Newsletter (Archived): Aug 28, 2019 - Sep 5, 2019 [Archive]
Forgotten Items
Students should come to school prepared each day with their supplies and arrangements for after school activities. Students will not be allowed to call home for any forgotten items (class materials, books or iPads, after school activity items, etc....) Nor will they be allowed to call home if they need to stay for an after school activity that they forgot to inform their parents about it.
SJS Drama Club
This year the SJS Drama Club will present The Little Mermaid Jr. If you are in grades 5-8 and would like to be a part of the SJS Drama Club, a sign up sheet will be located in the gym.Please sign up by Wednesday, September 4th.
Auditions will be on Wednesday, September 25th from 3:00 - 5:00. A mandatory parent meeting will follow auditions at 5:00.
Spirit Shirt Orders
We are expecting the spirit shirt order by the end of the week. We are hoping to send them home next Wednesday, September 4th with the students who ordered them. Thank you for your patience.
RENWEB UPDATES NEEDED!
SJS Parents:
Due to RenWeb changes over the summer, it’s important that EVERYONE update your webform “Emergency Contacts.”
· Go into your RenWeb account
· Click Webforms
· Click Emergency Contacts
· Update your emergency contacts. You will list (in order) who should be called in case of an emergency. Be sure to include yourself.
· Click SUBMIT (submit is listed all the way down at the bottom of the webform)
This list is also used when checking out.
Thank you.
Students Absences and Makeup Work
Please see the policy and procedure on page 13 in the Parent Student Handbook regarding Absence/Make Up Work !
Updated Parent Student Handbook 2019-2020September 11th Mass
Please join St. Joseph School’sFaculty, Staff, and Students
as we honor all First Responders
at our special 9/11 Mass.
Where: St. Joseph Catholic Church
When: Wednesday, September 11th
Time: 8:00am
There will be a small reception following mass in the school gym.
Girl Hair Items
Girl Hair items - All hair accessories must be school colors. Girls may wear bows, scrunches, headbands, etc. These items must be worn in the hair and not on wrists or other places on the person. Thank you for your help with this
School Resource Officer
School Resource Officer - Ponchatoula police department has provided an SRO that will be shared by all Ponchatoula schools. This officer will help to monitor our campus. He will not have a set schedule. The students will see him when he visits our campus. We are very happy to be included in this program.
St Vincent de Paul Gala
There will be a St. Vicent de Paul Gala on Tuesday, September 17th. If you are interested in purchasing tickets to the St Vicent de Paul Gala, please contact the school office.
UNBOUND
For the 2019-2020 school year St. Joseph School will continue its long-standing tradition of supporting and serving those who need a hand-up. One way we do this is through the UNBOUND program. Each month students are asked to bring a donation to school on the specified collection date. Their contributions will be brought forward during the Offertory of the Mass and then forwarded to Unbound. The money that is collected goes to the care and support of the two children that we have chosen to help-Markus, age 14, from India and our new friend, Trey, age 3, from Costa Rica.
The following quote is from the Unbound website. You can learn more about the history of the organization, its goals and impact by going to unbound.org.
Unbound is an international nonprofit founded by lay Catholics grounded in the Gospel call to put the needs of the marginalized and vulnerable first.
We inspire confidence and offer opportunity and encouragement to children and families living on the margins of society. We create practical and trustworthy means for people to help others and nurture human connections that uplift us all.
The dates for students to bring UNBOUND contributions to school this year are the following:
September 4th
October 2nd
November 6th
December 4th
January 8th
February 5th
March 4th
April 1st
May 13th
This program gives us another opportunity to serve others and show our Kindness through Grace, Gratitude and God. Thanks for your generous giving to the UNBOUND program!
Sunday Mass Readings
22nd SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Aug. 31/Sept. 1, 2019
“God, in your goodness, you have made a home for the poor.” Ps. 68
Sirach 3:17-18, 20, 28-29; Hebrews 12:18-19, 22-24a; Luke 14:1, 7-14
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/090119.cfm
Upcoming Saints Feast Days:
August 29th-The Martyrdom of John the Baptist
August 30th-St. Jeanne Jugan, (1792-1879)
September 3rd-Pope St. Gregory the Great, (540-604)
September 4th-St. Rose of Viterbo, (1233-1251)
Ask your child what he/she knows about any of these saints?
Our word of the week is Compassionate.
Bible verse: "The Lord is good to all; he has compassion on all he has made." Psalm 145:9
Kindness Quote: "Kindness is choosing love over hate, light over darkness, compassion over judgment."
Looking Ahead!
September 2 - Labor Day - NO SCHOOL
September 9 - Mid-Quarter
September 27 - Grandparents Day
October 4 - NO BUSES
October 7 - NO BUSES
October 7 - 9 - 6-8 EXAMS
October 7 - K-2nd Parent/Teacher conference- Students in K-2nd DO NOT have school on this day.
October 8 - October Birthdays
October 9 - Living Rosary
October 10 - End of 1st Quarter
October 10 - 1st Quarter AR ends
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