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The Shining Star Newsletter |
St. Joseph's Regional Catholic School
11011 Montgomery Road
Beltsville, MD 20705
Volume XVI, Issue #08
November 2, 2015
Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed
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From the Principal's Office
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Dear St. Joseph's RCS Families, Our Inaugural Golf Tournament was a great success today! Congratulations to our winners, and thank you so much to our sponsors for making our first Golf Tournament a success! Now that November is here we are looking forward to beginning the second quarter of the 2015-2016 school year. I look forward to seeing many of you on conference day next Wednesday, and at our first honors and awards assembly the following Wednesday. Back tracking to this week, we will have uniform picture retakes tomorrow, an open house on Thursday morning, and a hot lunch to support 8th grade on Friday. Let's all reexamine our focus now that the second quarter has begun and continue to work hard through the upcoming holiday season.
I shared my instructional focus for this year . If you missed it, here it is again. We will all be focusing on improving our math abilities and performance. I've had a few parents share some great ideas and resources. What are you doing to help? I would love to hear about what you are doing at home, so I can share these strategies with our school community. I have already received some great ideas, and I am looking forward to hearing about more! STUDY THOSE MATH FACTS! We love to have our parents and family members visit and help out around the school. Have you taken the Child Protection class yet (Virtus)? If not, please go to www.virtus.org and sign up. This summer, St. Joseph's RCS also launched our new websitewww.stjosrcs.org. You can still access this the same way through the church's website, or you can type in the website address to your web browser. The 2015-16 School Calendar and School Handbook are posted here. If you're looking for us on social media you can access our Facebook page, twitter handle, @StJosephsRCS, and our instagram@stjosephsrcs on the new school website. If you haven't done so yet, please like us on Facebook and follow us on twitter and instagram!
"Consider it all joy, my brothers, when you encounter various trials, for you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. And let perseverance be perfect, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing." James 1:2-4
Zach Hooker, Principal |
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From the Home and School Association
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Claire's Gourmet orders are due
Friday, November 6, 2015
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Products will be delivered (frozen) to the school Thursday, November 19, 2015 (one week before Thanksgiving)
- Families who sell $300+ worth of products will receive 5 HSA volunteer service hours
- More order forms are available in the school office
Thank you for your support of the Home and School Association!
Attention Parents!
The upcoming
St. Joseph's Parish
is in need of a coordinator for the
Pictures with Santa Booth
Saturday, November 14, 2015 from 10am to 4pm.
You will earn 20 hours in one day!
- You will take pictures of children on Santa's lap
- Print the pictures and cut them to size depending on what novelty item the family purchases (picture frame, snowflake ornament, snow globe)
- Collect money and submit it to the Bazaar chair at the end of the day
- You will be responsible for set up and clean up
- Must have your own camera/printer/ink/photo paper and cutting supplies available
- All supply expenses will be reimbursed
- Adult and student volunteers are invited to help
St. Joseph's Regional Catholic School Parents -
Are you interested in earning DOUBLE Home and School Association
Volunteer Service Hours?!
Sign up to volunteer at St. Joseph's Parish's
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2015
Bazaar Hours 10am - 4pm
Spaghetti Dinner 6pm - 7:30pm
We are also in need of volunteers to help with set up on
Thursday, November 12 from 5:00pm til 9:00pm
Adult Volunteers are needed especially at the following booths:
- Kitchen - preparing and serving lunch the whole day
- Santa's Secret Shoppe - helping children purchase items for their loved ones
- Pictures with Santa - see reverse
- Popcorn/Nachos/Drink booth
- Silent Auction/Sweepstakes
Student Volunteers are invited to earn service hours by working at the following booths:
- Popcorn/Nachos/Drink booth
- Turkey Raffle sales
- Crafts and Games
- Arcade Room
Important information:
- You do NOT have to have completed the Child Protection Program (Virtus Training) to volunteer at the Bazaar (unless you are Santa).
- You can work as many or as few hours as your time allows.
- There WILL NOT be volunteer sign in sheets at the Bazaar. Please don't forget to log your hours in using the HSA website after the event.
To sign up or if you have questions, please email the St. Joseph's RCS Home and School Association President, Marianne Schwenz at schwenzm@comcast.net
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Please visit the HSA's Google Site for answers to any questions you may have and to log your volunteer hours. You can also call any of our board members at any time.
Marianne Schwenz
President, Home and School Association
home 301.572.2229
cell 240.508.9957
fax 301.572.0073
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| Alumni Section! |
There is a Facebook Page especially for the Alumni! Please look under " St. Joseph's Beltsville Catholic School Alumni" Click here to go see!
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Child Protection Electronic Background Screening
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Child Protection Electronic Background screening will now be available for St. Joseph's Parish & St. Joseph's Regional Catholic School in the school office from 8:30 am - 10:00am Wednesdays & Thursdays. Please contact Mrs. Stock in the school office at 301-937-7154 or by e-mail at schooloffice@stjosrcs.org
to schedule an appointment. You will need to bring your volunteer application, 2 forms of ID and payment of $13.50, checks made out to St. Joseph's or cash.
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School Facebook Page
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If you haven't already "liked" us on Facebook, please take a moment to click this link and "like" our new Saint Joseph's Regional Catholic School Page.
https://www.facebook.com/stjosephbeltsville
or find us by typing SAINT Joseph's Regional Catholic School.
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Schedule a Parent-Teacher Conference
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This year we will once again be using Sign-Up Genius to schedule our Parent-teacher Conferences on November 11. To schedule a conference please follow the directions below.
In the upper right hand corner click on "Find a sign up"
Under "Search by e-mail" enter the address schooloffice@stjosrcs.org and answer the security question
Click on the class(es) you wish to schedule a conference with then sign up for the available time slot that works best for you.
Click "Submit & Sign up"
If you already have a Sign-Up Genius account, sign in and complete the sign up.
If you do not have a Sign-Up genius account, complete the information requested, you do not need an account to use this program.
If you are do not know if you have an account, follow the directions for not having an account, Sign-Up Genius will let you know if you have an account and ask you to sign in.
Once you have signed up for your conference(s) you will receive a reminder email 2 days prior to the conference.
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| Tuition Assistance Applications | |
The tuition assistance applications are now open. Please apply. The application takes some tim; please do not wait to the end to apply. Parents who applied late or submitted portions of their application late were refused assistance. Families do not need to be Catholic in order to receive assistance from the Archdiocese. Parents must apply through the ADW in order to be considered for Pastoral Tuition Assistance.
2016 - 2017 ADW Tuition Assistance Program - Open Application Period Begins
Applications for the 2016 - 2017 Archdiocesan Tuition Assistance Program will be available online beginning Monday, September 28, 2015. The deadline for applicants to apply is Friday, December 4, 2015. Families may apply online by logging onto www.stjosrcs.org and completing the following steps:
- Click on Tuition Assistance under the "About" tab.
- Click on the appropriate (English or Spanish) "TADS - Financial Aid Application" link
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| Picture Retake Day November 3 | Picture Retake day is coming on Tuesday, November 3. If you purchased pictures in September and wish to have a retake done, please send your child with the picture packet on November 3. If you missed ordering or were absent for the pictures in September, please get an order form from the school office. If you have questions please contact the school office. (301-937-7154)
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| Volunteer Opportunities |
- Monday morning envelope stuffers
- Picture Retake Day
- Health Room--RN or higher
All Require ADW Child Protection Program completion. Please call the office 301-937-7154
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8th Grade Donates Lunches to Elizabeth House 11/6
| | This month's lunches for Elizabeth House are generously being donated by our 8th Grade Class. We are looking forward to giving the delicious lunches to Elizabeth House on
Friday, November 6th, 2015!
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2nd Graders for All Saints Day
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Monsignor was impress with the knowledge our second graders had about their Saints! 
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Elizabeth House Times and Grades
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November 6th Grade 8
December 4th Grade 6
January 8th Grade 7
February 5th Grade 5
March 4th Grade 2
April 8th Kindergarten
May 6th Pre-K
June 3rd Grade 3
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Calendar Events
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Nov 2 All Souls' Day
Inaugural Golf Tournament
Winter Uniforms Begin
Script Orders Due
Nov 3 Picture Retake Day
Grades Due
Nov 4 Faculty Meeting
School Mass 8:15 AM
Hot Lunch--Chick-Fil-A
Nov 5 Open House
8:30--11 AM
Nov 6 8th Grade makes lunches for Elizabeth House
Claire's Gourmet Fundraising Paid-Up Order Forms Due
Hot Lunch to support 8th Grade (Pasta Lunch)
Nov 10 Home & School Board Meeting
Nov 11 Parent-Teacher Conferences 11 AM--7 PM School Closed Veteran's Day
Nov 12 $1 Tag Day to support 8th Grade
Nov 13 Faculty Retreat
School Closed
Nov 14 Christmas Bazaar
Nov 17 School Advisory Board
Nov 18 Grade Level Team Meeting
Honors & Awards Assembly 8:15 AM
Hot Lunch--Boston Market--Thanksgiving Lunch Nov 19 Claire's Gourmet Delivery
8th Grade Art Field Trip
Nov 22 Feast of Christ the King
Nov 24 NO ECP
Box Top Tag Day Nov 25-27
Thanksgiving Break
School Closed
Nov 29 First Sunday of Advent
Nov 30 Classes Resume
Feast of Saint Andrew, Apostle
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Dec 4 2016-2017 Archdiocesan Tuition Assistance Program Closes
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Sincerely,
St. Joseph's Regional Catholic School
11011 Montgomery Road
Beltsville, MD 20705 |
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