The Shamrock Weekly November 19, 2013 www.stjohnv.org/school Submissions due on Fridays

Wed. Nov. 20

K: Rudek/Clark

P: Windsor/Sarner

I: C. Lange/Dobrzynski

M: Gilson

L: Parks/Brown

HR: Mirsberger

Office: Lange

Thurs. Nov. 21

K: Rudek/Schloemer

P: Windsor/OPEN

I: C. Lange/Sarner

M: Richardson

L: Dobrzynski/Banda

HR: Hansen

Office: Haas

Fri. Nov. 22

K: Rudek/Carvalho

P: Windsor/OPEN

I: C. Lange/Prusko

M: Pasqua

L: Brueggeman/Adel

HR: Thorpe

Office: Pasqua

Mon. Nov. 25

K: Oiler/Clark

P: E. Lange/Schloemer

I: Demmon/Tallmadge

M: Tallmadge

L: Maroun/Colburn

HR: Rudek

Office: Keyes

Tues. Nov. 26

K: No School

P: Conferences

I:

M:

L:

HR:

Office:

K5-1 (K): 12:09-12:55 Primary (P): 12:00-12:43 Intermediate (I): 12:13-12:55 Middle (M): M,TH 11:20-12:05; T, W, F 11:45-12:27 Lunch Servers (L): 11:40-1:00 Health Room (HR) 10:00-1:00

Volunteer Schedules

Notes from the Principal

Dear Saint John Vianney School Friends and Families,

School safety is an extremely important issue, but it is not a new issue. Looking back, we can remember fire drills and tornado drills. Some of us (or our parents) can even remember Civil Defense drills. Thus far, we have already had our required fire and tornado drills. The purpose of such drills is to have them with frequency so that students are familiar with the drill procedure and follow the guidelines and protocols as a matter of routine. In addition to fire and tornado drills, the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction now requires school safety drills. Saint John Vianney School will conduct its first student drill tomorrow, Wednesday, November 20

th.

The Saint John Vianney School safety plans have been made in consultation with professional safety advisors and re-viewed by the Brookfield Police Department. Our school has received confirmation that our safety plan meets all stand-ards for quality and detail. Please discuss tomorrow’s safety drill with your child(ren) with the confidence that the safety drill will be conducted in a calm and reassuring manner to protect their feeling of well-being and security.

Peace,

Chris Gordon, principal

St. John Vianney School

chrisg@stjohnv.org

SJV Goes Hollywood

“SJV…Our Story”

Now showing on a screen near you!

A Note from the President

Dear SJV Families,

In September our students starred in the production of our very first school video. The edits have been completed and we are ready to roll out the red carpet! All of the students and staff will be participating in the premiere viewing of “SJV…Our Story.” This viewing will occur on Tuesday, November 19, at 2:30pm. Please join the celebration by accessing the link below and watching our all school video as it is featured on an electronic device near you!

We are inviting you to share our extraordinary story with friends and family and those you feel may be interested in what makes SJV an incredible school with a mission based on faith, excellence and community. The St. John Vianney School Board would like to take advantage of social media to promote our school. Please help us in spreading the word about SJV by reposting the link on your face book page and other social media channels.

Let’s give them something to talk about!

YouTube link: http://youtu.be/nJZLEqCCjPQ

Blessings,

Pamela Pyzyk

All School Liturgy

All parents are invited to join us for All-School Liturgy on Wednesday, November 20 at 8:05am. Mass will be prepared by Ms. Bremer’s class.

Registration for 2014-2015

Registration materials for the 2014-15 school year have been mailed home. Soon the budget process will begin for the 2014-15 school year. To make plans for the school budget and to invite new families to join our SJV community, we need your family to complete and return your registration materials. The due date for the return of the materials is

Friday, November 22nd

. After the 22nd

, open enrollment will begin for families new to SJV.

School Conferences

Parent-Teacher-Student Conferences for grades K4-5th are being scheduled through SignUp Genius. A link was sent to you on Monday, October 28. Following this link will allow you to schedule or alter a conference time with your home-room teacher. If you need assistance with this, please call the office. The middle school teachers and specials teachers will be available with no appointment needed.

K4AM Conferences are on Monday, November 25.

K4PM-8th Grade conferences will be on Tuesday, November 26 from 7:30-11:30am and 4:00-8:00pm.

Curé d'Ars SJV School Annual Fund

Thank you to all! As of Sunday, November 17, we have had a number of school families that have already returned their Curé d'Ars SJV School Annual Fund Letters of Intent and shown their support for this critical endeavor. Our goal is to have 60% of the school families re-turn their Letters of Intent by Friday, November 22, 2013. To celebrate reaching our goal, the kids will be awarded an Out of Uniform day.

Please remember your support of the 2013 – 2014 Curé d'Ars SJV School Annual Fund can be through prayer, time and talent, and financial contributions. The Curé d'Ars SJV School Annual Fund committee

(If you have not received your 2013 – 2014 Curé d'Ars SJV School Annual Fund packet yet, your class captain will be in touch.)

School Information

Home & School News

Halloween Candy

SJV is once again be collecting unwanted Halloween candy to donate to St. Ben’s meal program, Prince of Peace and our American soldiers. Candy will be taken at the school office until November 22.

Christmas Concert Interludes

This year at the Christmas concert, we will be featuring musical interludes in place of middle school essays during the transition between performance groups. Students in grades 4-8 are eligible to participate in an interlude. Auditions will be held on Thursday, November 21

st from 2:55-3:40pm and also on Tuesday, December 3

rd from 2:55-3:50pm for stu-

dents who wish to perform a musical interlude. Interludes must coincide with our Christmas concert theme, must be school-appropriate, and can be any combination of students and instrumentation (can be a solo, duet, trio, etc. and can be any combination of voices and/or instruments). There is a sign-up sheet on the music room door for the auditions; students must sign up for an audition in order to be considered for an interlude. Please email Mrs. Revers at lau-renr@stjohnv.org with any questions.

From the Home & School Board

Thank you to YOU, the Home and School Association:

For dining out with us last Wednesday at Buffalo Wild Wings. Proceeds go back to our school to help create the many programs our children are involved in throughout the school year.

Thank you to Mary Claire Barker and & Ann Maguire Rizzo for running the Share a Pie program. We donated 730 pies to share with families in the metro Milwaukee area. Thank you! Your generosity will be appreciated.

YOU better watch out! I'm telling you why....on December 13, the Santa’s Secret Shoppe is coming to town. We are looking for Santa's SJV helpers to assist children in buying Christmas gifts. Watch for volunteer sign-up through Volunteer Spot.

Next Week.... stop at the Home and School table during Parent Teacher conferences. Gather information from SCRIP, Santa’s Secret Shoppe and Barnes & Noble Book Fair. Also, drop off your Christmas concert permission slips and the Parent Survey! As you pass our table, come watch our SJV school video, created by the Advancement Committee of the School Board. A lot of time and energy went into making this marketing masterpiece!

St. John Vianney Book Fair at Barnes & Noble, Brookfield Square

Thursday, December 5th

Food Drive– Monday, November 18- Friday, December 6

Students are encouraged to bring in non-perishable food items and hy-giene products to pack the local pantries at St. John Vianney and St.

Josaphat in Milwaukee for the upcoming holiday season.

Although all items will be used, there are several that are really sought after. These items are laundry detergent, dishwashing liquid, paper towels, toilet paper, shampoo, coffee, cereal, sugar, mayo, ketchup,

canned juice, and meals in a can.

Our school goal is 3600 items; If we are able to reach this goal there will be a non-uniform day.

FEED THE

HUNGRY!

SJV Pack The

Food Pantry

Parish Information

Support SJV School in one night in priceless ways...

Enjoy SJV's Finest Fine Arts Student art on display, student performances including: Strings, Flutes, and the Shamrock Choir 10-15% of sales donated to SJV Buy SCRIP gift cards in advance for Barnes & Noble and Red Robin and donate an extra 9% to our

school! Enjoy dinner in or out at Red Robin- SJV gets an extra 15% donation Christmas Story time with Special Guest Readers!

Get some Christmas shopping done while hanging out with your friends from SJV

Make Christmas Shopping Easy This Year With SCRIP!

You have only 3 more SCRIP shopping days left until Christmas! Time to order those cards for your family exchanges, favorite teachers and office co-workers! You can even purchase SCRIP for those Christmas shopping trips. Order dates are December 2, 9, 16. Please note there will not be an order placed next Monday, November 25 due to Thanksgiving. Smaller denomination cards are available until supplies last on Ama-zon.com-$5; Barnes & Noble-$5; Pizza Hut-$5; Target-$10; Panera Bread-$5; Wal-Mart-$10. Holiday gift card holders are also available.

Barnes & Noble and Red Robin Cards Available

Barnes and Noble Book Fair/Dine out with SJV at Red Robin: Thursday, December 5th. Don’t forget to order your

SCRIP cards! A limited quantity of Barnes & Noble and Red Robin SCRIP cards will be available for purchase in the school office on Thursday, Dec. 5

th from 12:00-1:00 pm and 2:00-3:00 pm.

Schwan’s Holiday Fundraiser

Now is the time to order your food for the holidays and benefit SJV School. We will receive 20% of your total food order and 40% of your eCertificate order. Our Holiday Fundraiser starts on Friday, No-vember 22nd and runs through December 30th. Order as many times as you’d like and everything will be delivered right to your door during the time you choose. Since there is no need to be home, food will be left by your door in reusable coolers. Use this link to place an order: http://schwans.flipgive.com/campaigns/4788-st-john-vianney-school-holiday-fundraiser Friends and Family can also use this link

when placing their Schwan’s orders. If you have any questions, please contact Kim Tallmadge at sktallmadge@sbcglobal.net or 262-789-9392.

“Thanksgiving is soon approaching... I already have my mother-in-law bringing the pumpkin pie. I need one more des-sert that everyone will LOVE! I'm going with the Schwan's cheese cake mini bites! The 3 flavors-Classic New York, Raspberry Swirl and Turtle are all easy on taste buds and my family loves them. These little bites are individually wrapped, so they are easy to grab and the presentation looks good on a dessert plate! Move over turkey... Here comes yummy mini cheese cake bites!” -Alexandra, Anthony and Adrianna's mom

Praying the Rosary

Everyone is invited to pray the Rosary on Wednesday, November 20th at 5:15pm in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel. If

you have never prayed the Rosary before and would like to learn, this is the perfect time. We have rosaries available for

anyone who needs one. Everyone is welcome!

First Reconciliation Preparation

Reminder, the second family sharing experience is due Monday, December 2nd. If you have not registered your child,

paid your sacramental fee, or turned in your date preference, please do so immediately. If you missed the Family Re-

treat or the second parent/child session, please complete the third family sharing experience and turn it in to the Chris-

tian Formation Office. Thank you.

Community

Weekly Highlights

CYM Basketball

Registration for the 2014 CYM Season is underway, and is open to boy and girl high school parish members at SJV. If you are interested in playing, coaching or entering a team registration forms can be found at cymsports.com. If you have any questions please contact Paul Stockhausen at pstockhausen@wi.rr.com.

All completed team and player registrations will need to be submitted prior to December 7th.

Turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, and pumpkin pie were not part of this fifth grade Thanksgiving celebration. The fifth graders celebrated as the Pilgrims did in 1621; their meal included items such as crab, shrimp, venison, seeds, dried fruit, squash, corn, parsnips, berries, grapes, plums, and watercress. The students also wrote historical and modern Thanksgiving prayers and they played a popular game of the early 1600’s called Nine Men’s Morris.

Third graders made graphs with Skittles. The graph types were line plots, frequency tables, bar graphs, and picture graphs. They also made five equal groups to find the mean. When they were done, they got to eat the red, green, yel-low, orange, and brown Skittles.

Second grader, Alie H., placed second in her age group for the Brookfield library bookmark contest!

Congratulations, Authors

Students from Catholic Memorial High School are coming to SJV on Wednesday, November 20th to lead a Kids Write workshop. We are pleased that the following students have this opportunity and congratulate them for their interest in writing.

6th

Grade: Jackie G, Daniel M, Hannah T, Sarah K, Jack D, Olivia K, Lana B, Mollie T, George P, Sam K, Simone N, Ellery P and Katie D

7th Grade: Stephen M, Andrew K, Brynn K, Mary Ellen R, Jenna W, Caleb F, Patricio C, Tony D, Elizabeth L, Natalie S, Andy S and Abby M.

A Christmas Carol

SJV Student, Payton H., is part of the cast of A Christmas Carol at the Lake Country Playhouse in Hartland.

Show times are as follows:

Thursday 12/5 7:30 pm Friday 12/6 7:30 pm Saturday 12/7 2pm and 7:30 pm Sunday 12/8 2 pm

Thursday 12/12 7:30 pm Friday 12/13 7:30 pm Saturday 12/14 2 pm and 7:30 pm Sunday 12/15 2pm

For more information, go to lakecountryplayhouse.net.

Christmas Cookie House

Mark your calendars and save a delicious date for the “Christmas Cookie House”- A holiday bake sale

Saturday, December 7th

9:00 am – 1:00 pm St. Joseph Parish Hall, 122nd

and Center Street

Featuring cookies of all sorts, shapes and sizes!

Decorated cookies, sweet breads, bar cookies, and candies, as well as, edible stocking stuffers

and hostess gifts.

A convenient option to baking 12 dozen cookies for your cookie exchange. Purchase by the pound or by the serving

tray – wrapped and ready for freezing, or just eating!

Opportunities to win Holiday themed gift baskets!