PROGRESS REPORTS TO BE GIVEN OUT
OUT STANDING TUITION, CHOCOLATE MONEY, FEES
May 9, 2012
Dear Parents and Guardians,
On Wednesday May 16, 2012, we will be giving out Progress Reports. Before you know it, June report cards will be given out.
If any family is not current with their tuition agreements made with Mrs. Balzano, no progress report will be given to your child. The Option C account will also be inactivated.
Any family that still hasn’t paid its chocolate fundraiser bill in full will not receive any progress reports and the Option C account will be inactivated.
Families who are not current with their After School tuition will not receive any progress reports and the Option C account will be inactivated.
We are now in the part of the year where families are paying for tuition for the September 2012-June 2013 school year.
Tuition payments enable the school to pay our hard working teachers and staff, pay utility bills and keep current on insurance premiums, as well as run the school. Once tuition is late, the school can no longer function. In the past, when we ran short of money, we relied on our savings. These reserves are all spent. In the past, when tuition was paid late or left unpaid, the savings was used to cover expenses. We no longer have any "extra" monies to cover these expenses so it is necessary that you pay tuition on time.
Please bring your accounts current so that we can provide you with important components of your child's education.
Sincerely,
Mr. John Fruner
Principal
WE HAVE A NEW GYM T-SHIRT WHICH IS ONLY AVAILABLE IN OUR SCHOOL OFFICE.
Flynn and O'Harra as well as Ideal Uniforms will no longer be selling the gym shirt.
These gym shirts can be worn now and beginning next academic year, September 2012 to June 2013.
Students may still wear our present gym t-shirt this year and until they grow out of the shirt so if you do not have plans on buying a new gym t-shirt for September 2012, any student who wants to continuing wearing this present gym t-shirt may do so.
If you want your child to try on a size to ensure that the shirt fits, "try on" shirts are in the school office now.
*NO AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM ON THURSDAY MAY 24 because of our Spring Show. Even though the Pre-K 3s, Pre-K 4s, and Kindergarteners are not in that show, there is no After School for any student May 24th.
**STUDENTS MAY NOT GO HOME FOR LUNCH ON THURSDAY MAY 24th BECAUSE OF OUR SPRING CONCERT.
Our lunch schedule has changed for the day to accommodate the concert and its preparations.
***STUDENTS MAY NOT GO HOME FOR LUNCH ON WEDNESDAY MAY 30th BECAUSE OF THE FEAST OF ST. JOAN OF ARC.
Our school will be attending the parish's 12:00 noon Mass to celebrate our Feast Day. Our lunch schedule has changed for that day to accommodate the attendance at the 12:00 noon Mass.
Specialized High Schools Student Handbook 2011-2012
Title 1 Services Return To St. Joan Of Arc School
***Birthday Party Invitations ***
More and more of our students are giving out birthday party invitations in school. While that is a happy occasion, not all of the class is being invited.
If a student wants to give out birthday party invitations, the student can give out those invitations in school, in the gym, or in the lunchroom ONLY if the entire class is being invited. Otherwise, the student and his/her parent has to find another way to distribute the invitations outside of school.
Mr. Fruner
Because we have no more available space in the parish to expand, space is limited.
(Please follow this link for more information) [Espanol]
CURRENT St. Joan of Arc Catholic School students who wish to register for the September 2012-June 2013 School year are registering now.
Click here for the registration letter for CURRENT STUDENTS. [Espanol]
TACHS PEPARATION CLASSES for the 2012 TACHS
Dear Parents and Guardians of Present Seventh Graders:
We will be offering a TACHS PEPARATION CLASSES for the 2012 TACHS exam that will be given in November of 2012. These classes will review the mathematical, verbal, and English concepts covered on the TACHS exam. Scholarships to Catholic High Schools are based on your child’s performance on this exam along with his/her 6th,7th and 8th grade marks, New York State Test results, and Terra Nova standardized test results. (Remember that the first 8th grade report card is in early December and Catholic High School acceptances arrive around mid January with scholarship offerings.)
It will also include practice with timed tests so that students become comfortable with the timing of the TACHS exam.
Mrs. Radice and Mr. Dominic Balzano will teach these classes. If interested, please complete the form and return it with your non-refundable deposit of $100.00 by Monday March 26, 2012. The balance of $150.00 is due Monday April 30, 2012. Please put the word TACHS on the outside of the envelope and have your child submit payment IN CASH ONLY to your child’s homeroom teacher who will in turn hand it in to Mr. Fruner in the school office.
Classes will be held from 3:15 to 6:00p.m. on Fridays here at St. Joan of Arc Catholic School in Mrs. Radice’s and Mr. Pinder’s homeroom. Your child will participate in a math class and then a verbal and English concepts class. Your child’s math and ELA folder will be used to hold work. Your child’s math and ELA notebook will be used throughout the course. The school will provide all test resources. Your child only needs a pencil and a pen along with the above mentioned supplies.
Because of the length of the school day, your child may bring a snack to be eaten during class, however, your child is not permitted to leave the building at the 3:00p.m. dismissal time to purchase any food. Dismissal will be at 6:00p.m. from the main doors of the school facing Ward Meehan Hall.
Classes will be held on these Fridays:
Friday April 20
Friday April 27
Friday May 4 (Dismissal at 12:30p.m. for Faculty meeting. Students return at 3:00p.m. for class)
Friday May 11
Friday May 18
Friday June 1 (Dismissal at 12:30p.m. for Faculty meeting. Students return at 3:00p.m. for class)
Sincerely,
Mr. Fruner, Principal Mr. Donovan, Assistant Principal
Dear Parents, Guardians, and Students:
This article was posted on the CNN website and shared with our faculty. I am sharing it with you because I believe it contains valuable insights so that we call all partner as educators. You can find the article at the following link:
http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/06/living/teachers-want-to-tell-parents/index.html#
What Teachers Really Want To Tell Parents
By Ron Clark, Special to CNN
updated 9:12 AM EST, Tue September 6, 2011
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STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- Ron Clark is an award-winning teacher who started his own academy in Atlanta
- He wants parents to trust teachers and their advice about their students
- Clark says some teachers hand out A grades so parents won't bother them
- It's OK for kids to get in trouble sometimes; it teaches life lessons, Clark says
Editor's note: Ron Clark, author of "The End of Molasses Classes: Getting Our Kids Unstuck -- 101 Extraordinary Solutions for Parents and Teachers," has been named "American Teacher of the Year" by Disney and was Oprah Winfrey's pick as her "Phenomenal Man." He founded The Ron Clark Academy, which educators from around the world have visited to learn.(more...)
LEAVING A LEGACY CAMPAIGN
We need to build up our school savings account, which has been reduced to a dangerously low amount.
The profits we realize will help us gradually replenish those funds for a secure financial future.
The name of this ongoing fund raising project is LEAVING A LEGACY CAMPAIGN.
HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? When we ran short of money, we relied on our savings.
These reserves are spent.
WHY HAVE WE BEEN RUNNING SHORT OF MONEY?
1). The expenses of running the school increased at a more rapid rate than we increase tuition.
2). When tuition is paid late or left unpaid, the savings had to be used to cover expenses.
3). The cost of basic building maintenance continues to increase.
4). The economic situation is hitting our school families in many severe ways making the paying of tuition more of a challenge.
So anyway you can help the school in all its fund raisers, will enable us to continue this important ministry in Jackson Heights!
Where Do Our Catholic Families Come From?
Our school is made up of families from St. Joan of Arc Parish-Jackson Heights, Blessed Sacrament Parish-Jackson Heights, St. Bartholemew Parish- Elmhurst, St. Leo's Parish-Corona, Ascension Parish-Elmhurst, St. Gabriel's Parish- Elmhurst, Resurrection-Ascension Parish- Rego Park, St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish- Brooklyn, Our Lady of Consolation Parish-Brooklyn, and St. Sylvester's Parish-Brooklyn.
Where Do Our Other Faith Tradition Families Come From?
Other Christian faith traditions represented in our school include American Orthodox, Greek Orthodox, Romanian Orthodox, Latvian Lutheran Evangelical, Lutheran, Evangelical Lutheran, Episcopal, Christian, Baptist, Methodist, Non Denominational, and Pentecostal.
Other faith traditions represented in our school include Buddhist, Muslim, Hindu, and Mormon.
St. Joan of Arc Catholic School's parents and students can view grades, track assignments to determine what was done and what wasn't handed in.
Parents can see tuition balances and see discipline incidents.
On this home page we will post announcements and archive files.
You will still need to use our website as important timely information will continue to be posted here as well.
When arriving at the Option C portal, please enter your user name and password to gain access to your child's page.
To go directly to our OptionC page: Click Here
Registration for September 2011 is still possible, as long as seats are available in the grade you so desire.
EMOTIONAL LITERACY: Social and Emotional Learning comes to St. Joan of Arc School
in September 2011.
In late June, Mr. Fruner, along with other Principals, traveled to Yale University to be trained by Dr. Marc Bracket, Ph.D and Dr. Janet Patti, Ed.D in emotional literacy, learned about the anchors of emotional literacy, and built an initial implementation plan for St. Joan of Arc School with the help of Mr. Donovan, Assistant Principal.
The five key emotional literacy skills that he learned were recognition, understanding, labeling, expression, and regulation of emotion.
Mr. Fruner was provided with strategies, tools, and techniques to develop emotional literacy and employ skills in our students' personal relationships.
These five emotional literacy skills are referred to as RULER. Mr. Fruner and his colleagues reflected on the aspects of the school day that influence a student's emotions.
The school staff as well as the teaching staff will begin to reflect on these same influences. It was learned that academic success hinges upon learning skills so that students will have enhanced motivation and study skills, higher scores in the various content areas, can decrease anxiety and depression, and will decrease aggression in order to enhance the classroom climate.
The ultimate goal of this approach is to create a greater respect between students and teachers so that positive relationships among students is experienced. Yale University's recent meta analysis of 200 studies demonstrated a 12% gain in standardized test scores and 20-30% gains in social and emotional skills as a result of Social and Emotional Literacy.
The idea of emotional literacy was first developed in 1990 by two academic psychologists, Dr. Peter Salovey and Dr. Jack Mayer. In 1995 they published a best selling book called Emotional Intelligence which stated that the cooperative combination of emotion and knowing enhances reasoning and promotes personal growth. Basically, we cannot be fully intelligent without recognizing, valuing, and working with our emotions.
This year's initial implementation plan includes Mr. Fruner working with our middle school students, once a week, for a 45 minute class period. Fourth and Fifth graders will work with our two Fordham University's Graduate School of Social Service Social Worker Interns, once a week, for a 45 minute class period.
Mr. Fruner is also a licensed master social worker, a graduate of Fordham University's Graduate School of Social Service.
In September 2012, the Diocese of Brooklyn will begin its implementation as part of a new English Language Arts curriculum that will be developed from the Common Core Curriculum.
For more information, please visit www.therulerapproach.org
First Grade | Second Grade | Third Grade | Fourth Grade | Fifth Grade | Middle School
Each student is loaned only 1 text book per year.
Parents who are interested in purchasing their child’s text books so that their child does not have to carry the books back and forth to school are provided with this list for that purpose.
The school does not have extra textbooks to loan so that a student has a set at home.
Work books are not listed here because students must carry that workbook back and forth from school and use only one workbook. Work books are written in by the student.
STUDENT SUPPLY LISTS FOR 2011-2012 SCHOOL YEAR The link below will provide you with our student supply lists for this school year. Please know that all marble notebooks required must be HARD COVERED MARBLE NOTEBOOKS. (....more)
| STUDENT SUPPLY LISTS FOR 2011-2012 SCHOOL YEAR | ||||||
| SUMMER BOOK REPORT INDEX ( Please select grade ) | |||||||
Consul General Of Japan Visits Our School
PHOTO BY BENJAMIN GRAHAM
MONDAY MAY 16, 2011 THE CONSUL GENERAL OF JAPAN CAME TO ST. JOAN OF ARC SCHOOL to accept a donation from the student body.
Calling themselves Children of the Heights, eighth grade students Angelica Carlson and Valeria Mendez took it upon themselves to organize the project and raise the funds. Angelica and Valeria have previously raised donations to help military personnel serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
“The excitement that the Ambassador created in the students was felt throughout the entire school. Hearing the students tell their classmates about how the Japanese people still need assistance after the earthquake and tsunami demonstrated the genuine concern the entire school has after learning of the tragedy,” said John Fruner, Principal of St. Joan of Arc. “St. Joan of Arc students care for their global community because they study in a school with a diverse ethnic population reflecting New York City.”
Ambassador Hiroki met with the students to congratulate them on their achievement and accepted the gift on behalf of the Japanese people. The Consulate General of Japan in New York will distribute this donation to the people of Japan who they determine need it most.
In the video you will see one of our 8th grades rehearsing for our Spring Show entitled SPRING FLING and Mrs. Costello's first grade class greeting the Consul General who stayed to chat with the students. The students showed him their new Smart Board and taught the Ambassador how to play Math Mahem.HERE IS NY1's COVERAGE IN [English]
You are invited to visit our school any day during a school day.
Students who are interested in attending St. Joan of Arc School in September 2012 may arrange some time to first see our school and then spend a day in our school to see what a day is like.
A tour of the school is available on any school day. Tours are given by the Principal and Assistant Principal.
Just give us a call and we will show you how special St. Joan of Arc School is!
2012-2013 REGISTRATION INFORMATION (more...)
A SPECIAL INVITATION TO OUR SISTERS AND BROTHERS FROM CORPUS CHRISTI SCHOOL TO CONSIDER VISITING ST. JOAN OF ARC CATHOLIC SCHOOL AT ANY TIME IN ORDER TO SEE WHAT WE OFFER.
With the sad announcement of the closing of Corpus Christi School, St. Joan's students, teachers, staff, parents, and parish extend a welcoming hand and an invitation to join them for the September 2012 school year.
All new students are encouraged to spend an entire day with us, in next year's grade, to experience St. Joan of Arc Catholic School. First ask permission from Mr. DiNardo to determine the best day to visit our school. Once permission is granted, call St. Joan of Arc Catholic School's office and speak to our staff to arrange the day. We look forward to meeting you! Parents are welcome to spend time in the school "seeing us in action," hoping to make your decision a little easier.
ENROLLMENT FOR 2011-2012 YEAR AVAILABLE NOW!
- 3 & 4 yr. Olds Full Day (8am-2:30pm)
- Kindergarten & 1 Grade (8am-2:30pm)
- 2 & 3 Grade (8am- 2:45pm)
- 4 & 5 Grade (8am-2:45pm)
- 6, 7 & 8 Grade (8am-3:00pm)
- Music
- Art
- Physical Education
- Computer Science
- Spanish
- Study Skills for grades 6,7, & 8
- Library for grades K to 5
- School Band provided by Paul Effman Music Services (at additional cost)
- 2 School Social Worker Interns (from Fordham University's Graduate School of Social Service)
- Department of Education Guidance Counselor Mondays & Tuesdays, 3:30p.m. to 5:30p.m.
- The principal is also a licensed master social worker
- 8th Grade Girls after school "rap/disucssion" group
- 8th Grade Boys after school "rap/discussion" group
- After School Drama group for grades 3-8.
Nationally recognized Blue Ribbon School of Excellence
Accredited by:
The Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
Be part of a school that has been a leader in a Christ centered quality education since 1921!
We follow New York State Curriculum, use New york State and National Learning Standards, and take New york State tests in Math, ELA, Science, and Social Studies.
Title I Reading, Mathematics, and Guidance services are provided from 3:30-5:30p.m.
IEP students approved for SEITS receive small group instruction from 3:00-5:30p.m.
We also have an “in house” Resource/Learning Center for small group instruction.
After School Care available for all full day students from 2:30pm-7pm for $310 per month.
TITLE I SERVICES:
ST. JOAN OF ARC CATHOLIC SCHOOL HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR AFTER SCHOOL TITLE I SERVICES PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH EXTRA SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION IN MATH AND READING. A GUIDANCE COUNSELOR HAS ALSO BEEN ASSIGNED TO OUR SCHOOL.
Title I is a Federally funded program that provides small group instruction to students in non-public schools at NO COST to the student or the school. Here in New York City the teachers work for the Department of Education. These services are FREE to those who qualify.[...more]
The mission of St. Joan of Arc School is to teach, build community, and serve.
Dare the Impossible...Live the Vision!