Our Mission: At Saint John’s, each student will become a life-long

learner, be taught a Christ-centered, Catholic way of life, and

achieve academic success.

Saint John’s Catholic School

New Haven, Indiana

www.sjnewhaven.org

Dear Saint John’s, Friday, March 22, 2019

Greetings in Christ! I thank our Lord for His continued energy and joy in our building. Truly excellent

instruction continues to be a foundation for us. I was blessed to follow 4th grade for some of their week. In

Spanish, I was particularly impressed to see our children present about weather entirely in Spanish, with a very

clear rubric for grading, focused especially on pronunciation and vocabulary. Many of our students used truly

perfect pronunciation. They went on to learn new vocabulary, and I commend thank our teacher who led them

to stand and act out the meaning of the words as the children said them in Spanish. For example, when they

learned jugar beisbol, students had to swing a pretend bat like they were playing baseball – that continued on

with at least 15-20 words and some great creativity. In music, 4th grade continued to learn to read music and

play the recorder. Although it had been at least 20-25 years since I had played a recorder, I learned with them,

and it was so much fun! In just one class period, students correctly learned the notes “B,” “A,” and “G,” and

by the end, could play “Hot Cross Buns” and “Merrily we Roll Along.” They did a great job – many displayed

some great skill on solo performances!

8th graders, in literature, critically analyzed several chapters of The Bronze Bow. A truly gripping story, their

analysis of higher level comprehensions questions, centered on evaluating text and making inferences, was

indeed challenging and exciting to see. I was highly impressed with one of our kindergarten classes this week.

Learning time-ordering words (i.e. first, next, last, etc.), students utilized those to write sentences about how

plants grow. In guided practice and then individual writing, students truly understood this process and

displayed phenomenal hand-writing abilities, with great punctuation and spacing! To make it even more

engaging, students actually went on to plan seeds in cups they will grow in the classroom. Later the in the

afternoon, they took the sentences they’d written, and with some highly creative energy, cut them out and

glued them to create their own paper flowers. What a well organized and compelling lesson! Bridging writing

and physical, kinesthetic practice, students truly did learn how flowers grow. Great job kindergarten!

Truly excellent instruction inspires me. It makes me excited about our days here and about our future. To me,

it is a clear sign of God’s love among us as well. The Lord is good! Our teachers also deserve that recognition

and praise – they indeed are great! Thank you faculty, and thank you to our community for all that you do for

our children each day.

In Faith,

Mr. Coyle

Principal

Our Mission: At Saint John’s, each student will become a life-long

learner, be taught a Christ-centered, Catholic way of life, and

achieve academic success.

Saint John’s Catholic School

New Haven, Indiana

www.sjnewhaven.org

Community Updates

●SCRIP has included spring break hours – please see the attached flyer!

●Burger King Books-Sales have ended! We still have several families with books and money out. Please

return unsold books and money back to school as soon as possible. Thank you for all the effort that went

in to selling the books! We appreciate you! Also, You Can Lend a Hand is sponsoring a Catholic Schools’

Night at the Tin Caps on May 18 – please see the attached flyer.

●Lunch Order Reminder- Lunch orders for April 8-12 (the week returning from spring break) are due no

later than Thursday, March 28.

●On Friday, Mar. 29, our last day before spring break, we will host a $1 or more out of uniform

opportunity to benefit one of our alumni who will study abroad this summer in France, in a partnership

arranged by Bishop Luers. As the program will benefit her academic and faith formation, we hope to

support any of our alumni as we can who make similar efforts.

●School is closed the week of April 1-5 for spring break. Have fun and be safe!

Next Week at a Glance

●Mon, Mar. 25- School Penance Service- 12:30 pm in church

●Tues, Mar. 26- Mass; 8:05 am. All are welcome!

●Wed, Mar. 27- Raider Readers Book Club- 7:30 am in library

●Thurs, Mar. 28

●Fri, Mar. 29- Weather make-up day- NO BUSES

$1 Dress Down

NO Mass; Faith Family-Divine Mercy Chaplet; 8:05 am in church. All are welcome!

Stations of the Cross; 1:45 pm in church. All are welcome!

SCRIP SPRING BREAK HOURS

**WE WILL BE OPEN AFTER WEEKEND MASS**

Weekly Sales for Scrip will be closed after

Friday, March 29th, 2:15-3:00 sales, and during our

Spring Break week.

We will reopen for our weekly sales, Friday,

April 12th!!

Have a great Spring Break!!!

2019 OUTING WITH THE FORT WAYNE TINCAPSCATHOLIC FAMILY NIGHT

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CATHOLIC FAMILY NIGHT • TICKET ORDER FORM • SATURDAY, MAY 18

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DONATION • $1.00 from each ticket will be donated to the Catholic School that sells the largest percentage of tickets (based on enrollment). Additional donations are welcome.

tyler's amazing balancing act • Making his return to Parkview Field, this incredible talent will entertain fans

of all ages and must be seen to be believed!

POSTGAME FIREWORKS • After the game, fans will enjoy a spectacular fireworks display which will be

shot directly from the field!

Please select how you wouldlike to receive your tickets: Mail Will Call Window Pick Up at Parkview Field

TICKETS # PRICE TOTAL

Catholic Family Night Tickets

TOTAL

Shipping & Handling(if mailing tickets)

Add. Donations(optional)

$1000

$1001

SATURDAY,MAY 18GAME TIME:

7:05pm

vs.LansingLugnuts

(Toronto Blue Jays)

Only ticket orders received prior to Friday, May 3rd will receivethe Catholic Family Night discount offer.

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