Weekly announcements to help parents and students stay informed about important news and events.
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We are so excited to formally welcome you to SJND at next week's Class of 2023 Pilot Welcome Night! Please join us at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 16 in the SJND Quad for a welcome dinner and meet your future classmates, teachers and administrators.
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Dear Parents and Students:
I wish to share two announcements that are very meaningful to ALL SJND Parents.
First, although we had a small group of parents attend the Listening Sessions on Thursday night, parents still have the opportunity to provide their feedback on their SJND experience by completing the online survey which I have attached to my weekly - see below.
I will also attach the
slides from my State of the School presentation
prior to the listening sessions on Thursday night. Several parents have asked me for a copy of the presentation. As always, thank you for your interest and investment in your child’s education at SJND.
I also wanted to share with the parent community that for the 19-20 academic year, SJND has made a change in the
outerwear dress policy of the school
. This is the actual edit which will appear in the
2019-2020 SJND Parent-Student Handbook
:
Sweatshirts and Outerwear
: Only school-authorized SJND sweatshirts and outerwear must be worn at all times. This includes:
- Jackets or sweatshirts purchased from The Runway Store or Dennis Uniform.
- Outerwear provided by curricular or co-curricular programs such as Athletics and clubs.
We have made this change in the Outerwear Policy for several reasons, but most importantly for
safety reasons
. As listed in the Handbook general policy on Dress Code policy, ”to ensure a safe community where all students are easily identifiable.” We take seriously the mandate to easily identify students by their dress.
In the next few weeks, we will provide the many options available from the Runway Store and Dennis Uniforms, or you may already possess SJND outerwear from an athletic team or club. I thank you in advance for your understanding. We are also making sure that there are many outerwear options available to you at a
reasonable cost
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Senior Parents - please attend the mandatory
Senior Parent Meeting
on Tuesday, April 9.
I also omitted last week from my weekly column one of the trips that occurred this year which was Ms. Laura Diaz’s Environmental trip to Yellowstone. Thank you Ms. Diaz!
As always, thank you for all that you do! Go Pilots!
Mr. Jennings
Principal
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Upcoming Events & Deadlines
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- Senior Parent Meeting: Tuesday, April 9, 7:00 p.m. in Notre Dame Hall
- Pilot Welcome Night: Tuesday, April 16, 6:00 p.m. in the SJND Quad
- International Student Host Family Information Night: Monday, April 29, 7:00 p.m.
- Spring Festival of Art: Tuesday, April 30, 7:00 p.m. in the Kelly Gym
- Spring Festival of Music: Thursday, May 2, 7:00 p.m. in the Kelly Gym
- Re-Registration Form and Fee Due (Returning Students): Sunday, May 12
- You will receive the online form on April 29.
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- Mandatory Senior Parent Meeting: All senior parents are required to attend this meeting in Notre Dame Hall at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 9.
- 18-19 Parent Survey: Please take a moment to complete the SJND Parent Survey for the 2018-2019 school year. Parents who complete the survey may enter a raffle to win a Sylvan Learning package that includes an initial diagnostic assessment, registration, and 4 hours of instructions ($422 value). Expires 8/31/19. As always, we appreciate your feedback!
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- Parents Association Service Scholarship: Any SJND student who has demonstrated a commitment to service is invited to apply for the SJND Parents Association Service Scholarship. Scholarship winners may earn up to $1,000. Submissions are due April 15, 2019. Apply now!
- Pilot Welcome Night Dessert Donations: Help welcome the Class of 2023 at Pilot Welcome Night by donating desserts for their welcome dinner. All types of desserts are welcome. Please drop them off at the main office on April 15 or 16, specifying it is for Pilot Welcome Night. Thank you for your support!
- Parents Association Lenten Service Opportunity: The Parents Association offers opportunities throughout the school year to get involved in community service with your family and meet other SJND families. One of the components of the Integral Student Outcomes is in being a Moral Individual:
“Work and make decisions to foster the physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being of self, family, community, and the wider world.”
You and your student (and family) can make a difference by helping with the East Bay Regional Park District's
Earth Day event on Saturday, April 20 from 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. at the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline
on Doolittle Drive (between Alameda and the Airport). If interested in serving with the SJND Parent Association, please sign up via the link below.
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If you are unable to join us at MLK Regional Shoreline, there are Earth Day event sites at Point Pinole Regional Shoreline in Richmond and at Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve on the same day. We can make a difference all over the East Bay! If you want to volunteer at another site, please
click here
to reserve your space or call 1.888.327.2757.
- Save the Date - Host Family Information Night: Interested in learning more about becoming a host family to a SJND international student? Please join SJND and our partners at the Cambridge Network for a Host Family Information Night on Monday, April 29 at 7:00 p.m. at SJND (exact location TBA). Interested members of the local community are also invited to attend. Please RSVP to Gabi Lippi at glippi@sjnd.org so we can plan accordingly.
- Ray Ratto Scholarship - All Senior SJND Athletes: Senior Athletes are invited to apply for the Ray Ratto Sr. Athletic Booster Scholarship Award. Mr. Ratto was born and raised in Alameda, and graduated from Alameda High School in 1945. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He was a lifelong farmer and part of the 100-year-old family business, Ratto Bros., which is still in existence today. In his earlier years, he volunteered with the Boy Scouts and was a member of St. Joseph High School's school board. Ray truly embraced the community of St. Joseph's as an usher and active parishioner. More than anything, Ray cherished his family and friends. He was a loving, caring, generous and wonderful man with a welcoming heart. After Mr. Ratto's passing in November of 2011, the SJND Booster Club started a scholarship for graduating senior athletes in his honor. From all of the applicants, one male athlete and one female athlete will be chosen to receive an award of $500 each. The application deadline for the Ray Ratto Sr. Athletic Booster Scholarship Award is May 1st 2019. Click here to apply.
- Junior and Senior Students - Join the Junior Chamber!
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- Final Exam Schedule Announced:
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IMPORTANT: No student may miss semester exams due to a family vacation or other unexcused absence. A student may request to reschedule a final exam only for a medical emergency verified by a doctor's note, or an extraordinary family emergency such as a death in the family. All other requests to reschedule final exams will be denied. If a student misses a final exam due to an unexcused absence, the student will receive academic consequences on the exam as well as disciplinary consequences (Student/Parent Handbook, Pg. 15).
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- Counseling:
- The Counselors in the Classroom program continues this week with visits to 10th grade classrooms. During the lesson Trust and Consent, students will revisit personal boundaries and understand consent in physical touching to empower them to prioritize their safety.
- The Us’s Club, under the guidance of advisor Ms. Sabia, will be participating in the National Day Of Silence on April 12th to increase awareness of the hardships of LGBTQ+ students, such as bullying and harassment.
- Ms. Yee continues her individual college counseling meetings with juniors. Students must complete both the Junior Student Survey and Student Activity Sheet prior to their meeting.
- Check out local information sessions and college fairs for prospective students here.
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Looking for summer activities for children entering grades 3-9? Registration for SJND Summer Discovery and Summer Academics are now open!
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SJND Students: Attend the Alameda Deanery Lenten Retreat YOUTH NIGHT on Saturday, April 13 at 6:30 pm!
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