Hello and Welcome!

Hello SJA students and parents and welcome back to St. Jude’s for another exciting school year!

I hope everyone had a fun and exciting summer vacation. My name is Miss. Vasconcelos and this will be my first year teaching at St. Jude’s Academy. I am very excited to be taking on the role of the Health and Physical Education teacher for JK to Grade 3 students. In our Phys-Ed classes, we will be playing cooperative games to build relationships with our peers, learning elements of dance and gymnastics, as well as exploring components of Olympic games and Track and Field events.

Now that you know a little bit about how our classes will work this year, let me tell you about myself. I am a graduate of Brock University where I completed my Concurrent Education Degree in June of 2019. Physical Education has always been a large part of my life and I have experience in many different sports. Swimming, gymnastics, and soccer were my sports of choice at a young age followed by lifeguarding, field hockey and rugby throughout high school. I then found employment opportunities as a soccer coach in Halton during University. With my extensive sports background, I am looking forward to bringing my skills and ideas to our physical education classes and allowing our SJA students to have the best possible experiences.

I will also be collaborating with homeroom teachers in various units throughout the year.

·      JK – Who We Are – Focusing on amazing bodies and making healthy choices.

·      SK – How We Share the Planet – Farms providing us with our nutritional needs.

·      Grade 1 -  Who We Are – Rules, Responsibilities and Relationships.

·      Grade 2 – How We Express Ourselves – Celebrations and Cultures.

·      Grade 3 – How We Express Ourselves – Using body language to express ideas.

Below are a few items which require your attention.

·      JK, SK, Grade 1 and Grade 2 students are required to have a change of shoes for Phys-Ed Class.

·      Grade 3 students are required to change out of their formal uniform and into the Phys Ed uniform before every class.

·      Orientation Night will be taking place on August 29, 2019. Please check your email for the invitation and RSVP to Kaitlin Padua at reception@stjudesacademy.com. I will be located in Room 29, feel free to stop by and say hello!  

·      Welcome Back Barbeque will take place on September 19^th.

·      First day of school is September 4, 2019 and promptly starts at 8:45am and will end at 3:45pm. If you would like to volunteer in the school or on field trips, you are required to provide a current Vulnerable Sector Check. If you have previously provided one within the last 5 years, you will need to sign the annual offence declaration form to continue volunteering with our school.

Hot Lunch Program 

·       Please know that the website will be closed at 3pm on Aug 30th and is unable to reopen for September ordering.

·       Lunch payments are due no later than September 13^th, after this date it will begin to collect interest. 

Below are the instructions for returning families:

*if you have a sibling joining SJA this year please keep in mind you can only use one email per child. 

Step 1 Logon to website http://mydigitalmailroom.com/sja - if you forgot your password or email used please contact bsmith@stjudesacademy.com

Step 2 Across the top menu bar you will see several options, please scroll over MY ACCOUNT, change grade and teacher to reflect new year. Select SAVE

Step 3 Across the top menu bar you will see several options, please scroll over MANAGE LUNCH, a drop-down menu will appear, select ADD NEW LUNCH FORM.

*Don’t forget to select payment method BEFORE ordering 

Below are the instructions for new families:

**If you have more than one child you will need to use different email addresses for each child. Only one child can be registered and ordered for under a single email address. 

Step 1 Go to website http://mydigitalmailroom.com/sja

·      Select register an account 

·      Select grade 

·      Select class 

·      Select teacher 

·      Enter in student information

·      Accept terms and conditions and select Register

Repeat for additional students. 

Step 2 Across the top menu bar you will see several options, please scroll over MANAGE LUNCH, a drop-down menu will appear, select ADD NEW LUNCH FORM.

*Don’t forget to select payment method BEFORE ordering

Kinderlime

New Parents:

·      You have been sent an email to sign up with a pin

·      Please download the FREE Kinderlime app via APP Store, Google Play etc. Or Visit the website https://www.kinderlime.com<https://www.kinderlime.com/>

Complete MUST HAVE information about your child(ren) on APP/Website 

·      Phone number(s)

·      Updated pick up permissions

·      Allergy/Medication information

·      We strongly suggest you set up automatic payments through the app/website to ensure you will not incur late fees for monthly invoices. 

·      You can also choose to pay monthly through the app/website.

• Through the app/website you will be able to digitally access monthly break downs (printed copies will not be available)  
• View App/Website daily to see sign in/out times. 

Returning Parents:

·      Update the MUST HAVE information about your child(ren) on APP/Website 

·      Phone number(s)

·      Updated pick up permissions

·      Allergy/Medication information

·      If you have not already done so we strongly suggest you set up automatic payments through the app/website to ensure you will not incur late fees for monthly invoices.

If you have any questions/comments regarding this new addition, please contact the Students Services Coordinator at bsmith@stjudesacademy.com

A NOTE FROM THE LIBRARIAN, MS. HAYWARD 

Hello!  I hope everyone has had a great summer and is excited for back to school. I am looking forward to a great third year in the St. Jude's Academy Library. 

We accomplished a lot last year in the library.  We cataloged over 2,300 books in our collection.  We had successful Recess Readers sessions. We started out LIT Club (library helpers). Our Enchanted Forest Book Fair was a huge success allowing us to get over $2,400 worth of new books and resources for the library.  The Library also held some fun contests. And, of course, we checked out a lot of books for the voracious readers at SJA.  

I hope to continue all these things and more. 

Please check out (and follow) the library blog at www.sjslibrary.wordoress.com for all things library and literacy related. See you soon!