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The Shining Star Newsletter |
St. Joseph's Regional Catholic School
11011 Montgomery Road
Beltsville, MD 20705
Volume XVI, Issue #17
January 11, 2016
Blessed William Carter
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From the Principal's Office
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Dear St. Joseph's RCS Families, As the second quarter comes to an ends the school is as busy as ever. We are currently working on our mid-year Scantron testing. We have a Family Night Out at Hard Times Café this Thursday, January 14th. We also will have the school Geography Bee this Friday, before our Noon dismissal. Now that the weather has turned cold, please remind your children about bringing their jackets, hats, and gloves to make sure they are staying warm during arrival, dismissal, and outdoor recess.
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.
We continue 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 has begun, and the testing schedule has been updated. Please make sure you are aware of when your child is testing, and allow them to get a good night's rest and healthy breakfast! You can find the link to the page on the school website HEREI 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 and three seconds (8:03) to run one mile. If he keeps this pace, how long will it take him to run 8 miles? Bonus (two prizes): If Mr. Hooker runs the same pace (8:03) per mile. How much longer will it take him to run 13 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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Let's see if the kids can out-problem-solve Mom or Dad. See who gets the lowest score with 'Sum What?" this weeks fun Family Math Activity.
Great problem solving and logic and reasoning skills built in this one. Good luck and God Bless!
Always have fun with Math, Ms. Baade and Ms. Montoya Math Club Advisors
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St. Joseph's RCS CYO Basketball Season
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Saturday was the start of the 2016 CYO Basketball season! All our teams made lots of baskets, and learned to sharpen their skills level. Our CYO programs build fitness, develop new sports skills, first hand learn the importance of team work and form special friendships with team members.
Also special thank you to Mr Hooker who attended our season opening game!
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| Note Cards From Your Child (Fundraiser for Art) | |
The art room is doing a fundraiser to purchase more exciting supplies! Each child is designing a note card based on the Georgia O'Keefe's flowers. The cards will be about 5 ¼ X 4 and each card will have your child's name, the year, the name of the school and city on the back.
After their design is finished, I will send home the artwork home with an order form for you to see. If you want the cards you will send back with a check. Each box contains 10 cards and are $14.95 a box. If you have any question feel free to contact me. I look forward to seeing all the children's creations in print!
Ms. Lafferty
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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, black beans, borlotti beans, kidney beans, dried hominy corn and rice.
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| Thank You 7th Grade & Mrs. Rella for the Lunches! | |
Elizabeth House lunches were donated to Winter Haven this month. Winter Haven is a temporary homeless shelter affiliated with St. Nicholas Church and other churches in the Laurel area. Winter Haven and Bethany Church of Laurel would like to thank the 7th grade and Mrs. Rella for all the wonderful lunches.Your generosity is greatly appreciated.
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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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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 arrival, outdoor recess, and dismissal. It is important to keep them warm when they are outside so they may keep healthy.
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Elizabeth House Dates and Grades
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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 12 Home & School Board Meeting
Jan 13 Hot Lunch Hot Dog
Jan 15 Noon Dismissal
Teacher In-service Geography Bee 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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