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Weekly Newsletter - November 8, 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
There has been a lot of excitement in the office with all the Boxes of Joy coming and going! It has been a pleasure helping this worthy organization with their goal of collecting 70,000 boxes for needy children this Christmas. In a webinar they hosted last week, they were excited to announce that 83,617 boxes had been shipped to be filled. I am proud to say we are responsible for close to 250 of these boxes! Be looking for a representative from Cross Catholic Outreach to be at the school for a visit tomorrow. The Box of Joy group is based in Florida, and they are traveling to Texas to see those who are helping. They are looking forward to meeting the students. We hope to spread the word even further next year. Thank you for being missionary disciples by serving the poorest of the poor.
Go, Knights! Live in the Truth.
In Christ's service,
Diane Price, M.Ed.L.
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.
A Safe Environment Awareness Session on Campus This Saturday!
Box of Joy 2018
The boxes are due Tomorrow!
Way to be missionary disciples, Knights! This is living in the TRUTH!
Reminders and Upcoming Events
- Little Gobbler Open House - Tomorrow! If you know anyone looking for a wonderful place to enroll their child in Pre-K or Kindergarten for this school year or next school year, please tell them to come visit tomorrow from 9:00 am-11:00 am. For questions, call or email Monica Hurtado at 817/419-6800, email is mhurtado@stjosephtx.org See Thursday Folder for details.
- Box of Joy! If you are participating in the Box of Joy service project, please remember to bring in your box. Tomorrow is the deadline. Remember, a shoe box will work just fine. The Dollar Tree is a great place to buy! Thank you so much for your generosity!
- NJHS Food Drive - November 12th through November 16th - The St. Vincent de Paul Society of St. Joseph Parish will be accepting our donations to serve the needy and then creating Thanksgiving Baskets with the items. Here are the items they need: frozen turkeys, canned fruit of any kind, dried onions, sweet potatoes,instant mashed potatoes, broth, boxed turkey stuffing, turkey gravy, and dinner rolls. If would like to bring a frozen turkey, they need all sizes.
- Uniform Resale this Saturday from 9:00 am -12:00 pm in the school cafeteria. Bring your uniforms to swap/sell, or come to buy! Cash only.
- Safe Environment Training on our campus this Saturday from 10:00 am -1:15 pm in the school's Art Room. You will not be allowed to enter the training late.
- 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.
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. Check out the bulletin board display in the cafeteria. Mrs. Doskocil's 6th grade class is in the lead, with Mrs. Wolanin's 3rd grade class in close 2nd, and Mrs. Regan's 5th grade class is in 3rd! 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.
some words of encouragement...
Many parents ask, “Is it really possible to raise well-adjusted kids while at the same time trying to manage an incredibly hectic and stressful work and family life?” One mom described their situation:
We try to live a simple, frugal lifestyle. Even with keeping our spending as low as possible, both of us still have to work full schedules just to provide for the basics. With three young children things get crazy. The house almost always feels like a mess, and we have very little time and energy left over to spend with the kids. Both of us feel horribly guilty about this much of the time.
Some parents spend almost no time with their kids because they are addicted to work, addicted to buying extra stuff, addicted to selfish activities or all three. Many others, however, find themselves having to work their fingers to the bone because they simply don’t have a choice. Here are some words of encouragement… and some tips… for this second type:
• Many well-adjusted adults grew up with exceptionally busy parents.
The key seems to be this: As children, they were not shielded from their family’s economic struggles. Their parents were honest about the challenges and consistently modeled hopeful, positive attitudes. As such, they internalized the truth that they were deeply loved even though their parents weren’t able to spend as much time with them as they wanted.
• Remember that guilt often interferes with good parenting.
When we allow guilt to interfere with our ability to set and enforce loving limits and expectations, our kids suffer.
• Don’t be afraid to ask for help with supervision.
Kids of all ages need good supervision. Without it, even very good kids often get involved in high-risk behaviors.
• You are doing a good and noble thing by taking care of the needs of your family.
This is wonderful modeling, and it sends a powerful message of love to your kids.
Busy parents often find it helpful to listen to our audios as they travel to and from work. Without having to spend large amounts of time reading, they can learn ideas for making the very best of the limited time they have with their kids.
Thanks for reading! Our goal is to help as many families as possible. If this is a benefit, forward it to a friend.
Knights in Action!
Frassati Award Recipients
"Blessed are the pure of heart, for they shall see God."
Knight Know-how
Service
Caught you!
Groups hard at work
Team Work
Web Quest
Getting the job done!
7th Grade Homeless Simulation
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: candy pumpkin structure challenge
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.