Archive for December, 2007



Confirmation Info

1/13 Confirmation parent/candidate orientation.
4/11 Confirmation retreat 6:30-9:30.

DADS NEEDED on Auction Night!!

We’re looking for helpful, charismatic Dads to act as spotters on Auction Night, Feb 2. You will help sell raffle tickets during the cocktail hour and then “spot” our Auctioneer, Dan Niestrom, during the LIVE auction. No worries, you can give your wife the bidding paddle–she probably knows how to spend money! Ask a […]

Wednesday Envelope 12/19/07

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Annual Campaign letter - If you are interested in donating before the end of the year to obtain tax benefits for the 2007 tax year. (Click here.)
Vacation starts at 2:15p.m. on Friday and classes resume on Monday, January 7th.
Please remember we’re going green when we come back and the […]

If you are familiar with Computer Networking and would like to put your skills to use for the SJA Dinner Dance Auction, please contact Steve O’Reilly (soreilly@visa.com) or Bobbi Diedrick (diedrick@msn.com).

Internet Safety Follow-up

Wed. Jan. 23rd
7:00-8:30 p.m.
St. Joan of Arc Church
Attendance at the Dec. meeting is not a requirement to attend this very informational session dealing with our specific questions.
Email any questions you might have to connell@sjalisle.org and they will be forwarded to Mr. Plahm.

3B Happenings - December 17- 21

This is the week of Advent that focuses upon JOY. We will enjoy Kris Kringle shopping Monday, cursive creations Tuesday, Christmas stories Wednesday, Christmas buffet and Mad-Libs Thursday, and the Christmas party is Friday. What a great week!
Reading: The Rhyme Crime will read The Patchwork Quilt, the Chocolate Swirls will read Cactus Hotel, and […]

4B/Week of December 17-21

Just a few reminders for the upcoming week…

Monday is the Kris Kringle sale.
Thursday is Sister Carolyn’s Buffet during lunch.
Friday afternoon is our class Christmas party.

Religion: We will begin the week finishing up our “Reflections of God” collages and the Christmas candles. The Chapter 4 test will be on Thursday, December […]

Garden of the Kinders

We are entering the third week of the season of Advent.  The children will be excited that we are finally going to “light” the pink candle on our wreath!  They have really enjoyed our daily prayer service around our Advent wreath, and look forward to their turn to partake.
We have a very full and exciting […]

Kindergarten News

This week we have so many activities to look forward to enjoying!
Monday – Kris Kringle
Wednesday – gingerbread houses
Thursday – Christmas Buffet Lunch; Teddy Bear Day in Science ( Please be sure your child’s Teddy Bear is wearing a ribbon collar with your child’s name written on the ribbon. We wouldn’t want any lost Teddy Bears! […]

3A Week of December 17-21

This week in third grade we will wrap up a number of things.
Spanish: pages 10,12,13 due Friday, December 21
English: We will finish up Unit 4 on Monday and spend the week reviewing adjectives and adverbs. The Unit 4 test will be on Thursday, December 20.
Science: 3B students will finish up learning about plant adaptations on […]