Week 15:November 12–November 18, 2017 St. Patrick Catholic School

Important Dates

Nov 14 Grade 2 – 8 Jacksonville Icemen Field Trip

Nov 16 6:00 PM, School Board Meeting (closed)

Nov 17 6:00 – 8:00 PM, Youth Fellowship &

Adoration (Middle School & High School)

Games, Food, Fellowship, Adoration, and

Confession Nov 18 8:30 AM – 1:00 PM, 8th Grade Car Wash

at Synovus Bank

521 Airport Center Drive

Jacksonville, FL 32218 (Minutes from School at River City Marketplace)

Nov 21 Grandparents Day (K-8, Early Dismissal)

9:00 AM start time. 11:45 AM K-8 Dismissal.

RSVP HERE for our special program.

Nov 26 10:00 AM School Mass / 5th Grade

Participates

Dec 1 St. Patrick Bookfair at Barnes & Noble

Join us at St. Johns Town Center!

Thirty Second Sunday in

Ordinary Time

Focus:

Today, as we hear about the kingdom of heaven, we are reminded to be steadfast in our faith, hope and love. Jesus uses a parable to teach us about the reality of heaven. He warns us not to become drowsy in our faith, like the virgins who in their foolish lack of preparation bring no oil with them. Instead, Jesus teaches that we are to live in such a way that we are ready to meet the Lord.

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Kent’s Corner

Your Partner in Faith & Education,

Mr. Kent

Proud Principal

Dear Irish Families, We are currently accepting applications for our SCHOOL BOARD. One does not need to be a school parent/guardian to apply.

• Click HERE to apply to join the School Board. The PTA BOARD is seeking to expand its board positions by adding a PreK 3 and VPK At Large Representative. Please complete the online application and select “PreK 3 and VPK At Large Representative” when completing the application.

• Click HERE to apply to join to the PTA Board. Do you have experience working in the marketing industry? We are forming a St. Patrick MARKETING COMMITTEE. The committee will meet during evenings and tap into field/industry experiences share by school parents.

• Click HERE to apply to join the Marketing Committee.

TUESDAY NOVEMBER 21st

All grandparents and

special friends are welcome

to join us for our annual

Grandparents Day

celebration!

Click HERE to RSVP.

We want to make sure we

are ready to welcome you in

the grandest way we can.

We love our SPCS JAX

grandparents!

The Irish Weekly

MARK YOUR CALENDARS

Grades 3 – 8: Thursday - December 7, 2017 at 6:30 PM

Living Nativity in Church

K – Grade 2: Tuesday - December 12, 2017 at 6:00 PM

Christmas Performance in Parish Hall

Tree Lighting for the entire school

community to follow (outside)

PreK 3 & VPK: Friday - December 15, 2017 at 10:00 AM

Christmas Performance in Parish Hall

Barnes & Noble Bookfair: FRIDAY DECEMBER 1, 2017

• Join our school community after school at Barnes & Noble at the St. Johns Town Center.

• This event is scheduled just in time for you to make a dent in your Christmas shopping list.

• Books, movies, music, educational toys and games, gifts, Café items and more count toward our school’s total earnings.

• A voucher will be provided that you can use when making purchases that allows for a kick back to our school. BOTH online AND in-store purchases count towards our school’s earnings!

Youth Fellowship & Adoration:

• What: Games, Food, Fellowship, Adoration, Confession

• Who: Middle School and High School Youth

• When: THIS Friday November 17, 2017 6:00 – 8:00 PM

• For more info or questions please email, rgoodson@spcsjax.org

Run Club is COMING!

More info coming to you this week! Open to ALL Students in K – 8!

This week’s Faculty Focus: Mrs. Trujillo (KA)

In Mrs. Trujillo’s Kindergarten class they have been learning a great deal. They are currently on

the 43rd sight word and are reading! By the end of the school year the Kindergarten class will

have been exposed to 100 sight words. Students have been doing great reading leveled text to

include finding the number of words, sight words, spaces, nouns, and adjectives in sentences.

They are also learning about digraphs. Students are now able to distinguish which words begin

or end with ‘sh’, ‘ch’, ‘wh’, and ‘th.’ In Writing students have learned about sentences and how

to write a sentence with correct spacing and punctuation to include fictional and non-fictional

writing topics that tie in with our weekly themes.

A favorite theme that the students loved learning about was pumpkins. Students learned about

the life cycle, measured and compared pumpkins, tested to see if a pumpkin floats or sinks,

used their senses to describe a pumpkin while having fun digging out the seeds. To wrap up the

unit they had a blast at Connor’s Amazing Acres to see a large variety of pumpkins where they

stated the order of the life cycle of a pumpkin.

In Math students are wrapping up Unit 5 on identifying, counting, and writing numbers up to

31. You may say “WOW 31” but, there is more. Students have learned to count by 10’s to count

on for fast counting using base ten sticks

and grouping items in sets of 10. Mrs.

Trujillo is very proud of their

accomplishments. The sky is the limit and

here we are excelling to go over and

beyond that. We practice our faith in God

through daily prayer and in our actions to

be the best Kindergarten students and

children of God that they can be. A class

favorite to play and listen to while they

work is “Immaculate Mary” and they all

sound wonderful singing and working so

nicely.

November 2017 Lunch Menu

Monday: Pizza Day

Tuesday: Mac & Cheese & Choice of Fruit (Creamy cheese sauce baked with pasta served with a side of mixed vegetables and garlic bread) OR

Chicken Alfredo & Choice of Fruit (chicken, and a creamy Alfredo sauce on pasta with a side of mixed vegetables and garlic bread

OR

Peanut Butter and Grape Jelly Sandwich on Wheat Bread with Chips & Choice of Fruit OR

Bento Box & Choice of Drink (Ham & Mozzarella Cheese roll ups, crackers, carrots with ranch on side, fresh fruit, and applesauce)

Wednesday: Classic Buttermilk Pancakes & Sausage & Choice of Fruit (3 Buttermilk pancakes with 2 turkey breakfast sausage, syrup on the side) OR Breakfast Wrap & Choice of Fruit (Hash browns, scrambled eggs and cheddar cheese) OR

Peanut Butter and Grape Jelly Sandwich on Wheat Bread with Chips & Choice of Fruit OR

Bento Box & Choice of Drink (Ham & Mozzarella Cheese roll ups, crackers, carrots with ranch on side, fresh fruit, and applesauce)

Thursday: Grilled Hot Dog with Chips & Choice of Fruit (Grilled fresh, served on a soft roll with traditional condiments on the side) or Double Dog Meal $7

OR

Chicken Caesar Salad & Choice of Fruit (Chopped Romaine lettuce, croutons, parmesan cheese and Chicken with dressing available on the side) OR

Peanut Butter and Grape Jelly on Wheat Bread with Baked Chips & Choice of Fruit OR

Bento Box & Choice of Drink (Ham & Mozzarella Cheese roll ups, crackers, carrots with ranch on side, fresh fruit, and applesauce)

Friday: Cheese Quesadilla & Choice of Fruit (American cheese in a flour tortilla grilled until golden brown. Mild salsa & Sour cream on side) OR Chicken Quesadilla & Choice of Fruit (American cheese and chicken in a flour tortilla grilled until golden brown. Mild salsa & Sour cream on side) OR

Peanut Butter and Grape Jelly on Wheat Bread with Chips & Choice of Fruit OR Bento Box & Choice of Drink (Ham & Mozzarella Cheese roll ups, crackers, carrots with ranch on side, fresh fruit, and applesauce)

Week of November 13th Hot Bites

Tues November 14th / Wed November 15th Thurs November 16th / Fri November 17th

$1 Mac & Cheese $1 Chicken Nuggets (4 count)