St. John Catholic Elementary School
34 Wilson St. East, Perth, Ontario K7H 1L6
Tel (613) 267-2865
Fax (613) 267-6631
www.sjels.ca
MAY NEWSLETTER
With glad hearts we open ourselves to the wonder of this world.
May delight resonate through our school and out into our community.
May we proclaim Good News to all by our kindness and courage.
May all ears hear the wonderful story that we bring to the world.
We make this prayer in the name of Jesus.
Amen
Catholic Education Week: Serving in the Love of Christ
Catholic schools are Catholic communities. Catholic schools are faith communities. We – parents, students, teachers,
administrative and support staff – walk and grow together in the faith which we received at our Baptism. And it is the
‘together’ that we grow. Our growth is primarily a relationship with God, who at our Baptism, called us by name. But the
response of each of us to that growth is both personal and communal. We grow in our faith in the nurturing atmosphere of our
Catholic community be that of our local parish, our home, or our Catholic school community.
Our school community will celebrate Catholic Education Week 2014 in ways that are appropriate to our students’ age.
There are five sub-themes for each day of Catholic Education Week:
Monday – Serve with faithfulness
Tuesday – Serve with humility
Wednesday – Serve with compassion
Thursday – Serve with justice
Friday – Serve with joy
Every year, the Ontario Catholic School Trustees’ Association (OCSTA) provides our Catholic schools with a resource kit to
help schools prepare for Catholic Education Week. Using these resources as well as our own developed activities we have
prepared a series of activities which will highlight how our school is ‘Serving in the Love of Christ’.
We hope to see many of you during our school celebrations.
CATHOLIC EDUCATION WEEK – MAY 5 TO MAY 9 – SERVING IN THE LOVE OF CHRIST
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday Wednesday Wed – Fri Thursday -
School Board Mass at Holy Cross Parish in Kemptville
Catholic Coalition Event at St. John Catholic High School
Empty Bowls breakfast
Community Spaghetti Supper and entertainment - 5 pm – 7 pm
Scholastic Book Fair (see next page for Book Fair times)
March for Hunger Awareness
UPCOMING DATES
Thursday, May 1
Thursday, May 1
Saturday, May 3
Sunday, May 4
Monday, May 5
Tuesday, May 6
Tuesday, May 6
Wednesday, May 7
Wed. to Fri., May 7 -9 Wednesday, May 7
Thursday, May 8
Thursday, May 8
Sunday, May 11
Wednesday, May 14
Thursday, May 15
Monday, May 19
Tuesday, May 20
Thursday, May 22
Thursday, May 22
Friday, May 23
Sunday, May 25
Mon – Thurs, May 26-29
Friday, May 30
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9:30 am - WE Create Change presentation at St. John CHS
Pizza lunch
Funner to be a Runner
9:00 am Mass at St. John the Baptist Church - Catholic Education Week
10:00 am – Academy of Musical Theatre presentation of Peter Pan
10:00 am -Catholic Coalition Event at St. John CHS (choir performs)
Hot Soup lunch
8:30 am – Empty Bowls breakfast for gr. 2
Scholastic Book Fair (see next page for times)
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm – Community Spaghetti Supper & Entertainment
11:00 am - March for Hunger Awareness
Pizza lunch
Happy Mother’s day
9:30 am - School Mass
Pizza lunch
Victoria Day holiday – no school for students
Hot lunch (spaghetti)
Gr. 2 First Communion Retreat
Pizza lunch
9:05 am – Terrific Kids Assembly
2:00 pm – Sacrament of First Holy Communion
EQAO begins for Gr. 3 students
PA day – no school for students
FUNNER TO BE A RUNNER – 2014
Attention all runners!
The 9th Annual “Funner To Be A Runner” event is scheduled for Saturday May 3rd. Once again students, family
and community members will take part in our fundraiser for the nutrition program and athletic supplies.
Participants will have the opportunity to be active and walk or run a beautiful route through scenic Perth.
This year’s events include:
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5 km run- (begins at 9:30 am)
2.5 km run/walk – (begins at 10:30 am)
10 km relay run – (begins at 9:15 am)
Back this year is a fun 10 km Relay Event (begins at 9:15 am). Teams of students,
family members, coworkers and/or friends can sign up in teams of 2, 3 or 4
members to run a total of 10 km.
Team costumes and names will be encouraged in this event, so get some friends and get
creative! Sign up forms have been sent home with St. John students or you can print one off our
school website at www.sjels.ca
Registration begins at 7:30 am. First race begins at 9:15 am. Please arrive at least 45 minutes before your event.
Please call the school or put a note in your child’s agenda to receive an entry form.
LENTEN FUNDRAISER –FREE THE CHILDREN
We are thrilled to announce that our Lenten fundraiser for Free the Children was a huge success raising over
$1555.00. Over $1000.00 was raised through the sale of bracelets to buy school supplies for 100 students for a school
year! Our coin drive raised over $555.00 and counting… with that money going toward the “Buy a Brick” program and
their efforts to build 500 schools this year in honour of Nelson Mandela. We thank all our school community for their
generous support!
THE EMPTY BOWLS PROJECT FOR GRADE TWO STUDENTS
Mrs. Hodge, Mrs. McParland and Mrs. Code’s classes have created their own pottery
bowls with the help of local potter, Susie Osler. They plan to use their creation to help feed
local, hungry children.
To participate, simply bring a food or cash donation to our morning
open house on Wednesday, May 7. In exchange for your donation, you will be served breakfast in one of the handcrafted bowls.
PLEASE NOTE: Only children accompanied by an adult will be served breakfast out of the bowls at this event.
Please join us for breakfast on Wednesday, May 7th from 8:30 am – 9:30am, while the children share some of
their learning. We look forward to seeing you there!
SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR
It’s Book Fair time! Please stop in to the library and check out what’s new for spring
and summer reading. As your child reaches new levels in reading, the book fair can
offer so many choices in books. By purchasing books and supporting our book fair,
you enable us to obtain new resources for our school and classroom libraries.
With every purchase, your name will be entered into a draw to win an additional $25.00 in books for your
child and $25.00 in books for your child’s classroom. Thank you for your generous support!
Book Fair Hours:
Wednesday, May 7 – 9:00 am – 8:00 pm (open during Spaghetti supper)
Thursday, May 8 – 9:00 am – 3:30 pm
Friday, May 9 – 9:00 am – noon
If you are able to volunteer at the book fair, please call the office at 613-267-2865