St. Joseph's School Parent Letter

A Message from Principal Rickbeil 

Thank you for an incredible year, as today we conclude a 2024-25 school year that was filled with many highlights.  We celebrated nine wonderful virtues of the month with our middle school students leading the way at our monthly virtue assemblies.  We honored our local first responders on September 11th and our grandparents with our Grandparents Day activities.  We celebrated 38 school Masses together, including one in Spanish, and prepared many of our 2nd graders for First Communion and First Reconciliation.  In athletics, we re-started our hockey team, competed for several CAA championships, and ended the year taking home two CAA championships in softball.   We were inspired by the witness of Fr. Nate Wills at our annual Gala and by your generosity to our event.  We took field trips as close as Mud Lake and Dodge Nature Center and as far away as Duluth and Green Bay.  We held our first ever Ignatius Book Fair and celebrated the arts with phenomenal concerts and four performances of Cinderella. We even had the opportunity to see the new pope, Leo XIV, announced during the school day!  In this last week, we proudly graduated 25 8th graders, wishing them all the best in high school.

I hope that within this year, you saw us joyfully form disciples of Jesus Christ through academic excellence and cultivating lives of virtue.  Please know that it was a blessing for all of us to serve you this year, and we love working with your kids.  Have a blessed summer, and we will see you in August!

Best Wishes to Father Kyle

Today we learned that Father Kyle will be the school chaplain at Unity High School next year in Burnsville.  He will also serve at the Cathedral in downtown Saint Paul, joining rector Fr. Joseph Johnson and his seminary classmate Fr. Ryan Glaser. He is excited by these two new opportunities, but wants it to be known that he will deeply miss working here at Saint Joseph’s. We were so blessed by his service the last two years, and wish him well and offer him our prayers in his new assignment.

Fitness Fun Day THANK YOU!

Thank you to the many faculty, staff and parent volunteers that were able to make the pivot and make Fitness Fun Day amazing despite the rain.  We are so grateful for the tremendous support and willingness to give of your time and talents to make this day possible. THANK YOU!

Lost and Found!

The lost and found is set up on the 1st level near the library and cafeteria.  Please stop in and take a look for items that your child may be missing.  Any unclaimed items will be donated on Friday, June 6th.

Fall Sports for 2025-2026  Registration Now Open!

St. Joseph's School Fall Sports Sign-Up are now open for students in grades 5-8.  We offer Volleyball for girls in grades 5-8 and Soccer for both boys and girls in grades 5-8.  Please fill out the information below.  Athletic fees will be charged to TADS in September.  The cost for both Volleyball and Soccer is $100 per player.  No Payment is due at this time and athletic fees are non-refundable.  You will be billed through TADS in September. Registration will close on August 1st.   Please click here to learn more and to register.  

Home & School Association

Our Home & School Association would like to thank all of our grade level reps along with the many parent volunteers that made this year so successful!  Thank you for sharing your time and talent with our students, families, faculty and staff, your generosity is so appreciated!   We are looking forward to next school year.  

Dear St. Joes Families,

As we wrap up another fantastic school year, it's time to look ahead and start planning for an even more exciting 2025–26!

Our Home & School Association plays a vital role in enriching our students' educational experience through events, fundraisers, and community-building activities. To continue this tradition of excellence, we're seeking enthusiastic parent volunteers to fill various roles for the upcoming school year.

Open Positions Include:

• Vice President

• Secretary

• Event Coordinators (Carnival and Fitness fun day)

• Grade-Level Representatives (Preschool, K, 2,3,4, and middle school)

• Fundraising Chair

• Spirit Wear Team (Design, Communication, inventory, sales)

Why Volunteer?

• Connect with fellow parents and school staff

• Have a direct impact on your child's school experience

• Share your skills and talents for a great cause

Whether you have a few hours a month or can take on a larger role, there's a place for you on our team. Your involvement makes a difference!

Let's work together to make the 2025–26 school year the best one yet!

Please contact Amanda Grimes  for questions or interest.

Thank you,

Amanda Grimes
2025-26 Home & School President
amanda.ruhl.10@gmail.com