Weekly Newsletter

Please make plans to join us for the 35th Annual St. John Benefit Auction! This gala event will take place on Saturday, November 3. Events include a silent auction, live auction, a catered dinner and dancing. The year’s auction will provide funds to upgrade security features within the school for the safety of our children and the parish community. This is our largest fundraiser of the year so please plan to attend!

Tired of looking for a parking spot during our school improvement project? Skip the stress of finding the perfect parking spot, enter to win an Annual VIP parking pass at St. John! Raffle tickets are just $25 each. Proceeds will be used to complete projects in the new St. John Performing Arts Center.

Bring your family and join the school community for a FREE night of FUN, space adventure style! Family fun night will include kids games, crafts and shopping at the Friday night auction! Snacks and drinks will be available for purchase.

You can purchase your auction and raffle tickets in many easy ways:

Bill My Account form- Make 2-3 monthly payments or pay in full (attached)

Purchase tickets online: http://saint-johns.maestroweb.com/

Purchase via PushPay by texting “stjohncc” to 77977 or using your PushPay account (just select Auction 2018 or Auction Raffle Tickets under funds)

If attending the auction is not in your plans, please consider donating your time, talent or treasure! Donations can be dropped off at the school or parish office (donation form attached). To make arrangements for donations or to sign up to volunteer, please contact the auction committee at auction@saint-johns.net.

Auction Chairs: Julie Colvin, Kelly Prier, Rochelle Marsh, and Ashley Urban

to Mrs. Solomon. Her baby, Elizabeth, arrived early Saturday morning. While Mrs. Solomon is on maternity

leave, we welcome her sister, Ms. Erin Koksal, as her long-term substitute.

Extended Care is available October 17, 18, 19 from 7am-6:00pm. Space is limited so please sign up with Mrs. Hirt in Extended Care at hirt@saint-johns.net by Oct. 12 to ensure your child has a spot. Fees are: $20-half day and $30-full day ($32 for Oct. 19) if reservation is made by October 12. A $5.00 late fee per day will be charged for registering after October 12. Please provide a sack lunch for Wednesday and Thursday. Snacks will be provided. Friday will be a pizza party lunch. Fun activities include: games, relays in the gym, crafts, movies, and recess.

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School Pictures

3:30 Marathon Club

8th students grade to LINK

7:30 Marathon Club 8:30 Mass/planned by 7A 5:30 School Council-all are welcome to attend.

Spirit Day/Crazy Hair

2:50 Cookie Sales

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7 3:30 Marathon Club 7:30 Marathon Club

8:30 Fire Safety for 1st/5th

8:30 Mass/Feast of St. Francis/4A 3:30 Blessing of Animals

Happy Bear Personal Safety for k-2nd ) 2:50 Cookie sales 7:00-9:15 Middle School Movie Night

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14 3:30 Marathon Club

6:30 PTO at Oriental Bistro-Come Join Us!

7th grade to Colorado

4th to One Room Schoolhouse in Topeka

7th in Colorado

7:30 Marathon Club

9:30 middle school to Lied Center

3rd gr. Read In

7th in Colorado 8:30 Mass/3rd Red Class

7th in Colorado 8:30 4th & 5th to Adoration

Calendar:

Looking Ahead

Oct. 4: Feast of St. Francis school Mass/3:30 Blessing of Animals Oct. 5: Middle School Movie Night Oct. 9-12: 7th grade to Colorado Oct. 9: 4th to One Room Schoolhouse Oct. 16: All School Rosary Service Oct. 16: Report Cards go home Oct. 17-19: No School-Parent Conferences Oct. 23: 5th grade Vocation Day Oct. 26: 2:00 -Spelling Bee Oct. 31: Halloween class parties Nov. 1: All Saints school Mass/planned by 6 Nov. 2: No School/Auction prep Nov. 2: SJ Auction Family Fun Night

Nov. 3: St. John Benefit Auction Nov. 21-23: No School Thanksgiving Dec. 6: St. Nicholas classroom parties Dec. 13: 2:00 7:00 Band/Orchestra/Alleluia Singer Concert Dec. 20: 2:00&7:00 Christmas Program Dec. 24-Jan 4: Christmas break Jan. 7: Classes resume Jan. 9: Future City Competition Jan 21: No School MLT Jan. 25: 5:15pm Bingo Night Jan. 28: Grandparents’ Day Jan. 31: Science Fair Feb. 14: Valentines Class parties Feb 20-22: No School Parent Conferences Feb 23: 8th to Washington, D.C. May 4: 6:30 First Communion May 20: 6:30 Eighth Grade Graduation May 21: Last day of school/noon dismissal

St. John's Oktoberfest

Saturday, Sept. 29,, 4 - 10pm at St. John the Evangelist, 1234 Kentucky

Good Food, Good Beer, Great Fun…featuring Festhaus Musikanten

Music, Dancing, Kids' Activities, Polka Mass at 4:30pm

Bratwurst, Schnitzel, Bierocks, Cabbage Rolls, German Potato Salad, Sauerkraut, and More!

Students are invited to participate in Crazy Hair Day on Friday. Participation is optional.

Thank you to the following families who have donated funds to purchase a Chromebook/s:

Steve McAllister and Suzanne Valdez, Whitney and Mark Lang, Don and Teresa Duncan, Dan and Nicole Sabatini, Reza and Cheryl Najafizadeh, Judy and Clem Bartak (Bailey Bradford), John and JJ Curran, Bradley and Mishelle Denton, Justin and Kimberly Hertach, Gary and Mary Bennett (Will, Levi, and Amelia Huerter), Karen Dixon, Michele and Luke Huerter, Ryan and Kristen Toner, Jerry Cooper. Thank you to the families who have made donations towards the purchase of Chromebook: Aaron and Marcia Ketchell, Julie and Matthew Krische, Sam and Nancy Perkins, Kristen Solorio, Kim and Brian Green, Marilyn O’Connor (Gabriel and Dominic Hundley), Ann and Charlie Reed, Katie Steinbacher and Frank McMahon, Mike and Cathy McDonald, Jason and Alexandra Cottrell, Micah and AJ Naeger, Dustin and Lia Handy, Pamela Friedrich and Kyle Carpenter (Emmylou Parr), Jeff and Christy Campbell, Scott and Karen Nissen. Thank you to Gillian Allen, PTO President, for coordinating the fundraiser! Thank you to Dr. Sean Smith for his presentation to the faculty on Universal Design for Learning.

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We love to have parents, grandparents, and good friends join us for school lunch. We ask that you reserve your lunch by either calling the

school office (843-9511) or the cafeteria (842-0066) by 10:00am.

Please remember the Feast Day of Saint Francis is coming up on October 4th. Saint Francis’ devotion to God was expressed

through his love for all of God’s creations. He is the patron saint of animals and ecology.

He preached the message to care for the earth and all of creation even to his brothers and

sisters—the animals. Don’t forget to bring your beloved stuffed animal to school on Thurs-

day, October 4th, to have them blessed during our school mass. Also, after school you can

bring your family pets to have them blessed by Father Barnabas.

In honor of the Feast of Saint Francis, Saint John School is participating in our annual Hu-

mane Society Drive. Please consider bringing in donations for our local Humane So-

ciety shelter. Items of greatest need include: bleach, block style cheddar cheese (for dog

training), dog treats, electric heating pads, hot dogs, milk replacer, kongs, laundry, deter-

gent, towels, animal nursing bottles, used paper towel and toilet paper rolls, cat toys, cat-

nip, canned pumpkin, hand sanitizer, disinfecting wipes, peanut butter, printer paper, T-

shirts, scrubbing brushes, and sponges. Just like Saint Francis, the students of Saint John

School care for all of God’s creations and strive to be stewards of the earth.

Sincerely, STUCO

The weather is changing and we have uniform long-sleeve t-shirts (red) for $18 and the elementary blue sweatshirts for $22.

Sixth grade had a great time on September 20 and 21 at the Archdiocese Prairie Star Ranch.

Thank you to parents Tim Silvers and Andrea Thorne for helping teachers supervise the trip.

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