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Greetings From Mrs. Drout

 

Dear Families,  

 

Catholic Schools Week is approaching quickly!   We are looking forward to lots of fun events and dress up days. We kick off the week with Open House on Sunday, January 29th from 10:00 am-1:00 pm. Students and parents will be speaking at weekend masses, being greeters, and bringing up the gifts. Field trip permission slips were sent home today for Catholic Schools Week.  Please check backpacks for those. 

 

Congratulations to Parker Grundvig, our school Geography Bee winner.  Parker will participate in a written test and his results will be sent to the state competition.  Congratulations also to second place Liam Schwartz and third place Davis Barthen.  The questions were tough and they did a great job.   

 

We had our annual speed jumping contest on Wednesday.  The students are challenged to jump as many times as they can in ten seconds.   Winners at each level are eligible to participate in the contest in Bloomer.  Watch next week for that list!

 

Mrs. Karen Dorow, our parish and school finance director, will be leaving her position at the end of February. Her family is moving to the Manitowoc area.  She has faithfully served us for many years and we will really miss her.  She leaves big shoes to fill, pray for an easy transition.  

 

Please note and open the attachments below.  All contain important information for you. Remember, adjusting to the electronic packet might be a shift in how you are used to getting school information, nut it's important that you develop a method for doing it.  Maybe you open it every Friday afternoon, or Sunday evening..   Generally, the email is sent at 2 pm on Fridays. Either way, its so important that we all adjust to this.  We will be sending less and less home in hard copy.    

 

SJHS' St. Joe's Got Talent will be here before you know it.  SJHS is looking for volunteers to assist with the event.  We will need help setting up, working at the event, and more.  Attached and sent home in hard copy is the order form for tickets to the event.  Get yours before they sell out!  

 

February 12-14 is the Accreditation Team visit.  Four principals from the Diocese will be here to see our school, interview parents, teachers, and students, as well as look at paperwork to see that we are doing what we say we are doing.  The accreditation process is a valuable one which we will receive commendations for the things we do well as well as recommendations for things to include in our next long range plan.  We will be talking more about this to the students in the upcoming weeks. 

 

Report cards were sent home today.  It's kind of hard to believe we are halfway through the year already.  Have a great week!             

 

Mrs. Drout

 

Keila.drout@menomoniecatholic.org

 

Mission Statement: St. Joseph Catholic Elementary School serves children, preschool through sixth grade, and strives for spiritual, academic and social excellence within the framework of God, family and the community, and through Catholic teaching and devotion.

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