February 2, 2017
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SAINT JOSEPH SCHOOL
February 2, 2017
Letter From The Principal
Dear Parents:
I extend a warm greeting to all of you. We are continuing our Catholic Schools Week Events. We began our week with an Opening Mass and Induction Ceremony for 7th and 8th grade students to the National Jr. Honor Society.
We congratulate our Grade 8 Students – Nicole Acanto, Alyssa Carreon, Gabriella Cortez, Manas Joshi, Amanda Kelleher, Xavier Lusky, Trinity Mock, Tionna Rozier-Blackman, Carla Rubio, Mariana Valencia, Viviana Valencia and Rhianna Yagual; Grade 7 Students – Teresa D’Cruze, Daniel Gayed, Rebecca Holder, Fitzroy Ledgister, Sylvia Mansour, Isabella Pandolfo and Mark Rajah.
On Tuesday, we had our STEM Expo Fair. The projects that students in Grades 5 - 8 did were excellent. It certainly demonstrated the hard work and time that they put into their work. I thank Mrs. Gina Ball, our Science Coordinator for the wonderful job she did in organizing the fair and guiding the students in their work. The following students are our Finalist Winners and will be attending the STEM Expo on Saturday, March 25th competing with other schools from the Archdiocese of Newark.
STEM FINALIST WINNERS:
4th Place Winners:
· Justin Cu
· Rebecca Holder
· Chanel Jones
· Daniel Gayed
3rd Place Winners:
· Nicole Acanto
· Josephine Casanova
· Nicholas Des Loges
· Amanda Kelleher
· Miya Morrison
2nd Place Winners:
· Lawrence Jenkins
· Xavier Lusky
· Carla Rubio
· Viviana Valencia
1st Place Winners:
· Zachary Bennett
· Teresa D’Cruze
· Nelson Estremera
· Fitzroy Ledgister
· Gabriella Rodriguez
TOP CLASS/GRADE WINNERS:
Top 5th Grade – Operation 12 Company:
· Jade Crawford
· Devin Rhoden
· Jose Santiago
· Zachary Strickland
· Alexis Torres
Top 6th Grade – The Futuristic Company:
· Deegie Adad
· Amira Brown
· Sofia Dominguez
· Fady Tadrous
· Kevin Rozario
Top 7th Grade – World Development Association:
· Edward Kelleher
· Sylvia Mansour
· Mark Rajah
· Trinity Smith
· Belnaly Tapia
Top 8th Grade – Helping Hands Global Services:
· Adrien Batista
· Hashim Bennett
· Alyssa Carreon
· Trinity Mock
Congratulations Students on a job well done!
Please mark your calendars for two Home School Association Fundraisers: On Friday, March 10th – Paint & Wine at 7:00 PM and on Friday, May 12th – Tricky Tray at 7:00 PM. More information to follow. Helpers are needed for Tricky Tray. Please help us with our Tricky Tray so it can be a great success.
Our Open House for new families will be held on Sunday, February 12th from
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM and on Monday, March 13th from 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM. Please let your friends and neighbors know about our great school.
Re-Registration dates for the next School Year 2017-2018 will be held on:
· Monday, February 27th from 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM
· Thursday, March 2nd from 5:00 – 7:00 PM
Please plan on attending one of these dates to Re-Register your child. More information to follow.
A reminder – If you would like to apply for a Scholarship through Children Scholarship Fund or Scholarship for Inner City Children, you may begin to apply online from now until April 30, 2017 www.sficnj.org If you have any questions, please call the school.
As Catholic Schools Week comes to a close, we will celebrate Teacher Appreciation Day on Thursday, February 2nd. We thank all of our teachers for their continuous dedication and hard work.
On Friday, February 3rd, we will celebrate Student Appreciation Day. The Students will be treated to Ice Cream by the Student council and our Valentine/Catholic Schools Week Dance will take place in the evening from 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM in the Church Hall. We appreciate all of our great Students!
Please send in your Box Tops to school. We are sending home a separate letter with additional information regarding this. Our school has been chosen with the help of Lynn Gulley at the Archdiocese of Newark Development Office to participate in a Contest throughout the whole Archdiocese to collect 200,000 Box tops which will equate to $20,000 dollars for our school.
Ana Cabrera-Triscritti has been doing a wonderful job as our Parent Coordinator for the past few years for the collection of Box Tops. Please clip them from various products and send them to school. Please let your friends and neighbors know, too. Thank you for your support in this exciting project.
As always, I thank you for your continuous help and support.
God Bless You,
Mr. John Richards – Principal