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Class Lists

Elementary Play

Day

Final Progress Re-ports

Junior High Awards

Day

Spring Concert

Grade 9 Farewell

Safety Patrols

Yearbook

School Council

Cavaliers Foundation

Transportation

Information

Cavalier Athletics

June Calendar

St Michael Parish News

Healthy Children

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ST. JOAN OF ARC SCHOOL

7970 Wentworth Drive S.W. T3H 0K2

Phone: 403-500-2107 Fax: 403-500-2307

http://www.cssd.ab.ca/schools/stjoanofarc

June Newsletter 2019

Dear Parents, Once again, we’ve come to the end of another school year. I would like to take this time to thank you for your continued support and assistance. Our staff ap-preciates your commitment and efforts to support our school with fundraising,

volunteering and helping to organize various school events and functions. Thank you so much! At this time of year, we say farewell to our Grade 9 students as they embark upon a new adven-ture into high school. Many of these students have been at the school since Kindergarten so it is an important milestone. The Grade 9 Farewell Mass is on June 5th at St. Michael’s Catholic Community. Congratulations to all our Grade 9 students! There are some important dates in June that you may want to mark on your calendars. Firstly, our Spring Concert is scheduled for June 13th. Also, our End of Year Mass is scheduled for June 14th starting at 1:30pm at the St. Michael Church. Parents are always welcome to celebrate with us. Staffing within all Calgary Catholic schools continues into June; therefore, we may experience staff changes in the coming weeks. Once our staff has been confirmed for the 2019-2020 school year, a staff list will be sent to our community via email. This year, students will be dismissed for the summer holiday on Thursday June 27th, which will be a full day of school. Our first day of classes for the next school year will be Tuesday September 3rd, 2019 after the Labour Day weekend. Prior to the first day of classes your child will receive a welcome postcard from their teacher. Information will be pro-vided regarding the first day of school. We will follow a similar practice as in previous years whereby classes will assemble outside. Teachers will have signs posted outside near the entry doors for their class to meet before the first bell at 8:50am. All parents are then welcome to stay and join us in the main gym for coffee and participate in a volunteer orientation. All parents wishing to volunteer in the school must first attend a Volunteer Orientation, so this is a good time to get this out of the way. Finally, I would like to thank both our School Council Executive and the Calgary Friends of the Cavaliers Foundation for their tremendous work in supporting our school. Thank you for a fantas-tic year of learning together. Have a safe and fun-filled summer vacation and we look forward to seeing everyone again in September! Sincerely, Mr. R. Paolozzi

St. Joan of Arc Year End Mass

Friday June 14, 2019 1:30pm

St. Michael Church

All parents and members of St. Joan of Arc are cordially

invited to celebrate our Year End Liturgy

Are You Moving?

We are continuing to plan for the 2019-2020 school year and require your assistance in letting us know if your child(ren) currently enrolled in Kindergarten to Grade 8 will NOT be returning to St. Joan of Arc next year. Thank you to those families who have already let us know that they are not re-turning. If your status changes between now and June please email debora.milligan@cssd.ab.ca or pina.rino@cssd.ab.ca. This will allow us to offer spots to those still on wait lists.

Class Lists for 2019-2020 School Year

Class lists are generated to ensure optimal learning for all students. Teacher teams come together at the end of every year to look at student placements very carefully. A great deal of time and effort goes into placing students in the most appropriate classes to help ensure success. Teacher teams take into account many variables when assigning students (class size and complexity, gender, academic levels, learning styles, behaviour, independence, specialized programming, friendships …etc.) Parent “request letters” are not being accepted except in cases where there are extenuating circumstances. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation in this lengthy process.

Elementary Play Day

Friday June 21, 2019 Play day is coming! Students and staff are busy preparing for a day of fun for our Elementary stu-dents. Our play day has been planned by leadership students and staff with the support of School Council. The activity based play day will offer many play stations for students to travel to with their friends. Stations have been designed to incorporate fun based physical skills and to encourage active participation. Students are encouraged to complete all stations, which will be set up in and outside of the school. We are grateful to our Leadership Students, Play Day (staff) Committee, School Council and our parent volunteers who will help support the running of stations. The school will provide each student with a free snack and lunch! Play Day will go rain or shine, but let’s pray for sunshine! Additional information will be emailed out to parents/guardians.

Final Progress Reports

St. Joan of Arc School is kindly requesting all parents of children who will be absent on the last day of clas-ses, Thursday June 27, to send a self-addressed stamped envelope to St. Joan of Arc School so final Progress Reports can be mailed home.

St. Joan of Arc Junior High Awards Day

Thursday June 27, 2019 St Joan of Arc 9:30am

St. Joan of Arc School is continuing to celebrate the 2018-2019 Junior High Year End Awards on Thurs-day June 27 at 9:30am at the school. The Year End Awards are selected by members of the St. Joan of Arc Staff and are given annually to Junior High Students in a wide range of categories. Subject Awards are pre-sented in all subject area, including options. Spirit of St. Joan Awards are awarded to Junior High students that exemplify the spirit and integrity of our patron saint, St. Joan. Awards for Academic Excellence are also presented in the areas of highest academic average as well as Student of the Year which is presented to the recipient that personifies academic, spiritual and social contributions. Students that are selected as award recipients will receive invitations along with their parents and guests to attend the Year End Awards. More details will be coming home soon!

Grade 9 Farewell

The spiritual theme for our 2018-2019 Grade 9 Farewell is “Search, and you will find;" (Matthew 7:7) Being children of God, we are called to his will. Through prayer, we all have an opportunity to foster a closer relationship with God. As the Church teaches us, “prayer is the raising of one’s mind and heart to God or the requesting of good things from God.” On June 5, 2019 the Grade 9 Farewell will mark the celebration of our grade 9 stu-dents as we prepare to send them off to high school in this spirit of this theme. Students will arrive at the school for a community gathering continental breakfast, followed by a presentation from a guest speaker. Another special experience awaits as they leave for Stage West Dinner Theatre for a buffet lunch and performance of “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder.” Upon leaving the theatre, students return to the school for an opportunity to share about the day, after which they will proceed to St. Michael Church for their Farewell Mass. On behalf of the teachers, support staff and administration, we bid a farewell to the class of 2019! 1 Timothy 4:12 “Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an ex-ample for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity.”

Safety Patrols June 2019 Patrol Training Our Grade 4 Patrol Trainees have been on duty for almost a month now and are demonstrating a greater comfort level with the roles and responsibilities involved. Constable Hartmann also completed a successful training session with all the new grade 4 patrollers. We have also begun to train our new Lieutenants for the 2019-2020 school year. We expect that all new patrols should be finished their training by mid to late June and a new Patrol Schedule put into effect at about that time. This schedule will then carry over in September. Thank you to all patrollers and parents for their com-mitment and flexibility during the training period. Your support is truly appreciated. Jay Walking The patrol team has noticed an increased number of students and parents jay walking before and after school. Please remember that a parent is the number one role model for children, and teaching them to use the crosswalk is important. This is a concern for the school because of safety issue. The police have been notified about this problem. Patrol Appreciation Day Picnic AMA School Safety Patrol and the Calgary Police Service planned an Appreciation Day Picnic for all the patrollers in the city. This event will take place on Thursday, June 6th, 2019 at Heritage Park. Thank you to all parent Volunteers for making this event happen. Our St. Joan of Arc patrollers volunteer daily to help children get to and from school safely. The time, kindness and responsibility of our patrollers are truly appreciated by all the students and parents at our school and in our communi-ty. It takes special qualities and dedication to step out and stop the traffic in order for students and parents to cross the street safely. In appreciation the school is providing a pizza lunch on June 13th at 12:10pm. To all patrollers at St. Joan of Arc School: “A big thank you for all the hard work that you do!”

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Thank you to all those that were able to make the Annual General Meeting on May 15, 2019. We will be looking forward to your continued support through volunteering and fundraising in the new school year. School Council is still looking to fill the position of Vice Chair and Secretary for the 2019/2020 school year. If this in-terests you please feel free to speak with myself, Mr. Paolozzi or anyone else on the Council. Have a wonderful summer! The next meeting is September 18, 2019. Thank You, Brenda McSween Co-Chair

Tentative School Council Meeting Dates for 2019-2020 @ 6:30pm in the Learning Commons :

Wednesday September 18, Wednesday October 16, Wednesday November 20,

Wednesday January 15, Wednesday March 18, Wednesday April 22 & Wednesday May 20.

THANK-YOU PARENTS FOR A GREAT YEAR WE HOPE TO SEE YOU AT SCHOOL COUNCIL IN THE FALL 2019

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CAVALIERS FOUNDATION

The Calgary Friends of the Cavaliers Foundation will be holding the Annual General Meeting on Wednesday Sep-tember 18, 2019 at 7:30pm in the Learning Commons. There are currently a couple executive positions open for the coming school year: Director and Secretary. If anyone is interested in being part of the executive team please contact the school office and they will be put you in contact with the Chair. Director – Voting member of the Foundation. Attend meetings, participate in discussions and decisions within the Foundation meetings.

Secretary – Takes minutes of all Foundation meeting, maintains Foundation files, handles Foundation correspondence when necessary, notifies members, Administration and Council of meetings and activities and transfers annual files and year-end report to the new executive. Volunteer roles requires 4 evening meetings per school year. All parents are invited and encouraged to attend the AGM on September 18th, 2019 at 7:30pm in the Learning Commons. Tentative Cavaliers Foundation Meeting Dates for 2019-2020 @ 7:30pm in the Learning Commons :

Wednesday September 18, Wednesday October 16, Wednesday January 15 & Wednesday May 20.

Badminton

Congratulations to our badminton team for winning the DIV 2 City Championships. Thank you to all the coaches and parents for such a great year.

Flag Football Our flag football season has come to a close. The team finished second in the Div II Tier way to go! Great job and thank you to all the coaches and parents.

Track and Field

The track and field meet is coming up on June 3 for grades 7, 8 and 9 students. Teams have been selected based on scores during PE class as well as tryouts before and after school. Good luck to all of the students that make the team. GO CAVS GO!

PE GYM STRIP

PE gym strips are available on our school web site. Gym strip will be mandatory for students in grades 6-9 the next school year. The online store will be open until June 30, 2019. To access the gym strip site please go onto the St. Joan website and visit Athletics/Athletic Wear, the links will connect you or click on the link below: https://stjoanofarcspiritwear19.itemorder.com/

PE Classes

During PE class, students have been participating in track and field activities. Our next subjects will be flag football/ soccer/softball for the rest of the school year.

June 2019 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

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2 3 Day 2 5M/5W Ralph Klein Park-Mud Between My Toes Track & Field Meet Glenmore Athletic Park 10:45am-5:00pm

4 Day 3 5C Weaselhead/Glenmore Park Gr2 Calgary Zoo

5 Day 4 Gr9 Farewell Activities Gr9 Farewell Mass St. Michael Church 4:30 pm Gr1 Weekly Walking

6 Day 5 Patrol Picnic -Heritage Park

7 Day 6 Gr1 Calgary Zoo Gr4 Kananaskis

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9 10 Day 1 CTF Selections GR9 (current Gr8) for Term 1

11 Day 2 Gr1 Weekly Walking CTF Selections GR8 (current Gr7) for Term 1 Leadership Students St. Bede (Playday)

12 Day 3 Gr6&9 PAT Math PtA Gr7&8 Math PtA CTF Selections GR7(current Gr6) for Term 1

13 Day 4 JH Spring Concert 6:00-8:00pm Gr3 Griffiths Wood Park Patrol Pizza Party

14 Day 5 Fun Food-Boston Pizza Gr6 PAT Science Year End Mass-St. Michael Church 1:30pm Kindergarten Rainforest Play

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16 17 Day 6 Gr6 PAT Math PtB

18 Day 1 Gr6 PAT ELA PtB Gr9 Retreat St. Michael Catholic Community PM

19 Day 2 Gr6 PAT Social Gr1 Weekly Walking Gr 7-9 Religion Exam JH Early Dismissal 11:00am Gr5M/W Soap Carving PM

20 Day 3 Gr 7-8 Science Exam Gr9 PAT Science JH Early Dismissal 11:00am

21 Day 4 Elementary Playday Sandwich Friday Spirit Day- Beach Day Aboriginal Day

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24 Day 5 Gr7-8 Math PtB Gr9PAT Math PtB JH Early Dismissal 11:00am

25 Day 6 Gr7-8 ELA Exam Gr9PAT ELA PtB JH Early Dismissal 11:00am 5W Class Concert

26 Day 1 Gr7-8 Social Exam Gr9 PAT Social Gr6 Lip Sync 1:30pm JH Early Dismissal 11:00am

27 Day 2 Last Full Day of Classes JH Recognition Cere-mony 9:30am-12:00pm JH Activities 1:00-3:00pm Progress Report Distribution

28 Teacher Organization a.m. only

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