December Calendar 2 No Preschool - Thanksgiving Break

3 Preschool Resumes - Time for Twoss Gym Day for T/Th PK3 Jrs

7 Breakfast with Santa sponsored by St. John’s PTO Scholastic Book Fair Begins

9 Green Day for All PK4 Srs and PK3 MWF Jrs Gym Day for All PK4 Srs and PK3 MWF Jrs

10 Time for Twos - Green Day Green Day for T/Th PK3 Jrs Gym Day for T/Th PK3 Jrs

13 Family Bowling Night at Laser Alleys Scholastic Book Fair Ends

16 Gym Day for All PK4 Srs and PK3 MWF Jrs

17 Time for Twos—Special Christmas Snack Gym Day for T/Th PK3 Jrs

19 T/Th Pk3 Jrs - Special Christmas Snack and a Visit from Santa Claus

20 11:30 AM Dismissal for All Preschool Students Last Day for Mitten Tree Donations All PK4 Srs and PK 3 MWF— Special Christmas Snack and a Visit from Santa Claus

Breakfast with Santa!

St. John’s Parent Teacher Organi-zation (PTO) is hosting Breakfast with Santa on Saturday, Dec. 7th. This event offers two seatings, the 1st at 9:00 AM and the 2nd at

10:30 AM. Children may purchase gifts from the Se-cret Santa Gift Shop and have the gifts wrapped at the time of purchase. Activities include crafts, face painting, Scholastic Book Fair, of course, breakfast and Santa! Purchase your tickets online at http://st-johns.ticketleap.com

Don’t miss this annual holiday event!

Each year at St. John’s School, we have a Christmas tree set-up for the students to decorate with dona-tions. We are requesting donations of new items such as hats, mittens, gloves, scarves and socks. These items are then donated to the Southern Community Services located in Shrewsbury. This organization is a coalition of approximately 30 churches in our area. Southern Community Services will distribute the do-nated items to those in need in our area. St. John’s Student Council is partnering with the Pre-school to help make this year’s drive successful. Please send in new items such as hats, mittens, gloves, scarves and socks. This drive will run from December 3rd to December 20th. Thank you!

The generosity and support of St. John’s families have helped us to accomplished a lot in just the few months since school started.

Together we have:

Collected 1,175 pairs of socks for the Clothing Bank

Raised $712.50 from KidStuff/SaveAround Coupon Books

Earned $1,808 from Claire’s Gourmet Foods Fundraiser

Bingo was a success raising $8,200 for our school

Please Note: No Preschool December 23rd— January 1st

Preschool is Closed for the Christmas Holiday Break

Preschool Classes resume on January 2nd

Mitten

Tree

No Little Angels Aftercare on Dec. 20th

Before care is available.

May the Miracle of Christmas fill your heart with joy and peace this holiday season.

Best wishes from the St. John’s Staff

In the event of a delay the preschool schedule will be modified as outlined below:

Ms. Cathy’s and Ms. Christy’s PK3 Junior M/W/F & T/TH classes (9-11:30) – class will begin at 11:00 a.m. and dismiss @ 1:00 p.m. Ms. Kelly Ann’s Senior class (9-1) – class will begin at 11:00 a.m. and dismiss at 2:00 p.m. Ms. Barb’s Senior class (9-1) – class will begin at 11:00 a.m. and dismiss at 2:00 p.m. Ms. Kim Marchant’s Time for Two’s class (9-11) – class will begin at 11:00 a.m. and dismiss at 1:00 p.m.

Please send a packed lunch to school for your child on the two hour delay days.

The winter session of Soccer Shots Class is January 14th to March 3rd. Enrollment is available on their website www.harrisburgyork.soccershots.com

How about a break from the Christmas rush for a family fun night? St. John’s PTO is having a Family Bowling Night at Laser Alleys in York.

Tickets must be purchased in advanced at www.laseralleys.com. From the website menu, select Store and then scroll down to the event. Questions? Contact pto@sjbnf.org

Please be reminded that St. John’s will offer a Scholastic Book Fair which will be available during the Breakfast with Santa on Satur-day, Dec. 7th and continue

through Friday, December 13th. Books make wonder-ful Christmas gifts! Also, your purchases go toward new books for our library and classrooms.

On the school days, the fair will be open first thing every morning for purchases.

School Closings and Delays

In the event of inclement weather, we follow the Southern York County School District for delays and cancellations. We have built snow days into our schedule.

You may also check WBAL TV 8 for school closing commu-nication. Our closing will be listed under York County as St. John the Baptist Catholic School. Please note that this includes St. John’s Preschool and Little Angels. If the school district has a two hour delay, please continue to watch because sometimes they may decide to close at the last minute.

You will be notified directly through Notify which is our phone/email notification system.

You may also check the Preschool voicemail for delays or cancellations. A message will be posted on our voice mail (717) 235-3525 – extension 230 by approximately 7:00 a.m.

Little Angels Policy: If school closes due to inclement weather, Little Angels will be closed. If school has a two-hour delay, Little Angels will open at 9:30 am. If school is dismissed early due to inclement weather, all children must be picked up within one hour of the elementary school dismissal or be subject to a late fee.

Poinsettia Sale on December 21st & 22nd

After all Masses in the main Church

Several sizes and colors will be available.

St. John’s Fire & Ice Gala

Mark your calendar for Feb. 22nd for this

event. It features dinner, auction items and

much more! More information to come.

Each class does a raffle basket. The theme

for Preschool is Lottery Tickets. Please send

scratch-off lottery tickets or a monetary

donation to purchase them to the attention

of Patty Mazziott by Friday, January 3, 2020.

Thank you!