St. Joseph's Journal - Weekly News & Notes 11/10/19

Volume 12~ November 17, 2019

St. Joseph's Regional Jr. High

News & Notes ~ Week of November 17th (keepin' it short this week...)

Mission Statement: St. Joseph Regional Jr. High School is a Catholic, co-educational, inclusive community in which students learn and grow in respect for God, themselves, and others, engage in academically rigorous curricula and a wide-range of meaningful service and enrichment experiences.

Parent conferences are always enjoyable and this week's meetings were no exception. I feel so fortunate to have visited with so many of you. Teachers always have a lot to share, too! I've said it before, but it's worth repeating: Please don't hesitate to reach out if you would like to schedule a conference or phone call to discuss your child's academic and personal progress. We are most definitely in partnership in this meaningful endeavor.

Please see our new and improved website with all teacher contacts and homework pages! I've been workng hard to update our website one piece at a time. Check out all of the new content.

Our next PTO meeting will be on November 18th from 7-8pm. CLICK HERE TO JOIN US!

Our Advisory Board meeting will be on November 21st, 6pm-7:30pm in the St. Joseph's library.

I sent out an update about our Thanksgiving Feast yesterday. Please refer to that for details about Friday's event.

Bears Athletics

Basketball

First game at Auburn on 12/6 - one way bus and 4:00pm start for boys, 5:30pm start for girls.
We are in need of a timer for the games. If you already plan to attend and don't mind helping out, please email Mrs. Martineau at [email protected].
Please visit the Athletics page of our website if you still need to pay our Pay-to-Play.

Looking Ahead

We will be in need of a track coach!
If you or someone you know has experience participating in or coaching track and enjoys mentoring students, please ask them let Mrs. Martineau.

November 20th - Mass

November 20th - St. Joe's Night at Five Guys Burgers on South Willow Street, 4pm-10pm. See you there!

November 21st - Trinity Admissions Test, 8am-10am

November 21st - First basketball home game

November 22nd - Thanksgiving Feast at lunch (see previous Constant Contact for details)

November 27-29 - Happy Thanksgiving! (Break)

Looking Ahead:

December 20th - 10:00am Christmas mass at St. Anthony's Parish

We've been busy this week!

Mrs. Jones chaperoned a group of students to the Diocesan Youth Conference at Bishop Guertin in Nashua, NH . This day-long conference brough students together from all over the region to listen to faithful, inspiring speakers, music and participate in confession and adoration. What a memorable day! Thank you to Fr. Dion for sponsorship and to Mrs. Jones and Mr. Thibault for chaperoning.

Our service team at the New Horizons Soup Kitchen from St. Joseph Regional Jr. High School this month was Sarah Sewall, Mrs. Kane, Mrs. Martineau, Maria Dufour and Jonathan Roth. Service work is an integral part of raising and growing students of this age. It's so easy for us all to forget that we have the power to change the world in which we live. Adolescence is a perfect time to expand capacity for contribution.

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