Thank you to everyone who participated in Catholic Schools Week this year. We had an amazingly exciting and successful week. It was wonderful to see all of our students working together and creating new friendships with friends young and old. It was also wonderful to see the great presentations by our parents on Career Day. We closed the week out with a rigorous Religion Bee, put together by Father Paul. I love being impressed by all members of our school community, you are what makes St. Joseph's RCS such a great place!

Here are a few reminders as we move into Lent. This week we will celebrate all school Mass on Ash Wednesday. All throughout Lent we will participate in Stations of the Cross on Fridays. This Friday will be a Noon dismissal, and Monday school will be Closed.

To continue the joy of last week, we will be inviting parents to participate in a continuation of our Math Olympics we began last Tuesday. We will celebrate this event on February 26th, at 1:00 PM. Parents will have the opportunity to travel with their child from station to station to work on various Math skills, with students from Pre-K up to 8th grade. We are very excited to share some of our math instruction with our parents in a fun filled way. Click HERE to sign up Today! We look forward to sharing one more way we are focusing on improving our math abilities and performance.

Enrollment is open for the 2016-2017 school year. For more information please find the Registration section in the newsletter. This information can also be found by following the link on our twitter page, and the school website. Tuition Rates for the 2016-2017 school year have been set. This information can be found on the registration page of the school's website.

SCANTRON TESTING is almost complete. Due to the snow we will be making a few adjustments to make sure everyone has completed their mid-year test in both reading and math. Thank you for being flexible!

Mr. Hooker's Math and Fitness Challenge: Mr. Hooker ran 10 miles on Saturday. If his pace was 8:07 (8 minutes and 7 seconds) per mile, how long did it take Mr. Hooker to run 10 miles?

Bonus (two prizes): Mr. Hooker biked 18.2 miles on Sunday. His pace was 18.2 miles per hour. Including running and biking, how long did Mr. Hooker work out for this weekend?

Child Protection Policy- visit www.virtus.org to sign up.
School's Website- www.stjosrcs.org.
Facebook- stjosephbeltsville
Twitter- @StJosephsRCS
Instagram- @stjosephsrcs

"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

From the Home and School Association

Please look for the Scrips Fundraising form in today's communication envelopes. This is a great opportunity to earn cash back for our school by purchasing gift cards at places you already shop!

Order forms are due this Friday, February 12th. Thank you for your support!

President Marianne Schwenz
301.572.2229 schwenzm@comcast.net

Vice President Alice Szczepanski 301.437.3471 alice.szczepanski@gmail.com

Treasurer Cheryl Thomas

301.572.7028 clthomas09@aol.com

Recording Secretary Michelle Rathbun
301.890.5076 michellerathbun@yahoo.com

Hospitality Chair Katie Vaughn
301.906.9435 amydom21@aol.com

Fundraising Chair Jerri Thaniel
240.568.9295 brdgtf@netscape.net

Volunteer Coordinators Judith Rose-Wilson
301.430.0648 jsallywally@hotmail.com

Marketing Coordinator Natalie Ramos
301.586.8336 ortiZnatalie@hotmail.com

Additional Members
Jennifer McCullough
443.220.3690 mjmmccullough@yahoo.com

Dana Needle
301.806.0478 taz0128@hotmail.com

Home & School Website:

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

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

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 Audit Upcoming

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 Wednesdays & Thursdays. Please contact Mrs. Stock in the school office at 301-937-7154 or by e-mail at

schooloffice@stjosrcs.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.

The annual child protection audit will be taking place this spring. All parents who have not completed all parts of the program will be deactivated and may need to begin again. If you have not yet completed the VIRTUS Protecting God's Children class there will be one at St. Mary of the Mills in Laurel on February 25 at 7:00 pm. All training classes must be completed prior to or no more than 60 days after your background check or you will need to redo your background check. Please contact Mrs. Stock in the school office with any questions.

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!

Registration

2016-2017 Student Registration

St. Joseph's Regional Catholic School and the Archdiocese of Washington Catholic Schools Office are using TADS, an on-line system, for re-registration and new student enrollment. Current families have received an e-mail from TADS/St. Joseph's Regional Catholic School. Please follow that link in the e-mail to complete the re-registration forms for your family. This link is unique for your family.

The Parish Verification and the Agreement for Parish Service & Support forms are available on the TADS website and need to be completed and returned to the school office as part of the re-registration process. All families must complete the Parish Verification Form. The Agreement for Parish Support & Service must be completed by all practicing Catholic families. Parishioners of St. Hugh of Grenoble, St. Joseph's Beltsville and St. Nicholas may return the forms without the pastor's signature; the school office will forward them as a group to the appropriate rectories.

For all new siblings (including students entering Kindergarten from our Pre-K program) parents must complete a new admission application, which can be accessed in TADS via a link on the school website. The $100.00 re-registration fee will cover the new siblings; you will not need to pay the $150.00 application fee.

New Student Application Kindergarten - 8th grade ONLY - TADS Website

Pre-K applications must be completed and submitted through the school office.

Failure to re-register by February 2, 2016, may result in your child/children being removed from the school roster, requiring you to re-apply for admission, pay the $150.00 application fee, and risk the vacancy being filled. All tuition and fees for the 2015-2016 school year must be paid in full by April 30, 2016 in order to be accepted for the following school year.

Weekly Family Math Night Activity

Let's see if we can race through this weeks graphing competition and have some great family fun with this week's Family Math Activity.

Good luck and God Bless!

Always have fun with Math,

Ms. Baade and Ms. Montoya

Math Club Advisors

Click here for the activity!

2nd Quarter Honors and Awards

Most Improved:

PK - Owen G.

K - Ila G.

1 - Okemena I.

2 - Connor T.

3 - Ailani H.

4 - Mackenzie H.

5 - Abigail S.

6 - Madison H.

7 - Margaret S.

8 - Pierce R.

Principal's Honors:

PK - Joanna M.

K - Diego A.

1 - Oluchi O.

2 -Ashley N.

3 - Travis N. and Anushka S.

4 - Matias M.

5 - Joseph C.

6 - Josie G. and Emily O.

7 - Steven C.

Student of the Quarter:

PK - Kesiena I.

K - Zakary R.

1 - Carmelle D.

2 - Allison R.

3 - Oliver S.

- Sandyn S.

4 - Benedict H.

5 - Isabel S.

6 - James M.

7 - Kerrin N.

8 - Njikem F.

St. Joseph's Award:

PK - Missy M.

K - Harmony N.

1 - Mason M.

2 - Lulu O.

3 - Jayson F.

Mikey B.

4 - Efua O.

5 - Nicolas B.

6 - Ijeamaka O.

7 - Marcella J.

8 - Daniel F.

Safety Patrol Awards

from sergeant to lieutenant:

Tori G.

from lieutenant to captain:

Carmen L.

Olivia P.

Aspen W.

Daniel F.

Second Honors:

Quinton D.

Daniela E.

Juliene F.

Niresh S.

Michaela W.

5 -

Nicolas B.

Dema N.

Elizabeth O.

Adriel B.

Laquelah A.

Bethel E.

Keith M.

Abigail S.

6 -

Julia C.

Grace F.

Gidey G.

Jason S.

Kayla W.

7 -

Amarah B.

John B.

Timbite E.

AnnaMarie G.

Daria M.

Grant P.

Michelle S.

Kristina B.

Madison E.

Victoria E.

Tori G.

Carmen L.

Pierce R.

Elizabeth S.

Andrea Z.

First Honors:

4 - Benedict H.

Logan K.

Osy O.

Cheyenne T.

5 -

Isabel S.

Joseph C.

Ryan T.

Olabimpe A.

Galen B.

Ryan G.

Natnael M.

6 -
Kelsey A.

James M.

Ijeamaka O.

Tristen S.

7 -
Marcela J.

Kerrin N.

Mia S.

8 -
Njikem F.

Congratulations!

Hot Lunch March/April Due February 12th

Please click here

for the form for Hot Lunch March/April. The form is due by February 12th. See what delicious lunches are available!

Elizabeth House Thanks Mrs. Rella, Ms. Baade, and the 5th Grade

Elizabeth House would like to thank Mrs. Rella, Ms. Baade, and the 5th grade for donating so many wonderful lunches. Your generosity is greatly appreciated.

God bless!

Note Cards From Your Child (Fundraiser for Art)

The art room is doing a fundraiser to purchase more exciting supplies! Each child is designing a note card based on the Georgia O'Keefe's flowers. The cards will be about 5 � X 4 and each card will have your child's name, the year, the name of the school and city on the back.

After their design is finished, I will send home the artwork home with an order form for you to see. If you want the cards you will send back with a check. Each box contains 10 cards and are $14.95 a box. If you have any question feel free to contact me. I look forward to seeing all the children's creations in print!

Ms. Lafferty

Science Fair Timeline

The Science Fair Timeline is attached below. Please feel free to contact Mrs. Pappas with any questions, grade8@stjosrcs.org

Please click here for the Science Fair Timeline

"Bundles of Love"

In recognition and honor of Catholic Schools week, the "Bundles of Love" Club wants to make a delivery to the homeless on the streets of Washington DC and Baltimore.

We are asking parents and family members to help out by dropping off items before the second quarter Awards Ceremony this Wednesday at school.

The following items are needed:

gently used blankets

sleeping bag

adult clothing

adult socks

non-perishable foods

bottled water

toiletries

disposable rain ponchos

tent tarps.

Please leave the items in the bins located outside of the Parish Hall. Thank you!

Box Top Totals for December

1st Place - 8th grade with 16.0 box tops per student

2nd Place -4th grade - 10.6

3rd Place - 2nd grade - 5.8

4th Place - 1st grade - 5.0

5th Place - 3rd grade - 3.3

6th Place - 7th grade - 3.2

5th grade - 3.2

7th Place - Kindergarten - 3.1

8th Place - 6th grade - 2.7

9th Place - Prek - 1.7

Overall

1st Place - 6th grade - 71.1 box tops per student

2nd Place -4th grade - 44.5

3rd Place - 8th grade - 36.6

4th Place - 2nd grade - 31.6

5th Place - 5th grade - 16.5

6th Place - 1st grade - 16.1

7th Place - 7th grade - 15.9

8th Place - 3rd grade - 12.2

Prek - 12.2

9th Place - Kindergarten - 11.4

Career Day

For the career day we had lawyers, a carpenter, police officers, a pharmacist, a linguist from NSA, a professor of astronomy, a teacher and a tourism administrator. Thank You Parents!

Muffins for Our Wonderful Moms!

Religion Bee

Religion Bee was Friday.

Participants:

Grade 3;
     Antoine P.
     Travis N.
     Naima O.

Grade 4:
Benedict H.
Oseefua O.
Grade 5:

Joseph C.

Isabel S.
Grade 6:

Kelsy A.
James M.

Grade 7:
     Shannon B.
     Kerrin N.
Grade 8:
     Thomas E.
     Njikem F.

Second Place Joseph C.

First Place Isabel S.

Thank you Fr. Paul for leading our Bee!

Volunteer Opportunities

Monday morning envelope stuffers
Health Room--RN or higher

All Require ADW Child Protection Program completion. Please call the office 301-937-7154

Elizabeth House Dates and Grades

March 4th Grade 2 & Kindergarten

May 6th Pre-K

June 3rd Grade 3

Calendar Events

Feb 9 Class Pictures

Home & School Board Meeting

Pancake Fat Tuesday Lunch Fundraiser for 8th Grade

Feb 10 School Mass 12 noon
Ash Wednesday

Hot Lunch--Papa John's Pizza (Cheese)

Feb 12 Classroom Card Exchange
Lincoln's Birthday

Noon Dismissal

Stations of the Cross 10:30 am
Teacher In-service
Feb 14 Valentine's Day
Feb 15 Presidents' Day

School Closed

Feb 17 Grade Level Team Meeting
             Hot Lunch--Chick-Fil-A
Feb 19 Stations of the Cross 12:30 pm
Feb 19-29 Making your Science Fair Display
Feb 22 Feast of Saint Peter's Chair
             Washington's Birthday
Feb 24 Faculty Meeting
             Hot Lunch--Pasta

Feb 25 Box Top Tag Day

Virtus Training at St. Mary of the Mills

@ Laurel, MD 7 PM
(need to register--choose Wash, DC Arch)

Feb 26 Progress Reports Available
             Stations of the Cross 12:30 pm
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Mar 1    Exhibiting Your Science Fair Project
Mar 2    Judging Science Fair Projects
             Projects Open to Public 3:00 - 5:00 PM
Mar 7    Collect Science Fair Projects from Cafeteria at end of day

Phone: 301-937-7154

Fax: 301-937-1467

Email: schooloffice@stjosrcs.org

Email: principal@stjosrcs.org

Website: stjosrcs.org

Archdiocese Band Website:

ADWBAND.com

Sincerely,

St. Joseph's Regional Catholic School

11011 Montgomery Road

Beltsville, MD 20705