Spring Pictures - St. James Elementary School

February 5, 2015
St. Agatha
“Beloved, I hope you are prospering in every
respect and are in good health, just as your soul
is prospering.”
3 John 1:2
Our Mission Statement
Dates to Remember:
It is the mission of St. James Catholic School to educate
students in a Christ-centered environment with an emphasis
on Catholic teachings and traditions while providing academic
excellence for all.
Friday, February 6th
Third Quarter Mid-Term
Thursday, February 12th
Domino’s Pizza Night
Monday, February 16th and Tuesday,
February 17th
Mardi Gras Holidays
Wednesday, February 18th
Ash Wednesday
School Mass 8:30 a.m.
Friday, February 27th
Read the Most Coast to Coast
Tuesday, March 3rd
Regional Science Fair
Thursday, March 5th
Spring Pictures
Friday, March 6th
School Mass 8:30 a.m.
Sunday, March 8th
Daylight Savings Time Begins
Friday, March 13th
End of Quarter 3
Tuesday, March 24th
Report cards sent home
Thursday, April 2nd
Holy Thursday
Noon Dismissal
Friday, April 3rd through Friday,
April 10th
Easter Holidays/Spring Break
Monday, April 20th through Friday,
April 24th
SAT Testing
Friday, May 1st
School Mass 8:30 a.m.
Saturday, May 2nd
Fun Run
Spring Pictures
In School
Registration has
begun.
January 26th February 13th
Visit our website for
more
information and
forms.
Spring pictures will
be taken on
Thursday, March 5,
2015.
No money is required
on picture day. A
proof will be sent
home for your
approval and
purchasing the
pictures is optional.
Congratulations to our Blue & Gold winner for
February 2, 2015:
Cindy Lott - $500.00
St. James Catholic School
603 West Avenue
Gulfport, MS 39507
(228) 896-6631
Fax: (228) 896-6638
Principal: Jennifer Broadus
jbroadus@stjamesgulfport.com
Website: www.stjamesgulfport.com
Please email any newsletter items to
stjames@stjamesgulfport.com by Tuesdays
at noon.
2015 Children’s Mass
Featured Choir Schedule
Any students from other grades that attend this Mass
are welcome to join the featured choir. Readers (by grade) have
already been scheduled for the year.
Special Note: St. James Catholic School is blessed to have many children who attend
our school, but are members of other Church parishes. We encourage all students to
attend Sunday Mass in their own Church parish.
Sundays - 9:00 A.M. Mass
Featured Choir
February 8th
2nd Grade
February 22nd
1st Grade
March 1st
6th Grade
March 8th
5th Grade (Daylight Savings)
March 15th
4th Grade
March 22nd
3rd Grade
March 29th
2nd Grade
April 12th
2nd Grade (First Holy Communion)
April 19th
1st Grade
April 26th
6th Grade
May 3rd
5th Grade
May 10th
4th Grade
May 17th
3rd Grade
PB & J
Power of Believing in Jesus
The 6th grade class project this year will be collecting peanut butter and
jelly for St. Vincent De Paul. This project was started several years ago
by a former St. Patrick Catholic High School student. We will collect jars
of peanut butter and jelly and attach a Bible verse to each jar. This is an
affordable way to help minister to those in need. Students can begin
bringing their jars to school and placing them in the box in the main hall.
We will continue collecting through the month of May.
Thank you for helping those in need,
Mrs. Villarreal, Mrs. Holder and the 6th grade classes
A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. John 13:34
Father/Son Day
Journey to the Top: God's Plan For Us!
*Climbing Rock Wall *Dead Lift Demonstration*
When:
Where:
Who:
Featuring :
Why:
Saturday, February 21, 12:30-3:45pm
St. James Catholic Church Parish Center, Gulfport
12-14 year old sons and their fathers
Jerry Boudreaux, Dr. Kas Grant, Mike Mattina and Doc Rhodes
Find out more about the awesome privilege of being a man of God made
in His image and likeness! Question and Answer session included.
Contact Rob Russo at 228-380-0365 or email rrussostjames@gmail.com for registration form. Early registration due to
limited space, so register early! Mail form and $30 donation (per family) to:
St. James Catholic Church
Religious Education
366 Cowan Road
Gulfport, MS 39507
READ THE MOST COAST TO COAST!
St. James Catholic School students are preparing to take part in the 4th annual nationwide reading challenge called Read the
Most Coast to Coast set for Friday, February 27, 2015. This national celebration of reading challenges students at all grade
levels to join together and break the record for the number of Accelerated Reader™ Quizzes taken in one day. The record
for students to top this school year is an amazing 4,987,949 quizzes. Our school is among thousands of U.S. schools that will
help top this national record.
Parents can join in the excitement by encouraging their child/children to read even more on the days
leading up to the big event. During the event, Renaissance Learning™ will track national quizzes on
its hosted database and share progress online. Educators, parents, and interested community
members will be able to see progress toward the national goal at
www.renaissancelearning.com/read-the-most.
SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR
Thank you to everyone who helped to make our book fair such a
great success. Remember, 20% of your purchases were credited
back to us. This enabled us to buy new materials for our library.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION!
2014-2015 St. James Catholic School Yearbook
The deadline to order a yearbook is February 25, 2015!! A 2014-2015 yearbook order
form can be found on our website. Orders may be made online at
www.jostensyearbooks.com or by printing and sending in the order form with payment
made out to St. James. Please note that the yearbooks may be personalized with a
student’s name and icons on the cover.
Please continue using the ReplayIt app for sharing your pictures with the yearbook
staff. We are getting some wonderful shots!
Attention Sixth Grade Students and Parents:
Sixth grade students should send in a current picture and a baby picture to be used in
the 2014-2015 St. James yearbook.
Attention St. James Alumni:
Please go to our school website at
www.stjamesgulfport.com, click on the alumni
link, and sign up to be included in our alumni
database. Please encourage your friends and
family to do the same.
Kellogg’s Book Promotion
Kellogg’s is running a promotion for free books for schools with the purchase of certain Kellogg
items through March, 2015. More information can be found at
https://www.kelloggsfamilyrewards.com/en_US/promotions/free-scholastic-book-fromkelloggs.html
Cafeteria News
If you are interested in having lunch with your child in the cafeteria, please inform Ms.
Broussard in the office or Ms. Goacher in the cafeteria the day before you’d like to visit.
Lunch Money - Please specify on your lunch check the amount of money for each child.
A reminder also that the price of daily snack was added to your child’s tuition.
We will offer ice cream on Fridays. Students must have cash in order to purchase ice cream.
All of the ice cream products that we sell are approved by the state office of Child Nutrition and fall
within the guidelines of our Wellness Policy.
PK-3, PK-4, Kindergarten and 1st Grade
Students can bring money in a zip lock bag with their name on it. If you would like to pay in advance, teachers will keep up
with the money in the zip lock bag. They will send the bag home when it is empty.
2nd - 6th Grade
Students will purchase their own ice cream and will be responsible for keeping up with their money.
$1.00 items
Ice cream sandwich, low fat, chocolate
wafer
Low fat Dream Bar
Low fat Cookies N’ Cream Bar
Frozen yogurt, strawberry swirl
Fudge Bar
Frozen yogurt, vanilla
Chocolate Shortcake bar
Strawberry Shortcake bar
Crumbled Cookie Cone
$0.50 items
Vanilla, Chocolate, Strawberry-low fat
ice cream-3 oz. cup with spoon
Low fat mini ice cream cone
Lunch Calendar
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12
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Hamburger on a
Bun
Baked Beans
Fries
Fruit
Milk
Cheesy Chicken
over Rice
Glazed Carrots
Peas
Roll
Fruit
Milk
Spaghetti with
Meat Sauce
Texas Toast
Broccoli
Mixed Vegetables
Fruit
Milk
Chicken Tenders
Roll
Au Gratin Potatoes
Green Beans
Fruit
Milk
Pizza
Fries
Juice Box
Fruit
Milk
Cafeteria
Volunteers
Cafeteria
Volunteers
Cafeteria
Volunteers
Cafeteria
Volunteers
Cafeteria
Volunteers
Cindy Lott
Summer Heffner
Jessica Hightower
Tiffani Sanders
Mary Alexander
Kay Hewes
Kelly Jakubik
Megan Stolarski
Jen Barhonovich IC
Julie Bentz
Angel Middleton