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Weekly Newsletter - August 22, 2019
Our Motto: Teaching the Mind...Nourishing the Soul
Theme for the Year - Goodness
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
Walking the hallways and visiting the classrooms, I see our Knights getting accustomed to their new routines. I am so proud of everyone! It has been a busy second week. We welcomed our 8th graders (Class of 2020) as the new leaders of our school, celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the Catholic Diocese of Ft. Worth by attending mass in the Tarrant County Convention Center last night, and enjoyed a Spirit Wear Day today for those who turned in their Summer Reading Logs. I am also seeing student work making its way onto bulletin boards! I look forward to sharing or Knights' accomplishments with you in upcoming newsletters.
Thank you for all the welcoming smiles in the mornings! I speak for everyone standing out front directing traffic, monitoring students, and/or holding doors when I say it is a privilege to welcome your children to school each day. Our school exists by the goodness of God working within all of us!
In Christ's service,
Diane Price, M.Ed.L.
Principal
Theme for the Year: Goodness
our Goodness Bible Verse for August
saintly quote to ponder
Since God is the highest good, he would not allow any evil to exist in His works unless His omnipotence and goodness were such as to bring good even out of evil. — St. Augustine
Latin and greek roots challenge
Save the date!
Reminders and Upcoming Events
- Yearbook Pictures - Individual and Group Pictures - Monday, August 26th. Please see the details below.
- You are invited to our 3rd Annual Principal Coffee - Friday, August 30th after drop-off. Please stop by for some coffee, donuts, and an opportunity to visit.
- Don't forget - The last day of the week, assuming we are not attending Mass, your child may wear the red Knight uniform t-shirt to school with uniform bottoms and uniform shoes.
- Please follow the Parent/Student Handbook guidelines on appearance and uniform requirements like socks, hair color, length and style, nail color and length, etc. Thank you.
- 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.
Yearbook Pictures - August 26th
Students are to wear the Required Uniform. Please refer to pages 19-20 of the Parent Student Handbook. Pre-K through 8th Grade boys need to wear their cardigans/sweaters. Girls in 6th - 8th need to wear their cardigans as well.
Students who are absent on Monday, will take an individual picture on Re-Take Day – November 6th. There will be no preview before ordering. Please turn the order form in no later than 10:30 a.m. Monday, August 26th. Class picture ordering is on the same form for $13.00. If you miss this deadline, please order online at mylifetouch.com using the Picture Day ID: TX039096Q0.
Home and School Association (HSA)
- Our first Home and School Association (HSA) Meeting will be held on Wednesday, August 28th at 7:00 p.m. in the school cafeteria. This is an important meeting. Our HSA has many opportunities for you to help. At this meeting, you will have the chance to join HSA and sign up to help!
- 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 with jeans and tennis shoes of their choice to school on the Thursday after the meeting!
- Our first Spirit Night of the year: Jason's Deli, September 10th from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at the 951 West I-20, Suite 209 location. Come enjoy a meal, while a portion of the proceeds are donated to the school!
HSA's Box Tops for Education - New Procedure!
Please watch the video below to learn how Box Tops have now become easier to collect! Just download the app onto your phone, connect to our school through the app, and scan your receipt. Any items your purchased associated with Box Tops will automatically be recognized and collected for the school...no clipping!
If you are still clipping Box Tops, please continue until they expire. We believe these will still be accepted. To help you even further, please find a box in front of the school office made for receipts for Box Tops (if you don't have the app yet-we will scan them) and for the actual Box Tops themselves. Please turn in receipts and Box Tops ASAP so we don’t miss the deadlines. They will be picked up every Friday afternoon. Our school ID Number for Box Tops: 184907.
New Rewards Program for St. Joseph - Office Depot! In addition to Box Tops, we can now receive rewards through Office Depot. To access their rewards system and to find all the details, please click on this link: https://www.officedepot.com/cm/school-supplies/give-back. Here is our school ID Number:
ST JOSEPH CATHOLIC SCHOOL
ID: 70094490 ARLINGTON, TXOnline orders to Office Depot can be emailed to Karina Frias-Esparza at tcufrogs0719@yahoo.com
If you have any questions, please let us know. Thank you for all you do to support the school!
H2O For Life - St. Joseph Catholic School Water Walk Project Completed!
Safe Environment Training Requirement
Per the Diocese, as of 8/01/19 all school volunteers must be current on Safe Environment Training to volunteer in any role at the school. You need to go on the VIRTUS website and make a profile: https://www.virtusonline.org/virtus/ 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.
Training dates are offered at various locations across the diocese. If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Lori Zalesak in the school office for assistance. In addition to all her other duties, she is our Safe Environment Coordinator.
Chores and School Success
Presented by Dr. Charles Fay
Love and Logic Institute, Inc.
What can we as Love and Logic parents do right now to help our kids enjoy the best academic success? The answer may surprise some of you: Ensure that our kids are contributing to the family by consistently helping with housework, yard work, and other duties.
Kids in the habit of successfully completing chores are far more likely to develop a habit of successfully completing academic assignments.
In one of my books, From Bad Grades to a Great Life, I describe why chores meet an essential human emotional need: The need to feel needed. When we treat our kids like guests in a five-star, all-inclusive resort, their true self-esteem plummets and they develop attitudes of entitlement.
To prevent this from happening… or to begin the process of healing… follow Love and Logic’s ABCs for training kids to do chores:
A - Assign every member of your family some meaningful contributions.
Ask yourself, “What am I doing that my kids could do on a regular basis?” Many parents find it helpful to post this list on the refrigerator complete with names next to each contribution.
Caution - Don’t say, “Do it now.” This just creates power struggles. Instead, allow them to have a deadline for each contribution.
B - Be quiet.
Avoid reminding or nagging.
Remember - Kids who have to be nagged into doing their chores are kids who need to be nagged into doing their schoolwork and homework.
C - Consequences preceded by sincere empathy will do the teaching.
When their children refuse to do their chores, forget, or do them haphazardly, many parents find it helpful to complete the chore for their child… and expect their child to repay the time and energy expended to accomplish those contributions.
Sometimes this means doing extra chores for the parent. Sometimes this means staying home or doing without some privilege so that the parent has time to rest and relax. Other times this means paying the parent or a professional to do the job. A memorable example involved a teen who had to pay a maid service to complete her housework contributions.
Remember - Anger and frustration create resentment, while sincere empathy creates responsibility. The key to success hinges on sincere empathy!
Knights in Action!
8th Grade Pinning Ceremony
50th Anniversary Celebration for our diocese
Moments Captured around campus
Reading Buddies!
STREAM Wish list
STREAM Enrichment would love to have these items donated for your children's use.
Thank you!
- Q-tips
- pipe cleaners
- clothes pins
- Popsicle sticks ( big and small) (colorful and plain)
- plastic spiders (Halloween)
- string
- cotton balls
- candy corn
- marshmallows- small
- colored pom poms
- scotch tape
- gallon plastic bags
- toothpicks
- Jolly Ranchers
- Starburst
- Hershey's Kisses
Roboknights
TEAm 2018-2019
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 Dominican Sisters!
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.