Saint Jude Catholic School www.stjudefw.org March 15, 2016
Lenten reflection: It’s hard to believe that there are only 2 weeks till Easter. The most important Day of the Liturgical Calendar. This Sunday we remember Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem; the day we remember as Palm Sunday. At Mass we’ll read the Passion of our Lord. Then we’ll take palms home to adorn religious figures and remember this day throughout the year. Ironically, many of those waving palms and throwing them at the feet of Christ’s donkey, praising “Hosanna in the Highest”, would later be the one’s shouting, “Crucify Him”, the following Friday. He wasn’t the kind of savior many were looking for. He didn’t lead a rebellion against the Romans. He didn’t fix their problems the way they wanted. How many times do we turn to God with our problems and ask him for assistance and then become upset or discouraged because God didn’t fix it the way we wanted? Maybe God has a different plan or lesson he wants us to learn from our struggles. I think the best lesson to get out of Easter is that life isn’t always fair, but we can take comfort in knowing that God is better than fair. Consider this verse from Romans 5:7-8, “Indeed only with difficulty does one die for a just person, though perhaps for a good person one might even find courage to die. But God proves his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” If you think about it, God gave us a gift we really don’t deserve… salvation. I’ll take that over fair any day. Happy Easter!
ISTEP News!!!! ISTEP Part I has been completed and 3rd grade students are now taking IREAD. Oh, so much testing! There is much debate about the purpose and importance of standardized tests these days. Unfortunately, that is the world we currently live in and these are the procedures we must follow. Be that as it may, there is still a lot of stress and some anxiety that goes into testing. I want to commend our test coordinator, Mr. Wilkins, and all of the 3-8th grade teachers for doing a wonderful job of preparing the students and helping the kids to keep things in perspective. ISTEP Part II will begin April 18th.
Lost but not Found We currently have a large bin of coats, shirts, pants, lunch boxes etc. that have accumulated over the past few months. If you think you may be missing something please ask your son or daughter to check the lost and found this week. Whatever is left on Friday March 18 will be donated to the St. Vincent DePaul society thrift store. Mike Obergfell, Principal
VISION STATEMENT
Our vision for St. Jude Catholic School is to create a faith-filled
academic community composed of students, parents, faculty, and
staff which offers a Christ-centered education and
embraces the uniqueness of all students to be life-long learners.
Catholic Corner
How does one become a member
of the Catholic Church?
The quick answer is: Be baptized
in the Catholic Church. Active
Catholic parents attend two
Baptism classes and may have
their infants or young children
baptized. Children age 7 and
older attend special classes to
learn about the Catholic beliefs,
sacraments, prayer, the life of
Christ and the practices of the
Catholic faith. This may take
two years of preparation. Adults
attend RCIA classes and
celebrate several special rites
along the way. Baptism for
adults and older children is
usually at the Easter Vigil when
they would also be confirmed and
receive their First Holy
Communion.
St. Jude Scool Mission Statement
St. Jude Catholic School community, a vital part of the St.
Jude Catholic parish, is dedicated to educating each
child spiritually, intellectually, emotionally culturally, and
physically.
CONGRATULATION TO OUR SCIENCE FAIR WINNERS! Congratulations to the following students who represented St. Jude School this past Saturday at the 61st Northeast Indiana Regional Science and Engineering Fair at IPFW: Aislyn Hogan, 4th grade Bella Rouyes, 4th grade Sam Weir, 6th grade Josie Fett, 7th grade Hope Nitza, 7th grade Saloni Dixon, 8th grade In addition, Josie Fett and Hope Nitza received two awards: The Huntington University Outstanding Achievement in Health Sciences Award with a $50 prize and the Excellence in Behavioral and Social Sciences Award from IPFW. Congratulations to all of these students for a job well done!
Congratulations to the St. Jude Math Club who competed at the 2016 MathCounts Chapter Competition held at IPFW on Saturday, February 13. St. Jude’s was the only catholic school in our diocese to compete. The following mathletes earned a position on the school team:
SPRING BREAK
Monday, April 4th thru
Friday, April 8rd. Classes
resume on Monday,
April 11th.
SPIRIT WEAR Parents, The final SpiritWear order for this school year will be placed on Wednesday, March 16. Now is the time to order a sweatshirt or hoodie for warmer weather or a larger size t-shirt if your gym shirts or spirit shirts are too small. All orders must be in the school office by the end of the day on March 16. The new single page order form for all SpiritWear, including the junior high fleece, is available on the school website under the parent tab. Questions? Contact Julie Lassus by phone or text 438-2005 or email [email protected]
See order form attached
LAST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR THIS YEAR
So far, as long as there are no more future school
cancellations, our last day for school will be
Wednesday, May 25th
Friday, March 25th (Good Friday) NO SCHOOL
Monday, (Easter Monday)
March 28th NO SCHOOL
(or Snow Make-up day)
• Tobe E. • Andy F.• David L.• Geoffrey M.
IREAD TESTING FOR 3 RD GRADE MARCH 14-18 Grade 3 will be required to complete I-READ 3 during the week of March 14 - March 18. Reminder: Come to school on time, eat a good breakfast, get plenty of sleep, and bring two #2 pencils. Please do not schedule dentist/doctor appointments or other away from school activities during this testing time because this makes it hard to test or have students make it up. Also, please no last minute arrangements as we will not be calling into the classrooms during IREAD.
Additional St. Jude competitors were Dahlia C., Eric C., Shea O., and seventh grader Adam Y.. Congratulations to Shea O. who earned the top individual score for the school and to Adam Y. who earned the top score among alternates.
EASTER PARTY AT ST. MARY’S SOUP KITCHEN St. Mary’s Soup kitchen is throwing a Big Easter Party to bring some Easter Joy to kids of the neighborhood they serve and (anyone else who would like to join). We hope you can help in this fun cause. Please see the attached flyer in this newsletter and consider bringing in a bag of Easter Candy to share with our friends at St. Mary’s Church and Soup Kitchen. A box will be placed in the main office area for your donations. You can drop them off any time you are able. God Bless and Happy Easter!! 2016-2017 SCHOOL CALENDAR INFORMATIOM As we inch closer to spring, we also look ahead to our next school year. St. Jude Catholic School has established a list of important dates including dates for the beginning and end of the school year as well as vacation breaks. These dates have been based on other area schools to help families better align their own calendars. Please note the following regarding snow/weather make-ups days: If we have missed four days due to snow/weather before President’s Day on Monday, February 20th, 2017 we will use that as a make-up day. Any other make-up days will be added on to the end of the school year. Please see 2016-2017 St. Jude Catholic School Calendar- Important Dates below. A complete calendar has not yet been released.
ATTACHMENTS: Important Dates for 2016-2017 Father/Daughter Dance YMCA Flyer on Childcare St. Mary’s Easter Party Spiritwear Order Form SCRIP Express
. St. Jude Youth Ministry
C.H.A.O.S. (Christ Has All Our Solutions) Open to all students in grades
6-8
If you are not getting the monthly Youth Ministry email, please contact Vickie Lortie in
the parish office ([email protected]) to get your email address on the list. That is the best way to know in advance about youth ministry events. Also "like" St. Jude
Youth Ministry on Facebook to stay current on any activities.
March 17th
1:45 Dismissal
& Dress Down Day!
Wear green for St.
Patrick’s Day!
SCHOOL
SKATING PARTY
Bell’s Roller Skating Rink
7009 Lincoln Highway E.
Thursday, March 17
2pm until 4pm
Come join the fun! School
will be dismissed at 1:45pm
on Thursday, March 17th.
St. Jude Catholic School 2110 Pemberton Drive
Fort Wayne, Indiana 46805-4628
260-484-4611
2016-2017 St. Jude Catholic School Calendar- Important Dates
August 4th (Th)- Data Round Up 11th (Th)- School Begins
September 5th (M)- Labor Day: NO SCHOOL 9th (F)- End of Midterm 15th (Th)- Professional Development: 1:45 Dismissal 22nd (Th)- ICF/Mission Day: NO SCHOOL
October 14th (F)- End of 1st Quarter 20th (Th)- Professional Development: 1:45 Dismissal 27th (Th)- Parent/Teacher Conferences: 1:45 Dismissal 28th (F)- NO SCHOOL
November 11th (F)- End of Midterm 17th (Th)- Professional Development: 1:45 Dismissal 24th/25th (Th/F)- Thanksgiving Break: NO SCHOOL
December 21st (W)- End of 2nd Quarter 22nd (Th)- Christmas Break Begins: NO SCHOOL
January 5th (Th)- School Resumes 16th (M)- Martin Luther King Day: NO SCHOOL 19th (Th)- Professional Development: 1:45 Dismissal
February 3rd (F)- End of Midterm 16th (Th)- Professional Development: 1:45 Dismissal 20th (M)- President’s Day: NO SCHOOL (Make-Up Day if needed) 27th (M)- I-STEP+ Part 1 Window Opens: (2/27-3/10)
March 10th (F)- I-STEP+ Part 1 Window Closes 10th (F)- End of 3rd Quarter 13th (M)- I-READ 3 Window Opens: (3/13-3/17) 16th (Th)- Professional Development: 1:45 Dismissal 17th (F)- I-READ 3 Window Closes
April 3rd (M)- Spring Break Begins: NO SCHOOL 10th (M)- School Resumes 14th (F)- Good Friday: NO SCHOOL 17th (M)- Easter Monday: NO SCHOOL 17th (M)- I-STEP+ Part 2 Window Opens: (4/17-5/5) 20th (Th)- Professional Development: 1:45 Dismissal 21st (F)- End of Midterm
May 5th (F)- I-STEP+ Part 2 Window Closes 18th (Th)- Professional Development: 1:45 Dismissal 23rd (T)- End of 4th Quarter/Last Day of School*: 1:45 Dismissal *Tentative, depending Make-Up Days 29th (M)- Memorial Day: NO SCHOOL 31st (W)- Graduation Ceremony- 8th Grade
St. Jude Presents: Father Daughter Masquerade
Ball Fathers, Grandfathers, Uncles, Brothers, etc.
Come enjoy a night out with your princess.
Saturday, April 23 from 7pm-9pm in the St. Jude Church Hall
The cost is $10 per Father/Daughter(s) Desserts and Beverages provided
Please contact Tera Hogan with any questions: 312-7706
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SCRIP EXPRE$$
Volume 17 Issue 2 March 15, 2016
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you who have supported and
helped promote the St. Jude SCRIP-For-Tuition Program. The 2015-2016 SCRIP
year ended February 28, 2016. Tuition credit earned on SCRIP purchases made up
to this date will be applied to your May 2016 tuition payment (if applicable) with any
excess credit applied to the tuition balance for the 2016-2017 school year.
Please remember that a minimum of $20.00 must have been earned in
order to process a tuition credit. If your family’s total tuition credit was
less than $20.00, the money was transferred to the St. Jude Tuition
Assistance Fund, which greatly thanks you.
Final Tuition Earning Statements for the 2015-2016 SCRIP year were distributed on Tuesday, March 8th via Kidmail to St. Jude families, and BDHS/BLHS families were able to start
picking up their statements on Wednesday, March 9th at walk in sales. If you have
any questions concerning your statement, please contact a SCRIP
Coordinator as soon as possible since your statement has already been
sent to your respective school’s Business office and we will be archiving
all paperwork over spring break.
SPRING BREAK and SCRIP
If you are traveling out of town over Easter or Spring break, now is the time to order
your gas cards, restaurant, grocery, motel, and/or airline SCRIP. Check out the
National Retailers List at ShopwithSCRIP.com. You can Special order/Prepay
SCRIP with us for your traveling needs; be smart and plan ahead!!!
Please note: there will be NO SCRIP SALES OVER SPRING BREAK.
Parents of departing 8th graders---if your child will not be attending BDHS or BLHS,
please think about continuing to purchase SCRIP; you can help fellow St. Jude
Families by routing your SCRIP earnings to the St. Jude Tuition Assistance Fund or
to a family of your choice. Also, if you receive a Choice Scholarship (voucher) &
have a student entering or currently attending Dwenger or Luers, you can purchase
SCRIP to help reduce your payment!!!
Volume 17 Issue 2 SCRIP EXPRE$$
March 15, 2016
SCRIP Ideas
• Are you in charge of Easter dinner this year? Grab some Didier ($25 at
8%) or Jamison Meats ($25 at 3%) for your meal and Bagel Station
($10 at 13%) for dessert!
• Fill those Easter baskets with gift cards!! Get some DeBrand’s Fine
Chocolate ($10 at 8%) or Dairy Queen ($5 at 10%) SCRIP.
• Do you need any new patio furniture, lawn equipment, flower pots, etc?
Start stocking up on Lowe’s ($25/$100 @ 2%) or Menard’s ($25 @
1%) SCRIP.
SCRIP-For-Tuition Hours
Please Note: St. Jude School Kidmail is on Tuesdays, when school is in
session.
Wednesday 5:30-6:30pm in the Parish Center; Thursday 7:30-9:30am in the
Parish Center.
If there is no school due to weather, there are NO SCRIP sales.
Weekend Schedule---
*after Saturday evening Mass 3/19 & 4/9
*after Sunday 7, 9, and 11am Mass 3/20 & 4/10
SCRIP Reminders
Any checks returned for insufficient funds are your responsibility. A $20.00 fee
will be charged for each check returned. You will not be able to purchase SCRIP
until the matter has been resolved. Please remember too that we are unable to
accept postdated checks or hold checks for later deposits.
You may drop off your form with payment before Mass; simply give it to a SCRIP
salesperson when the orange SCRIP sign is posted or put it in the Parish Office
mail slot (located on the Pemberton Drive door). Your order will be available for
“express pick-up” after Mass.
If you have any questions regarding St. Jude SCRIP-For-Tuition, please feel free
to contact Carol Laisure (483-2015) or Jodi Deiser (420-8999), SCRIP
Coordinators.
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