazy Hair Day Basketball City Finals (TBD)

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