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The Shining Star Newsletter |
St. Joseph's Regional Catholic School
11011 Montgomery Road
Beltsville, MD 20705
Volume XVI, Issue #19
February 1, 2016
Saint Ansgar
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From the Principal's Office
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Dear St. Joseph's RCS Families, Welcome to Catholic Schools Week. I'm very excited for the many events we have planned for this week. Today's DEAR time was wonderful, as the whole school spent time sharing their books with a partner from another grade. I'm sure the remainder of our activities will be equally joyful. We are still looking for parents to share a little about their career with Pre-K-2nd and middle school grades. Please let us know if you are interested in participating in our career day on February 4th by following the sign up genius link towards the bottom of the newsletter..
I would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to all of the students that were brave enough to speak at Mass this weekend. I wish I was able to see all of you speak! It makes me very proud to have students that are so willing to help spread the great news about St. Joseph's RCS.
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, open enrollment begins this week for new families interested in attending for the 2016-2017 school year.
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 is almost complete. Due to the snow we will be making a few adjustments to make sure everyone has completed their mid-year test in both reading and math.
Mr. Hooker's Math and Fitness Challenge: Mr. Hooker swam 500 yds in 10 minutes today. If he swims at this pace and does not stop, how long will it take him to swim 2,100 yds?
Bonus (two prizes): Mr. Hooker has to swim 2,100 yds without stopping by August 1st. Today he swam 500 yds without stopping. If he increases his distance at an even rate every week, how many yds will he need to increase every week to reach his goal of 2,100 yds? (rounded to nearest tenth) 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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Muffins with Mom
Who is invited?
All Mothers, Grandmothers, aunts, big sisters, and other female role models.
When is Muffins with Mom?
Thursday, February 4, 2016 from 7:30-8:00am.
(Please make plans to stay with your child for the entire Muffins with Mom event.)
Where should we go?
MOMS AND STUDENTS WHO ARE PARTICIPATING = Please park on the playground blacktop, enter through the school's main doors and go straight to the school cafeteria. Students will leave their backpacks in the hall (organized by class) to be taken to homeroom with them at 8:00am.
How do we sign up to attend the event, volunteer, or donate items?Please follow the directions below to get to the Muffins with Mom sign up Genius. You will have options to RSVP to attend, sign up to volunteer, and sign up to donate items.
- go to www.signupgenius.com
- choose FIND A SIGN UP and search by the email address:
- follow the prompts and search for Muffins with Mom 2016
- log in to RSVP and sign up to contribute!
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Please email one of the event Chairs,
Mileidy Giraldo (mileidyg@gmail.com) or
Donita Evans (donita.evans@hotmail.com) or
Marianne Schwenz at schwenzm@comcast.net
Make plans to visit the Scholastic Book Fair in the Library after Muffins with Mom!
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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 Audit Upcoming
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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
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.
The annual child protection audit will be taking place this spring. All parents who have not completed all parts of the program will be deactivated and may need to begin again. If you have not yet completed the VIRTUS Protecting God's Children class there will be one at St. Mary of the Mills in Laurel on February 25 at 7:00 pm. All training classes must be completed prior to or no more than 60 days after your background check or you will need to redo your background check. Please contact Mrs. Stock in the school office with any questions.
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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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Spring may be just around the corner, let's play a little Math Golf with this Par 3 Math game and have some great family competitions in this week's fun Family Math Activity.
Good luck and God Bless!
Always have fun with Math, Ms. Baade and Ms. Montoya Math Club Advisors
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| Career Day Catholic Schools Week 2016 |
We are looking for family members to visit the school throughout the day on February 4th to speak to St. Joseph's students about their career. Please ensure you have been cleared through the various steps of the ADW Child Protection Policy (virtus training/background check) before signing up. Please use the link below to sign up!
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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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| 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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| Pancake Hot Lunch Form Due February 5th | |
St. Joseph's 2016 8th Grade Class Hosts
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 9TH 2016
MENU: PANCAKES, BACON & JUICE
This is a fundraiser sponsored by the 8th grade class in an effort to raise money for their end of the year trip to Hershey Park and a school gift. Please submit your Lunch order form by Friday February 5th 2016.
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| Catholic Schools Week Schedule | |
Monday, February 1, 2016- Day of Service
Bundles of Love Fair begins
Free Tag Day for students who are registered for next year
All School D.E.A.R. Time 10:15-10:45
Book Fair in the school library 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Tuesday, February 2, 2016 - Mass and Winter Olympics
All School Mass 8:15 a.m.
Winter Olympics (Math fair) 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Book Fair in the school library 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Wednesday, February 3, 2016 - New Family Open House
Honors and Awards Assembly 8:15
Open House for new families -8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Open registration begins for new families
Book Fair in the school library 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Thursday, February 4, 2016 -Muffins for Moms, concert, Open House
Muffins for Moms 7:30-8:30 a.m.
Open House for current families 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
Career Day: (All Day)
Book Fair in the school library 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Friday, February 5, 2016 - Celebration of Our Catholic Schools
Book Fair in the school library 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Religion Bee 1:30 pm
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Scholastic Book Fair Is Here!
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Our second Scholastic Book Fair of the school year is February 1 - 5. The fair is open Monday through Thursday from 8 AM to 2 PM, and Friday from 8 AM to 12:00 noon
As always, our school is collecting funds for our All for Books program. By donating $1, you help us to purchase books for classroom libraries, give more children greater access to books, and help get more kids reading, and kids reading more. Please check your communications envelope this week for more information and a book slip.
The All for Books money we collect also helps readers beyond our school and community. Scholastic Book Fairs matches monetary donations with a donation of up to one million books to the Kids In Need Foundation and Kids in Distressed Situations, Inc. Please send your donation and a book slip back to school with your child. Each Book Slip with dollar donation will be entered into a drawing for individual prizes, and the class that raises the most money will be treated to a popsicle party, so please be sure to include your child's name and grade on each slip!
Book Fair will be open Monday through Thursday from 8 AM to 2 PM, and Friday from 8 AM to 12 Noon. Here is the schedule for classroom visits: Monday, February 111:00 - 11:40 - Grade 7 12:25 - 1:05 - Grade 4 1:10 - 1:50 - Grade 3 Tuesday, February 210:15 - 10:55 - Grade 5 11:00 - 11:40 - Grade 8 Wednesday, February 311:00 - 11:40 - Grade 6 1:10 - 1:50 - Kindergarten Thursday, February 412:25 - 1:05 - Grade 1 1:10 - 1:50 - Grade 2 Grades are specifically scheduled to attend at the above times. However, as always, we encourage any student who wishes to visit to stop by during a recess or break period. Pre-K Parents, you are welcome to shop with your children on Tuesday morning between 8:00 and 8:45 AM, or any other morning at drop-off time. Please park in the teachers' parking lot and enter the building through the office door.
Thanks as always for your support! Darlene Finke, Book Fair Coordinator |
Valentine's Day Mini Photo Sessions
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Valentine's Day Mini Sessions with DaisyBlu Photography will be offered on February 7th, all day, at St. Joseph's parish hall. It is a first come first served sign up with limited spaces - please sign up as soon as possible.
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"Bundles of Love"
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In recognition and honor of Catholic Schools week, the "Bundles of Love" Club wants to make a delivery to the homeless on the streets of Washington DC and Baltimore.
We are asking parents and family members to help out by dropping off items before the second quarter Awards Ceremony this Wednesday at school.
The following items are needed: gently used blankets sleeping bag adult clothing adult socks non-perishable foods bottled water toiletries disposable rain ponchos tent tarps.
Please leave the items in the bins located outside of the Parish Hall. Thank you! |
| 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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February 5th Grade 5
March 4th Grade 2 & Kindergarten
May 6th Pre-K
June 3rd Grade 3
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Calendar Events
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Feb 1-5 Catholic Schools Week
Book Fair Feb 2 Re-Registration Last Day Presentation of the Lord Groundhog Day School Mass 8:15 Feb 3 Hot Lunch--Three Bros Steak & Cheese or Ham & Cheese Feb 4 Muffins for Mom Feb 5 Elizabeth House Lunches by Grade 5 Feb 9 Class Pictures Home & School Board Meeting Pancake Fat Tuesday Lunch Fundraiser for 8th Grade Feb 10 School Mass 12 noon Ash Wednesday Hot Lunch--Papa John's Pizza (Cheese) Feb 12 Classroom Card Exchange Lincoln's Birthday Noon Dismissal Stations of the Cross 10:30 am Teacher In-service Feb 14 Valentine's Day Feb 15 Presidents' Day School Closed Feb 17 Grade Level Team Meeting Hot Lunch--Chick-Fil-A Feb 19 Stations of the Cross 12:30 pm Feb 19-29 Making your Science Fair Display Feb 22 Feast of Saint Peter's Chair Washington's Birthday Feb 24 Faculty Meeting Hot Lunch--Pasta Feb 25 Box Top Tag Day Virtus Training at St. Mary of the Mills Feb 26 Progress Reports Available Stations of the Cross 12:30 pm _________________________________________________________ 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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