SJCS Bluejay Bulletin 3/21/24
📆Days off Reminder
🐰 3/29/24-4/8/24-No School Spring Break
🙌🏻Welcome to the Nest!
Miss Conrad would like to share some very exciting news for the 2024-2025 school year! Please welcome Katie Sugg to The Nest, as she will be teaching ELA/Reading for grades 6-8 next year. Katie currently has one child attending St. Joseph, and will have a kindergartener joining us next year as well. Please be sure to give her a warm welcome! Welcome, Katie!!!
About Mrs. Sugg: Hamiltonian, born and raised, I graduated from Hamilton High School in 2001. I received my B.S. in Elementary Education from California University of Pennsylvania in 2006, then moved back to Hamilton, Ohio to teach and give back to the community that made me who I am today. In my 6 years of teaching experience, I instructed upper elementary grades, both at Bridgeport Elementary, and most recently at Ridgeway Elementary. Within my classroom setting, my goal is to create a family of learners where EACH child feels valued, trusted, and an integral part of each lesson. I constantly seek ways to get my students involved in activities throughout our community, guiding my previous 5th graders to write 17Strong grants for projects to build a cleaner, safer, and engaged Hamilton. I currently reside in Hamilton with my husband, Jason, and two children, Hudson and Caroline.
🧦World Down Syndrome Day
This year on World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD), St. Joe’s will celebrate on March 21st and March 22nd.
TODAY March 21st (Thursday) - students can wear their WDSD shirts (or yellow and/or blue shirts) with uniform bottoms and crazy socks (ROCK YOUR SOCKS) for $1. All money will go to the Down Syndrome Association of Greater Cincinnati to help support Allie’s Army.
TOMORROW March 22nd (Friday) - For $1.00, students can wear out-of-uniform approved bottoms with a Cincinnati Reds shirt (or red and/or white shirts). All money will go to the Miracle League (Nuxhall Foundation) to help get Miracle League players to Pennsylvania in August to play with Sean Casey’s baseball teams.
On March 22nd we will have guest speakers (Hint…make sure you wear your Cincinnati Reds shirts).
Thanks so much for your support!
➕SJCS Lenten Activities
St. Joseph Consolidated School students will be participating in many Lenten activities during the next few weeks leading up to Easter.
Live Stations of the Cross-All parents and grandparents are invited to join us as the Eighth Grade class presents Live Stations of the Cross on Thursday, March 28, 2024 at 8:00 a.m. in the school gym.
Penny Wars-Penny wars began on Monday and will end on March 28th. We will be splitting the money between Serve City and Kick it for Kenely. Kenley is the niece of our 3rd grade teacher, Meredith Schroeder. Kenley is getting ready to receive a bone marrow transplant.
🏆2nd Trimester Honor & Merit Roll
Click here for the names of the students that are on our Honor & Merit Roll for the 2nd Trimester
🟪PTO Updates!
🎟️Drawdown Feedback Form
Thank you to those of you who supported the SJCS 21st Annual Drawdown fundraising event! This year's Drawdown was a HUGE success, and we're so grateful to all of those who donated, attended, and/or volunteered your time to the Drawdown. We had record-breaking ticket sales, attendance, and profits this year, but we're always looking for ways we can improve. Please provide your feedback and any suggestions you may have for the Drawdown Committee by April 1st, 2024 so that we can start planning next year's big event!
🧩Autism Awareness/Acceptance Day
Autism Awareness/Acceptance month is April. We would like to inform parents that we will celebrate on Thursday, April 11, 2024 Students can pay $1 to wear a blue shirt or a shirt celebrating autism with uniform bottoms. All funds raised will go towards purchasing books about Autism for our school library.
🏃♀️Jog N Jam Updates!
Questions please contact the 5K committee at [email protected]
📖Book Fair Save the Date
Our annual Book Fair is scheduled for April 15th through 19th. Stay tuned for more information coming on how you can help! I will be sharing the specific dates and times as well as a sign up sheet for volunteers.
👨🏿🍳🧑🏼🍳Lunch Menu Link
Here is the link to our lunch menu for this upcoming week:
Click below to add money to your family's lunch account using credit card payment:.
😁Help PTO fill the MASH (Make All Staff Happy) closet!
Please sign up to send in snacks for the teachers and staff when they need a little pick me up! There are plenty of open spots available to finish out the school year. Thanks in advance!
https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/10c094faeae2ca2fd0-mash/33909776
🐏Badin Summer Camp Opportunities
Below are two summer camp opportunities for our St. Joseph students:
Guitar Camp link: https://payit.nelnet.net/form/SJBdvtro
HSPT Test Prep link: https://payit.nelnet.net/form/kvBQUuP4
🏛️Help Send the St. Joe’s Incoming 8th Grade Class to Washington, DC!
Piggiest Raffle Opportunity
Purchase a $5 Piggest Raffle ticket and 100% of the proceeds will go towards the 8th Grade Class DC Trip (whole group or individual specified).
* Click on this link: https://piggestraffleever.com/
* Choose St. Joseph Consolidated School from the Charity Dropdown List
*Enter Specific 8th Grader if Referred
* Choose Quantity of Pigs you would like to Purchase ($5 each)
* Select Adopt
* Wait for the Drawing on May 4, 2024 to see if you’ve won one of the incredible prizes below
GRAND PRIZE: $10,000 Cash*
($5,000 to the charity and $5,000 to the winning ticket holder)
SECOND PRIZE: $5,000 Cash*
($2,500 to the charity and $2,500 to the winning ticket holder)
THIRD PRIZE: Cincinnati Get-Away Experience
($1,500 in Downtown Cincinnati, Inc. vouchers)