St. John the Baptist Catholic School Newsletter 1057 Hughes Road Madison, Alabama 35758 (256) 722-0772 www.stjohnb.com September 26, 2018 09/27/18 Uncle Maddio s Night 10/02/18 Re-Take Picture Day 10/02/18 - PTO Meeting 6:30am Café 10/05/18 End of 1st Qtr 10/05/18 Mass @ 8:30am 10/08-10/12/18 Fall Break NO SCHOOL 10/15/18 Begin 2nd Qtr 10/16/18 Wendy s Night 10/18/18 Used Uniform Drop Off 10/19/18 Used Uniform Sale 10/20/18 Fall Festival PTO Meeting Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018, at 6:30pm is the PTO meeting. All families are encouraged to send a parent to learn about what is going on at SJB and how your PTO supports programs within the school. Additionally, we will hear information about this year s GALA, our main fundraising effort that needs your support! Please make plans to attend Tuesday night s meeting. An out of uniform pass will be issued for your SJB students should you attend. Donations for St. John s Baby Basket Ministry This ministry provides prayers, support, and baby supplies for mothers in need. Items to donate include diapers, wipes, formula, blankets, and infant clothing. Please bring your items any day this week. Re-Take Picture Day is next Tuesday, October 2nd. Students that were absent on Picture Day on August 24th: Students that were absent will be having their portrait taken. The student is to be in uniform and these portraits are used in the yearbook. Parents, if you would like to purchase these portraits, they are "prepaid." Contact me via email and I will send home the order form with your child/ren. Payment and completed order forms are to be sent with your child/ren on Tuesday and given to the photographer. Students that had their portrait take but would like to have them taken again: Send the original portrait package that you received and send it with your child/ren on Tuesday and give the portrait package to the photographer. Mass Schedule Saturday Morning 8:30 AM & Evening 5:30 PM Sunday 7:00 AM, 8:30 AM, 11:30 AM & 5:30 PM Weekdays Monday 8:30 AM Tuesday 6:15 AM & 8:30 AM Wednesday 8:30 AM & 6:30 PM Thursday 8:30 AM & 6:30 PM Friday 8:30 AM Holy Days 6:00 AM, 8:30 AM & 6:30 PM Sacrament of Reconciliation Wednesday & Thursday 5:30 PM 6 :20 PM Saturday 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM (Other times by request) Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Monday Thursday 9:00 AM 6:00 PM Friday 9:00 AM Noon First Friday 9:00 AM-9:00 PM First Saturday 9:00 AM 10:00 AM Please mark your calendars for Oct. 23-24 as 1:00pm dismissals for Parent/Teacher Conferences. BASC is open until 6:00pm that day. Homeroom teachers will send home conference times prior to fall break. Please make plans to attend as this is a great time to connect with the teacher. Should you need to re-schedule, please contact the homeroom teacher(s) directly. The seven themes of CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING for children We have entered the 25th Sunday of Ordinary Time of our church liturgical calendar. Our Word of the Week is reward. Reward means something given or received in return or recompense for service, merit, hardship, etc. In Sunday s good news we hear Mark Chapter 9 verses 40 and 41. [Jesus said,] For whoever is not against us is for us. Anyone who gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ, amen, I say to you, will surely not lose his reward. We all enjoy receiving a reward whether it s an A on a test, a trophy earned in a sports competition, or getting an I was caught doing something good ribbon. These are man-made rewards that can satisfy us for a little while, but eventually we become dissatisfied and start looking for another reward. The only reward that will keep us satisfied is the reward we receive from God. Do you seek a reward from Jesus? We all need to finish the following sentence: The most satisfying reward I can receive from Jesus is.
NJHS MEETING: National Junior Honor Society students will meet, Thursday, October 4th, from 3:00-3:30. We will discuss the Operation Christmas Child Project. Students not picked up by 3:35 pm will be sent to after care. Thank you. Mrs. McInnish and Mrs. Fulks - NJHS sponsors Crusader Club is hosting a basketball coaches' clinic on Wednesday, October 3 at St. John s from 6:30pm to 7:30pm. It will be taught by JP2 coaches. It is open to all current basketball coaches or anyone who may be interested in coaching in the future. Please contact Meris Greges at meris@outsideaides.com to sign up for the clinic or for more information. Upcoming St. John s games: Wednesday 9/26, 4:30pm, 3rd/4th SJ1 Soccer vs Holy Family 2 at SJS Wednesday 9/26, 5:30pm, 3rd/4th SJ2 Soccer vs Holy Family 1 at SJS Thursday 9/27, 5:30pm, 5th/6th SJS Soccer vs Whitesburg at SJS Thursday 9/27, 6pm, 5th/6th Volleyball vs Randolph at Grace Lutheran Thursday 9/27, 7pm, 5th/6th Volleyball vs Grace Lutheran at Grace Lutheran Friday 9/28, 5pm, 5th/6th Volleyball vs Westminster at SJS Friday 9/28, 7pm, 5th/6th Volleyball vs Randolph at SJS Saturday 9/29, 8:15am K4/K5 Soccer Games at SJS Saturday 9/29, 9:15am 1st/2nd Soccer Games at SJS GO CRUSADERS! See a full list of upcoming games on the Crusader Club calendar http://www.stjohnb.com/ccsite/events-calendar.html GOOD LUCK TO OUR STUDENT ATHLETES AND WE HOPE YOU WILL COME OUT AND SUPPORT OUR TEAMS! Upcoming Falcon Catholic Middle School (7th/8th grade) games: Saturday, 9/29, 8:00am, FCMS Volleyball vs Priceville at Priceville Tuesday, 10/2, 5:00pm, FCMS Football vs Randolph at Randolph Upcoming Falcon Catholic Middle School tryouts (for 7th and 8th graders): Baseball: September 24-28, 3:30-5:30pm, JPII Baseball Field Boys Soccer: September 24-28, 3:30-5:00pm, JPII Soccer Field Tennis: September 24-28, 4:00-5:15pm, UAH Tennis Courts Golf: September 24, 26, 27, 4:00-5:30pm, Sunset Landing Golf Courts Wrestling: October 29-30, contact coach for time and location Indoor Track: November 9-10, contact coach for time and location Track and Field: TBD, please contact coach GO FALCONS! SCRIP NEWS: Don t forget to sign up for an account on Publix.com and select St. John s School PTO as your partner school. Publix is discontinuing the use of their key cards at the end of this week. Upcoming Bonus Rebates: Domino s 12%; Hallmark 6%, LLBean 17%, Top Golf 10% Current Bonus Rebates: Belk 10%; Chevron/Texaco 2% Retailers listed in BOLD are carried OnDemand during school office hours and Friday morning lower carline. Please contact SCRIP at sjscrip@gmail.com if you have any questions. Thank you for supporting our school!
Save the Date! OCTOBER 25, 2018 7:30 AM TO 5:00 PM St. John s Catholic School and Woody Anderson Ford are teaming up for the Ford Drive 4 UR School Event. The event will take place in the St. John s lower parking lot on October 25th between 7:30am and 5:00pm Vehicles will be on site to test drive. For every test drive, $20 will be donated to the school for a maximum donation of $6000. Please attend and test drive a vehicle to support St. John s Catholic School! *Limited to one test drive per household.