SCHEDULE FOR CATHOLIC

SCHOOLS WEEK

Monday 2/1: "Crazy Socks" & general

religious knowledge trivia questions

Tuesday 2/2: Open House from 8:15 am to

10:30 am (current parents are invited)

Wednesday 2/3: Catholic Schools Week

Mass at 9:15 (parents are welcome to join us)

Thursday 2/4: 1st through 8th grade Field

Day (wear your class assigned color t-shirt

and PE shorts)

Friday 2/5: Dress Down Day wear your

favorite team jerseys, school team t-shirts,

school colors and crazy hair. Early Dismissal

at 1:00 pm. Teacher Appreciation Day!

“SJA Around the World Day”

2/1 CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK 8:00 am: ”Gazebo Grand Opening Blessing” 2/2 CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK Open House – 8:15 am -10:30 am 2/3 CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK Mass at 9:15 am 2/4 CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK Field Day at Sand Pipe Park (off-campus, turn in permission slip forms) 2/5 Teacher Appreciation Day Early Dismissals by 1:00 pm Hot Lunch & Extended Day as usual Pre-K – K 12:30 pm Gr. 1 - 3 12:40 pm Gr. 4 - 5 12:50 pm Gr. 6 - 8 1:00 pm 2/12 NO SCHOOL Diocesan Teacher Workday 2/15 NO SCHOOL – Presidents’ Day 2/19 Adoration in chapel - Grade 6 2/19 Family Science Lab Night 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm 2/22 Dress Down Day 2/24 8:00 am - 6:00 pm. RE-REGISTRATION ONLINE for 2016-2017 in OLOM Center 2/29-3/9 Grades 2-8 Standardized

Testing.

The next upcoming Protecting God's Children training is Monday, February 1st 2016 at

8:30 am in Mercy Center.

Please make sure you register at the Diocese of Palm Beach website.

This presentation is for adults only. No babysitting available

Mrs. Caroline Roberts, Principal Miss Lani Hiponia, Asst. Principal St. Timothy, pray for us.

School Mission Statement St. Joan of Arc School, as part of the parish faith community, commits

to building the Catholic identity of its students, to challenging them academically, and to preparing them for lives of service to others.

Volume 20– January 29th, 2016

Thank you, Mrs. Kissel, Mrs. Hoyt, our volunteer parents, faculty and staff, and of course our students for making our second annual 2016 Around the World Day a

huge success! This year, the way countries were chosen were those that Pope Francis visited

recently or plans to visit in the near future such as: Iceland, Turkey, Egypt, Brazil, Spain, Argentina, Philippines, Ireland, Colombia, Thailand, Australia, Cuba,

United States, and yes even Vatican City...

The school held an Around the World Day Prayer Service. The themes discussed dealt with treating everyone like brothers and sisters. In other words, Fr. Wesler emphasized how we would want to be treated...

with love. We also talked about Pope Francis' plea to fight "global indifference".

SJA students can take charge, fight injustice, and make an impact. Therefore, we aim to instill the value of giving back to our community and to the

world, at an early age, as SJA requires community service learning project hours for kindergarten through eighth grade.

Select students processed and held banners proudly representing each of the

countries for our Around the World Day in front of the altar. Students read passages from the Bible and we all prayed for special intentions.

Students dressed in the colors of their country and some wore hats/ flowers and

different vestments representing their assigned country. As students "traveled" from country to country, they had their "passport" stamped

and answered questions about the country they were visiting. They also had the fun task of finding a picture of Pope Francis which was hidden

in the country (classroom). Lastly, students shared with their partner class samples of traditional foods.

The decorated hallways and classrooms are ready for you as we hope you will

come and visit our February 2nd Open House, geared mostly toward current SJA parents,

from 8:15 am to 10:30 am!

More Around the World Day photos and fun facts to come in our next

eNewsletter...

Catholic High School Scholarship for Girls

The Palm Beach Diocesan Council of

Catholic Women is accepting applications for its Annual Scholarship

Award. One thousand dollars is awarded to each of the three, Catholic, female

students graduating from eighth grade who will attend a Catholic High School in

the Diocese of Palm Beach in the fall. The deadline is April 1, 2016. You can download the application from the

PBDCCW website @ www.pbdccw.org. Please contact Maureen Fulop at 561-704-8771 or Bea Lecco at

561-310-8710 for any further questions.

2nd Quarter Honors

LUNCH PROGRAM 2015-2016

Our Lady of Mercy Center (inside) 10:45 am – 12:00 noon

2/1 TBA 2/2 TBA 2/3 TBA 2/4 TBA 2/5 TBA Thank you to all the extra volunteers!!

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We are pleased to inform you that we plan to provide summer camp to SJA students entering Kindergarten through Fifth grade

for the 2016-17 school year.

Please see the attached flyer and registration form on the last page of the

newsletter We are offering eight summer, one week long camp sessions, from June 6th to July 29th, in order to accommodate

work schedules and family vacations.

Please see correction from Newsletter dated 1/15/2016

Spelling Bee Winners 1st place: Hannah Rabbath 2nd place: Tiago Crippa 3rd place: Adriana Metzger

Congratulations to our newly elected

National Junior Honor Society

Officers

The new officers are:

President: Cassie DesVergers Vice President: Chris Hicks Recording Secretary: Rachel Janke Corresponding Secretary: Sophia Federico Historian: Kate Marsenison Treasurer: Allison Streibig

The ceremony will take place after the Catholic School's Week Mass on

February 3rd, 2016

2nd Quarter Principal’s Honor Roll

4th Grade Nina Fernandes Alessandra Roberts Ava Rodriguez Sophia Briggs Olivia Eberhardt Isabel Mayen Vincent Perez Johnny Press Paola Rodriguez Kaitlyn Wells Kevin Petrone 5th Grade Christopher Colella Alejandra Rodriguez Katie Carignan Tiago Crippa 6th Grade Noah Fara Grace Press Hannah Rabbath Charlie Brien-Cusson Olivia Briggs Christian Dohler Sydney Litten Grant McDonald Nick Neuner Joe Ronan

7th Grade David Anguelov Lilly Costigan Nick Lopes Kate Marsenison Cashel O’Connor Ryan Rodriguez Trey Russom Allison Streibig JP Colella Sophia Federico Jada Fernandes Reese Harper Emilee Kurdziel Charlie Newstreet 8th Grade Andres Assenza Cassie DesVergers Jenna Handal Elena Hartigan Rachel Janke Matthew Mandaro Sam Murrison Vincent Barone Mitch Cavaliere Dylan Chiaverini Michaella Collins Stephanie De Varona Patrick Harrigan Nicholas Iamunno Alexandra Longa Emily Walker

Brendan Wentworth

4th Grade Carlo Guasch Robert Haber Claudia Hammes Susan Newstreet Ryan Schramm Kevin Crowe Ruari O’Connor Caterina Palermo Dominic Rojas Guillermo Herrera Emma Reilly 5th Grade Lauren Beaulieu Caleb Berent John Gawlinski Maya Maczynski Gregory Otten Sean Ragonese Bridget Streibig Belen Aguirre Helena Helmke Brooke Higgins Luke Rhodes Maria Silveira

6th Grade Sofia Blair Miah Farmer Matthew Hicks Amanda Marsenison Nicole Poulin Gabrielle Rodriguez Elliot Wright

Lilliana Corsa

6th Grade Danny De Varona Denley Etienne Logan Harrigan Daniela Herbert Olivia Kondraschow Loredana Pagans Kara Silk

7th Grade Ashley Ahnell Frankie Batista Emma Garbinski Christopher Hicks Valeria Lozada Maria Viloria Brianna Annunziata Austin Cooper Sal Federico Gabi Lam William Lamphear Colleen Ragonese 8th Grade Brooke McDonald Tricia Sous Carolina Bellon-Garcia Megan Blade Courtney Clare Jorge Ordonez Nicole Rafferty Nicolas Riancho Michael Riolo Alex Schramm

Capital Campaign

The Gazebo Grand Opening is Here! Parents send your students to Home

Room and come be the first to tour our new multipurpose Cafeteria.

Gazebo Doors open at 7:30am Monday, February 1st for

coffee and refreshments followed by a brief blessing at 8:00am.

Step by step we have taken this journey together and on this day together we can

celebrate a leap into SJA History. Join Us!

For more pictures, news, & pledge information click:

SJA Brick by Brick

DROP-OFF REMINDER

DO NOT PARK ON 4th AVENUE DURING DROP-OFF

There is no assigned adult supervision

in the staff parking by the convent. It is imperative for your child's safety that you use the main parking lot, or

back driveway, where there is SJA adult supervision.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Parent volunteers are our treasures at St. Joan of Arc School and we always thank you for your time and availability

to help us with our school activities. As per the directives from the Diocese of Palm Beach, all parent volunteers must

be fingerprinted (renewed every 5 years) and must have completed Protecting God’s Children Video Presentation

(Virtus Training).

You may go to the Diocese of Palm Beach website www.diocesepb.org, scroll down to the bottom of the page and find

the quick link and click Safe Environments and follow guidelines to register online for

background screening (fingerprint) and Virtus Training.

Please come to the school office to

request a signed authorization form. Call the fingerprint site for an appointment.

You must bring the school issued authorization form, registration receipt and your Florida Driver’s License with you. If you have any questions, please contact

the school office at 561- 392-7974. Parents may volunteer to SJA school activities such as Around the World,

Catholic Schools Week and Field Day, Field Trips, Lunch Duty, etc., ONLY with

the above mentioned requirements. Diocesan policy states that no person will be permitted to volunteer at the school for

any activity entrusted with care, responsibility, or supervision of children,

no matter how many hours per week. Thank you for all your support and help to

keep our children safe at St. Joan of Arc Catholic School.

Cub Scout Corner

This month, St. Joan of Arc’s Pack

323 Cub Scouts have been busy.

For our first Wolf Den meeting

back from break, we had a guest

speaker from the Boca Raton Fire Department speak

about the importance of service in your community.

Firefighter Rob and the Wolf Den Scouts discussed

why being trustworthy, helpful, and kind (all aspects of

the Scout Law) is so vital.

The Pack also enjoyed a weekend camping trip at

Elmore Park in Davie. They fished, shot targets with

BBs , and completed a service project planting trees.

We thank all those who made the camping trip such a

fun and successful event.

This past weekend, the Wolf Den was busy completing a community service project to benefit the Nuns right here at St. Joan. The boys worked hard to plant rose bushes and prune the area in front of the

Mother Mary statue near the convent.

We look ahead to an exciting event – the Annual

Pinewood Derby! We plan to cheer on our Scouts on

January 30th in the Mercy Center.

GREAT JOB Pack 323 Scouts & Good Luck with your

Race!