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Weekly Newsletter - October 11, 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
It was sad to see it end, Grandparents Day. This year's event was once again, a site to behold. There was so much love in the air! It is always sad to see the grandparents leave. They are a pleasure to have on campus, and a treasure to our students. Thank you to all those who helped organize the event. Everyone did a fantastic job! The Marian Center was beautiful!
I hope everyone has been able to pray the Rosary often this month. I look forward to praying with all our families at this month's HSA Meeting. Please see Pope Francis' Special Prayer Campaign below. There is much to pray for in our world today. The Rosary is a beautiful tool to help us ponder the mysteries of the life and death of Jesus. There are also promises Our Lady made to those who pray the Rosary. Please see them below.
Go, Knights! Live in the Truth.
In Christ's service,
Diane Price, M.Ed.L.
Pope Francis' Special Prayer Campaign for October
Truth Bible Quote for October
saintly Truth Quote to ponder
"Love the truth, show yourself as you are, without feigning, fears and cares. And if the truth costs you persecution you accept it; and if it costs you torment, support it. And if for the truth you have to sacrifice yourself and your life, be strong in your self-sacrifice."
- St. Giuseppe Moscati
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.
Reminders and Upcoming Events
- We have a Class Basket Challenge under way for "A Knight to Remember 2018 (AK2R)." Please see the Thursday Folder flyer for details.
- Be sure to buy your tickets to attend "A Knight to Remember 2018". You may access the link to purchase them on our school website: https://stjosephtx.org/ or click on the image below.
- GARAGE SALE ITEMS - COLLECTION - Monday, OCTOBER 15th from 7:30-8:30am and 2:30-3:30pm in the east St. Joseph Church parking lot. Cleaning, moving or remodeling? 8th grade continues to collect donations of ALL items and hangers for their garage sale fundraiser. If you have furniture/large quantities contact Ashley Goralski @ 817.456.2620 or Susan Ozuna @ 817.781.4196 Email: sjcs2019garagesale@gmail.com. Thank you for helping us! ~Class of 2019
- 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.
Exciting annual event coming soon! Get your tickets now!
Click on the image below to purchase tickets!
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 - November 6th at Panera (4000 S. Cooper St) from 4-8pm.
- Our next HSA Meeting will be on October 17th. It's Family Rosary Night! We will pray the Rosary at 6:30 pm and begin the meeting at 7:00 pm in the school cafeteria. There is a free dress day on Friday, October 19th, for the children of HSA members in attendance that night. Our speaker is Fr. Tom Kennedy from St. Joseph Parish.
- Please bring in your box tops. We are collecting these for the school and there is now a class competition! See the Thursday Folder for details, and check out the bulletin board display in the cafeteria. You can see that Ms. Doskocil’s class is in the lead! Thank you in advance for doing this!
- 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.
Parents - Putting an End to Arguing and Backtalk
Does it ever seem like children carry around a little book called, “Arguing for Fun and Profit?” To put an end to this draining behavior, experiment with repeating the same loving Love and Logic “one-liner,” regardless of what your child says. The key, of course, is to maintain a soft, empathetic tone of voice. Listed below are some examples:
“I love you too much to argue.”
“Probably so.”
“I know.”
“I bet it feels that way.”
“What do you think you’re going to do?”
“What did I say?”
“I don’t know. What do you think?”
“There’s no time for making kitten britches.” (Some of the most effective one-liners are really strange!)
September 26 thru November 4, 2018
40 Days for Life is a focused pro-life campaign with a vision to access God’s power through prayer, fasting, and peaceful vigil to end abortion in America. The mission of the campaign is to bring together the body of Christ in a spirit of unity during a focused 40 day campaign of prayer, fasting, and peaceful activism, with the purpose of repentance, to seek God’s favor to turn hearts and minds from a culture of death to a culture of life, thus bringing an end to abortion in America. To sign up click below.
Knights in Action!
Frassati Award Recipients
Missionary disciples are formed at our school. Gentlemen, thank you for following the path to Christ.
moments around campus
Thank you
Such Talent!
Quite the Crowd
Shadow Day
Strike a Pose!
Vikathon
Parents Lend a Hand
Halloween is Coming!
Weather Check
listening Intently
Math Time
Academia
Group of walkers
Faculty Giving Back
Roboknights in Action!
SJCS ALUMNI News
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.