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The Shining Star Newsletter |
St. Joseph's Regional Catholic School
11011 Montgomery Road
Beltsville, MD 20705
Volume XVI, Issue #16
January 4, 2016
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
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From the Principal's Office
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Dear St. Joseph's RCS Families, Welcome back! I hope that all of you were able to have a blessed and enjoyable Christmas and New Year! I'm very excited to see everyone returning fully refreshed from the break. The winter weather seems it has finally caught up with us. Parents, please make sure students are coming to school with all appropriate apparel for the weather (i.e. winter coat, hat, gloves). Additionally, please be extra aware of your child's health this time of year. I know we have many students that are already sick and unable to come to school. Please make sure that you help us to limit any sickness spreading from one student to the next.
Reenrollment is open for the 2016-2017 school year. For more information please find the Registration section in the newsletter. This information can also be found by following the link on our twitter page, the school website, or in the school reach that went home today. Remember, the competition to see which class has the highest re-enrollment for next year ends today. Get those applications in!
We continue our focus on improving our math abilities and performance. I hope the ideas I shared and the website can be helpful.The website I shared can be found HERE. With a common focus, we can make extraordinary gains! STUDY THOSE MATH FACTS!
SCANTRON TESTING starts this Thursday, 01/07 (2nd and 7th grade). Please make sure that you are aware of when your child is testing, and allow them to get a good nights rest and healthy breakfast! You can find the link to the page on the school website HERE
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I hope that all of you are working with me on developing a growth mindset. Over the remainder of the year I will share some of my training with you through Mr. Hooker's Math and Fitness Challenge. Any student that figures out the answer each week can come to me to get a prize from my prize box. I'll also give prizes to students that create their own math and fitness problem based on their own exercise. Here is this week's challenge. Mr. Hooker's Math and Fitness Challenge: It takes Mr. Hooker eight minutes (8:00) to run one mile. If he keeps this pace, how long will it take him to run 5 miles? Bonus (two prizes): If Mr. Hooker runs a little faster, and averages seven minutes and 48 seconds (7:48) per mile. How much faster will he finish the 5 miles? 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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Mark your calendars! Muffins with Mom will be held Thursday, February 4, 2016. If you are interested in chairing this event please contact Marianne Schwenz at schwenzm@comcast.net. Ten HSA volunteer service hours will be given for coordinating this event.
Happy Healthy 2016
from the HSA Board!
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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| Registration | 2016-2017 Student Registration
St. Joseph's Regional Catholic School and the Archdiocese of Washington Catholic Schools Office are using TADS, an on-line system, for re-registration and new student enrollment. Current families have received an e-mail from TADS/St. Joseph's Regional Catholic School. Please follow that link in the e-mail to complete the re-registration forms for your family. This link is unique for your family.
The Parish Verification and the Agreement for Parish Service & Support forms are available on the TADS website and need to be completed and returned to the school office as part of the re-registration process. All families must complete the Parish Verification Form. The Agreement for Parish Support & Service must be completed by all practicing Catholic families. Parishioners of St. Hugh of Grenoble, St. Joseph's Beltsville and St. Nicholas may return the forms without the pastor's signature; the school office will forward them as a group to the appropriate rectories.
For all new siblings (including students entering Kindergarten from our Pre-K program) parents must complete a new admission application, which can be accessed in TADS via a link on the school website. The $100.00 re-registration fee will cover the new siblings; you will not need to pay the $150.00 application fee.
New Student Application Kindergarten - 8th grade ONLY - TADS Website
Pre-K applications must be completed and submitted through the school office.
Failure to re-register by February 2, 2016, may result in your child/children being removed from the school roster, requiring you to re-apply for admission, pay the $150.00 application fee, and risk the vacancy being filled. All tuition and fees for the 2015-2016 school year must be paid in full by April 30, 2016 in order to be accepted for the following school year.
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Weekly Family Math Night Activity
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Happy New Year to all of our Family Math Night Participants. Since we are sure there was a lot of New Lego building happening this holiday season, let's see if we can put some math to our Lego Creations.
Please send a picture of your structure and your answers!
Happy New Year, Ms. Baade and Ms. Montoya Math Club Advisors
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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 Timeline |
The Science Fair Timeline is attached below. Please feel free to contact Mrs. Pappas with any questions, grade8@stjosrcs.org
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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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Box Top Totals for November
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1st place - 6th grade with 58.5 per student
2nd place - 4th grade - 25.5
3rd place - 2nd grade - 13.8
4th place - 8th grade - 10.7
5th place - 7th grade - 9.7
6th place - 5th grade - 8.1
7th place - prek - 6.3
8th place - Kindergarten - 5.9
9th place - 3rd grade - 4.3
10th place - 1st grade - 1.8
Overall
1st place - 6th grade - 68.4 per student 2nd place - 4th grade - 33.9 3rd place - 2nd grade - 25.8 4th place - 8th grade - 20.6 5th place - 5th grade - 13.3 6th place - 7th grade - 12.7 7th place - 1st grade - 11.1 8th place - prek - 10.5 9th place - 3rd grade - 8.9 10th place - Kindergarten - 8.3 |
Re-registration Competition
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Thank you all who participated in the re-registration competition! We have 53 students re-registered! The most re-registered is......drum-roll......This years 4th grade! Please make sure you are registered before open enrollment begins February 3rd. Some classes will fill up fast!
Peace and all Good, Mrs. Miller |
Hour of Code, Student Programming
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Hour of Code is an international program involving students around the world programming code for different puzzles, games, websites, etc, in the hope of advancing students in computer science. In this year's Hour of Code we worked with Star Wars, Frozen, Mine Craft, along with some other coding. We are learning more logical thinking through coding our way through puzzles and games!
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| Elizabeth House Lunches by 7th Grade | |
The 7th grade will donate lunches to Elizabeth House this Friday, January 8. The lunch bags and letters describing what to include in the lunches will go home on Wednesday with the students. Then the students should bring back the lunches to be donated on Friday. Thank you in advance for your support.
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Coats, Hats, and Gloves!
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Now that the colder weather is here, students need to have coats, hats, and gloves to keep them warm! Please remember to check and see that they will be warm enough to go outside on these brisk days. We have outdoor recess, and it is important to keep them warm so they may get their exercise and expend energy outdoors in a healthy way.
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Elizabeth House Dates and Grades
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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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Jan 4 Class Resume
Jan 4-Feb 19 Doing your Science Experiment for the Science Fair after Proposal is approved Jan 6 Epiphany (Traditional) Faculty Meeting Hot Lunch Papa John's PizzaJan 8 Elizabeth House by 7th Grade Jan 10 Baptism of our Lord Jan 12 Home & School Board Meeting Jan 13 Hot Lunch Hot Dog Jan 15 Noon Dismissal Teacher In-service Jan 18 Martin Luther King, Jr.
School Closed
Jan 19 School Advisory Board
Jan 20 Grade Level Team Meeting
Hot Lunch 3-Bros. Chicken/Mozzarella
Jan 22 End of 2nd Quarter
March for Life
Jan 25 Conversion of Saint Paul, Apostle Noon Dismissal Teacher In-service Jan 26 Grades DueJan 27 Faculty Meeting Hot Lunch Subs Steak n' Cheese/Ham n' Cheese Jan 28 Box Top Tag Day Jan 29 Report Cards Distributed Jan 31 Book Fair Catholic Schools Week _______________________________________________________ Feb 2 Re-Registration Last Day Feb 4 Muffins for Mom Feb 9 Pancake Fat Tuesday Lunch Fundraiser for 8th Grade Feb 19-29 Making your Science Fair Display Mar 1 Exhibiting Your Science Fair Project Mar 2 Judging Science Fair Projects Projects Open to Public 3:00 - 5:00 PM Mar 7 Collect Science Fair Projects from Cafeteria at end of day
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Sincerely,
St. Joseph's Regional Catholic School
11011 Montgomery Road
Beltsville, MD 20705 |
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