February 5, 2015 St. Agatha “Beloved, I hope you are prospering in every respect and are in good health, just as your soul is prospering.” 3 John 1:2 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. Friday, February 6th Third Quarter Mid-Term Thursday, February 12th Domino’s Pizza Night 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 Tuesday, March 3rd Regional Science Fair Thursday, March 5th Spring Pictures 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. Saturday, May 2nd Fun Run Spring Pictures In School Registration has begun. January 26th February 13th Visit our website for more information and forms. Spring pictures will be taken on Thursday, March 5, 2015. No money is required on picture day. A proof will be sent home for your approval and purchasing the pictures is optional. Congratulations to our Blue & Gold winner for February 2, 2015: Cindy Lott - $500.00 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 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 PB & J Power of Believing in Jesus The 6th grade class project this year will be collecting peanut butter and jelly for St. Vincent De Paul. This project was started several years ago by a former St. Patrick Catholic High School student. We will collect jars of peanut butter and jelly and attach a Bible verse to each jar. This is an affordable way to help minister to those in need. Students can begin bringing their jars to school and placing them in the box in the main hall. We will continue collecting through the month of May. Thank you for helping those in need, Mrs. Villarreal, Mrs. Holder and the 6th grade classes A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. John 13:34 Father/Son Day Journey to the Top: God's Plan For Us! *Climbing Rock Wall *Dead Lift Demonstration* When: Where: Who: Featuring : Why: Saturday, February 21, 12:30-3:45pm St. James Catholic Church Parish Center, Gulfport 12-14 year old sons and their fathers Jerry Boudreaux, Dr. Kas Grant, Mike Mattina and Doc Rhodes Find out more about the awesome privilege of being a man of God made in His image and likeness! Question and Answer session included. Contact Rob Russo at 228-380-0365 or email [email protected] for registration form. Early registration due to limited space, so register early! Mail form and $30 donation (per family) to: St. James Catholic Church Religious Education 366 Cowan Road Gulfport, MS 39507 READ THE MOST COAST TO COAST! St. James Catholic School students are preparing to take part in the 4th annual nationwide reading challenge called Read the Most Coast to Coast set for Friday, February 27, 2015. This national celebration of reading challenges students at all grade levels to join together and break the record for the number of Accelerated Reader™ Quizzes taken in one day. The record for students to top this school year is an amazing 4,987,949 quizzes. Our school is among thousands of U.S. schools that will help top this national record. Parents can join in the excitement by encouraging their child/children to read even more on the days leading up to the big event. During the event, Renaissance Learning™ will track national quizzes on its hosted database and share progress online. Educators, parents, and interested community members will be able to see progress toward the national goal at www.renaissancelearning.com/read-the-most. SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR Thank you to everyone who helped to make our book fair such a great success. Remember, 20% of your purchases were credited back to us. This enabled us to buy new materials for our library. IMPORTANT INFORMATION! 2014-2015 St. James Catholic School Yearbook The deadline to order a yearbook is February 25, 2015!! 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 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. $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 $0.50 items Vanilla, Chocolate, Strawberry-low fat ice cream-3 oz. cup with spoon Low fat mini ice cream cone Lunch Calendar 9 10 11 12 13 Hamburger on a Bun Baked Beans Fries Fruit Milk Cheesy Chicken over Rice Glazed Carrots Peas Roll Fruit Milk Spaghetti with Meat Sauce Texas Toast Broccoli Mixed Vegetables Fruit Milk Chicken Tenders Roll Au Gratin Potatoes Green Beans Fruit Milk Pizza Fries Juice Box Fruit Milk Cafeteria Volunteers Cafeteria Volunteers Cafeteria Volunteers Cafeteria Volunteers Cafeteria Volunteers Cindy Lott Summer Heffner Jessica Hightower Tiffani Sanders Mary Alexander Kay Hewes Kelly Jakubik Megan Stolarski Jen Barhonovich IC Julie Bentz Angel Middleton