Brave Saint's Bulletin

St. Joseph's Catholic School Newsletter - 9/18/2024

Important Upcoming Dates:

September 19-20 - Raise Days! Raise Right is having great bonuses on the app - see below!

September 21 - St. John's altar server training for grades 4th - 8th (10-12pm in Cathedral)

September 22 - Blessing and Groundbreaking for the new Pastoral Center - After 10 am Mass

September 24 - Signs of Suicide Parent Night 6 pm in Room 109

September 24 - “A step by step walk through the Catholic Mass“ w/ Fr. Tim @ 7 pm in the chapel

October 2 - Grandparent's Mass & Coffee Hour (more details below)

October 3rd & 4th - Catholic Educators Conference (No School Thursday or Friday)

October 11 - Fun Run! More information available below

Please see FACTS & the website for a full calendar!

Check out our spirit store!

Alumni Spotlight

Five Bishop Kelly students have been named as Semifinalists in the 2025 National Merit Scholarship Competition and FOUR of them are St. Joe's Alumni!!

These academically talented seniors now have the opportunity to compete for nearly 7,000 scholarships worth over $26 million, which will be awarded next spring!

Congratulations to former St. Joe's students Paige Carr, Sally DeFranco, Jack Kartel and Charles Tobler!

St. John's is looking for three more Eucharistic Ministers for the Sunday, 9/22 10 am Mass where the blessing and groundbreaking of the new Pastoral Center will be celebrated. Please let us know if you are trained and would like to help!

SOS Parent Night - September 24th 6pm-7pm Room 109

The SOS training is only given to middle school students, but we welcome all parents who are wanting to attend! Please rsvp here!

Grandparent's Mass & Coffee Hour

Mark your calendars, invite your grandparents & get ready for a wonderful morning!

Volunteer opportunities

St. Joe’s Fun Run is Friday, Oct. 11!

St. Joe’s Fun Run: “All In” for the Library!

We’re ready for the St. Joe’s Fun Run, are you? It’s less than one month until the St. Joe’s Fun Run – presented by Parilla Grill and Bandanna Running and Walking – so we’re sharing a sneak peek of this year’s Fun Run t-shirt design.

As part of the event, all students are challenged to raise $100 to help support the Library. All students will earn raffle tickets for hitting certain fundraising goals:

Earn one raffle ticket for every $25 raised.
Donation packets/forms are due to the front office by Wednesday, Oct. 2 to receive tickets to the raffle at the end of the Fun Run.
Earn one raffle ticket for participating in the fun run on Friday, Oct. 11

Learn more, download your donation packet or give online at stjoes.com/sjpafunrun.

Need volunteer hours? Join us during Fun Run week or at the event! Sign up to volunteer.

Chess Club is returning to St. Joe's this fall! Chess Club will be open to 3rd grade and up, and it will take place on Tuesday mornings at 7am (the time of day when the best chess gets played) until school begins. Chess club will start on October 1st and run until Christmas Break. If interested, please follow the link below to fill out the official sign-up. Email Mr. Petersen (petersens@stjoes.com) with any questions. Chess Club Sign-Up

Thank you to everyone who made our Fall Carnival such a fun night for our community!

Volunteer Sign Up

Please fill out this form to share the ways you are interested in helping out this year. Volunteers help make everything happen and we are so grateful for you!

You can find more information on volunteer hours here!