Summer Newsletter

We will publish a follow up newsletter later this Summer. Stay tuned for updates, including Fall sports details!

Students are required to wear their St. Joe's uniform for orientation.

7th Grade & 8th Grade Orientation will be on Monday, August 25th. Students may be dropped off at the St. Joe’s drop off area beginning at 7:00am. Mr. Gaumont and Mrs. Martineau will greet students. Teachers will supervise students in the cafeteria. Students will make their way to homeroom beginning at 7:30am.

At the conclusion of orientation programming, students will be dismissed at 11:30am. Lunch will not be served and there is no after school programming. Refer to the attached map for drop-off and pick-up areas.

• The school dress code can be found in Section 4.7 of the Parent-Student Handbook.
• All uniform tops must be purchased from the Global Schoolwear site.
• Uniform bottoms may be purchased from any vendor, please view the Global Schoolwear site to view the type that should be purchased.
• Mass button up shirts and blazers may be purchased from any vendor.

We are currently collecting gently used uniforms to build our inventory for a future uniform swap.

Students are asked to please purchase the following items:

Update: Spanish Students - 1 Composition Notebook and 1 Manila Folder

Update: 7th Grade Religion Students - 1 Notebook

One 3" three ring binder

Two 1" binders

Two sets of 5 dividers

One colorful pen (not blue or black)

One scientific calculator

Two composition books

Two jumbo book covers (no silicone)

Two folders

One accordion folder

Multiple highlighters of different colors

10 glue sticks

Set of 24 colored pencils

500 note cards

Lots of pens (navy blue or black)

Lots of pencils

Lots of filler paper

Two boxes of tissues

Please NO whiteout! Whiteout will not be allowed in any classes.

We encourage all of our students to make time each day to read. Reading builds fundamental critical thinking skills, prepares students to engage in conversation, reduces stress, builds background knowledge on topics of interest and expands vocabulary.

Below are the recommended Summer reading books. In addition, I encourage students to select a book (or several) of interest to them. Find a shady spot to read about an exciting adventure, your favorite historical figure, a hobby you would like to take up, or even your favorite saint!

7th:

• Refugee by Alan Gratz

• Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card

• The Book Thief by Mark Zusak

• Hoops by Walter Dean Myers

• The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

• Bamboo People by Mitali Perkins

• Where the Red Ferns Grow by Wilson Rawls

• Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand

• Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

• The Cay by Theodore Taylor

• Rebellion 1776 by Laurie Halse Anderson

• True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi

• True North: A Novel of the Underground Railroad by Kathryn Lasky

• A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park

• The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

• Catherine, Called Birdie by Karen Cushman

And 8th:

• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

• The Call of the Wild by Jack London

• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

• The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

• Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift

• The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie

• Life of Pi by Yann Martel

• I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai

• The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

• The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

• The Darkside of Nowhere by Neal Schusterman

• Scythe by Neal Schusterman

• Students may be dropped off as early as 7am each day.

• Siblings of Trinity students arriving together may be dropped off at the main entrance near the main office.

• All other St. Joe’s students should be dropped off in the back of the building near the St. Joe’s cafeteria.

• Student dismissal is at 2:45pm each day.

• All students will be dismissed from the back of the building near the St. Joe’s cafeteria,

• Students meeting a sibling from Trinity High School may do so in the St. Joe’s cafeteria.

• The pick up line begins at the stop sign, behind the painted white line, and extends along the back of the building.

• The pick up line is one lane.

• Pick up persons are encouraged to pull as far up as possible in order to prevent a traffic back up onto Bridge St.

• Students must remain alert at all times. Safety is our priority. Students may not make their way to vehicles until all vehicles have come to a complete stop.

Refer to the drop off & pick up map.

We will continue to offer the After School Program (ASP) daily until 5:00 PM. Students may attend ASP free of charge until 3:30 PM each day. A daily fee of $10 will apply for students staying until 4:15 PM, and a $20 daily fee will apply for students staying until 5:00 PM.

A Google Form will be shared weekly via the newsletter for families to sign up for ASP in advance.