The Good News - January 29, 2023

What is the good life, which God intends for us? Jesus addresses this question in his Sermon on the Mount. The heart of Jesus’ message is that we can live a very happy life. The way to joyfully pursue God’s will for our lives, can be found in the eight Beatitudes. Jesus’ Beatitudes sum up our calling or vocation to live a life of the Beatitudes. The word beatitude literally means “happiness” or “blessedness.”

What is the significance of Jesus’ Beatitudes, and why are they so central to His teaching? The Beatitudes respond to the natural desire for happiness that God has placed in every heart.

St. Thérèse of Lisieux said it best when she said, “I want to spend my Heaven doing good on Earth.”

Monday, Jan. 30

• PD Day - no school for students
  

Tuesday, Jan. 31

• Regular School Day - no special events

Wednesday, Feb.1

• 2023-2024 New Student Registration Opens at 8am
  
• World Read Aloud Day
  
• Early Dismissal 2:15 - Dress Up as Your Favourite Book Character
  

Thursday, Feb.2

• Regular School Day - no special events

Friday, Feb.3

• Report Cards - via email and PowerSchool

LOOKING AHEAD:

Feb. 8 - Arctic Winter Games, Family Movie Night, Hot Lunch

Feb. 9/10 - No School -Teachers Convention

Feb. 13 - Parent Council Meeting

Feb. 15 - Early Learning Info. Night at 6:30 pm

Feb. 17 - Gr 3 TPet, Gr 4 Edmonton Symphony

Feb 21 - Gr 1 Dr. Turner Lodge

Kindergarten and NEW student registration will begin ONLINE, February 1, 2023 at 8am. The registration form allows parents to choose Kindergarten scheduling preferences. Please note these will be number dependent. Please register early as class placements will take into account: class sizes, student's needs, and scheduling requests.

• To go to the EICS Kindergarten webpage - please click here. This includes a Kindergarten calculator, programming and transportation information.
• Pre Kindergarten at St. John, screening information click here
• EICS Flexible Pathways Program here
• St. John XXIII Pathways Program click here
• EICS NEW Student Registration-click here
• To request transportation, click here

In addition to attending Kindergarten at their community school, EICS offers a supplemental Nature Kindergarten program which operates Mondays/Wednesdays and scheduled Fridays. This paid program offers students the opportunity to learn through explorative play, providing an option to attend kindergarten full time. Please click here for more information on this optional program.

*Please note, you only need to register your child if they are entering Kindergarten or are brand new to St. John XXIII*

Communicating student learning is an ongoing process that involves all key stakeholders; students, staff, and families. Creating quality learning environments that empower students to know where they are, where they need to go, and how they are going to get there is very important at St. John.

Report cards will be emailed to you and will be in PowerSchool on February 3rd at 3:00pm. We hope you and your child take the opportunity to review their report card and celebrate their milestones and growth this year. This is also a great time to reflect and set S.M.A.R.T learning goals for the months ahead. Teachers, parents and students will have another opportunity to communicate the learning progress again in March during our Student Conferences; March 21st and 22nd.

If you have any questions or wonderings about your child's learning progress, please contact your child's teacher.

Temperatures have dropped and it will be a lot cooler this week. We are Alberta Kids and head outside almost always at school. Please ensure your child is dressed for inclement weather.

https://www.litworld.org/worldreadaloudday

For the fifth year in a row, our St. John XXIII community has signed up to be part of the official World Read Aloud Day! We will join millions around the world to celebrate the power of reading aloud.

Our 2022-2023 Assurance Survey is officially open until Friday, February 17! This survey is your chance to help refine our faith-integrated education and support to all EICS students. (Parents and guardians of EICS students.)

All survey links were sent out on Wednesday, January 25, so please check your spam filter if you have not received it. If the email is not in your inbox or spam folder, please

call 780-467-8896.

Our grade 4 Leadership Team will be leading us in our fifth annual, St. John XXIII Arctic Winter Games on Wednesday, February 8th.! Our St. John XXIII Arctic Winter games help us learn more about important Northern cultures and traditions and develop physical literacy skills. It is always a great day! Here is a link to the official 2023 Arctic Winter Games

Our Lady of the Angels Parish

As Family We Walk In Christ's Footsteps

Email: stj@eics.ab.ca
Website: https://stj.eics.ab.ca/
Location: 9526 89 Street, Fort Saskatchewan, AB, Canada
Phone: 780-998-7777
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/St.JohnXXIII
Twitter: @St_JohnXXIII