St Joseph High School - A Catholic College Preparatory Community
Week 8 of Remote Learning:
A Video Message From Dr Fitzgerald!
As a Community, Let's All Celebrate Our Seniors!
 
On Wednesday, April 29, we sent out an email detailing interactive and engaging activities that we all can do to celebrate our Class of 2020 Cadets. Click here to view the email .

We hope you will join us and take part in these activities and truly show your school spirit during the entire month of May!

In the meantime, Dr Fitzgerald would like to share a few words with you. Click the video on the right to hear his message.

St Joseph, Our Patron, Pray For Us.
Decorate in Maroon & Gold

To kick off the month of May, we'd love for you to decorate your front door and/or mailbox maroon and gold! To help, we have created a few  templates  that you can download and print.

Be sure and take a photo of your creation and email it to SJ parent,  Pam DeAngelo . Pictures must be sent in by  noon on   Wednesday, May 6 . We will share everyone's contributions on social media!
Have Some Guacamole This Cinco de Mayo!

Buen Provecho! Senor Semplice, famous around St Joes for his guacamole recipe, teaches you how to make it yourself at home!

We hope you enjoy this video. Many thanks to Senor for sharing his culinary expertise! ( Click here to view the written recipe )
Save the Date: Virtual Class
Assemblies

It's time for our upper classmen to hear from Mrs DiBuono & Mr Clough!

Save these Dates (all are at 1:30pm):
  • Juniors: Wednesday, May 6th
  • Seniors: Coming soon!

Meeting Links will be emailed to each class
prior to their Assembly.
Sending You Positive Vibes on May 6

The English, Multicultural, Women’s Studies, and the Go Green Club have joined together to launch a Positive Vibes Google Classroom!

The Google Classroom will be open until the end of the school year and club members are working hard to update and post cool videos, quotes, and images that give off "positive vibes"!
We hope you’ll join us on Wednesday for the launch of this great initiative! The google classroom code is: dtugrvl.
Offering Cloth Masks to the Community

Grace DeDonato '22 and Niko Charney '21 would like to share their talents with the SJ Community in exchange for a donation to charity.

On St Joe's website, you can now place an order for face masks (up to 4 per family) in exchange for a gift of any amount to the Spooner House in Shelton.
At-Home Workout #3 with Ms Thresher

Cadets and parents: here is another at-home workout for you, created by Ms Nasser and Mrs Thresher. It even has a few modified workouts as well!

Staying physically active while social distancing will have a positive effect on your healthy, well-being, and quality of life.
Dust Off Those Creativity Skills for a Service Project

Volunteers are needed to create greeting cards that will be distributed to senior citizens in the Trumbull/ Bridgeport area.
This is a great way to spread SJ sunshine to our neighbors!

Bold colors, cheerful stickers, and lots of Happy Face emojis are just a few ideas that can be incorporated into the cards to brighten the recipient’s day!

Please create your masterpieces, sign them from “Your Friend at St. Joseph High School, “ and mail them to St Joes with the attention "SJ Sunshine Project"

We look forward to receiving and distributing the cards soon!
Chaplain's Corner

Chaplain's Corner is our monthly blog from Fr Silva. The blog connects parents/guardians with what is going on in the spiritual lives of their children and presents an opportunity for parents to grow their own knowledge of the faith.
Cadets: You Are Invited to Virtual Pizza & Prayer

All students are welcome to join us for Pizza and Prayer tomorrow evening (May 5) from 6:00-7:00pm on Google Meet.

Guest speaker will be Frankie DeLeo ’20!
Classroom Spotlight: Recreating Works of Art

We are absolutely in love with projects created by Ms Richter's Art I students! 

The assignment, called the Getty Challenge, had students visit the Virtual Getty Museum website and research a painting. They were then challenged with recreating that painting. Our students had a great time doing this assignment and we love their creativity!
FREE Summer Audiobook Program for Teens

Thanks, Mrs Moskowitz, for this great app!

SYNC is a free summer audiobook program for teens ages 13-19. SYNC returned for its second year on April 30 and is continuing for 13 weeks until July 29. SYNC gives participants two thematically paired audiobooks a week. In 2019, 28 titles were given away over 14 weeks.
FUTURES Webinar Series

St Joes is thrilled to invite all SJ Cadets to our FUTURES Webinars! Each week, we will feature a career spotlight from alumni, partners, and community connections. Find out how these talented professionals got their start and manage their careers.

On May 7th, we will feature Bob Hand, '01 , a senior editorial producer on CNN’s Erin Burnett OutFront .
Since joining CNN in 2011 with the launch of the show, he has played an integral part in the senior production team which has become one of the longest running primetime news shows at CNN. 

Please Note:
We will send a weekly email to students the day before each Webinar with the Zoom link. Keep an eye on those emails!
Submit to Our Virtual Amaranth

We're highlighting the third installment of St Joes' Virtual Amaranth!

The Amaranth is our literary and artistic journal and we are looking for literature, artwork, or photography to add to our virtual collection!

Submissions can come from students, alumni, or faculty/staff. Submit your work to ebroderick@sjcadets.org.

In the meantime, check out this poem titled "Ordinary Memories" by Megan Frattaroli.
Drama Club Highlight: Cadets Show Off Their Dance
Skills from the Addams Family!
We hope you had a chance to join our Drama Club last Thursday for a dance lesson!

In honor of what would have been their opening night, students gathered together on Google Meet to teach those of us watching their opening dance number.

The students' talent and excitement were off the charts! We're so proud of them.

Upcoming Events: A Look Ahead
All Events Postponed or Cancelled

All events and campus activities are suspended until our campus reopens, including admission shadow dates.

In the meantime, please enjoy this video created by our Alumni Office, showing off our former SJCadets working on the front lines!