St. Joseph Elementary School
September 11, 2020
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Prayer Service from September 9, 2020 |
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From the Desk of the Principal |
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Dear St. Joseph Elementary School Families,
Congratulations to our New Student Council
Our new Student Council members for the 2020-2021 school year have officially been installed! Congratulations to all of our newly elected members, and thank you to all of our 7th and 8th grade students who expressed interest in school leadership and demonstrated great courage by participating in the campaigning process.
We welcome our Student Council leaders for this school year:
- President – Samantha Mercado
- Vice President – Marco Garcia
- Secretary – Mary Rose Nguyen
- Treasurer – Alex Blatney
- Religious Affairs – Paige VanDerveer
- Ecology – Ariane Mendez
- Technology – Dawson Stewart & Jake Chiu
- Spirit – Jack Gonzalez & Julia Macaulay
- Sports – Lexi Roben & Samantha Gomez
Picture Days
We have worked with Lifetouch, the photography company we contract with, to ensure that we can still take school pictures. We know these pictures – both individual pictures and class composites – are important keepsakes for many of you, and they are also important for our Yearbook.
We are working with Lifetouch to ensure that this event is planned so that proper social distancing is followed and health and sanitization is prioritized. More details about these logistics will be released closer to the event. Until then, here are the details I want to share with you now:
- Picture Day will occur over a 3-day period after school: Monday, 9/28 at 3:30-6:30pm; Tuesday, 9/29 at 3:30-6:30pm; and Wednesday, 9/30 at 2:30-6:30pm.
- All families should sign up their children for a 10-minute time slot using this link (hyperlink these words “this link” with the signup genius link).
- There a 5 student openings per 10-minute time slot, so this will allow families with multiple children to sign up all their kids at the same time. Note: reserve a separate spot for each of your kids.
- If you want to order pictures, Lifetouch asks that order forms be submitted online ONLY. Please see the order form attached, which you can use as a reference to select your preferred package. Then you can use this order form to place your order online using the unique Picture Day ID code for our school.
Please sign up by Friday, September 18.
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September 18 Materials Pick-up Day
We have another Materials Pick-Up Day coming up. As mentioned in past newsletters, we will have a Materials Pick-Up Day every month, on the third Friday of each month. This will allow us to send home new learning materials that your child/ren will need for the upcoming month of learning. This month’s Materials Pick-up Day will be by family rather than by grade level. The day will run from 8am-3pm. We will be serving 5 families per 10-minute time block, so we ask that you sign up your family for one of the 10-minute time blocks using this link. Please note that this is the only school event happening on this day – there will be no Morning Assembly or classes since our staff will be focusing on getting these materials to you. Please also note that the SignUpGenius link will close at the end of the day on September 16, so please sign up for your family’s time slot by this date.
Here are the parent directions for this day. Please review them carefully prior to the day of the event:
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On Friday, September 18, students will be able to pick up additional school materials. These materials will include classroom materials that students will need for the next month of Distance Learning 2.0; math manipulatives (Grades TK-5); El Rancho Tickets; some miscellaneous items. At this time, you may also turn in signature forms from the SJES Family Handbook to include the following:
- Diocese of Oakland’s Parent Permission Bike/Walk Home From School Form (p. 59)
- Diocese of Oakland’s Technology Responsible Use Policy (p. 70-73)
- Diocese of Oakland Media and Student Work Agreement (p. 74)
- Parent/Guardian Commitment to a Positive Home-School Partnership (p. 75)
- SJES Family Handbook Signature Page (p. 76)
From the SJES 2020-2021 Device Policy:
- SJES Device Policy Signature Page [for students in Grades 5-8 ONLY] (p. 17)
Yearbook Cover contest submissions, and any homework/materials the teacher assigned and communicated is due, can also be submitted at this time.
In order to safely and efficiently exchange materials between each student and the school, we have created the following protocol:
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Pick up day will begin at 8:00 AM and end at 3:00 PM. We will NOT have any planned social distance activities for the students on this day. This is a materials exchange only. In the future, we may provide a planned in-person social distance activity on other materials pick-up days.
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For the September 18 pick up, parents of students in Grades TK-8 should sign-up by family on SignUpGenius. During your family’s self-selected time slot, you will drive through the Lafayette Gate and onto the school yard. You should pull up to the front entrance of the school building. If there are cars ahead of you, please stay in your car and wait in line. If a line does form beyond our tarmac area, cars should line up on Lafayette in our normal unloading zone until there is room to turn into the school yard through the Lafayette Gate. Our goal, though, with the assigned time slots is to avoid any line of cars from forming.
- A staff member will greet you while you stay in the car. If your child/ren who are enrolled at SJES are with you in the car, this may be helpful in case there are any questions regarding items being submitted. However, please note that your child/ren’s presence is welcome, but optional. All people in the vehicle must wear a mask while on school property. You will provide your child/ren’s name(s) and grade(s) to school personnel.
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Present any school paperwork or student assignments or materials you are returning to school personnel. Please make sure that all paperwork or assignments are submitted in an orderly state and with full names in clear print. School personnel will then give you your child/ren’s new materials.
- After you have submitted any paperwork due the school and received your child/ren’s materials, you will need to promptly leave the school property in your vehicle so that we can serve the next family. You should exit through the Chestnut Street Gate.
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NOTE: Please make all efforts to attend this day. If you are unable to attend and are sending a representative, please contact your child/ren(s) teacher(s), and Mrs. Foley, and give them the name of the person representing you. If you find it impossible to do either, please let your teacher know, as well as Mrs. Foley, ahead of time so that we can make certain the items are ready for pick-up at a later date.
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NOTE: Should you or your child feel sick (cough, complaints of sore throat, or shortness of breath, have a fever of 100°F or above, or other symptoms of illness), please stay home and send a representative in your place instead. You will need to inform the school in an email about the name of your representative. You can send this email to both your child/ren’s Homeroom teacher(s) and Mrs. Foley in the school office. We can only release a student’s property to a parent/guardian or to a representative we are informed about in writing.
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I wish all of you a fantastic weekend. In reflection on this week, I feel that our Distance Learning 2.0 program is running very smoothly, and so as always I want to express my gratitude to all of you for your partnership. |
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Sun, Sept. 13: Student Council Leadership Retreat
Tues, Sept 15: Student Council Meeting, 3:15 pm
Wed, Sept 16: School wide prayer service
Fri. Sept 18: Monthly Materials Pick Up
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Congratulations to all our Super Kids!
TK: JP Nguyen
Kindergarten: Anabel Aguirre-Melchor
First Grade: Julius Norgren
Second Grade: Stella Pecorella
Third Grade: Jacob Jaber
Fourth Grade: Sierra Miller
Fifth Grade: Harper May Vaughn
Sixth Grade: Sofia Cannella
Seventh Grade: Jordan Tanaka
Eighth Grade: Kento Tsuji
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Picture Day - Sept 28, 29, 30 |
2020-21 School pictures will take place on September 28, 29 and 30. Picture ordering will only be accepted online at mylifetouch.com.
School Name: St. Joseph Elementary School
Picture Day Dates:
Monday, September 28, 29 & 30
Picture Day ID: EVTPZS7ZT
There will be a Sign Up Genius sent out next week to sign up for a session time.
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Time to submit your creative art for a chance to have it on the cover of the Yearbook.
This year's theme is: Together We Can Do Great Things."
All submissions are due by September 18 to Ms. Sampson and Ms. Sims.
Don't forget to design both a front and back cover!
Any questions? Email them at:
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El Rancho T-Shirts- ORDERS DUE BY SEPTEMBER 18 |
A pandemic won't stop El Rancho! It will just be a little different this year.
A tradition for over 50 years- it's time to order your El Rancho T-Shirt. A t-shirt that will no doubt be a collector's item. This year's art was designed by eighth grader: Keiko Akima!
Very limited quantities this year- so order early. To order, click below to print out the the order form and email to Pam Garcia at pamgarcia73@gmail.com,
El Rancho t-shirt week is October 19-23.
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Share Your Photos for the Yearbook |
SJES Parents! The Yearbook club needs your helps. Please send us pictures of your students for consideration in this year's 2020-21 yearbook.
Download the Yearbook Snap app from the App Store and enter in the access code: royals.
On your computer go to yearbookforever.com, enter the school name, click on Community Upload and enter the access code: royals
Thanks for your help as we build our yearbook!
Together we can do great things!
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Basilica Weekly Newsletter |
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Stream Live Mass from the Basilica to your Home |
24th Sunday in Ordinary Time- 12 noon
on Basilica YouTube
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