Message From the Principal 

Bernadette O'Leary

Science Club
Grades 3-5

The first meeting of Elementary Science Club for grades 3 ­ through 5 will be held on January 10, 2012. The Science Club teachers and activities will be provided by the Pacific Science Center's "Science on the Go!" program. Science Club will meet after school on Tuesdays for 6 weeks (dates shown below). The faculty advisor is Señor Pablo (Vice Principal). The parent organizers are Lili Lengua and Betsy Roletto-Rivera.

Due to classroom size and the availability of Pacific Science Center teachers, group size is limited to 24 students per section with one section for each grade (3rd -5th). Registration will take place electronically through the school website on Thursday, December 8, beginning at 4:00pm. There will be a link to the electronic registration form in the December 8 issue of NewsViews. Participants will be taken on a first come,

first served basis. No sign up forms will be accepted in the school office. We will need four parent volunteers per grade to help each week from 3:00 to 4:25pm. Elementary Science Club meets from 3:15pm to 4:15pm.

January 10, 2012

January 17, 2012

January 24, 2012

January 31, 2012

February 7, 2012

February 14, 2012

Save the Date! 

Spend New Year's Eve with friends and

support the Kenya Well Project at the same time!  Dinner, dancing, music, and entertainment in Egan Hall.  Childcare provided by XDC staff on a first come, first served basis.  All proceeds benefit the Well Project.  See the attached flyer and make your reservations now!     

The Pizza/Game Night held November 18 in support of the Kenya Well Project was a great success!  The event had a great turn out with a lot of families bringing their favorite board games along.  Everyone seemed to have a good time and over $850 was raised for the Well Project.   

Thank you to everyone who came along and helped to make this such a great success; the generosity of our school and parish is amazing.  A special thanks to Shane Pierard for organizing the night and to all the people who brought along dessert, as well as those who helped to set-up and clean-up the hall.   

Project Progress   We hope to have the geological survey carried out at the well site in the next couple of weeks and after that we will be getting quotes for the drilling and installation of the well.    

Pizza Lunch for Kenya Well Project

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Deadline to return order form:  December 9 

Alert!

On Tuesday evening, while we were enjoying the seventh grade performance, a car prowler was active on 79th Street and in the school parking lot.  Two cars were broken into and burglarized.  Please make sure that you don't leave any items of value in your car when you attend church and school functions.  Be alert!

Choose from a selection of locally grown, freshly cut Noble and Douglas fir Christmas Trees.

6-7 feet - Noble, $56/Douglas $34

8-10 feet - starting at $65

Sponsored by the Knights of Columbus, proceeds benefit the St. John Overnight Shelter and Noel House Programs, a network of shelters serving homeless women in Seattle.

Confirmation for high school students is scheduled for May 31, 2012. Candidates must be at least sixteen years of age by May 31, 2012, or high school juniors. Sessions begin Sunday, January 8, following the 10:30am mass.  Please fill out the Registration Form attached and return to the parish office.  Contact Anne Merklin, 206-782- 2810, ext. 305 or amerklin@stjohnsea.org for more information.

Saint of the Month: 
Saint Nicolas
Feast Day - December 6
Virtue - Understanding 

Nicholas was born toward the end of the third century. He was ordained a priest, and appointed abbot of a monastery.

Nicholas was very generous to the poor. He showed himself the special protector of the innocent and wronged. Once, he heard that a man who had become very poor intended to sell his children into servitude. He went out by night, flung a bag of gold into the window of the sleeping father, and hurried away. Later the father fell at his feet and said, "Nicholas, you are my helper. You have delivered myself and my daughters!"

St. Nicholas is regarded as the special patron of children; the name Santa Claus comes from his name. He died at Myra in the year 342.

The Emperor Justinian built a church in his honor at Constantinople about the year 540. In 1807 his relics were brought to Bari, Italy. He has always been venerated in the Latin and Greek Churches, but the Russian Church seems to honor him more than any other saint. He is the patron saint of Russia.