St. John Paul II Catholic School 
 KNIGHT LIFE 
105 St. Paul Street
Sellersburg, IN  47172
October 21, 2015 
DATES TO REMEMBER

October
21 through 23 - Parent/Teacher Conferences
26 through 30 - Scholastic Book Fair
26 through 30 - Red Ribbon Week
28 - All Saints Mass 8:30 a.m./Grade 3 Grandparents Day
30 - Halloween Parade of Costumes & Parties  1:00 p.m.

November 
2 - 6th Grade Science Fair
4 - Mass 8:30 a.m.
6 - Family Friday-2nd Grade (Veteran's Day)/Spirit Wear Day/No Bus Service/1:40 p.m.       
      Dismissal
6 - Deanery Science Fair
7 - Adult "Knight" Out 7:00 p.m.
9 - Field Trip Grades 2 & 3
11 - Mass 8:30 a.m.
11 - Veteran's Day
16 - Grade 6 Shadow Day at Providence
18 - Mass 8:30 a.m.
25 through 27 - Thanksgiving Break/No School 

NOTICE:  CALENDAR CHANGE
The date of the Father/Daughter Dance has been changed to February 20th.
REMINDER - MORNING ARRIVAL (Drop-off)
When dropping of your child in the morning please drive in from Scheller Avenue and leave turning right on Hwy 31. Please do not attempt to turn left on Hwy 31. It causes a back-up of traffic into the parking lot.
 
Grade 3
The third graders did a great job telling our St. John Paul II students about the importance of learning good character traits during their Family Friday presentation.   
 
     
Kindergarten
Mrs Kist's class learned about Christopher Columbus.  Victor and Ben created his ship out of Legos!  What a fun project! 


Mrs. Milliner's class made magnifying glasses!  They had fun looking at things in the classroom and making BIG Halloween mouths with them!

Shoe Drive for Haiti


  

 

National Red Ribbon Week 
A letter is being sent home today to parents about next week's National Red Ribbon celebration at St. John Paul II Catholic School.  We will be celebrating each day with a sticker or bracelet and a reminder of this year's national theme for Red Ribbon Week,
Respect Yourself, Be Drug Free.  The St. John Paul II Parent Group is organizing the event and Logan Lavelle Hunt Insurance and Wealth Management is providing our stickers and bracelets.  Thank you to parents and local businesses for supporting Red Ribbon Week! 
Monday - October 26 
Wear the color red (non-uniform day) and a sticker that says "Red"y to Live a Drug Free Life 
Tuesday - October 27 
Wear a hat with your school uniform and a sticker that says Hats Off to Being Drug Free
Wednesday - October 28
Wear a bracelet with your school uniform that says I Love My Drug Free Selfie
Thursday - October 29
Wear your favorite team apparel (non-uniform day) and a sticker that says Team Up Against Drugs 
Friday - October 30 
Sign an"I, __________________, Pledge to Be Drug Free" sticker (Halloween Parade Day)

Adult "Knight" Out
Raffle #137572

Saturday, November 7
St. Joe Hill Parish Hall
Doors Open 6:30 p.m.
Dinner 7:00 p.m.
Dancing 8:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Live Music provided by Ground Zero
Raffles - 50/50 - Cash Bar
$25/person-$40/couple-$200/table of 10
Everyone 21 and over is welcome.
Invite your friends and family!
For more information contact Amy Wheatley:    
Grade 5
Mrs. Meyer's 5th grade grammar classes completed sentence surgery this week while working on correctly using commas and quotation marks.  This activity also reviewed the correct use of capitalization and punctuation.  The groups of students were given a tongue depressor to note capitalization, long Band-aids to enter the correct punctuation, and circular Band-aids to mark the correct places for commas and quotation marks.  They had to "fix" their sentences using their doctor tools.  They had a great time while working on many grade level standards. 
 
HALLOWEEN PARADE OF COSTUMES 
Our annual Halloween Parade of Costumes will be on Friday, October 30, at 1:00  on the playground.  If your child needs help with a costume you are welcome to go to their classroom after 12:15.  In case of rain we will be in the gym.  Everyone is invited to attend!
Students in grades 1 to 6 will be non-uniform and will change into costumes after lunch.  The Parade of Costumes will be judged on the following in each class:  Funniest, Most Unique and Most Effort.
Kindergarten students will come to school in costume for the day. They will parade their costumes for everyone but will not be in the "contest".
Classroom Halloween parties will follow the parade.
The following is from the Parent & Student Handbook:
St. Paul Catholic School has a Halloween costume parade and party for each class. This is a traditional event and we welcome parents, relatives and friends. Please monitor costumes very carefully for good taste and appropriateness. No revealing or frightening costumes are allowed. 
In addition, no weapons, including toy weapons can be brought to school.  

         
The Living Rosary - October 2, 2015 



Book Fair News
 
The Scholastic Book Fair is coming to St. John Paul II Catholic School!  The fair will be open for a preview for all students on Tuesday, October 27.  The schedule is below.

A Book Fair flyer will be sent this this Friday, October 23.  The flyer  is a preview of what will be offered at the Book Fair.  In addition to the flyer there will be a second flyer for a pre-sale for the new book Diary of a Wimpy Kid:  Old School.  If your child would like to purchase this book, simply fill out the form and send it, along with payment, to the Book Fair.  The books will not be available for pick-up at the Book Fair.  They will be shipped to our school after November 2.  Please see the flyer for additional information.

You can also preview the Book Fair by clicking on this link to our Book Fair website: 
http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/stjohnpauliicatholicschool

Thank you for supporting our Book Fair!  We look forward to filling our bookshelves with new books!

Schedule

Tuesday, October 27  8:00 to 2:00 - Preview for all Students

Wednesday, October 28  
7:30 to 8:15 - Open for parents and students
11:00 to 11:30 - Open for 3rd Grade students and their Grandparents

Thursday, October 29 
8:15 to 11:15 - Open for classes at their scheduled times
12:15 to 1:30 - Open for classes at their scheduled times
2:00 to 3:30 - Open for parents to shop

Friday, October 30    
8:00 to 10:30 - Open for everyone 
11:00 to 12:15 - Open for parents before Halloween Parade

  
  
Athletic News 
1st/2nd Grade Volleyball Parents Workers Schedule
Sunday, October 25, 2015

                            Door                            Concessions
2:00 pm                Howell                          Young/Murray
3:00 pm                Book                             Graf/Jones
4:00 pm                Blake                            Schneider/Wright   
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Bulletin Board of the Week 
6th - Mrs. Amanda Sumpter