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St. John XXIII, 75 Edey Street, Arnprior, ON, K7S 1B9 T-613-623-2828 F-613-623-0785
As you know, we are raising funds during Lent for our sister school in Antonci . For those fami-
lies who are new to our school, this fundraising project has been going on for over 20 years at
St. John XXIII. Through the Grey Sisters of the Immaculate Conception, we have been twinned
with an elementary school in the town of Antonci in the Dominican Republic. Every year during
the season of Lent, our social justice project is to raise funds for their school. Over the years
we have helped them acquire a well for fresh water, repairs following a hurricane disaster,
books, shelves, paint, windows, gym equipment etc. We don't know yet what the specific goal will
be for this year, but we are already gearing up to help out our friends in any way we can. Be on
the lookout for an Antonci information page update.
St. John XXIII’s 2017 Lenten Project—Antonci
What’s New, St. John XXIII?
March 2017 Newsletter
Vision Statement: Inspired by our rich heritage and challenged by the struggles of our past, we at St. John XXIII Catholic
School are called to express our mission as church, to pass on the good news of Jesus Christ, to make it relevant in the world to-
day, and to be the hope for the future.
Staff Changes
We say goodbye to Ms. Colterman as she is finished her contract with us. We wish her all the
best in her future endeavours.
We say hello to Mrs. Greenaway as she is returning to grade one from her maternity leave.
Ash Wednesday
We will be celebrating Ash Wednesday with a prayer service in the gym followed
by the distribution of ashes starting at 11 am. Father Burchat will be here with us.
School Cash Online
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using Internet Explorer. The company is currently working on this issue. Please be advised
that parents can use a different browser (Firefox or Chrome) and access the site without any
issues.
St. John XXIII’s Public Speaking Results
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What’s New, St. John XXIII?
We had excellent participation in our school’s Public Speaking contest this year and we congrat-
ulate all the students who made it to the competition in the gym. The results from the competi-
tion are as follows: Primary Division—1st Abbey Murree, 2nd Jake Redmond, Runner Up Emma
Gutz; Junior Division—1st Cole Maisonneuve, 2nd Jordan Tate, Runner Up Allison Niblett.
Abbey, Emma, Allison and Kade Chaput (4th place in junior) represented St. John XXIII at the
Arnprior Legion competition on Family Day Weekend. We are pleased to share that Abbey
placed third in her division. Super work!
An extra special thank you to our volunteer judges: Cheryl Pulcine, Carol Byce and Jane Val-
lentyne and to Mrs. Mulligan & Mrs. Boileau, who organized the school competition.
The first round of the Kindergarten Carnival has been completed. We had 76 very tired stu-
dents after a morning of skating and an afternoon of Zumba! Thank you to all of our parent
volunteers who helped tie skates at the rink. Thank you to Ms. Ogle for running the Zumba
classes and to the Kindergarten team for getting everything organized. Round two will occur
March 6th!
The primary (gr. 1-3) winter trip to the Mill of Kintail was a great success even if we had to
reschedule one of the trips three times. Students enjoyed a day outdoors filled with snow-
shoeing. Thank you to those parents who assisted. In addition, thank you to Mrs. Mulligan for
organizing this event.
The junior ski day has been postponed until Tuesday, March 7th. Let’s pray for snow over the
course of the next week!!!!
Kindergarten Winter Day, Primary Winter Carnival & Ski Day
Recycling Club News
Our recycling club has been working hard each month to ensure we are sending more paper
products to recycling than to the garbage. Thank you to: Lexi McCaffrey, Journey Mackechnie,
Cole Hordichuk, Isaiah O’Brien, Kennedy Whitman, Georgia McNulty, Maya Carpenter, Marissa
Kidd, Elizabeth Morris, Camryn Mosley, Brynlee Chaput, Hadley Phillips-Seatter, Oliver Quenne-
ville, Charlotte Armstrong, Andrew Toner, Annalysse Bossio, Gavin Ashford, Alex Carroll, Sal-
yna Greiss, and Madison Schlievert for assisting Mrs. Rebertz’s this past month with recycling.
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Volume 1, Issue 1
News From School Council
Hello Parents,
I just wanted to give you an update on our month of February. Our fundraiser was the dance on
February 9 and I must say it was a great success. I was happy to see the dance floor was busy all
night. The music was great and DJ Cory was very happy to help with our fundraiser and indicated
that he would be happy to come back again if we need a DJ for any other event. I am happy to say
that we made $1000.00 from this event. I want to say Thank You to everyone who helped put this
together and all the effort to make it a fun night for all our families. From what I am hearing many
would like to see another dance at the school so we will have to see what we can do to accommodate
something of this nature again.
Next on the agenda is our biggest fundraiser of the year MAYFEST which is Wednesday, May 17,
2017. More to come on this in April.
We hope you have some fun adventures with your family on March Break and hopefully the weather
will be great to do things outside.
Our next meeting is March 29 from 6-8 in the library. All welcome. Babysitting available upon re-
quest.
Tracey Jeror, Co-Chair
St. John XXIII students are always looking to help end
bullying. We all attempt to be “PINK” and to respect those
around us on a daily basis. This past month, the RCCDSB
Safe Schools Committee held a contest for a new RCCDSB
PINK day/week logo. We are pleased to announce that Cal-
lie Kuehl was the successful artist! Callie wore her T-Shirt
with the new logo on Feb. 22 while others were encouraged
to wear pink. T-shirts will be on sale in the fall for PINK
week.
PINK (Peaceful, Inclusive, Noble & Kind)
EQAO—Our Learning Journey
Congratulations are in order for the St. John XXIII teaching team. We were recognized along
with 7 other schools in the entire province for our efforts and dedication in sustaining and in
some cases improving our mathematics EQAO results from gr. 3 to 6. More of our success story
can be seen at www.eqao.com.
After School Art Club
Paint a Masterpiece: Matisse
April 12th – June 1st, 2017
St. John XXIII School, 3:40 - 5:10
Wednesdays: Ages 6 - 9
Thursdays: Ages 9 - 13
Cost: $125 (supplies included)
Come learn about the artist Matisse and create colourful
artwork inspired by his unique style! During this eight-
week course students will have fun exploring a variety of
media including acrylic on canvas, collage, drawing, and
more.
For more information and to register visit:
www.blossomartstudio.ca
or call: 613.559.0394
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