Ash Wednesday- FULL DRESS UNIFORM
The StJPII community will observe Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, with an All-School Mass tomorrow, Wednesday, February 26 at 8:30 a.m. in the GSC. Students must wear their full dress uniforms. Mass will include the imposition of Ashes. Parents are also welcome to attend Mass.
Tomorrow is also early dismissal. Remember, 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 should NOT wear jeans or spirit shirts even though it is early dismissal.
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Upcoming Special Dress- Go Texan Day
StJPII will observe Go Texan Day. Students may wear western-style rodeo attire (please leave your spurs, whips, guns and handcuffs at home) on
Friday, February 28. "Go Texan" attire can be as simple as jeans, a t-shirt or western shirt, with boots. Cowboy hats are allowed. If you choose not to dress "Texan", then students may wear a spirit shirt with their uniform bottoms (this is NOT a free dress day). Please follow the general dress code guidelines which are noted in the Student Handbook.
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NJHS- Sharing the Love Drive: Thank you!
NJHS would like to thank everyone who participated in their
“Share the Love” donation drive benefiting Casa Hogar Renacer en el amor in Cumana, Venezuela. This organization helps children of all ages with basic needs. Here are a few pictures below.
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Summer Enrichment Program
Children 3 years old through 8th grade are invited to the StJPII Summer Enrichment Program (SEP), June 1-19 from 9:30-2:30, where we emphasize hands-on exploration in a fun, stimulating and supportive environment. The program features small class sizes and is taught by highly-qualified teachers. (Before and after care is available too.)
The early registration deadline is
April 8, after which date the registration fee increases. Sibling discounts are also available. For more information and to register, click the button below or contact SEP Director
Kim McCurry.
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ECI Catering
Many families have balances that need to be paid. Payments can be brought to school or parents may
pay online.
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Tips to have an Open Line of Communication with your child(ren)
Please visit the link below to read the latest Counselor's Corner on having an open line of communication with your child(ren).
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Steps for Students
We are so proud of StJPII’s own Emily S. for delivering a great National Anthem for this year’s Steps for Students 5K which benefits Catholic Schools in Galveston Houston! 💙✝️ Next week we will send the results of the StJPII student incentives for participating in Steps for Students.
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Academic Rally Results
On
Saturday, February 8,
over 80 middle school scholars, writers, and artists participated in the St. Pius X Middle School Rally. This outstanding group of saints won second place in the rally, beating out 14 other Catholic middle schools in the contest. Academic team members are listed below; top six finishes are noted in parentheses.
6
th
grade Students
Demide Adegbesan; Alexander Almoosa
; Julian Carlile (spelling – 2
nd
; number sense – 2
nd
; technology – 6
th
);
Joshua Cline; Christian Cruz;
Antonio De la Rosa (social studies – 4
th
; English – 1
st
; science – 2
nd
);
Sophia Fruelde (calculator – tied 4
th
; science 6
th
);
Elena Grillo; Audrey Hoang; Bridget Hughes; Armaan Katarya;
Claire Kollar (calculator tied 4
th
; math – 6
th
)
;
Miguel Leyco (number sense – 5
th
);
Jonah Lim; Isabella Mahmud; Nicolas Negron; Benjamin Nguyen; Zachary Nguyen;
Thomas Pozo (theology – tied 2
nd
);
Isabela Prsybylska (English – tied 3
rd
);
Isabel Rillo;
Emily Salvatierra (science – 5
th
);
Eliza Solymosy; Trinity Welsch, Grace Yetsko
7
th
grade Students
Brooke Bengel
; Jenna Beyer (spelling – 1
st
; theology – tied 4
th
); David Calderon (number sense – 3
rd
; calculator – 2
nd
; social studies – tied 3
rd
) ; Viviana De la Rosa (social studies – tied 3
rd
; theology – tied 6
th
); Katerina Escobar (number sense – 2
nd
; math – tied 1
st
); Madeline Escobedo (science – 6
th
; technology – 3
rd
); Averi Garrity (number sense – 5
th
; English – 5
th
); Kylee Gomez (On Site Drawing – 2
nd
);
Felipe Guio;
Sam Hildebrand (spelling – 6
th
);
Ryan Liaw; Ariana Lopez; Mark Naddaf;
Rosemary Neslony (theology – 2
nd
);
Christopher Pietrak; Pious Remigius; Mariana Rondon
(On Site Drawing – 3
rd
)
;
Pete Sutton (number sense – 1
st
; social studies – 6
th
; math – tied 3
rd
; theology – tied 4
th
; technology – 5
th
);
Thy Yen Tong; Olivia Vasquez
8
th
grade Students
Hannah Albano;
Christina Aramburu (Creative Writing - 1
st
),
Savanna Carlson; Pablo Chapellin; Lizzy DeGeeter
; Hannah Dominy (spelling -tied 1
st
; social studies – 3
rd
; English – tied 4
th
; science – tied 3
rd
; theology – 1
st
);
Jackson Forkner
; Xavi Gallart (spelling – tied 6
th
);
Lyndsey Gomez
; Justin Hughes (spelling – tied 1
st
; English – tied 4
th
; theology – 2
nd
; technology – tied 6
th
);
Kaden Khoury;
Lachlan McQuerry (Expressive Applications -4th);
William Mihelick; Diego Mihura;
Ana Paulina Munoz-Ledo (Visual Skills – 3rd); Samantha Muro (Creative Writing -5
th
),
Nubia Nangne; Angelina Nguyen
; Isabella Pena (theology – tied 6
th
); Oscar Quinones (number sense – 6
th
; theology – tied 6
th
); Keenan Sencio-Sims (Expressive Applications-5
th
); Thomas Thampoe; Kate Thorne, Emily Unger;
Nhi Vo (Visual Skills-1st; On Site Drawing-3
rd
)
At the end of the rally, Saints in each grade were recognized for overall excellence. These included Antonio De la Rosa (6
th
grade- 4
th
place overall); Pete Sutton (7
th
grade – 4
th
place overall); David Calderon (7
th
grade – 5
th
place overall); and Hannah Dominy (8
th
grade – 3
rd
place overall).
Congratulations to these very talented middle school students!
Awards will be presented after Mass on Friday, March 6. Parents are welcome to join us as we cheer the accomplishments of the 2020 Academic Team!
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BOX TOPS CONTEST WINNER - HOUSE OF LUKE!
Thank you to everyone for contributing Box Tops! Our school collected a total of 1,970 Box Tops! The winning House is the House of Luke with a collection of 568 Box Tops!
Thank you to the following volunteers for helping count Box Tops this school year:
Mary Beyer, Anne Davis, Tiffany Doucette, Stephanie Dunn, Andrea Dvorachek, Liza Faerber, Victoria Forkner, Analía Gugliotti, María Klemprer-Bello, Amber Leech, Machi Márquez, Alexandra Riveros, Mary Royston, Parmida Showalter, Caroline Solymosy, Noha Tuma, Tiana Vesce, and Sandra Vreedenburgh.
It's not too late... 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. The Box Top program helps StJPII raise money to purchase items from the school's wish list.
Keep Clipping and Scanning!!!
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BIRTHDAY CLUB
Due to high demand, we have sold out of Small (Youth) size Birthday T-shirts. We still have a few shirts in other sizes, don’t hesitate to send in your order!
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FIRST FRIDAY LUNCH – VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Hello to all our Wonderful Volunteers for the First Friday Lunches
We need some extra help with the upcoming Friday Lunch scheduled on
March 6. If you have already signed up, THANK YOU SO MUCH, if not, please consider to volunteering as we need HOT ENTREES and DESSERTS as well.
Let's continue to show to our wonderful teachers how much we appreciate them. Thanks in advance for your support.
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BOOK CLUB COMMITTEE COORDINATORS FOR 2020-2021
The Book club committee is looking for new coordinators for the 2020-2021 school year. The Book club runs for 3rd - 4th and 5th grade, with separated teams for boys and girls.
Requisites:
- Love reading and wanting to share and teach that love to your kids.
- Wanting to join your kids and their friends at lunch time for ~30 min once every 2 months on defined Fridays, to discuss the book previously assigned by you to the kids.
- VIRTUS certified and volunteer approved at school.
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Mardi Gras Masquerade Gala-Thank You!
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The Mardi Gras Masquerade Gala on Saturday night was a huge success! Thank you to everyone in attendance. There were 450 tickets sold!!! Everyone had a great time from second-lining into the gala, Saint Sweepstakes participants, auction winners and dancing the night away with the Newzboys band! This event was successful because of the overwhelming support of the StJPII community.
We would also like to thank
Shannon Thorne and Erica O'Connor
who served as our 2020 gala chairs and their fabulous committee members:
- Heidi Galito - Sponsorship
- Amber Gruen - Registrar
- Analia Gugliotti - Volunteer Coordinator
- Margarita Hernandez - Class Projects
- Mindi Hugman - Big Board
- Suzanne Krejci - Pizzazz
- Stacey Yetsko - Pizzazz
- Kristen Matthews - Treasurer/One Cause
- Carole Strachan - Marketing/Communications
- Sandra Vreedenburgh - Sign Up Parties
In case you missed it, you can still support the school by participating in the
Sign Up Parties
!
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WHCSA News
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Our Basketball teams have had a GREAT season so far! We have a lot of incredible players being coached by incredible parents! Evenings in the gym and on the pavilion are filled with kids learning to play and to have fun all at the same time!!
Baseball~TBall~Softball~4th-8th Volleyball teams are all being formed. Those that have volunteered to Coach will receive teams this week so be on the lookout for your email. As always, thank you to all the parents that give so much of their time, we could not do it without you!
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Middle School
GHCAA Spring sports are all ready to go! All 5 sports are up and running so please be sure to go to the website and look at all of our new athletic teams! The athletic calendar is updated with most of the sports games so come out and support our teams!
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Prospective Football Parents!
Please consider signing your son up for St. John Paul II 2020 Football team. One of the reasons I am asking NOW is that we will soon place an order for football pants and I desire to have as close to an accurate number of players as possible.
Why should your son play football? Let me count a few of the reasons:
- Develop teamwork skills
- Discipline
- Physical Fitness
- Toughness
- Strategy lessons
- Ability to make decisions quickly in competition
I know many parents are concerned about Football Safety - especially concussions. I too am concerned as your Football Coach. FYI we had zero concussions last year and we specifically train our players to avoid head contact. I cannot guarantee that a concussion will not occur, but a lot has changed in Football, specifically the rules and culture about head contact among players. I encourage you to talk to families of current players in 6th and 7th grade about your concerns so that you can weigh the cost to benefit ratio. We at St. John Paul II try to be as tough as possible while maintaining safety and player goodwill. Any questions please feel free to email me at
rporth@jp2.org
.
Thank you for considering
Coach Rich Porth
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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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