Saint Juliana School

Individual TerraNova test results were sent home last week for students in third, fifth, and seventh grades. The results show strong achievement at all grade levels and in all subject areas.  In every content area our students score well above the 50^th percentile at each grade tested.

We continue to have high expectations for student achievement and all of our teachers have worked diligently on aligning the curriculum to correlate with this standardized test. We are very proud of our students and teachers.

Here are the group results for the TerraNova tests administered in March 2013:

Ready for: New Friends * Amazing Crafts * Games * Great Snacks * Bible Adventures * Incredible Music? We would love to welcome your child to Kingdom Rock, a Catholic Vaction Bible School Program where children "Stand Strong for God'. This is a wonderful way to help your little one explore God's love in new ways.

Click here for more information and our printable registration form.

Tuesday, May 14, Snappy Dog on Northwest Highway will donate 15% of their sales to St. Juliana in celebration of our 85th anniversary celebration. 

We're on their front page - check it out! www.snappydogchicago.com

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This is ALL sales, ALL day - a very generous donation from our friends at Snappy Dog!

On Friday, May 10, the Archdiocese of Chicago Office of Catholic Schools honored the principals who will retire at the end of the 2012/2013 school year. Here are some photos of our own honoree, Mrs. Kathleen Barton.

Check-In

Mrs. Barton & Father Steve

Francis Cardinal George & Mrs. Barton

Cardinal George, Father Steve & Mrs. Barton

Sr. Mary Paul McCaughey. Mrs. Barton & Father Steve

The Principal Honorees

Mrs. Barton and husband, Dick.

If your tuition billing rate for the current school year is in the Participating Family category, please be on the lookout today for an email statement of your YTD contributions to the parish as of April 30, 2013. If you are at the Non-Participating rate you should not receive an email.

If you would like to change your billing rate from Non-Participating to Participating, or vice-versa, for the 2013/2014 school year, please let us know via email to school[at]stjuliana[dot]org at your earliest convenience, as we will be entering new billing rates next week.

The attached memo from Zach Wichmann of the Catholic Conference of Illinois is extremely important! It is an opportunity to promote the restoration of the Textbook Loan program and needs the support of everyone in your school and parish communities. There is a simple web link to a pre-drafted message that can be emailed to representatives and senators. All one has to do is enter name and address and the email is automatically sent to your state representative and senator. It literally takes less than a minute. We need good participation on this action alert if we hope for any success on this issue. Please work with your LAP to see that this issue gets immediate attention from as many people as possible. Thanks for your help!

Click here for the web link.

Two of our fifth grade students were winners of this year’s Optimist Club of Niles Penmanship Contest. We would like to congratulate Frank S. and Catherine O. for this honor.

These students will receive a cash award and a Certificate of Achievement at an upcoming Village of Niles Board Meeting.

If you're looking to do a little early shopping, our uniform supplier, Lands' End, will be running a 30% promotion next week. 

Tip! Use TRIP certificates for Lands' End (16% rebate) - available in plastic or ScripNow! Contact Lynn in the TRIP office if you're new to TRIP - she'll get you started in plenty of time for the big sale.

The final tuition statement for the 2012/2013 school year will be emailed today. For your convenience, we're providing a complete transaction detail for the entire year, which in most cases will cause the tuition statement to run to two pages in length; please be sure to check the second page for your final balance due. Your balance must be paid in full before enrollment for your child(ren) for the 2013/2014 school year can be finalized.

If you have a credit balance, it will be carried over to the first statement for next year, billed in June.

You need not print and include the remittance coupon with your tuition payment as long as your family ID number is clearly recorded on your check. As always, we encourage GiveCentral for electronic payments.

Reminder:  Tomorrow, May 9th,  is the Flower Sale pick up, from 8am to 6pm in the parking lot.  In case you did not order we will have some for sale tomorrow.  Thanks again for your support!!

Teams 1, 5, and 6 battled it out Wednesday afternoon in the Battle of the Books competition. The 2013 winners were the members of Team 6-Katie M., Nick J., Mikey B., Jack D., Conor M., Jake B., and Fiona D. Team 5 came in 2^nd and Team 1 came in 3^rd place. Congratulations to all of the children that participated. Thank you, Mrs. Denver and Mrs. Jimenez, for working with the students.

Click here for a printable calendar.