Dear Parents-
We celebrated the Fifth Sunday of Easter and we were reminded that we are commanded by Christ to
love one another. And it is through the way we treat each other and love one another that all people can identify us as Christ’s disciples. Fortunately, we are blessed with the ability to share boundless love!
Last week, I wanted to earnestly and wholeheartedly thank our out-going PTO executive board, and unfortunately, I failed to include a
thank you to Wendy Duncan, our assistant treasurer. Please join me in thanking her for her contributions to our great school.
With a grateful heart I announce the retirement of our amazing school nurse,
Mrs.
Maria Mich. Mrs. Mich is much loved by students and parents alike for her compassionate care, serving the St. Joseph Catholic School community for 24 years. Mrs. Mich is always willing to lend a hand and be a calming influence on students, parents and teachers. She has a way of making everything seem under control and OK. I will miss her tremendously. Please keep Maria in your prayers as she embarks on the next phase of her life. Her retirement is effective June 11, 2019.
We
welcomed Father David to our school community this week as he visited classrooms and spent time playing basketball and volleyball with students at recess! We are so blessed to have such a close and supportive relationship with our friars. It is what truly sets our school apart, and makes our community great!
The
May Crowning was simple and beautiful on Friday, and our 2nd graders received Holy Communion for the first time with their school family. As we guide all our children in their faith formation, it’s important to model for them, and remind ourselves, that God is always present in the tabernacle and a level of respect is due when inside the church
. The church should always be respected as a sacred place.
Congratulations to Mr. Sawasky and our talented advanced band! Last Friday, Mr. Sawasky took the band to the Busch Gardens competition.
Students did a fantastic job receiving an "Excellent" rating, and trophy from the judges! Along with Mr. Sawasky, we are all so proud of our band at St. Joseph. I hear that the students and chaperones had a great time and the itinerary worked out perfectly! Awesome way to end the year!!
We are in
Scantron Week 3, and I want to reiterate the need for children, grades 3-7, to be in school and on time each day. Additional end of year assessments are taking place in all grades K-8, please make sure students are in school. With only 14 school days left, we do not have much wiggle room if students are absent!
The bare-bones
2019-2020 calendar is available at
this link. As I mentioned last week, it includes only vacation start and stop dates and the half-days of school that are so numerous because of the DFE process. Please also note the conference dates, which are the result of Diocesan recommendations. Graduation date 2020 is included, but tentative. At this very early date, please understand that there may be some changes. We will continue to work on the calendar, and update it as we go. Please make no assumptions about event dates based on a prior year’s calendar.
We end this week with field day and next week is spirit week. Please make sure you check the website, the official FB page, and official twitter for accurate and current information on events that will take place over the next few weeks.
As always, please let me know if you have any questions.
Rejoice and Be Glad!
Denise Rutledge
Principal
