Dear Saint Joseph Elementary School Parents,
A very quick reminder that all families must provide a letter of intent to return for the 2019-20 school year by Thursday, February 14- LATEST! If you do not provide us with your intent, we will have to give your spot in the class to another student who has applied to the school. If you need an intent form, please contact Mrs. Foley in the office or email her at cfoley@csdo.org.
It's never a dull week at Saint Joseph. I want to commend the students and the faculty and staff for their flexibility as we continue to have a rainy winter. We recognize that it is difficult to have to stay indoors all day. Whenever possible, during the lunch periods, the students have been invited to go to the gym and play indoors to help get exercise and use their energy.
Speaking of exercise and energy, I am sure many of your children went home talking about our annual FUN RUN. The FUN RUN will take place on February 22. Students have been given the challenge to seek out pledges and try to run 40 laps in support of their school. We hope you will help the students reach out to their broader community and family members who typically cannot support them locally. It is a great chance to get family members from afar to feel like they are participating in a school activity.
The FUN RUN supports our enrichment programs sponsored by our PTG group. Just this past Wednesday, our TK/Kindergarten class went on their first field trip to the Lawrence Hall of Science. For many, this field trip was their very first time on a school bus and on a school sponsored off campus event. We are blessed by all of our fundraising to support such programs.
Tomorrow, SJND is sponsoring the Diocesan Science Fair. Students from elementary schools across the Oakland Diocese will set up their projects at the St. Joseph Gym to compete for a chance to go to the Alameda County Science Fair. We had 12 bright and hard working students explore a topic and create a project around their experiments and findings. I am so impressed by these projects. It really shows me that we have the brightest, most creative students at Saint Joseph. Six of these students will go on to compete for our school, and I wish them the best of luck. We could not be more proud that you are our Royal representatives.
I do hope that families can come out, support our students, and take a look at all of the projects. Public viewing will take place from 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm.
God's Blessing on Each of Us,
Dr. Marquita Yriarte
