Please consider donating Instant Mashed Potatoes and/or Stuffing for our November service project in support of Catholic Charities!

Let's help others less fortunate have a bountiful Thanksgiving meal!

Donations will be accepted until 

November 16.

Students may dress out of uniform in SJS spirit gear on November 16! Don't have SJS spirit wear?

No problem! Dress in green, white, and black! Please refer to the dress out guidelines.

St. Martin de Porres

We hope you and your family enjoy

this short story about

St. Martin de Porres

as told by our 8th grade students!

Keep Christ in Christmas Poster Contest

St. Joseph Catholic School has participated in the Keep Christ in Christmas poster contest, sponsored by the Knights of Columbus, for several years. We often have students advance and place at the state level competition. All classes have been introduced to the poster contest during Art Class. This year, the poster will be done independently, at home, rather than during Art Class. It is optional and enthusiastically encouraged! This wonderful contest causes students to reflect on the meaning of Christmas.

Click HERE for more details! Questions? Contact Mrs. Sears at m.sears@sjschoolva.org

Discover the Diocese of Arlington. Meet with school representatives to explore teaching in one of the 37 elementary schools, 4 high schools and 4 stand-alone preschools serving over 18,000 students in the 13 cities and counties in this growing diocese. Our schools are seeking highly-qualified, faith-filled and dynamic professionals.  

Click HERE for dates, times, and locations.

Calling all parents, teachers, and students!

As part of the Golden Jubilee, the Diocese is developing a cookbook: “Gather at the Table: Multicultural Cooking for Liturgical Living”. It will be made up of recipes submitted by diocesan locals. The goal is to highlight all the cultures found within the Diocese of Arlington, in a cookbook that can be cherished by each and every family throughout the year. 

To submit your favorite recipe for the cookbook, click HERE.

Raising Peaceful Children in an Anxious Age: How to De-stress Your Lives and Your Children

Even prior to COVID, stress, anxiety, and general mental health concerns were on the rise. While shut downs and isolation exacerbated mental health struggles, as society re-opens, many of us, particularly our children and teens, experience struggles to find a new sense of “normal” and are attempting to resolve the effects of the past two years. As a society we have many comforts and technologies that are supposed to make life easier but continue to experience chronically high levels of stress. Instead of treating sources of stress as obstacles and hurdles, using them as "stepping stones" in our spiritual life, and teaching our children to do the same, can actually bring us closer to God.

Learn how approaching stress or anxiety with curiosity and compassion and engaging in the spiritual life of the Church can help you and your children experience a greater sense of God’s peace.

Orthopedic devices: If your child requires crutches, casts, splints, or any other orthopedic device, you must send in a doctor’s note that includes a summary of the treatment plan, required accommodations and your child’s limitations for physical activities (PE/recess). Additionally, a doctor’s note is required if your child is unable to participate in Physical Education classes. We also require a doctor's note clearing your child to resume normal activities without any restrictions once their doctor has determined that wearing an ortho device or restricted activity is no longer required. 

Volunteers needed for lunch and recess.

Want to volunteer for lunch?

Sign up HERE

Want to volunteer for recess?

Sign up HERE

**All volunteers must be compliant through the Child Protection Program. For more information, please contact Beth Covert at bcovert@sjcherndon.org

NOVEMBER

November 11: NO SCHOOL (Parent/Teacher Conferences)

November 11: Book Fair

November 12: Book Fair

November 13: Discover Catholic School Week

November 13: Book Fair

November 18: School Mass

November 18: 1st Grade Thanksgiving program

November 22: End of T-1

November 22: 11:30am Dismissal (Extended Day open until 3:00pm)

November 23: NO SCHOOL (Thanksgiving holiday)

November 24: NO SCHOOL (Thanksgiving holiday)

November 25: NO SCHOOL (Thanksgiving holiday)

November 28: School Reopens

November 28: Start of T-2

November 29: Picture Day Retakes

DECEMBER

December 1: High School Placement Test (8th Grade only)

December 2: School Mass

December 4: We Care About Catholic Charities Week

December 8: School Mass (Feast of the Immaculate Conception)

December 9: Christmas Concert

December 12: Our Lady of Guadalupe Mass

December 14: Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

December 19 - January 2 - NO SCHOOL (Christmas Holiday)

JANUARY

January 3: School Resumes

St. Joseph Catholic School

750 Peachtree Street

Herndon, VA. 20170

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