St. Joseph Catholic School News

We are already at the mid-trimester point of our 3rd trimester of the school year. Parents are encouraged to login to Educate to check on current grades, missing work or tests. the end of the school year is less than 30 days away.

With the upcoming MAP tests, I will write notes on the sheets and send home some summer workbook options for parents to purchase. The workbooks are for PK - high school and available for math, writing, language arts, Spanish and other subject areas. More information will follow in the testing results that we will send home.

Lots of change ahead for all of us, yet the Church's vision for Catholic education remains the same. Fr. Luke Marquard, our new pastor begins July 1st and is both excited and hopeful as he makes his way to St. Joseph's. With a background in education, he is deeply committed to the value of Catholic schools. After 15 years of generous service, Fr. Creagan will be deeply missed; more details following on an event to recognize him. Special thanks to Mrs. Vance and Ms. Wenner for their continued leadership and dedication to our mission in a time of transition.

With regard to the principal hiring process, the position has been posted for over a week and has stirred a significant amount of interest among potential candidates already. As many of you may recall, the Archdiocese takes a strong lead in this hiring process - postings, processing applications, competencies, committee guidelines, etc. At their recommendation, the Search Committee from last spring has been reinstated to expedite the process, with the addition of Fr. Marquard himself.

The Search Committee will include: Julie Hurley (parishioner/grandparent), Anne Miller (parishioner/grandparent), David Meier (finance council/parent), Kathy Schneeman (parent), Bri Brekke (parent), Gayle Stoffel (archdiocese), Tom Gagliardi (former administrator/consultant) and Patrick Menke (parish administrator) - in addition to Fr. Marquard (future pastor).

We are currently screening and communicating with candidates so that initial interviews might occur as early as Saturday, May 6th. Fr. Creagan would retain the final decision provided the hire is completed before his departure. Please join us in prayer asking God to bless us with guidance and wisdom in this process.

Patrick Menke, Parish Administrator

The Middle School Musical “The Sound of Music” will be performed tonight at 6:30pm. Don't miss your opportunity to see this terrific show and watch our students shine!

The performance will be held in our school gymnasium. Tickets are for sale at the door.

School students will attend the show during the day. Please be aware that adults attending student performances must purchase a play ticket for each performance attended. We thank Mrs. Bowe & Mrs. Kilduff and the team along with the many parent volunteers for providing this special experience for our middle school students.

Our second grade students received their First Holy Communion on April 15th. Thank you to our parents, second grade teachers and faith formation team for preparing our students for this special day.

St. Joseph’s School eighth grade students will be receiving the sacrament of Confirmation from Monday, April 24th at the Cathedral in St. Paul. Please pray for our eighth grade students as they receive this important sacrament.

Thank you to the families who attended our Middle School Night. We are confident that it was worth your time and that it opened your eyes to the great things happening in the middle school at St. Joe's.

Don't miss out! Some classes are almost full and registration will be closing soon. Thank you to everyone who has already registered their children for the various summer offerings. The registrations are still open and so are registrations for the childcare program over the summer.

Please follow this link to register for a variety of tutoring and camps.

Kid Power Summer Care Registration is almost full. Please click here if you are interest in registering.

As a reminder, there is no school for students on Friday, April 28th. Staff has professional development scheduled.

Please help us in supporting our St. Joseph's Girls Softball Team! They have 2 games next week at Harmon Field. Go Jaguars!

April 25th - 3:45pm

April 27th - 3:45pm

With Mother's Day and Father's Day approaching, remember that you can purchase mugs, t-shirts, and more with your child's artwork on it via Artsonia! Simply login to your child's account, select their artwork and what product you'd like it featured on, and Artsonia will donate 20% of the purchase price back to the St. Joe's Art Department. Artsonia offers gifts that give back!

https://www.artsonia.com/connect/6PZHNHDJ

Mrs. Lamusga is looking for 5 committee volunteers to help lead both the set-up and take-down of of the art show. She would like to meet with this group prior to 5/18 to go over logistics. This committee would help manage the Spring Art Show volunteers.

Set-Up Thursday, May 18 (time TBD)

Take-Down Sunday, May 21 at 1pm

Please reach out to Mrs. Lamusga if interested hilamusga@stjosephwsp.org.

Please click here to find our 2023-2024 St. Joseph's School Calendar. Please note, along with our wonderful summer camps we have also scheduled 3 opportunities for our school students and families to join together. These dates are listed on the calendar in the August 2023 box. More information about these events will be emailed out to families in the coming weeks.

Over the course of the next several days, tuition agreements for the 2023-2024 school year will go out to families via email from TADS. If you have applied for financial assistance your award amount will be built into your tuition agreement. Please contact Patrick Menke, if you have any questions - patrick.menke@churchofstjoseph.org.

SCHOOL CALENDAR

• April 24 - Spring MAP testing begins

• April 28 - Workshop & PK Conferences - NO SCHOOL

• May 1 - Rosary 9:00 a.m.

• May 3 - Home & School Meeting 6:30 p.m.

• May 5 & 6 - 8th Grade Pilgrimage

• May 12 - Muffins with Moms & May Crowning Mass

• May 19 - Grandparent Mass and Art Exhibit (Night at the Museum)

• May 19 - 21 - Art Exhibit (Night at the Museum) in the Great Room

• May 25 - PreK Concerts for 3's at 10 a.m. and 1:30 for 4 & 5's.

• May 26 - PreK Concert for 4's at 10 a.m.

• May 29 - No School for Memorial Day

• May 30 - Graduation

• May 31 - 8th Grade Valley Fair

• June 1 - Fitness Fun Day (Out of Uniform)

• June 2 - Last Day of School with a noon dismissal (Out of Uniform)

• June 9 - Report cards released to parents

St. Joseph's Catholic School educates students through faith formation, academic excellence and the development of virtue to be disciples of Christ.

Email: office@stjosephwsp.org
Website: https://www.stjosephwsp.org
Location: 1138 Seminole Avenue, West. St. Paul, MN 55118
Phone: 651-457-8550
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StJoeSchoolWSP

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