Step up to Respect – Jump to Responsibility – Accelerate to Leadership SJA SCHOOL AND HSA WEDNESDAY PARENT UPDATE, May 14, 2014

May 14, 2014 Dear SJA Families, Thank you to Ms. Kahl for the enjoyable Spring Concert last Friday. The Handbell Choirs, Chorus, and grade 3 to 8 students performed well. Thank you also to Mrs. Thamert for leading our SJA Beginner and Advanced bands. They have progressed a great deal. It is wonderful to showcase the talents of all students in such an entertaining performance. (Even the staff danced along to the Cowboy theme!)

Congratulations and prayers go out to all of our students experiencing their First Eucharist! We are happy for all who join the table of the Lord.

The end of this school year is fast approaching. We have some very exciting happenings at St. Joan of Arc School in which we hope all will participate.

Saturday, May 17th will be the Wine Tasting at Mt. Felix Vineyard & Winery in Havre de Grace Please join us for an afternoon of wine and fun from 1-4PM. Encourage all alumni to attend!

Sunday, May 18th at 2PM is a Longaberger/Vera Bradley Bingo in the Church Hall. SJA has great Bingo events and all proceeds support the Golden Knights basketball program.

Next week is Spirit Week o Monday—Race for Education o Tuesday—Liturgy o Wednesday—Crazy Clothing and Hair Day o Thursday—Book or Movie Character Day o Friday—Field Day and Early Dismissal

No school on Monday, May 26th. Thank you to all who serve or have served our country.

Thursday, May 29th is the Patriot Play in the Church at 1:15PM. Students will present an original musical/drama

entitled “Abraham, Martin, and John”. Please join us for this always entertaining and informative event. Thank you to Mr. Brothers for this culminating activity for 5th grade.

Sr. Margaret Petcavage arrives from Chicago, where she resides at the Motherhouse of the Sisters of St. Casimir.

Sr. Margaret taught at St. Joan of Arc from 1976-1978.

Friday, May 30th, is the 60th Anniversary of St. Joan of Arc School! We are so happy that Archbishop Lori will celebrate the 8:30AM liturgy and then join us for a Birthday celebration in the Church Hall. He will also say a special blessing to dedicate the mural of St. Joan of Arc completed by the 8th grade students and Artist-in-Residence David Cunningham.

Students will visit with Sr. Margaret and learn about her community which began our school. They will then

enjoy a carnival from 1-3PM after lunch.

Families and parishioners are invited back from 4-8PM when we will have food vendors and additional carnival games as well as a Café for the adult patrons (serving beer and wine). This will be an enjoyable evening (we will have a dunk tank too!)

Graduation liturgy takes place on Tuesday, June 3rd at 4PM. Please come to applaud the accomplishments of our graduating class and to pray for their future.

There is an important staff change occurring for the 2014-15 school year. We are sad to see Mrs. Lisa Paolucci leave us as the middle school Science and Math instructor. She will miss teaching and mentoring students as she returns to work for the government. Please join me in thanking her for her expertise as evidenced by the students accepted into STEM programs and the SMA program each year. We are glad that Nick and Sofia will be here so that we can see Mom often!

We are very fortunate to have Mrs. Tracey Tokarski joining our staff. Mrs. Tokarski is a highly qualified teacher with 15 years of education experience, the most recent at St. Joseph in Cockeysville as middle school math teacher. She runs a STEM camp each year with a colleague which has been documented by Discovery Education and can be viewed at https://discovery.box.com/s/mv48j0ek1dxi86eef4z3. I am sure that your children will continue to succeed in Math and Science with Mrs. Tokarski.

Have a terrific weekend and enjoy the beautiful weather!

Peace and all good, Mrs. Bahr

ENVIRONMENTAL CLUB: SJA is continuing our Waste Free Wednesday every week from May 14 through June 4th. Each class can earn points for packing lunches that contain reusable containers or recyclables. The effort is to have NO TRASH. Thanks for your help in making our students conscience of the environment.

SUMMER BAND CLINIC: The Band Clinic will be conducted at St. Joan of Arc School once a week for six weeks, Wednesday mornings from 9:30 until 11:45 am at St. Joan of Arc School. The dates are June 18 and 25; July 2, 9, 16 and 23. Parents of band students were sent information about the program and Registration Form. For more information, please contact Instrumental Music Program at 410-442-5804 or Mrs. Thamert. FACTS TUITION PAYMENTS FOR 2014-15: We are quickly approaching the deadline for finalizing payment plans for the 2014-15 school year. The Reenrollment Notice was emailed to all current families through the FACTS system. As a reminder, those who have not yet returned the form to school were sent a second notice last week. The email asks you to review the information and complete the Payment Option Information. You are also asked to complete the SJA School Information section at the bottom indicating your parishioner status if you are Catholic or if you are not Catholic. The form must be signed and returned to school as quickly as possible in order to complete the finalization of your FACTS payment plan. Otherwise, you will be charged the non-Catholic rate of tuition.

Please contact the office if you have any questions. IRONBIRDS GAME: We are having St. Joan of Arc Night at the IronBirds on Friday, July 25th at 7:05 PM. Our students are singing the National Anthem and it’s fireworks night! Tickets are $13 each. We need to sell 100 tickets in order for our students to sing. If we don’t sell 100 tickets by May 15th, we will need to cancel the students singing. The deadline to order tickets is May 15th. Please fill out the attached form to order tickets.

RACE FOR EDUCATON: Attached is the permission slip for Monday’s Race for Education. All students need a signed permission slip to participate by Friday.

We need more volunteers for Monday’s Race for Education. Please consider volunteering in the morning. We need volunteers to walk with the younger students and work the course to safely get the students across the street. Email Mrs. Forbes at mforbes@stjoanarc.org if you are available.

CARNIVAL: NEED HOURS? WE NEED BAKERS: Thanks to those who signed up to bake. We need bakers for the 60th Anniversary Carnival on Friday, May 30th. We need cakes or pies for the cake wheel and individual bags of goodies (cookie, brownies etc) for the bake sale table. For the individual bags, you need to send in 1 dozen cookies or brownies. To sign up, go to link. **LINK: http://www.luckypotluck.com/potluck/SJA60thAnniversaryCarnival

You will earn volunteer hours for any baked good.

Mark your calendars for Friday, May 30th. We need parent volunteers to help out with this fun event. Please go to the attached link http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B48A9AC2FA5F85-school to sign up to volunteer. There will be different games for the students during the day. In the evening from 4:00-8:00 PM, there will be food and games. We are asking for 2 hours of your time. Thanks for making this event such a success. Please email Margie Forbes at mforbes@stjoanarc.org with any questions.

BASKET BINGO: The boys’ basketball team is having a Longaberger basket/Vera Bradley bag bingo on Sunday, May 18th. Tickets are $12 up to Friday and $15 at the door. Doors open at 1 PM with bingo starting at 2 PM. We are looking for volunteers to do some baking. See the attached link to sign up to bake. **LINK: http://www.luckypotluck.com/potluck/SJABoysBasketballBINGOFundraiser

MARKET DAY: LAST ORDER BEFORE SUMMER VACATION: Order cutoff is May 29, 2014 and pick-up on June 4, 2014.

Stock up with your favorites….NO SUMMER PICK UP JULY AND AUGUST. Market Day will resume in September. Market Day purchases benefit the Basketball team in paying for gym rental fees. Thank you for your purchases.

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL: St. Joan of Arc will have Vacation Bible School for children in grades K – 5, August 4 – 8, 2014. Students entering Grades 6 – 8 may volunteer as peer helpers. Parents are needed for hospitality and group leaders. Please contact Mr. Dick Berndt at rberndt@stjoanarc.org for more information.

HSA UPDATE: Field Day Hot Lunch We are looking for volunteers to help set up and serve the hot lunch on May 23rd. If you are able to help, please contact Jean Foulk (jean041468@comcast.net).

Business Directory We have created a directory of businesses that sponsored races and/or horses for Night at The Races. http://www.school.stjoanarc.org/?PageName=bc&n=190664 Please consider supporting those who support our school!

RELAY FOR LIFE: How would you like to help fight cancer and have fun doing it?? Join our SJA Knightly Knights team at the Havre de Grace Relay for Life on June 6th. This event is held at the Havre de Grace High School on their track. This fun event helps to raise money for cancer research. It goes from 6 PM until the next morning. Teams are welcome to bring tents and chairs to spend the night, but participants don't need to stay the entire time. This is a great time for the kids. Everyone is playing games and football on the field. There is live music and DJ's playing. Go to http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?fr_id=61491&pg=team&team_id=1596572 to register for our team. If you have any questions, please contact Sue Andrews (sgandrews@comcast.net)

Have a good evening and a great weekend. St. Joan of Arc School and HSA Attachments: Race for Education Permission Slip IronBirds Game Parent Race Letter 2

Come see our students sing the National Anthem and

enjoy an evening of baseball and fireworks when the

Aberdeen IronBirds take on the Connecticut Tigers

on Friday, July 25th at 7:05 pm! One lucky student

will get to throw out the first pitch!

Tickets are $13.00 per person. A portion of the ticket

price does benefit school, so bring your friends, family

and co-workers for a fun night out!

Send in your check made out to St. Joan of Arc School. Dead-

line for tickets is May 13th. Tickets will be sent home before the end of the school year!

Family Name___________________

Number of tickets_____ Amount enclosed________________

May 14, 2014 Dear Parents, With our Race for Education just a few days away (Monday, May 19), please note below a number of specifics concerning the day’s activities.

1) All students can wear their gym uniforms for the “Race”. We need signed permission slips returned by Friday.

2) We could use a few more volunteers to work the course. Please email Margie Forbes at mforbes@stjoanarc.org if you are available.

3) Students are encouraged to bring a water bottle to the Race for Education. Please make sure your child’s name is on the bottle.

4) Students will eat their lunch at the regular lunch time.

5) The pie tossing will be at 2:00 PM on the school playground. Students who participated in the fundraiser will attend this event. Students who did not participate will remain in school with a writing assignment. Parents are welcome to join us for this fun day.

We hope that many of you will be able to join us on Monday, May 19, as we enjoy a wonderful day of fun and exercise together. Peace and all good,

Mrs. Virginia Bahr Principal

ARCHDIOCESE OF BALTIMORE

DIVISION OF CATHOLIC SCHOOLS

320 Cathedral Street

Baltimore, Maryland 21201

To: Parent(s)/Legal Guardians Date: May 14.2014

From: St. Joan of Arc Principal: Mrs. Virginia Bahr (School)

Re: Field Trip Permission

We have arranged for your child to participate in a planned field trip experience to:

Race for Education

The following provisions have been made and approved by the school:

Date: Monday, May 19,2014 Cost: free

Departure Time: Return Time:

Type of Transportation: walking

Supervisory personnel: teachers and parent volunteers

Dress requirements: P.E. uniform

Meal arrangements

Emergency phone number to contact supervisory personnel:

Reasonable care will be taken by the supervisory personnel to insure the safety of your child. It is absolutely essential, however,

that you, as parent or legal guardian, give written permission for your child to participate in this activity. Therefore, please sign

the slip below and have your child return it to his/her teacher no later than . If your

child does not return the signed slip, he/she will not be able to take advantage of this opportunity.

(Please detach and return this portion to your child’s teacher.)

Release and Waiver

In consideration of my child participating in this field trip experience, I hereby release St. Joan of Arc School, Archbishop

William Lori, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Baltimore, a corporation sole, and their agents, employees and principals of and

from any and all liability, claims, demands, actions, and a causes of actions whatsoever, arising out of or related to any loss,

damage, or injury that may be sustained by my child or children. I hereby grant permission for my child,

To participate in the trip to

I acknowledge receipt of the information describing the details of the field trip experience.

Signature of Parent/Legal Guardian Date

Parent/Legal Guardian phone number on day of trip:

(If applicable)

Medications(s) to be administered during the field trip: Dosage:

Time dosage is to be administered:

I hereby authorize supervisory personnel to administer the indicated medication.

Signature of Parent/Legal Guardian: Date: