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COVID-19 Vaccine Press Release from Washington County Public Health 

Washington County Public Health is planning their first mass clinic for those over 65 ONLY. Scheduling will start on Monday, February 1st. Who: Washington County Seniors Age 65 and Older ONLY When: Saturday, February 6th 10AM-5PM Where: Wellman Parkside YMCA 525 13th St, Wellman, IA 52356 How to Schedule: Starting Monday, February 1st call 319-653-7758 to schedule your appointment. Appointments will NOT be taken before that time. If you don’t get through, please call back. Voicemails will not be returned and we cannot schedule via email or Facebook. Each week as we learn what our expected vaccine allocation will be, we will schedule additional clinics. Please bear with us, the vaccine delivery is beyond our control and we apologize in advance. Masks are required. Please dress in layers so that your arm will be accessible. The vaccine is FREE; however, please also bring your Medicare card with you. Traffic will be monitored at the venue, and we ask that you not arrive more than 30 minutes prior to your appointment to ease traffic congestion. We will put out information when all of the clinic slots are full and information on the next available clinic time. More information is available at our web page at: www.washph.com, on our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/washph and our various social media. You can also visit the IDPH Coronavirus page at https://idph.iowa.gov/emerging-health-issues/novel-coronavirus; and the state COVID-19 dashboard at https://coronavirus.iowa.gov/

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Operation Care Package The Catholic Schools Week Operation Care Package donations has been extended through next Friday, February 5th due to the snow days. Please continue to bring in items. Your support and generosity is greatly appreciated! Look at how much we have already collected!

Thank you, thank you to Laken (1st) and his family, Lennox (4 YO Prek), John, Jenna, and Layni! They are adorable and delicious! Thank you for spoiling our sweet teachers and staff with your sweet treats! Kylee (5th) and Paxton (K) brought in a yummy cake! It’s no surprise that Mr. Drey is a one of St. James shining stars!

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Here are some of our students and staff in red, white, and blue!

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Our St. James students are so bright! Here students work in Mass families on Catholic Schools Week activities. Thank you for all of the planning and activities Mrs. Fritz and Mrs. Timmins!

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Early Outs The Washington Community School District’s school board approved additional early out days for the second semester. All other early out Fridays were already part of the master schedule. This means that EVERY Friday is an early out. St. James will NOT be participating in the additional early out days as approved by our school board on Wednesday, January 20. Our teachers want to remain in session instructing students. Dates below in red are the additional early outs for WCSD. These are dates when alternate transportation for yellow bus will be needed. St. James will continue with our original calendar. A copy of the calendar is attached to the FlockNote. Friday, February 12 Friday, February 26 Friday, March 12 Friday, March 26 Friday, April 9 Friday, April 23 Friday, April 30 Friday, May 14

Conferences Spring conferences are coming up. Kindergarten through 5th grade conferences are scheduled for Thursday, March 11 from 3:30-7:30pm and Tuesday, March 16 from 3:30-7:30pm. Conference sheets will be sent home mid February. Preschool conferences are scheduled for Monday, April 12 and Tuesday, April 13 from 3:30-7:30pm. Preschool conference schedules will be sent home in March.

Ash Wednesday Ash Wednesday will be streamed live via Facebook. Students and staff will not be attending Mass in person, they will watch it via Facebook.

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Happy birthday and many blessings to our friends who celebrated birthdays. Friends Dominic (4 Year Old PreK), Tilia (4th) celebrated half birthdays and Ryker (4 Year Old PreK) celebrated a full birthday at the end of January. Ms. Shelley and Ms. Kim both celebrated ½ birthdays at the end of

January.

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 February is a busy month for us at St. James! We continue to celebrate Catholic Schools Week (notice that Mrs. Heisdorffer, Mrs. Fritz, and Mrs. Sheetz and I are pretty bright like stars). We are also starting Black History Month. Each day we have different teachers assigned to reading from a book called 28 Days Moments in Black History That Changed the World. Next Friday, February 12, we celebrate Chinese New Year. We celebrate different cultures as a way to foster respect and open-mindedness for others. When we provide opportunities for our students to celebrate differences, as well as common interests, we aid in uniting each other and learning.

  

 Mrs. Kling 

It is with a heavy heart that I inform you that Mrs. Kling has resigned as 5th grade teacher for the remainder of the 2020-2021 school year. For the past several months, Mrs. Kling has not been in the best of health. She needs time to rest and recover. We are working on finding a long term substitute teacher. In the meantime, we have Suzanne Horak for the majority of the time. In addition, Julie Timmins, Doug

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McBride, Samantha Brinning will aid in subbing. For your peace of mind, this is not COVID related. Please pray for Mrs. Kling and our students. Mrs. Kling will be missed! 

 

 Spring Concert 

At this time, we are planning that our spring concert will be a virtual event on Wednesday, May 12 at 6:30pm. More details will be coming as we get closer to May.

INCLEMENT WEATHER 

PLEASE BE SURE TO SEND HATS AND GLOVES/MITTENS WITH YOUR STUDENT(S). WE HAVE VERY FEW EXTRAS RIGHT NOW. IN ADDITION, THEY ARE WASHED AFTER STUDENT USE SO THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WE DO NOT HAVE EXTRAS AVAILABLE. In the event of inclement weather, Washington Community School District makes the decision regarding delays, cancellations, or early dismissals. You can check KCRG, KCII, FlockNote, and St. James Facebook. If Washington Community School District is delayed, cancelled, or has an early dismissal, St. James will as well.

Weather  Our cold weather rules are as follows: 56 degrees or above: Students can choose what they want to wear outside. 55 degrees to 46 degrees: Students need to wear a jacket outside.

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45 degrees and below: Students are to wear a hat, coat, and gloves. There are NO exceptions. If it feels like 10 and below: Students will have inside recess.  

Mass Schedule

February 3rd Ms. Miller

February 10th Mrs. Sheetz

February 17th Ash Wednesday Mass

February 24th Ms. Cole (aka Mrs. Stoutner)

March 3rd Mrs. Fritz

March 10th Ms. Spears - please note this has changed from Mrs. Heisdorffer

March 17th Mrs. Kling

March 24th Mrs. Marek/Mrs. Clarahan

April 7th Ms. Miller

April 14th Mrs. Sheetz

April 21st Ms. Spears

April 28th Ms. Cole (aka Mrs. Stoutner)

May 5th Mrs. Fritz

May 12th Mrs. Heisdorffer

May 19th Mrs. Kling

Calendar 

Friday, February 5 Early Out; 12:55pm dismissal;Tech. PD 2:15-3:30pm

Tuesday, February 9 Preschool Roundup 6-7pm

Friday, February 12 WCSD EARLY OUT; ST. JAMES IN SESSION 8:05AM-2:55PM (ALTERNATE YELLOW BUS TRANSPORTATION NEEDED)

Tuesday, February 16 Midterms out; Kindergarten Roundup 6-7pm

Wednesday, February 17 Ash Wednesday

Wednesday, March 3 Bishop Thomas Zinkula at St. James

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Friday, March 5 Early Out; 12:55pm dismissal;Tech. PD 2:15-3:30pm

Thursday, March 11 K-5th Conferences 3:30-7:30pm

Friday, March 12 WCSD EARLY OUT; ST. JAMES IN SESSION 8:05AM-2:55PM (ALTERNATE YELLOW BUS TRANSPORTATION NEEDED)

Tuesday, March 16 K-5th Conferences 3:30-7:30pm

Friday, March 19 Early Out; 12:55pm dismissal;Tech. PD 2:15-3:30pm; End 3rd term; Grades due

Monday, March 22 Begin 4th term

Tuesday, March 23 Report cards sent out

Friday, March 26 WCSD EARLY OUT; ST. JAMES IN SESSION 8:05AM-2:55PM (ALTERNATE YELLOW BUS TRANSPORTATION NEEDED)

Tuesday, March 30 Early Out; 12:55pm dismissal; Spring Break

Wednesday, March 31-Monday April 5 Spring Break

Tuesday, April 6 Classes resume

Friday, April 9 WCSD EARLY OUT; ST. JAMES IN SESSION 8:05AM-2:55PM (ALTERNATE YELLOW BUS TRANSPORTATION NEEDED)

Monday, April 12 Preschool conferences 3:30-7:30pm

Tuesday, April 13 Preschool conferences 3:30-7:30pm

Friday, April 16 Early Out; 12:55pm dismissal;Tech. PD 2:15-3:30pm

Wednesday, April 21 Midterm grades due

Friday, April 23 Midterms sent out; WCSD EARLY OUT; ST. JAMES IN SESSION 8:05AM-2:55PM (ALTERNATE YELLOW BUS TRANSPORTATION NEEDED)

Friday, April 30 WCSD EARLY OUT; ST. JAMES IN SESSION 8:05AM-2:55PM (ALTERNATE YELLOW BUS TRANSPORTATION NEEDED)

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Our Mission is to Glorify God Through Word, Worship and Service.