ANNOUNCEMENTS
Judge Gailey C. Keller's Decision
LAWSUIT UPDATE:On June 15th, 2004, we received Judge Gailey C. Keller's decision. Based on the 1st Amendment's separation of Church and State, Judge Keller wrote the following:
The decision to dismiss the lawsuit, citing the 1st Amentment separation of Church and state, blocked parents' efforts to keep Saint John the Baptist School in Pittston opened for one more year, due to contractual agreements. The school was closed on June 4, 2004 with 161 students enrolled.
Also, in his testimony of June 7, Msgr. Patrick Practico, Vicar General of the Diocese of Scranton, stated that this issue could have been resolved within a Church tribunal. None of us had ever heard this offer before, and, from what we know, none of us ever heard of Msgr. Practico.
It should be noted that no offer or correspondence from Msgr. Practico or any other Diocese of Scranton official ever mentioned this option of a Church hearing to us prior to June 7, 2004 - the hearing in the Luzerne County Court House.
Link to Letter from Atty. Mike Butera to Diocese of Scranton
(LINK NO LONGER AVAILABLE, SORRY!) - Atty. Butera's Letter to Diocese of Scranton
Words are not enough to thank all of you who worked for so many hours in planning, setting up and carrying through on this wonderful way to end our school year in a memorable and fun way. Thank you, thank you, thank you from the families, students and faculty and staff of SJB for your thoughtfulness.
Most importantly, we haven't seen the children of SJB acting in such a carefree manner the announcement of March 26th. We are sure the SJB Family Picnic Planning Committee will agree that all the work was well worth it!
(Because this reporting webmaster arrived at the party a little later than most, some details may be omitted but will be filled in later.)
There were many exciting activities planned at SJB for our end-of-the-school-year, in addition to the June 4th Picnic and the Car Wash...
May 24th - Activity Day and Ice Cream Treat was held at St. John the Baptist School
May 26 - Wednesday - BEACH PARTY
Students were allowed to wear summer attire including shorts, sandals, hats, sunglasses, etc.
The landscape was dotted with beach towels, and it was a fun and memorable day for the children.
May 28 - Friday - Special Liturgy and Presentation to Grade 7
Car Wash at Wal-Mart was held on Sunday, May 22
Proceeds donated by St. John the Baptist PGA to
Seton Catholic Scholarship Fund
The car wash was sponsored by the SJB-PGA
All proceeds went to the Seton Scholarship Fund, established by the SJB-PGA.
Thank you to all who donated to and participated in this important event.
We are all dedicated to safeguarding the future of Seton Catholic High School
Other Activities at SJB
Activity Day for grades K-8 was be held on Monday, May 24.
Special activities took place on that day.
Students ate their lunch outside that day and will be treated to ice cream courtesy of the SJB-PBA.
Grades K-4 ate their lunch outdoors and had Pittston day at the beach!
WHY did we do this?: Because your teachers LOVE YOU!!
Thank you to all who planned this event.
SJB honored the seventh grade class at the 9:00 AM liturgy on Friday, May 28.
A special class picture was taken and will be presented to each of the seventh grade students along with some other academic awards.
The school will also presented the silver medals to all SJB students, which were purchased by the SJB-PGA.
Judge Gailey Keller - 9:30 a.m. - June 7 2004 - Luzerne Cty. Court House
Hearing June 7, 2004
Link to Letter from Atty. Mike Butera to Diocese of Scranton
Our schools closed on June 4, 2004, despite every effort to keep them opened.
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