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Friday, November 19th - Drive Thru Coffee
Friday, November 19th - Junior Prayer Chain
Friday, November 19th - Out-of-Uniform, Camouflage, Blaze Orange & Pink
Wednesday, November 24nd - 11:00 AM Dismissal
Wednesday, November 24th - Cousins Subs Day
Thursday, November 25th and Friday, November 26th - No School, Thanksgiving Break
Monday, November 29th - End of Trimester 1
Wednesday, December 1st - Schoenstatt Girls Meeting
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Family Prayer
Solemnity of Christ the King
The Son of Man will come on a cloud.
- The reading from Daniel is part of a vision of the victory of God’s kingdom over all human kingdoms.
- The kingdom of God appears as a human who comes from heaven, God’s domain.
- God presents everlasting kingdom, power and glory to the human (“son of man”).
Jesus is the faithful witness.
- The Book of Revelation, written during the Roman persecution at the end of the first century, looks forward to the return of Jesus and the establishment of God’s kingdom.
- The reading portrays Jesus as the Son of Man, the witness to the truth of resurrection and the hope for everlasting life.
- Jesus is the victor over all earthly rulers and has made God’s people into a royal nation, a nation of priests.
My kingdom does not belong to this world.
- The Gospel of John presents Christ the King in a different light.
- During his lifetime Jesus bears the title of ruler only at his most vulnerable moments.
- Jesus rejects the title, “King of the Jews,” that Pilate gave to him because his kingdom is not of this world, he is the Messiah sent from heaven.
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A Message from Mr. Oberdorf
Hello,
It was a big weekend here at St. John the Evangelist. The craft fair took place Saturday, November 13 from 9:00-3:00. There were over 60 vendors, food for purchase, and fun for everyone. It was awesome to see how the community came together to host such a great event. I wish there was a time lapse video to show the transformation of the school to a market place and back to a school again. It was amazing to see. Obviously, there was a lot of time and work spent planning the event. A big shout out to the Christian Women and the Home and School Committee for all of their time and hard work in putting together this event. Also a big thank you to all of the volunteers and staff who helped make the St. John the Evangelist Craft Fair a success.
On Wednesday, November 17th, we had our first event, The Risk River Run, planned and led by our Wellness Warriors student group. The obstacle course was filled with challenges for students of all ages. The course was enjoyed by all, evidenced by students running the course multiple times and all of the smiling faces. Our Wellness Warriors also provided and served a post course snack of cheese, sausage, pretzels and milk to our 60 plus participants. Thank you to the spectators for cheering on our participants and the SJE staff for jumping in and helping out where needed. A big shout out to our Wellness Warriors, Nathan Cannistra, Tyler Krumnow, Gabby Chaparas, Mason Rios, Rose Pitcher, and Anthony Makkos for planning and leading such a great event.
Mr. Oberdorf
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The Wellness Warriors (not pictured: Rose Pitcher) |
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Home & School Association News
Today's paper envelope contains a number of flyers regarding our latest fundraisers.
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Christmas Program Seat Raffle: This year's Christmas Program will be held on December 15th, with performances at 12:30 PM and 6:30 PM. We will raffle off seats in the first six rows to 10 lucky winners. See the flyer to see how you can purchase chances.
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Cookie Walk: This year marks the 5th year that we will be selling cookies after all masses on the weekend of December 11th and 12th. In order to make this a successful event, we will need each family to donate a batch of Christmas cookies. You are asked to fill out the form to indicate how many cookies we can count on. Also included is an order form if you or someone you know would like to order cookies. They will sell for $8.00 per pound - what a bargain!
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Kwik Trip Car Wash Gift Cards: Car wash gift cards can be purchased for $36.00, good for 5 car washes - a $50.00 value. Our Home and School Association will receive a portion of each sale.
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Valentine Coffee Sale: This popular sale returns in time for Christmas gift giving. Orders are due December 6th, with a deadline of December 8th for all funds to be turned in.
We realize this is a lot of information to take in. Please take some time to look through the flyers, and decide which fundraisers you can support. No one is expected to participate in all these, but we hope you can find something that fits your needs. Thank you.
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Zoo Christmas Tree Decorating
St. John the Evangelist will be decorating a Christmas tree at the Milwaukee County Zoo with student made ornaments on 11/30/2021 between 5:30 and 7:30 pm. The students are busy completing the ornaments with their classes. The Zoo limits the amount of student participants to 15. Parents will be responsible for transporting and supervising their child while decorating. The first fifteen to sign up will be our tree decorators for this year. If you and your child are interested please use the Sign Up Genius link:
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Coffee with a Smile!
Our Home and School Association will be providing a free cup of steaming hot coffee with creamer on the side, along with a special Thanksgiving treat, to our parents as they come through the morning drop off line tomorrow, November 19th. Coffee will be available from 7:30 until 7:45 AM. All you have to do is roll down your window!
K4 parents who would like a hot cup of coffee should drop off their students and then drive around the building and join our drop off line.
Thank you to our Home and School Association for providing this treat.
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BRRRR!
The return of cold weather is a reminder that winter is on its way.
We enjoy outdoor recess whenever the wind chill is above 0° F.
Therefore, we ask that all students come prepared with the following items:
Warm jacket, Snow pants, Boots, Hats, Mittens
Please remember, we DO NOT allow students to share hats or mittens.
Students MUST have their own supplies.
Please label all winter gear clearly with your child’s first and last name.
This is so helpful in reuniting lost clothing with our students.
Winter Snow Closing Days
Please remember that in case of extreme weather conditions, St. John will close when the Greenfield Public Schools close. We do not generally list St. John the Evangelist separately on television or radio.
Please listen for the Greenfield Public Schools. Tune into any local radio or television station to check for closings or log onto any of the following:
For even more up to date information, we also post closings on our school and parish website, www.sje.k12.wi.us as well as our school Facebook page:
St John the Evangelist Catholic School, Greenfield
In addition, we send an email out to our parent list
as soon as we know school will be closing for the day.
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Advent Calendars are almost gone!
The National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) is selling Advent calendars to raise money for improvements to our school playground. We have a limited number of calendars left. The calendars are being sold for $5.00 each. The order form can be found here on the school website. You will have your calendars before Thanksgiving. Orders will be filled on a first come basis. |
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Don't forget our next Cousins Subs Day:
Wednesday, November 24th, all day
7495 W. Layton Ave.
Make it an easy lunch or dinner as your prepare for your Thanksgiving feast.
A portion of all sales will be donated to our Home & School Association. We earned $266 from our October date. A sincere thanks to our friends at Cousins!
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St. John the Evangelist School
414-321-8540
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