Dear St. John Paul II Families,
It is hard to believe this is the last Tuesday in April and then we head into May! This 30
th year has brought so many surprises! As a Saint family we are all looking forward to the upcoming events that allow our students to shine. Whether its our Leadership ceremony on Friday, performances from our Fine Arts department, our second graders sharing in a first communion celebration and/or our 8
th graders as they approach graduation! These last weeks of school come with anticipation and excitement and we are all working hard to complete the tasks ahead in our academics as well as our spiritual growth.
Jesus Calling states today,
“Be still and know that I am God”. I encourage us all to remember to trust in Him, even in the busy seasons of our lives, and rest in His presence knowing that He prepares us for each and every day and season.
In Him,
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Principal
P.S.
Thank you to our PTO for an amazing Staff Appreciation Lunch
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Adoration
Adoration is
tomorrow, April 25. Come to the chapel between
7:40 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. for Exposition of the Holy Eucharist. Parents should sign in at the front desk and get a code for the chapel.
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From the Business Office
Please remember that Tuition and Family Commitment are due on Tuesday,
May 1, 2018.
If you need a tuition/family commitment invoice, please contact the
Business Office
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Please note:
- $100 a week Late Fee will be applied for TUITION received after 3:00 p.m. on 5/1/2018
- $50 a week Late Fee will be applied for FAMILY COMMITMENT received after 3:00 p.m. on 5/1/2018
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Blue Jean Day and Early Dismissal Tomorrow
Remember, tomorrow,
April 25,
is our monthly Early Dismissal Day. Pre-K and K students will be dismissed at 2:00 p.m., 1st - 5th grade at 2:15 p.m. and Middle School at 2:30 p.m. On Early Dismissal Days, students may wear blue jeans and a StJPII spirit shirt.
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Congratulations to the StJPII Chorale
The StJPII Chorale participated in the eighth Annual Houston Symphonic Band & Choir Contest on Tuesday, April 10th. The Chorale, under the direction of Mrs. Kelly Hughes, performed two pieces -
"On the Cross Have Mercy"
by Patrick Liebergen and
"Listen to the Wind"
by David Waggoner. The Chorale received Superior I Ratings from the judges for the two selections that they prepared for the Concert portion and a trophy for their Superior performance. The judges commented on their musical interpretation, dynamics and overall presentation. Additionally,
John Sutton and Emma Welsch
were noted as outstanding soloists. Congratulations to the StJPII Chorale!
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Optional Casual Uniform Orders for Next Year
Now is the time to order optional casual uniforms for next year, which include sweatshirts and polos. Orders will only be accepted online through our
website
. You must place your order by
May 1
. We are retiring the 30th anniversary spirit shirts. You may wear them next year, but you may want the NEW burgundy StJPII spirit shirt debuting at our
Meet and Greet
in August. Order yours now so you can show your school spirit. All orders will be available for pickup during
Meet and Greet
in August. Please keep a copy of your receipt. We will have a limited number of uniforms available on Meet and Greet Day. If you order on
Meet and Greet
day, they will be delivered to your student in late September. We will not have another time to order this school year...so don't delay!
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Summer Enrichment Program
Children 3 years old through 8th grade are invited to the StJPII Summer Enrichment Program (SEP),
June 11-29,
where we emphasize hands-on exploration in a fun, stimulating and supportive environment. The program features small class sizes, is taught by highly qualified teachers and is designed to: Provide academic and social enrichment; prepare students for their upcoming school year; build upon Reading, Math & Study Skills, and help new students make friends, while introducing them to the StJPII campus, curriculum and culture.
The registration deadline is May 15.
For more information, contact SEP Coordinator
Kim McCurry
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Additional information can also be found on our website, including the
SEP Brochure
and
Registration.
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Spring Book Fair
Happy April and Happy Reading! Spring is here, birds are chirping, and bees are buzzing. A big round of applause goes out to all of my students who have diligently read each day for the Book IT! Program from September to March.
Now for the big item for your calendars! The spring Book Fair is just around the corner! The fair will open
Friday, April 27 through Friday, May 4, 2018 from 7:40 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. each day. Our vendor, Southwest Books, is working to have our summer reading titles available for you to purchase. You win two ways – 1) you don’t have to shop around to find these titles, 2) the school library benefits from the proceeds of the sale of these books! We will accept VISA, MASTER CARD, Cash and Checks payable to StJPII for the fair. We hope you can stop in to see the many lovely books that our fair has to offer. See You Soon! ~Sherry Lamb, Librarian
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Men's Retreat
StJPII's Father’s Ministry is designed to focus on strengthening the fathers of our students in faith and love, to help them bring the Catholic faith home to their families, and support the mission of the school. As a father of a child(ren) at the school, you are a member of this Ministry. Our ministry includes retreats, Mass, and other events that enrich and encourage your faith and witness as a man of God, all in the model of St. Joseph. Our next retreat of the year will be at 6:00 p.m. on
April 26 from 6:00-9:00 p.m.
in St. Jude Hall.
This month's theme will be based on Pope Francis' new document
"On the Call to Holiness in today's World."
All StJPII dads are invited to attend. Please RSVP to Assistant Principal
Dr. Mike Weinman
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Louisiana Crawfish Boil
Join other StJPII families at an authentic Louisiana Crawfish Boil. There will be enough for everyone with a sack boiled every hour! Crawfish (and crawfish boil fixings), beer, water and hot dogs for kids will be provided. You can't get a better offer west of the Mississippi! (Attendees may bring side dishes or dessert.) Available spots are priced per family. The event is on
April 28, 2:00-6:00 p.m
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This is a gala Great Gathering event, hosted by: The Breaux Family
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Minecraft Coding Party- You're invited!
Did you know, the Minecraft Coding party is now open to 5th-8th graders? If you are interested don't let this opportunity pass you by!
Check out the description below:
If you can use Scratch, then you can code in Minecraft! Scratching your head, wondering about Scratch? We'll teach you! Join us for an evening of coding open to 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th graders. Pizza, beverages, and snacks will be provided.
May 4, 4:00 - 7:00 p.m.
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This is a Gala Great Gathering event. Hosted by: Ms. Resweber and some 8th grade experts!
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Mother Daughter Fitness Classes
Spend some quality time with your daughter and get fit at the same time! Sample four different classes at Lifetime Fitness CityCentre. Post workout, enjoy healthy snacks provided by Lifetime Fitness Cafe, as well as the opportunity to speak with a nutritionist. Participants' names will be put into a drawing, and 2 lucky winners will receive a free spa service at the Lifetime Spa. Open to 1st - 8th grade.
May 20th, 2:00-5:00 p.m.
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This is a gala Great Gathering event, hosted by: Michelle Perez
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All School Reunion
Are you an alum, parent of an alum, former faculty or staff member? Or, do you know someone who is? If so, mark your calendars for the
All-School reunion in celebration of our 30th year on
Sunday, May 6
. All alumni, past parents, and former faculty and staff are invited to attend. Visit
StJPII Reunion webpage for more information, including how to RSVP and nominate someone for the Distinguished Alumni Awards. For questions or to RSVP please email
reunion@jp2.org
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Winnie the Pooh Musical
Mrs. Dao's Choir and Theatre classes will present "Winnie the Pooh" the Musical on
May 15 at 7:00 p.m
. This musical is based on the stories of A.A. Milne and the 2011 Disney animated feature film. Mark your calendars and stay tuned to
Saints Weekly
for more details.
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Challenge Club Interest Meeting
Calling all girls in the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th Grade: Have you wondered what it will be like to be in the Challenge Club at StJPII? Then join us
Friday, April 27 from 3:15 to 5:00 p.m. for our year end club meeting. Meet in the courtyard after dismissal and we'll learn about a virtue, play games, and conclude with an Ice Cream Social! 🍧🍦🍨
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Fun In The Sun (FITS)- Registration is Now Open!
Fun in the Sun registration opens today through May 8. Click the Fun In the Sun button below to register and don’t forget to purchase a lunch during registration. The cafeteria will be closed during Fun in the Sun, so your child will need to purchase a Chick-fil-A lunch (online) or bring one from home.
What is the most fun you’ll have all year? Volunteering for Fun in the Sun, of course! Spots fill up quickly, so you don’t want to miss out on the volunteer opportunity you are hoping for. Click the buttons below to sign up as a parent volunteer.
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Brick Pavers
Brick pavers are a great way to recognize the amazing teachers, dedicated coaches, strong leaders, faithful volunteers, enthusiastic staff, and many other role models in our children’s lives. Brick pavers may also be ordered to honor your graduating 8th grader, or in memory of a family member. Make your mark in the St. John Paul II Garden today. Please contact
Amber Leech with any questions. You can find the order form
here.
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StJPII and RUSSO’S PIZZA- SPIRIT NIGHTS ARE BACK!
Please join us for another great Spirit Night with Russo's Pizza on tomorrow,
Wednesday, April 25
. You may dine in, take out, or have your food delivered. Please mention you are with St. John Paul II when ordering. Russo’s will give 20% of each order back to our school. The participating location is at
13346 Briar Forest, Suite 100
, at the corner or Eldridge and Briar Forest. Please join us in this philanthropic effort for our school while enjoying a great dinner.
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New Family Assignments for Ambassador Volunteers
AMBASSADOR VOLUNTEERS - Please check your email for your new family assignments! Our first round of new families were assigned ambassadors this week. We will continue to match families as requests come in so please check your emails regularly.
Ambassadors should plan to meet their new family at the Saints Welcome, next
Tuesday, May 1. Extra ambassadors will be needed to assist families who have not completed their request. If you have not been assigned a family and are able to attend as a “floater” to assist new families during the event, please contact
Mary Beyer this week. Thank you!
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Elementary Athletics
It is not too early to start thinking about coaching a team next year.
StJPII cannot offer Elementary Sports without you. All of our coaches are volunteer approved parents. As a coach, you will have the entire StJPII family behind you for support along with coaching clinics and our Positive Coaching online classes.
You’ll get to spend more time with your child! Your child might only be 6-years-old now, but there will come a time when he or she will naturally start to spend more time with friends and teammates and less time hanging out with mom and dad. Coaching a team is a wonderful way to keep a strong connection.
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Middle School Athletics
This past weekend, our boy’s lacrosse team participated in the Corpus Christi Lacrosse Tournament. Our Saints won all 3 of their games on Saturday heading into the Championship finals as the only team that was undefeated!
Unfortunately, due to the rain Saturday night, the 2 games that were scheduled to be played on Sunday got rained out. Our boys closed out their season with an overall record of 9-5. As the 1st Varsity Lacrosse program in the diocese, we are so very proud of our boy’s inaugural season. We congratulate them on showing such dedication and hard work, and thank each one of them on how well they represented our school!
Our Lady Saints Lacrosse team played on Saturday as well against the Storm from Pearland. Despite a lot of hard work both offensively and defensively, the girls got shut out by the club team and suffered a loss. The girls play on Tuesday at home to get back on a winning track!
Our Track team went to Prelims Saturday and had a very successful meet! We will now have 44 athletes going to the championship meet this Saturday which will be held at Strake Jesuit. We are so very proud of all of our SAINTS!
The qualifiers for the GHCAA Championship are:
Girls Performance 5th/6th grade:
- 800m Relay finished 6th: Emily Unger, Gabrielle Grunenberg, Ana-Karen Gutierrez, Sarah David, Isabella Pena(alt.), Jenna Beyer(alt.).
- 1600m Relay finished 8th: Averi Garrity, Isabella Pena, Jenna Beyer, Sarah David, Paige Bortner(alt.)
Boys Performance 5th/6th grade:
- Mateo Valcarcel: 4th place long Jump/5th place 200m.
- Adrian Doan: 7th 400m
- Liam Smith: 5th 800m
- 800m Relay finished 2nd: Liam Smith, Mateo Valcarcel, Ethan Smith, Adrian Doan, Santiago Fernandez(alt.)
- 1600m Relay finished 2nd: Liam Smith, Mateo Valcarcel, AJ Wachter, Ethan Smith, Santiago Fernandez(alt.) and Juan-Pablo Marinovic(alt.)
7th Grade Girls performance:
- Eva Turner:1st place 800m
- 400m Relay finished 4th: Eva Turner, Hannah Dvorachek, Mary Davis, Nicole Halter
- 800m Relay finished 6th: Eva Turner, Hannah Dvorachek, Mary Davis, Nicole Halter
7th Grade Boys Performance:
- Kamden O'Conner: 1st place Hurdles, 2nd place 800m, and 4th place 400m
- Ryan Gruen: 8th place Hurdles
- 800m Relay finished 5th: Alexander Nguyen, Ryan Gruen, Thomas Dang, Pablo Escobedo, Andrew Reiman(alt.), Felipe Rivas(alt.)
- 1600m Relay finished 7th: Andrew Reiman, Ryan Gruen, Alexander Nguyen, Thomas Dang, Pablo Escobedo(alt.)
8th Grade Girls Performance:
- Allie Scott: 1st place 100m
- Helena Khuri: 7th place Hurdles
- Alex Nabors: 7th place 400m
- 400m Relay finished 3rd: Catherine Dang, Helena Khuri, Alex Nabors, Allie Scott, Izzy Christiansen(alt.), Daniela Esqueda (alt.)
- 800m Relay B team finished 6th: Dafne Campos, Carolina Weiland, Heather Yeung, Ivy Yeung
- 1600m Relay finished 2nd: Catherine Dang, Meyer Davis, Alex Nabors, Allie Scott, Daniela Esqueda(alt.), Izzy Christiansen(alt.)
8th Grade Boys performance:
- Diego Ramos: 3rd Place 200m
- Timi Odufuye: 4th Place 100m
- 400m Relay: Diego Ramos, Timi Odufuye, Juan Pablo Pena, Brian Nehme, Robbie Valcarcel(alt.), Gabriel Yeung(alt.)
- 800m Relay finished 7th: Diego Ramos, Timi Odufuye, Juan Pablo Pena, Brian Nehme, Gabriel Yeung(alt.)
- 1600m Relay finished 7th: Brian Nehme, Gabriel Yeung, Robbie Valcarcel, Juan Pablo Pena, David Pfister(alt.), John Sutton(alt.)
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End of the year Volleyball Clinic
These clinics are for current 5th-8th Grade Girls interested in improving their volleyball skills. These skills include: Serving, Passing, Setting, Hitting, Game Play & Techniques. For more information, please see the
flyer
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Varsity Football 2018-2019 "Meet the Coaches Information Night"
Any parents of a current 5th, 6th and 7th grade boy is invited to attend an informational meeting regarding playing football in the fall of 2018. This meeting will introduce the coaches, provide dates and information for the upcoming season, and we can answer any questions you may have.
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Middle School Athletic Banquet
If your child participated in Middle School Sports, we invite you to attend our annual Middle School Athletic Banquet on
Monday, May 7
at 6:00 p.m.
in the GSC. We will have a different format this year giving you the option to purchase your dinner tickets. If you choose to eat at the banquet, you may go to the
Athletic website
and scroll down to “Acceptiva” (which is where you registered for your child’s sports) there is a tab labeled
“Middle School Athletic Banquet Dinner tickets”
and you can buy your tickets. No need to RSVP if you will or will not attend, but we do have a deadline of
May 2
if you wish to purchase a dinner ticket so we can have an accurate head count for the caterer. Texas Mesquite Grill will serve beef and chicken vegetable kebabs, cilantro rice, and a side salad. The cost is $15.00 per person. Upon arrival, those who purchased dinner will check in and receive a meal ticket. We will not accept any walk-ins for dinner. Please remember that the banquet is for athletes and parents only. We look forward to seeing all of you to celebrate this year’s athletes and their accomplishments! Any questions please email
Mary Beth Hewitt
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5th Grade Parent Meeting
Parents of 5th grade athletes are invited to attend an informative meeting as to how our Middle School Athletic program. As Middle School parents, it can be very overwhelming with the transition from elementary to middle school for you, as well as your children. This meeting will help you understand how the athletic program works. The meeting will be held on
Wednesday, May 23 at 6:00 p.m.
in the
GSC
. Some of our middle school coaches will be there. We will cover information regarding protocols, tryouts, communication with parents, obligations and responsibilities of the athlete and the parent, as well as commitments and team sportsmanship. We welcome you to bring your upcoming middle school child.
I hope you can make it, I promise it will be very informative, helpful, and will not take too long!
GO SAINTS!
Coach Hewitt
Middle School Athletic Director
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Catholic Family Day at Minute Maid Park
Join in for a night of fellowship as the Houston Astros take on the Oakland Athletics. Stay after the game to enjoy Friday Night Fireworks!
Discount tickets are available
here
and a portion of the proceeds benefits Catholic School Education.
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Kolache Factory 5K - Energy Corridor
Join in on the fu
n at the first annual
Kolache Factory Challenge 5K on
May 5, 2018 – 8:30 a.m. For more details see the
flyer attached.
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Upcoming ACTS retreats at St. John Vianney Catholic Church
The 3-day, 3-night ACTS Retreat is presented by SJV parishioners. The goal of this retreat is to deepen our relationship with Jesus Christ, renew ourselves spiritually, give new meaning to our prayer life and Sunday Liturgy and build lasting friendships with members of our parish and faith community. The retreat begins on a Thursday evening at 5:30 p.m. and ends Sunday with a reception at St. John Vianney following the 11:00 a.m. Mass.
Register online today!
Below are the dates for the ACTS retreats:
- Women's ACTS Retreat in Spanish - June 7-10 at Holy Name Retreat Center
- Men’s ACTS Retreat in English- June 14-17 at Holy Name Retreat Center (Early Bird Discount ends May 1)
- Women's ACTS Retreat in English - July 26-29 at Holy Name Retreat Center
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Come Join the fun with Coach ADE
StJPII Coach Ade is hosting his annual soccer summer camps! Summer Soccer Camp locations are throughout Houston. For more information and all the details, please see the attached
flyer.
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4/25 Blue Jean & Spirit Shirt Day/Early Dismissal, 2:00/2:15/2:30 p.m.
4/25 7:10 Daily Mass, All Saints Chapel
4/25 Adoration, All Saints Chapel
4/25 Parent Bible Study, 8:15 a.m., SJH
4/25 Russo's Pizzeria Spirit Night
4/25 Dad's Basketball, 8:00 p.m., BAC
4/26 Dad's Retreat, 6:00 p.m., SJH
4/27 StJPII Book Fair Begins
4/27 All School Mass, 8:30 a.m., BAC
5/1 Casual Uniform Orders Due
5/1 2017-2018 Family Commitment & 2018-2019 Current Family Tuition Due, 3:00 p.m.
5/1 Progress Reports Go Home
5/1 New Family Welcome Event
5/2 7:10 Daily Mass, All Saints Chapel
5/2 PTO Meeting, 8:15 a.m., SJH
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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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