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St. Joseph Consolidated School
SJCS News
Volume 8 Issue 16
January 8, 2015 925 South Second Street
Hamilton, OH 45011
No School Reminder
Phone: 513-863-8758
A reminder to SJCS families that there is no school on
Fax: 513-863-5772
Monday 1/19/15 in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King.
E-mail: tstenger@sjcshamilton.org
Web page: www.sjcshamilton.org
Yard Signs
As you may know, a major event in our annual enrollment
campaign is our Open House. This year it is scheduled for
Sunday, January 25. Our yard signs have proven to be a
very effective means of communicating this event to our
prospective families. You are helping us tremendously if you
would place one of our signs in your yard. We are asking
parents to put these signs in their yards at this time. If you
need a yard sign we still have some available in the school
office. Please let us know and we can arrange pick up.
SJCS Mass Spiritwear
This month we are asking for our students and parents to
show their school spirit. Each weekend this month when
attending Mass Saturday or Sunday please wear your spiritwear to church at your home parish. We want to fill the
pews with Bluejay spirit. Traditional school uniform, red
school attire or the blue spiritwear is all appropriate. After
Mass there will be a St. Joe parent in the back of church to
give your child a ticket. When you collect all three tickets
you can turn them into the school office and your students
will get an out of uniform pass.
Clean Up Saturday
We will be holding a clean up Saturday here at school on
1/17/15 from 8:00 a.m. to noon. If you would like to help out
on that day please let us know in the school office. We request no small children and only junior high or high school
students on this day.
Important Dates to Remember
1/9/15-Bluejay Booster Adult Bowling Event
1/15/15-All School Mass 8:00 a.m.
1/17/15-Clean Up Saturday
1/19/15- No School Martin Luther King Day
1/21/15-SJCS Board of Ed Meeting
1/22/15-All School Mass 8:00 a.m./Spotlight
Breakfast Grade 4
1/24/15-Market Day Pick up
1/25/15-Enrollment Open House/Catholic
Schools Week Opens
1/27 & 1/28/15-2nd Grade Raffle
1/29/15-All School Mass 8:00 a.m./PTO Board
Meeting
1/31/15-St. Joe Cyclones Night
2/4/15– Bluejay Booster Meting
2/5/15-All School Mass 8:00 a.m.
2/7/15– St. Joseph Parish Confirmation Retreat
2/12/15-All School Mass 8:00 a.m.
2/13/15- No School Teacher In Service
2/16/15-No School President’s Day
2/18/15-Ash Wednesday
2/19/15-All School Mass 8:00 a.m./SJCS Board
of Education Meeting
2/21/15– Market Day Pick up
2/26/15-All School Mass 8:00 a.m./Spotlight
Breakfast Grade 3/2nd Grade Book sale/PTO
meeting 7:00 p.m.
FROM THE PRINCIPAL
January 8, 2015
I begin this new year filled with a lot of hope(s)…
First, I hope this communication finds all of you refreshed, relaxed, and still hanging on to some of that wonderful Christmas spirit. It comes... and goes so fast. Our hope as Christians, as the lyrics of so many songs reflect, is to have the spirit of Christmas (of joy, of caring, of giving to and serving others) last throughout the
year. My sister, who always seems to come up with great Christmas cards, sent us one with this quote from
Mother Teresa:
It is Christmas…
every time you let God love others through you.
Yes, it is Christmas…
every time you smile at your brother and offer him your hand.
I’m sure she would have added “or sister” had she written that today. I certainly hope we all experience and
share in creating a lot more Christmas in the months ahead.
Ready or not, here comes 2015. More importantly, here comes the winter of 2015. With 1 (okay, now 2
days... and 2 hours, or 13.66 hours) snow day(s) already behind us, I hope the weather this winter is less challenging than last year’s. Our calendar has enough days/hours built into it to account for 5 (5.4 to be exact)
snow/weather-related days. So, we’re down to 3. Let’s hope that’s enough. I also hope that the time off has
been sufficient to break the cycle of illnesses that were taking their toll on us back in those final weeks of
2014. (Ironically, after being healthy throughout the holidays, I just lost my voice yesterday.) Closures due to
illness count the same as snow days. I hope we don’t need any of those.
I hope the coming of the new year resulted in our Open House yard signs popping up in neighborhoods
thought our area. (We still have several in the hall here at school if you need one. It may require a pan of hot
water or a torch to get them into the ground now.) Sunday, the 25th will be here before we know it. Somewhere out there are 25 new St. Joseph kindergartners waiting to be found. That’s 25 families waiting to be
told the St. Joe’s story. No amount of advertising that we can do has more impact than a personal contact
from one of you. I hope we’ve earned your endorsement. And having done so, that you will reach out to any
families you know who have a potential kindergartner (or 1-8 student) and tell them our story, what we have
to offer. To support you, we will be repeating many of the efforts that have worked for us in the past: 4000plus postcards mailed to Catholic families with school-age children in our area, 500-plus invitations dropped
off at area pre-schools, Q102 radio spots running throughout the month, five large 4 ft. by 6 ft. banners strategically placed, and follow up on all leads generated by BlueJay Bucks. You have done a great job in the past.
Our enrollment is one of the most stable in the Archdiocese, remaining at or near two hundred students for
eight of the past ten years. With twenty-nine graduating 8th graders leaving us in May, we have our enrollment work cut out for us this year. We’ve been in this position before and prevailed. We can do it again.
AR Point Club
Divergent
Advancement
December 2014
By
Veronica Roth
The following students have advanced to a higher point club
for their reading efforts during the month of December.
Congrats to all!
Seventh Grade
Jack Cooper
Kindergarten
Third Grade
Caroline Davis
Conner Couch
Fifth Grade
Maddei Mills
Kiley Massey
Maddie Davis
Marissa Collier
Jaden Peterson
Jackson Turner
Emily Demmel
Michael Dennison
Emma Gerhardt
Emily Gullett
Zach Kiep
Elise Hardig
Chloe Kime
Mary Hunt
Meghan Vidourek
Sami Tokarczyk
Honesty Kennedy
Abby Wenzel
Tyler Verdin
Kylie Spade
Eighth Grade
Sophia Williams
Zach Wagner
Ally Angst
First Grade
Katie Alexander
Sam Duckworth
Jack Marshburn
Lizzie Middendorf
Emari Smiley
Rose Smith
Kevin Spade
Todd Blackburn
Mason Mosley
Jake Tokarczyk
Curtis Schutte
Emma Broermann
Fourth Grade
Sixth Grade
Zack Brossart
Ryan Davis
Evan Drake
Grace Connaughton
Jacob Stringer
Logan Fitzwater
Katie Conrad
Second Grade
June Meehan
Aiden Hopkins
Marqaux Flaig
Zach Estrellado
James Martin
Lexi Urmston
Johnny Payne
Matthew Rings
Clayton Rosenbauer
Jessica Rosteutscher
Cody Smith
Aidan Drake
RJ Gerhardt
Corey Hoskins
Anthony Hunt
Emma Joyce
Gretta Price
Megan Schroeder
Dalton Updike
SJCS PTO Hockey Night
2015 365 Lotto Tickets
with Cincinnati Cyclones
We are still assembling and compiling the 365 lotto tickPINK IN THE RINK
ets from families and our support schools. The Lotto
Committee is extremely thankful for the overwhelming
Saturday 1/31/15 Tickets are $13 each.
support of our lotto this year. This support proves the
Please return request for reserved tickets and payment to commitment our SJCS families have to our school. This
fund raiser profits each family here at St. Joe and without
school by Tuesday, January 27, 2015. Please pay by
our weekly Bingo funds we really need this to be a sucpersonal check made payable to ‘Cincinnati Cyclones’
cessful endeavor. If you still have tickets please realong with the ticket purchaser name & # of tickets to:
turn them to the school office.
ATTN: Jenny Cooper – Cyclones/St. Joseph Night
All paid tickets will be available at Will-Call the night of
the game beginning at 6 p.m. Exact seat location cannot
be determined. Best available seats will be given.
*Children age two (2) and older must have a ticket to
enter the building.*
CONTACT Jenny Cooper (513) 509-1324 - Thank You
for your support!
2nd Grade Book Sale
2nd grade is once again holding their annual used book
sale. It will be held Thursday, February 26 . We are in
need of donations. Please send any of the following
gently used items to the school office: DVD’s, computer
software, books, and videos.
365 LOTTO WINNERS
365 Lotto winners from 12/15 to 12/31 : $40
winners Clarence Harmeyer, Brian Williams, Dan
Backus, Craig Martin, Brad Raines, Robert Fraley,
Melissa Ray, Nancy Bender, Mike Hanlon, Matt
Haas, Jen Drake, Donna Frazee & Rhonda Duff.
$100 winners Joan D’Imperio& John Mary Rita
Brossart. $1000 Christmas Day winner Sharon
Mueller.
Lunch Menu
Monday 1/12/15-Nachos & cheese w/
choice of salsa, black beans, guacamole &
sour cream, Gogurt, applesauce and
milk.
Tuesday 1/13/15-Egg, sausage & cheese
omelet, triangle potatoes, string cheese,
juice and milk.
Wednesday 1/14/15-Hamburger or
cheeseburger, dill pickles, corn, oranges,
chocolate chip cookie and milk.
Thursday 1/15/15– Ravioli, pineapple,
tossed salad, garlic roll and milk.
Friday 1/16/15– Tony’s pepperoni pizza,
broccoli, fruit, oatmeal bar and milk.
Weekend Servers
5:15 p.m. Mass-Saturday 1/10/15– Kari Kiep & Macie Ray
9:00 a.m. Mass– Sunday 1/11/15– Joe & June Meehan
11:30 a.m. Mass– Sunday 1/11/15-Luke Enderle & Peyton Turner