SummerNewsletter–August11,2019 FromthePrincipal’sDesk

MISSION STATEMENT Rooted in Catholic faith, and committed to academic excellence, St. Joseph Catholic School

develops personal responsibility, character, service, and leadership.

Welcome Back It was so good to see our families on Thursday. Our children are definitely excited about returning to school and seeing all of their friends again. We are also pleased to welcoming many new families this year. Please introduce yourself and assist these families, as they become a part of our school community. All forms that were in the Back to School envelopes are to be returned to your child’s homeroom teacher.

Morning Arrival

You are welcome to walk your child to the classroom on the first day of school. If you plan to park and walk onto the campus, please use the North Parking Lot (Parish Center side of the campus). All children need to be in their classrooms by 8:00 am. Please see the attached detail information regarding arrival and dismissal. For those who plan to drop their children off at the main gate: The Main Gate will open at 7:35 am. Students may then enter the gate area. Children will begin going to their classrooms at 7:45 am. Please remember to allow enough time for your child to walk to class and be there by 8:00am. Please make every effort to have your child arrive on time to school each day. This teaches your child courtesy and respect for others. When a student is late, the child who needs to get organized for the school day disrupts the class that is already in session.

St. Joseph Catholic School

Lunch & Snacks Students may bring their lunch to school or order a hot lunch by using the weekly lunch menu. Menus were in the Back to School envelope, as well as attached to this newsletter.

• One hot lunch order form is required per child. Hot lunches must be ordered before 8:15 am by having your child return the menu form to the homeroom teacher.

• Students who bring their lunch need to bring utensils (spoon or fork) and a paper towel or napkin to use during lunch. For safety, food cannot be heated in the lunchroom.

• Please do not bring snack or lunch items in glass containers or glass jars. • Do not send carbonated sodas for snack or lunch. • Since we have a hot lunch program, food may not be delivered by outside vendors. • If your child forgets to bring a lunch, a hot lunch will be ordered and charged for the

day. • If you ordered hot lunch and your child is absent, please call or email the school office

to cancel the lunch order before 8:15 am. We cannot issue a refund after 8:15. .

End-of-Day Dismissal Please review the PikMyKid App information in your Back to School Envelope. Please download the app and use the provided hangtag. Stop at the designated Stop and Announce sign to indicate you are in the carline. Please do not announce before your reach the sign. We will need to be patient during dismissal on the first day as new families become familiar with the procedures. Please stop before the gate for school staff to verify your line order and announce your arrival for your child.

Please do not ring the bell at the gate from 2:30 – 3:15. All staff is securing the campus to prepare for and conduct dismissal procedures. We appreciate your understanding as we make every effort to keep our children safe at all times.

Do you need to delegate pick up for your child? Please see the attached delegation notes.

Do not have a hangtag for delegation? Please direct the person you have delegated for pickup to write your child’s number in large print on a piece of paper to show the staff person verifying pickup.

Need an additional hangtag? Additional hangtags will be sent home with each child on Monday.

PreK and VPK

VPK and PreK students may begin going to their classrooms to sign in the children beginning at 7:45 am. Morning classes begin at 8:00 am.

VPK A will dismiss at 11:00 am. Parents will meet their children at the benches by the school office. Please park in the South Parking lot and ring the bell at the gate when you arrive for 11:00 am pickup.

PreK 3 Pickups have different morning times based on their program. Please ring the bell at the south gate when you arrive, and an assistant will bring the children to the bench area by the front office.

Children arriving for afternoon VPK need to arrive via the main gate on the south side of the school and be ready to go to the classrooms at 11:45 am.

First School Mass – August 15 – Feast of the Assumption

Our first school Mass is scheduled for 8:00 am on Thursday, August 15th. Parents and guardians are welcome to join us. Please note there are new safety procedures, from the Diocese of Venice, that we have to follow. We appreciate your understanding as we implement these changes.

On Mass days, children go directly to church for the 8:00 am Mass. They have practiced with their teachers, and know where they are to sit with their homeroom teacher. All students need to be in church by 8:00 am.

At 8:00, ALL doors to the church will be locked. They will remain locked during the Mass. (Doors can only be opened from the inside in case of an emergency) Please help us have all children and parents in church before the beginning of Mass. IF your child is late, you will need to bring your child to the north or south main entrance door (26th Street entrances). Windows are in these doors, and a staff member will open the door for you. We appreciate your help and support.

Students in Grades 3 through 8 (who sang in the choir last year) are invited to sing in the choir on August 15th. Practice will be after school on Tuesday, August 14th from 3:00 – 4:00 pm. Following practice, students may be picked up on the north side of the campus at the gate behind the church (Parish Center side of the building).

On August 15th, at 7:30 am choir students will meet in the Church choir room to prepare for the Mass.

Thank You to All of Our Families Using the Box Tops App!

Please visit our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/SJCSBradenton to see the post from Carlee Colonesso regarding the new Box Tops program. Did you know you could ask relatives and friends to support SJCS by downloading the App and scanning their Grocery Store or Warehouse Store Receipt into the app after they shop? We were pleasantly surprised to see how many parent have started using the app already. It is very user friendly, runs smoothly, and even shows you products to look for when you are in store. Not sure if you have the app? You can check to see if you have it or

download at the Google Play Store HERE: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.generalmills.btfe or at the Apple Store HERE: https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1150038564

Fingerprinting and Safe Environment

This class is required for all volunteers who come to our campus during the school day. Our next class is August 21st at 4:45 pm (Participants will be finished in time for Back to School Night)

Due to the content of the class, children may not be present. You must be registered to attend. Please register by visiting the Diocesan website at https://dioceseofvenice.org/ scroll to the bottom and select “Safe Environment” then select “Training Schedule” to choose the session you wish to attend. You will be registering for the Diocese of Venice, St. Joseph Catholic School. Or follow the link: https://www.virtusonline.org/virtus/reg_list2.cfm?theOrgID=35244&theme=0

Follow Us on Facebook

Throughout the year, we post many photos and events on Facebook for our family and friends. We invite you to visit our Facebook page and follow our activities.

Sports News COACHES NEEDED

Krys Kolbe is our PE Teacher and Athletic Director. She coordinates and supports all of our league games and competitions. Obviously, she cannot do this alone, and has enjoyed the assistance of our many parent volunteers through the years. Parents who volunteer, not only make a difference in the life of their child, but they have a positive impact on the lives of many of our children.

We are in need of three volunteer coaches for this year: • Cross Country Coach from the middle of August through December • Flag Football Coach from the beginning of school through August 28. • Boys Basketball from October 28 to the end of December.

This is a wonderful way to support our students and fulfill all of your volunteer hours for the year.

Flag Football begins on Wednesday, August 14

Girls Volleyball begins on Tuesday, August 13.

Please contact Coach Kolbe for more information: kkolbe@sjsfl.org

Important Calendar Dates Monday,August12 8:00–3:00 FirstDayofSchool 3:15–4:00 Jr.LegionofMary(Grades3–8)Tuesday,August13 3:00–4:45 VolleyballPracticeWednesday,August14 3:00–4:45 FlagFootballPractice 3:00–4:00 ChoirPractice(Lastyears’choirmembersonly) NewchoirmemberinformationwillbecomingsoonThursday,August15 8:00am HolyDayMass(Studentsgodirectlytochurch) 3:00–4:45 VolleyballPractice August21 4:45pm SafeEnvironmentClass(Requiredforallvolunteers)August21 6:00pm Back-to-SchoolNight-ParishCenter–ParentsOnlyAugust22 SchoolPictureDay–SchoolUniforms(PicturesforYearbook)September2 AllDay LaborDayHoliday–NoSchoolSeptember6 1:30pm MasswithBishopDewane(Pleasenotetimechange)

Congratulations to Our Top IXL Student Winners!

Thank you to all of our students who participated in our Summer IXL Challenge. More importantly, thank you to all of the students who worked hard to prevent “Summer Slide”. We are very proud of all of these students. In addition, we have a number of students who completed over 1,000 problems during the summer. We will be recognizing these students as well.

GradeKJonathanPetta 1,599AdrianaMalatesta 1,201JosieHernandez 1,161 Grade1LeilaniLambar-Ramirez 4,610JosephLeo 4,006NicholasColonneso 2,313

Grade2SavannahSilva 4,608JosephNatoli 2,030FelixEstigarribia 872Grade3ConnorLongo 5,500GabrielGonzalez 3,378SethMcSorley 3,018 Grade4GeremyAvillaGonzalez 17,284HeavenFrancois 13,650LukeSweeney 2.090Grade5IsabelleHokanson 3,833ElliHeina 3,321BendliThony 3,028Grade6IrvinLambar 7,236KaelaHerrington 1,474D’JoudlyAuguste 1,046

Our amazing students completed 334,896 problems this Summer!

Grade7KennethOrdonez 3,865AndyValdovinos 3,267EmilyInman 1,525 Grade8AlexPeterson 4,597AbigailDunston-Wagner 2,918JulianSmith 2,321

Junior Legion of Mary St. Joseph Catholic School

Grades 3 – 8 Monday – 3:10 to 4:00 pm

Dear Parent, We are very happy and excited to invite your child to become a part of the Junior Legion of Mary, here at St. Joseph Catholic School. The Legion of Mary by its nature has the commitment of a weekly meeting where the Rosary is prayed, as well as activities to go along with the prayer. The Jr. Legion of Mary students meet their director outside of the school office each Monday after dismissal. The children are escorted to the Parish Center for their meeting. Our meetings for the Junior Legion of Mary take place each Monday after school until 4:00 pm. Children are picked up from the Parish Center or taken to Aftercare at 4:00 pm. All parents are welcome to visit meetings, and are welcome to join our adult group. Parents interested in attending meetings are required to complete Safe Environment Training and complete a background check through the Diocese of Venice. Parents who have not completed this training are NOT allowed to work with our children. For your child to participate in the Legion of Mary, please complete, sign, and return the following statement of consent. As parent or legal guardian, you remain fully responsible for the personal actions taken by the named student. I hereby request that my child, ___________________________, be allowed to participate in the Jr. Legion of Mary as described above. I consent to my child participating in all activities. If I cannot be contacted in an emergency, the adults present with my child has the permission to take my child to the emergency room of the nearest hospital and I hereby authorize medical staff to provide treatment, which a physician deems necessary for the well-being of my child. I understand I am welcome to attend meetings. I recognize that by my child attending the Legion meeting, I have already given full consent to his/her participation in the Jr. Legion of Mary, and I further affirm my consent by signing below. _________________________ _______________________ _____________________ Parent’s Name (Please Print) Home Phone # Work Phone # ___________________________ I accept responsibility for my behavior: Parent’s Signature ________________________________ Signature of Student Emergency Contact Person (Please Print) _________________________________________________ Emergency Ph #__________________________________________

St. Joseph Catholic School Hot Lunch Order

August 12 – August 16 (One order per student)

Student: Homeroom: Grade:

Chicken Sandwich $3.75 Green Beans Cherry Tomatoes with Dip Peach Cup Welcome Back Treat Milk or Juice

Tacos $3.75 Cheesy Refried Beans Lettuce, Tomato, Cheese Cup Strawberry Cups Milk or Juice

Hot Dog on Bun $3.75 Steamed Broccoli

Baby Carrots with Dip Pear Cup

Milk or Juice

Chicken Tenders $3.75 Garlic Breadstick Mashed Potatoes Mini Romaine Salad Fresh Fruit Cup Milk or Juice

Pizza $3.75 Steamed Corn Fresh Veggie Cup with Dip Sidekicks Milk or Juice

TOTAL (Charge to FACTS)

Parent Signature:

1 Day = $ 3.75 2 Days = $ 7.50 3 Days = $11.25 4 Days = $15.00 5 Days = $18.75

PARENT TRAININGP I K M Y K I D P H O N E A P P L I C A T I O N

REGISTRATION

The app is available for download from your

smartphone’s app store (Google-Play,

Windows or iTunes).  Once you have

downloaded the PikMyKid phone app, you

will press the “Sign Up” button. Please fill in

your personal information, personal cell

phone number, personal email address and

create a password. Each parent & user will

need to register on their own smartphone

with their own information. After you press

submit, you will be sent an OTP code by text

message. Please enter this code into the

next screen. This will complete your

registration process. If for any reason you

do not receive the code please contact

support@pikmykid.com with your full name

and email address used to register & listing

OTP code as the issue.

Once Registration is complete, you will be able to log

in and see the school’s name listed (your child(ren)

listed below).  If you are a parent/guardian and see a

blank screen it is likely that the school did not have

your mobile number on file. Simply email support@pikmykid.com with your child(ren)’s

school, name, and grade -- listing blank home screen

as the issue. If you are not a parent or guardian and

see a blank screen, this is because no one has

assigned you to pick up their child for the day and is

normal.

If you have any questions about

the app, simply email support@pikmykid.com, and be

sure to include the name of your

child’s school, and the child’s

name – as well as outlining any

questions.

PARENT TRAINING CONTINUEDP I K M Y K I D P H O N E A P P L I C A T I O N

1. Press the stylus icon to the right of the

school’s name

2. Select the child’s name

3. Select the applicable calendar date

4. Select “Delegate” and continue

5. Choose the person’s name from your

contact list that pops up

6. Select the 10-digit mobile number (that

they would have used to register with the

PikMyKid App.)

7. Choose from the drop down menu how

they will be picking up your child & decide if

it is a recurring (repeating) change—if so, for

how long and how often (weekly, daily,

monthly etc).

8. Press Done! You will then see a dot for

those calendar dates and the school will

have it in their dismissal schedule 

TO ALLOW SOMEONE BESIDES

YOURSELF TO PICK UP YOUR CHILD

1. Press the stylus icon to the right of the

school’s name

2. Select the child’s name

3. Select the applicable calendar date

4. Select “Change Pick-Up Mode” and

continue

5. Choose from the drop down menu the

way your child will be picked up & decide if

it is a recurring (repeating) change—if so, for

how long and how often (weekly, daily,

monthly etc).

6. Press Done! You will then see a dot for

those calendar dates and the school will

have it in their dismissal schedule 

TO CHANGE THE WAY MYSELF OR

THE OTHER PARENT WILL PICK-UP

MY CHILD….

1. Press the stylus icon to the right of the

school’s name

2. Select the child’s name

3. Select the applicable calendar date

4. Select “After School Programs” and

continue

5. Choose from the drop down menu the

correct After School Program & decide if it

is a recurring (repeating) change—if so, for

how long and how often (weekly, daily,

monthly etc).

6. Press Done! You will then see a dot for

those calendar dates and the school will

have it in their dismissal schedule 

TO SEND YOUR CHILD TO AN AFTER

SCHOOL PROGRAM OR CLUB….