St. John Chrysostom School

WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL!_________________________________

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School begins on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008

Schedule: 8:10-2:45 on Wednes.& Thurs.

Noon dismissal on Friday

Looking forward to seeing our old and new students! Lots of improvements during the summertime. New COMPUTER LAB, new Smartboards, projection screens as well as

new bathrooms in gym, new carpeting in grades 5,7,8 as well as new reading and math labs.

Faculty Room has also been refurbished.

Welcome to our new teacher!

Mrs. Elisabeth Dorsey (Science teacher in grades 6-7-8) and to Mrs. Ann Marie Fisher, our new PreK4 teacher!

Mrs. Tricia O'Kane will be teaching Grade 2.

Anxious to begin our WELLNESS THEME

for the school year and to incorporate the

quote from St.Paul: "I can do all things in Christ who gives me STRENGTH."

Pretzel sales will begin the week of 9/15/08. Look for your order forms some time next week. Please remember to fill out a form and send payment for each child separately since their classrom teacher needs to be aware of who gets the pretzels.

January 4th
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ATTENTION ALL PARISH VOLUNTEERS WORKING WITH YOUTH:

This is a reminder that all adults working with our youth MUST obtain the required background checks and attend a “Protecting God’s Children” seminar PRIOR to your start of service. Forms for the Criminal Background Check and the Child Abuse Background Check are available from each organization (CYO, school, CCD) or you can access the websites listed below. The parish will reimburse you for the fees associated with the background checks ($10.00 for each form.) We ask that each individual volunteer submit their own request to the State of Pennsylvania – either online or via mail. Once the forms are returned to you, please bring them to the Parish House to be kept on file. When the forms are received by the PH, you will be reimbursed for the cost of the two background checks

** Remember, this information must be on file at the Parish House BEFORE you begin working with our children

Please follow the steps below to submit your request for the background checks:

The required background checks are:

1) Criminal background check. You can access the online site at: www.psp.state.pa.us to request your criminal background check. The $10.00 fee for this can be paid online.

2) Child abuse check: this can only be submitted via mail and you must attach a copy of the Criminal Background check clearance. Visit www.dpw.state.pa.us for complete information. Print a copy of the form, complete, and mail to the state of PA with the $10.00 fee for the document. (Keep copies of anything you submit.)

Additionally, if you are living out of PA, or have not been a resident of PA for the past two years, please contact Linda Branco for additional information/requirements.

Information on upcoming locations and dates for the one-time “Protecting God’s Children” session can be obtained online at: http://virtus.org

If you have any further questions, please call Linda Branco at 610-872-4739 ext. 130.

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Reminders from the Office

Remember to send in your blue ALERTNOW information sheet for inclusion in the new emergency system which will be in place for September 2008! We are still waiting for a response from over 30 families.

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Send an email correspondence to your state representative asking for their support of fair educational funding for nonpublic schools at Fairness in Education

We agree with the commercial:

It's the most wonderful time of the year!

BACK TO SCHOOL AT SJC!

WISHES HAVE BEEN GRANTED!

Principal's Wish List

1. Refurbished Computer Lab (Home & School Irish Night will accomplish this over the summer)! Plus some additional computers and resource materials

2. New refrigerator for faculty room (just donated) God bless you!

3. New recliners for fac rm. (purchased)

4. Air conditioner for faculty room(just donated) God bless you!

5. Additional cabinets for faculty room (purchased)

Still working on this one:

6. The class of 2007 has donated $650 to the purchase of a Blessed Mother Statue for our school. The statue that I have in mind for our school is presently at the St. Jude Shop. It is the statue that was used at the Archdiocesan Bicenntenial Mass at Villanova. The statue was chosen by Cardinal Rigali and is beautiful. It is lightweight and therefore, portable,which is what we want and it would be such a beautiful way of honoring Our Lady in our school. It is however, very expensive so we are going to work on this for awhile and possibly have "memorial" contributions added to our fund.

Question: Why send your child to St. John's Catholic School?

Answer: " I send my children to St. John's because we wanted them to have a Catholic education and St. John's has a wonderful reputation. I have been told by man in the education field that St. John's is one of the better Catholic schools in the area. Our "specials" set us aside from the rest." T.Leonard

"My husband and I send our children to St. John's because we want our children to receive the same strong Catholic morals and values with which we were raised. St. John's has an excellent educational program and a tight-knit community which we are glad to be a part of." A.Bodi

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If you are interested in being a part of either our Marketing Team or our Health & Fitness Team which will be planning our Learning Fair for this year's Catholic Schools Week...email the principal. We are looking for people who are willing to DO the WORK...we already have plenty of ideas, suggestions and comments.

Contact stjohnsprincipal@comcast.net