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First Week of Lent, 2019
One does not live on bread alone.
- Luke 4:1-13 -

What to Give Up...
Give up complaining... focus on gratitude
Give up pessimism... become an optimist
Give up harsh judgments... think kindly thoughts
Give up worry... trust Divine Providence
Give up discouragement... be full of hope
Give up bitterness... turn to forgiveness
Give up hatred... return good for evil
Give up negativism... be positive
Give up anger... be more patient
Give up pettiness... become mature
Give up gloom... enjoy the beauty that is all around you
Give up jealousy... pray for trust
Give up gossiping... control your tongue
Give up sin... turn to virtue
Give up giving up... hang in there!

Direct our actions, Lord, by your holy inspiration and carry them forward by your gracious help, that all our works may begin in you and by you be happily ended.

We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God forever and ever.

- Amen -

Classes Not in Session on Friday, March 15th

We will be having our last Professional Development Day of the year on Friday, March 15th. Therefore, school will not be in session on this day.

PTO Announcements

Our monthly PTO meeting will take place on Tuesday, April 2nd at 6:30pm. Hope to see you there.

Our PTO Family Fun Night will be taking place this Thursday, March 14th at the Rollerden in Ashtabula. The evening begins at 6:00pm with a $3.00 donation to skate.

PTO Meeting Minutes from February

Contact PTO

PTO Spring Flower Sale

Our PTO Spring Flower Sale has begun! Please consider purchasing beautiful spring/summer flowers from Foertmeyer & Sons Greenhouse. This flower sale is a big fundraiser for PTO so that they can continue to provide enriching activities for our school family.

All families were given flower catalogs and order forms this past week.

Flower Catalog

Shop with Scrip

Looking for additional ways to add to funds for tuition? Consider shopping with Script. Each gift card you buy through the program gives you a financial rebate to be used for tuition payment. Currently Land’s End, Macy’s, Chipotle, American Movie Theaters, Old Navy and Bath and Body Works all have rebates 9% or higher. Saint John’s Code is 11L71EC639767. Please follow the link below for more information.

Scrips Website

Spring Sport Picture Day - Date Correction

Sports Picture Day is March 19th at 2:30pm in the high school gymnasium. The monthly newsletter calendar has it as March 18th and the order form has another date. But the CORRECT DATE is March 19th.

Easter Chocolate Sale

Although we just started Lent, it is not to early to begin ordering your Easter Chocolates from Malley's! Our Malley's Easter Chocolate Sale has begun and order forms have been sent home. Please refer to this order form for prices and due dates.

Musical Practice Schedule

Practices for our spring production of the broadway musical Aladdin are underway. Please follow the link below for this week's practice schedule:

Practice Schedule

Momo Challenge Warning

Please be aware of another very dangerous internet challenge video making its way around the country. Please see a letter from our principal below concerning this challenge. Moreover, you will also find a link from the Ohio Department of Education which contains more information about this challenge.

Letter from Mr. Plescia

Momo Challenge Information from the Ohio Department of Education

Saint Patrick's Day Dress Down

Celebrate Saint Patrick's Day this Thursday, March 14th by dressing down in GREEN! All students who choose to dress down are asked to donate $2.00. All proceeds will go to our student Philanthropy Club which awards grants to charitable organizations in Ashtabula County.

Saint Patrick's Day Raffle

Making Catholic Education Possible for All Students

The 24th annual St. Patrick’s Day Raffle is on Saturday, March 16th in the SJS gymnasium beginning at 5:00 p.m. The Grand Prize is $25,000!

This is one of our school’s biggest one night fundraiser and we depend on it to keep Catholic education alive in Ashtabula County. The raffle has raised well over $1,000,000 through the years!

We need the support of our school community, especially parents, to make this a success. The ticket price is $1,000, which includes eight meal tickets. A dinner ticket is available to anyone donating $125. Any donation is greatly appreciated though. Should you win the grand prize; the money will be divided among all winners according to the percentage of the ticket purchased.

Volunteers Needed

Thank you to all who have volunteered to help. We are still in need of the following:

Help serving appetizers on Saturday night from 4:30-7:30pm.
One person to help Mr. Valentic with counting and organizing money.
Two people to help direct people to their seats. This is a perfect volunteer role if you are coming to the dinner as you are finished early and then can enjoy the rest of the night.

Signup Genius

Class Ticket Update

We have a week to go and we are at 40% of our goal. We need everyone to pitch in to make our goal of selling our class tickets. If everyone gave $25.00, we would be in a good place. Please click on graphic below to see class results as of Friday, March 8th:

A heartfelt thank you for your continued support!

Kindergarten Readiness Assessment

Our Kindergarten Readiness Assessment will be taking place on Friday, March 29th, by appointment. If you or someone you know is interested in becoming part of our Kindergarten for the 2019-20 academic year, please contact Keith Corlew to schedule your child's Assessment.

440.997.5531 X 226
kcorlew@sjheralds.org

Please note that due to the assessment, Pre-Kindergarten and current Kindergartner students will not have school on this day.

Herald Athletic Announcements

A friendly reminder for all Spring Student Athletes: For students playing a spring sport, who did not participate in a winter sport, you need to sign up for Final Forms.

FinalForms allows you to complete and sign athletic participation forms for your students. The most exciting news is that FinalForms saves data from season-to-season and year-to-year, meaning that you will never need to enter the same information twice! FinalForms also pre-populates information wherever possible, for each of your students, saving you time.

All student athletes and their families will need to have an account. We will be glad to help you through the process.

Included below is a flyer with directions on how to enroll. We are asking that ALL parents of athletes use FinalForms. Please register below now and electronically complete ALL forms! It would be helpful if you have registered prior to the meeting so we can address any issues.

Thank you for your assistance in streamlining our paperwork processes at Saint John School.

Enrollment Directions

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, March 11th -

No Games Scheduled

- Tuesday, March 12th -
No Games Scheduled

- Wednesday, March 13th -
No Games Scheduled

- Thursday, March 14th -

No Games Scheduled

- Friday, March 15th -

No Games Scheduled

- Saturday, March 16th -

No Games Scheduled

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

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