Dear Saint Families!

WOW! It is the end of July and summer fun is winding down! I can only imagine the children becoming a little overwhelmed with having to wake up early again!  Be not afraid… it will be a great year!
I am eager to share some exciting enhancements that we purchased with the support of our Parent Teacher Organization. Our phenomenal PTO blessed StJPII with a generous gift of $22,000! Thanks to these funds, we added a number of assets to enrich the academic experience:

  • As we continue to focus on student engagement and differentiation for all learners, we worked diligently to procure instructional resources that are both purposeful and meaningful. In addition to investing in our new reading curriculum, we acquired new classroom libraries. These will serve all reading levels, span across genre, and appeal to our students’ diverse interests. The libraries will support reading instruction and develop a strong foundation for life-long reading and learning. Students in grades K-2 will also receive new book bags that will go home weekly with “just-right” books to support reading outside of the classroom.
  • We continue to focus on the safety of our students and our facilities; we also bought a new storage system for our science lab that will safely house chemicals and science materials.
  • We implemented phase II of our cafeteria transition plan by adding more round cafeteria tables. Last year, our students and teachers definitely appreciated the sense of community that these round tables foster, so I’m pleased we can expand this offering. 
  • PE continues to grow and improve upon the activities that we offer our students so new equipment was purchased to add to our athletic department for all students to enjoy. 

We look forward to continuing to elevate our facility and programming! Therefore, we have reserved the remaining funds so we can attain materials throughout the year, such as: STREAM resources, project-based learning materials, and more. We are so grateful to our parent community and all that you do for StJPII!

The 2019-2020 school year is upon us and we are looking forward to a new year!  

As we journey through this academic year, we will focus on Christ’s love. God is Love and without His love we are nothing; for truly love is the reason we were created! Our school theme for the 19/20 school year is “Christ’s love is the key.”  This year in particular we will strive to focus on loving like Christ in all of our interactions ensuring that we are extensions of His love in all that we do.  As a saint family we will sincerely love like Christ - opening wide our hearts, our spirits, and our actions. We will live our lives emulating the love He taught us! As many of you know, this year will begin the official Tuesday House/Saint family shirts. Each color represents a Gospel, and more importantly a character trait: courage (red), compassion (purple), service (green), and faith (blue). We will all learn more about how to demonstrate these virtues within our daily lives. My prayer is that each and every one of us will demonstrate Christ’s love through these four virtues in a very visible and tangible way. Throughout the school year, a large key symbolizing our theme will travel to each classroom and will serve as a visible reminder for us to love like Christ. Students will also share their acts of Christ’s love on a bulletin board display in our main hallway. 

I’m looking forward to seeing everyone very soon! Be not afraid…to love like Christ!

In Him we trust,