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Weekly Newsletter - February 27, 2020
celebrating 25 years of excellence in catholic education
First Days of Lenten Season
Theme for the Year: Goodness
Our Motto: Teaching the Mind...Nourishing the Soul
At St. Joseph Catholic School, we are striving to become missionary disciples, recognizing the goodness of God in our lives and in the world around us, each and every day.
Our 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
Diane Price, M.Ed.L.
Principal
How to live this lent for others
Goodness Bible Verse for February
Virtue of the month
saintly quote to ponder
A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love. - St. Basil
Latin and greek roots challenge
Reminders and Upcoming Events
- HSA Boosterthon Fundraiser - Knights on the Run Fun Run kicked off on Monday, February 24th. This year the students will learn about five character traits: HONESTY, GRATITUDE, GENEROSITY, KINDNESS, and HUMILITY. Please look for a folder that went home on Monday and register on funrun.com. Many thanks to those who have already registered and pledged! See more details below. Your participation in any amount is so appreciated!
- Ident-a-Kid will be on campus tomorrow. Please see the Thursday Folder for information if you are interested in getting an identification card of your child to have handy for Law Enforcement should the need arise.
- My Special Knight is this Saturday! Please see the Thursday Folder for information and to register for the event.
- HSA Spirit Night - Tuesday, March 3rd at On the Border.
- Boosterthon Fun Run Day! - Be ready to celebrate on Thursday, March 5th!
- First Friday Mass and Early Dismissal - Next Friday, March 6th. Be sure to wear your Dress Uniforms for Mass and we dismiss at noon. No lunches this day.
- 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.
Knights on the Run fun run Info
Don’t forget to save the Fun Run Date—Thursday, March 5th—on your calendar. Although our MWF Pre-K students will not be in school that day, we invite the students and parents to come up and run with us! Everyone is invited to come out and cheer on our students! More details to come.
St. Joseph Catholic School's GOALS:
-100% of families get pledges from sponsors
-5 pledges per student
-$20,000 School Profit for HSA Budget and Smart Boards
-The easiest way to help us reach our goals is through our easy SHARE features
- Make a Student Star Video to share with Facebook friends!
- Copy and paste the email template and then send to family, friends, and local businesses.
- Go to FUNRUN.COM from your mobile device, click share, and send texts to friends and family.
EVERY PLEDGE COUNTS. THANK YOU!
Save the date
Faith Extension Day is back, April 3rd!
Check out this video to see Faith Extension Day in action!
Annual Fund Campaign
"Quest For excellence"
Home and School Association (HSA)
- Please support the Knights on the Run Fun Run.
- Next HSA Spirit Night - March 3rd at On the Border located at 1121 I-20 West. Come enjoy food and fellowship to raise money for the school! The event runs from 11:00AM-10:00PM. That's all day!
- Our next Home and School Association (HSA) Meeting will be held on Wednesday, February 19th at 7:00 pm in the school cafeteria. We hope you can attend!
- The children of HSA Members who have paid their dues to join, and are able to attend the monthly meetings, are allowed to wear any SJCS spirit shirt purchased through the school with blue jeans and tennis shoes of their choice to school on the Thursday after the meeting!
HSA Spirit Night Contest
This year we are having a Spirit Night Contest!
The class that has the most attendance for Spirit Nights will win an ICE CREAM Sundae Party!
Each teacher will be given an envelope to keep the receipts and it is easy to participate!
Three Easy Steps:
1. Attend a Spirit Night
2. Save your receipt
3. Turn the receipt in to your teacher (if multiple students turn in their receipt to one teacher, be sure to write all the students' names on the receipt)
Knights in Action!
Monday Morning Prayer Service
8th grade student of the month
The St. Joseph's Knights of Columbus are thrilled to have been celebrating with our 8th grade students for 10 years now. There is no stopping them! Look for their continued support of the school in the future. Thank you, Knights!
Frassati Award REcipients
The Beatitude these young ladies exemplify: Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
prayer leaders
Moments Around Campus
Mass, Volume, Density
Art this week
Here are a few examples of artwork created by our students on Ash Wednesday. Mr. Suarez taught the students how to create beautiful torn paper collages celebrating nature, and moving portraits of Christ's Crucifixion in pencil, marker and crayons, created in the style of French artist, Georges Rouault.
Preparing for PSIA - One Act Play Competition
Displays Around campus
Could you guess?
Check out these 7th grade cuties!
Could you guess all of them before their current pictures were posted?
a very special treat
UTA Head Coach Ogden hosted one of our boy’s basketball teams at a recent Maverick's game. Afterwards, they toured the locker room and got to play in the college practice gym. Looks like they had a fabulous time!
Construction update
STREAM Enrichment classes created celebratory songs today. Their challenge was to write a song celebrating a hypothetical win. The students enjoyed working together and our STREAM teachers, Mrs. Doskocil and Mrs. Lopez, were so impressed by their creativity and teamwork. Points were awarded for creativity, cooperation, communication, and choreography/dance moves. Each small group presented their song in an awards ceremony at the end of class, and the winning teams won candy of their choice!
Updated STREAM Wish list
STREAM Enrichment would love to have these items donated for your children's use.
Thank you!
Popsicle sticks (big and small) (colored and plain)
String
Scotch tape
Toothpicks
Hersey Kisses
Jolly Ranchers
Starburst
RoboKnights
Alumni News
Are you in need of prayers?
Meet our Dominican Sisters!
Meet our parish priests!
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.