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

Our third week of school has flown by! We are already entering September. Where did August go? Let us pray that September brings us cooler weather, and much use of our new track! We are currently planning our Knight Track Opening for early next week. Be looking for that information to come out very soon! God bless all of those who have contributed their funds and time to make this track a reality for our families. You are the hands and feet of Christ on earth, sharing your love with others through acts of Charity. Thank you!

In Christ's service,

Diane Price, Ed.L.

Principal

“Charity is the root of all good works.”

– St. Augustine

Enrollment continues for the 2024-2025 Academic Year. Please let your friends know.

8/30 – Friday

1. Donuts with Dads in the school cafeteria from 7:20 – 7:45 a.m. Please see information below.
2. Early Dismissal at Noon - First day for the afternoon car line. No indoor dismissal today.

9/2 – Monday

1. Labor Day Holiday – No School

9/3 – Tuesday

1. Prayer Service at 7:50 a.m. in the school gym
2. Skate Night - Arlington Skatium 5:30 - 7:30 pm. Please see information below.
3. Band Parent Information Meeting at 6:00 p.m. in the school cafeteria.

9/4 - Wednesday

1. Mass at 8:00 a.m. All are invited. Please wear dress uniforms. We will have a Food Collection benefiting the St. Joseph Parish St. Vincent de Paul Society, sponsored by NJHS at this mass. Please see the list of items greatly needed below. Thank you for your generosity.
2. Band Classes begin after school.

9/5 - Thursday

1. School Advisory Council Meeting (LSAC) at 6:00 p.m. in school library.

9/6 - Friday

1. First Friday Mass at 8:00 a.m. - Please wear mass uniforms (except for 8th grade).
2. 8th Grade Theology of the Body Retreat in Parish Facilities.
3. Faith Families Assembly at 2:15 p.m.
4. Progress Reports for Quarter One emailed to families (First through Eighth Grade).

9/9 - Monday

1. Fall Individual and Group Pictures - Students are to wear their mass uniforms.

Ways you can assist St. Joseph Catholic School:

1. 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
2. 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

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

Our first HSA Meeting was a well-attended success! And our Parent Information Night was helpful, as our families were able to connect more closely to our faculty, while learning more about our curriculum. We have a well-informed community at SJCS full of active and faithful families!

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 (listed below)

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

We recognized the new leaders of our student body with the presentation of leadership pins at this year's 8th Grade Pinning Ceremony. Welcome to your new role, Class of 2025! We look forward to all you have to share with the school community this year. Congratulations! We are very proud of you!

Thank you, Mrs. Gavin's and Mrs. Connor's 8th grade students, for leading us in prayer these past two week. We look forward to many more moments like these.

Thank you, Sr. Theresa Mai and out 7th Grade Knights for sharing a welcoming song with the school community during our first prayer service of the school year.

Our Knights enjoyed the Music Learning Band's musical demonstration after prayer service this week, led by our Music Teacher, Mr. Cullen. We are looking for many new Knights to join Band this school year.

Mrs. Do's preschool class was the first class of the school year to check out library books. Happy reading, Preschool Knights!

We love to see our Knight alumni continuing to enjoy the bonds they form at SJCS. Here we see, Aiden Norton (son of Mrs. Norton) Class of 2019, Erik Wolanin(son of Mrs. Wolanin) Class of 2018, and Gabriel Norton (son of Mrs. Norton) Class of 2015, enjoying a hiking trip to four national and state parks from Kentucky to Tennessee! Looks like they had a fantastic time! Go, Knights!

• 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
  
• Be sure to look into FORMED.org. The parish has paid for your subscription to this vast library of inspiring videos and essential reads to help grow your faith. Just go straight to the "Enter Code" button and enter 4BDX9H to begin the process. You may also access this through the parish website link below. Enjoy!

Contact us at (817) 419-6800

www.stjosephtx.org

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