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This Week at
St. John the Baptist School
May 31, 2016
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Christian Leaders Academic Achievers Responsible Citizens
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Dear St. John the Baptist Families,
It's graduation week
! A BIG Congratulations and a fond farewell to our 8th grade class of 2016 who will celebrate tomorrow with their Dinner Dance and will graduate this Friday evening at 7:30pm. These students are outstanding examples of Christian Leadership, Academic Achievement and Responsible Citizenship. We wish them well and will miss each one of them.
When our 8th graders graduate this Friday, some of their families will be leaving our school as well. We wish to say a warm goodbye to those parents who have been an important part of our school community. They have gifted us with their time and talents during their years at St. John the Baptist School and their presence will be missed.
Please join me in sending your thoughts and prayers to the following families:
To the Barba, Bautista, Hall, Hardin, Lynch, Orozco, Ruiz,
Samayoa, Shrestha, Smith, Spiller, Szerlip, Williams, Woodson and Zaragoza families.
Did You Know? That we need parents/guardians to join the School Board and PTG next year? To date we have only received a few interested in helping with the PTG and NO volunteers for the School Board:( Please contact Merci Richardson if you are interested in being a PTG volunteer: [email protected] and Dina Trombettas if you are interested in the School Board: [email protected]
Request for Prayers: We pray especially this week for our School Secretary and 3rd Grade Teaching Assistant Mrs. Brown who is in the hospital undergoing screening for her heart. We certainly miss her, wish her a speedy recovery and ask that you keep her close in prayer. We also pray for those who are battling illness, those who are hungry and homeless, those who are unemployed and for those who are
suffering loss.
Blessings for a Wonderful Week!
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The 8th Grade Dinner Dance committee still needs help with the clean-up for tomorrow night's dinner dance, 6/1. Clean Up will begin at 9:45pm and double hours will be given. Please email Dina Trombettas at: [email protected] if you are able to help.
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- June 6 & 7 are 12 noon dismissal days
- Wednesday, June 8th - 10:30AM DISMISSAL - LAST DAY OF SCHOOL
- We will have a prayer service in the gym on the last day of school at 9:30am. All are welcome to attend.
- NO DAYCARE ON LAST DAY OF SCHOOL AFTER SCHOOL - AM CARE ONLY
- Report Cards will be distributed the last day of school. Please keep the report card envelope.
- School Speak Grading Portal will be closed to all families on Friday, June 3 while our teachers prepare report cards.
- All medications must be picked up in the main office from Mrs. Brown by the last day of school.
- Please check lost and found for missing school items. All lost and found will be donated to the rescue mission if not picked up by the last day of school.
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All families must be financially current with tuition, PPP dues, PPP hour fees (if hours not completed) and Eagle's Nest fees in order to receive your child's report card, STAR year end growth snapshot score and begin school in August or have your child's cumulative file sent to another school if you are not returning.
Please remember that the school must complete its year-end financial statements on June 30th and all delinquent accounts impede this process. Thank you in advance for your cooperation in these matters!
If you have questions about your balance, we ask that you check your account balance via School Speak or please contact Mrs. Clabby at:
[email protected]
or at (510) 234-2244
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2016-2017 Tuition & Fees
Tuition for the 2016-2017 school year begins this July with an automatic ACH payments on either July 5
th
or July 20
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. Your preference of an auto-debit date of either the 5th or 20th of the month will not change unless you contact Mrs. Clabby. Please check your School Speak account in late June for your 16-17 new payment schedule of either a 10 or 11 month payment plan.
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| Please join us for an orientation meeting for incoming Kindergarten and transfer students and families is June 14th at 7:00pm in the school library. |
As we close out the 2015-2016 school year, we are working as a faculty and staff to plan for the 2016-2017 school year that will soon be upon us. Here's a snapshot of what's to come in the new year.
STANDARDS BASED REPORT CARDS GRADES K-5
Assessment, grading, and record keeping are among the most important tasks a classroom teacher performs. These processes help teachers determine what and how well students have learned and serve as a vehicle for providing feedback about student learning to parents and students. A Standards-Based System, or SBS, calls for a clear identification of what students should know and be able to do. Increased clarity in terms of student learning goals quite naturally calls for increased accuracy in terms of assessment, grading and reporting.
Standards-Based Grading focuses on measuring students' proficiency on a specific set of outcomes. These outcomes are shared with students and parents at the outset of the course, along with Proficiency Scales, often referred to as standards-based rubrics, which explain the essential outcomes in detail. A student's progress toward proficiency is tracked by performance on learning tasks that align to the outcome, which encourages student ownership of the learning and allows the teacher to provide accurate feedback to the student and parents. The goal of a standards-based approach is to clearly communicate to students and parents what is expected of the students and how to help them be successful in their educational journey.
Standards based teaching has been implemented over the past two years in our classrooms and our report cards for grades K-5 will be a match beginning fall 2016! Drafts of all K-5 report cards can be found in School Speak and your child's teacher will be giving an overview at Back to School Night and your child's School Speak grading categories will also be revised in his/her grade portfolio.
MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE - 5 DAYS PER WEEK
Mrs. Bains will be working with our 6-8 Science students 5 days per week. As an emphasis is placed on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) programming for Science, Mrs. Bains will be working with the students to expand all grade level Science instruction by incorporating Next Generation Science Standards and paired labs which are aligned to California State Standards.
ART PROGRAM IMPLEMENTED GRADES K-8
Mrs. Suarez will be both our Art and Spanish teacher next year and will be with us 5 days per week. All K-5 classrooms will have Art added to their curriculum in the fall with the use of the "Art in Action" program. Students in grades 6-8 will have the option of either taking Spanish or Art as an elective in the fall and course descriptions for these grade 6-8 classes will be sent out to families in the next week with a request to make a selection that will best suit student interest and skillset.
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The PTG and School Board need your help for the 2016-2017 school year. Won't you please consider volunteering to
fulfill
all of your annual PPP hours
for one of the following positions?
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Why Join the School Board?
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PTG:
PPP Hour Coordinator
Yearbook Coordinator
Room Parent Coordinator
Crab Feed Overall Event Chair
Donations and Auctions Chair (may also be school board position???)
Interested?? Please email current PTG President Merci Richardson at: [email protected]
School Board:
President
School Board Members
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Our Yearbooks have arrived! Don't forget to buy yours for $35 in the main office. Available while they're still in stock so buy yours TODAY!
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The Brightest and Coolest Week of Summer;
June 20-24 will be at "Cave Quest".
This year's Vacation Bible Day Camp will be held at St. John the Baptist School.
Options for Morning Campers from
9 a.m-12:30 p.m. ($70) or
All Day Campers
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.only ($170)
Here are some of the exciting activities: Fun with a purpose!
Songs & Drama, amazing Science experiments, tasty treats, team building sports & games.
Pre-K thru Completed 6th grade campers, Jr. High, High School & College student volunteer opportunities (see website)
Service projects will include: Rosary making, stuffed hearts for local shelter, cards for troops and lap blankets for Veterans at Martinez Hospital and singing for El Cerrito Royale Seniors.
CAVE DAY- Information & Registration
Sunday June 5th following mass at
10:30 a.m. Conference Room (early bird discount ends at
Midnight)
OPEN HOUSE
Sunday June 19, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. School Gym
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Campbell's Soup Labels
Target Purchases
Did you know that St. John's just received a check for $420 for your Target Red Card purchases? Don't forget to designate St. John the Baptist School as your school of choice and 1% of everything you purchase will go to St. John's. Your donations really do help.
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Please save the Box Tops for Education coupons & Campbell's Labels for Education points throughout the school year. This is an easy way for St. John to raise money for school events. Please turn them into the school office. Any questions please call Catherine Zaragoza 510-222-4925.
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The first day of school for the 2016-2017 school year is August 24, 2016
The first day begins at 8:00am and ends at 12noon.
Thanksgiving Vacation: No School November 23-25, 2016. Classes Resume November 28, 2016
Christmas Vacation: December 21, 2016 - 12 noon Dismissal. No School December 22, 2016 - January 6, 2017. Classes Resume January 9, 2017
Easter Vacation: No School April 13-21, 2017. Classes Resume April 24, 2017.
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If there is anything that you want to go in the on-line weekly Tuesday memo, it must be E-mailed to the office no later than the Friday before. My E-mail address is [email protected]. If given later than that, it will not go out until the following Tuesday memo. If you have any questions, please call the Secretary, Karen Brown @ (510) 234-2244.
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JUNE 2016 Calendar!
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June 1
FREE DRESS for ALL
12 Noon Dismissal
1st Grade 8am Mass Attendance
June 2
FREE DRESS for June Birthdays
8th Grade Picnic
June 3
9:30am - 8th Grade Baccalaureate Mass
7:30pm - 8th Grade Graduation
June 6
12 Noon Dismissal
June 7
12 Noon Dismissal
8:30am Kindergarten Graduation
June 8
LAST DAY OF SCHOOL: PRESCHOOL - GRADE 7
NO EAGLE'S NEST AFTERSCHOOL CARE - MORNING CARE ONLY
10:30AM DISMISSAL
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