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Weekly Newsletter - November 15, 2018
Our Motto: Teaching the Mind...Nourishing the Soul
Theme for the Year - TRUTH
At St. Joseph Catholic School, we are striving to become missionary disciples by revealing the Truth of Christ to others through our actions.
Mission and Vision Statements
Mission:
St. Joseph Catholic School provides students with a safe and prayerful learning environment, enveloped by an intimate community of active and faithful families.
Vision:
Catholic schools in the Diocese of Fort Worth are committed to opening the doors so that our students can reach further than the walls that would otherwise enclose them and therefore are able to recognize and cherish the eternal and transcendental goods of Truth, Beauty, and Goodness.
From the Principal
If you ever wondered what Truth, Beauty, and Goodness looked like, just look around the school! There is always something extraordinary happening here. A school is not just a name or a building. It's the people; the students. We faculty and staff are always amazed at the integrity our students possess. This is seen in everything they do, from service projects to academics. St. Joseph students are special.
The value of a Catholic education is priceless in today's world. I have never regretted the financial sacrifices my husband and I made to send our son through Catholic school. I would do it all over again for it was an investment in his mind and soul. The ability to pray, attend Mass, and openly express one's faith is a foundation from which one can flourish. This cannot be replicated in secular schools.
This month we have many different ways to show how much we put our faith into action, with the Boxes of Joy, the food collection, our partnership with Catholic Charities, and the upcoming Water Walk upon our return from Thanksgiving Break. I realize this is a lot, but what wonderful ways to show our children how to care for something bigger than themselves! We are all called to take care of one another, no matter the miles between us.
Go, Knights! Live in the Truth.
In Christ's service,
Diane Price, M.Ed.L.
It's National Bible Week!
presented by...
Truth Bible Quote for November
Saintly Truth Quote to ponder
"This is the wonderful truth, my dear friends: the Word, which became flesh two thousand years ago, is present today in the Eucharist." - St. Pope John Paul II
Latin and Greek Roots Challenge
How to Become a volunteer?
You must first create a profile in VIRTUS for the Safe Environment Diocesan Program.
Per the Diocese, all school volunteers if they are current on Safe Environment, will have until 7/31/19 to renew through VIRTUS if you do not expire before that date. You need to go on the VIRTUS website and make a profile. You can do this without signing up for a class. Profiles are needed in the new system so we know you have previous training, as the old database is no longer open for viewing.
A campus can move up the date that VIRTUS is needed, as Nolan has, but it cannot go past the new school year in August of 2019. We have opted to allow families as much time as allowed to complete your training with the 7/31/19 deadline.
If you have had no Safe Environment training at all, you must take the VIRTUS training now to be able to volunteer.
Steps:
Go to fwdioc.org
Click on Safe Environment
Click on Training Sessions, which looks like a calendar
Click on I need a VIRTUS Profile
Continue through the prompts.
Box of Joy 2018
Thank you, St. Joseph Community!
Reminders and Upcoming Events
- Progress Reports will be emailed on Friday, November 16th.
- Turkey Costume Contest ends tomorrow! If you have a favorite faculty or staff member you would love to see in a turkey costume on November 20th, be sure to stop by the library tomorrow to add some money to their container. The funds collected go to support the St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church Spirit of Hope Christmas Angel program which helps local children in need have a Merry Christmas!
- Early Dismissal on Tuesday, November 20th. Students will be dismissed at noon.
- The H2O For Life - Water Walk event will be held the afternoon of Friday, November 30th. Please see the video and pictures below to learn more about this school-wide special day of service. The Thursday Folder contains all the details. Be sure to check it out!
- If you are an Amazon customer, please use Amazon Smile! We receive a donation from Amazon when you shop. Go to: smile.amazon.com to participate. It is a very easy way to support the school! Thank you!
- If you know a St. Joseph Catholic School alumni, please let them know we are looking to stay in contact, and would love to hear how they are doing. See the notice in our alumni section of below.
H2O For Life - Water Walk
November 30th
Please enjoy this video which explains more about the goals of this worthy organization.
Annual Fund - Quest for Excellence!
Don't forget to participate in our Annual Fund - Quest for Excellence! You've Got the Power! With 100% participation in 100 days, we hope to raise $100,000 to help with campus security enhancements, tuition assistance, construction of another storage facility, and bonuses for our teachers. Any amount is appreciated.
A huge THANK YOU to everyone who has already participated! We have created a display in the school foyer to celebrate our participants. If you do not wish for your name to be shared in any display or in any publication, please email me (dprice@stjosephtx.org) and your name will be kept anonymous.
Home and School Association (HSA)
- Next HSA Spirit Night - December 4th at Panda Express.
- Our next HSA Meeting will not be until January 16th at 7:00 pm in the school cafeteria. There is a free dress day on Friday, January 18th, for the children of HSA members in attendance that night. We do not meet during the busy months of November and December.
- Please bring in your box tops. Be sure to check out the bulletin board display in the cafeteria to see which homeroom is in the lead! Thank you for all the hard work cutting and collecting for the school!
- Looking for uniform pieces? Need to sell some pieces your child has outgrown? There is a Facebook page for that: SJCS Online Uniform Resale.
car line observations
- Please do not move or disregard the cones that are placed around the parking lots. These are provided to help keep our students safe.
- Do not make a left turn at the long line of cones upon entering the parking lot (the TCP area on the map). Please move up the drive, go around the small island, and come back down to the front of the school building. This keeps traffic off of Green Oaks.
- It is very important that cars are not left unattended in the car line. Please park your car in the large lot beside the field if you need to leave your vehicle.
- Please remember that if you are walking your child into the school building, you are to park in the large lot in front of the field. Foot traffic should not be occurring in the parking lots to the left, unless you have a physical need for a shorter walk. It is dangerous to be walking between the car line.
- For the safety of all, please be aware of your speed as you move through the parking lots, and be watchful and courteous.
- Please be patient with friends and extended family members who drop off and pick up students. Many times they have not been informed of the proper way to navigate the car line. We do reach out to families after arrival and dismissal who seem to not understand the car line pattern.
- If you have a friend or extended family member picking up your child, please take a minute to explain the procedures to them. Please reference the diagram. Thank you!
- We would ask that a cell phone not be in your hand while driving in the car line. We all know it only takes one sudden distraction to alter lives forever.
Things are not always as they seem
Sometimes, teachers delay consequences, conversations, and outcomes so that they can respond to their students with more wisdom and compassion.
Sometimes, parents let kids know that their “energy has been drained” and they will have to do something about their kids’ misbehavior later.
Sometimes, adults exercise self-control and remember to respond with patience and kindness instead of anger and wrath.
And sadly, onlookers sometimes interpret these skills and actions as weakness. These onlookers conclude that the Love and Logic adults are “just being too nice.”
So, what do we do when people think we’re being too nice/weak?
• Remember our goal is to raise wonderful human beings – not impress the “judges” who may be holding up 2s, 3s, and 3.5s at our “performance.”
• Remember kids learn best when their brains are feeling safe and calm. Anything we do to be scary to kids is creating the opposite of a good learning situation for that young brain.
• Remember self-control is a strength and the failure to control our emotions can be a dangerous weakness – one that can cause us to harm others and say and do things we don’t mean.
When criticisms fly, some adults use “one-liners” similar to those we teach to kids for occasions when their peers make obnoxious observations:
“Thanks for noticing.”
“I always appreciate hearing different viewpoints.”
“Appreciate the feedback.”
Or, some adults decide to say nothing at all to the critics and just focus on doing their best to raise thoughtful, kind, responsible young people.
There are a lot worse things than kids learning to be really nice by watching us.
Knights in Action!
Frassati Award Recipient
"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled."
7th Grade Science
Rehearsal Time
Valuable Skills
Pre-K Feast
Pre-K and Kindergarten Pounder Project
Special Recognition to one of our own
Aiden Norton (#74 Vikings) was awarded Faith & Fire Player of The Year for 2018 from the
Fort Worth Christian Football Association middle school diocesan football team, for showing his faith on and off the field. He was also captain of the team. This is his second time being awarded this honor. He also won in fifth grade. Aiden is the only person to ever win twice in their 11 year history of the diocesan team. Way to go, Aiden! We are so very proud of you!
STREAM: Catapult Challenge
Roboknights in Action!
SJCS ALUMNI News
Our very own Rayann Jaryszak (Class of 2014) has had some real success at both Nolan Catholic and now Villanova! She and her teammates are currently the defending Big East Champions for the 2017-2018 season and Rayann was named to the All Big East squad!
At Nolan Catholic, she received the following: Four year varsity letter winner…TAPPS State Record holder in the 200 IM and 100 Breast…Four time TAPPS and TISCA First Team All-State…TAPPS State Champion in the 200 IM and 100 Breast (2014,2015,2016,2017)… Bruce Rollins Distinguished Swimmer Award (2016)…Two time NISCA Academic All-American…Three time USA Swimming Scholastic All-American.
Congratualtions, Rayann! We are very proud of you!
Do you have any information you would like to share with the entire Knight Community? We would love that as well! Please send your news to mhurtado@stjosephtx.org.
Once a Knight - Forever a Knight!
Are you in need of prayers?
Meet our parish priests!
Rev. Daniel Kelley
Fr. Tom Kennedy
Fr. Peter Opoku Ware
St. Joseph Roman Catholic Parish
- Be sure to look into FORMED.org. The parish has paid for your subscription to this vast library of inspiring videos and essential reads to help grow your faith. Just go straight to the "Enter Code" button and enter 4BDX9H to begin the process. You may also access this through the parish website link below. Enjoy!
- Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is occurring after daily Mass in the Chapel until 5:45pm. Come spend some time with our Lord.
- Please enjoy this link to a lovely article in the North Texas Catholic about the pastor of St. Joseph Parish, Fr. Kelley: https://t.co/3ItrotxIyf
Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth link:
Contact us at (817) 419-6800
ST. JOSEPH, PROTECTOR OF FAMILIES, PRAY FOR US.