Weekly Mass Schedule
Optional daily Mass will be tomorrow, Wednesday, September 27. 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, September 29. Students will need to be in full dress uniform. Mass will begin at 8:30 a.m. Please arrive on time.
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6th Grade Service Project - Catholic Worker
The Catholic Worker is in extreme need of items for the influx of immigrants to our country especially from Venezuela. We are asking the boys to bring in 2lb bags of beans and the girls bags of rice. Thank you for helping those in need. The collection will start now and end on Oct. 5. All grades are welcome to participate.
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*Click on the button below for more Faith Focus information. You can find the monthly virtue, Saints of the month, and service projects. |
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2023-2024 Annual Fund Drive
We are so grateful for all of our families who have already contributed to the Annual Fund! We are pleased to let you know that each family that makes a gift or pledge to the Annual Fund before December 31, 2023 will receive a printed pocket directory! The directories will go home in Tuesday folders starting next week. Give now by clicking the button below or make a pledge by emailing development@jp2.org.
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Upcoming Community Events
Please save the date for two upcoming community events that you will not want to miss:
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October 27 - Everyone's favorite Halloween celebration Trunk or Treat will take place on Friday evening after conferences. Be on the lookout for a sign up genius to reserve your spot in the parking lot. All students are invited to attend in costume and have fun with their family and friends.
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November 17 - We are looking forward to celebrating Grandparents & Special Friends Day the Friday before Thanksgiving. Invitations will be mailed SOON!
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It's Texas A&M Week! Coming Soon
It's finally "Ultimate Fan Duel" week! Thanks to all the Aggie families who contributed in last year's online auction and won naming rights, this week we all get to be part of the "Fightin' Texas Aggie" community. Hopefully you've noticed the Aggie flag by the front office and we've been playing the Aggie War Hymn over the PA system each morning this week.
Tomorrow, September 27, students may wear their Aggie t-shirts (or a StJPII spirit shirt) with their regular uniform bottoms. Want to fly your alma mater's school colors next year? Be on the lookout for this package in the upcoming Haute in Havana Gala this February. GIG 'EM!
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Checking Out/Leaving Early
If your student is leaving early during a school day please send them with a note to the front office that morning. Teachers aren't always able to read emails regarding transportation changes or an early release. In an effort to better assist you and our teachers, please email our front office receptionists, with any last-minute changes. ywiatrek@jp2.org, ckim@jp2.org or mchapellin@jp2.org. The latest time you can pick up a student(s) is 2:45 p.m. due to carpool protocol.
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ECI Catering
Many families have balances that need to be paid. Please talk to your student(s) about eating in the cafeteria. Payments can be brought to school or parents may pay online. When submitting payment via check, please make it payable to "ECI" (not StJPII). Thank you!
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Carpool, Walkers, and Parking Lot Reminders
We appreciate your understanding and cooperation with the rules outlined below:
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AM Carpool: Children may NOT be dropped off on Parkway Plaza while waiting in the carpool line, even if you are running late. Doing so is a safety hazard. Students who utilize the carpool line may only exit their vehicles in front of the school with safety patrol or a school employee.
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PM Carpool Middle School: MS vehicles line up on Tapper Hill Dr., leaving 1 car space from the stop sign. At 3:30 p.m. or after the green line ends, whichever is later, proceed to the parking lot.
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Manderly Walkers: Kindly do not block any neighborhood driveways.
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Carpool Line: If ever our carpool line reaches the Greek Orthodox Church (on rainy or regular days), then line up on TRACEWOOD PARK DRIVE (behind the church) instead of extending the carpool line across Eldridge.
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Parking Lot: During the school day, we have just enough room in our parking lot for faculty, staff, and a handful of visitors. And, we do love our visitors and volunteers! Whenever you visit campus for a PTO Meeting, Birthday lunch, volunteer duty, etc., you may park in the designated "Visitor" spaces. If you find that the Visitor spots are full, please proceed to Parkway Plaza. Our parking lot sees a lot of traffic, so kindly refrain from bending the rules, even for "just a moment."
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Halo News is on YouTube!
Please click on the link below to enjoy our first Halo News broadcast of the 23-24 school year! Subscribe to our channel News2Saints to get our weekly broadcasts by our Seventh and Eighth grade crew.
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THANK YOU
The Mother Son Day at the Ballpark was a great event! . Thank you to all of those who attended this special day. A big thank you goes out to DMB Photography, David Benedict, for capturing the day for us. Please click the button below to access the photos from the day.
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SAVE THE DATE – Saturday, February 10, 2024
Join us for a fun and memorable “Haute in Havana” gala evening! Dress up in chic attire and be ready for an evening with friends and continuous dancing! Your support helps and inspires the future of StJPII and enriches the vibrancy of our community.
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BOOK FAIR
NEW Vendor Book Fair NEWS! Literati Fairs is our vendor for the fall 2023. We have a strong mission to provide high quality literature for our school leaving out some of the controversial materials. We hope this new book fair company will be successful. We offer fairs, but cannot read every page of every title. Thank you for your support and understanding. Literati sells reading materials, journals, and writing pens and pencils and little else in the way of toys. We hope it will be a good choice. The Fair will be arriving and ready for browsing approximately September 29. Online sales are already starting. We will be open until 4 p.m. each school day for your convenience. There is a great deal of useful information on the site via the link. You can create an account for your child and preload your chosen amount for them to spend. Take A Look at the below link! See you at the Fair!
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Upcoming StJPII PTO Meeting
Please join us for our next PTO meeting on Wednesday, October 11 at 8:30am in SJH. We will be discussing Homecoming and plans for upcoming Fall and Winter events. All are welcome!!
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Join the Birthday Club
The Birthday Club is taking orders for October Birthdays or any other month! (T-shirt, Squeezies, Marquee). Make your orders now and let the celebration begin with us! Thanks for supporting the PTO.
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Show Your School Spirit!
Homecoming will be on October 11! Gear up with items from the Spirit Store. Place your orders now to be ready in time for Homecoming!
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PTO Give By Shopping Program
Did you know that our school received almost $4,000 last year through our Give By Shopping program? It’s so easy to participate. Just shop at Randall’s or Krogers and have your rewards number attached to St. John Paul II Catholic School for us to receive a portion of sales back. Have yourself pampered at Josephine”s Salon and Spa, mention StJPII, and a portion of your sale comes back to us. Grab a bite to eat from Russo’s on our designated Spirit Nights and a percentage comes back to StJPII. Scan your grocery receipts in the Box Tops for Education app and we will receive a portion of the sales back from participating Box Top items. We hope to add more stores and restaurants in the near future, but for now, remember to shop at these partnering locations to easily give back to the school just by shopping!!
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Elementary School Athletics
Elementary Soccer is off and running!!!!
Our Coaches and their teams kicked off their season this past Saturday and all teams did great! Weather was good, uniforms looked good, our SAINTS were happy!
Middle School Athletics
Well we had an exciting week in sports! Football finally got to play their 1st district game, and despite the loss to St. Rose, there were a lot of positive players that were so excited to simply get out there and play! Varsity soccer defeated St. Vincent de Paul 5-1 in their home opener! Cross Country had a great Meet at Second Baptist with all of our athletes performing exceptionally well! The girls 1 mile open, which is for 6th grade and under, placed 3rd overall as a team. We had two young ladies receive medals:
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Roselynne Da Silva: 5th 2miles
Sofia Lozano: 3rd 1 mile
Our lady Saints played St. Michael's and despite all 3 teams losses the girls played their very best!
Coach Amorosa will host 3 Basketball Open Gym's on the following Mondays for boys in 6th-8th grade: 10/2, 10/9, and 10/23 from 6:30 -8:00 pm. No registration or fee , this is simply to put a basketball in your hands to get ready for basketball season!
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Share Your Fall Sports Photos
We love to see your photos of our saints in action! If you get a great shot at any fall sports function, practice or game, please share with StJPII! Your photo(s) may be featured on social media, Halo News, or in The Spirit yearbook. Please upload them directly using the button below. All grade-level sports pictures are needed and appreciated.
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St. John Vianney's Blessing of the Animals |
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St. John Paul II Catholic School |
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 do God's will and to succeed in life.
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