At St. Joseph Catholic School, each and every day we are training students to be missionary disciples, and learning to recognize God in our lives and in the world around us,

with hearts full of CHARITY for our fellow man.

Mission:

St. Joseph Catholic School provides students with a nurturing and prayerful learning environment committed to academic excellence, training missionary disciples to seek virtue, wisdom, and truth, in partnership with a 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.

Motto:

Teaching the Mind...Nourishing the Soul

I had the honor of attending the American Way Awards this past Sunday, where two eighth grade students (one girl and one boy) from all the schools around the diocese were recognized for their love of God and country. This is the Knights of Columbus and Catholic Daughters of the Americas sixty-fourth annual award ceremony.

Everyone present had the honor of listening to Retired Colonel Donald R. Grannan speak on the worth of integrity. He asked the students what their integrity means to them. What is it worth? He told them their integrity would be tested in life. The Christian values and morals they learn to embrace now, will continue to serve them well in the future, as long as they are willing to protect them, to continue to live by them. The erosion of the sanctity of human life does not happen overnight. It happens when people "sell" a little of their integrity, bit by bit, when choosing to do wrong. The more you participate in "selling" your integrity, the easier and easier it gets. Don't fall into this trap. Fight back by highly valuing your integrity.

Colonel Grannan feels that Catholic education is key to shaping the future of our country. He told the students that we are counting on them to be able to guard their integrity, for they are the future of our nation. I wholeheartedly agree. The students of St. Joseph Catholic School are our future. The future is worth the effort and sacrifice. God bless our country, and God bless our Knights!

In Christ's service,

Diane Price, Ed.L.

Principal

- St. Philip Neri

ENROLLMENT FOR THE 2025-2026 ACADEMIC YEAR IS UNDER WAY

Please tell your friends!

Friday, February 21st

1. Shadow Day for Future Knights - Grades 1st through 8th.
2. Fun Friday hosted by Student Council (see details below).

Saturday, February 22nd

1. PSIA District Meet - Go, Knights!

Monday, February 24th

1. Monday Morning Prayer Service - All are invited to attend at 7:50 a.m. in the school gym.
2. AK2R Planning Meeting - After prayer service in the school cafeteria (see details below).

Tuesday, February 25th

1. NCHS Musical Cast of "Oklahoma" visiting SJCS

Wednesday, February 26th

1. Weekly Mass at 8:00 a.m. - All are invited to attend Mass with us each week. Students are to wear their dress uniforms.
2. Home and School Association Meeting - 6:00 p.m. in the school gym. In celebration of our fellowship, students whose parents are able to attend the meeting may come in Special Dress on Thursday. For those whose parents are not able to attend, you may come in Spirit Wear with nice blue jeans and tennis shoes of your choosing.

Ways you can assist St. Joseph Catholic School:

1. Box Tops – new and improved Box Top App – Please consider participating in support of St. Joseph Catholic School. https://btfe.smart.link/c2jjdifkw?referral_code=C81Y0VAM
2. Kroger Community Rewards – select St. Joseph Catholic School to receive the rewards from you using your Kroger card. Please click the link for more information. https://www.kroger.com/i/community/community-rewards
3. Tom Thumb Good Neighbor Program – Please contact Good.Neighbor@TomThumb.com to link your account to the Good Neighbor for St. Joseph Catholic School 2000 2000#1506. Please click the link for more information. https://www.tomthumb.com/yourstore/good-neighbor.html

Note - Please see the monthly calendar for any extracurricular club meeting dates and times.

Safe Environment Awareness:

Do you need to complete Safe Environment Training? All volunteers need to complete awareness training. See the graphic below for an upcoming training. Please contact Mrs. Wingate 817-419-6800 or visit the diocesan website. https://fwdioc.org/training-sessions

From all of these precious photos, it looks like "My Special Knight" was a beautiful evening! Thank you to all the families who came out to participate and for the volunteers who made this possible. These are such sweet memories for our families!

SJCS has 4 boy teams and 2 girl teams combined with SMG. The tournament will begin on February 28th and will host Championships on March 8th. All games are held at Nolan High School. Once brackets are completed they will be posted online at https://www.teamsideline.com/sites/fwdioc/home for everyone to view. If you have spirit groups, cheerleaders, dance teams, or band that would like to do a halftime show, please let me know. We can come up with a time to highlight your campus and show off the wonderful things you are doing.

This tournament is more than just basketball, it’s about community. Bringing all of us together is a rare and important opportunity that benefits each of our campuses while we help to raise funds for the Stephen Breen Memorial Foundation. This tournament is special and very dear to the tournament committee members who tirelessly work to provide a positive experience for our athletes and our community. Many of us didn’t know Stephen personally, but 20 years after his passing we all know the wonderful things his foundation continues to do for our Catholic community with tuition assistance at each of our 17 campuses and helping area families who are afflicted with childhood cancer. Stephen loved participating in this basketball tournament when it was the ‘Fr. Luke Wildcat Challenge.’ We namesake the tournament in his memory and deemed all proceeds will go to help his foundation’s mission. We are better, together!

The Stephen Breen Memorial Basketball Tournament is an annual end of season diocesan tournament that celebrates the life of Stephen Breen and provides support to his foundation. Stephen was an alumnus of Saint Andrew Catholic School and continued his Catholic education at Nolan Catholic High School.

At the age of 13, Stephen was diagnosed with Ewing’s Sarcoma, a very rare and aggressive form of bone cancer. With the odds stacked against him, Stephen fought his disease with great courage for 16 months and inspired many with his humor, perseverance, and concern for others despite his difficult battle.

On October 4, 2004 Stephen passed away and his foundation was created. Honoring his wishes, the Stephen Breen Memorial Foundation offers tuition assistance to children who wish to receive a Catholic school education and assistance to families who have children that are also battling cancer. https://www.stephenbreenmemorialfoundation.org/

Please join us as we celebrate Stephen and our school basketball teams at Nolan Catholic from February 28th – March 8th. You can support the foundation by purchasing limited edition spirit gear at https://www.yoomarkit.com/prod-cat/breen. FREE ADMISSION when you wear your 2025 spirit gear! Schedule to be posted soon.

SJCS will allow 2025 t-shirts to be worn during school with uniform bottoms on NON-Mass days during the tournament time. 28th Feb to 8th March. Please consider coming out to support SJCS and our catholic community. Games will be held Monday - Saturday.

Beth Norton

PE Teacher & Athletic Director

1. Volunteer to help at an HSA event!
2. Help beautify the flower beds around campus
3. Donate food during NJHS Food Collections at Mass
4. We are always in need of Lysol spray.
5. We are always in need of Clorox wipes.
6. Liquid hand soap
7. Disposable gloves
8. STREAM Enrichment supplies
9. Week of Service - help supervising groups of upper school students for one hour a day

Every $10 you spend will earn 1 service hour. Thank you! We truly need the help.

Congratulations to fifth grade Knights, Emmy Nguyen and Nhi Nguyen, for receiving the Frassati Medal this month. Your willingness to assist others without being asked to help is a beautiful witness of missionary discipleship. The Beatitude you exemplified is "Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called children of God." Well done, ladies!

Congratulations to Stella Alcocer for winning "Best of Science Fair/Overall Winner" of the 2024-2025 7th Grade Diocesan Science Fair with her project titled, "Go With the Flow: The Cardiovascular System". Amazing, Stella! We are so happy for you and proud of your hard work!

Congratulations to Aaron Esparza for placing first in the Biology and Life Science Category with his project titled, "Got Clean Hands?" What an accomplishment! We are so happy for you and are proud of your hard work!

Congratulations to Emily Pham for placing second in the Biology and Life Science Category with her project titled, "The Effect of Music on Plans." Bravo, Emily! Your hard work really shows! We are very proud of you!

Congratulations to Jayden Pham for placing second in the Chemistry Category! We are truly proud of you and know how excited you are for this achievement. We are too! Well done, Jayden!

Thank you, Mrs. Hansen and her 7th grade Knights for leading us in prayer service earlier this month. We look forward to more leadership from the Class of 2026!

Thank you to Mrs. Ricciardi's sixth grade Knights for sharing their leadership skills with the community in prayer.

Due to the frigid temperatures this week, we were not able to walk to Mass on Wednesday. Mrs. Wolanin and her third grade Knights took care of us by leading the school community in a prayer service in worship of Our Lord. Thank you for stepping up to this challenge.

This past Sunday, 8th grade Knights, Belen Saldivar and Matthew Bernal, received their American Way Awards from the Knights of Columbus and Catholic Daughters of the Americas for their dedication to God and country. All present were extremely proud to be there and were honored to hear Retired Colonel Donald R. Grannan speak to the students about integrity. Congratulations, Belen and Matthew. Your integrity shows!

Our Spirit Squad Knights have been sharing their love and joy with the greater Basketball Community for the first time this academic year. Smiles all around whenever these Knights enter the court! Thank you for sharing your joy and love of SJCS with others! You are making a real difference in the spirit of the games!

Mrs. Waldrep's homeroom parents give back to the classroom by reading with students whenever they get the chance. We cherish the dedication of all of our parents. This is one example of many! Thank you, Knight Parents.

We love to see our Knights serving God and their community! Thank you for being willing to serve. God bless our altar servers!

We love our School Resource Officers and cannot thank them enough for all they do for our community! They are an integral part of this school. Our students, families, faculty, and staff are so very grateful for their hard work.

• Parish website link: https://stjoe88.org/
• Please join the parish for daily and weekend Masses at this link: https://youtu.be/LxIRBSew1yI
• Please continue tithing to your parish. St. Joseph Parishioners may go to this link to give: https://stjoe88.org/giving
  
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Contact us at (817) 419-6800

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ST. JOSEPH, PROTECTOR OF FAMILIES, PRAY FOR US.