JULY NEWS BULLETIN

PRESCHOOL

I would like to congratulate you for a very successful opening of classes, this will not be possible without your cooperation. You and the school were able to help our students to handle their worries about their new life and environment and that is the life of a student.

The Preschool Department will celebrate the Nutrition Month this July. We will be highlighting the importance of eating healthy foods by conducting various classroom-based activities throughout the month. 

We will give attention to the importance of making informed food choices and developing sound eating and physical activity habits. Also during this time, the children will learn to identify the basic food groups, more specifically the GO Foods and know the importance of eating Go, Grow and Glow foods.

At home, you can be role models by practicing healthy eating and active lifestyle.

Below are some reminders that you need to keep in mind for our Nutrition Month Culminating Activity:

1. Nutrition Month Culminating Activity will be on July 26, 2019, (Friday).
2. In teaching your children to develop the importance of choosing healthy food, they will be given the chance to make their own sandwich on this day.
3. This is a classroom-based activity and restricted to CJPS students only.

GRADE SCHOOL

Child Jesus of Prague School started the school year with our partnership with you through the parents’ orientation for the new parents and through your signed Conforme Sheets in response to the General Reminders on School Policies issued together with the June Newsletter. Your presence and acknowledgement on both were highly appreciated.

The opening of classes for the year has truly been amazing, with students excitedly meeting their classmates and teachers and familiarizing themselves with the school system in general. This is indeed a start of a fruitful journey filled with learning and memorable experiences.

As we begin the month of July, we look forward to the complete readiness of our students into the new academic year and get inspired with our planned activities, which are anchored with our institutional goals and year round school wide theme: “When God is our root, Love is our Fruit”. 

The following are the prepared activities for the Month of July:

1. July is Nutrition Month. Our aim for this month is to encourage our students make healthier lifestyle choices that will help shape their future. As our partners, you can be great examples to your children at home by practicing healthy eating and active living which we will also reinforce through our various and exciting classroom activities. 

2. Parent – Teacher Conference. The first PTC is scheduled on July 27, 2019. We expect from you, dear parents, to meet and confer with your child’s adviser. Through this, you will get the chance to know how your child performs in school. Before the said schedule, expect to receive a more detailed letter from us, for your guidance.

3. Launching of Scout Assembly. Scouting in CJPS begins in Grade 4. Our aim is to help our students develop their leadership potential and character, and appreciate the value of being responsible to the given tasks.  

4. Launching of Clubs. This will also be conducted this month for Grade 4 students.  The goal of this co-curricular program is to give each student exposure to different areas of interest. Also, attending club meetings serves as a venue for each member to interact with other students and share common interests with them. The different School clubs that he/she could choose to join are as follows:

A. Brain Games Club. Aims to develop our students’ mental abilities through different brain teasing games. 

B. D.I.Y. (Do It Yourself) Club. Aims to develop our students’ creativity in making different products through the use of different recycled materials.

C. Dance Club. Aims to arouse interest and enhance the students’ talents both in folk and modern dancing.

MIDDLE SCHOOL

We have had a really smooth start to the school year. All of the students, new and returning, have settled right into the culture of CJPS and all the systems in place. It is therefore expected that they have gradually and completely transitioned into the new academic year; hence, making them ready for the activities lined up for the year. 

From this month forward, expect various school events that have one common aim, that is, to nurture the totality of your child’s character anchored on the theme, “When God is our Root, Love is our Fruit.”

In line with this, the following are the activities for the Month of July:

1. July is Nutrition Month! Classroom-based and inter-section academic activities and contests will be conducted to enable our students to understand and appreciate the importance of healthful practices and healthy living.
2. Parent – Teacher Conference. The first PTC is scheduled on July 27, 2019, from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm. We expect for you, dear parents, to meet and confer with your child’s adviser. Through this, you will get the chance to know how your child performs in school. Before the said schedule, expect to receive a more detailed letter of invitation from us.
3. Start of Scouting for Grades 5&6.  Our aim is to inculcate the importance of camaraderie, brotherhood/sisterhood and equality among all students and develop in them a sense of readiness and patriotism.
4. Launching of School Clubs. This extra-curricular program aims to give each student exposure to different interest areas.  Also, attending club meetings serves as an opportunity for each member to interact with students and teachers from other levels and share common interests.  Your child will get to join one of the following School Clubs: 

1. The Pen Power will develop journalism skills by involving its members in collecting, organizing, writing news, features, literary articles and columns for the MS school organ
2. The Young Childeans for Christ will target the spiritual and moral development of its members through fun activities
3. The MS Glee will develop, not only the singing voice, but also the confidence of its members.
4. The Childean Movers will be an avenue for the bodily-kinesthetic intelligent students to develop their skills to the fullest.
5. The Artists’ Guild will hone its members’ spatial and creative abilities.
6. The Science Enthusiasts will help its members sharpen their analytical and critical thinking skills and be in touch with recent advances in the field.
7. The Good Samaritans will help members to learn to respect people and how to fulfill their responsibilities to serve the community.
8. The Young Entrepreneurs will provide a conduit by which students can learn entrepreneurial skills and business ethics.
9. The Drumline Club will develop students’ talents and skills in playing instruments and love for music.
10. Various Sports Clubs will train the athletic skills of students. This club is further subdivided into Basketball, Volleyball, Badminton, Table Tennis and Board Games Clubs.

1. Student Council Elections. With our aim to develop our students’ leadership abilities and build a partnership between the school and community through service, we encourage every student to participate in the election process whether as a candidate or voter. After the election, the declaration of the new set of officers and their simple oath-taking ceremony will follow.

With the aforementioned events, we are looking forward to your active involvement in the life of your child, as he/she takes off to reach his/her goals for this school year. 

HIGH SCHOOL

On the first two weeks of the school year, your child has been oriented on the culture of CJPS and all the systems in place, so we expect him/her and all our students to completely adjust into the new academic year and be ready for our line up of activities.  From this month forward, expect various School events that will nurture the totality of your child’s character.

         The following are the activities for the Month of July:

1. July is Nutrition Month! Various classroom and intersection academic activities and contests will be conducted to enable our students to understand the importance of good health and healthy living. The activities include Nutri-Quiz, Journal Writing, 3D Artwork Making Contest and Healthy Food Preparation Contest
2. Parent – Teacher Conference. The first PTC will be on July 27, 2019. We expect for you, dear parents, to meet and confer with your child’s adviser. Through this, you will get the chance to know how your teenager performs in school. Before the said schedule, expect to receive a separate letter from us,for your guidance.
3. Launching of School Clubs. This co-curricular program aims to give each student exposure to different interest areas.  Also, attending club meetings serves as an opportunity for each member to interact with students and teachers from other levels and share common interests.  Your child will get to join one of the following School Clubs:

1. Campus Life Ministry provides the opportunity for the students to enhance their faith and spirituality and find greater meaning to their lives.
2. Dance Troupe, whose primary objective is to improve the students’ God given talent in dancing. 
3. The Pen Power is the School org that will produce potential journalists.
4. The Serve-ivors’ Club is for the students who love to play or learn volleyball.
5. The Junior Rookies is an avenue for the basketball enthusiasts.
6. Do It Yourself (DIY) aims to nurture the students’ imagination and creative abilities. 
7. Board Gamers’ Club (BGC) will help its members to have better memory and increase cognitive functions.
8. Glee Club aims to develop the singing ability of its members. 
9. Life Bringers’ Society provides opportunities for the students of STEM to engage and develop into tomorrow’s leaders and active community member through scientific demonstrations designed to instill appreciation and excitement for the scientific process.

1. Junior Einsteins’ Guild – its primary purpose is to foster the interest and advance their knowledge on the different branches of mathematics and engineering.
2. BLINK (stands for Business Link) - This org gives the students the opportunity to integrate all the key concepts and processes of Accounting, Business and Management (ABM) as applied in real-life activities following the business cycle.
3. SocSci Hub - This course is designed to provide students the opportunity to integrate their learning in the different learning  areas of the Humanities and Social Sciences through a creative culminating activity.

4.  Supreme Student Government (SSG) Elections.  With the goals of developing and promoting leadership abilities, building a partnership between election process whether as a candidate or voter.

With the aforementioned events, we are looking forward to your active involvement in the life of your child, as he/she takes off to reach his/her goals for this school year.