Upcoming Important Dates

January 18: No School / Teacher In-Service
January 21: No School / Martin Luther King Day
January 26: Annual Basket Raffle - CSW Kick-off
January 27: Catholic Schools Week
January 31: My Favorite Teacher Deadline
Ways to Help Us!

We are Collecting the Following:
  • Box Tops
  • Milk Caps (Prairie Farms)
  • Used Ink Cartridges
  • Gently Used Clothing (Dress Code or Spiritwear) for our Jaguar Shop
In Backpacks this week....
a. Basket Raffle Order Form
b. Basket Raffle Dinner Form
c. Basket Raffle Volunteer Form
d. Basket Raffle Smithers Snoball Throw
e. Kaleidescope, Augustana
A Message from the Administrative Office....
WQAD - My Favorite Teacher Contest
2019
WQAD is holding its annual My Favorite Teacher Contest. This contest is open to all of our K-8 students and the deadline for entries is 5:00pm on January 31st.
Click for details --> My Favorite Teacher
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK
The Schedule of Events for the 2019 Catholic Schools Week can be found in the link below.

The Basket Raffle will kick of the week on January 26th and celebrations will through Friday, February 1st.

Click to find out more click below:
Administrative News
AFTERCARE AND PRESCHOOL CHILDCARE ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 18TH
Your reservation was due on Monday, January 14th. Students attending must bring their own lunch as the cafeteria will be closed.
There WILL BE NO CHILDCARE on Monday, January 21st.


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CATHOLIC PRINCESS RETREAT
For girls in Grades K through Four: Saturday, January 26th from 9:00am to 3:00pm at the Benet House.

CATHOLIC SISTER FOR A DAY
For girls in Grades 5 through 8. Saturday, February 2nd from 9:00am to 4:00pm at the Benet House.
JOHN LANCASTER SPALDING SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
The application deadline date is April 15, 2019, and all 2018 tax documentation/requirements necessary to complete the application must be submitted to FACTS by that date.  Encourage your families to apply early.  

Attached are the Protocols and Procedures and a handy Checklist in both English and Spanish to guide families through the application process. Please duplicate these documents as needed for families in your school who may wish to apply. The documents may also be found on the diocesan website: www.cdop.org , under Catholic Education and then under Financial Assistance.   


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THANK YOU
Thank you Trefry family for your donation of toys to our Preschool Childcare program. They are ecstactic!

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STUDENT NEWS
HOOP SHOOT
Congratulations to the following Jordan school champions of the Elks Club Hoop shoot contests. The winners represented our school in their perspective age division for a chance to be crowned the District Champion. District champions will then move on the Regional and State competitions and finally to the National title.
The Elks Club held their contest Saturday January 12, 2019 at Washington Jr. High in Rock Island. 
Elks Hoop shoot winners:
8-9 Miles Granet and Harper Healy
10-11 Luke Thompson and Ellen Harson
12-13 Kellen Purcell and Ava Brinkman

District Champion:
1st place (8-9 division) Harper Healy! Harper will compete in the Regional championship Sunday, January 20 in DeKalb, IL
3rd place (8-9 division) Miles Granet
4th place (10-11 division) Luke Thompson
3rd place (10-11 division) Ellen Harson

Congratulations to our winners and to all the contestants! We are proud of you!
GOOD LUCK HARPER! Go Jaguars!
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PARENT ORGANIZATIONS
BASKET RAFFLE 2019
This week your children came home with the Basket Raffle 2019 forms.
*****Basket Raffle Order Form - you may prepurchase or buy raffle tickets the night of the event. If you prepurchase, be sure you mark the number of tickets you are purchasing in the line to the left of each basket you are entering tickets for. The committee will fill out the raffle tickets and place them in the appropriate containers before the start of the event.

*****Basket Raffle Dinner Form - pre-ordering your dinner is highly recommended as there will be a limited amount of food for purchase the night of the event. VIP tables do not include your food - it is a reserved table for you to sit at. There will be 28 VIP tables available for purchase.

*****Basket Raffle Volunteer Form - Volunteers are needed! We cannot do this without your help. Please help if you can. Many hands make light work for all!

*****Basket Raffle Smithers Snoball Throw - Win a chance to throw 3 Hostess Snowball Cupcakes at our very own Mr. Smithers! Tickets are being sold now, the night of the event and the week of Catholic Schools Week. On the morning of Friday, February 1st one winner from EACH GRADE will be selected to toss Hostess Snowballs at Mr. Smithers. Winning tickets will be drawn at random, so the more youbuy the greater your odds of winning! The Snowball Throw will take place at the Friday afternoon assembly.