A Note From Mrs Ragusa

WOW! We have had a fast and fantastic start to our school year. Thank you to our faculty and staff who made everything run smoothly! We had a wonderful attendance at our Back to School Night and Home and School meeting. Our students are off to a positive and productive start and we feel confident this is going to be a great year.
Our student body grows each year which means our carpool lines in the morning and afternoon feel the growing pains. Please remember to form double lines in the church parking lot for morning drop off and afternoon pick up. This will help to move more cars off the side streets and speed up the process. Students will be marked tardy if they are not in their class line when the bell rings and we stand for morning prayer. We recommend that you leave your home a little earlier to avoid the congestion that occurs at 7:25 a.m.
As always, please feel free to contact me by phone or email if you have questions, concerns, or suggestions. Together we can continue to make St. Joseph a great place to be!

RENWEB

Renweb is the school's on-line grading and record keeping system. All of your child's grades, announcements, information, and attendance will be able to be viewed through this program. On the first day of school we sent a letter home with instructions on how to log in and create an account. If you lost that paper or do not remember what to do, attached below is the letter with the all the steps needed. Once you are in Renweb, the main screen is St Joseph's screen with the school calendar and announcements. If you want to see your childs homework or grades select student information on the left. On the right side of the screen will be your child's averages for their classes. If you would like to see their grades in more detail for a particular class, tap the class to open it up. On the left hand side of the screen will be the homework listed out for the day/week. Also, class announcements will be located on this page as well along with a combined calendar of all your child's class test/quizzes/projects. If you have more than one child you will have to select a different child at the top of the screen. We hope this helps parents navigate around the site a little better.

Renweb log in

Room Mom

Anyone interested in volunteering to be a Room Mom or a helper for their child's class must fill out the form below and return it to the office. Just remember, all room moms and helpers must complete the Child Protection Requirements and have it on file in the school office. Any questions can be directed to Mrs Cory at 985-386-6421 or her email at cpinion@sjscrusaders.org.

room mom

Home and School

Home and School is in need of a replacement for the Recording Secretary, Mrs Shelly Ernst. If you are interested in becoming our new Recording Secretary or know someone you would like to nominate for the position, please email Mrs Ragusa at dragusa@sjscrusaders.org . Next week will begin the voting process. Get those nominations in!!!

Look Ahead

Our annual BACK TO SCHOOL sock hop will be held in the school gym on Friday August 21st for students in grades 5th-8th from 7:00 to 10:00. The cost is $10 a person to enter. Let's Sail into a New Year and have a good time.

On Tuesday August 25th any student who has an August birthday can have a free dress day in order to celebrate their birthday. Please refer to the handbook for a dress code.

Everyone be ready to smile! School pictures will be taken on Thursday August 27th. More details will come home soon from the office.

There will be NO SCHOOL on Friday September 4th due to a Teacher Professional Day and NO SCHOOL on Monday September 7th because of Labor Day. We hope everyone enjoys the extended weekend!

Friendly Reminders

We just wanted to remind everyone that once you were able to log onto Renweb to please fill out the Emergency Contact Form under the web forms tab. This is what we will use if we should have to call home on a student because of an illness/injury.

The school handbook has been updated and is under the Resources tab of our website for you to read. Please go through our handbook and notice the changes that were made. Once you have read the handbook, please sign and return the form to the office that was sent home on Monday saying that you have read the handbook.

Every Wednesday is our school Mass. Parents are welcomed and encouraged to attend. Our school also collects can goods every Wednesday before Mass. Don't forget to donate to the food pantry and send in your can goods!

Every Friday students are allowed to wear jeans along with their spirit shirt and school shoes.

CUB SCOUTS

On Friday morning, a representative from the Cub Scouts will be here for a Boy Talk with our 1st - 5th grade boys. They will talk to our boys about scouting and hand out flyers for anyone interested in joining Cub Scouts. Then on Monday, August 24th at 6:00pm there will be a Round-Up Night here in the cafeteria. This meeting is for parents and boys interested in SJS Cub Scouts Pack 186. Parents must be in attendance of this meeting with their child to fill out the necessary paperwork.

Sock Hop

Friday August 21st we will hold our Back to School sock hop for students in grades 5th-8th from 7:00-10:00. The cost is $10 a person and pictures will be available for additional cost. Drinks and snacks are available free of charge. Students are allowed to bring a guest from another school as long as the guest is in grades 5th-8th as well. Parents, please remember to walk your child to the gym, you will be required to sign them in and out. The theme is Let's Sail Into The New Year!

Best Dressed Class

Tomorrow morning we will hold a uniform check! If everyone in your child's class is 100% in compliance with the dress code, the class will get a "Best Dressed Class" certificate to hang up as well as Crusader Cash for everyone. We will then continue from time to time to conduct suprise uniform checks for more Best Dressed Classes!

Photo Gallery

Wanna see what's going on around campus? Check out our PHOTO GALLERY under the COMMUNITY TAB of the website. We have added pictures from our Pep Rally as well as pictures of our newest SJS students in Prek and Kinder. More pictures will come soon!

Transportation

~~Some important news from the office:


If your child is carpool.......You will need car tags to pick up your child in carpool line. If you need extra tags, PARENTS must go to the office with their PHOTO ID to request one.


If your child is riding the bus.....Please be sure to have the correct bus forms completed for the 1st day of school.
•If your child is RIDING THE BUS HOME please print the BUS POLICY form below, complete and return it to the school office.
•If your child will be DROPPED OFF AT A DIFFERENT LOCATION other than his/her home address, please print the SPECIAL REQUEST form below, complete and return it to the school office.
•PreK students must have additional paperwork completed and on file in order to ride the bus. These papers are found in the school office.

These forms must be turned into the office. The school office staff will make copies to give to the bus drivers.

Bus Policy
Special Request

Office Info

The office has a letter to notify parents of asbestos containing materials in the school. You may view a copy of the Management Plan by contacting the school office. You may speak to the school principal. If you have any questions, please feel free to come to the office to discuss them.



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