Open House, Sunday, February 19th

St. Jacobi will hosting a school Open House on Sunday, February 19th from 1:00 to 2:30 P.M.  Do you know of some family members, friends, or neighbors who would benefit from getting connected with Jesus through  our church and school?  Invite them to our Open House!  You may pick up invitation cards on the tables in the back of church.

Please Drive Safely

If anyone from St. Jacobi is driving through our neighboring subdivisions, please be aware of your speed for the safety and peace of mind of our neighbors. We have a great opportunity to leave a positive impression with those who live around us.

JUMP ROPE FOR HEART

It's not too late to turn in donations to Jump Rope For Heart. Money will be collected until next Wed. Feb. 8th. either by turning in a check to Mrs. Rohleder (made out to the American Heart Association) or you can donate online. Big Thanks to Mrs. Kane and Mrs. Daniels for helping out in the gym. Thanks Ladies! We had a "jumping" good time!

Scholastic Art Competition

Congratulations to seventh grader Anna Spaude for her award winning conte crayon piece entitled "Anna's Bordeaux" featuring over 50 hand drawn grapes. Anna will receive her award on stage at the Milwaukee Art Museum on Saturday, Feb 4th. This competition is sponsored nationally by Scholastic books and is the nation's oldest and largest art competition for middle and high school students in America. Megan Waack also represented St. Jacobi in the competition.

An Amazing Week at St. Jacobi!

Did you stop in at St. Jacobi this last week? Did you notice the electricity flowing through the halls? There were so many things going on, we thought you might want to know a bit about them.

Last week started with SPIRIT! Students showed their school spirit by wearing themes throughout the week. Monday - Favorite Sports Team Day, Tuesday - Mismatch Day, Wednesday - Sunday Best Day, Thursday - Red and White Raider Day!

On Wednesday we held our Geography Bee semi-final competition. The kids who did well enough in the written test the previous week competed to be in the Top 10. These Students were 8th Grade - Michale K., Zack Z., Josh O., A.J. O., A.J. P., 7th Grade - Mitchel H., Joey R., Megan W., 6th Grade - Emma L., and 4th Grade - Simon L.

On Thursday our top 10 Geography Finalists competed for the opportunity to write the National Geography Bee test. Megan W. took first place with Joshua O. as runner up.

Also on Thursday was the Whitnall Spelling Bee. The St. Jacobi spelling competition was the previous week and the top students in each class advanced to the Whitnall Bee. These were 5th - Alexis W., 6th - Jack R., 7th - Mike R., and 8th Mike K. The 2nd place students were available as alternates. These were 5th - Jessica R., 6th - Jacob Z., 7th - Kaylee G. and 8th - Analysia R. Congrats to a job well done!

Our week finished off with a Rockin' Pep Rally! Our cheerleaders and basketball teams were recognized for their accomplishments and cheered on as they enter a weekend of tournaments and conference competition this coming weekend.

We are truly blessed here at St. Jacobi!

Church Newsletter

We are in the process of converting our current print edition of the church newsletter into electronic form.  If you are a member of St. Jacobi and have access to email and the internet we would like you to consider subscribing online.  This will help us reduce paper cost and the time it takes to assemble the newsletter.

Please subscribe by following this link:

CHURCH NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIPTION

It is a two step process, a verification email will be sent to your account. It should only take a couple minutes to complete.

Thanks for your time and help in this matter! 

FAMILY WALKING PROGRAM

Come and spend some quality time talking ,walking and de-stressing before the day begins.
Who: - Students and Families - Students must be with a parent/guardian
What: - Walking to lively music using pedometers - We will chart our steps  each day
Prizes: - Awarded for miles accumulated - 10, 15, and 20 mile markers
When: - Before School - 7:40 to 7:55 a.m. for students, parents can walk until 8:30 - 3 days a week, Mon. Tues, and Wed. - Begin Feb. 6
Where: - In the gym. - Please wear clean, dry tennis shoes - no boots.

Church Offering Envelopes

Due to a change in the markings on our congregation's envelope boxes, it has become difficult to identify which envelopes are children's offerings and which are parent offerings. This is especially true on the festival envelopes. To help avoid confusion with the duplication of #'s and the recording of people's offerings, we are asking each student to bring in his or her offering envelope boxes to the classroom so we can mark them for better identification. We will return your boxes within the week after the envelopes are marked. Please turn in your boxes starting on Monday, January 23rd, 2012.

Thanks for your help with this project.

Parent Teacher Consultations and Report Cards

Report Cards will be coming home next week Monday. Please look them over and return the envelope signed. Along with the report cards will be a few forms.

Parent Teacher Conference form is for you to request a conference with your child's teacher or them to request a conference with you. Sign-ups for these conferences will also be out in the lobby on Monday next week.

Immunization Forms. Students going into 6th grade will need a booster shot. The Health Department form explaining this will be coming home in the Report Card.

Art Fair. General information for our May 5th Art Fair will be included in this report card.

Please look for this information in your child's backpack on Monday next week.

EMERGENCY SCHOOL CLOSING DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER

It is possible that the closing or opening time of school may be changed, or school may be canceled altogether. Please listen to WTMJ (620 AM) on your radio dial for complete information. If Milwaukee Public Schools close, we automatically close. Announcements for any other Wisconsin Synod School do not apply to us unless it says specifically St. Jacobi. This does not apply to any mid-morning or later closings by MPS.