HAPPY SUMMER! I hope you are all enjoying the first days of summer break. We are here at school cleaning, planning for next year, and celebrating a successful school year! I like to look back at the old newsletters to remind myself of all we accomplished this year and there is more to come! The roof will be replaced over the summer, blinds installed and more carpets cleared. Watch your email for volunteer opportunities!

Yearbooks have arrived! Each family may come and pick one up during summer office hours. Additional copies are for sale for $25 each.

The final awards ceremony was FANTASTIC! So many children received awards for amazing achievements this year! It was also wonderful to thank our parents and our priests for all they did for us this year! Please see the wonderful pictures from Mr. Bunge!

Congratulations to our Ms. Atash, the Teacher of the Year. Your dedication to teaching is an inspiration. You are helping to create a world where people construct a proper sentence, write in beautiful script and create an inspired story. Thank you for all you share with us.

In an attempted to make tuition payments a little easier for families, we have changed the structure of payments through FACTS. All fees will be collected on June 30th. Tuition payments will be equally divided by ten, and payments will be made on the last day of each month from July 31st to April 30th. All financial aid will be deducted at the beginning and taken off equally from each payment. If you preferred the previous structure, you may pre-pay in FACTS to match the way it pulled before. If you would prefer to not use FACTS, you may pay the tuition and fees in full by June 30th.

On July 1st Mr. Hooker will transition to principal and I will transition to assistant principal. I will be leaving for my family sabbatical in late August and will return at Christmas. I look forward to Skyping with the kids and emailing the teachers. I hope everyone has a blessed summer!

St. Joseph's will be having our first ever Vacation Bible School this summer! It will be July 6th-10th. It will be for children going into Kindergarten through fifth grade. The kids do not need to be students at the school. The camp will run from 8:30- Noon each day that week.

St. Joseph's Regional Catholic School summer office hours will be Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9 am-12 noon. We are available other hours by appointment. We would be happy to schedule a tour or open the uniform exchange. Email schooloffice@stjosrcs.org or call 301-937-7154.

Peace and all Good,

Mrs. Anne-Marie D. Miller, OFS

Principal, St. Joseph's Regional Catholic School

301.937.7154

From the Home and School Association

St. Joseph's RCS

Home and School Association

End of the 2014-2015 School Year Report

(please click above to see report)

Have a Safe, Healthy and Happy summer!

From the St. Joseph's RCS Home and School Association Board

President: Marianne Schwenz

Vice President: Alice Szczepanski

Treasurer: Cheryl Thomas

Recording Secretary: Michelle Rathbun

Marketing Coordinator: Natalie Ramos

Volunteer Coordinator: Judith Rose-Wilson

Hospitality Committee Chair: Katie Vaughn

Fundraising Committee Chair: Jerri Thaniel

Additional Members: Jennifer McCullough

Dana Needle

Tawanda Sabbat

Marianne Schwenz

President, Home and School Association

St. Joseph's Regional Catholic School
schwenzm@comcast.net

home 301.572.2229

cell 240.508.9957

fax 301.572.0073

Home & School Website:

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

Alumni Section!

There is a Facebook Page especially for the Alumni! Please look under "St. Joseph's Beltsville Catholic School Alumni" Click here to go see!

Child Protection Electronic Background Screening

Child Protection Electronic Background screening will now be available for St. Joseph's Parish & St. Joseph's Regional Catholic School in the school office from 8:30 am - 10:00am Tuesdays & Wednesdays. Please contact Mrs. Stock in the school office at 301-937-7154 or by e-mail at schooloffice@stjos.org to schedule an appointment. You will need to bring your volunteer application, 2 forms of ID and payment of $13.50, checks made out to St. Joseph's or cash.

Update: St. Joseph's Church Directory Portraits

It's not too late to have your

portrait taken for our Parish Directory!!!

We have added two more dates for your convenience, Friday July 10th and Saturday July 11th.

Please know that we will only receive the number of directories as we have portrait participants. There will be no extra directories that one might purchase...so make sure to get your portrait taken. All parishioners who have their portraits taken will receive a free 8 X 10 photo and a directory. You can schedule on line at stjos.org/lifetouch/

You must be a registered parishioner (meaning you are receiving offertory envelopes with a St. Joseph's parishioner number, every month in the mail) in order to be in the directory. If you are not registered then please pick up a new parishioner packet that is located in the bulletin rack or visit at stjos.org and click on "I'm new here" to print out the registration form.

If you have any questions please call the rectory at 301-937-7183.

Please click here to see a flyer with more information.

Registering for Next School Year?
Parish Forms Needed...

Please click below for the forms:

Parish Verification

Parish Covenant

Change in Emails

Over the course of the next two weeks, all St. Joseph's teachers will be transitioning to a new email server (Google Apps for Education)! Once this transition is complete all teachers emails will change from

@stjos.org

@stjosrcs.org

(Example: principal@stjos.org = principal@stjosrcs.org).
Please continue to email teachers and staff members at their current email address.

Once the transition is complete a SchoolReach will be sent to notify you to begin emailing teachers at their new email address.

Elizabeth House Thanks 7th Grade!

Elizabeth House would like to thank 7th grade for donating so many wonderful lunches to the soup kitchen. Your generosity is greatly appreciated.

4th Quarter Honors & Awards 2015

Most Improved:

Pre-K - Olamipo A.

1- Michael V., Josiah C., Connor T.

2- Mikael B.

3- Matias M., Gigi P.

4- Stephanie A.

5- John-Paul T.

6- Festus A.

7-- Ricardo G.

Principal's Honors:

Pre-K- Joseph A.

1- Allison R.

2- Magdalena J., Naima O

3- Quinton D.

4- Abby S.

5- Kayla W.

6- Jack S.

7- Hanna N., Olivia N.

Student of the Quarter:

PK- Kelsih F.

1- Inaayah J.

2- Oliver S., Antoine P.

3- Osy O.
4- Isabel S.
5- James M.

6- Marcela J.
7- Njikem F.

St. Joseph's Award:

PK - Jonah H.

1- Emilia K.

2- Joelle B. & Felicity G.

3- Thomas S., Julienne F.

4- Galen B., Olabimpe A.

5- Emily O.

6- Annamarie G.

7- Viola P.

Second Honors:

4- Bethel E., Dema N.

5- Julia C., Grace F., Emily O., Jenny S., Tristen S., Kayla W., Adrienne Y.

6- Steven C., Daria M., Kali R., Yaphet S.

7- Kristina B., Kimberly A., Daniel F., Ricardo G., Aileen H., Carmen L., Izehinosen O., Olivia P., Viola P., Pierce R., Matilda Y..

First Honors:

4- Olabimpe A., Laquelah A., Galen B., Nicolas B., Joseph C., Ryan G., Natnael M., Keith M., Isabel S., Ryan T.

5- James M.

6- Michelle S., John B., Marcela J., Mia S., Amarah B., Kerrin N., Annamarie G.

7- Victoria E., Njikem F., Tori G., Elizabeth S.

Congratulations!

End of Year Honors & Awards 2015

Academic Excellence Awards

Overall Awards for the Academic Year

MOST IMPROVED for the Year

Grade 4 - Stephanie A.

Grade 5 -Gidey G.

Grade 6 - Daria M.

Grade 7 - Bernadette O.

LANGUAGE ARTS

Grade 4 - Isabel S.

Grade 5 - Jenny S.

LANGUAGE ARTS - WRITING

Grade 6 - Kerrin N.

Grade 7 - Njikem F.

LANGUAGE ARTS - LITERATURE

Grade 6 - Marcela J.

Grade 7 -Njikem F.

MATHEMATICS

Grade 4 - Isabel S.

Grade 5 - Tristen S.

Grade 6 - John B.
Grade 7-Aileen H.

ALGEBRA

Grade 6- Marcela J.

Grade 7 -Njikem F.

SPANISH

Grade 3 - Benedict H.

Grade 4 - Isabel S.

Grade 5 - James M.

Grade 6 - Annamarie G.

Grade 7 - Elizabeth S.

SCIENCE

Grade 4 - Joseph C.

Grade 5 - James M.

Grade 6 - John B.

Grade 7 - Victoria E.

SOCIAL STUDIES

Grade 4 - Dema N.

Grade 5 - Grace F.

Grade 6 - Steven C.

Grade 7 -Tori G.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Grade 4 - Laquelah A,

Grade 5 - James M,

Grade 6 - Daria M,

Grade 7 - Kristina B,

ART

Lions International Peace Poster Contest

Sixth Grade Student - Annamarie G.

PERFECT ATTENDANCE FOR THE YEAR Gr 1-4

Grade 1 - Lulu O., Connor T.

Grade 2 - Sesen G.

Grade 3 - Quinton D., Juliene F., Benedict H.,Michaela W.

Grade 4 - Natnael M., Dema N., Motunrayo O., Ryan T., Ashley Y.

PERFECT ATTENDANCE FOR THE YEAR Gr 6-7

Grade 6 - Marcela J., Jack S., Kerrin N.

Grade 7 -Jacob F., Tori G., Olivia N., Matilda Y., MyraMonique T.

OVERALL ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARDS

These awards go to students who received straight A's in all subjects for the entire school year.

Grade 4 - Galen B., Joseph C., Keith M., Isabel S.

Grade 5 - James M.

Grade 6 - John B., Annamarie G., Kerrin N.

Grade 7 - Njikem F., Pierce R.

EXTRAORDINARY FAITH SERVICE

Altar Serving

5 - James M.

6 -Anna Marie G.

7 - Daniel F., Carmen L.,

Izehinosen O., Njikem F.,Matilda Y.

End of Year SAFETY PATROL AWARDS

From Patrol to Sergeant: Festus A., Amarah B.

From Sergeant to Lieutenant -John B., Steven C., Njikem F.,

Dominic M.,
Izehi O., Olivia P., Kali R., Jack S., Mia S., Michelle S., Matillda Y.

Great Work--Congratulations!

Kindergarten Commencement

Dear Parents of the Kindergarten Graduates,

I heard that the Commencement Ceremony was wonderful. I was so sorry to miss it! I was called for Jury Duty and even had another ADW Principal in the jury room with me. Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful children with us this year and we look forward to seeing you at vacation bible school and then in the fall.

Thank You.

Peace and all Good,

Mrs. Anne-Marie Miller OFS

Boats and Buoyancy

The 7th grade learned about Archimedes prince and buoyancy. They were tasked with designing an aluminum foil boat that could withstand the weight of as many pennies as it could hold before it sank. They will do an extension on this project at the beginning of next school year.

Buffon's Needles

7th grade used an experimental approach to geometric probability called Buffon's Needles. Using toothpicks, they randomly dropped toothpicks onto lined paper, and counting the number of toothpicks that did not fall on the paper or fell touching a line. Using a formula, students were able to compare the ratio of the number dropped to the total number of toothpicks that crossed a line. The calculation you get should come out close to that of pi ( π). One group got as close as 3.15.

The Green House Effect

6th grade was able to demonstrate the green house effect using plastic or glass bowls to represent the atmosphere. They measured the inside and outside temperatures over 15 minutes and analyzed their results. Most groups recorded inside temperatures from 102� to as high as 110�.

Solar Ovens

6th graders made solar ovens and took them out to make smores. Some ovens got as hot as 120�.

Last Student Newspaper of the Year!

Please click here to see the newsletter!

The Archdiocese's Messenger is Here!

Please click here for the English Version

Please click here for the Spanish Version

Old Tennis Balls Needed

The new science lab looks great! We would like to try to keep it that way by placing tennis balls on the bottoms of all the chair legs. Please bring your used, old tennis balls to Mrs. Pappas so that the floors can stay scruff free. Every ball helps!

School Facebook Page

If you haven't already "liked" us on Facebook, please take a moment to click this link and "like" our new Saint Joseph's Regional Catholic School Page.

https://www.facebook.com/stjosephbeltsville

or find us by typing SAINT Joseph's Regional Catholic School.
Thank you!

Calendar Events

June 15 Teachers Work Day

June 16 Teachers Work Day
June 21 Father's Day
June 24 Birthday of Saint John the Baptist
June 29 Feast Day of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles
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Aug 31 First Day of School

Noon Dismissal

ECP Begins