Spring Fling
Monopoly: St John Edition 2019
March 23, 2019
5:30 Social Hour 7:00 Dinner
Silent Auction, Live Auction, Raffle & Games
Tickets are $30
March 10th : $35
Tickets available in the school and parish office.
Congratulations
Please join me in congratulating our Archery teams for their wonderful effort at the State Archery tournament this past weekend. Our 3-D team finished 10th; a qualifying place for the Nationals competition. Drew Crump finished first in 3-D & Bullseye, and Regan Reeg finished 10th in Bullseye, qualifying them both for Nationals.
Pennies for Patients
Please help us kick off our Pennies for Patients drive by participating in as many events as you are able.
March 20th - Hat Day—Donate 50 cents and students can wear their favorite hat all day long.
March 28th- Let’s go big! Help us raise $500 to put a member of the faculty in an Easter Bunny costume!! ($5 per family would achieve our goal for this activity)
March 29th-Hero Box weigh in. Bring your donation boxes back to school for a coin weigh in. The class with the most box weight wins a free recess and a prize from Pennies for Patients!
Thank you for your help and generosity in helping us put an end to childhood cancers!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Bundy and Mrs. Reck
Living Stations of the Cross
A custom of our Christian tradition is to keep vigil with Christ at different times and in different ways during Holy Week. One of the places from which we draw this custom is Jesus’ request to his disciples to keep watch while he prayed and agonized in the Garden of Gethsemane. We also know that there were those few—including Mary Magdalene, Jesus’ mother Mary, and the apostle John—who stayed near the cross and kept watch as Jesus suffered and died. Despite the horror of what was taking place, those most intimate with Jesus stayed with him to the end.
Middle School Students of St. John School invite you to join them for the Living Stations of the Cross on Monday, April 15 at 1:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Both performances will take place at St. John Catholic Church. Middle school students need to report no later than 6pm for evening prayer.
Help Wanted
St. John School has an opening in our Extended Care program. If you are 16 years old or older and like working with children between the ages of 3 - 10, please contact St. John School, in person or at 319-334-7173. Working hours are 3:30 - 5pm during school days.
Book Fair
Our spring Book Fair will be here from March 28-April 5, 2019. Book Fair opens in the school library on Thursday, March 28 at 9:30am after Mass.
Times: 8:30am – 3:30pm (9:30 opening after Mass on Thursdays) Closed Saturday, Sunday and Monday but online shopping is available from March 14 – April 5.*
FAMILY NIGHT will be on Tuesday, April 2 from 5:30pm to 6:30pm.
Our Scholastic Book Fair Homepage can be found at:
*http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/stjohnschool13
Amazon
We have recently received a check for $150 from Amazon Smile. Thank you very much for thinking of us when you purchase something from Amazon. If you have not linked us to your Amazon purchases yet (It costs you nothing) please go to Amazon Smile and locate us by using our tax ID #42-0736175
STO
There is only one month left to file your application. The School Tuition Organization is now accepting financial aid applications (online only). This is the website link https://online.factsmgt.com/aid. A significant change for the 2019-20 school year is that all families that file taxes will be required to submit their 2018 tax return. In order to give families more time to complete and upload their 2018 tax return, the deadline for round #1 has been extended to April 15. Important: You must apply for STO in order to qualify for Kucera Grant and local tuition assistance scholarship money.
You will qualify for financial assistance if:
Family members Earn less than
2 $67,640
3 $85,320
4 $103,000
5 $120,680
6 $138,360
