January 29, 2015 Catholic Schools Week “I have called you friends, because I have told you everything I have heard from my Father.” John 15:15 Our Mission Statement Dates to Remember: It is the mission of St. James Catholic School to educate students in a Christ-centered environment with an emphasis on Catholic teachings and traditions while providing academic excellence for all. Monday, January 26th through Friday, January 30th Catholic Schools Week Thursday, January 29th Second Grade First Reconciliation Friday, January 30th Catholic Schools Week Mass 8:30 a.m. Friday, February 6th Third Quarter Mid-Term Monday, February 16th and Tuesday, February 17th Mardi Gras Holidays Wednesday, February 18th Ash Wednesday School Mass 8:30 a.m. Friday, February 27th Read the Most Coast to Coast Friday, March 6th School Mass 8:30 a.m. Sunday, March 8th Daylight Savings Time Begins Friday, March 13th End of Quarter 3 Tuesday, March 24th Report cards sent home Thursday, April 2nd Holy Thursday Noon Dismissal Friday, April 3rd through Friday, April 10th Easter Holidays/Spring Break Monday, April 20th through Friday, April 24th SAT Testing Friday, May 1st School Mass 8:30 a.m. First Reconciliation Class of 2015 Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. Lauren Abshire CoCo Ronayne Betting Adler Brogdon Cooper Bruni Gabriela Busching Reece Catchot Jules Clements Elizabeth Demoncada Luke Denoux John Thomas Freeman Libby Graham Anderson Hage Garret Harwell Bobby Hebert Anthony Jordan-Evans Streett Kaigler John Krieger Andrew Ladner James Elliott Lindsey Summer Lizana Chandler Marsland John Paul Mattina Jordan Miller Cole Mixon Kade Moody John 1:29 Christopher Owen Aubrey Pearson Campbell Poor Addison Ritter Cianna Rivera Court Salloum Kylie Stewart Sarah Sullivan Anna K. Thriffiley Benjamin Vance Andrew Williams Congratulations to our Blue & Gold winner for January 26, 2015: Anne Warren - $100.00 St. James Catholic School 603 West Avenue Gulfport, MS 39507 (228) 896-6631 Fax: (228) 896-6638 Principal: Jennifer Broadus [email protected] Website: www.stjamesgulfport.com Please email any newsletter items to [email protected] by Tuesdays at noon. 2015 Children’s Mass Featured Choir Schedule Any students from other grades that attend this Mass are welcome to join the featured choir. Readers (by grade) have already been scheduled for the year. Special Note: St. James Catholic School is blessed to have many children who attend our school, but are members of other Church parishes. We encourage all students to attend Sunday Mass in their own Church parish. Sundays - 9:00 A.M. Mass Featured Choir February 1st 3rd Grade February 8th 2nd Grade February 22nd 1st Grade March 1st 6th Grade March 8th 5th Grade (Daylight Savings) March 15th 4th Grade March 22nd 3rd Grade March 29th 2nd Grade April 12th 2nd Grade (First Holy Communion) April 19th 1st Grade April 26th 6th Grade May 3rd 5th Grade May 10th 4th Grade May 17th 3rd Grade St. James Catholic School is featured in an ad in South Mississippi Living magazine. There is a link to the ad on our website. Science Fair Winners 2014 - 2015 Science Fair Earth, Space, Environmental Sciences 4-6 1st Erin Hanson Behavioral and Social Sciences K-3 1st Ty Palazzo 2nd John Paul Mattina Behavioral and Social Sciences 4-6 1st Anna Grace Young 2nd Quinlan Pisciotta 3rd Lucy Plott HM Justin Holder HM Cade Meyers Biochemistry K-3 1st Ayden Spear 2nd Andrew Ladner Biochemistry 4-6 1st Morgan Culbertson 2nd Luke Harris 3rd Chris Warren HM James Edwards HM Thomas Owen Botany K-3 1st Cliff Cowart Botany 4-6 1st Laney Barton 2nd Eli Goulet 3rd Jasmine Stawarski Chemistry K-3 1st Anthony Jordan-Evans 2nd Alden Morris 3rd Streett Kaigler HM Lillieann Bentz Chemistry 4-6 1st Emerson Morris 2nd Charlie Olsen 3rd Hayden Taylor HM Lauren Croal HM Gavin Harwell HM Anthony Mattina HM Jameson Thriffiley Engineering, Computers, Math K-3 1st Jackson Lafferty 2nd Luke Meyers Engineering, Computers, Math 4-6 1st Noah Harris 2nd Claire Wingfield 3rd Thomas Biggs HM Vincent Pisciotta HM Ryan Goulette Medicine & Health 4-6 1st Avery Culbertson 2nd Baron Johnson 3rd London Lafferty HM Olivia Leatherman Microbiology 4-6 1st Ali Ware 2nd Fisher Kremer 3rd (tie) Kelsey Descher Quinton Holter Physics K-3 1st Megan Laville 2nd Mac Ware Physics 4-6 1st Blake Bratton 2nd Matthew Ladner 3rd Kellen Vann HM Cole Goodhart HM Kaleb Chatman Zoology 4-6 1st Camille Pitre 2nd Isabel Leatherman Scientific Models K-3 1st Cianna Rivera 2nd Bobby Hebert 3rd James Elliott Lindsey HM Anna Katherine Thriffiley SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR The Scholastic Book Fair is returning to St. James during the week of Monday, February 2nd through Friday, February 6th, 2015. We will have a special Sneak Preview Sale on Friday, January 30th during Catholic Schools Week. Parents and Grandparents who shop on this day will receive a 10% discount in honor of our Catholic Schools. We will also be open on Sunday, February 1st from 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. We hope to see you book shopping following the 9:00 and 11:00 Masses. 20% of your purchases are credited back to us so that we can buy new materials for our library. Parents of Pre-K3 through first grade students, because of limited time and staffing, your child will not be able to preview and pre-select 3 titles as we have done in the past. We will, however, make sure your child chooses appropriate titles and reading levels during their shopping visit to the Book Fair. We will be open for shopping daily at 8:00 a.m. and close promptly at 3:00 p.m. If you are unable to attend and want to send in money for their purchases, we will be happy to assist your child. Volunteers can email Ms. Favret at [email protected] for scheduling. We have some morning shifts from 8:00 to 11:30 a.m. and afternoon shifts from 12:30 until 2:45 p.m. still available. We will have thousands of great books for your children and you definitely don’t want to miss this! IMPORTANT INFORMATION! 2014-2015 St. James Catholic School Yearbook The deadline to order is fast approaching!! A 2014-2015 yearbook order form can be found on our website. Orders may be made online at www.jostensyearbooks.com or by printing and sending in the order form with payment made out to St. James. Please note that the yearbooks may be personalized with a student’s name and icons on the cover. Please continue using the ReplayIt app for sharing your pictures with the yearbook staff. We are getting some wonderful shots! Attention Sixth Grade Students and Parents: Sixth grade students should send in a current picture and a baby picture to be used in the 2014-2015 St. James yearbook. Attention St. James Alumni: Please go to our school website at www.stjamesgulfport.com, click on the alumni link, and sign up to be included in our alumni database. Please encourage your friends and family to do the same. Kellogg’s Book Promotion Kellogg’s is running a promotion for free books for schools with the purchase of certain Kellogg items through March, 2015. More information can be found at https://www.kelloggsfamilyrewards.com/en_US/promotions/free-scholastic-book-fromkelloggs.html Happy Catholic Schools Week! Cafeteria News If you are interested in having lunch with your child in the cafeteria, please inform Ms. Broussard in the office or Ms. Goacher in the cafeteria the day before you’d like to visit. Lunch Money - Please specify on your lunch check the amount of money for each child. A reminder also that the price of daily snack was added to your child’s tuition. We will offer ice cream on Fridays. Students must have cash in order to purchase ice cream. All of the ice cream products that we sell are approved by the state office of Child Nutrition and fall within the guidelines of our Wellness Policy. PK-3, PK-4, Kindergarten and 1st Grade Students can bring money in a zip lock bag with their name on it. If you would like to pay in advance, teachers will keep up with the money in the zip lock bag. They will send the bag home when it is empty. 2nd - 6th Grade Students will purchase their own ice cream and will be responsible for keeping up with their money. $0.50 items $1.00 items (cont.) Vanilla, Chocolate, Strawberry-low fat ice cream-3 oz. cup with spoon Low fat mini ice cream cone $1.00 items Ice cream sandwich, low fat, chocolate wafer Low fat Dream Bar Low fat Cookies N’ Cream Bar Frozen yogurt, strawberry swirl Fudge Bar Frozen yogurt, vanilla Chocolate Shortcake bar Strawberry Shortcake bar Crumbled Cookie Cone Lunch Calendar 2 3 4 5 6 Red Beans and Rice Roll Glazed Carrots Spinach Fruit Milk Mac and Cheese Sliced Ham Roll Broccoli Green Beans Fruit Milk Taco Ole with Chips Corn Pinto Beans Fruit Milk Chicken Nuggets Roll Mashed Potatoes Gravy Peas Fruit Milk Grilled Cheese Sandwich Fries Carrot Sticks Fruit Milk Cafeteria Volunteers Cafeteria Volunteers Cafeteria Volunteers Cafeteria Volunteers Cafeteria Volunteers Ashley Endris Angela Murray Patsy Krass Melissa Harwell Stacey Otero Trudy Stegall Toni Cibene Olivia Hightower Joy Morris IC Christin LeBoeuf IC Jaclyn Brewer Kim Meyers Christmas 2014 Video Order Form St. James Catholic School Presents Celebration of the Season $28.00 per DVD Please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery. Name________________________________________________ Address______________________________________________ City ____________________________State _______Zip______ Phone #______________________________________________ Wednesday’s show: __________ DVD @ $28.00 = $__________ Thursday’s show: __________ DVD @ $28.00 = $__________ Total Order $__________ Make checks payable and send to: Michael Filippi 2446 Old Bay Road Biloxi, MS 39531 Your order form must include the payment. ***Do not send orders with your child to the school.*** Contact Person: Michael “Flip” Filippi 326-8273 (cell) or 896-0737 (work)