New Tuition Law
The governor signed the tax bill this week that now allows 529 plans to be used for nonpublic K-12 education. Click the following link to view the details.
https://www.votervoice.net/iframes/IOWAACE/newsletters/29742
Take it or Leave it
We are conducting a clothing exchange called "Take it or Leave it". During this time you are welcome to drop off clothing that may be used to satisfy our new dress code policy (Leave it), and/or you may take something from our inventory that may fit your child(ren) (Take it). The two designated days are: Sunday, June 24, from 11am - noon and Monday, June 25 from 8am - 3pm. You may also visit the clothing exchange during our office hours in August.
Vacation Bible School
St. John and St. Patrick 2018 Vacation Bible School
Children must have completed 3-year-old preschool or be at least 4 years old to participate. Children completing 5
th grade may be a station helper.
Cost is $10 per child or $30 for 3+ children. VBS will be held June 25-29 from 8:30-11:30 at St. John’s School in the Multi-Purpose room.
Please register online at:
https://vbspro.events/p/daa128
Yearbooks
Have you ordered your yearbook(s)? Contact Mrs. Hare to place your order. The price is $15.00/yearbook. Absolute last day to order is June 1st. Some things highlighted in the book include class composite, first communion, Catholic Schools Week, DARE trip, musical, sports/extra curricular activities, halloween parade, promotion mass, stations of the cross and fun photos of each grade level.
Also, we have a limited number of yearbooks from 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, and 2016-17 available for $3 each. Please let the office know if you would like a copy.
Calendar
I have updated the 2018 - 19 school calendar on our website. Click HERE to view it.
St. John License Plates
The St. John decal is $5 for one decal. The license plate can be obtained at the court house for a $5 fee to the court house. Both plates can take a decal. You can have two different decals if you so desire. If you want personalized decal plates you can order those online at
www.iowadot.gov (once there, click on
View decals. Our sticker is the 14th one) for a $25 fee for personalization and a $5 fee for the plates. Please contact Monica House (
housemonicaann@hotmail.com) or this page if you would like a St. John decal (or two) for your new decal plates.
New Dress Code
The new dress code can be found on p.17 & 18 of our parent-student handbook. The handbook is conveniently located on our website. Click
HERE for details. If you have any questions, please contact me at school.
News from the Lunchroom
School Lunch Accounts: Power School makes it easy to know when your account is low or at 0 funds. There is a box to check that will send an email right to you so you know your lunch balance. Next year, we are not going to send you a paper copy. We need to make aware to our students that if you have a 0 balance, you are not allowed to get extra main meal and/or extra milk. We will always make sure that your child has lunch, but we are having issues with lunch accounts having 0 balances. If you are having financial issues, you still may sign up for free and reduced lunches. That said, the families signed up for free and reduced also must make sure they have money in their account or bring money in, if your child wants extra main meal ($1) and extra milk ($.30). Those are not covered in the free and reduced program. Please make sure you sign up to the Power School account to get your balance and sign up to have the balance sent to you.
Remember Breakfast Next year.
At school, there’s always a meal ready to be served! Some mornings, it’s tough to find the time to make sure your kids are eating a nutritious breakfast. On those days, why not send them to the School Breakfast Program? Each meal meets government nutritional guidelines and standards. Schools are required to provide a breakfast meal that includes fruit, whole-grain rich items, and low fat or fat free milk. Check your child’s menu to see the variety of nutritious choices available at School Breakfast, or stop by to sample the food yourself! 7:30 a.m.-8:15 a.m. If you're qualified for free and reduced lunch, you are also eligible for free or reduced breakfast.
Student survey for the year 17-18
Maybe your child told you about this or not, but in March/April we voted for some meals to stay in next years menu and for some to go away. The winners that got to stay were: Italian Dunkers(cheesy dipping bread), Mr Rib(pork rib) sandwich, Cowboy Cavatini, meatball sub, and taco soup/chili and cheese filled breadstick. The items that are going away for most of the year are, deli ham & cheese, BBQ pork sandwich, fish patty, fish nuggets, and turkey hamburger. We will still have a fish stick for Ash Wednesday and deli sandwich for Field Day. They really liked being able to help choose what they eat. We will try a couple of new items next year. They will be a chicken alfredo dish, chicken drumstick and maybe even a new breakfast pizza. We will do some survey and voting on items again next year. If you have any ideas that you think kids would like to have, let me know. Be advised some of the following:
Low sodium<1230mg
Calorie minimums and maximums 550-700
No trans fat and low saturated fats <10%
And if it has a grain in it to be 51% or more whole grain.
We have tried to make our meals as kid friendly as possible and we hope your children are comfortable with coming to us with anything they would like to know.
To find summer lunch programs in the area, call: 1-866-348-6479 or visit: www.fns.usda.gov/summerfoodrocks Find a site near you! Text: “Summer Meals” to 97779
Thanks and have a great summer
Sarah Zieser
Joan Wieland
