Mass
Thank you to the second and eighth grades for their leadership with liturgy at Mass on Tuesday. This week, Deacon O’Neill uses the crowning of Mary to remind us to be thankful to our own mothers. Thank you to everyone who came to Mass this week. Please know, all are welcome each week.
Fun Run
The weather will be warm and the kids are ready to run tomorrow. This Friday middle school (grade 6-8) start running at 1:20, then grades 3-5 at 1:45, and K-2 at 2:10. Thank you to all of our volunteers and to all who made donations!
Field Day
Is next Friday, May 17:
- 4th/5th 10:30-12:00
- 1st, 2nd, 3rd 1:00-2:30
Graduation
The 8th grade graduation Mass is Tuesday, May 28th at 1 pm. A reception for the 8th grade and their families is held afterward in cafeteria/Parish Hall. The last full day of school for the 8th grade students is Friday, May 24. On Tuesday, May 28th the 8th grade students do not attend class.
Last Day of School for K-7
The last day of school for kindergarten through 7th grades is Thursday, May 30. School starts at 8 am with an early release of 10 am. Students come to school and participate in our balloon rosary, grade advancement, final student recognition, and naming our Saint of inspiration for the 2019-2020 school year.
Enrollment
Boise finds itself as an area of continued growth. As you gain new neighbors, and as your friends and colleagues discuss school considerations, please encourage them to take a look at St. Joseph’s Catholic School. We have limited room in early grades (k-5). Thank you for your support and for your referrals.
What makes St. Joseph’s Catholic School the best school in Boise? Snapshots of the State of Joseph’s 2019:
As I finish my second year at St. Joseph’s Catholic School, I want to share some of what we have accomplished over the past two years. When I was hired here, I came in with the goal to maintain St. Joseph’s Catholic School as the best school in Boise. My three areas of focus include:
- Safety
- Faith and Community
- Student Learning
Below are some of the enhancements, changes, processes we have done and implemented for Safety:
- Varied drills: lock down, fire, earthquake, BPD clear the building, reverse evacuation, hall check, reunification
- Parent safety letter including terminology
- Added cameras for safety and security
- Added a keypad to the front door
- Locking the cafeteria door
- Updated safety procedures for classes going the the Cathedral
- Continue to revise safety plans and procedures to keep up to date with local, state, and national terms and processes
- Added cement steps to Fort and 9th Street exits
- Added window coverings to Fort and 8th Street doors to minimize visual in and provide visual out
- Added additional radios for personnel use on campus
- Added capability to text parents
- Added Bark for private accounts and for school Google accounts
- New carpet in the hall upstairs and 7 classrooms
- Added Stop the Bleed to staff training
- Additional nursing hours to have coverage 5 days a week
Parents of 8th Grade Students Whose Students are Going to Bishop Kelly Next Year
In order to receive the Parish Subsidy at Bishop Kelly, the linked form must be completed and provide to your registered parish. The Parish Subsidy is due to St. John’s no later than 4pm on June 28th. Letter from Fr. Jerry to St. John’s parishioners.
2019-2020 Proposed School Calendar
SafeStudents Online
New Activation Method
To activate your account, please visit https://safestudentsonline.com/activate. Select our school from the dropdown list and type in the email address you have on file with our school (your SafeStudents Online account is linked to your email address). If you have any questions or trouble with the process, please reach out to customerservice@safestudentsonline.com.
This is for our families with students in grades 5-8. The goal is to coach and provide students a safer and healthier online experience and provide open communication between parents and students. All you need to do is sit down with your student(s) and take less than 5 minutes to set it up.
If you still have questions, please feel free to view the video link below and call or email questions to myself (quilicit@stjoes.com) or our counselor Mrs. Porter (porterc@stjoes.com).
Three new apps added to list for monitoring: GroupMe, Flickr, and Kidzworld.
Student Safety
We are preparing to rollout Family Alert from Bark. These alerts will notify parents of concerning behavior from their student(s) on the St. Joseph’s Google accounts. These alerts to families will be to fill the void of nights, weekends, and upcoming summer. There will be more information from this to come.
We ran a reverse evacuation drill Friday, May 3. We were able get all students inside the building quickly.
Link to an article from a safety committee that St. Joseph’s is using information and concepts from to inform and guide the plans and procedures for St. Joseph’s Catholic School.
See something, say something. I would like to remind and urge everyone if you see something out of place, please report it to the Office as soon as possible. It is much better to be safe and say something than to worry about it.
For information on our current terminology and practice, please refer to our
Bravely act like a Saint today!
We are blessed to have a loving and supportive community. As a Catholic community, we hold ourselves to a higher standard. When you see someone in our community going above and beyond leading by example and bravely acting like a saint, please let me know using the following link.
