Click here for the athletic calendar and games scheduled this week. 

This Weeks Schedule: All games are 4:00 pm unless indicated otherwise.

Click here for school addresses for away games. 

Good Luck to all the Bosco Bulldogs!!!

Friday, January 31 will be a 12:00 noon dismissal.  There will be no lunch on that day.

For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger and you invited ME in. - Matthew 25:35

THE FLU IS HERE

It is not too late to get a flu vaccine.  Many walk in clinics have the vaccine if you can not get in to see your own health care provider.  

We now have students with confirmed cases of the flu virus on campus.  

Symptoms include fever that can last 3 to 4 days, headache, general aches and pains, exhaustion, stuffy nose, sneezing, cough and chest discomfort.  

We have a school policy to be fever free for 24 hours without medication before returning to school, but students should not return if they still have other symptoms.  They are still shedding the virus.

The best way to prevent the spread of the virus is to wash your hands with soap and water frequently and to sneeze into your arm.  Please remind your students to wash their hands

Visit www.TakeTheCredit.org to download your FREE copy today.

Thank you to all families and students at SJB who are donating their used juice pouches!  

• We have collected around 3400 pouches so far, and need about 600 more to send them in to TERRACYCLE.  

• Please continue to deposit empty pouches in the JUICE POUCH BOXES in the MPR.

• If you are sending them in from home, please place them in a sealed ziploc bag in the blue storage box by Ms. Whalen's science room....remember to collect from games, meetings, parties, etc.  

• The CAP Club just received a check for $168.72 from last school year's collection!

Any questions or if you would like to clean pouches for service hours, please contact Jane Waypa.

Well, the check has arrived!!  SJB received a check in the amount of $1925.50, which is the biggest collection the school has ever received at one time.  And it's all because of YOU!  Thank you for "Seeing, Clipping, and Saving" those box tops along with the Labels for Education.  They really do add up quickly and each one is important.    Our End-of-the-Year finale will feature a catered lunch for the grade level who has turned in the most Box Tops and Labels during the school year.  Don't forget you can also shop online at www.btfe.com and order from over 400 retailers.  Each $10 purchase will earn the school Box Tops...but only if going through the Box Tops website first. THANK YOU again for your support!   

SJB Students will compete in the third of four Catholic Math League competitions on February 5th. Great work, keep it up!

Click here for a great article analyzing the role of fine motor skills in identifying young gifted mathematical learners.  

Field day will be during Catholic Schools Week.  We need volunteers to help organize games and activities.  Please click here to sign up.   

Do you know that "SCRIP" is a shortened form of the word "conscripment," meaning a form of payment that is alternative to cash, like gift cards!!

Baseball season is right around the corner.  Bosco ball players have the exciting opportunity to purchase custom wood bats from two different vendors.  Wood bats are excellent training tools for practice, teaching better swing mechanics and where on the bat to make contact. Additionally, they can save some wear and tear on regular metal/composite bats, especially during tee work. 7th grade players especially should consider a wood bat for the upcoming Bosco baseball season. In the public middle schools, this is a "transitional" time. Players use bats with weights that are heavier than Little League bats, but lighter than full-sized adult bats. Unfortunately, the CYAA organization requires 7th and 8th grade ball players to jump from Little League bats directly to full-sized adult bat weights.

Wood bats are a way for players to still use "transitional" bats, as wood bats are allowed to be lighter weight than metal bats in CYAA.

Coaches Kominski, Rubio and myself have purchased bats for our sons and would be happy to let you take a look before you decide to buy or not.

Zinger Bat Company is a local bat manufacturer which has a design that includes the Bosco "SJB" logo on ash bats, a full paint job with a sky/royal blue and the engraving is the Bosco gold/yellow. Dove Tail Bat Company is out of Maine, but were sponsors of this past weekend's Desert Vista Baseball fundraiser. Their bats are offered in ash, birch and maple with a traditional "pro" design, and they stain their bats. They have worked with us to design a Bosco only bat design which incorporates "Pro" bat design and materials, but a shorter design in a transitional weight.

For more information or order forms, please email me: erikwbrown@me.com

The Catholic Schools Office is now accepting applications for the Diocesan School Board.  All registered Catholics are eligible.  You do not need to have children enrolled in Catholic schools to qualify.  For information & application,  click here, or call (602) 354-2344.  Application deadline - April 15, 2014.