October 25, 2022

At St. John Paul II Catholic School our focus is always on God. From our motto to our lesson plans and even to our carpool procedures, we seek the guidance and call of Jesus. For our students and families, and for our school overall, we strive to follow God’s holy will since, only from that, can we achieve true

success.

For many years our school mission statement has been:

"St. John Paul II Catholic School prepares all students spiritually and academically to succeed in life and to do God’s will."

Over the past few years, the Board of Directors and the administration have dug deeply into our guiding

documents to make sure God comes first before everything we present to the world. Following that

effort, we have “tweaked” our mission statement to read

"St. John Paul II Catholic School prepares all students spiritually and academically to do God’s will and to succeed in life."

We feel this is more than just a semantic re-ordering of words. God calls us to always examine our lives

and seek to “enter through the narrow gate.” By putting God’s will first before all things, success is

inevitable, and we know our school community will thereby be enriched.

Thank you for your continued prayers!

Board of Directors

Weekly Mass Schedule

Optional daily Mass will be tomorrow, Wednesday, October 26. All are welcome! Mass starts at 7:10 a.m. and ends at 7:40 a.m. It’s in the All Saints Chapel every Wednesday before school. You are also welcome to join us for our All School Mass this Friday, October 28. Students will need to be in full dress uniform. Mass will begin at 8:30 a.m. Please arrive on time. 

Just a reminder, the school parking lot is reserved for staff only, unless the spaces are marked Visitor, which includes Friday Mass. Kindly refrain from parking in the lot especially this Friday due to the visiting Accreditation Team. 

Save the Date for November 1st

Tuesday, November 1, we will be celebrating All Saints Day. Kindergarten will start us off by parading into Mass at 8:30 a.m. Students are to wear full-dress uniforms (not their House shirts).

Dad's Club and Mom's Club

The Dad's Club will meet for Faith and Ale next week on Tuesday, November 1, 6-8 p.m. at Watson's Pub.

The next Mom's Club meeting will be Wisdom and Wine on Thursday, November 3, 7:30 p.m. at Sylvia's on Eldridge. 

Please join us!

*Click on the button below for more Faith Focus information. You can find the monthly virtue, Saints of the month, and service projects.

StJPII Open House

Do you know a family that is interested in Catholic Schools? If so, St. John Paul II Catholic School, invites all prospective families interested in Pre-Kindergarten through 8th grade to our Open House on Thursday, November 3, 2022, at 9:30 a.m. Register by using the button below for more information.

Veterans Day 2022

This year the Student Council would like to honor our veterans by sponsoring Veterans Day on November 11. A Veterans Day handout will be going home today in the Tuesday folders. It will give students the opportunity to share veterans from their families with our community. 

On the handout, students will share a picture of a veteran in their family and what branch of the military he or she served in. They also need to have their name and grade level on the handout. They will return the handouts to their homeroom teachers. Please feel free to decorate the handout and/or print a colored copy to use. You can download a colored copy below. These will be on display throughout the month of November.  

Trunk or Treat 

Our annual Trunk-or-Treat festivities are this Friday evening, October 28 from 6:00-7:30 p.m. come rain or shine!  If it is raining on Friday, we will move the event into the BAC. Please plan accordingly. We will send out more information on Friday. Don't forget to wear your costumes and be prepared for trick-or-treating, games, food, photos, and fun! 

The parking lot will be in use by our visiting Accreditation team in the afternoon, so the event will start later this year. Families decorating trunks cannot arrive until 5:00 even if the event is moved to the BAC. So please allow them time to get ready (don't be early)! General attendee trick-or-treaters should plan to arrive when the event begins at 6:00. Thank you! 

Mother and Son Bowling

Buy your tickets today for this special evening for StJPII moms and their sons. Mother and Son Bowling will be Friday, November 11, at Bowlero Houston from 6-8 p.m.

Grandparents Day

We are looking forward to celebrating Grandparents & Special Friends Day the Friday before Thanksgiving, the morning of November 18. Invitations have been mailed, so please tell Grandparents and Special Friends to be on the lookout in the coming days. If you need an extra invitation to forward, you may download and share an invitation, which can be found by clicking the button below.  

PTO Meeting

Please join us for our next PTO meeting scheduled for next week Wednesday, November 2 at 8:30 a.m. in St. Jude Hall. All are welcome! Please contact Amber Leech at pto@jp2.org if you have any questions. Go Saints!

Spirit Night at Russo's Pizzeria

Families are invited to patronize our neighborhood Russo's New York Pizzeria tomorrow, Wednesday, October 26, from 11:00 a.m.- 9:00 p.m. Once a month we partner with the Briar Forest location and they have graciously offered to donate 10% of the dine-in and take out proceeds back to StJPII. When ordering, share you are with St. John Paul II Catholic School. Please thank them for this wonderful partnership!

Poinsettia Fundraiser 

It’s time for the 3rd Annual StJPII PTO Fundraiser! We are accepting pre-orders now! Don’t miss out on this opportunity to purchase beautifully grown Brookwood poinsettias! Buy them for your home or gifts. All the proceeds benefit Brookwood and the StJPII PTO.

If you would like to know more about the Brookwood community please visit, https://www.brookwoodcommunity.org/about/

Middle School Athletics

Last Tuesday was a great day for a Cross Country Championship Meet! Congratulations to the medal winners: Roselynne Da Silva and Sophia Nguyen! Our overall place for the girls was 7th out of 15, and for the boys 9th out of 15. 

Our Lady Saints Varsity Volleyball team made it to the GHCAA Playoffs as the #4 seed in our District, but unfortunately they lost yesterday in the quarter finals. They ended their season with a 6-6 overall record!

Our Varsity Soccer Saints are the #2 seed in their division and won their opening playoff game last night by a score of 3-0 against St. Thomas More! They move on to the semifinals which will be held this Thursday, venue & time is TBD, so please take a look at the Athletic Calendar for more info!

Varsity Football is ready for their Championship game TOMORROW night against St. Anthony of Padua! The game will be held at St. Pius X High School, kickoff time is 7:00 p.m. Our Cheer team will be there to lead us in our Saints spirit.

Middle School basketball tryouts are next week. We will send an email to all of Middle School to inform you of the dates and times. Thank you for your patience!

Elementary School Athletics 

Elementary Soccer is only a few weeks away from completing their season...that means Basketball registration is right around the corner! Please go to the Athletic Calendar for more info on Basketball registration! 

For the elementary soccer teams who practice on Friday...please enter the field from the southeast corner using the Manderly gate. The parking lot will be blocked off after school due to Trunk or Treat. 

Share Your Photos

We love to see your photos of our saints in action! If you get a great shot at practice or a game, please share with StJPII! Your photo(s) may be featured on social media or in The Spirit yearbook. Please upload them directly using the button below.

Family Fridays

YOU are a vital member of our saints community and we are so excited to get to know you better. If you haven't done so already, please submit a family photo so we can showcase our shared "We are ONE...we are StJPII" theme this year. Photos can be sent to: communications@jp2.org 

Hello Friends, here is our library news for October. Look for a few things on Ms. Lamb's Google site linked below...there you will find Research Lessons, Public Library Information, Study Skills Toolbox, and Author birthdays! Bookmark this so you can visit it often, it is updated at least twice per month.

The Book Fair is just around the corner! Our Scholastic Bookfair arrives November 3 to open on November 4. We will run through Friday November 11. Families enjoy the simplicity of e-wallets instead of having students carry cash. This year a new feature-families can share the e-wallet with other family members like grandparents! So, even better right? You can sign up for e-wallets very soon! The link to the Bookfair is also included below.

SJV CARES!

Join us on Saturday, November 12 from 8:00 a.m - 12:30 p.m. for a day of community beautification at St. John Vianney. We will meet at 8:00 am on the SJV basketball court. From there, we will send teams out to help clean the yards in homes of the elderly in our surrounding neighborhoods. We will return to SJV around 11:30 am to enjoy lunch. Free tee shirts to the first 150 participants (or, until supplies run out by size). 

All volunteers must sign up ahead of time. Adults and older children (with parental supervision if under 16) are invited to participate. A waiver will be available upon check-in. Please click on the button below to sign up.