Newsletter November 2019

Saint John Vianney

Catholic School

Grateful, Thankful, and Blessed

WE ARE THANKFUL FOR...

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RECOUNTING ALL OF OUR BLESSINGS? THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH DAYS IN

A SCHOOL YEAR TO RECOUNT ALL WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH THIS

YEAR AT SJV.

WE INVITE ALL FROM THE PARISH AND OUR EXTENDED FAMILIES TO

ATTEND OUR ANNUAL THANKSGIVING FEAST HERE AT SJV ON

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER, 21, 2019 AT 11:15. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK

YOU TO ALL WHO HAVE VOLUNTEERED TO HELP COOK, SERVE, AND

CLEAN UP. THIS DAY WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT YOUR HELP.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR VOLLEYBALL TEAMS THIS YEAR! IT HAS

BEEN FUN TO WATCH , AND WE CANNOT FORGET MRS. HARKER LIVENING

UP THE CROWD WITH A LITTLE COWBELL. WE ARE PROUD OF OUR

COACHES, AND THE SPORTSMANSHIP THEY HAVE INSTILLED IN OUR

ATHLETES.

THE END OF THE FIRST TRIMESTER ENDS ON NOVEMBER 22ND. THE

REPORT CARDS WILL BE SENT HOME ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6. LET’S

FINISH THE TERM STRONG! I HAVE ENJOYED SPENDING TIME IN THE

CLASSROOMS AND LEARNING WITH THE STUDENTS. WE HAVE A

TALENTED STAFF THAT IS CONTINUALLY WORKING TO INCORPORATE

FAITH INTO EVERY LESSON AND CONNECT LESSONS SO TOPICS ARE

INTRODUCED AND INVESTIGATED THROUGH MANY LENSES.

THANK YOU TO OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL ADVISORY STUDENTS WHO HAVE

PLANNED A SERVICE PROJECT TO HELP THOSE IN NEED. THEY

TARGETED LONELINESS AND DESPAIR BY ENCOURAGING STUDENTS TO

WEAR ALL BLACK TO RAISE MONEY FOR DONATIONS. THEY RECOGNIZE

THAT WE ALL HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT IN

SOMEONE'’S LIFE. WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP

THESE YOUNG DISCIPLES. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR SAINT JOHN

VIANNEY.

HAVE A BLESSED HOLIDAY SEASON,

HEIDI MILLER

PRINCIPAL

UPCOMING DATES

• Nov. 19-22 Book Fair

• Nov. 20 noon-2 SJV

Battle of the Books at

Marion Hall

• Nov. 21 11:15 Thanks-

giving Feast

• Nov. 22 8:40-11 8th

Grade to Craig HS

• Nov. 22 12:30-2:30

Middle School Service

Project at Marion Hall

• Nov. 22 End of First

Trimester

• Nov. 26 Book Talk

with Mrs. Griinke

• Nov. 27-Nov. 29 NO

SCHOOL!!!!!!!

• Dec. 3 at 5:30pm City-

wide Battle of the

Books at St. Paul’s

• Dec. 3 Lighting the

Way for Women

6:30pm at SJV

• Dec. 5 First

Reconciliation

• Dec. 6 Report Cards go

home

• Dec. 9 Band Concert at

St. William

• Dec. 9 Immaculate

Conception Mass 8:15

• Dec. 10 Advisory in the

morning

• Dec. 10 Middle School

Bowling 9-11

• Dec. 15 Meat Raffle at

Sidelines at 11:30am

• Dec. 17 Christmas

Program at 1:45 and

6:30pm

• Dec. 19 Communal

Confessions after mass

• Dec. 20 Last day of

school before Christ-

mas

• Dec. 23-Jan 3 NO

SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!

THANKSGIVING FEAST

Please come celebrate

all of the gifts God

has given us. At 11:15

on November 21, 2019

we will open the doors

for parents to walk to

their children’s class-

room to find a seat.

We welcome family

and friends to this

feast.

Need some Christmas

ideas???

Don’t have any spirit wear

to rock the cowbell in style

at the basketball game??

Order your SJV Spiritwear at

Stjohnvianneyspirit.itemorder.com

Dear SJV Families,

This year we will be celebrating the beginning of Advent with a special prayer service on Monday, Decem-

ber 2 at 8:05 a.m. This brief celebration, led by the fourth grade class, will include “Las Posadas,” which is

a Mexican Christmas Tradition and will be presented partly in Spanish. In addition, there will be a pro-

gram on Thursday, December 19 at 1:00 p.m. This continuation of “Las Posadas” will commemorate the

journey that Joseph and Mary made from Nazareth to Bethlehem to find safe refuge where Mary could give

birth to baby Jesus.

Our Advent service project this year will benefit ECHO, Inc. in Janesville. We will be hosting a reverse Ad-

vent calendar. We request that you send donations of food to school with your child or drop donations off

outside the Kindergarten room in the pit. There will be various boxes located there for you to place your

donations in. Please see the calendar below for more information on how to help ECHO during this Christ-

mas season. These food items may be brought at anytime throughout December as all 24 boxes will be set

out.

December Lunch Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

2

Mac’s Pizza

Fruit

Rice Crispy Treat

3

Chicken Taco w/

toppings

Spanish Rice

Churro

4

Turkey and

cheese sub

Chips

Cake OR

Salad Bar

5

Spaghetti w/

meat sauce

Salad

Breadstick

6

Hot dog

Chips

Baked beans

Ice cream

7

8 9

Chicken Strips

Mac-n-cheese

Pudding cup

10

Walking tacos w/

toppings

Fruit fluff

11

Ham and cheese

slider

Smile fries

Cookie

12

French toast

sticks

Sausage Patty

Gogurt

13

Hamburger w/ or

w/out chees

French fries

Fruit Jello

14

15 16

Chicken nuggets

Carrots

Ice Cream

17

Beef and bean

burrito w/ cheese

sauce

Sweet Corn

Mini doughnuts

18

Mini corn dogs

Chips

Dessert cup

19

Mostaccioli w/

meat sauce

Salad

Breadstick

20

Texas toast

cheese pizza

Red and green

applesauce

Chex Mix

21

22 23

NO SCHOOL

24

NO SCHOOL

25

Merry

Christmas!

26

NO SCHOOL

27

NO SCHOOL

28

NO SCHOOL

29 30

NO SCHOOL

31

NO SCHOOL

Please place your December Lunch Order by November 25 using the following Google form:

December Hot Lunch Order Form

The band students have made SO much good progress the past 2 months! The beginning

students are already playing songs and melodies after just 8 lessons. The advanced

players are doing well in lessons and also as they combine together in group band. The

older students are preparing for our Band Christmas Concert on Monday, December

9th at 6:30 pm at Saint William’s School Gym. I am so pleased with the effort and

improvement I hear every week with all of our band students!

Mrs. Mumma

CONGRATULATIONS to 8th grade flute player, Celia Weiss! Celia was recently selected

as part of the 2019 Wisconsin Honors Band! This middle school band is a statewide group

of top musicians throughout the state of Wisconsin. The group performed an honors band

concert Saturday, November 9, 2019, in Slinger, WI. We are so proud of you Celia!!!

SJV BAND NOTES

Buy a candy cane for $1.00 during

Come to the Commons and at lunch

on December 5. 6. 9-11. All proceeds

will go to the 8th Grade trip to

Washington D.C,

Candy Grams

Let us help you with your Christmas

shopping and decorating. Purchase

beautiful Poinsettias at Come to the

Commons, December 7 and 8, or

purchase gift certificates to pick out

your plant from K&W Greenery.

Poinsettias

Come to the Commons

and

Support the SJV 8th Grade

To thank Mrs. Egli for our wonderful Feast,

the school gives her the day off. Help support

the 8th Grade and have an awesome lunch!!

Place your pizza order by Thursday,

November 21.

$2 per slice of Cheese, Sausage,

or Pepperoni

Complete with a homemade

brownie and milk.

To help our parents keep their busy schedules in order, stop by the

airlock and pick up the activity calendars for November and Decem-

ber. These will soon be available on the sjvknights.org website.

Annual Church Support

Just a reminder that the minimum of $800 annual church support must be

donated by December 31 in order to maintain the in-parish tuition rate for the 2019

-20 school year. If you are unsure of your current balance, please contact Jeanne,

jvogt@sjv.org, or Heidi, parish@sjv.org, in the parish office, 752-8708, and they

can let you know your year-to-date total.

Donations can be made through the offertory collection at Mass on the weekend, dropped off in the school or parish office in an envelope marked “parish support” with your name, or, online through the “donate to the parish” button on the church or school website at www.sjv.org through the secure web page. When you

donate online, you can direct the donation to come from the bank account or credit card of your choice and you can indicate the frequency of the donation if you want to break up the donations from now through December 31.