St. Joseph School
Weekly Newsletter February 8, 2007
C a t ho l i c Sc h ool s Ce l e b r a t i o n s
R e gi s t r at i o n D ue F e b r u ar y 1 0
Catholic Schools week was a special time to celebrate the blessings
of St. Joseph School. Thank you to the staff, parents, and students
for participating in all the special events. The staff was able to enjoy a delicious lunch provided by Parents’ Club while wonderful
parents watched the students and manned the offices. Thank you to
Lori Carmody, Angela Pinto, Carol Willard, Janet Jolly and Father
Rob for organizing the Special Person’s Day Mass. To top off a
wonderful week, a thanks to the Hopkins and Hayden Families for
swinging good time at the Sock Hop.
All returning student registration forms are due to the school office
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by February 10 in order to receive priority admission for the
2007/08 school year. Please return your form indicating if your
student will be returning or not so that we can create our class list.
Make sure your complete and signed packet has your registration
contract, tuition & fundraising agreement and registration deposit.
Any packets received incomplete will be returned to families.
Please sign all forms and return forms with your deposit.
D i t c h D i g ge r Th a nk y o u
G r e at M us i c f or Gr e a t Ca t h e dr al s -
They came, they dug and they conquered. The Snoqualmie Campus has 30 feet of freshly dug ditch in
preparation for the installation of our new communication system!
Thank you to all the ditch digging dynamos who
make a difference!
S a ve t h e D at e
Wanted: Alive and Kickin’ all St. Joe’s Parents for
having fun, laughin’, eatin’, a little bit of dancin’,
and a good heapin’ of celebratin’ with fellow St.
Joe’s parents. Boots and hats optional. Be sure to
keep an eye out for more information, but until
then, SAVE THIS DATE! April 21, 2007
Don't miss this popular evening of sound, light, movement, poetry
and above all, music at St. James Cathedral, Friday, February 16th
and Saturday February 17th, 8:00pm. Experience spectacular lighting designs by Jeff Robbins, scenic creations by Kitty Kavanaugh,
Master Scenic Designer, Seattle Opera, and 1000 years of Cathedral music including chant, Ralph
Vaughan Williams, and the splendor of Venetian polychoral music
for choirs and brass.
However, the real stars will be 5 of
our very own St. Joseph students/
parishioners: Sarah Fish, Andrea
Toomey, Claire Hart, Katarina Hostenske and Emily Hart. Tickets go
quickly and can be ordered by calling St. James Cathedral music office at 206.382.4874.
S n o q ua l m i e C am pu s D r o p O f f
For the safety of all our children, please do not drop your
children off before 8:10 am. There is no one to supervise
them prior to this time.
Students will not be admitted into the building until 8:20 am.
Please respect this schedule; the teachers
use this time for planning.
F r e e Dr e s s
If you wore your school uniform to Mass on the weekend of January 28-29 please mark your calendars for a Free Dress Day on
Monday, February 12.
We appreciate your cooperation.
The Snoqualmie Staff
R e p or t A l l A b s e nc e s T o Sc h oo l O f f i c e
Please call or email the school office if your student will be out
sick. Contacting the teacher only does not get the message to the
school office and we will call your home to make sure your student
is well and at home with their parents. Thank you!
F l u S e a s o n Re m i nd e r
A child must stay home at least 24 hours after having a fever,
vomiting, diarrhea, a draining rash, eye discharge or pink eye, or
after starting a course of antibiotics. Lets keep healthy!!!
IF YOUR CHILD HAS THE CHICKEN POX OR HAS BEEN
EXPOSED, PLEASE CALL DENE JAMES at 425-831-2028.
GOD BLESS YOU!
I m p or t a nt D at e s t o R e m e m be r
Pizza Days: Fridays, February 9 and 16
Mass: Issaquah - Friday, February 9 - 9 am
Mass: Snoqualmie - OLOS -Friday, February 9 - 9 am
Returning Student Registration Due: Saturday, February 10
Winter Break: February 19 - 23
Financial Aid Forms Due: Friday, March 9
Iowa Testing: March 26-29
W e e kl y Ev e nt s
Moms in Touch - Snoqualmie: Wednesdays - 1:50 pm
Chess Club Issaquah: Fridays - 8:15 AM
Issaquah School Office: 425-313-9129
Snoqualmie School Office: 425-888-9130
Parish Office (Emergency Use Only): 425-392-5516
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M i d dl e S c ho ol Ga m e N i gh t
T h u rs d ay , F e br u ar y 8
6 p m- 8 pm
Great Fellowship in the St. Joseph Parish Hall!
Bring your favorite board game! Bring your parents! Chess Ladder with Parent Challenges!
Munchies and Hot Dogs! Costs $5.00
Questions: Contact Dana Roberts
425 392-5516 or [email protected]
F a m i l i es P r ep ar i ng f o r F i r s t Eu c ha r i s t
We will be offering sessions to assist you in preparing your child to
receive his/her First Eucharist at St. Joseph Church. The first sessions for you and your child will be held on (your choice) Wednesth
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day February 28 at 7:00 p.m. OR Saturday, March 3 at 9:00 a.m.
in the Church Hall. The celebration of your child’s First Eucharist
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will be Saturday April 28 at the 5:30 p.m. Mass or
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Sunday April 29 at the 8:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and
5:30 p.m. Masses. Registration forms are forthcoming with more schedule information.
Please feel free to contact Marge Barnette for further
assistance at 425-392-5516 Ext. 227 or email
[email protected].
Y o u t h C o n v e n t io n f o r 6 t h , 7 t h a n d 8 t h G r a d er s
The Seattle Archdiocese Middle-School Youth Convention will be
Saturday, March 3, at Highline Community College! Mark your
calendars for a whole day of energy and enthusiasm!
E v e r y da y Gi vi ng
Do you know you can make money for St. Joseph School!!!
Albertsons, Front Street Market Issaquah, Office Depot, Safeway,
Target, and Washington Mutual provide St. Joseph School an
opportunity to earn money when you use their services or purchase
items. If you are interested please go to http://www.sjsissaquah.org/
parent/giving.htm and check out the different ways that you and
your relatives can earn money for St. Joseph School.
ESCRIP and SAFEWAY CLUB CARD
Just register your Safeway shopping card and St. Joseph School
earns a rebate from every purchase you make! Just go to
www.escrip.com and be sure to select St. Joseph School in Issaquah on the list or eScrip Group ID-8566896. If you do not know
your Safeway Card Number, please phone Safeway at 1-877-7233929 to get this information. If you have any questions please contact [email protected]
FRONT STREET MARKET, ISSAQUAH
Front St. Market Issaquah will refund 1% of all purchases to our
school. Save your receipts whenever family or friends shop at Front
Street Market. Send your receipts stapled together in the Thursday
envelope or put your receipts in the Front St. Market box in the
photocopy room in the Issaquah or Snoqualmie office. The school
can turn these receipts in to get 1% cash back for our school. That’s
all there is to it…
R E V I S E D S C H O O L C A L E N D A R : M AK E UP
D A Y S D U E TO W E AT H E R/ P O W E R R E LA T E D
S C H O O L C LO S U R ES
Dear Parents,
Due to the unusual number of days missed from school this year
because a series of weather related closures, we have revised the
school calendar to ensure that we maximize classroom teaching
time and meet all standards for instructional hours. Each year our
calendar is planned ensuring that we meet or exceed all required
instructional hours. Further, additional days/hours are included in
the event of inclement weather. Three additional days were included
in the 2006-2007 school calendar; however, at this time we have
closed school for ten days.
The following is the make-up day schedule for the remainder of the
school year:
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 April 20 (Optional Conference Day) will be a regular school
day.
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 School will be extended for one week; the last day of school
will be June 22 nd.
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 After consultation with the staff, Field Day will be cancelled
and replaced as an instructional day. (This provides instructional time while not requiring an additional day to be
added to the calendar.)
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 In the event of any future school closures this year, make up
days will be added to Spring Break (April 9 – 13), beginning with Friday, April 13 and working backwards through
the week.
These schedule changes total the additional amount of instructional
hours needed to meet state requirements; more importantly, they
replace the same amount of teaching time lost due to weather related closures.
We recognize that any changes to the school calendar will not be a
100% perfect fit for all families. While reviewing the options for
making up instructional days, we chose the option that would result
in the least possible disruption to our entire school community. As
a strong advocate for family vacations being planned and taken during scheduled school vacations, we felt it would result in the least
disruption to add days at the end of the school year. If your family
has a scheduled vacation beginning on June 18th, please notify me
via email at [email protected].
The weather conditions this school year have been challenging for
all involved and we regret any scheduling difficulties these revisions may cause. We are committed to ensuring the full range of
educational opportunities for your student during the 2006 – 2007
school year.
Sincerely,
Peg Johnston
Principal