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St. John Bosco Catholic School is a Pre-K through 8th Grade Catholic elementary school dedicated to academic excellence, serving others and developing the whole child.
St. John Bosco Catholic School serves students and their families in the Ahwatukee area of Phoenix, Tempe, Chandler, Gilbert, Maricopa and other East valley cities.
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Wed
| May 7
| All Day
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Adoration
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Thu
| May 8
| 1:15pm
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Talent Show
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Sat
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May 10
| 8:00am
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The Bosco Golf & Gala
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May 12-16
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| Book Fair
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| May 13
| 8:30am
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Tech Day
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Teacher Appreciation Week
May 5th - 9th is Teacher Appreciation Week. Please take a moment to let your teachers know how special they are and how much you appreciate all their hard work and dedication for all the students at St. John Bosco.
Thank you to the Student Council, Moms' Club, Dads' Club and PTO who are all helping to make the week extra special for our staff. If you are interested in helping the Dads' club serve breakfast, click here for the sign up genius.
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The 2014-2015 School Year Calendar is now available on our website.
Please remember that starting in August 2014, ESP will not be open when school is closed for the day, such as holidays, Christmas and Spring break. ESP will be open as usual on full days, ½ days and noon dismissal days.
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The Book Fair is Coming!
Our annual Spring Scholastic Book Fair will be held May 12-16 in the SJB library. We are looking forward to an exciting selection of titles. We will have a popular new Minecraft book for sale. Look for pre-order forms to be sent home the first week of May. Please return on or before May 12. SJB will also receive sales credit for online sales - check out our Book Fair Homepage for more details.
This spring we are hosting a Book Fair Fiesta Reader Challenge. We will tally each book purchase at the register - keeping a record by teacher. The classroom with the most books sold will receive a Fiesta party complete with Piñata chips & salsa and a "special guest" appearance.
Volunteers are needed to help with set up, sales during the Fair, and clean up. To volunteer, please use the Sign up Genius or contact Mrs. Harvey at tharvey@sjbosco.org. For more information, please contact one of our book fair chairs: Anita Buckel, Erikah Gamez or Justine Allen. Hope to see you at the Fair!
Shopping Hours: Mon., Tues. & Thurs. 7:30am - 4:30pm Wed. 7:30am - 6pm Fri. 7:30am - 1:30pm Special Events: Late Night Wednesday until 6 Book Fair Jamboree during the school day Click here to read a letter from Dr. Axman!
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Get a head start on next year's service hours
You can earn 30 of your service hours this summer to get a jump start on the next school year by volunteering for Vacation Bible School! Enroll your kids, then email Holly Forseth at hforseth@stbenedict.org and let her know how you would like to help. We still need teachers, snack coordinators and a variety of other helpers. Vacation Bible School will be held June 16-20th from 9:00am-noon. For more information, please visit http://www.stbenedict.org/vbs
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Looking for a virtual summer math program?
Mrs. Cesarano will be teaching a virtual summer math program with High Potential Education. Grades K- Algebra II. The course will be tailored to their individual needs, as well as a weekly progress report. For more information or to register, visit:
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Advisory Board Applications Being AcceptedThe Advisory Board is seeking applications for new members for the 2014-2015 school year. If you are interested, please download an application from the advisory board page on the website and turn it into the office and leave in Dr. Axman's box. Applications will be accepted until Friday, May 9th. If you have any questions, please email our board president at s.lykins@lykinsproperties.com.
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St. John Bosco is Hiring!
Are you, or someone you know, looking to teach in a loving, caring and Catholic environment? Our school St. John Bosco has a few openings for individuals looking to marry their love of teaching with their faith. To learn more about the positions available, please visit the Diocesan job posting page. (You can see the SJB listings only by selecting the school from the drop-down menu to the right on the Diocesan page.)
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Connect to the Future on SJB Tech Day!
We are excited to announce the success of Running with Rosco and a grant from the Catholic Community Foundation allowed us to purchase additional iPads, bringing our total to 144 new iPads for our school! That means not only putting powerful tablet technology in the hands of students and teachers across pre-k to 8th grade, but also dramatically changing the way our students learn and our teachers present lessons.
On Tuesday, May 13 we will hold a first-ever Tech Day at SJB to kick off Connect to the Future, a school-wide technology initiative for the effective integration of technology in the classroom and across curriculum in 2014-2015-and beyond! Be sure to save the date for Tech Day! Here is a sneak peek at our fun and educational lineup of activities:
8:30 to 8:55 a.m. - Welcome, opening prayer and thank you to the SJB PTO and Catholic Community Foundation by Fr. Bob and Dr. Axman
8:55 to 9:20 a.m. - "iPad Unveil" ribbon cutting ceremony and brief presentations onthe importance of technology in education and careers in tech by Avnet executive Scott MacDonald and Jill Sciarappo, Intelexecutive and SJB parent
9:20 to 10:20 a.m. - iPad learning session led by Apple executive Brian Peterson who will demonstrate some of the best educational apps for kids: Puppet Pals, NOVA Elements and Virtual History Roma
2 to 2:30 p.m. - Connect with Code instructional sessions in the lab and classroomled by Mr. Regalado using coding activities from www.code.org
The Tech Day morning session will take place in the MPR for 6th through 8th graders and by live streaming via ustream.com in the classroom for pre-k through 5th graders. Parents with an internet connection can also access the live stream via the SJB channel at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/sjb-programs. The stream will go live five to 10 minutes before the event.
Connect with Code sessions for pre-k through 8th graders will take place in the lab and in the classroom with iPads through a buddy system. SJB's Connect with Code sessions are inspired by the national Hour of Code initiative started by Computer Science Education Week which takes place annually in December. Hour of Code promotes bringing code to the classroom and the fundamentals of computer science for all students, everywhere. For more information, visit www.csedweek.org.
Click here for a video produced by Apple on the use of iPads in education.
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Scrip News
It is Teacher Appreciation Week! Stop by our office to check out our Harkins gift packages, or pick up a $5 gift card or two for your favorite SJB teacher.
Do you need graduation gifts? We carry gift cards for iTunes, Harkins, AMC, Barnes and Noble and Starbucks, to name a few. Get them a gift you know they will love and will use!
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Volunteer of the Month
Congratulations to Scott Walker & Jenny Ohea! They are parents to Aidan (5th) & Evangeline (2nd). Scott & Jenny were nominated for: Coaching 3 sports teams, volunteering in the classrooms, Running in Girls on the Run & serving on the Advisory Board. All of these take patience, commitment & talent! Congratulations! They will enjoy the Volunteer of the Month parking spot in the front of the school for the entire month of May.
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End of Year Party
Save the Date: Friday May 16th 1:30-3:30 PM.
The party will be held at Airworxx. Stay tuned for more details.
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a Ministry of the Parish of St. Benedict
St. John Bosco Catholic School 16035 S. 48th St., Phoenix, AZ 85048
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