Do you know what it feels like to have one of those great days when the world around you feels like a happy place to be? For me, that happened last Friday, in our school. I had a Kindergartner stop in my office - so excited. He was holding what looked like a teddy bear in his hand. He said, "do you know what his name is?" I said, “no?" He said, "It's Mr. Hurley!" I asked what kind of animal it was, and he responded, "a sloth, my favorite animal!" Priceless.
_____________________________________________________ BREAKING NEWS!! Saint John's has been blessed with a match challenge from one of our longstanding and beloved parishioners.
WE NEED OUR COMMUNITY! If our school can raise $10,000 in 10 days, we will be gifted with a match, but only if we hit our goal! Every penny counts to help our children. Click
HERE to donate!
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LITTLE CANADA DAYS BUTTON WINNERS: From July 30-August 1, Little Canada will celebrate the 45th annual Canadian Days festival. Students in Kindergarten through 8
th grade were invited to enter the 2021 Canadian Days Button Design Contest. Forty-seven entries were submitted from students who live in or attend school in Little Canada. The students were asked to submit entries depicting the theme “
Time for Fun in ’21” and also mention the festival dates and our Sister City, Thunder Bay.
Ella Haraldson took 1
st place honors, and her design will be on the 2021 Canadian Days Button. She will receive a $100 prize and will ride on the button winner float in the Canadian Days Parade on August 1, 2021. Ella is in Ms. Gruntner’s 6
th grade class at St. John School of Little Canada.
The third place prize is awarded to 2
nd grader
Maria Alejandra Coto in Mrs. Burgoyne’s class at St. John School of Little Canada. She will receive $25 and an invitation to ride in the Canadian Days Parade.
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CULVER'S NIGHT: Our annual Culver’s Night will take place at the Culver's at 2880 Rice Street Little Canada. The date is May 11th from 5-7. Click
HERE for more information.
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Want to Learn About the Rosary? Be sure to join us for our next installment of Discipleship Sunday, which will be 9:30 to 10:15 AM, April 18, in the Gathering Space. This month we have a full-family event, as kids and parents or grandparents learn about one of the quintessential prayers of our faith. Together, adults and children, will make their own Rosary. As always with Discipleship Sunday, this is a free event, and childcare is provided free of charge. Pre-packaged snacks will be available to all who attend.
REMINDERS AND CALENDAR
APPRECIATION EVENT: We have a Special Thank You BBQ for the parish and school scheduled for May 19, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. I will be providing more information about this event later in April.
MOVIE NIGHTS RETURN: We will be starting movie nights at Saint John’s School on the 1st Wednesday of each month June thru September 1, 2021. The 1st Movie Night will be on June 2 and will include free live entertainment, pizza, ice cream and other surprises for families and kids - these movie nights are open to all.
TASTE of SUMMER: We have scheduled our Taste of Summer for July 21, 2021 at 6:30 p.m at Saint John’s School. This event is for parents and the community. We will be able to connect and sample beer and wine.
SUMMER EAGLE CLUB: Our summer care program is available to all children ages 3 to 12. Eagle Club is offered from 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM daily. We keep children engaged and entertained all summer long through activities like arts and crafts, games, science/STEM, reading and math, nature and, of course, field trips once a week. We maintain and grow a vegetable garden, as well as spend lots of time outside playing and enjoying the nice weather. Summer registration
CLICK HERE. Please contact Tayler Smith with questions.
TADS: Tax season is here. Tuition and Eagle Club payment reports can be pulled directly from TADS. Here are the instructions:
1. Log into your account at
https://secure.tads.com 2. Click on the Billing tab
3. On the left side of the screen, click on the "Household Paid Tuition Tax Report" link
4. Enter the proper tax year and click "submit"
APRIL CALENDAR: April 30: School Gala 5:00 p.m.
PPRP UPDATE: Check out our updated Infographic
HERE, and our revised School Safety booklet
HERE.
We are proud of our school and look forward to more exciting things to come our way! Check out the great that is happening daily on our school
website and follow us on
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