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The Shining Star Newsletter |
St. Joseph's Regional Catholic School
11011 Montgomery Road
Beltsville, MD 20705
Volume XVI, Issue #11
November 23, 2015
Blessed Miguel Agustin Pro
Happy Thanksgiving!
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From the Principal's Office
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Dear St. Joseph's RCS Families, Happy Thanksgiving! I hope this week is one that you are able to sit down with your family and/or friends to reflect on all the wonderful things you are thankful for. For me, I will be thanking God for Blessing me with the opportunity to be a leader in the St. Joseph's RCS community. It is truly a wonderful day every day I come to work and it is all because of the faculty, families, and students focused on learning and growth. As promised, I stated in my last newsletter I would share the ways teachers and families are incorporating math ideas. A few new websites teachers are using include IXL and Khan Academy. Students are able to work on specific skills based on their needs. Additionally we have parents showing how lines, angles, measurement, and curves are used in design and architecture. How addition, subtraction, equations, fractions, and ratios are used in medicine. Finally, how math fractions and patterns relate to music. If we take a second look we can find math in almost everything we do. Find out more ways math can be used outside of the classroom HERE If you have not done so already, please make sure you have submitted your APPLICATION FOR FINANCIAL AID. You can click the link or find it on the school website. The DEADLINE for returning families to apply is on DECEMBER 4th. We are all be focusing on improving our math abilities and performance. I hope the ideas I shared and the website can be helpful. With a common focus, we can make extraordinary gains! STUDY THOSE MATH FACTS! Child Protection Policy- visit www.virtus.org to sign up. School's Website- www.stjosrcs.org. Facebook- stjosephbeltsvilleTwitter- @StJosephsRCSInstagram- @stjosephsrcs
"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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Happy Thanksgiving!
Thank you for your support of the Home and School Association!
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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| Art Room Donations Needed--Beans! | |
The art room is looking for donations of lots beans! I need a variety of Beans such as split peas, garbonza beans, lentils, white navy beans, black beans, borlotti beans, kidney beans, dried hominy corn and rice.
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| Science Fair Coming Soon! |
Science Fair information is being sent home today for students in grades 1-8. If you are interested and do not receive the information from your children, the documents are attached below. Please feel free to contact Mrs. Pappas with any questions, grade8@stjosrcs.org
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Christmas Pagaent Costumes Needed
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It's the almost the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!
We have started to prepare for the Christmas play and we are looking for costumes! We are going to have a "Super Christmas" play and need some superhero costumes. All of our actors are middle school size. So if you have a Captain America, Storm, Black Widow, Supergirl, Batgirl, Rogue, Hulk, Iron Man, Hawk Eye, Flash, Mrs. Fantastic or Shadow Cat, please send them in or contact Mrs. Miller. ( asstprincipal@stjosrcs.org) |
| 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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SJRCS's Inaugural Golf Tournament!
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Saint Joseph Regional Catholic School held their Inaugural Golf Tournament at Cross Creek Country Club. For November we could not have asked for better weather. Lots of pars and birdies were scored! All players received a gift bag with lots of items and numerous raffle prizes were given out. Great fun was had by all. Also we would like to thank our many sponsors that donated money and raffle prizes to our outing. These sponsors are what makes our fund raising efforts so successful! Also we would like to give a special thanks to our main event sponsor Waldorf Ford! Thank you for your support of our school! Waldorf Ford was also our main event sponsor for last years school 5k run!
Next year our golf outing will be held in August. Look in the newsletter next spring for details. Plan to attend. You will have a fantastic time and help raise money for our school.
With this fund raiser we are now able to put new tile floors in two more classrooms!
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| Volunteer Opportunities |
- Monday morning envelope stuffers
- Health Room--RN or higher
All Require ADW Child Protection Program completion. Please call the office 301-937-7154
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Elizabeth House Dates and Grades
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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 23 Cast Members Christmas Pageant Practice till 4 PM
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
Cast Members Christmas Pageant Practice till 4 PM
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Dec 2 HSPT for 8th Grade
Faculty Meeting
Hot Lunch--3-Bros. Raviolis Cast Members Christmas Pageant Practice till 4 PM
Dec 4 2016-2017 ADW Tuition Assistance Program Closes
Dec 7 Christmas Pageant Full Run-Through 1:00 PM
Dec 8 Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary
Home & School Board Meeting
$1 DRESS-UP Tag Day
(Mass, Proceeds go to 8th Grade) All School Mass at Noon Dec 9 Advent Penance after Mass
Faculty Meeting
Hot Lunch Pasta Dec 11 Progress Reports Available Dec 12 Our Lady of Guadalupe Dec 14 Zaner-Bloser in-school Handwriting Contest Dec 15 Christmas Pageant Dress Rehearsal 12:30 PM Evening 7:00 PM
Dec 16 Grade Level Team Meeting
Hot Lunch Papa John's Pizza Dec 17 Band Concerts School 1 PM Parents 7 PM Dec 22 Class Parties 10:30 AM
Box Top Tag Day NO ECP
NOON Dismissal Staff Party 1 PM
Dec 23-Jan 3 Christmas Break Dec 25 Christmas! Dec 27 Feast of Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist Solemnity of the Holy Family Dec 28 Feast of the Holy Innocents, Martyrs Dec 31 New Year's Eve
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Sincerely,
St. Joseph's Regional Catholic School
11011 Montgomery Road
Beltsville, MD 20705 |
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