St. Joseph's Regional Jr. High
News & Notes ~ Week of October 21th
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As you may know, the Diocese of Manchester is investing in an expansion project of Trinity High School that includes a wing for St. Joseph's Regional Jr. High. Regular meetings at the Diocese are held about this exciting endeavor and I'll keep you informed as I learn.
Here is a link to an update on the project .
It looks like this is a multi-year project, and this letter describes the first phases of the plans. This is actually the second time I have been involved in a building project of this nature. As part of the district leadership team in my previous role, we built four new elementary schools simultaneously. It is simultaneously rewarding and laborious to take on these projects, but I couldn't be more excited about the vision for St. Joseph's in this new space.
It is my hope that you will take the time to read the update and know that St. Joseph's plan to grow involves your children, our current students, even if they will not attend in the new space. Everything they are and hope to be will be built into this design, reverent Catholics, writers, scientists, historians, artists, musicians, thespians, and dedicated athletes. St. Joseph's Regional Jr. High will celebrate its 100th year in our new space, so your children will be among the thousands who can share that they were among the proud and faithful St. Joseph's alumni. You hear the strong heartbeat in this school, as do I.
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A few quick housekeeping reminders:
- REMINDER: Our handbook is online on our website and linked here. Please take the time to read through it with your students, print the last page and sign it and submit it to the office by October 21st. We will be enforcing the guidelines written in the handbook including the dress code policy, code of conduct, description of grading policy, etc. There are several minor revisions I will request of our advisory board, none of which are related to the two categories above, but this is an important part of being an informed member of the St. Joe's community.
- All students who come into the building after 7:40 must have a tardy note (though it is best to get to school on time ~ wink!). If they are absent, they should bring a note upon return.
- Our next PTO meeting will be on October 21st, 7-8pm. Details were posted on my last email and on FB! Here is the link to join us! We will be discussing our previous meeting's action items and developing ideas for teacher appreciation and curriculum and classroom support resources.
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St. Joe's Boys AND Girls Soccer Teams Playoffs - Here's the latest
Monday - Boys team vs. Derryfield School @ Derryfield, one-way bus
Monday - Girls team vs. Auburn Village School @
HOME FIELD
Good Luck, Players! Please encourage the kids to pay close attention to their coaches' directions after each game about next steps. Coach Borromeo and Coach Emily can also be reached by email and will respond to questions from the players, bborromeo@stjoesjrhs.org and
emily.moreau@sjcme.edu.
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Why You Should Not Miss...
Tom Kersting's Talk
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Click
the image below to watch a clip of just one of Tom Kersting's talks about the role of digital living on adolescents' emotional and social development.
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A note from Superintendent Dave Thibault,
Our students are spending 56 hours on screens per week! YES! The latest research is clearly demonstrates that children are spending more hours than a typical full-time work week on some sort of technology. While technology
does have many benefits, there are all many dangers to overusing it, particularly what it does to our brains’ neuropathways, our social skills, our thought processes...but in this day and age, it’s become increasingly more difficult to lessen
the time our families spend on devices. With this in mind we invite you, your staff, and your students’ parents to join us for an
important free event on
Tuesday, November 12th from 7:00 to 8:30 pm at the Montminy Center at St. Marie’s Church in Manchester
. Author, School Counselor, and Therapist
Tom Kersting will be presenting a workshop entitled,
Digitally Distracted:
Parenting in the Age of Technology.
Tom has seen it all, and has been researching this subject for almost a decade. He knows the affects (good and bad), the struggles, the dangers, the answers to balancing device time, and sharing his findings
with us.
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October 21 - Student Council Campaign Begins
October 21 - PTO meeting 7-8pm (see link above)
October 24 - Trinity High School Visits STJ
October 28 - Student Coucil Speeches & Election
October 28th - First Advisory Board Meeting, 6pm
October 31 - Halloween Parade
November 2 - First Dance of the Year
November 4th - OPEN HOUSE for Prospective Students
November 8th - First Report Card
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St. Joe's Service Spotlight
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St. Joseph's Regional Jr. High School students are proud to serve the altar and to read at the Wednesday morning celebration of mass each week. We have posted a rotating schedule of servers. Some have expressed interest in assembling a choir! We are looking forward to training more altar servers and sharing the serving with Cardinal LaCroix students and teachers in the coming months. Our students' leadership and mentorship is an integral part of our Catholic identity.
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This week's Golden Cross winners are students who have demonstrated strong character, faith and contribution in our school. In the middle years, students are learning to be mentors, contribute their own ideas and knowledge to a greater cause and show kindness and compassion above all else.
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Shadow Days in October & November
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You just might see new students among ours in the coming weeks. We have quite a few shadow days in which we will host students who are thinking of attending St. Joe's either immediately or next school year. If you would be interested in acting as a reference for us, please let me know. I'd love to give the new families at least one "buddy family" who can help us welcome them into the St. Joe's community.
If you have children of your own who will be coming to St. Joe's in the fall, please don't hesistate to sign them up for a
Shadow Day!
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