Weekly Mustang Newsletter

Dear Saint Joseph Catholic School Families,

I hope you had an enjoyable Thanksgiving with your loved ones. While thinking of the many blessings God has given us, the first thing that came to mind was our incredible families and community. I want to take a moment to express my gratitude to you all for a successful Turkey Trot. Thanks to you, we not only met our goal but exceeded it! Together, our school families raised over $32,000 which will be utilized to continue to enhance our programs and make our school an even better place. A very special thank you to all our volunteers who helped out during the event to make it a smooth and even more enjoyable experience for all. Everyone had a fantastic time! 🦃

Additionally, I want to thank everyone who helped make our first Harvest Festival such a success:

🌽Malabar Feed & Farm for the hay bales
🍂Brian Brownfield & the entire Brownfield/Sorensen family who cooked the delicious BBQ and ran our food truck
🌽Jeff Sorensen (Priority Tree Service) for clearing our property/manning the hayride and Danny Marshall (Mako Millwork) for loaning us your tractor for the hayride. 🚜
🍂The Knights of Columbus for donating hotdogs and cooking them for us
🌽Clint Umbrell for our amazing live music
🍂Dr. Vakani Orthodontics for sponsoring our petting farm
🌽Bounce City for donating our bounce house, basketball throw, giant connect four, and sack race
🍂Joe Aguiar with Pepsi for donating all of our beverages
🌽Glenn’s Tire & Service for sponsoring the lighting
🍂Karsyn Graham (one of our 7th graders) who volunteered to face paint and was a HUGE hit! Her line was long the entire night. 👏
🌽Regina Rodriguez, Carly Gagne, and Sam Sorensen for our delicious bake tent
🍂Strong Island Ice-cream truck 🍦
🌽The Badalamenti family (Leo’s Concrete) for donating the porta potties
🍂The Horn, Sorensen, and Gagne Families for the beer tent
🌽Our Harvest Festival planning committee: Michelle Badalamenti, Ryanne Carmichael, Cassie Carmichael, Randall DePasquale, Carly Gagne, Ann Kling, Allison Mosquera, Joy Pantuso, Kourtney Rios-Bonilla, Regina Rodriguez, Bonnie Schneider, Sam Sorensen, and Jennifer Villa

...and every single person who volunteered for games, set up, helped with clean up, our MCC students who volunteered time on a Saturday night, and of course our amazing custodial, kitchen and maintenance staff who worked tirelessly to set up and break down the event. Thank you abundantly for everything you do to support our school community. We truly could not do this without your support.

Blessings,

Mrs. Meaghan VandenBosch

Principal

Saint Joseph Catholic School

Phone: (321) 723 - 8866

Who: Mrs. Saraceno’s 2nd Grade Class

What: Candy cane sale (assorted flavors and colored candy canes) TWO for $1.00

Where: Cafeteria

When: Everyday at snack time

Why: All proceeds will go to the Humane Society 🐕🐈🐈‍⬛🐩🐕‍🦺

**Candy cane donations accepted**

Below is a list of dates pertaining to your child’s sacrament of Confirmation:

December 4, 2024: Mandatory parent meeting in the Church at 7:00 PM. Students do not need to attend.

February 5, 2025: Mandatory parent and student meeting about the retreat in the Church at 7:00 PM.

February 7-9, 2025: Confirmation retreat-Camp Ithiel

March 19, 2025: Mandatory Confirmation rehearsal in the Church at 7:00PM. Students and sponsors attend.

March 22, 2025: Confirmation at 4:00PM

Please forward any questions to Mr. Brad Hood.

CRE@StJosephPB.org

Parents,

Saint Joseph Catholic School will hold our Christmas Concert and Nativity at the Parish Hall on Monday, December 16th at 6:00 p.m. Please, mark this date in your calendar.

The Christmas Concert is an extension of your child’s music class. All students from Pre – Kindergarten to 8th grade will participate. We request the attendance of every child as their participation will provide the best possible performance in praise to God and enjoyment for all present.

We request that the students arrive at their homerooms by 5:30 p.m. dressed in festive attire, such as red, green, blue, gold, silver, black, or Sunday best. Please, no jeans, sneakers, shorts, short skirts or sleeveless clothing. If shoulders are sleeveless, they should be covered with a scarf, shawl or shrug.

We are looking forward to a grand night when we celebrate the reason of this season…the birth of Jesus Christ our Savior and King! Thank you in advance for your support so this celebration can be a reality.

Truly yours,

Cleusa van Dorth ( Music Teacher )

Per Fr. Frankline's request, sacraments will not be held during school masses.

2nd and 8th grade SJCS students will be prepared for First Communion and Confirmation during the school day. Your child's teacher will communicate pertinent information with you.

If you have the following:

•Prek - 2nd grader who wants to be baptized

•3rd - 8th grader who wants to be baptized and/or receive their First Communion

Please contact:

Bradley Hood

Coordinator of Religious Education

cre@stjosephpb.org

If you are interested in volunteering for field trips or helping out in the classroom you MUST be fingerprinted. Please see the instrutions below...

https://www.cathdal.org/ABS-Beyond-Trauma-Catholic-2020-07.pdf

Aftercare pick up is at the black gates (elementary side) only. This applies to all grades.