Dear Saint families,
Happy New Year! I trust that you had a blessed Christmas and a wonderful break spending time with family and friends. Here at StJPII, we are ready to begin a new semester filled with exciting learning opportunities and many community events that will celebrate our saints!
As 2020 begins, I hope that you have had the opportunity to share as a family some goals and aspirations for the new year! My prayer is that our school's annual theme, "Christ's Love in the Key", will find its way into your hearts so that we may focus even more on sharing His love in all that we do!
I look forward to seeing you all soon and can’t wait to head into "Celebrating Catholic School’s Week" at the end of this month!
In Him,
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Re-enrollment Information
Today you should have received your re-enrollment forms by e-mail to your primary e-mail address for your oldest/only child. The e-mail is from
admissions@jp2.org. Please check your trash and/or spam emails if you have not received the link by the end of the day on
January 7, 2020. Re-enrollment information for siblings will be sent out next week.
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Middle School Students: Pilot Testing of Block Schedules
In an effort to better serve our students and align our campus with STREAM certification standards, Middle School will be piloting a block schedule 2 days per week for the month of February. We feel that devoting more time to the science labs will facilitate longer cooperative learning activities and enhance project-based methodologies. The pilot would allow math classes to incorporate more opportunities for targeted instruction and one-on-one conferencing for reteaching, while offering flexibility in language and literature lessons. This schedule additionally cuts down transition time, moving hallway pass time to instructional minutes. Keep in mind the block pilot does not lessen the number of minutes in any class per week, and does not conflict with electives.
We hope to learn the glows and grows of the pilot for consideration for implementation for the 2020-2021 school year. Thank you for your partnership.
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Dismissal Changes Reminder
The front office is receiving a high volume of requests to deliver messages to students regarding carpool and dismissal changes.
Per the Parent Student Handbook, page 30 item #6:
Please do not call the office and request the school to pass on last minute carpool changes to students. Please make arrangements in advance with friends for last minute emergencies.
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Annual Fund
Thank you to everyone who has already given to the Annual Fund! Your thank you letter from Mrs. Bogard will also serve as a tax receipt for 2019. Every gift makes a difference! We've made tremendous progress and raised more than we ever have in the first semester. Let's keep that momentum going! We still have $123,000 to raise to meet our Annual Fund goal, and we know with everyone's support we can cross the finish line. For more information, please contact
development@jp2.org.
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7th Grade Parent Meeting
Join us on
Thursday, January 9
at 6:00 p.m. for 7th grade parents in St. Jude Hall to prepare for the 8th grade year, which includes the Washington DC trip in the fall and graduation. We ask that at least one parent from each family please attend this important meeting.
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After-School Activities
Click on the various links to see club flyers, contact information, and online registration.
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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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Save the Date: Spelling Bee, January 9
Parents, mark your calendars for the annual Spelling Bee at StJPII. Grades 3rd-5th Grade will take place
Thursday, January 9
at 9:00-10:30 a.m. in the GSC. The Middle School Spelling Bee will follow at 1:15-3:00 p.m.
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Principal Proclamation Day: January 16
Thanks to our "Principal for the Day" Sadie
Dvorachek
earlier this year, it has been decreed that next Thursday, January 16 will be "Principal Proclamation Day" for the following grades. We hope your children enjoy this special treat!
- PreK, Kindergarten, & 1st: stuffed animal and pajama day
- 2nd & 3rd: extra recess & free dress
- 4th & 5th: movie and free dress
- 6th, 7th, & 8th: No homework day & extra recess
- Ms. Fama's Homeroom Class: Movie & Cookies
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Mark your calendars and join the StJPII School Counselors by clicking the button and adding the Coffee with the Counselors event to your calendar today!
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Save the Date: January 14
Join the StJPII Dads Club for Faith & Ale on
Tuesday, January 14 at 6:00 p.m. at Watson’s House of Ales. The StJPII Dads Club 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 taking part in this Ministry.
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Nationally Acclaimed Speaker, Brooks Gibbs to visit StJPII
StJPII is SO excited to share that we have booked nationally acclaimed speaker, Brooks Gibbs to present to our parents and to our students in late February of 2020. Mr. Gibbs is a social skills educator and focuses on strategies for resolving conflict as well as on emotional resilience. He has presented at 2500+ school assemblies and offers games as well as training videos for parents & teachers looking for support in these areas. We hope you check out what he does so we can have a great turn out when he comes! Here is a sample video ... the intro is a little slow but once you see Mr. Gibbs, you'll know he is worth the wait.
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Save the Date: February 8
Please save the date for the upcoming Father/Daughter Dance on Saturday, February 8 at StJPII. The Father/Daughter dance is open to all current StJPII girls. We are having our first planning meeting on
Friday, January 10 following Mass in St. Jude Hall. If you wanted to get involved with social events happening at StJPII the time is now. Please send an email to
Communications@jp2.org.
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Save the Date: Engineering Week February 16-28
Mark your calendars! Ms. Resweber is looking for parents or community members who are practicing engineers to present brief talks and activities to her students! She's extended Engineers' Week at our school to TWO weeks so that all of the elementary classes and her three middle school elective classes can have speakers and activities. The dates are February 16 - 28! Click this
link to provide a bit of information to Ms. Resweber, and she'll be in touch via email. Thank you for your willingness to share your experiences as an engineer with our students!
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LOCATION
St. Jude Hall
DATE AND TIME
01/08/20
8:00am -
01/08/20
9:30am
Join us for our first PTO meeting of the year!
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2nd Annual International Festival at StJPII
Please join us at the International Festival on
Friday, January 24, 2020.
Fun for the Whole Family
The evening will be filled with food samples, door prizes, games and activities - everyone from the StJPII community is welcome! Feel free to dress in attire from your native country to add to the fun!
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Thank You
A BIG thank you to everyone who has volunteered time, ideas and efforts to make the International Festival a success.
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WHCSA Elementary Basketball season is almost ready to get rockin & rollin! Practices have started, uniforms should be distributed by the end of this week, and games will start on Saturday Jan 18th! A HUGE thank you to all of our parent volunteers, you are all awesome!
Parents, please join the StJPII WHCSA album to share and save your favorite photos of the season.
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Middle School
Our Basketball season for both the boys and the girls teams is coming into the home stretch! We only have 3 weeks of district play and then its playoffs! Please check the athletic calendar for our game schedule and come out and support our teams!
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SPRING SPORTS ARE STARTING UP SOON! Mark your calendar for Baseball and Softball tryouts on Thursday, January 30 and Friday January from 4:00-5:30 p.m. at MALL/MAGSA 12900 Westmere Drive 77077.
Please check out Coach Morales flyer below regarding her Softball Clinic! Coach Porth will host a clinic as well here at school on the following dates:
- Tuesday 1/14 4:00-5:30 p.m. Warm up Throwing Mechanics and arm care
- Thursday - 1/16 4:00--5:30 p.m. Baserunning
- Tuesday - 1/21 4:00-5:30 p.m. Bunting
- Thursday - 1/23 4:00-5:30 p.m. Pitchers/Catchers or Outfield TBD
The cost of the clinic will be $10 per session.
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Girls Lacrosse tryouts will be Saturday Jan 25th here at school from 10-12:00 p.m., and Boys Lacrosse tryouts will be on Saturday Feb 1st from 10:00-12:00 p.m.
Track & Field will start in mid February so please check SW as well as the Athletic Calendar for more info!
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Track & Field will start in mid February so please check SW as well as the Athletic Calendar for more info!
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Lastly, a HUGE thank you to our wonderful parents that volunteer to work concessions at middle school games! Concession proceeds help to fund the 8th grade dinner dance! So all the parents that have helped you are truly helping to make their special evening even better!
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To view events related to StJPII, please click on the school calendars below.
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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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