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Saint John XXIII Catholic School Community
Friday, July 31, 2020
Dear St. John XXIII Catholic School Community, We have all experienced the setback this week of seeing a moved in-person start date, but I want
to thank all of you that have reached out with your support at this time. We want nothing more
than to get the kids back, into the classroom, into their routine, and learning in-person. So many
of you shared your positivity with the situation and all of the things you are planning until we
return again in a few weeks. Whether it is plans to get school uniforms ready to wear for remote
learning, or “learning pods” with small groups of kids getting together to remote learn in groups
so parent could work, or even the ideas of older high school and college siblings who are
learning from home as well helping out, your resilience is a great source of renewed energy here
for all of us. Usually, this would be the week that I would send an email home to everyone highlighting new
teachers and staff to our community, but that list is thankfully small, but mighty. Being one of
the few schools in the diocese with no teacher turnover, we are excited to have our entire faculty
back for the start of the school year. We also welcome two new members of our staff, which you
will get to meet in the coming weeks both virtually and in-person. Julie Leader is a licensed
Nurse Practitioner with over 40 years of experience in the school, hospital, and clinical settings,
who will be joining us as our new school nurse. Julie relocated here a few years back from the
northeast where she spent much of her career. We are excited to have her on our staff as we
soon reopen during this public health crisis so that our kids and parents have a support at
school. We are also excited to welcome a local Catholic school elementary and high school
product, Marissa Heinley, to our staff as our new Director of Community Development. While
many of our events will look different for the start of the year, Marissa brings a fresh perspective
to our community that should help to begin building our sense of community, even remotely!
Next week we welcome back our teachers on Wednesday, August 5th and they will be reaching
out directly to all of you that day with details for the material pick-up days and for the initial
days of school. As we get updates from the Diocese on our in-person return, I will keep all of
you abreast of the situation and any developments. I know we have stated before but, even after
we re-open to in-person learning, we will continue to offer remote learning options for all
students for the remainder of the year with live streaming classes and work portals to submit
assignments. Stay safe and healthy and we will see you all soon! God Bless, Preston Colao Principal
School office hours this summer are 8am - 2pm, Monday - Friday. If we can be of assistance, please call the office at (480) 305-0939.
The Spirit Store will be open as follows: Wednesday, August 5th - 11am - 1pm
Polos, P.E. Uniforms, sweatshirts, girls’ accessories, hats, Friday spirit shirts and other miscellaneous items are available for sale in the Spirit Store or ONLINE via our website at SJXXIII Spirit Store.
If you order online, you will receive a notice from the Spirit Store as to when your order will be ready for pickup. Purchased items can be picked up in the school front office this summer, M - F, 8am-2pm. Questions regarding your order, please email [email protected]. Girls’ skirts, skorts and jumpers, as well as, and boys/girls fleece items can be purchased at School Uniforms at Tommy Hilfiger or Dennis Uniform and will be mailed directly to you.
Saint John XXIII Parent Technology 101 WEBINAR!
Dear Parents, Do you have questions about the technology we use at Saint John XXIII? Do you know how to look at your child's homework assignments in your Calendar? Do you know what websites and apps we use? Are you interested in learning how to control your child's school iPad from your phone? For answers to these questions and more, please join us for a Technology 101 Webinar Monday, August 17th, 1:00pm - 2:15pm, Arizona Time. If you are unable to attend, watch out for the recorded link. Hope to see you then! Dr. O
BINGO Night is on!
Please join us for our annual 1st event of the season, BINGO Night! Virtual Game starts at 6pm Friday, August 14th
Please look for more information, an online link, and BINGO cards from your teacher!
A Big Warm Welcome to Nurse Julie!
Please look for more information very soon from Nurse Julie!
Safe Environment Compliance Opportunities
In order to ensure that we can have your full participation in on-campus events and volunteer opportunities, you must be in compliance with our Safe Environment office program.
FOUNDATION CLASS: For adults who have not yet taken their INITIAL Safe Environment Training class, we have some exciting news from the Diocesan Safe EnvironmentTraining (SET) Office! For a brief time, you may take your FOUNDATION class ONLINE! To do this, please follow the instructions below.
1. Go to: https://phoenix.cmgconnect.org 2. Go to “Register for a New Account” section and complete all steps for your CMG account. 3. Go to the Dashboard 4. Click on the Foundation training option. 5. Please complete all sections by clicking on any and all buttons. All sections must go from Pending to Done *If sections are left “Pending” or “In Progress” , CMG cannot mark your course as completed. 6. Under the section Please download this Take Away Packet and read through it. This is necessary for course completion. 7. Complete and submit background check information (Carefully review that all your information is correct before submitting. Mistakes and fabrication of information will require an additional BG check and will add additional costs). If everything is correct please click on processing
RENEWAL TRAINING: The Safe Environment Renewal Training Is now available on cmgconnect.org for the 2020-2021 school year. To renew, sign onto cmgconnect.org under your personal account and select ONLINE RENEWAL.
FACE TO FACE INTERVIEWS: Due to Covid19 safety precautions, SJXXIII Face to Face Interviews will be conducted virtually for this 2020/21 school year. Face to Face Interviews will resume at the beginning of the new school year. In August a SignUp Genius link will be posted in this newsletter and on the school website, which will allow you to sign up for a virtual appointment. If you are volunteering at any other Diocesan site over the summer or at any other time, they will be able to conduct Face to Face Interviews that will fulfill your requirement for us, as well.
If you have any other questions about Safe Environment Training, please contact the school office.
SCRIP Summer Hours Tuesday - Thursday 9am -11am
SCRIP is available for purchase this summer via email preorder and may be picked up in the office during SCRIP summer hours
To purchase SCRIP . . .
1. Email Pegge Gentry at [email protected] or Laura Bentzin at
[email protected]. Please list your exact order so that it can be prepared and
ready for pickup! 2. Let us know the day and approximate time you will pick up your order from the
school office so that Liz will be on the lookout for you. 3. Please note in your email that you are authorizing payment through your FACTS
account. For a list of SCRIP cards for purchase, please visit our Saint John XXIII website at SCRIP List. You can also support our school by purchasing SCRIP though the online mobile app, Benefit.
Online Gift Cards - Benefit Mobile App
For more information about Benefit and how to download the free App, please visit our Saint
John XXIII website at Support SJXXIII - SCRIP.
2020-21 School Calendar Link
Saint Bernadette Parish Corner
Public Mass at St. Bernadette: Monday - Friday, 6:30am and 8:30am Saturday, 8:30am Sunday, 8:00am, 10am and 5pm
Each Mass will continue to be live streamed. Go to St Bernadette’s website at Saint Bernadette Roman Catholic Church
Social distancing guidelines will be required at each Mass.