Early Dismissal Tomorrow
Tomorrow,
Wednesday, October 30 we will have early dismissal. Pre-K and Kindergarten students will be dismissed at 2:15 p.m., 1st - 5th graders will be dismissed at 2:30 p.m. , and Middle School will be dismissed at 2:45 p.m . Students may wear school appropriate blue jeans and a Hawaiian shirt, Astros shirt or a StJPII spirit t-shirt. Our neighborhood Russo's Pizzeria will also host another Spirit Night benefiting our PTO, so mark your calendars!
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Middle School Information Night: 5th Grade Parents
5th grade parents are invited to attend our Middle School Information Night on
Tuesday, November 5 at 6:00 p.m. in St. Jude Hall. This is a great opportunity to learn all about our Middle School program from Dr. Weinman and Middle School teachers.
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5th Grade Shadow Days
Fifth graders will have the opportunity to "shadow" a sixth grade student, following their schedule for the morning, and experiencing a regular day in the life of a Middle Schooler on December 2, 3 and 4.
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BASP Reminders
The BASP program is a before and after school program that requires registration to attend. There are no drop-in rates for BASP. At this time, there is a waiting list for the following grades: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st grade, 3rd grade and 4th grade.
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Thank you for participating in the 2019 Run with the Saints (RWTS ) Fall Festival
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Run with the Saints Fall Festival
The 21st Annual Run with the Saints in memory of Lauren Lockard was another great success! This year, we were able to raise approximately $10,000 for The Childhood Brain Tumor Foundation and StJPII!
Thank you to our everyone who participated in this year's Trunk or Treat and PTO pumpkin patch. The addition of these things made the festival a huge success!
This would not have been possible without YOU, our volunteers, participants and our generous sponsors. With over 500 runners registered for the race, we had a wonderful turnout. All results for this year’s race can be found online. We appreciate all of our volunteers and teachers for making everything come together so smoothly, it was certainly a team effort and it couldn't have been done without your help both on and off the course. Finally, an extra-special thanks to the entire Run with the Saints Committee which includes alumni parents, alumni, PTO board members, parent community and StJPII staff. Your work and dedication continues to honor Lauren’s legacy.
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Congratulations to the House of Matthew for winning the RWTS Competition for having the most participation! Stay tuned to Saints Weekly on the date for Free dress!
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Congratulations to StJPII Art Students
On October 19, StJPII students participated in the "Fine Arts Frenzy" competition held at St. John XXIII. Congratulations to the winning students below:
- Nhi Vo – 1st Place - On-site Drawing: “Still Life”
- Nhi Vo – 2nd Place - Category 1 Drawing: Pre-submitted “Still Life Gourd Drawing”, white & black charcoal on grey paper from Art Class
- Kate Thorne – 3rd Place - Category 1Drawing pre-submitted “Student’s own Shoe”, Ebony Prisma Color from Art Class
- John David Quickfall Villar – 1st Place Category 2 Expressive Application: 3D Advanced Basket Weaving using 5/Reed Types & Glass Venetian Beads
- Nhi Vo- 3rd Place Category 2 Expressive Application: Drawing on Foam Board with Geo Sphere String Art Design
Congratulations to our 8th Grade Artisan & Art 1 Students success!
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Thank you to our Student Council for planning our Red Ribbon Week Activities.
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Family Engineering Night
StJPII was selected from more than 250 applicant schools across the country to host a Family Engineering Night! Families of students in 1st - 5th grades are invited to participate! All materials are being provided by the Museum of Science--Boston.
SPACE IS LIMITED! Please register by clicking on the button below. There's no cost, but there will be refreshments and door prizes. See you then!
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Honoring Veterans on Veterans' Day
On
Monday, November 11
, students may wear a red, white, and/or blue shirt with jeans for Veteran's Day. Please see the Parent Student Handbook for details on attire.
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Save the Date! Grandparents & Special Friends Day: November 22
StJPII will honor Grandparents and Special Friends on the Friday before Thanksgiving break, November 22. StJPII families, please share the date with your grandparents and special friends. We are looking forward to celebrating this occasion with our extended family! The format will be similar to previous years, featuring performances by elementary students, our middle school chorale and the 7th/8th grade band.
Formal invitations have been mailed. All invitations are mailed to the grandparents address listed on the back to school forms. We will have a few extra invitations on hand that can be picked up at the front desk at the end of month. Please remember that Grandparents Day is a day for grandparents and special friends only - rest assured that every year we have children who do not have a grandparent or special friend attend, and they enjoy the day and do just fine! Our students are great about sharing their special guests with classmates whose grandparents cannot attend. Stay tuned to
Saints Weekly for more details as the event approaches. Please contact the Communications and Events Officer,
Kaela Lewis with any questions you may have.
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Russo's Spirit Night tomorrow,October 30
Please join us for school Spirit Night at Russo’s NY Pizzeria. Russo’s is located at 13346 Briar Forest Drive #100; 281-497-9800. All orders, dine in and delivery count all day. Just let them know you are from StJPII! Russo’s has delicious menu that includes salads, pasta, sandwiches and pizzas.
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Brick Pavers
Support your school garden, purchase a brick paver for your favorite coach. Order your paver by
October 31
to be installed this December.
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Box Tops For Education
If you haven’t already, please download the Box Tops for Education app and start scanning your grocery receipts today.
The PTO will still take the original, unexpired Box Tops so keep clipping.
Did you know you can submit your email receipts from select retailers to earn Box Tops? All you need to do to earn for StJPII is make sure you have a Box Tops for Education account (you can create one via the Box Tops app or website). Forward your email receipt to
receipts@boxtops4education.com using the email that's associated with your Box Tops for Education account. You will earn credit within 10 business days.
The following email receipts are currently eligible- Instacart, Jet.com, SamsClub.com, Sam's Club Scan & Go, Shipt, Target.com, Target Pick-Up/Drive-Up, Walmart Grocery, Walmart Pay and Walmart.com.
Ongoing promotion- Walmart Double Box Tops
Earn an additional Box Top on every Box Tops participating product at Walmart. Purchase by
October 31, 2019.
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Holiday on the Parkway- Save the Date
This year the Holiday on the Parkway craft fair for parents and outside vendors will be held on
Friday, December 6 and
Saturday, December 7. Last year we had over 30 booths that filled the Bramanti Athletic Center! The students and faculty will be able to shop for holiday presents for family and friends on Friday, and parents and students are welcome to shop during the annual Snacks with Santa festivities on Saturday. If you are interested in reserving a table for your business or know someone that may be interested in having a table at the fair,
please complete the reservation form located on the
StJPII website and return it to the school office with the booth reservation fee as soon as possible. Space is limited and will be assigned on a first-come, first-serve basis. Please email
Olga Saenz with any questions.
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DARR Skate Party Results
We had a great turn out for the Fall DARR Costume Event!!
Winners of the Costume Contest were:
- Nicolette Augdon – Jasmine from Aladdin
- Joshua Cline – Anubis (Ancient Egyptian God)
- Cristian Alarcon – The Joker
Special thanks to Amber Gruen and Janine Alarcon for helping during the event.
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3rd – 5th Grade Book Club
The First Book Club Meeting for 3rd – 5th grade Girls & Boys will be held on Friday, November 1st during lunch time. You should receive a note from your child’s book club leader with information on where they will be meeting.
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Mardi Gras Masquerade Gala
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Mardi Gras Masquerade Gala Kick Off Party is In Two Weeks!
There are still a few slots open so order your tickets today before they sell out.
On
Saturday, November 9, the Smith and Strachan Families are hosting a cocktail party to ring in the holiday season. It will also start the countdown to the Mardi Gras Masquerade Gala with bourbon tasting, signature New Orleans cocktails, appetizers and fun and games. There is no ticket fee to attend this event. Price of admission per couple is one $40 and up bottle of bourbon and one $30 and up bottle of wine. Please remember: this will help stock the Bourbon and Wine Pull event at the Gala which will, in turn, raise money for our wonderful school! Limited space is available so buy your ticket today!
The party will start at 7:30 at the Strachan's home. For more information and to sign up, please go to
www.jp2.org/gala, and click on the Buy Tickets icon.
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Elementary Soccer is finally getting some great weather and thus having some great games!
Elementary Basketball registration is open - please go to the Acceptiva link to register below.
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Parents please help Journalism by submitting your photos to the WHCSA group today! Click on the button below!
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This past weekend our varsity soccer and volleyball teams both played in the GHCAA diocesan championship games!! Our Soccer team completed their undefeated season when they beat St. Cecilia 3-1 to take home the Championship trophy!!! Overall their district record was 12-1!!!
Don’t forget middle school girls and boys basketball tryouts start today so check the athletic calendar for all the details!
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Our Lady Saints defeated St. Anne’s in the semi finals which put them in the championship game against St. Helen’s where we went to the 3rd match but came up short. Our ladies played a tough game and gave it their all and we are all so very proud of them! We would like to thank all of the fans that came out to support
All of our Saints this past weekend!
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*****Basketball tryouts for Middle School will be held on
Wednesday, October 30
from 2:45 4:45 p.m. for the girls and 5:00-6:30 p.m. for the boys. Please remember it is a "closed door" tryout and also that you must have a physical on file to tryout! Please remember to check the athletic calendar for all of our playoff information as well as Basketball tryouts!
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Off Season Conditioning with Coach Porth
For: 5th thru 8th Grade --Male Athletes
Purpose: To train young men to be better athletes and put in the work to be successful.
When: Starts Week of October 28.
Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 3:45 – 4:45 pm
Duration
- October 28 until Christmas Break
- January 7 until Baseball Tryouts (around Feb 1st)
- End of Baseball Season till May
Uniform
- White T-Shirt (School)
- Navy Shorts
- Court Shoes
- Cleats
- Water Bottle
- Warm-up Suit for cold times
- Watch Cap and gloves
Uniform will be purchased through Coach Hewitt, thus team uniformity, cohesion, etc....
Cost - $5 per day, $15 a week, $60 a month – All funds are going towards football budget – (It’s a two for one). You son gets training and there are more funds for football
Format
- Develop entire athlete.
- Warm up
- Circuit calisthenics – Push ups, pull ups etc.
- Agility drill
- Power drills/plyometrics or throws or heavy carry
- Running – Sprints or Endurance or shuttle drill
- 5-minute skill teach
- Sometimes a quick “fun” game that also training (heart rate up).
- Prayer.
Extra details: We will use the REMIND smartphone app for training announcements or cancellations due to weather or illness.
If you are interested in the Off Season Conditioning, please email Coach Porth at
Rporth@jp2.org
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St. John Paul II Catholic School
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1400 Parkway Plaza, Houston, TX 77077
281-496-1500 • 281-496-2943 (fax)
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St. John Paul II Catholic School prepares all students spiritually
and academically to succeed in life and to do God's will.
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