Re-Enrollment Due NOW

If you missed the deadline for re-enrollment, you MUST submit your re-enrollment information as soon as possible. Since the deadline has passed, a late fee of $50 will be applied if you fail to complete your application this week. You may access RenWeb re-enrollment through your family's RenWeb account. District Code: SJB-AZ; User Name; Password; Login > Family Information > 2015-16 Re-enrollment > Student Name > Start. Please do not create a new application for your family. 

The re-enrollment fee is $150 per student with a maximum charge of $300 per family. If you have chosen to apply your Scrip credit to your re-enrollment fee(s), this credit has already been applied to your FACTS account. If your student will not be re-enrolling, please email our school Admissions Coordinator, Dorothy Abril as soon as possible. If you have any difficulties with your registration, please contact our Operations Manager, Caroline Panzarella.

Thank you to our sponsors so far!

BZ Realty | John Spini | Marcus Networking | Chandler Analytical Labs | The Bill Watson Group | The Hansen Family | Barefoot Pools | Scott's Training Systems

If you are interested in supporting The Bosco as a sponsor, please click here for more information.

First Ever St. John Bosco Tuition Raffle

The Bosco Hospitality Opportunity

Calling all Golfers!

The 14th Annual Bosco Golf Tournament will be on April 18 at Club West Golf Club. We begin with a 7:00 am shotgun start. Online sign up coming soon. Click here for sponsorship information.

Promote your Business at The Bosco Golf Tournament
Do you have a company that would like to benefit from exposure at the 2015 Bosco Golf Tournament? Consider donating 150 items with your company logo to be included in The Bosco goodie bags. If you would like to gain visibility and exposure for your company but need a creative marketing solution, please contact Peter Grossgold at 602.810.5555.

Donation Opportunities for "The Bosco Goes to Broadway"

SJB invites you to become a Mentor Family for the 2015-16 school year! To become a mentor family, you must:

• Attend the Mentor Family Training on Monday, March 23 from 7:00 - 8:00 pm in the SJB Library. 
• Complete the Mentor Family Application due by April 1.

• Attend the New Family Welcome BBQ, which will be scheduled for beginning of August. 

• Be available to your mentee family throughout the entire school year. We'll be providing fun suggestions to keep your new family engaged!

All mentor families receive 50 volunteer hours! If you have any additional questions, please contact PTO New Family Coordinator Kelly Sorkin at 480.559.3242.

Our 6th grade Spanish class shares their dreams using green screen technology! Mi sueño... 

If you have any alumni news you'd like to share with the Bite, please email Ms. Holtgreve.

Rescheduled State of the School Presentation

Please join us on Monday, March 30 from 5:30 - 6:30 pm for an abbreviated Advisory Board meeting, with the State of the School to follow from 6:30 - 7:30 pm. This will be a very informative meeting and we encourage all parents to come. We will be providing child care, if needed--please RSVP for child care here.

Now Accepting Advisory Board Applications

If you know of someone who would be interested and can fully commit to the SJB Advisory Board, please ask them to apply! You can find the application here. Applications are due by the end of March. Please hand them in to the front office.

St. Benedict Mass Hosting

There are two Mass times in which we would like SJB students to host Mass at St. Benedict on Sunday, March 22: 9:00 am and 11:00 am. There will be six (6) slots available for hospitality, four (4) slots available for gift-bearers and one (1) slot available for the greeting reader per Mass. All positions are open to all grades, with the exception of the greeting reader who must be in 3rd grade or older. If you're interested in signing up, please click here.

Yearbook Information

It's not too late to buy the yearbook! Go to treering.com/validate and enter the school passcode: 1013434873754555. The deadline to order a yearbook is April 11. Yearbooks can only be purchased online--there will be no extras.

CRS Lenten Rice Bowls

This fourth week of Lent, CRS Rice Bowl introduces us to Tanious, whose family left their home in Syria for a safer life in Lebanon. Families like Tanious' are working hard to create a new life in Lebanon, and CRS is helping. Read the Story of Hope to see how. Will your family join Catholics across the US in this week's fast from snacks? Remember to put your savings into your CRS Rice Bowl to change the lives of families like Tanious'.

Prayer: For those who are forced from their homes due to war, natural disasters and other tragedies, that they may be welcomed with love and Christian hospitality in new and foreign lands. We pray to the Lord.

Activity: As a family, reflect on the Lives of the Saints--powerful witnesses of how God's grace can work through us. 

2015-16 FACTS Information

Families re-enrolling for the 2015-16 school year will receive a Re-Enrollment Preference Letter from FACTS.  It serves to notify each family that their FACTS account along with all of its demographic and billing information will be rolled over to initiate the 2015-16 Payment Plan. If you want to change your payment plan or your participation status in the Peace of Mind (POM) benefit offered by FACTS, please sign and return the Preference Letter that is being emailed to you today by FACTS to the School Business Office, attention Caroline Panzarella by April 1st.The POM Benefit will pay any eligible FACTS unpaid balance in the event of the death of the Responsible Party or his/her legal spouse. Coverage is only available to individuals under age 70. If you choose a one-payment option, you are not eligible for POM. Below please find the payment plans available, payment date(s) and cost of the plan charged by FACTS.

Annual Payment in Full

• Full Balance (100%) due June 2015

• Payments available on 5th or 20th

• FACTS Enrollment Fee: Paid by Customer ($0.00)

Semi-Annual Payment Plan

• Half of the Balance (50%) due June 2015 & Half of the Balance (50%) due December 2015

• Payments available on 5th or 20th

• FACTS Enrollment Fee: Paid by Customer ($10.00)

Monthly Payment Plan

• Eleven total payments from June 2015 - April 2016

• Payments available on 5th or 20th

• If setup late, total number of payments will decrease each month.

• FACTS Enrollment Fee: Paid by Customer ($38.00)

Bi-Monthly Payment Plan **New Option for the 2015-16 School Year**

• Twenty-two total payments (payments processed twice a month) from June 2015 - April 2016

• Payments process on 5th & 20th

• If setup late, total number of payments will decrease each month. 

• FACTS Enrollment Fee: Paid by Customer ($38.00)

Financial Aid

As we prepare to enroll our students for the 2015 - 16 academic year, please note that the various student tuition assistance organizations (STOs) have different deadlines and procedures for their application process. For a list of organizations that have supported SJB students over the past few years, click here. 

Catholic Education Arizona (CEA)

The application process for the 2015 - 16 school year is now open. Catholic Education Arizona uses FAIR-Financial Aid Independent Review to process its applications. Please note that there is a $24.00 application fee. The application is available online or you can also download the CEA-FAIR brochure for 2015 - 16. The CEA school code is 700 and the school password is cea700. If you fax your supporting documents to FAIR, be sure to confirm receipt with FAIR. CEA application deadline for round one awards is April 15. Parents will be notified of the disposition of your submitted application by CEA by June 30, 2015.

Brophy Community Foundation

The Brophy Community Foundation applications for financial aid for the 2015 - 16 school year are now available at this link. The Foundation's application deadline is April 15--there is no charge for applications submitted on or before April 15. All families who have received an award previously must re-apply every year. Please note that the Foundation uses FACTS to process their applications. This FACTS grant and financial aid system is different from the tool that SJB uses for our FACTS tuition management. If your family applies for CEA scholarship funds, you are encouraged to consider submitting an online application to the Brophy Community Foundation.

If you have any questions regarding financial aid resources, please feel free to email Caroline Panzarella, SJB Operations Manager at 480.219.4845.