2022 July Summer Mailing

St. Joseph’s School
Summer Mailing – July 2022

Happy Summer, from all of us at St. Joseph’s School! For your convenience,  this is your electronic “Summer Packet”.  All forms and important information will be provided to you electronically and made available to you through our school website www.stjosephwsp.org.  Many items will be located under the “Parents” tab located at the top of the homepage. 

Today you are receiving your Summer Mailing – July 2022.  In early August you will receive additional electronic mailings with additional information including class lists. 

If you are unable to access this information or have further questions, feel free to contact our school office 651-457-8550 or office@stjosephwsp.org. 

Summer Packet Links: 

• School Supply List Hard Copy AND Order Link for Supply Ordering 
• 2022-2023 Calendar Important Dates
• Uniform Policy and Overview 2022-2023
• ISD 197 Transportation (Bus) Registration (Registration Closes August 1^st)
• Phy Ed Required Uniform for students in grades 4-8 (Required) Order link CLOSED.
• After Hour Kid Power Registration
• Fall Sports Registration for grades 5-8 Registration Closes July 29

St. Joseph’s School Hours and First Day of School for 2022-2023:  Students in grades K-8 will return to our regular school hours.  Morning drop off will begin at 8:25am with the start of school being 8:40am.  Students will be dismissed at 3:40pm.

Please Note:  ALL students in grades 1-8 will start school on Monday, August 29.  Kindergarten families will be receiving an email invite from your Kindergarten Teacher to schedule your child’s assessment which will be roughly 15-25 minutes on either August 29 or 30.  Kindergarten’s first day is Wednesday, August 31. 

Before and After Care grades K-8:    After Hour Kid Power School Age Care Program operates in our school building cafeteria.  Please click here for registration and click here for policy information. 
Please contact Terri Kayoum 651-329-4341 or afterhourkidpower@gmail.com if you have further questions.

Family Picnic and Open House:  Principal, Mrs. Ginger Vance and Middle School Director, Ms. Audrey Wenner invite you to join us for a family picnic, Thursday August 4^th at 5pm.  You are welcome to bring your picnic dinner and a blanket and meet us on the back field near the playground.   We will provide a treat!  This is a wonderful way for our families to mingle and celebrate St. Joseph’s School together!   

Back to School Open House Thursday, August 25^th 1pm-4pm.  We invite all students K-8 to come to school and bring your labeled school supplies to your classroom and meet your teacher(s).  Please park in the back parking lot and enter through any of the back school entrances.

Used Uniform Sale and Book Covering Event:   Our Annual Used Uniform Sale will be held Monday, August 8th from 5:30-7:00pm in our school cafeteria.  We invite our kindergarten and new families to arrive at 5:00pm.  Please park in the back school parking lot and enter through the Gymnasium Doors #11.  The Cafeteria is located on the lower level. 

We will have our annual book covering event again this year for students in grades 4-8.   Please watch for an email with instructions on how you can have your student’s books covered for you at school!  Thank you to our Home & School Association for sponsoring these events.

Fall Sports Registration for Grades 5-8:  Fall Sports Registration is now open.  We offer Volleyball and Soccer for girls (5-8), Soccer for boys (5-8) and Football for boys (6-8).  If you would like to register for fall sports please click here. 

School Supplies – New Option this Year:  Our Home & School Association has teamed up with Bright School Kits to provide prepackaged school supply kits for purchase.  This is an optional service.   If you are interested please feel free to check it out.  Otherwise, please use our school supply list to find your supplies on your own.  Link will be sent out via email soon.

When using the online supply ordering:  Please read the notes carefully, as they indicate other items that may need to be purchased separately, and clarify that some optional items (for instance, a binder required for one teacher only) will be available to purchase after a kit is placed in your cart.

There are optional donations you can make when purchasing a kit; these go to the Home and School Association. There is already a $5 donation per kit included in the fees.

Shipping will be to your home, and is free for orders of $50 or more.

This is an optional, new program that we are trying out! Please let us know how you like it or what you would like to see in the future by emailing Sara Rogers at saralyn.rogers@gmail.com.

Moving Over the Summer?  If your family has moved or is planning to move over the summer, please share with us your updated information.  Please email that information to Lisa Wrobel liwrobel@stjosephwsp.org – Thank you!

Updated Contact Information?  Do you have a new email address or would like to add your spouse to our correspondence?  Or, do you no longer have a home phone and are just using your cell phones?  Please email updated information to Lisa Wrobel liwrobel@stjosephwsp.org – Thank you!

Updated Emergency Contacts and Health Information? If you have not already done so, please log into your TADS account.  Once you are in your TADS account click on Enrollment, click on the blue student number, scroll to the bottom and edit enrollment > Health and update information.  Go back and edit Contact information.  Thank you for completing this important step.

Please Complete a One Minute Survey:  Please participate in a 4 question survey on the 5th grade puberty class. https://forms.gle/BE5ZwwyKR3drShJR7.   Information will be shared with families in the coming weeks.