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The Feast of the Epiphany
"And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you shall come a ruler who is to shepherd my people Israel." (Matthew 2:5-6)

Let us pray:
Father, you revealed your Son to the nations
by the guidance of a star. Lead us to your glory in
heaven by the light of faith. We ask this through our
Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with
you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

- Amen -

School Resumes

We hope that everyone had a joyous and relaxing Christmas Break. We are looking forward to welcoming all students and staff back to school on Monday, January 7th.

PTO Announcements

Our monthly PTO meeting will take place on Tuesday, January 8th at 6:30pm. Hope to see you there.

Please mark your calendars for Family Skate Night taking place on Thursday, January 24th. See the flyer below:

We are looking for volunteers to help out with our Cinderella Dance taking place on February 9th. Please contact Kiersten Shevchik if you can help 724-771-5187.

Contact PTO

November Meeting Minutes

Intramural Basketball

Reminders

Please return the form & fee about Intramural Basketball that went home as soon as possible so we are able to get an accurate count. Information regarding Intramural Basketball including mini-camps taking place on January 6th and 12th can be found on the flyer below. Please contact Calvin Crawford via text (440.813.5177) with any questions.

Intramural Basketball Flyer

End of Second Quarter

The 2nd quarter will end on Friday, January 11th. Report cards will be mailed shortly there after.

STOPit Solutions

We are excited to announce that our school has enrolled with STOPit! STOPit is an online reporting tool designed to deter and mitigate bullying, cyber abuse, and other inappropriate behaviors, consisting of an app and a back-end incident management system for school administrators. Moreover, students are also able to report things that may be going on with them or their friends. We will be rolling this out to our students over the next several weeks.

Safety Updates

As a means to better secure our building we are implementing the following security measures beginning on January 7th:

In order to limit entry points, the doors that will be open in the morning are the front south and north doors (not the front middle door) and the gym door in the rear of the building (not the cafeteria door). These entry doors have faculty members present in the morning to insure that all people coming into the building have legitimate reasons to be in the building. Please see the map below.
All visitors (including parents) are asked to sign in when entering the building and to sign out when leaving. Visitors will be given a visitor’s pass to wear while they are on site. This includes parents. Although an individual teacher may know who the parents in their class are, not every teacher in the building knows all parents. We want the school to be a welcoming place for parents but we also want to insure the safety of students. So if this makes for a slight inconvenience we believe the benefit is far greater.
We ask that parents entering the building to pick up children in the afternoon not to arrive before 2:10 pm. If waiting in the building we ask that you either wait in the auxiliary gym or in the hall way near the main office. When parents wait outside the immediate classroom area prior to 2:15 pm it causes a disruption in the ongoing learning process.
We are also concerned about safety in the parking lot. Please remember that the north end is the entrance and south end is the exit drive. Parents should make a circular drive and drop off students either by the south elementary entrance or the gym entrance. Parents should not drop off by the main north entrance as this creates a traffic problem.

Map of Entry and Drop Off Points

Herald Athletic Announcements

Please don’t forget to sign up to help with Concessions. Please click on link below to gain access to the Signup Genius. Thank you in advance!

Concession Stand Signups

Monthly Newsletter

Our monthly newsletters, including inserts, are available for download. Please follow the link below to access this school year's monthly newsletters:

Monthly Newsletters

Developing Scholarship ● Deepening Faith ● Inspiring Leadership.

Weekly Athletic Schedule

- Monday, January 7th -
MS Girls Conneaut 4:30 (H)

- Tuesday, January 8th -
JV/Var.boys BB @ Maplewood 5:30
MS Girl/Boy DH - Mentor Chr. 4:30 (H)

- Wednesday, January 9th -
No Games Scheduled

- Thursday, January 10th -
MS Boys BB - Cornerstone 4:30 (H)
Varsity girls @ Newbury 6:00

- Friday, January 11th -
JV/Var.Boys Bb-crestwood 5:30 (H)

- Saturday, January 12th -
VG BB Edgewood 1:00pm (H)

***Please check the SJS website for the most up-to-date game dates and times***

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