Dear St. Joseph's RCS Families,
Now that we have all spent time reflecting on what we are thankful for, we now move into the new Liturgical year with the celebration of the First Sunday of Advent. Christmas is fast approaching. This also means that the Christmas Pageant is right around the corner. We will be having our first run through of the Christmas Pageant next Monday, December 7th, and the performance will be the following week. Please take any opportunity you can to practice singing the song assigned to your child's class. Please refer to the list below for questions.
All: Hark the Herald Angels Sing
Grades 1-2: The Snow Lay on the Ground
Grades 3-4: Joseph Dearest, Joseph Mine (Lullaby)
Grades 5-6: O Little Town of Bethlehem (tune- Forest Green)
Grades 7-8: God Rest You Merry Gentlemen
If you have not done so already, please make sure you have submitted your
APPLICATION FOR FINANCIAL AID. You can click the link or find it on the school website. The
DEADLINE for returning families to apply is on
DECEMBER 4th.
We are all be focusing on
improving our math abilities and performance. I hope the ideas I shared and the website can be helpful. If you missed them, you can find these suggestions in last week's newsletter and the website I shared
HERE. With a common focus, we can make extraordinary gains!
STUDY THOSE MATH FACTS! Last month I went to a workshop with several principals from around the Archdiocese of Washington and the topic of discussion was spreading a growth mindset throughout the school community. Having a growth mindset means that you believe that you can always better yourself; mind, body, and spirit. There are many ways that you can do this, but one of the ways that I have chosen to embrace this is by continuing my education, being more active at my church, and signing up for athletic races. The next race I will be running will be a half- Ironman at the beginning of next school year. This is a triathlon that involves swimming, biking, and running. Over the remainder of the year I will share some of my training with you through
Mr. Hooker's Math and Fitness Challenge. Any student that figures out the answer each week can come to me to get a prize from my prize box. I'll also give prizes to students that create their own math and fitness problem based on their own exercise. Here is this week's challenge.
Mr. Hooker's Math and Fitness Challenge: It takes Mr. Hooker 2 minutes to swim 100 meters. If he swims for 30 minutes, and stops every 300 meters for 1 minute, how many meters will Mr. Hooker swim?
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"Consider it all joy, my brothers, when you encounter various trials, for you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. And let perseverance be perfect, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing." James 1:2-4
Zach Hooker, Principal
