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Friday, January 15th - No School, Teacher Inservice
Monday, January 18th - Red, White & Blue Day (out-of-uniform)
Wednesday, January 20th - Lou Malnati's Restaurant Night (See flyer below)
Thursday, January 21st - 11:00 AM Dismissal, Parent/
Teacher/Student Conferences
Thursday, January 21st - Cousins Subs Day
Friday, January 22nd - No School
Monday, January 25th - Grade 8 Graduation Pictures
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Family Prayer
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Here I am. You called me.
- The reading from 1 Samuel tells the story of the call of Samuel.
- Samuel’s response to God’s call comes only after some confusion.
- Eli understands that it is God who is calling and instructs Samuel to respond in the proper way.
You belong to Christ.
- The second reading begins Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians. Paul wants the community members to change their ways.
- Paul stresses that our bodies are made holy by the indwelling of God’s Spirit.
- Everything we do must give glory to God.
We have found the Messiah!
- John the Baptist’s role, to point toward Jesus, is clearly shown in today’s Gospel.
- The two disciples who follow Jesus ask him, "Where are you staying?"
- Jesus responds with, "Come and see," an invitation to follow him.
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A Message from Mrs. Laidlaw Otto
Dear SJE Families,
Our parish has been working to address ways to keep parishioners safe throughout the pandemic. Social distancing in church, overflow seating, and updated cleaning protocols have all helped to keep our parish and school open. Most recently, the parish upgraded the church and church hall (our cafeteria) HVAC equipment with a bi-polar ionization system. Through the generosity of our parishioners, we will be installing these units throughout our building, including in each classroom HVAC unit, in the upcoming weeks.
This system is used in many hospitals to clean the air by killing the bacteria and viruses. It also removes many other air impurities. The system works by sending positively and negatively charged oxygen ions into the air. These ions are sent into the air where they attach to pathogens and kill them. This provides a safe and easy method of cleaning the air that will benefit us long after Covid-19 is a thing of the past.
Catholic Schools Week will be here before we know it. This year, although Covid-19 restrictions prevent us from hosting our annual school family open house and spaghetti dinner, we will be inviting prospective students and their families in to visit our school. This new family open house will take place on Sunday, January 30th. We are asking our current families to help us out by spreading the word about our wonderful school. One easy way to do this is by sharing information about our school on your social media pages. This link: Open House Ad for Social Media will take you to a jpeg document which is formatted to post on social media. Posts from our families containing this flier and a quick note about your experiences at SJE are our very best form of advertising!
Re-enrollment paperwork for our current families will be sent home during the first week of February. You can help us to plan for the 2021 - 2022 school year by returning this important paperwork immediately.
Together in God’s Name,
Mary Laidlaw Otto
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Congratulations to these students who were inducted into the National Junior Honor Society last Monday evening. We are so proud of these seventh and eighth grade school leaders!
Tyler J
Christina K
Mikayla M
Megyn J
Sophia L
Emily M
Aiden W
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We would like to welcome Travis and Cassandra Wagner, parents of Oliver in K5, to our SJE family. We are glad to have you here! |
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Covid-19 Update
This week marked our first class quarantine due to Covid-19. Our seventh and eighth graders began learning virtually on Wednesday, and will return to in-person learning on Monday, January 25th. During this time, they are learning virtually throughout the school day, following a schedule that allows them to meet with each of their core teachers every day. Our teachers (who are teaching here at school) are learning daily lessons from this experience. They are working hard to keep our seventh and eighth graders engaged as they teach the fifth and sixth graders in person. This quarantine is a daily reminder of our great challenges and our even greater blessings.
Since the beginning of the year, we have had a total of five students test positive for Covid-19. Our low case rate and ability to keep our students in their classrooms learning are a testament to the efforts of our teachers and families to follow our Covid-19 protocols.
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Chromebook sign out form
One lesson we learned from our current quarantine is that there is little time to plan ahead. In response to this, we are sending home a Chromebook sign-out sheet to each family. Parents are asked to review and sign one sheet. Please leave the sheet blank except for filling in your family name and signing the recipient line at the bottom. Should your child need to quarantine, you will be offered the option to use a Chromebook at home. We will then make a notation on the completed sign-out sheet. This signed permission form is important to help us to track our technology assets. Your help in completing these forms is greatly appreciated.
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Conference Schedules
Today’s paper envelope includes your conference schedule. Homeroom teachers will email out conference meeting links on Tuesday for Thursday’s conferences. Please make note of your scheduled times so that you are prepared to make the most of your conferences.
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Please consider helping out!
Our Home and School Committee is in desperate need of a volunteer to sell Scrip after 9:30 mass on the fourth Sunday of each month.
Although this is a long-term commitment, the monthly time commitment is only about 45 minutes.
Do you have a student server in your family? We are happy to adjust the weekend server schedule to coordinate the Scrip and server schedules.
To volunteer, please contact the school office at 414-321-8540 .
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Our next Cousins Subs Day is Thursday, January 21st. Please stop in for lunch or dinner, and a portion of the day's sales will be donated to our Home & School Association.
When: Thursday, January 21st, all day
Where: Cousins Subs, 7495 W. Layton Ave., Greenfield
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St. John the Evangelist School
414-321-8540
Fax: 414-321-4450
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