Celebrate the "Year of St. Joan" with a brick paver!  Commemorate a special family anniversary or create a tribute to a family member.  Family names, dates and the SJA logo can be engraved as you choose.  Orders are due by June 1, 2012.  Questions?  Please contact timothy.peters@edelman.com or click on additional details for the online order form.

 Please join us for SJA's 13th Drama Club Production, Disney's "Beauty and the Beast, Jr."  There will be two performances, Friday, April 27 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, April 28 at 7:30 pm. in the SJA gymnasium.  Tickets are $10 for Adults and $6 for Seniors and Students.

Our current drama leader, Pam Graffagna, has worked on all thirteen productions.   “I think the program is important to the school, because it offers another option of the Arts in addition to the band program or choir programs,” Pam explains.  “Fine Arts provides kids the chance to explore acting, dancing and singing in front of an audience. It gives them more confidence in their every day life.  I know some of the children from our Drama Program have gone on to be great at speech and debate and even student government leaders”

The cast has been working on the production for several months with rehearsals every Wednesday after school.  Pam shares:  “The most rewarding part hasn't come yet. It is the finished product: our show!  Seeing where we started in October and when we open the curtain in April is the best part of all of it. I tear up every time, even 13 years later.”

Saint Joan of Arc School is committed to providing students with a firm foundation in the Catholic faith, thereby creating the opportunity and the means to achieve academic excellence. With this in mind we are making some innovative changes throughout the school for the 2012/2013 school year. These changes will be seamless and we will continue to provide an excellent education for your children.

In the junior high, we say good-bye to Mrs. Haeger, who will be retiring. We wish her well in her future plans. Miss Doyle will continue to maintain our standard of excellence in social studies. She will also continue to serve as a sixth grade homeroom teacher. Mrs. Zydron, our resident grammarian for so many years, will also be retiring. May she enjoy her leisure time with family and friends. Mrs. Sendlak and Miss Weber will be working as a team to continue the highest standards in the language arts area. Mrs. Sendlak will be emphasizing grammar as well as assuming the responsibility of an eighth grade homeroom. Miss Weber will be stressing literature, writing, and leading a sixth grade homeroom.

In the elementary grades many changes are occurring. Mrs. Bradburn will be retiring. Good wishes to her as she travels and spends more time with family. Mrs. Jablonski, our librarian, will be retiring also. We wish her exciting new adventures one chapter at a time. Mrs. Clark will be moving to 1A, Miss Mayor will be taking over in 2A, and Mrs. Barenbrugge will make her way to 3A. Mrs. Danner will serve as a kindergarten aide, Mrs. Dirienzo will be helping in fourth grade, and Mrs. Gascoigne will assist in fifth grade. New pre-school and kindergarten teachers will be coming on board.

Mrs. Collins will be retiring after 52 years of devoted service. We are sincerely grateful for the various roles to which she has dedicated her time and talents. Mrs. Brown, who will be leaving 3rd grade will continue to enhance the staff at Saint Joan of Arc in administration as our assistant principal. Mr. Wind will be semi-retiring staying on as a consultant.

Welcome to our new online community.  Membership is FREE and available exclusively to our alumni and friends!

This is SJA's private, online community created exclusively for St. Joan of Arc Parishoners, School Alumni., Parents, Faculty/Staff and Parish Center Staff.    It is a secure, password-protected environment established by the St. Joan of Arc Office of Development.

After registering the site administrator will review your profile, and after his/her approval, you will receive an email with your login details.

Please be patient with the site as it's being developed and content is being added.  *Most of the information on the site is for testing and development purposes and will be replaced with better content as soon as possible.

Become a member and take advantage of the following services:

• Stay up to date on Parish events and activities
• Reconnect with faculty and former classmates
• Organize class reunions
• Discover ways to support your school
• Share alumni news and activities

Features include:

• Message boards for In Memorial, Lost/Missing Alumni, Career & Volunteer Center, Class Notes, School & Alumni News
• Subscriptions to keep you updated by e-mail of classmates and message board updates
• Parishoner and Alumni directory that's searchable by name, class or by occupation
• Lost / missing alumni directory to help find people that others are looking for
• Social networking (Facebook, Skype, MySpace and LinkedIn) support

Search for friends and make new connections with the online community!  All you need to do to take advantage of all the community has to offer is to proceed through the registration process to establish an account.

Be sure to check out the list of reunions and events posted to the left in "Upcoming Events".  If you are a planner of a future event, be sure to read "Event planning information / add an event" for tips and information to make your event a success.

Marianne Bero, Director of Development

Keep your e-mail and mailing addresses current and you'll receive the details for all alumni information, activities, events, and reunions.