310 Frank Lloyd Wright Way

Lakeland, FL 33803

The Falcon Frenzy V O L U M E 3

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C A L E N D A R

H I G H L I G H T S

Monday, Aug. 21

12:00PM – DISMISSAL –

DUE TO SOLAR ECLIPSE

12:15 PM – MIDDLE

SCHOOL STUDENTS DIS-

MISS

Wednesday, Aug. 23

8:10am – Mass Gr. 8

3:30pm – Denim & Diamonds

Meeting

Friday, Aug. 25

9:00am – Vision & Hearing

Screening for Gr. K, 1, 3 & 6

MISSION STATEMENT

St. Joseph Academy, a Christ-centered Catholic community, rooted in faith, knowledge and

values, inspires students to live the gospel message in school, the community, and the world

and to achieve academic excellence through relevant and challenging curriculum.

The Diocese of Orlando will hold their annual

Blue Mass to pray for the safety of local law en-

forcement, fire/rescue personnel, and public

safety officials who protect us daily. A flyer is

included in this edition of the Falcon Frenzy. An

RSVP is required in order to attend, to allow for

enough seating. Please contact Mrs. Bruchey in

the office by Monday, August 21, if you plan to attend. Students are welcome

and would receive an excused absence for attending.

Carpooling Help

We have two parents that need assistance with

carpooling in the morning. One family lives in

Winter Haven and needs help on Friday morn-

ings only.

The other family lives near the Wabash area and

needs help for the next 6-7 weeks.

If you are able to help either of these families,

please contact the school office.

IMPORTANT REMINDERS

If your child arrives to school after 7:50, a parent MUST sign the child in before that

child is permitted to go to class. Only parents of Preschool and Kindergarten

students should walk their child to class.

Parents that pick up students at 3:00 dismissal from the office area are required to

STAY IN THE CAR. Having parents talking with one another creates additional noise

and congestion in the office area, making it difficult for Mrs. Johnson to do her job.

THANK YOU!

If your child attends

aftercare, we must have

a registration form on

file which includes emer-

gency contact infor-

mation. Please ensure

that if you have not

done this yet, you do so

as soon as possible.

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Parenting Tip:

We all know that reading is important, and we are striving to develop lifelong

readers in our children. Dr. Tammy Pawloski supported this endeavor to pro-

vide an opportunity for children to read during her presentation to teachers

prior to the start of school.

Check out this statistic: Student reads 20 minutes a day: 1,800,000 word vocabulary 90th Percentile Student reads 5 minutes a day: 282,000 word vocabulary 50th Percentile Student reads just 1 minute a day: 8,000 word vocabulary 10th Percentile How much does your child read daily? Are you modeling good reading habits with your child? Set aside time daily when the whole family reads together for twenty minutes. Let the children choose what-

ever interests them: book, newspaper, magazine. Don’t focus on the reading level. Set good routines and

help your child grow in his or her love of reading.

This year we are focusing on the implementation of the rules in the book by award

-winning author, Ron Clark. His book, The Essential 55, was purchased for every

teacher last school year. This year, we broke down the 55 rules so that we are

able to focus on a few a week. These rules cover values, courtesy, manners, eti-

quette, kindness, respect, teamwork, encouragement, sportsmanship, etc. You

can find the list of these rules within the edition of the Falcon Frenzy. We ask that

parents become familiar with these rules and practice at home to further support

our efforts here at school.

This week’s rules: #4-6

Next week’s rules: #7-9

SJA Gardening Club

Do you like to surround yourself with nature’s beauty? Do you have a green thumb? Maybe you

just need a little excuse to get some sun? We would love to have you join our new SJA Butterfly

Garden Club. Mrs Hall is looking for students and/or families that would like to help with the

maintenance of our butterfly garden, and learn about different plants and flowers. The first

meeting will be August 28th at 3:30 in Mrs. Hall’s room.

P A G E 3

T H E F A L C O N F R E N Z Y

SCHOOL BOARD:

Chair: Andy Porter

Father Ramon

Molly McHugh

Samera Alamm

Maitee Grana-O’Connor

Juan Casasnovas

Kelly Lane

Jennifer Nixon

Kate MacDonald

PTO BOARD:

President: Maitee Grana-O’Connor

Lisa Loomis

Lily Corelli

Joy Montgomery

Natalia Hernandez—Spanish Liaison

Britny Spence

Jaime Tyler

Amanda Hurtt

Links Rediker: https://www.plusportals.com/

StJoeLakeland

Students in 5th-8th grade are eligible to participate in the sports program at SJA. All games and practices are afterschool. Parents are responsible for carpools to and from practices and games. Some of our coaches feel comfortable driving our bus but not all of them do. Please make sure all sports forms, fees and sports physicals are completed and returned prior to each season. Sports packets are located in the front office racks.

We are now signing students up for:

Girls Volleyball: 5th-6th- JV

7th-8th_ Varsity

Coaches will be sending home a practice schedule soon for the girls.

Boys Soccer: 5th-8th

November- January- Girls and boys Basketball season

February-April- Girls Soccer and Boys Flag Football

We are in need of coaches for boy’s flag football.

Our Dioceses requires all coaches to be fingerprinted, view child safety video and concus-sion video prior to them coaching and returning certificates of proof into the front office.

Expectations of Coaches: Role model prayer, good sportsmanship, good time manage-ment and prior knowledge of sport.

Please contact Coach Palmer at lpalmer@sjalakeland.org if you’re interested in coaching a team for 2017-2018.

Items for Purchase:

All students: Canvas Tote Bag with SJA Emblem: $12

Grade 5-8- Hoodie Sweatshirt- $25

Order forms are in the front office racks.

Sports News

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V O L U M E 3 I S S U E 2

Office: 863-686-6415

Fax: 863-687-8074

Pastor:

Father Ramon Bolatete

Diocese of Orlando

Superintendent of Schools:

Mr. Henry Fortier

Staff Extensions:

Mr. Allende 305

Mrs. Boatner 306

Mrs. Bolger 322

Mrs. Bruchey 310

Mrs. Corelli 355

Miss DelCastillo 309

Mrs. Devine 312

Mrs. Ellerbe 313

Mrs. Fezzie 333

Mrs. Hall 307

Mrs. Hennighan 317

Mrs. Hurtt 319

Mrs. Johnson 300

Mrs. Palmer 303

Mrs. Peoples 334

Mr. Philbrook 340

Mrs. Porter 335

Mrs. Saires 323

Ms. Schuster 327

Mrs. Swingler 302

Mrs. Taylor 331

Mr. Thompson 308

Mrs. Tuckey 391

Mrs. VanWieren 309

Mrs. Wudtke 301

Middle Schoolers, come join us for Edge! St. Joseph Church, youth

group for middle school students.

Why join our Middle School youth group, EDGE? We strive to build a

foundation of faith in fun, transformative, dynamic ways! Social time

and snacks included J

Edge Open House and Registration: Wednesday, August 30 – 6:30pm –

8pm

Registration is also available in the Church Parish Hall after Sunday

morning Masses, Sunday, August 20

Edge Kick-Off: Wednesday, September 6 – 6:30pm – 8pm

For more information contact Jen Tomlinson, St. Joseph Church Youth

Minister: jtomlinson@stjosephlakeland.org

Meet our Peer Ministers, former SJA students! They regularly help with

Edge……

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Volunteer

Opportunities Available

The volunteer hours mandated are 20 hours per family and 30 hours for

those families receiving tuition assistance. Hours may be done by parents,

aunts, grandparents or other family members. There will be many activi-

ties throughout the school year for which we will need volunteers. The

Carnival held at the church on November 3, 4, and 5 is a required volunteer

activity. Each class will have a game booth at the Church Carnival and each

family will be required to work a minimum of three hours. It can be during

the carnival, planning, clean-up, etc. There will be sign-up online for you to

choose your task and times. Additional information will be forthcoming.

We also have several other service hour opportunities including help with

the upkeep of the Butterfly Garden, etc. If you are interested in helping

with these or any other projects, please contact the school office. Remem-

ber that volunteers help defray our costs, allowing us to keep from large

tuition increases each year.