Parent Involvement

All families are strongly encouraged to support and participate at SJB in some way throughout the year - this includes any type of volunteer opportunities and participation in our fall and spring fundraisers.

“Many hands make light work” and any amount of time and effort that families can give to the classroom, the faculty, the students, or the school is greatly appreciated and needed to keep the high standard of education at SJB.

If you need to contact Home & School, please e-mail homeandschool@sjbplymouth.org

Our Home & School Association is a parent run group that helps coordinate all volunteer opportunities and fundraising efforts at SJB. Any volunteers that will be in our school or will chaperone school field trips are required to attend the “Safeguarding All God’s Children” awareness session prior to participation.

SJB Photos

Do you have digital photos of SJB events or classroom activities? If so, please send them to yearbook@sjbplymouth.org for use in our school brochures, newspaper announcements and yearbook. Any pictures sent will become part of the SJB digital photograph library. By sending pictures you are authorizing the publication of it for school purposes, please be sure that all people in the picture agree to this permission.

SJB Home & School Association

The SJB Home & School Association is a parent run organization that promotes a sense of community within the school family by sponsoring school events, activities and fundraising. Funds to support the Home & School operating budget are raised through the yearly collection of dues from all families enrolled at St. John the Baptist school and our annual Fish Fry. All parents or guardians of children enrolled at St. John the Baptist are members of the Home & School Association through payment of dues. Home & School strives to facilitate an additional line of communication between school personnel and school families. We sponsor a variety of activities and events throughout the school year. In addition, we are responsible for the coordination of our school fundraising efforts. School-wide participation in fundraising is expected. The Parish requests that Home & School raise a targeted goal of money each year, which is applied to the school budget to minimize tuition increases. A group of four parents are elected to the Home & School Executive Board to lead this group, who then reports to the school principal.

2010-2011 Home & School Officers

President – Alison Leynse
Co Vice-Presidents – Lori Baus and Nicci McEvoy
Secretary – Kari Schmitt
Treasurer – Laura Miller

H&S Notes, Minutes and More

Fourth Quarter Minutes (May 5, 2011)

Parent Action Teams (PATs)

Parent Action Teams are smaller groups within Home & School that focus on different areas at SJB. Each PAT is composed of a group of parents dedicated to maintaining and improving the overall SJB learning environment for staff, students and families.

Communication PAT - Maintains/streamlines communication between school and families.
Activities include: Friday Folders, School Handbook, Jag-Wire publication

Education PAT – Maintains and improves the educational atmosphere of SJB.
Activities include: Student Walking Program, Giving Tree

Social/Community PAT - Plans and organizes Home & School functions for families.
Activities include: Halloween Party, Mentor Family Program, Parent Social

Home & School Sponsored Activities

The following activities are supported by the H&S operating budget.

Middle School Dances
Halloween Party
Classroom Auction Items (during auction years only)
Teacher Appreciation Week
End-of-Year School Picnic
Parents' Meetings
Family Nights
Youth Activities
Family Mentor Program
Graduation Reception
Student Walking Program
Volunteer Appreciation

Home & School Fundraising Efforts

The following efforts support the school budget.

Fall Fundraiser (World’s Finest Chocolate Sale)

Spring Fundraiser
Road America Concession Stand(Each family is responsible to work two 4-hour shifts)

Box Tops for Education Program
Clip Box Tops for Education from many General Mills products to earn SJB money. Receptacles for Box Tops are located in school and the church vestibule.

Campbell Labels for Education Program
Clip UPCs from many Campbell Soup products to earn SJB money. Products include Campbell Soup, Prego Sauce, Pepperidge Farms plus many others. Receptacles for labels are located in school and the church vestibule.

Cell Phone Recycling
Don’t throw out that old cell phone, bring it to SJB to be recycle. We earn money for every cell phone we recycle.

Empties4Cash
Have empty ink cartridges? Bring them to SJB for recycling and give us a chance to earn money for each one. HP, Lexmark, Apple and other brands are accepted.

Goodsearch.com
Visit Goodsearch.com and register St. John the Baptist. Then do all your internet searches from the site to earn SJB 1 cent for every search.

Kwik Trip Moola
Save those Milk Caps and Donut UPCs and earn SJB money! Receptacles for Kwik Trip Moola are located in school and the church vestibule.

Kemps/Golden Gurnsey Milk Caps Program
Save those Milk Caps and earn SJB money! Receptacles for Milk Caps are located in school and the church vestibule.

Pick ‘N Save “We Care” Program
Register your Pick ‘N Save Advantage Card and a percentage of your Pick ‘N Save purchases come back to SJB. Visit the Pick ‘N Save Customer Service Desk.

Target Education Program
Just sign up your Target credit card and a percentage of your purchases on your card is given to SJB. Visit any Target customer service desk or call the customer service number on the back of your card.

Scholastic Book Fair
This is held every February.

Parent Involvement Opportunities

There are many ways to volunteer your time at SJB. See something on the list that you’d like to do? Contact Home and School to see where you can help! Please remember, all volunteers are required to participate in a Safeguarding All of God’s Family awareness session prior to participation.

Complete details for all volunteer opportunities are available in the school handbook.

School Fundraising
Family Mentor Program
Friday Folders
Grandparents’ Day
Health Room
Home & School Executive Board (elections are in April)
School Board Committee (elections are in April)
Instructional Media Center Assistant
Jag-Wire Editor
Spirit Wear
Teacher Appreciation Week
Student Walking Program
Web Site Review
Yearbook
Room Parent
Field Trip Chaperone
Junior Achievement
Individual Classroom Help
Forensics
Chess Club
Athletic Coach
Athletic Team Coordinator
Athletic Tournaments
Athletic Concession Stand
Athletic Uniforms
Athletic Pep Rallies/Bulletin Board