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September Birthdays
September Birthdays - September 10 - Free Dress
Please check the free dress guidelines in the handbook.
September 16-17
Circle of Grace for Parents
It is required each year that the schools and churches of the Diocese offer parents information pertaining to creating safe environments for children. The Diocese provides these flyers for parents to review. The information on the flyer is set by the Office of Child and Youth Protection and changes each year.
Please click below to review the 2024-2025 Parent’s Informational Flyer, Summary of the
Key Concepts of “Circle of Grace”
Circle of Grace for Students
It is required by the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People that all children enrolled in Catholic Schools and Parishes receive Safe Environment Training. The Diocese of Baton Rouge provides such training called Circle of Grace. This lesson will be taught to our Pre-K – 8th grade students on September 16th and 17th, 2024, by their Religion teacher.
Parents, please take time to review your child’s lesson plan that will be taught in the classroom prior to Wednesday, September 11th, 2024. The information to do so is below.
Link: https://learncat.diobr.org/circle-of-grace/
Password is: CareSafeChurch
Click the PDF link that is associated with your child’s grade.
The Circle of Grace Lessons are available for review in English and Spanish
If you DO NOT want your child to participate in his/her safety lesson, please click
the “Opt Out” form below, complete, and return it to the school office in a marked envelope to the attention of Amy Douglas Wednesday, September 11th, 2024.
If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Amy Douglas at adouglas@sjscrusaders.org.
2024-2025 6th - 8th Circles of Grace Opt Out Form.pdf2024-2025 PreK-5th Circles of Grace Opt Out Form.pdfGrandparents Day
SJS Grandparents’ Day has been scheduled for Friday, September 20th, beginning at 10:00am in the gym.
This event is open to all students in the school. If grandparents are unavailable for any reason, students are welcome to invite a special visitor (aunt, uncle, parent, godparent, special family friend, etc.) as a substitute.
It is not required that students have a grandparent/special visitor at school that day.
SCHEDULE:
9:45am: Gates closest to the church will open
10:00 – 10:30am: Gym Gathering for welcome, prayer, and entertainment
10:30 – 10:45am: Classroom Visits
10:45am – 12:30pm: Picnic lunch, pictures, and Scholastics Book Fair gift cards
VISITOR INFORMATION:
· Grandparents/Special Visitors are asked to park in the new church parking lot. They do not have to sign in at the office. The gates by the church will be open for visitors to get on campus. However, guests will not be allowed on campus until 9:45am.
Grandparents/Special Visitors meet in the gym at 10:00am.
· AFTER the welcome ceremony in the gym, Grandparents/Special Visitors go to the classroom or the designated area to pick up the student(s).
· ONE designated person (with their photo ID) is to check out the student from the homeroom teacher. They are, at that point, responsible for the student. No student will be allowed to check out to a person who has not been designated by the parent on the form. The permission slip form is on the following page.
To place your order for lunch, fill out the form sent home today and return to school along with your cash or check made payable to St. Joseph School. *If you choose the pizza option for your child, their Child Nutrition account will be charged. * You may bring your own outside lunch with you on this day instead of ordering. *
There will be multiple picture stations around campus for students to take a complimentary picture with their grandparents.
A table will be set up to purchase gift certificates for our upcoming Book Fair. Cash or check will be accepted.
We will have multiple areas for grandparents to picnic with their grandchildren. Feel free to bring “picnic supplies” such as blankets, chairs, basket/tote, etc. to picnic anywhere on the school grounds. Tables and chairs will be set up.
Lunch order forms and permission forms went home today in Wednesday packets.
Our word of the week is EXCELLENCE.
Bible Verse:
“Let us not grow tired of doing good, for in due time we shall reap our harvest, if we do not give up.” Galatians 6:9
Looking Ahead!
September 5 - Individual pictures
September 5 - 1st - 5th - Open House - Parents only
September 10 - September Birthdays - Free Dress
September 20 - Grandparents Day
September 23-26 - Book Fair
September 24 - Family Night - Book Fair
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