ST. JOAN OF ARC ELEMENTARY/JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

7970 Wentworth Drive S.W. T3H 0K2

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

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

January Newsletter 2017

Inside This Issue:

Professional

Development Day/

Parent

Teacher Conferences

Canteen News

School Zone

Traffic Safety

Library News

Catholic

Community

of Caring

School Council

Cavalier Foundation

Cavalier Athletics

Lunar Celebration

Calgary Hitmen

CCSD Nights

Calgary Flames

High School

Registration

Health News

January/February

Calendar

of Events

Holy Name/

St Michael

Parish News

Message From Administration

Welcome back! We hope the holidays provided an opportunity to rest, relax

and create lasting memories with your family. The month of December was

filled with beautiful opportunities to gather in celebration as a school commu-

nity. The December Christmas concerts marked the beginning of the season

and we continued with a beautiful Advent liturgy hosted by our grade 8 clas-

ses in celebration of our faith. Thank you to all of the incredible parent volunteers who deco-

rated the school and planned and organized a fantastic “Not So Silent Night” Family Dance.

We are ready to begin the second half of our school year together and we look forward to new

learning, exciting activities, and new friendships. Our youngest and our oldest students will em-

bark upon great change in the coming months. The grade 9 students

have begun the process of transition into Senior High with numerous

Open House opportunities and presentations from various schools.

Our kindergarten students will also be embarking upon their transition

into full day school and grade 1. Please watch for information on a

grade 1 orientation occurring in the spring to answer any questions

and help prepare for this transition.

This month all classes will also have an opportunity to participate in a

school wide dance residency. Dance classes will run from January 9-

24 for all grades during physical education classes. As well in the month of January, we will

have a second Alberta Foundation for the Arts display entitled “Mountain Man”. This will be

on display beginning Jan 25. All families are welcomed and encouraged to join us for our

Epiphany Liturgy on Wednesday, January 12 at 1:30pm in the school gym. This liturgical cele-

bration will be led by our grade 6 classes.

Thank you to all those who attended and participated in the Senior Basketball Classic Tourna-

ment in December. Great job by both the girls and boys teams and your coaches. A special

thank you to all of the student and parent volunteers who assisted in numerous roles over the

three days to help make this event such a great success.

See inside this issue information on our upcoming School Council meeting and the important

role you can play in creating an Administrators Profile for the school. As well, an invitation to

join other parents from our school community for an evening session on Online Social Net-

working Safety with Paul Davies. If interested in attending please contact the school by calling

403-500-2107.

May 2017 bring love, laughter and good health to you and your home.

Cheryl McInnes Bruce MacDonald Leanne Park

Principal Vice Principal Assistant Principal

Professional Development Day, Teachers’ Convention and Family Day

Parents are reminded that Friday January 27 is a Professional Development day there will be no classes.

As well Thursday, February 16 and Friday, February 17 is Teachers’

Convention and there will be no classes for all students.

Monday, February 20 is Family Day and there will be no classes for all students.

Calendars for 2017-2018 School Year

The District Calendars for 2017-2018 are now finalized. The following calendar documents can be found at the district’s Internet site

at: https://www.cssd.ab.ca/Calendars/Pages/Default.aspx

Canteen News An updated Canteen menu can be found on our school website at:

https://www.cssd.ab.ca/schools/stjoanofarc/Students/Canteen/Pages/default.aspx

School Zone Traffic Safety

The Safety of the children attending St. JOA is being seriously compromised because traffic laws are not being followed. Commu-

nity members and staff at St. JOA are very concerned.

We ask that you please consider your actions while driving within the school zone, the consequences of an accident could be devas-

tating.

Children learn what they see, please consider what they are learning and be sure to teach well:

Do you always use the cross walks?

It is not safe to stop in the middle of the street and allow your child to jump out into traffic.

Passing in a school or playground zone is against the law.

Bus zones are reserved for busses during school hours, even temporary or short term parking in these areas must be avoided.

U-Turns in a school zone are not only illegal, but in a busy area like ours, they are very dangerous.

Cross walks need to be kept clear so they can be utilized when necessary. Vehicles are to be parked 5m from the crosswalk.

We realize parking is very limited at St. JOA and traffic before and after school is very congested, it’s frustrating. However, the

safety of the children is always our first priority.

Please drive safely!

Learning Commons News

Our Usborne Book Fair was a fun event with total sales of just over $2000.00. St Joan of Arc’s free book value amounts to $500.00,

the new books will be in the library in January. Once again thank you for your support.

I would also like to thank all the wonderful parents who stepped in and ran the Scholastic Book Fair in September. It was another

huge success!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to All!

Birthe McLean

Librarian

Be Merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

Scarves for Advent/Crochet Club

Students in grade 8 have been spending the past several weeks knitting and crocheting scarves for the WINGS

Women’s Shelter. This was a great opportunity for these students to really give back to the community. Thanks

for all your hard work! Thank you to everyone who contributed yarn for this project.

Christmas Hampers

St. Joan of Arc School had the wonderful opportunity to support the Christmas Hamper Program at St. Michael’s

Church. Thank you to all our families for your generous contributions and to all of our parents that helped take

all the food to the church.

Sandwich Friday

Our next Sandwich Friday will be Thursday, January 26, 2017. Junior High is still collecting donations as they

would like to provide a dinner rather than a breakfast for clients at the Drop-In Centre. We will also be having a

spirit day that day - Crazy Sock Day.

Thank you to the St. Joan of Arc Families who so kindly supported our Christmas collection for St. Peter’s

School. Together we raised $653.00! Our donation will help St. Peter’s School provide students with opportuni-

ties and programs that would not be available without our financial support.

St Joan of Arc School—A Catholic Community of Caring

SCHOOL COUNCIL

All parents are invited to Parent Trustee Forum Series

* This year’s Parent Trustee Forum series is on formative assessment – when and how teachers assess students. This session will help to provide you questions you can ask your child’s teacher. * These sessions are held in Nov 2016, Jan & March 2017. * The Forum taking place on January 19, 2017 at the Clarion Hotel will feature Dr. Wayne Hammond presenting on: “Supporting Student success-School and Home Working Together”. * All parents are welcome. More details are available here: https://www.cssd.ab.ca/Parents/SchoolCouncil/Documents/2016-2017_%20ParentandTrusteeMeetingDates.pdf

NEXT MEETING JANUARY 18

Our next School Council meeting will be Wednesday January 18th at 6:30pm held in our school’s Learning Commons. Our planned discussion item will be on social networking safety.

Save the Date! February 1 – Social Networking Safety with Paul Davis

Social Networking Safety speaker, Paul Davis has over 25 years of IT experience to share. Paul will provide a Common Sense Approach to dealing with the technology our kids/young teens have including:

Snapchat/Twitter/Instagram/Facebook, Cyber-Bullying, Hand Held Devices, Texting, Gaming and Legal Matters as well as demonstrating how easily your account can be compromised.

To date, Paul has presented to over 300,000 students in Canada alone. This session will be held at our school.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

On behalf of the St Joan of Arc School Council, we would like to thank all parents and members of the school community who help to work together with our administration and the Cavaliers Foundation to enhance the learning of every child at St Joan of Arc. Through your support, and the support of our community, we work so that that each child may achieve success and reach their potential through a Catholic education. We would like to wish all families a safe, healthy and joyous Christmas break. We look forward to your continued support in 2017!

CAVALIERS FOUNDATION Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! The Cavaliers Foundations next meeting will be Wednesday February 8, 2017, at 7:30pm in

the Learning Commons. All St. Joan of Arc parents are invited and encouraged to attend.

St. Bernadette School Participat es in Arts Sm arts

Sr. Basketball

Sr. Teams currently played in the second Western Basketball Classic in conjunction with St. Greg’ school.

Congratulations to both Sr Boys and Girls teams that played great games.

Sr. Boys played hard but unfortunately lost the third place game, and finished in 4th.

Sr. Girls played hard and made it to the final. The girls finished 2nd congratulations!

Well done to both teams, and good luck to both teams in the upcoming basketball season.

Jr. Basketball

Basketball tryouts have started and the team will start their practices in January. There will be a JR Cavalier Classic Basketball

tournament January 19 and 20.

Good luck to all students trying out and during the season.

Intramurals

Intramurals will restart in the new year for both elementary and JH students.

Dance

St. Joan of Arc is pleased to offer Dance instruction to all students from Kindergarten to Grade 9, starting January 9. Students

will be receiving instruction during regularly scheduled physical education classes. Soundkreations will offer a high energy

class of Hip Hop Dance for St. Joan of Arc students.

SKI Trip

St. Joan of Arc is also excited for the first SKI trip to COP. Our JH classes will be participating in a full day of instruction and

Skiing at COP. This will take place February 1, 2, and 3.

energetic and non-stop resulting in a great workout and a ton of fun. Each workshop/class is designed to meet a groups needs f

n-one to large groups, beginner to advanced. DBV is pleased to say that it is reaching students of all ages with loads o have never

attempted any form of dance b

energetic and non-stop resulting in a great workout and a ton of fun. Each workshop/class is designed to meet a groups needs f

n-one to large groups, beginner to advanced. DBV is pleased to say that it is reaching students of all ages with loads o have never

attempted any form of dance b

St. Mary’s Big Band Dinner & Dance Extravaganza

St. Mary's High School is hosting a Big Band Dinner & Dance Extravaganza along with a

Silent Auction on November 26, 2016 beginning at 5:00 pm. The band and choir programs will provide the entire evening's en-

tertainment. This is a great opportunity for families or

students interested in these programs in future years to see the students at work and the

really great results of the programming at St. Mary's. Tickets sell for $25 per person.

To purchase tickets please contact lana.mcfadden@shaw.ca.

energetic and non-stop resulting in a great workout and a ton of fun. Each workshop/class is designed to meet a groups needs f

n-one to large groups, beginner to advanced. DBV is pleased to say that it is reaching students of all ages with loads o have never

attempted any form of dance b

Bishop Grandin High School Open House

Thursday, Feb 6 @ 7pm

Bishop Grandin offers “Something Extraordinary for Every Student” including:

Marching Band

Advanced Placement

Extended French

Hockey Skills Canada Program

We invite you to discover these and many other opportunities available. 111 Haddon Road SW

Calgary T2V 2Y2 Phone: 403-500-2047

Fax: 403-500-2247

For more information about Bishop Grandin and our programs, check out our website:

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

Our AP, French and Spanish Bilingual Program In-

formation night is Monday, February 6, 2017 at

7:00pm. The Open House is Wednesday, February 8,

2017 at 7:00pm. Parking is available at the back of

the school. All are welcome to attend! Meet the TA

June 8, 2017 5:00pm (TAs AtoL) 6:30pm (TAs MtoZ)

January 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

8 9 Day 2 School

Re-opens

10 Day 3 11 Day 4 12 Day 5 Epiphany

Liturgy

1:30pm

13 Day 6 Fun Food-Golden

Bell Spirit Day-Bling in

the New Year!

14

15 16 Day 1

17 Day 2 18 Day 3 School Council

Meeting 6:30pm

19 Day 4 20 Day 5 21

22 23 Day 6 Dance K-9 Jan 9-23

24 Day 1 Gr3 Claymation

25 Day 2 Group & Class

Photos

Gr3 Claymation

26 Day 3 Sandwich

Friday

Spirit Day-Crazy

Sock Day

Fun Food-Papa

John’s

27 Professional

Development

Day

28

29 30 Day 4

31 Day 5

2 Knights Open Minds School Jan 16-20

2 Truffyn Open Minds School Jan 30-Feb 3

TREX Art Tour-Mountain Man Jan 25– Feb 22

TREX Art Tour-Mountain Man Jan 25– Feb 22

Dance K-9 Jan 9-23

Dance K-9 Jan 9-23

JR Cavalier Classic Basketball Tournament

February 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Day 6

2 Day 1 3 Day 2 4

5 6 Day 3

7 Day 4 8 Day 5 School Council

Meeting 6:30pm

9 Day 6 10 Day 1 11

12 13 Day 2

14 Day 3

Spirit Day-Wear

Red/Pink

Day

15 Day 4 16

Teachers’

Convention

17 Teachers’

Convention

18

19 20 Family Day

21 Day 5

22 Day 6 Reconciliation

1:00-3:00

23 Day 1 Reconciliation

1:00-3:00

Jurassic Bark

Presentation

(Div I) 9:00am

24 Day 2 Sandwich

Friday

Spirit Day-Hat

Day

25

26 27 Day 3 28 Day 4

2 Truffyn Open Minds School Jan 30-Feb 3

TREX Art Tour-Mountain Man Jan 25– Feb 22

TREX Art Tour-Mountain Man Jan 25– Feb 22

TREX Art Tour-Mountain Man Jan 25– Feb 22

TREX Art Tour-Mountain Man Jan 25– Feb 22

JH Ski Trip Feb 1-3

2223 34TH St. SW

(PH) 403.249.7764 (Fax) 403.249.9952 (website) www.holynameparish.org

Office Hours Monday – Friday 9:30 – 4:00 pm

Mass times: Tuesday, Thursday & Friday @ 9:00 am

Wednesday @ 7:00 pm;

Saturday 5:00 pm;

Sunday 9:00 am and 11:00 am

Reconciliation – Saturday 4:00 – 4:45pm

FIRST RECONCILIATION & FIRST COMMUNION

Registration for First Reconciliation and First Communion is available online at

www.holynameparish.org. Reconciliation is for children in Grade 4 or higher and

who have received their First Communion. Classes start the first week in Febru-

ary. First Communion is for children in Grade 2 or higher and who have been bap-

tized in a Roman Catholic Church. Those who have been baptized in another faith

can contact Cindy Senft @ (403) 249-7764 ext. 4 for further details. Classes start

the last week in April. Please note that there will only be one First Communion

Mass on Saturday, June 3, 2017 @ 1:00 pm.

Online Registration and further details are available at www.holynameparish.org,

or please contact Cindy Senft, at the parish office 403.249.7764 ext 4.

AROUND THE PARISH IN JANUARY

Eucharistic Adoration - Friday, January 6, 2017 (9:30 am – 12:00 pm)

Parish Brunch – Sunday, January 8, 2017 (after the 9:00 am & 11:00 am Masses)

Reconciliation Parent Meeting #1 – Wednesday, January 18, 2017 @ 7:00 pm

Reconciliation Parent Meeting #2 – Tuesday, January 24, 2017 @ 7:00 pm

Baptism Course – Monday, January 30, 2017 @ 7:00 pm (Please call the Parish office for de-

tails)

God Bless You and Your Family

Fr. Mario and the Holy Name Staff