ࡱ> .8-a *jbjb11 I[["$$$$J8$,JGFJJJ`Vz,GGGGGGG,xIRK\3GR3G$$J`:HG6$J`G4("$$$$GCx6F: 7{J}D$F$^G0GD@&L&LHFJJ .JJ.   TARGET DATES: Wednesday, March 5 2PM Dismissal, Free Dress Thursday, March 6 4th grade 1st Reconciliation @ 7PM in church Friday, March 7 Report Cards, Liturgy Monday, March 10 Through Spring Book Fair in Library Sunday, March 16 Wednesday, March 19 Vision Testing, Free Dress for March Birthdays or Earned Pass Thursday, March 20 12 Noon Dismissal, No Daycare, Free Dress w/pass Friday, March 20 No School, Good Friday, Spring Break Begins  A MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL Dear Parents and Guardians, Two significant events occurred last week: The passing of our volunteer librarian, Bunny Walton and the completion of our WCEA/WASC accreditation visit. Bunny Walton was a volunteer at St. John School for 51 years beginning in 1956 when the school first opened. Bunny wore many volunteer hats over the many years she spent at the school. She was a room parent, president of the PTG, and a school board member. She also served hot dog lunches to students once a week to raise money for library books. Bunny worked two days a week as our librarian, cataloging and ordering books and reading to the younger children. She was a wonderful person whose love of children and books brought a sense of peace to the school. Having Bunny Walton as part of our St. John community was a blessing to us all. She truly epitomized the St. John charism of Christian stewardship. Thank you, Bunny for giving so much to the children of St. John. We will miss you very much. May you rest in peace. The WCEA/WASC accreditation visit was very positive and affirming. The committee was very impressed with the outstanding organizational, curricular, and support programs of the school. The committee commended the pastor, administration, faculty, staff, parents, and student body for working together to make the school a loving, caring and supportive learning environment where all students will succeed. Please be assured that we are most impressed by the commitment of your entire school community to the educational and personal welfare of each student at St. John the Baptist School. We are appreciative of the work and cooperative spirit that made the self-evaluation meaningful. It is evident from the self-study, the interviews, the classroom visits, and all of the evidence gathered that your entire school community was seriously involved in the Process for School Improvement. I have included a summarized version of The Report of the Visiting Committee in this weeks Tuesday packet. It is an excellent report with nothing but praises for St. John School. We offer a wide variety of programs that center on student learning. We have an excellent staff of teachers, teacher aides, resource teachers, and support teachers that further support student learning. Other major strengths noted by the visiting committee were Strong Catholic identity, continuous development and monitoring of action plans that drive school improvement, collaboration of faculty and staff, school board, and PTG to creating a nurturing educational environment that ensures success of all students, variety of methodologies used to meet the needs of all learners and strong parent involvement. The visiting committee continually stressed to us that we have an excellent school with much to offer students to support their learning and development of social consciousness. The committee couldnt believe how many support programs we are able to offer at such a reasonable cost. Their only recommendation for us was to tell our parents to go out and tell everyone what a wonderful school we have. You are our best advertisement. So I urge you to tell anyone you know with children to come and visit our school. Once they come in the door and see for themselves, we should have no problems with enrollment. Thank you for all your support and involvement in the school. We are very blessed to have such wonderful teachers, staff members, children, and parents at our school. God Bless, Terry Barber, Principal RECONCILIATION The fourth graders will make their first reconciliation Thursday, March 7th at 7:00 p. m. Please keep them in your prayers as they take this very important step in their spiritual lives. Need PPP Hours!! Volunteers are needed for the 2007 Endowment Gala Event, Saturday, April 12, 2008. Volunteers are needed for Silent Auction Set-up, Greeters, Silent Auction Closing, Sign-in Table, etc. If you would like to work at this years event, please contact any of the St. Johns School Board members for more information and to sign-up. ENROLLMENT APPLICATIONS Enrollment applications for new students are now in the office. If you know of a family interested in sending their children to St. Johns, please have them call or come by the office for an application. We are currently accepting applications and testing for kindergarten. Please call the office to schedule testing for new students in other grades (510) 234-2244. Applications for Tuition Assistance Applications for all diocesan and school tuition assistance are now in the office. Please pick up an application packet and return it to the office by March 17, 2008 to allow us ample time to meet the application deadline of April 18th. All Tax documentation and wage information must be included with your application when turned into the office to ensure that everything is received by the deadlines. Please apply for all tuition assistance that is available: FACE, PACE (Schools), Guardsmen, and Basic Fund (Application available on line @ www.basicfund.org). If you dont qualify for one, you might qualify for another. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call the office. Spell-a-Thon Our annual Spell-A-Thon has provided funds that support our school for many years. Because of its importance, the collection of Spell-A-Thon money has been extended to March 7th. If you have not already sent in your pledges, please do so as soon as possible. Your support in this fund-raiser is essential. Please contribute what you can for the benefit of our children. THANK YOU The Mission and Pride Committee would like to thank all of the parents, students, staff and volunteers for coordinating and producing the spectacular Black History Month program held on Thursday, February 28, 2008. We would like to especially thank Mrs. Sonja Poole for her outstanding program direction and creativity. Additionally we send a special thank you to Mrs. Linda Williams and Mr. Christopher Johnson and her parental helpers for all of their hard work and support of the program. All of their hard work made the program a huge success. PPP NEWS AND INFORMATION: This school year is flying by and spring is just around the corner. If you have not already completed 2/3 of your PPP contract hours before April 1st NOW IS THE TIME TO GET THEM DONE!! Families who have not completed at least 2/3 of their contract hours will be billed at the rate of $25 per remaining PPP hours. Payment is made to St. John's School and is due by April 15th. Refunds will be made at the end of the school year for hours subsequently worked. Wouldn't you rather help our school by completing your hours then have to add to the gloom of tax day? Just a thought... HOURS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE FOLLOWING EVENTS: - SPELL-A-THON - it's not too late to turn in pledges - 5 hours for 125.00 in pledges (rate of 25.00 per hour) - ENDOWMENT DINNER: Set up, Clean up, service - SPORTING EVENTS: Check with Lelton Gibson for details - SPRING BOOK FAIRE: Check with Carol Mansinne-Shafer for details - COOKIE DOUGH SALES HELP: See Tuesday Memo for details - 8TH GRADE DINNER/DANCE: Set up, serving, clean up - Contact Lupe Molinar for details Kim Sahouria Congratulations to 5th and 8th grade boys Basketball CYO Champions Congratulations to two of our boys teams that made it all the way to the CYO Diocese championship this past weekend. The 5th grade boys green team played St. Lawrence OToole in the championship game and won 47 40 and the 8th grade boys played Queen of all Saints in the championship game and won by 30 points. A special Thank you to all of the Coaches and Assistant Coaches for all of their dedicated time and hard work that they put in throughout the season and Congratulations to all of our sports teams for an outstanding year!!!!!!!! Keep up the great work. CONGRATULATIONS to the 6Th-Grade Girls Volleyball Team Aliyah Roy, Aundria Littlejohn, Claudia Douglas, Destyn Hernandez-Bravo, Gabrielle DeLaTorre, Justine Khansouvong, Kailey Walker, Mariah Ghee, Oshani Gunasekara, Onalli Gunasekara, Phylicia White, Shaniah Burns, and Ysabelle Flores. These girls had a successful year that led them to the CYO Playoffs. They won their first playoff game, but were eliminated in the Semi-final game. Great Job Girls!!!!!!!   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