Friday, December 20, 2023

This Week in the Jaguar Tracks...

Happy December!

School Office Closure for Christmas Break

Christmas Program - Thank You Mr. Ruggiere!

Parishioner Rate for the 2024 - 2025 School Year

Early Release Reminder - TODAY!

Chick-Fil-A Day TODAY!

SJCS Grants and Financial Aid Timeline

Auction Raffle Tickets

SAVE THE DATE - SJCS Open House - January 16th

Winter Mass Choir Sign-Up Information

GameTopia Registration

Junior Author Camp

Athletics Information

Happy December!

December is always a busy month for all.

At SJCS there are multiple events planned.

Be sure to view our December Calendar to save important dates!

To download our printable December calendar, please click the button below!

School Office Closure for Christmas Break

Our school and office will be closed starting on December 21st for Christmas Break. We will resume normal hours on January 4th.

We hope you all have a wonderful Christmas Holiday and a Happy New Year!

Christmas Program - Thank You Mr. Ruggiere!

Thank you to Mr. Ruggiere for leading our Kindergarten - 5th grade students in their sweet Christmas program on Tuesday!

The program was professionally videotaped.

Click HERE to purchase a link to a digital copy

of the entire program!

The cost is $15.00.

A link will be emailed to your address after purchase.

Parishioner Rate for the 2024 - 2025 School Year

Time Is TICKING!

Please remember, to receive the Parishioner rate for the 2024-2025 school year, you must contribute at least $260 to the St. Joseph Catholic Church general Sunday offering fund no later than December 31, 2023.

(You must also be Catholic, registered with the Parish, and raising your student(s) in the Catholic faith.)



Any donations made after December 31, 2023, will not be considered for the 2024 - 2025 school year. 

SJCS Grants and Financial Aid Timeline

Priority applications are now open for the 24-25 School Year for current families. You have the greatest chance of receiving aid from the HALO Initiative if you apply in the Priority Round. 

Priority applications are open until 1/5/24 but the earlier you get it submitted and verified, the better. It takes 2 weeks for FACTS to process the application each time a document is submitted, so if you do not have all documents submitted by the middle of December, your application may not be verified in time.   

Please click here to apply for the HALO Initiative Financial Aid.  The priority round application is now open for those families that have students currently enrolled at St. Joseph.

More information about financial aid at St. Joseph can be found on the Financial Aid Home Page on our website.

Early Release Reminder - TODAY!

We will have an Early Release Day TODAY!

EDP will not be in session.

Pick-up times are as follows:

- PreK-2nd grade pick-up at 11:30 AM - 11:40 AM

- 3rd-5th grade pick-up at 11:45 AM - 11:55 AM

- 6th-8th grade pick-up at 12:00 PM - 12:15 PM

Chick-Fil-A Day TODAY!

Auction Raffle Tickets

The 2024 Auction Committee is proud to bring you another multi-item raffle for our annual auction and gala.

Raffle tickets make great Christmas gifts and are an awesome way for out-of-town family members to support your Jaguar!  

Our hope is that each student is able to sell 8 raffle tickets between now and our April 13, 2024 auction.

That’s just two tickets per month!

Raffle Packages include

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$1000 OFF TUITION-

$1000 off 2024-2025 school year tuition.

PRINCIPAL FOR THE DAY-

Your student will live a day in Ms. Thompson's shoes as principal!

How will your student plan to rule the school?

OFF TO THE RACES-

Tickets for 4 to Lone Star Park 

Betting money 

Dinner for 4 

TRAVEL LOVERS-

Airbnb gift card  

Travel Money 

Gift card to a national restaurant chain 

HOW TO PURCHASE: You may sell the individual raffle tickets that have been sent home or they can be purchased online by clicking the link below!

BUY MORE AND SAVE: 1 ticket for $25, 5 tickets for $100, or 12 tickets for $200! 

SAVE THE DATE - SJCS Open House - January 16th!

If you have friends or family members who are interested in private, Catholic education, we would love to invite them to come visit our school!

Be sure to have them save the date for our school's next Open House!

Tuesday, January 16th, at both 9:30 a.m. & 5:30 p.m.

We cannot wait to welcome future Jaguar students into our building!

Winter Mass Choir Sign-Up Information!

Caroline Keller is SJCS's Mass Choir Director. She is looking for students who are interested in participating in the choir during our all-school Mass on Friday.



For more information, contact Mrs. Caroline Keller by emailing her at ckeller@sjcstx.net.

To sign up, please review the two documents below.

GameTopia Registration

PARENTS! Did you know that games are scientifically proven to increase critical lifelong skills? Have your kids put their game face on and play with a purpose at GameTopia after school on Thursdays, 3:15 - 4:45 p.m.

Price: $299 per child.

Click the link below to sign up!

Questions? Contact Lisa Keelan at lisa@GameTopiaTime.com

Junior Author Camp Registration

Bring your imagination to publication!

Children in grades 3+ are guided through the exciting process of writing their own story including dialog, interesting text features, effective word choice, hooks and conclusions, illustrations, and more! Add your book to the school library!

Camp will be on Mondays from 3:15 - 4:45 PM.

Classes will start on January 8th through April 22nd (excludes school closings). They will be hosting an Author Signing Party on May 20th.



Junior Author Camp tuition costs $299 and $25 per book bought.

Click the link below to sign up!

Athletics Information

Jaguar Fans!

It is not too late to sign up your child to play basketball this season! 

The season opens on January 13th.

Practices have started. 

Your child's coach should have contacted you with the schedule.

Click the link below on a desktop computer or a laptop (not on a phone or iPad) to register your child(ren) for basketball before it is too late!

Interested in Coaching for your athlete's team this season?

We are in need of coaches!

Please contact Coach Bishop if you are interested in becoming a coach.

To become a coach, you must be "Safe Environment" cleared and take a one-time class called, "Play Like A Champion".

Please let our Athletic Director, Dave Bishop, know if you have any questions.

dbishop@sjcstx.net

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St. Joseph Catholic School

600 S. Jupiter Road

Richardson, TX 75081

(972) 234-4679

School Office Hours:

Monday through Friday

7:30am - 3:45pm

www.sjcstx.net