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The Shining Star Newsletter |
St. Joseph's Regional Catholic School
Beltsville, Maryland
Volume XIII, Issue #18
January 18, 2013
St. Charles of Sezze
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From the Principal's Office | |
Dear St. Joseph's Regional Catholic School Families,
Hurray! Congratulations to our students on successfully completing the 2nd quarter of the school year! We hope that everyone takes the chance to reflect back on his/her accomplishments this past quarter. We are very proud of everyone's hard work.
On Saturday, we will be using SchoolReach to launch the first of several surveys related to our school accreditation, AdvancED. This survey relates to our "Catholic Identify" and our community. Please take the time to complete the survey; it truly only takes a few minutes. The link located below will take you directly to the survey. The SchoolReach message will read:
In an effort to improve system practices, Saint Joseph Regional School is conducting a Catholic Identity Defining Characteristics Parent and Community Survey. We value your opinion and ask that you take the time to complete this survey.
In order to complete the survey, please go to:
http://www.advanc-ed.org/survey/public/2605653
Please be assured that your responses to this survey will be anonymous. Your honest feedback is appreciated. Thank you for your time and attention to this matter.
Remember that the school choir rehearsal is on Tuesday, January 22, 2013, because of the Martin L. King, Jr. Holiday on Monday. School is closed on Monday in observance of this holiday.
The Middle School students will be attending the Youth Mass and Rally for Life on January 25, 2013. Thank you again to the Knights of Columbus, Prince George's Council #2809 and St. Hugh of Grenoble Council #10885 for their donation of the funds for the buses. A few extra tickets are available if anyone is interested in attending the Rally and Mass. Please note that transportation will have to be provided on your own, as all seats on the buses have been filled. See below for itinerary.
Catholic Schools Week 2013
Catholic Schools Raise the Standard
Sunday, January 27, 2013, marks the beginning of this year's Catholic Schools Week. The Home and School Association and the School Advisory Board will be hosting "Hospitality" after all Sunday Masses. Please contact Laura Irwin or the school office if you would like to volunteer for this event. laura_e_irwin@yahoo.com or schooloffice@stjos.org To go along with Hospitality Sunday, the Book Fair will be open from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM.
Monday, January 28, 2013, is our Grandparent's and Very Special Person's Day. The itinerary for the day is listed below.
- School Mass @ 8:15 A.M.
- Coffee and Donuts @ 9:00 A.M.
- Classroom visits @ 10:00-11:00 A.M.
- KDG-2 Lunch @ 11:00 A.M.
- 6-8 Lunch @ 11:45
- 3-5 Lunch @ 12:15
- Grandparent's and Very Special Person's Day concludes after lunch
- Thank you for sharing this day with us.
- Winter Book Fair hours are:
Monday -Thursday, 8:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m., and
Friday, 8:00-10:00 a.m.
Wednesday, January 30, 2013, we will celebrate the 2nd Quarter Awards Ceremony at 8:15 in the Parish Hall. Our school's Safety Patrols will present the color guard and lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance. Members of our school's National Junior Honor Society will lead us in prayer and the presentation of the awards. All are welcome to join our celebration.
Thursday, January 31, 2013, we will be hosting an Open House. Please tell a friend, invite your neighbor and spread the word. Let us all join together in a single voice that we have made the National School Choice of Catholic Schools, Raise the Standard!
Friday, February 1, 2013, we will have a Student Celebration of Our Catholic School. There will be an all school Bingo Party starting at 10:00 a.m. We are looking for the donations of gift cards from different local store that the students might enjoy valued at $5.00. Please drop off gift cards at the school office.
A look ahead:
- Monday, January 21, 2013-
School Closed - Tuesday, January 22, 2013
- Daily Mass 8:15 (6th-8th grades)
- Please come and join us
- School Choir rehearsal after school
- Wednesday, January 23, 2013
- Home and School Association Hot Lunch
- Papa John's Pizza
- Thursday, January 24, 2013
- Band! Remember your instrument!
- Friday, January 25, 2013-
Youth Mass and Rally for Life - 6:00 a.m.- Departure from St. Joseph's RCS
- 7:00 a.m.- Verizon Center Doors Open
- 7:30 a.m.- Rally Begins
- 10:00 a.m.- Mass Begins
- 11:30 a.m.- Depart from Verizon Center to return to St. Joseph' RCS
- Report cards distributed to students to take home
God bless,
Mr. Jankowski
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From the Home and School Association |
Volunteer Service Hour Opportunity
- VIRTUS training NOT required!
Volunteers are needed to help with the HSA sponsored Hospitality Sunday after all of the masses on Sunday, January 27. If you can stick around after ANY of the masses and help serve light refreshments to our Parish Community, please contact Marianne Schwenz 301.572.2229 or Laura Irwin 301.937.6368. Be sure to record your hours earned either online or in the book in the school office.
Race for Education Thank you's will be going in the mail next week to those friends and family who made contributions to our students. Once again, if you can donate a book of stamps or make a monetary donation towards the purchase of stamps for the Thank You mailing, it would be greatly appreciated. You will receive your receipt for your donation on or before Thursday, January 31, 2013.
IF YOU SHOP AT GIANT AND USE YOUR REWARDS CARD please take a minute to link your account to St. Joseph's Regional School so we can earn FREE MONEY! It only takes a minute.
- Log on to Giantfood.com
- Click the tab My Giant
- Click Giant Card
- in the middle of the page in the bulleted section click Cash Back for Schools with A+
- in the customer zone click register your card
- enter the first 3 letters of your last name and your Giant card # (if you need help, call the number and choose option 2, you will be connected IMMEDIATELY to a real person who you can give your phone # to and you will get your Giant card # right away), then click continue to listings
- select city and state MD - Beltsville look up
- choose St. Joseph's
- click submit school 1 and continue
- if you have a second choice of schools, repeat the above steps
- confirm that you have chosen 00373 St. Joseph's School Beltsville, MD and click confirm my information
- click complete registration
Thank you for your support!
If you have questions, please contact the HSA President,
Marianne Schwenz, at 301.572.2229 (home), 240.508.9957 (cell),
Marianne Schwenz
HSA President
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| Kindergarten's Letter "L" Show and Tell! | |
Kindergarten had a special visitor today. For "L" show and tell day, Mrs. Miller's Bearded Dragon lizard came for a visit.
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| Catholic Schools Week 2013 | |
Catholic Schools Week 2013
Catholic Schools Raise the Standard
Sunday, January 27, 2013, marks the beginning of this year's Catholic Schools Week. The Home and School Association and the School Advisory Board will be hosting "Hospitality" after all Sunday Masses. Please contact Laura Irwin if you would like to volunteer for this event. laura_e_irwin@yahoo.comm To go along with Hospitality Sunday, the Book Fair will be open from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM.
Monday, January 28, 2013, is our Grandparent's and Very Special Person's Day. The itinerary for the day is listed below.
- School Mass @ 8:15 A.M.
- Coffee and Donuts @ 9:00 A.M.
- Classroom visits @ 10:00-11:00 A.M.
- KDG-2 Lunch @ 11:00 A.M.
- 6-8 Lunch @ 11:45
- 3-5 Lunch @ 12:15
- Grandparent's and Very Special Person's Day
concludes after lunch
- Thank you for sharing this day with us.
Winter Book Fair hours are Monday -Thursday, 8:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m., and Friday, 8:00-10:00 a.m.
Wednesday, January 30, 2013, we will celebrate the 2nd Quarter Awards Ceremony at 8:15 in the Parish Hall. Our school's Safety Patrols will present the color guard and lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance. Members of our school's National Junior Honor Society will lead us in prayer and the presentation of the awards. All are welcome to join our celebration.
Thursday, January 31, 2013, we will be hosting an Open House. Please tell a friend, invite your neighbor and spread the word. Let us all join together in a single voice that we have made the School Choice of Catholic Schools Raise the Standard!
Friday, February 1, 2013-Student Celebration of Our Catholic School
We have made the School Choice of
Catholic Schools--Raise the Standard!
We are offering the School Choice scarf, the "Raise the Standard" band, and the "Catholic Schools Raise the Standard" pin as a bundle--all for $3!
Please see the school office to purchase these School Spirit items (the scarf, band, and pin). We look forward to seeing our students and parents looking good! |
| Please Help St. Joseph's Food Pantry! | |
St. Joseph's food pantry, located in the church, is running very low. We are in need of all types of food: peanut butter, pasta, rice, cans of fruit, vegetables, cereal, etc. Please consider picking up a couple extra boxes of whatever you buy for yourself and donate it to the food pantry. Some find it helpful to pick just one item and buy it regularly for the pantry. Drop-off boxes are located in your children's classrooms or in the school office. Thank you for your continued support in helping the less fortunate.
-St. Joseph's Social Concerns Committee
Suggested Donation Items:
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Grade |
Items | |
PK |
Peanut Butter and Jelly/Shampoo (regular or travel size) | |
K |
Canned Soups, Ramen Noodles/Soap
(regular or travel size) | |
1 |
Canned Vegetables or Fruit/Toilet Paper | |
2 |
Canned Meat or Fish/Toothbrush, Toothpaste
(regular or travel size) | |
3 |
Canned Meals (ex. Beef stew, Spaghetti Os)
/Paper Towels | |
4 |
Pasta, Rice, Beans, Mac & Cheese/Shaving Cream (regular or travel size) | |
5 |
Pasta Sauce/Household Cleaners
(ex. Dish soap, Comet, Mr. Clean) | |
6 |
Canned Meats or Fish/Razors | |
7 |
Kid-Friendly Cereals/Laundry Detergent | |
8 |
Juice, Juice boxes/Deodorant (regular or travel size) | |
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY! |
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| Time to Order Hot Lunch for February 2013! | |
Hot Lunch Order forms are now available for the month of February.
Please fill out this order form, one per student, and return it to school by January 18, 2013.
Thank you! |
| St. Joseph's CYO Baseball/Softball Registrations | |
St. Joseph's CYO
Baseball/Softball Registrations
We will be holding our baseball/softball registrations on Jan 23rd from 7 to 8 pm in the Multipurpose Room of St Joseph's Regional Catholic School. This will be for grades 2-8. If there wasn't a team previously due to an insufficient number of players, please check with us again and hopefully we will have enough to field a team. T-ball registration will be held at a later date (stay tuned). We will be holding uniform collections the same time as the above registration dates!
At the time of registration you will need the
registration money ($100) and the uniform deposit ($40).
It is imperative for CYO to know how many teams we will have and how many uniforms we will need.
Please feel free to e-mail any questions to cyostjoseph@gmail.com or call Melissa Gott @ 301-642-1967.
God Bless and play ball,
Melissa GottJ |
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Go Green ~Recycle Your Paper~ | |
Help our environment and our school at the same time--bring your catalogs, newspapers, and magazines to the Abitibi recycle bin in our parking lot. This makes money for the school and keeps paper o ut of our landfills. We wish to especially thank those who have been recycling their paper--you've made a difference! We are in need of more paper that is donated--so we are asking if you can also see if your family, neighbors, or friends would also like to donate and recycle their paper. Thank You!
(Please do not include cardboard.)
Recycle paper in the
Green and Yellow Bin
in our parking lot. |
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Volunteers Needed: |
- Please call the school office to see what is available.
301-937-7154
We look forward to hearing from you!
REMINDER: All volunteers in the school need to have completed the Archdiocese of Washington's Child Protection Program. |
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Calendar Events | |
Jan 18 Box Top Tag Day
End of 2nd Quarter
Faculty Meeting
Noon Dismissal
Teacher Appreciation Lunch 8th Grade
Jan 21 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
School Closed
Jan 23 Hot Lunch--Papa John's
St. Joseph's CYO Baseball/Softball Registration
7-8 PM for Grades 2-8
Jan 25 Conversion of Saint Paul, Apostle
Youth Mass & Rally for Life
Report Cards Distributed
Jan 27 Catholic Schools Week
Hospitality Sunday at St. Joseph's
Hosted by Home & School and School Advisory Board
Jan 28-Feb 1 Book Fair
Catholic Schools Week
Jan 28 Hot Lunch--Pasta (free for Grandparents)
School Mass 8:15 AM
Jan 30 Honors & Awards Assembly 8:15 AM
Hot Lunch--Chick-fil-A
Jan 31 Open House-Open Registration Begins
Feb 1 End of Catholic Schools Week
One for Books Tag Day
Noon Dismissal
Faculty Inservice
Feb 2 St. Joseph's First Reconciliation Liturgy
Feb 6 Faculty Advisory Committee
Hot Lunch Wings/Fries or Mozzarella Sticks
Feb 8 Tag Day to Support Class of 2013
Teacher Appreciation Lunch--PreK
Feb 12 Class Pictures
Fat Tuesday Pancake Breakfast to Support Class of 2013
Home & School Board Meeting
Lincoln's Birthday
Feb 13 Ash Wednesday
School Mass 12 Noon
Hot Lunch Dominos Cheese Pizza
Spanish Movie Day
Feb 14 Valentine's Day
Parties 1:30 PM
Feb 15 Stations of the Cross 12:30 PM
Feb 18 President's Day
School Closed
Feb 20 Faculty Meeting
Hot Lunch Boston Market Chicken or Turkey
St. Joseph's First Eucharist Retreat Registration Due
Feb 22 Feast of Saint Peter's Chair
Progress Reports Distributed
Stations of the Cross 12:30 PM
Washington's Birthday
Feb 23 Spaghetti Dinner 6:30 PM
Feb 27 St. Joseph's First Eucharist Parents Meeting
Hot Lunch Pasta
Feb 28 Box Top Tag Day
Tuition Due
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Sincerely,
St. Joseph's Regional Catholic School
11011 Montgomery Road
Beltsville, MD 20705 |
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