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March 16, 2018

Dear Parents.

Menu March Breakfast Monday: Fruit cup/and or juice, WG cereal, Cheese Stick, and milk Tuesday: Fruit cup/ and or juice, WG crackers, Yogurt and milk Wednesday: Fruit/and or juice,WG muffin or bagel, Cheese stick and milk Thursday: Fruit/and or juice, WG granola bar or WG crackers, Yogurt and milk Friday: Fruit/and or juice, WG cereal, Cheese stick and milk *Hard boiled eggs are now an option on Wednesdays

Beginning Monday students in grades 3-8 will be taking the Forward Exam, the State of Wisconsin standardized test. The goal is to have all testing complete by spring break. Please ensure your child is well fed, rested and in school daily from March 19-28. As a reminder, all students will be administered the test. If you choose to opt your child out of the test, this must be sent to me in writing.

3/19-3/23

We still have some time left during lent for prayer, fasting and almsgiving. We have raised just over $200 for the chapel. I KNOW we can do much better than that! Money collections are on Monday.

Monday: Hot dog, carrot stick, chilled fruit and chips Tuesday: Sloppy joes, smile fries, chilled fruit, green beans and garlic bread Wednesday: Pizza, chilled fruit, mixed veggies and pudding cup

Lenten Blessings, Mrs. Schumacher

Thursday: Ham sandwich, green beans, chilled fruit and pudding Friday: Fish stick, tater tots, chilled fruit and steamed broccoli

Mission Statement John Paul II Academy is a Catholic school providing a faith-based education that embraces the teachings of the Gospel in order to develop the whole child. We exist in partnership with the parents, parishes and the community to meet the needs of each individual student. We will help each student develop life skills for cooperation with and involvement in the community based on respect for God, one’s self, and society.

2018-2019 School Year Important Dates August 28 New School Year Eve August 29 1st Day of School September 28 No School October 4, 5 No school October 25 Conferences, No School October 26 No School November 21-25 Thanksgiving Break December 24- January 2 Christmas Break January 21 No School February 15 No School March 7, Conferences, No school March 8 No School April 19-26 Easter Break June 12th Last Day

John Paul II Academy

2023 Northwestern Avenue, Racine, WI 53404 Phone: 262-637-2012 Fax: 262-637-5130 http://jp2aracine.org/

Monday

Tuesday

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Thursday

Wednesday 21

JASP 5k-2nd Grade2:30-3:30pm

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22 Mass 7:45am 1st/5th Grade

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JASP 3rd-5th Grade2:30-3:30pm

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JASP 6 -8 Grade2:30-3:30pm

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Friday

Dine out at Char-

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Gym Day Dress Down Pass Day

coal grill– 4-8pm

Birthdays Coming up!/Cumpleaños que se acercan March 19– Elianna J. March 20– Emmett L. March 22– Elianna L. March 23– Jeraldy G. March 23– Adan R.

HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE

Palm Sunday

Easter Vigil

Saturday, March 24th –4:30pm Sunday, March 25th– 8:00am & 10:00am

Saturday, March 31st-8:00pm

Holy Thursday

Sunday, April 1st-8:00am & 10:00am

Easter

Thursday, March 29th– 7:00pm

Good Friday Friday, March 30th– 1:00pm John Paul II Academy

2023 Northwestern Avenue, Racine, WI 53404 Phone: 262-637-2012 Fax: 262-637-5130 http://jp2aracine.org/

Wisconsin Forward Exam - Spring 2018 It is that time again. It is time for schools all over the state of Wisconsin to administer the Wisconsin Forward Exam. The Wisconsin Forward Exam is designed to provide feedback on how a student is progressing in relation to the State Academic Standards. All students in Grades 3 - 8 participate in assessments in the areas of English Language Arts and Math. Additionally, students in Grades 4 and 8 participate in assessments in the areas of Science and Social Studies. The Wisconsin Forward Exam is administered online. The testing window at John Paul II Academy begins on March 19th and will run through March 29th. Make-up testing will occur as needed during the test window and beyond through May 4th. During the testing window, please make sure your child gets a good night’s sleep. Please avoid making appointments during the testing window. Encourage your child to do their best!

JPIIA FORWARD EXAM TESTING SCHEDULE GRADE 3

GRADE 4

GRADE 5

GRADE 6

GRADE 7

GRADE 8

ELA

MATH

March 19, 20

March 21, 22

ELA

MATH

SOCIAL STUDIES

SCIENCE

March 23, 26

March 26, 27

March 27, 29

March 28

ELA

MATH

March 19, 20

March 21, 22

ELA

MATH

March 19, 20

March 21, 23

ELA

MATH

March 19, 20

March 21, 23

ELA

MATH

SOCIAL STUDIES

SCIENCE

March 19, 20

March 21, 23

March 22

March 28

CAREER WEEK April 9 - 13 John Paul II Academy will be celebrating Career Week when we return from Spring Vacation. It will be an exciting time! Classroom Guidance Lessons will focus on Careers and College. There will be fun announcements and information about educational opportunities in Wisconsin after high school. There will be fun trivia about the teachers and where they went to college. Finally, I would like to have guest speakers come to talk about their careers. Please consider sharing information about your career with our students. If you would be willing to participate, please contact me at [email protected]. John Paul II Academy

2023 Northwestern Avenue, Racine, WI 53404 Phone: 262-637-2012 Fax: 262-637-5130 http://jp2aracine.org/

C arnival Basket Donations Reminder Don't forget to turn in your Carnival Basket Donations to the office! Your Carnival Planning Committee thanks you!

Recordatorio de la donaciones de canasta ¡No olvides entregar tus donaciones de canasta para el carnaval a la oficina! ¡Su comité de carnaval gracias!

C arnival Donation Drop & Dash Our next Carnival Donation Drop & Dash is scheduled for Friday, March 23rd. Any and all items are needed to build raffle baskets and silent auction items.....gift cards (gas, grocery, spa, salon, store, etc.), brand new children's toys, coffee, housewares, service offers, and more! While dropping off your items, keep your eyes peeled for pirates. You never know when a scalawag of Pirate will show up to take your treasure!

Donacion de C arnaval Drop & Dash Nuestro próximo donación de carnaval Drop & Dash está programada para el viernes, 23 de marzo. Cualquier y todos los elementos se necesitan para construir canastas de rifa y subasta de los artículos... tarjetas de regalo (gas, supermercado, spa, salón, tienda, etc.), juguetes infantiles nuevos, café, artículos para el hogar, servicios y más !Mientras que dejas tus artículos, mantén los ojos bien abiertos por los piratas. Nunca se sabe cuándo una scalawag de pirata aparecerá para tomar tu tesoro! Note from Mrs. WebbHave you been reading at night to earn your FREE Kingfish baseball ticket? If not- get reading, you have 14 more days to read. We want JPIIA to fill the stands on Wednesday, May 30 at 6:35 so please read to earn your free ticket! The sheets are due on Friday, March 23, 2018. If you have it filled in now, please return it to school!

Box Tops for Education Thank you to everyone who participated and donated boxtops during our February box top drive. Our winning class was first grade with over 3,000 boxtops donated! First grade will be enjoying a pizza party and dress down day. Congrats first graders!!Thank you again to everyone who donated. The school earned $594.00 total to be used for classroom supplies.

Box Tops para la Educación Gracias a todos los que participaron y donaron boxtops durante febrero. ¡La clase ganadora fue primer grado con más 3.000 boxtops donado! Primer grado será disfrutar de una fiesta de pizza y vestido de día. Felicidades niños de primer grado!! Gracias de nuevo a todos los que donaron. La escuela obtuvo total $594,00 para clase.

Athletics 1) Attention Basketball Parents: If your child did not return his/her basketball uniform yet please return them to Mr. Andersen as soon as possible. Thank you! 2) Track Information: This year's annual track meet will be held Saturday, May 19th at Carthage College. Mr. Edwards and Mrs. Schroeder will be coaching the team and practices will begin the week of April 10th. More specific practice details to come. Any 5th-8th grade student that has not signed up for Track and would like to should contact Mr. Andersen ([email protected]) as soon as possible.

John Paul II Academy

2023 Northwestern Avenue, Racine, WI 53404 Phone: 262-637-2012 Fax: 262-637-5130 http://jp2aracine.org/

Save The Date! The 3rd annual Mother Son Fun Night is coming! Date: Friday, May 11th Time: 5:30 pm – 8 pm Location: The Lanes Bowling Alley 6501 Washington Ave Racine Cost: $15 per person (extra donation are welcome!) This fun evening will include bowling, pizza, soda, prizes and fun! Moms, Grandmothers, Aunt's, and female caregiver and special friends are welcome! For additional information, contact Amy Sasse at [email protected] or text 262-672-9221.

Guarda el día! Viene la 3 º noche anual de diversión de madre hijo Fecha: Viernes, mayo 11 Horario: 5:30pm-8:00pm Locación: The Lanes Bowling Alley 6501 Washington Ave. Racine Costo: $15 por persona (extra donaciones son bienvenidas ) Esta divertida velada incluirá bowling, pizza, refresco, regalos y diversión! Mamas, abuelas, tias, mujeres de cuidado y amigas especiales! Para información adicional, contacte a Amy Sasse al [email protected] o por un mensaje de texto al 262-672-9221.

We are thrilled to announce that we have a brand new salad bar for our lunch program! Thanks to a grant by the Chef Ann foundation we will soon be adding fresh fruits and vegetables to our menu. We will debut the salad bar on Wednesday, March 28th for our regularly scheduled menu choice of salad bar. John Paul II Academy

2023 Northwestern Avenue, Racine, WI 53404 Phone: 262-637-2012 Fax: 262-637-5130 http://jp2aracine.org/

Mark Your Calendar!/Marca tu Calendario! 

3/30-4/6

Easter Vacation/ Vacaciones de Pascua

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4/10

4k and 5k Vision Screening/ 4k y 5k examen de la vista

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4/11

School Committee at 6pm/Comité Escolar alas 6pm

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4/13

SPA Meeting 7:45am/ Junta de Asociación de Padres de la escuela 7:45am

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4/30

No School/ No habrá Escuela

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Lunch Reminder/Recordatorio del almuerzo

No Red Folder on the 29th of March/No habrá Carpeta Roja el 29 de marzo Shorts and Skort can be worn starting April 1st/ Pantalones cortos y faldas se podrán usar empezando el 1 de abril No School on April 30th/ No habrá escuela el 30 de abril

Please ensure that your child(dren) bring lunch that doesn't required microwave use. Thank you Por favor asegúrese que su hijo/a traiga comida que no requerida usar el Microondas. Gracias

Uniform Reminder Distracting hair styles are not allowed. Lately, there have been a lot of over sized bows, cat ear and other distracting head bands being worn to school. Headbands are allowed but they need to not be distracting in nature. Thank you.

Recordatorio de Uniforme No se permiten estilos de pelo de distracción. Últimamente ha habido mucho sobre moños muy grandes de tamaño, orejas de gato y otras forma diferente de distracciones en la escuela. Diademas son permitidas, pero solo sino son de distracción..

MARCH VIRTUE /Virtud de marzo RELIABILITY To be the kind of person other people can depend on. You keep your commitments without being reminded.

Confiabilidad El tipo de persona pueden depender otras personas. Mantienes tus compromisos sin ser recordado. John Paul II Academy

2023 Northwestern Avenue, Racine, WI 53404 Phone: 262-637-2012 Fax: 262-637-5130 http://jp2aracine.org/