Parents play an essential role in the academic, social, athletic and spiritual success of students at St. John the Baptist. There are a variety of resources and opportunities for parents to be engaged in their children's education. SJB relies on parents and families to create a safe and stimulating experience for students. We hope parents find the resources here helpful. Information is provided regularly via SJB News, as well.
Here are some ways that SJB could use help from parent volunteers:
Please contact the principal if you are interested and willing to take on one of these tasks.
Expectations for Lunch Duty
Thank you to the parents who have signed up for lunch duty. Our teachers are grateful for your service. Here is the sign up link.
It is important that lunch-duty volunteers understand and agree to follow the guidelines below:
Volunteer Supervisor Expectations
1. Volunteers must have child-protection certification before signing up for lunch duty.
2. Volunteers must watch the children during lunch duty.
3. Volunteers must be willing to address students who misbehave by pointing out the lunchtime rules and reporting misbehavior to the classroom teacher.
3. Volunteers must know the lunch duty rules.
Student Lunchtime Expectations
1. Lunch Times:
K-4 Lunch 12:00 to 12:20
5-8 Lunch 12:20 to 12:40
2. Students may not give away food, ask someone else for food, or trade food.
3. Students eat lunch in a civilized manner, speaking at a conversational level. There should be no yelling, throwing things, unkind or inappropriate conversation.
4. Students in grades K-4 eat at their desks during the 20-minute lunch period. Students in grades 5-8 may move their chairs to another desk with the teacher's permission or the supervisor's permission.
5. Students must have the supervisor’s permission to use the restrooms.
6. Students may leave their seats to throw away trash or put away lunch boxes.
7. Students clean their desktops and the floor around them at the end of lunch.
8. Students stay in their seats until they are dismissed by the lunch supervisor, individually or by row, not all at once.
Use HSA spreadsheet to verify and track volunteer credits of SJB parents throughout the school year. Contact Claudia Calzadillas, HSA president, at hsa@sjbsilverspring.org.
Parent Quick Links
Username: sjbss
Password: sjb
Password: 26E5-1E8F
To volunteer or work with children, adults must be Virtus-certified in the Archdiocese of Washington Child-Protection Program. For volunteer opportunities, complete the volunteer interest survey or view Home School Association volunteer opportunities.
How to Get Child-Protection Certification
What if I am already certified?
Do field trip chaperones need to be certified?
I went through a fingerprint-background check for my job. Can the Archdiocese use the clearance I've already received?
SJB families are asked to meet a 4-credit volunteer requirement each school year.
Read the program overview.
View volunteer opportunities.
Sign up to volunteer on the volunteer-interest form.
Request credits for volunteering after you have completed your volunteer work.
See the informational flyer about the Home School Association.
The Home-School Association plans and coordinates community and fundraising activities and events for the benefit of the school.
Meeting dates and times can be found on the online school calendar.
Meetings are typically the third Monday of the month at 7 pm in person in the Library.
The board follows a meeting agenda. During the open forum portion of the meeting, the school addresses questions that were submitted online prior to the start of the meeting. Submit a Question
If you are interested in volunteering to serve on the H.S.A., please complete the volunteer interest survey or view Home School Association volunteer opportunities.
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JB has a uniform bank in the Study across the hall from the School Office.
Parents may buy uniforms for the their children from any retailer. SJB logos are allowed but not required. Other logos, such as alligators or polo players, are not allowed.
Homework assignments are typically posted each afternoon by 4:00 pm.
To see what's coming up, go to the class summary. Look for your child's name and then look to select the Classroom tab to the right. Select the name of the class from the drop-down list, and then select Class Page. You should see Class Summary, Announcements, Files, and Links.
Parents may send bag lunches with their children, or they may order lunch in advance for their children through Main & Market. Use password JAGUAR29 to create an account.
Reporting Our Progress & Performance
Catholic/Private High Schools Applied-Accepted
Our Lady of Good Counsel 15-14
St. John’s College High School 15-10
DeMatha 6-6
Gonzaga 4-3
Academy of the Holy Cross 3-3
Elizabeth Seton 3-3
Georgetown Visitation 2-2
Stone Ridge 2-1
Georgetown Prep 2-0
St. Vincent Pallotti 5-5
Catholic/Private High School Applied-Accepted
Catholic/Private High School Applied-Accepted
Catholic/Private High School Applied-Accepted
Catholic/Private High School Applied-Accepted
Catholic/Private High School Applied-Accepted
Name of High School - # of SJB Grads Attending
Name of High School - # of SJB Grads Attending
Name of High School - # of SJB Grads Attending
Name of High School - # of SJB Grads Attending
Name of High School - # of SJB Grads Attending