December 17, 2021 Edition |
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Dear St. Joe’s Parents,
Our long awaited Christmas break has arrived. If you listen closely, you can almost hear a sigh of relief here at St. Joe’s! That relief is felt by all of us...administrators, teachers, and staff. Parents also must be happy that they will have a “break” themselves. For 2 weeks…no drop offs, no test and stay, no delivering that forgotten lunch! For teachers, it has been a time where instruction has been interrupted by all that Covid has thrown our way. Continuity of teaching is vital for students to gain the full learning experience. For some of that time, that was a challenge. Despite that, teachers worked diligently to help students learn and grow academically.
This has been a 4 month period like no other. As I have said to more than one teacher, “how much more fun and interesting it was to be talking about teaching and learning!” That didn’t happen. Many thanks to parents and teachers for their patience, understanding and resilience. We are all hoping and praying that the new year will bring a greater sense of normalcy to both St. Joe’s and our country.
As we all prepare to gather at Christmas with family and friends, I can’t help but emphasize that we must remain vigilant when traveling and during our family celebrations. We are repeatedly told that the new variant can be more easily spread among the young and old alike. Please be careful. The weeks following the break will be a time that we monitor closely our students and staff for symptoms of Covid. We have all worked hard to get us to this point. Once again, be careful… enjoy your well deserved vacation, and we will all be together again in 2022. Merry Christmas everyone.
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Sincerely,
Dr. Joe Barnes
Interim Head of School
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The Health Office is collecting fully vaccinated student/staff vaccination cards. If you want the Office to have a copy, please email to: healthoffice@saintjoes.com. This document is important for the purposes of close contact tracing. Individuals are considered fully vaccinated 2 weeks after their second shot.
Also, during your time away from St. Joe’s, if you have tested positive or been identified as a close contact, please inform the Health Office with this information. Please use the email address above. Thanks for your help.
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There are 6 more spots open for Ski Club, grades 5-8 ONLY. Please make sure to read through the whole form for pricing and more details. Ski Club begins on Friday, January 7th.
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Once again the Needham Women’s Club will hold their Annual Holiday House Tour virtually and as a drive by outside event. The event will begin as a scavenger hunt on November 26 for children to find “Holly” the house tour Puppy in stores in Needham. Prizes will be awarded to all participants who complete the visit.
December 12th - Car parade beginning at 5pm at Memorial Park and will pass many by of the homes and neighborhoods. The tours will continue until December 31.
Locations of Homes, Holly Scavenger Hunt form and Parade Route will be online at NeedhamWomensClub.org. If interested in participating contact cynthiamagowan@gmail.com.
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- Monday, January 3rd - Classes Resume
- Thursday, January 6th - Student Council Officers Meeting
- Thursday, January 6th - PSA Meeting
- Thursday, January 6th - Prayer and Pick Up 5C and 4A
- Friday, January 6th - School Mass Grade 6
- Friday, January 7th - Ski Club Begins (Grades 5-8)
- Saturday, January 8th - First Reconciliation
- Thursday, January 13th - Prayer and Pick up 4B
- Friday, January 14th - School Mass Grade 5
- Friday, January 14th - Half Day (Professional Development)
- Monday, January 17th - No School, Marin Luther King Jr. Day
- Tuesday, January 18th - All Student Council Reps Meeting
- Thursday, January 20th - Prayer and Pick up 4C
- Friday, January 21st - School Mass Grade 4
- Friday, January 21st - Progress Reports Available
- Thursday, January 27th - Prayer and Pick up 3A
- Friday, January 28th - School Mass Grade 3
- Monday, January 31st - Friday, February 4th - Catholic Schools Week
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The Kindergarten did a WONDERFUL job with their Nativity last week! |
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