Welcome back to all of our wonderful teachers, children and families! Today we opened our doors to start our 50th year of forming the whole child in the Catholic Christian faith with a commitment to excellence in education.

St. Joseph's Regional Catholic School is happy to welcome several new teachers. Miss Margaret Kenney comes to us from Mount Saint Mary's University. She holds a dual degree in Elementary Education and Special Education. Her assistant teacher is our former librarian Miss Jenny Dhanagom. Miss Dhanagom has a degree in philosophy from Christendom College and prior to joining our staff spent a year teaching English in Japan.

Our new Pre-Kindergarten teacher is Mrs. Hilary Beall. She has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Maryland and is close to finishing her Master of Science in Education from Trinity College. She has worked in aftercare for St. Mary of the Assumption school and Holy Redeemer and was the assistant Kindergarten teacher at St. Bernadette's for the last two years. Mrs. Amy Sarkar has moved back to assisting in Pre-K. What a blessing.

Our new music teacher, Mr. Neptune Pringle III has a Bachelor of Arts degree in African American Studies: Performing Arts from The Richard Stockton College. He also teaches music at St. Augustine Catholic School.

Please continue to pray for our school, students and families as we begin another successful year.

A quick look ahead:

-September 6, 2013 Student Council Elections

-September 9, 2013 All School Mass 8:15 am

-September 10, 2013 Back to School Night and
Home and School Meeting at 7:00 pm in the Parish Hall

-September 21, 2013 The 9th Annual Community Crab-A-Thon

Peace and All Good,

Mrs. Anne-Marie Miller OFS

From the Home and School Association

St. Joseph's School celebrates 50 years!

The HSA is busy planning a 50 year celebration to be held on Saturday, December 7, 2013. Plans include a 5K (and one mile fun run), and alumni activities.

But we need your help! If you would like to help out in any way, big or small, in the planning of this event, please contact Marianne Schwenz at 301-572-2229.

For more information on the history of St. Joseph's School, click here:

http://www.stjos.org/parish/ci/history.htm

If you have questions, please contact the HSA President,

Marianne Schwenz, at 301.572.2229 (home), 240.508.9957 (cell),

or at schwenzm@comcast.net

Marianne Schwenz

HSA President

Our website: https://sites.google.com/site/stjosephregionalhsa/

Please Remember to Bring Back Your Paperwork

by Friday, August 30th

Please be sure to check your clear Communications Envelope that went home today with your youngest or only child. Inside were these forms that need to be filled out and returned by Friday, August 30th:

Family Data Sheet
Archdiocese of Washington Family Survey
Archdiocese of Washington/St. Joseph's Handbook Agreement
St. Joseph's School Directory Agreement
Milk Order Form (Optional)
Archdiocese of Washington Transportation Permission Form

Next week our Communication Envelope will be coming home on Tuesday (On Monday school is closed for Labor Day), with more forms for your family.

Target Helps Schools--Please Vote For St. Joseph's!

Please take a moment to vote for St Joseph... one dollar per click.

https://apps.facebook.com/givewithtarget/school/110817

Hot Lunch Form for Sept ember/October

Here is the new Hot Lunch Form for September/October--click here.

Please get this form filled out and back to the school office by September 3rd with payment. It is very difficult to plan ahead if the orders are late, so please be sure to get it in by the due date. Thank you.

Band Demonstrations Coming Up!

This Thursday there will be demonstrations of different instruments that are in the Band program. Band will be meeting during the school days on Thursdays, if your child(ren) is/are signed up for the Band Program. Please check out their website: ADWBAND.com.

Go Green ~Recycle Your Paper~

Help our environment and our school at the same time--bring your catalogs, newspapers, and magazines to the Abitibi recycle bin in our parking lot. This makes money for the school and keeps paper o Recycle Paper ut of our landfills. We wish to especially thank those who have been recycling their paper--you've made a difference! We are in need of more paper that is donated--so we are asking if you can also see if your family, neighbors, or friends would also like to donate and recycle their paper. Thank You!

(Please do not include cardboard.)

Recycle paper in the

Green and Yellow Bin

in our parking lot.

Calendar Events

Aug 26 The New School Year Begins! Dismissal at Noon

Aug 29 Band Demonstration Begins at 8:30 AM

Aug 30 Tuition Due

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Sept 2 Labor Day School Closed

Sept 3 Scantron Pre-Testing Window Opens

Sept 4 Faculty Meeting

Sept 6 Student Council Elections

Sept 8 Birth of the Virgin Mary

Sept 9 School Mass 8:15 AM

Sept 10 Back to School Night and Home & School Meeting 7:00 PM

Sept 11 9/11 Prayer Service

Sept 13 Basket Bingo

Sept 14 Exaltation of the Holy Cross

Sept 17 School Pictures in Uniforms

Sept 18 Faculty Meeting

Home & School Hot Lunch Begins

3 Brothers Pizza

School Advisory Board

Sept 20 Box Top Tag Day

Sept 21 Feast of Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist

HSA/CYO Crab Feast

Sept 24 Grades Due

Sept 25 Hot Lunch--Chick-Fil-A

Sept 26 Band Begins

Sept 27 Progress Reports Distributed

Scantron Pre-Testing Window Closes

Sept 29 Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, Archangels

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September 21, 2013--St. Joseph's CYO Crab Feast--Save the Date!

December 7, 2013--St. Joseph's 50th Anniversary/5K Run

Hope to see you there!

Phone: 301-937-7154

Fax: 301-937-1467

Email: schooloffice@stjos.org

Email: principal@stjos.org

Website: http://www.stjos.org/parish/school/index.3.htm

Our St. Joseph's Educational Links Page:

http://stjoseph.adw.globalchalkboard.com

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Archdiocese Band Website:

ADWBAND.com

Sincerely,

St. Joseph's Regional Catholic School

11011 Montgomery Road

Beltsville, MD 20705