StJP Principal Newsletter
October 2016
Welcome Fall and Welcome the month of October!
Congratulations to our September Students of the Month for modeling the virtue of joy!
Congratulations to our Helping Hand's Recipient's
Week of September 19-23
Week of September 26-30
Week of October 3-7
October Calendar
Wednesday October 12- School wide Practice Lockout Drill
Thursday October 13- Weldon Fire Company visits Kindergarten
Friday October 14-Annual Event Kick-Off (fun adult evening so please join us)
Monday October 17- NED Show Assembly grades K-3/6-8 and Union Soccer program grades 4&5
Wednesday October 19-NJHS Lunch bake sale, please send money with your child if they wish to purchase something
Thursday October 20-Shelter in Place Practice Drill/Home and School Board Open Meeting
Friday October 21st: The first Box Tops for Education deadline for prizes/Living Rosary at 1:15 all are welcome to attend/Breathing Room Designer Bingo NightWednesday October 26- Lockdown Practice Drill
Friday October 28-Kindergarten ABC Presentation 1:30 FFH
Monday October 31-Parent Conferences/Halloween
Tuesday November 1-Parent Conferences/Holy Day of Obligation All Saint's Day
Wednesday November 2- Winter Uniforms must be worn starting today
October Breathing Room Helping Hand's Activity
Our Thanksgiving Collection is Starting this week! Be on the lookout for sign up genius that will be sent by email
Annual Fund Kick-Off Celebration!!!!!
Friday, Oct. 14th is our celebration of StJP. This is an adult only, fun, low key time for all to be a part of! Weather permitting we are holding the event outside in the upper school lot. Philly Fry Food Truck will be there selling specialty french fries. We are having a live band (Bare Knuckle Boxers), beer and wine all at no cost. We just ask that you make a donation at the door before entering the event. All proceeds from the evening will benefit StJP's Annual Fund Campaign.
Hope to see you there, last year was a lot of fun!
Home and School
Thank you for supporting this years Kidstuff book fundraiser and the fall clothing drive! These fundraisers directly benefit our students.
Home and School is now using cheddar up for the hot lunch program and events. Please make sure when you are ordering hot lunch that you are completing your order and receiving a confirmation email back with your child/children's name and the date(s) and items ordered. The email will be from cheddar up and will say "Payment Confirmation: Thank you for cheddaring up...". If you are not receiving the email back, then your order has not been processed. If your unsure if your order went through, email Joe Durante atdurantejm@gmail.com to be safe.
Home and School membership fees were processed through FACTS in October for the Glenside campus and will be processed in November for the Jenkintown campus. Families that have students only on Glenside K-8 or on both campuses in Pre-K-8 were charged $35.00. If you only have a child/children at the Jenkintown campus your fee will be $25.00. If you have any questions, please email the Home and School board at homeandschool@stjpschool.info. Please click on the attached link for more Information about the fees. http://www.stjpschool.org/pgs/homeschool.htm.
Please keep collecting those Box Tops for Education. The first deadline for prizes this year is October 21st. Please send in Box Tops on the collections sheets or individually in a bag. The winners of our first round of prizes will be announced the week of October 24th. Extra collection sheets are available in the school office in the H&S mailbox or you can print out your own collection sheet by clicking on the attached link. http://stjpschool.org/numo/extensions/wysiwyg/uploads/u.38.Box%20Tos%20Collection%20Sheet.pdf. If you have any questions, please contact our Box Tops Coordinator, Val Desir at breval06@yahoo.com.
Home and School StJP Stationery Items are on sale. Take a look at all of the great StJP items. http://stjpschool.org/manage.numo?module=blog&component=display&show=post&id=426. If you click on the individual items, there is a picture. Any item can be purchased by sending an envelope with the student's name, grade, room number and the name of items that you would like to purchase to the school office attn. Home and School. We accept cash or checks made payable to St. Joseph the Protector School H&S.
Upcoming Home & School Events
Thursday, October 20th - Home and School Board Open Meeting
An open meeting will be held from 7:00-7:30 pm in the St. Joseph the Worker Room. Please join our team of parents and help continue to make great things happen at our school! If you would like more information about joining the Home and School Board, please email us at homeandschool@stjpschool.info.
Save the dates and mark your calendar! The AnnualFather/Daughter dance will be held on Saturday, November 5th in Father Fitzpatrick hall and theMother/Son dodgeball event will be held onFriday, November 11th at Bishop McDevitt High School. Details will be in next weeks Principal's email.
Spirit Wear sales will start at the end of October! Look for information about our brand new on-line store with all new items!
StJP Student Author Nia Bradford
Nia Bradford invites you to Barnes & Noble Book Signing /9yr. old Author
on Saturday, October 08, 2016 at 11:00 AM
Technology Information Provided by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia
Parents: Get awesome technology information, tips, and help from visiting the pages below. There are links to monthly newsletters provided by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. It is worth the read so please go and check them out! The two links are great information about Mindset......which is something you may be hearing your 4th and 5th grade children talking about! We hope to get all of our students talking about Mindset this year.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0WWUEtYEaSqb3R6N090eXAxb3c/view
Earn Rewards from Giant and Amazon for StJP!
Anytime you shop on Amazon visit the link below and earn rewards for our school. This link is also on our school webpage under links.
To help us earn Giant rewards, please read the attached document below.
Thank you for all you do to help our school!!!!