Principals' Peek at the Week

Saints Joseph and John School - March 20, 2025

DEAR SAINTS JOSEPH AND JOHN SCHOOL FAMILIES,

This week, our students had the wonderful opportunity to celebrate St. Joseph’s Feast Day, a meaningful occasion for our school community. We gathered in church to pray the “Josary,” a special devotion honoring St. Joseph, reflecting on his unwavering faith, humility, and dedication to God’s will. It was a beautiful moment of prayer and unity, reminding us of the virtues we strive to live out each day.

As we honor St. Joseph, we also look ahead with excitement to celebrating St. John Neumann next year during Catholic Schools Week. St. John Neumann’s commitment to education and service continues to inspire us as we nurture both the minds and hearts of our students. These celebrations offer valuable opportunities for our school community to deepen our faith, appreciate our Catholic identity, and come together in prayer and fellowship.

May this Lenten season continue to inspire us all to walk in faith and compassion, and recognize the presence of Christ in one another.

Lenten Blessings,

Mrs. Schenek and Mrs. Francis

SJJ VIKINGS IN ACTION

Mrs. Tortorici’s class visited the Holy Family statue in honor of Saint Joseph’s Day. The class colored a Saint Joseph Prayer, and wrote about how the students can be good helpers like Saint Joseph was to God.

Mrs. Miller's and Mrs. Cary's 8th grade reading classes participated in a virtual author's visit this week. The students had the opportunity to view a presentation from Alan Gratz, a New York Times bestselling author, who has written twenty novels for young adult readers. He talked to the students about the inspiration behind some of his biggest books and answered questions live from students across the United States. The students read his most popular novel, Refugee, earlier this year.

FROM THE SJJ PTU

April 12 - Our Father/Daughter Dance is COMING UP on Saturday, April 12 from 6:30-9:30PM at the Columbia Ballroom. Tickets are on sale for 1 MORE WEEK until March 29. Link:https://sjj-ptu-father-daughter-2025.cheddarup.com

April 19 - We are egg-cited to announce that our Easter EGG DROP is BACK! Sign up for a unique opportunity to have eggs secretly scattered in your front yard (on Saturday evening, April 19) so you wake up on Easter morning to a sweet SURPRISE! Eggs will be filled with a combination of small prizes, stickers and candy. When ordering, you can also choose to PICK-UP your eggs at SJJ if you don’t want to get EGGED :) Must order by April 14.

ORDER Eggs ($20 for 24 filled eggs):

https://sjj-ptu-egg-drop-copy.cheddarup.com

Sign up to be an egg dropper:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F4FA9AB2AAAFDC52-55757283-easter

6-8th Graders - sign up to fill eggs:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F4FA9AB2AAAFDC52-55757534-fill

April 23 and 24 - SAVE THE DATE for one of our favorite fundraisers Marco’s Pizza Box Night! This special fundraiser allows your family to order pizza and the pizza comes in your students decorated pizza box! You can order either Wednesday, April 23 or Thursday, April 24. Our art teacher, Mrs. Klatka, will have students design their pizza boxes in art class the week after spring break (April 7-11) and don’t worry - there will makeup dates (on April 14-15) for anyone absent. Ordering instructions and pizza prices will be sent out SOON!