NOTE~ NEW Homework Policy starting 2nd Quarter---look in the Discipline Section of Bb

UNIFORM

Store Dates: Monday, Jan. 25 7-8:30 pm
Feb 6 9-12 noon
Feb 8 7-8:30 pm
Feb 22 7-8:30 pm
Feb 27 9-12 noon
Families with pick-ups: Buscher, Wiese
For used uniforms: Please remember that only Dickies brand items may be worn at the
school, so those are the only items we can take in to sell. We appreciate all contributions as
this is an easy profit, and it helps out other families as well.

Kindergarten Preview 2010-11
St. John’s school will be having kindergarten preview for the children entering
kindergarten this coming fall on February 8, 2010. If you have a child that will be coming
next fall and have not received a mailing or phone call yet, please contact the school office
at 486-1860.

Preschool Open House
The Preschool will have an Open House on Thursday, February 4, 2010 from 6:30 – 8:00. We
will be accepting applications for the 2010 – 2011 school year. An introductory letter about
our preschool is on the website (http://www.stjohnslincoln.com/sj/prekhome.html) or may
be requested from the office.
If you wish to register before the open house, you may get an application from the website.
The form cannot be sent in via email; you will need to print it out and send it to the office
with a $25 registration fee. Your returned application with the registration fee RESERVES
your child’s place in preschool. . If you have any questions, please email suewaldren@
cdolinc.net or call 486-1860 between 7:45 – 8:45 am or between 3:15 and 4:00 pm.

Page One Nebraska starts next week at St. John's!
The first meeting for Page One Nebraska will be next Monday, January 25th. The meetings
will take place on Mondays during lunchtime in the library. The children will get their lunch
and bring it to the library so we can "eat and meet".
Page One is a competitive reading program sponsored by the Diocese of Lincoln for children
in grades 3-8. Children read books from an age appropriate book list and then participate in
various activities in the spring. The program includes a Fun Day on March 20th and the
competition on April 17th both at St. Teresa's school. A $5 registration fee is required. Get the
book list at www.pageonenebraska.com or on Blackboard. Level 1 is for 3rd and 4th grades,
5th and 6th grades read the Level 2 books and 7th and 8th read the Level 3 books.
We are also looking for adults willing to read the books from the list and create 5-10 practice
questions about the book. Please contact Kelly or Amber Soden with any
questions...kelly.soden@gmail.com or asoden@windstream.net.

Catholic Schools Week
The calendar of events for Catholic Schools Week (Jan.31 – Feb.6) will be found on
Blackboard. I will create a separate section on Bb for Catholic Schools Week & add as
available.

Builder’s Club Upcoming dates:
January 19: meeting
Saturday, January 30 Movie night for Junior High 6:30 – 8:30 in the Social Hall
(more info to follow)
February 2: Board meeting
February 9: meeting

Pius X 8th Grade Orientation
Will be Monday, February 8th, 7pm. A flyer will come home with your 8th grader on this.

Volunteer Nursing Help
If any nurses are interested in assisting us with coordination of health screenings for the
upcoming school year, please contact us in the school office.

Endowment Dinner
Each year, St. John's 8th grade families host the annual Endowment Dinner to raise money
for future students/families of St. John’s. This year we are trying something different by
raffling off a brand new 2010 Hyundai Sonata. We are selling ONLY 1000 tickets & to help us
meet our goal in helping ALL the children, we are asking the rest of the school families to
help support us with this worthwhile cause. The tickets are only $50.00 each. You can
purchase them this weekend after Mass, at school or the rectory. The drawing will be during
the Endowment Dinner on February 13th, 2010. Anyone selling 10 or more tickets will have
their name in a special drawing for your participation.
You could ask your extended families, friends, co-workers, neighbors if they'd like to help
support us and possibly win a new car in the process! If you would like to get a flyer, we can
e-mail you a copy so that you can show them or place in your break-room at work. THANKS!

ART SUPPLIES
Please save and bring in your newspapers (no slick ads) for ART CLASS. Other items needed
are Shoe boxes, plastic containers such as baby food, frozen dinners and yogurt. Old yarn,
string, beads and candles are great too. Great news: We’ve recently acquired 2 kilns, if you
have any ceramic supplies you want to donate to our new adventure please contact the Art
room. If you have an item that questionable, please email Mrs. Alcalde at annaalcalde@cdolinc.net. Thanks for helping our creativity!

DO YOU PLAY A STRINGED INSTRUMENT?
Jeanne Pinkman, a teacher at Cathedral school is creating an after school stringed instrument
group for the next school year (2010/11). If you take lessons in violin, viola or other stringed
instruments and are interested in participating, please contact her at this email:
Jeannepinkman@cathedrallincoln.org or call her at 477-1696.

Family Restaurant Nights this 2009-10 year are: