Upcoming Dates  
December 4: H&S Mtg 6:30
@ Cool Beanz
December 7: Band Concert @ 7pm AHS
for band students in Grades 5-8
December 10: Christmas Programs in
St. Pius X Church - times as follows:
1:00 PreK
2:00 Grades K-2
3:00 Grades 3-5
December 16: Booster Club Mtg
8am at City Limits
December 22: 11:30 Dismissal
Quarter Two Ends
Teacher In-Service
December 23 - January 7
Christmas Break
December 25: Merry Christmas
January 8: Classes Resume

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A Message from the Administrative Office....
Hy-Vee Rock Island and Milan Receipt Drive
December 1 through January 15
Jordan Catholic will be accepting any and all receipts from your shopping experiences at our Hy-Vee Grocery Stores in Rock Island and Milan. Hy-Vee will reimburse us $1 for every $150 turned in. Your receipts will add up quickly, but you have to turn them in!!!!
* Send them with your student
* Drop Box located in main office
* Boxes at most churches (St. Ambrose will have their
dropbox in the Community Center

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YouTube Video Warning
Attention parents who allow their children to watch videos on YouTube. Please check out this article regarding some videos that are surfacing on this video source.


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​ The school appreciate​s your cooperation in the safety of our students during morning drop-off and afternoon pick-up!

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Parent Night November 18th
Thank you to all of our families and staff who participated in our first Parent Night on November 18th at Bent River. Attendance for the night was over 80 people! We look forward to doing this again with our families. Look for more information to come about our next Parent Night - plans are in the works for Spring of 2018!
ADMINISTRATIVE NEWS
ANIMAL SHELTER DRIVE
Thank you for bringing in items for the 5th Grade Animal Shelter Drive. Items will soon be delivered to the Quad City Animal Shelter! The 5th Grade students achieved their goal of collecting 250 items and the whole school will celebrate by having a Pajama Day on December 18th. More details to come.
CHRISTMAS CARDS DESIGN CONTEST WINNERS
Congratulations to these artists who have had their Christmas card designs selected for this year's Jordan Christmas cards.

These cards are mailed to our benefactors and those closely associated with Jordan. 
Grade 7- Emma Thomer, Grade 6-Meredith Maynard, Grade 5- Hailey Ross, Grade 4- Ashley Wood & Anne Averill.

Congratulations! All designs submitted are on display in the school hallway.
DRESS FOR THE WEATHER
Please make sure your children bring/wear appropriate outer clothing as our weather is getting cooler as they do spend time outside each day.
GRADES FIVE AND SIX
Mrs. Kroft is in need of empty 2-liter pop bottles. If you have any that you can send our way, we will make sure that she gets them!

Her Science classes will be grouped into two - four students with each group needing three empty bottles. 5th Grade students will be working on a filtering project while 6th grade students will be studying earthquakes.
ILLINOIS TAX CREDIT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
You recently received an email from Mrs. Todd in the Business Office regarding the Illinois Tax Law going into effect in 2018. We want you to know that more information will be coming in the near future. As we receive this information we will pass it on to you.
KINDNESS STUDENTS OF THE MONTH - NOVEMBER
Congratulations to the following students who received Kindness Student of the Month Awards!
Grade One: Liam Houtekier and Elyse Nimrick
Grade Two: Mia Roman and Olivia Smithers
Grade Three: Jordan Thompson and Aiden Lynch
Grade Four: Jack Rogers and Anne Averill
Grade Five: Hailey Ross and Alyssa Wright
Grade Six: Meredith Maynard and Anna Mickelson
Grade Seven: Isabelle Klauer and Andrew Torres
Grade Eight: Norah Harson and Joshua Arboleda
PHOTOS WANTED
Have you caught a 2017-18 school year memory on camera? We would like you to share with us! Email your photo to Mr. Smithers at jsmithers@jordanschool.com

Examples: First Day of School, Blessing of Animals, a Classroom Party, Walk-a-Thon, Athletics, etc......
Your photo could appear in our 2017-18 Yearbook!
THANK YOU!
Thank you to our families for:
  • donating supplies to the Quad City Animal Shelter
  • purchasing Scrip during this Christmas and Holiday Shopping Season
  • bringing in Box Tops, Milk Caps, used ink cartridges, etc
  • working the Wreath trailers during Wreath Pick-Up
  • volunteering to help with Santa's Workshop
We are Blessed!
STUDENT NEWS
EARLY ACT CHRISTMAS LUNCHES
EarlyAct students will be putting together sack lunches to be distributed on Christmas Day at Cafe on Vine and the Humility of Mary shelter. We will be collecting food items during the week of December 18th -December 21st. Stay tuned for more information about which items we would like from each grade level.
JULIA ELLIS
Julia Ellis has been cast as a Party Kid and a Candy Dancer in the Ballet Quad Cities' production of the Nutcracker. She is a student of Ballet Quad Cities School of Dance. Performances will be at the Paramount Theater in Cedar Rapids on December 2-3 and at the Adler Theater on December 9 at 2 and 8pm, and December 10 at 2pm. 
ATHLETIC NEWS
GIRLS BASKETBALL SIGN-UP NEXT WEEK
Sign-Up for Girls Basketball will begin Monday December 4. All girls in Grades 5-8 who are interested in learning more or signing up for this season's Basketball team need to do so next week. There will be a Sign-Up Sheet on the wall or see Mr. VanNatta for more details.

RANGELERS BASKETBALL - 5TH GRADE BOYS
The Rangeler's basketball program is looking to build a 5th grade team to play in the Bettendorf League with games starting early January. It is a 7 week season playing one game on the weekend. We are stressing the developmental portion for these boys and invite all 5th grade boys to participate.

Alleman High School's Head Boys Basketball Coach, Kyle Murray, invites all Class of 2025 athletes to join the program as the first step in preparing for Alleman Basketball!

For more information:   https://www.rangelers.com/
PARENT ORGANIZATIONS
BOOSTER CLUB
PE STUDENTS OF THE MONTH
Congratulations to the following students who received Booster Club PE Student of the Month

Grades K-2: Theresa Hoffman
Grades 3-4: Cruz Neises
Grades 5-6: Nate Bishop
Grades 7-8: Lauren Reger

NEXT MEETING
Our Next Meeting: Saturday December 16th at 8:00am, City Limits.
HOME & SCHOOL
CRAFT AND VENDOR FAIR UPDATE
The Craft an Vendor Fair profited over $5,000! Thank you Carrie Patterson and Kay Luna for all of your hard work and dedication! This is a fun and (fairly short!) fundraiser. If you would like to get involved, contact us!

OPENINGS FOR 2017-2018 SCHOOL YEAR
Our current co-Presidents are serving their last term this year. Those interested in holding a position on the board may contact Home and School.

NEXT MEETING
Our next meeting will be on Monday December 4th at 6:30pm Cool Beanz in Rock Island. Please come and join us! Any questions or for more information, contact:
Sara Klauer at sklauer77@gmail.com
SCRIP UPDATE - Coordinator, Jennifer Shaw
The holidays are rapidly approaching and I want to remind you that our orders go in at 10am on Tuesday mornings. Scrip typically arrives on Thursday mornings.

We still have plenty of things on hand to help you with your Christmas and holiday shopping! If you need Scrip in time for Christmas, you will need to order by December 19. However, be sure to order early if you can to make sure you get what you need!

If you are traveling during this season, we have gas, restaurant, visa and hotel gift cards that you can order/purchase. Do you wonder if we have certain hotels? You can look up retailers on shopwithscrip.com
or we can check our Master List to see what is available.

With the holidays coming we will have available some lower denomination gift cards. These are only while supplies last and are available on a first come, first serve basis. They make great stocking stuffers and teacher gifts! Currently we have the following in lower holiday denominations:
$10 Amazon - $5 Barnes &Noble - $5 Panera - $10 Regal - $5 Starbucks - $10 Target - $10 Walmart