July 2025 Summer Mailing

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Saint Joseph Catholic School
Summer Mailing – July 2025
Happy Summer, from all of us at Saint Joseph Catholic School! For your convenience, this is your electronic “Summer Packet” along with a message from Principal Rickbeil. 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 2025. In mid-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:
Saint Joseph School Families,
I hope that your families had a wonderful beginning of the summer and 4th of July celebration! Here on campus, we have been hard at work wrapping up the 2024-25 school year and preparing for our 2025-26 school year. On that note, attached to this email is a copy of our school stakeholder report for the 2024-25 school year. This report serves as a helpful guide for all of our work in the past year and lists our goals for the coming years.
Also attached to this email is a one-page copy of our school calendar for the 2025-26 school year. While it is not comprehensive of everything we do, these are helpful dates to remember and reserve on your family calendars for the coming school year. Additionally, these dates will be added to the calendar on our website in the near future. As you review the calendar, note that all days shaded in red are days where there is no school for students. As was previously mentioned, we have an earlier Spring Break (March 14-22) and an extended Easter Break (April 3-12) because our teachers will be attending the NCEA Conference in Minneapolis from April 7-9.
Completing this report and publishing these events gets everyone here excited about the coming school year. We look forward to seeing you back in school this August.
God bless,
Kyle Rickbeil
Kindergarten Families we are so happy to have your students join us for the 2025-2026 school year. Included in the summer packet links is a required health packet. Please be sure to contact your clinic to have your child’s forms completed and sent into our school office. If you need a hard copy of this packet, please contact Lisa Wrobel liwrobel@stjosephwsp.org. These forms must be completed and returned before the first day of school.
Used Uniform Sale: Our Annual Used Uniform Sale will be held July 21st from 5:30-7:00pm in our school gymnasium. 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 gym is located up the stairs. Do you have school and gym uniforms or even spirit wear to donate? Bins will be set up in the gym door entrance July 14-18 between 8am-4pm. We would be grateful for your donations!
School Spirit Wear Sale: Our online spirit wear store The Jaguar Spot will open next week to begin a presale that will run for about a week or so. Your orders will be available at open house in August. We will have additional online preorder sales this year, late fall, later winter and early spring. Please watch for an email next week with a link to preorder.
Saint Joseph School Hours and First Day of School for 2025-2026: Students in grades K-8 will have school hours of 8:30am-3:10pm. PreK will have the hours of 8:30am-3:00pm. Morning drop-off will begin at 8:15am with the start of school being 8:30am. Students will be dismissed at 3:10pm.
Please Note: ALL students in grades PreK-8 will start school on Monday, August 25 except for our PreK Terrific 3’s Class who’s first day will be on Tuesday, August 26. There will be no bus transportation or food service provided until Tuesday, September 2. Parent transportation will be required, and students will need to bring a bag lunch and beverage from home August 25-28.
Bus Transportation Registration Ends August 1st: Students in grades K-8 that live in the ISD 197 area may qualify for bus transportation. If you are interested in having your child(ren) ride the school bus, please follow the registration link above. Registration is done strictly through ISD 197. If you have questions regarding bussing, please direct them to 651-403-8320. Registration does close on August 1.
Before and After Care grades Pre-8: After Hour Kid Power School Age Care Program operates in our school building cafeteria. They will be providing care for the K – 8 students. Our Preschool will be providing before and after school care for our preschool age students. The hours of operation for both programs will be 7am-8:15am and 3:10pm-5:30pm (preschool aftercare will begin at 3:00pm) Please watch for an email registration shortly.
Family Picnic, Open House & School Pictures:
Family Picnic & Ice Cream Truck Wednesday, August 13th 6-8pm~ Principal, Mr. Kyle Rickbeil and Assistant Principal, Mrs. Hilary Lamusga invite you to join us for a family picnic, Wednesday, August 13^th 6-8pm. 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 year we will have the Ice Cream Truck to provide treats for students at no cost, adults are welcome to purchase an ice cream treat. This is a wonderful way for our families to mingle and celebrate St. Joseph’s School together! Thank you to our Home & School Association for hosting this wonderful event!
Back to School Open House Thursday, August 21^st 3pm-6pm.  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
School Pictures ~ Students will be getting their school pictures taken during our summer Open Hours on Thursday, August 21^st. Photographers will be ready to take pictures beginning at 2:30pm. Pictures will be taken in the great room. Please stop there before you come to Open House or on your way out. We do need every child’s photo taken for the yearbook. Please watch for a link to order your picture packages.
Fall Sports Registration for Grades 5-8: Fall Sports Registration is now open. We offer Volleyball and Soccer for girls (5-8), and Soccer for boys (5-8). If you would like to register for fall sports, please click here. Students participating in athletics are required to have a current physical (physicals are good for 3 years) along with completing the required Catholic Mutual Waiver and Christian Ethics form annually. Please click here for the current physical form as well as the Catholic Mutual Waiver and Christian Ethics form.
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.
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Gertens Fall Mums Fundraiser: Starts August 1! The Gertens Fall Mums Fundraiser is coming soon! Mark your calendars for Friday, Aug 1 when the sale goes live and stock up on all your fall planting needs. 30% of all plant sales and 15% of gift card sales will go directly back to St. Joseph's School and support field trips, community spirit events, teacher appreciation initiatives and more! So feel free to share with friends and family. The sale will end Monday, Aug. 25 and plants will be available for pick-up at school on Tuesday, Sept. 9. Watch for more information soon!
Would you like to Volunteer at School? Parent Volunteers - Virtus Requirement Prior to Volunteering - We are very excited to welcome our parents into the building to volunteer. We have many opportunities throughout the year where we will invite parents and grandparents in to share their time and talents with us. All Catholic Schools in MN require that all employees, and volunteers who interact with minors, are required to complete and maintain safe environment credentials through the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. The program through the Arch is called Virtus.
If you are a new volunteer and have never completed your Virtus Training, please click here and follow the instructions.  If you are an existing volunteer and need to update your account (updates are required every 3 years), please click here for instructions.
Some existing accounts have been placed in an inactive mode if you have not volunteered recently. If that has happened and you are interested in becoming reactivated, or if you have any questions, please contact Lisa Wrobel liwrobel@stjosephwsp.org.
To ensure successful completion of the requirements, follow the information below before creating your VIRTUS account. If you have an existing VIRTUS account, contact Lisa Wrobel liwrobel@stjosephwsp.org for assistance so your account can be updated prior to login.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR OUR 2025 OKTOBERFEST WEEKEND! Saturday, September 6 & Sunday, September 7 Please join us for a weekend of food, music and fun for the whole family! Our third annual Oktoberfest will kick-off on Saturday night with a NEW 21+ event! So mark your calendars - you won't want to miss it! More details to follow.