Spirit Week

Spirit Week: Sunday, May 19th - Friday, May 24th

Sunday: Family Mass 9:00 am

          Spring Festival 10:00am - 3:00pm

Monday: St. Jerome Day (wear red and blue)

Tuesday: Twin Day (more than 2 people can dress as twins)

Wednesday: Wacky Wednesday (wear shirt backwards,wear types of clothing that do not match, etc.)

Thursday: Crazy hat and/or hair day with uniform (hair products need to be removed by Friday)

  - Talent show at 2:15pm

Friday: Class Color Day K:Rainbow 1st:orange 2nd:green 3rd:blue 4th:black 5th:purple 6th:red 7th:white 8th:grey

*tennis shoes, covered shoulders, appropriate length shorts and skirts, sayings or graphics on shirts should not contain inappropriate material.  

*sponsored by Student Council

Exploratorium Field Trip: Tuesday, May 28

May 13, 2013

Dear Eighth Grade Parents and Students,

On Tuesday, May 28^th eighth grade will visit the Exploratorium in San Francisco.   We will spend Tuesday exploring the copious exhibits while applying our knowledge of Physics and Chemistry.

We will leave school at 8:30 and walk down to the El Cerrito BART Station. We will get off at Embarcadero Station, and walk a half-mile to the Exploratorium.  This should get us there around 10:00 am. We will depart the Exploratorium at 2:00 pm, and arrive back at school around 3:30 pm.  Please arrive at school on time!

Students need to bring a snack and a sack lunch.  They need to be in St. Jerome attire.  Students are allowed to bring no more than $20 for when we briefly visit the gift shop.

 If you would like to chaperone, we are in need of 4 parents. The school needs to have on file that you completed the Shield the Vulnerable Certificate.

If you have any questions or concerns, please send me an e-mail.  Please return the permission slip by Friday, May 17^th.  

I look forward to our visit.

Sincerely,

Julia Fiedler-Ross 

Friday, May 9 Announcements

1. I hope those families that attended Grandparents Day had a wonderful time. Thank you for those of you who volunteered your time to set-up and clean-up. 

2. Daughter Dance is tonight from 7:00pm-8:30pm in Rohan Hall 

3. MARE week is here!  6th grade will learn about islands, 7th grade will explore coral reefs, and 8th grade will study polar seas.  

4. Happy Mother's Day!  

Grandparents Day

Tomorrow is Grandparents Day!

They day begins with mass at 8:45

After break, grandparents are welcome to join us in the classroom from 10:20-10:45

At 10:45 grandparents and other family members will head outside.  Students will join everyone outside at 11:15 

It is a noon dismissal, so schools ends at 12:00 

News from the School!

The following two items come from Miss Wilkie:

Lastly, do you enjoy walking and chatting?  I invite each of you to join me on the remainingWednesday mornings of this school year.  We will leave the campus directly after morning assembly for a half an hour walk around our beautiful neighborhood.  It is important to me to be available to the parents of St. Jerome to answer questions and catch up regarding various activities and events at the school, and I thought that this would be a great way to accomplish that and promote healthy habits at the same time. There is no need to RSVP, and you can join me for 1 or more Wednesdays. I hope you will put on your tennis shoes and join me!

As we wrap up the school year, we would like to take the opportunity to say thank you for all of the support that you have given to our community throughout the school year.  Please mark your calendars for our first-ever Parent Appreciation Fiesta on Wednesday, May 29, 2013 from 6:00pm – 7:30pm.  We hope that you will join us for this community – building event as we say thank you and also offer a sneak-peak of things to come for next school year!  Childcare will be offered for our students.  Please look out for an invitation from Sign-up Genius in the next couple of days.  It will be important that you RSVP, so that we can prepare the correct amount of food for the adults and the students.  We hope that every family will be able to join us for this celebration! I would like to thank the Sandoval Family for their generosity of sharing their restaurant’s amazing food with our community in support of this wonderful event. 

Wednesday, May 8

Progress Reports went home today.  Please look over this with your 7th grader, sign, and return back to school. 

Friday: Grandparents Day

8:45 Mass

11:15 Class performances 

We are in need of parents to help with the s set-up and decoration on Friday.  If you can help, please arrive at school at 7:30! We greatly appreciate it.  

May 1 Announcements

Today your 7th graders is bringing home a May and June calendar, a Grandparents Day flyer, and  Spring Fling Dance Flyer (at Salesian High School on Friday, May 3) 

Friday, May 3:

-Free dress for registration packets turned in on-time

-8th grade pizza fundraiser 

Friday, May 10:

-Grandparents Day

-Daughter Dance 

Friday, April 26 and Monday, April 29

Friday: Spring Pictures (free dress)

Monday: School Holiday 

Discussion

St. Jerome Middle School Parents,

As our students enter their teenage years, and as our 8th graders prepare to move on to a larger school environment, it is natural for them to be curious about a variety of subjects.  One of the subjects they may be curious about is the underage consumption of alcohol, or the use of illegal drugs.  While it is normal to ask questions about the drug and alcohol use students see on T.V. and hear about in songs, we hope you will take the time to speak with your child about the damage drug and alcohol consumption can do to developing brains and bodies.  This developmental age is the perfect time to discuss family rules and expectations, as well as the unrealistic portrayals of drug and alcohol use they may see on T.V. or hear about in songs.

Below you will find some websites that may be helpful to inform discussions with your child about underage alcohol consumption or use of controlled substances.

The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry:

www.aacap.org

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:

www.cdc.gov

The Partnership:

www.drugfree.org

Teenshealth:

www.kidshealth.org

Palo Alto Medical Foundation:

www.pamf.org/teens/parents/risk

Multi-cultural Celebration!

Tomorrow is our Multi-Cultural celebration. Mass is at 8:45 am, followed by multi-cultural snacks in Rohan Hall. 

If your 7th grader has a multi-cultural outfit they would like to wear, they can wear this tomorrow.  If they do not have an outfit to wear, they should come to school in their uniform.