NO SCHOOL EARLY CHILDHOOD ONLY

TOMORROW, NOVEMBER 3

Only our Early Childhood Division (3's, 4's, & TK Classes) will NOT have school tomorrow, Friday, November 3rd. All Early Childhood educators will be attending a required Early Childhood Conference hosted by the Mid-Atlantic Episcopal Schools Association. This is a crucial part of continuing our educator's certifications and provides them an opportunity for to learn about the latest in educational innovations and bring back new ideas into their classrooms. We are thrilled that our own Mrs. Dani Boarman will be a presenter this year!

Lower School will be in session and dismiss as normal.

Early Childhood Donuts with Grown Ups

Wednesday, Nov. 8th (Group A) & Thursday, Nov. 9th (Group B)

Our Early Childhood students and faculty are excited to welcome Family and Friends to join them for donuts in the morning! One adult guest is invited to join each child in the classroom for breakfast from 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM! Please park behind our Historic Church and enter the school building through the Main Entrance.  You will enjoy time in the classroom with your child(ren), sharing donuts and classroom fun! This fun morning event will conclude with Chapel in our Historic Church.  More details from your child(ren)'s teacher will come in their Weekly Newsletters this week. We look forward to seeing everyone!

SJPDS is excited to host our annual Grandparents and Special Friends Days! Invitations will be sent home with students next Thursday, November 9th. Each child will receive TWO invitations to give to their grandparents or special friends. The link to RSVP for the events will be sent via email on Monday, November 6th. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our communications team at [email protected]. We can't wait to see everyone!

Join Us for First Friday Tomorrow

Friday, November 3

Join SJPDS faculty and staff tomorrow morning in the Main Lobby from 8:15 AM to 9:45 AM for our November First Friday Social! We will have coffee, tea, donuts, fresh fruit, and more for you to enjoy while you socialize with other SJPDS parents, faculty, and staff. We hope to see you there!

Please Join Us for Fall Campus Clean-Up

Saturday, November 11

We are looking forward to our Annual Fall Campus Clean-Up on Saturday, November 11, from 8:00 AM- 12:30 PM! Every year, the community of St. John's bands together to help beautify our campus and get it in tip top shape for winter. We hope you can join us for a morning of planting, pruning, trimming, mulching, and more! Please bring your shovels, rakes, gloves, wheelbarrows, shears, and any other gardening tools you may need. Make sure to label your items! We will meet in front of Clark House and have coffee and donuts before getting started. Thank you for helping to keep our campus beautiful!

Sign up for Campus Clean Up

Happy Halloween!

EC & LS Parties and Parades

What a spooky and fun celebration of Halloween for SJPDS! Our students had a blast celebrating with friends, parading their costumes around school for their classmates and parents to see, and, of course, getting treats during their class parties! It was a wonderful day of fun and celebrations, and our students (and staff!) had a great time.

Thank you to everyone who volunteered their time and efforts to make each classroom party so fun and enjoyable for the children. We truly appreciate all of your hard work!

Mrs. Moulding's Media Minutes

Book Character Pumpkin Contest was a Smash!

The votes are in and we have our winners for Mrs. Moulding's Media Center Book Character Pumpkin Decorating Contest! We had so many incredible entries and are proud of and impressed by each one of our participants. Every student received a certificate for their hard work and participation in this fun contest, which was signed by Mrs. Moulding! The students and staff all voted and the results are in!

Cutest Pumpkin: Gianna Gibson

Best Resemblance: Chloe Hwang

Best Accessories: William Dupski

Funniest Pumpkin: Logan Moulding

Most Artistic: Habin Park

Our winners each received a spooky skeleton trophy and a certificate or a free round of putt-putt at Monster Golf in Columbia! Congratulations to our winners and to all of our talented students! Go Bears! To view photos of all of our entries, click HERE!

Be sure to check out Mrs. Moulding's Media Minutes to keep up with all of the fun and exciting things going on in Media for the month of November! Click HERE for her newsletter!

Veteran's Day Celebration

Friday, November 10th

We look forward to celebrating our family members, friends, and loved ones who have served our country with a special on-campus ceremony in their honor. Our entire student body, weather permitting, will gather around our flag pole on the side lawn of our campus. Students will participate in a special flag-raising ceremony accompanied by readings, prayers, and songs outdoors, by our main flagpole.

We honor our Heroes with a special project, our Wall of Heroes, which is on display in our Main Lobby for the next two weeks to honor our community members and thank them for their service!

SJPDS Road to Kindergarten- for EC 4's and TK Students

Tuesday, Nov. 14th & Wednesday, Nov. 29th

We welcome you to join us for an important information session about the St. John's Parish Day School Kindergarten program! SJPDS Kindergarten is an intentionally small program that focuses on the individual needs of our students. This allows us the time to focus on the important social, emotional, and academic strengths to benefit all students as we educate them to excellence. Join us to explore the next step in the educational journey of your child during our Road to Kindergarten Virtual Event! You will experience a detailed overview of our exceptional Kindergarten program, including the continuation of our impressive specials curriculum, meet our outstanding Kindergarten faculty, and learn more about the next steps in the admission process for the 2024-2025 academic year. We will be hosting two online sessions- Tuesday, November 14 at 6:30 pm and Wednesday, November 29th at 12 pm. Please register HERE to attend one of our informative sessions!

Please spread the word to friends and family with children who are approaching Kindergarten age and invite them to attend one of our virtual sessions. Thank you for encouraging others to be a part of our incredible community!

Spaghetti Dinner Benefitting J2A Youth Group!

Friday, November 17th

St. John's Parish and SJPDS invite you to join us for a Spaghetti Dinner on Friday, November 17th from 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM! All proceeds will help to fund the J2A Youth Program outreach trip to Quebec in 2024! It will be a fun evening of fellowship and fun within our amazing community! More details and ticket information will be available soon!

SJPDS PA Charleston Wrap Fundraiser- Final Week!

Help Us Reach Our Fundraising Goals!

We are down to the last week to place orders for Charleston Wrap! We are a 17% participation and only $1,700 away from our goal.  Share with family and friends this SJPDS Charleston Wrap Link so we can continue to give back to our school. Any questions or concerns related to Charlestown wrap, please contact [email protected]. Thank you for all of your support!

St. John's Episcopal Church Annual Coat Drive

Each year, St. John's church collects coats and warm items for those in our community who need them. If you are able to donate coats, hats, scarves, gloves, and/or boots, please bring them to the Terrace Entrance by Nov. 19th and place them in the designated boxes. Our community appreciates the generosity of SJPDS so much!

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