Fall enrollment for St. Joseph Catholic School will be held on Friday, July 30 from 7 a.m. until 6 p.m.  Returning families will receive a packet of enrollment information and forms approximately one week before the 30th.  These forms and the appropriate fees may be mailed back to the school or returned in person on or before July 30th.  New families may enroll on the 30th or any time before by contacting the office at 620-241-3913.

On Wednesday, May 26, fifteen sixth grade students ended their educational journey at St. Joseph School, and eleven kindergarten students celebrated the beginning of theirs.  The students and their families participated in an all school Mass.  During this time the sixth grader's passed a lighted candle on to the kindergarten students to represent passing the love of God on to the next generation of St. Joseph students. Following the Mass, the students received their promotion certificates and awards.

Linda at the Bookshelf Store on North Main now has in stock all of the titles for the new 2010-11 Battle of the Books contest.  They are available for anyone who wants to purchase them so as to start reading over the summer. The new list is posted on the web page also. Have fun reading and enjoy the summer and I will see you back in August.  Mrs. Gipson

Thank you to all who voted on the color scheme for the school uniforms.  The results were very close with the current navy option receiving slightly more votes.  Therefore, the color scheme will remain the same as it is with navy pants, shorts, skirts and jumpers.  The current plaid will also be available in a split skirt and jumper.  Shirts colors will be red, white and green.  The committee has narrowed the style of the navy skirts and jumpers to one of each and has designed a new tee shirt and logo for the Monday option.  Various other changes have been made regarding socks, shoes and sweaters.  A formal letter will be sent to everyone in the next couple of weeks that outlines all of the specific changes.  Please remember that the 2010-2011 school year will be a transition year so if you have uniforms that will work for your child you may use them.  But, the new policy will be strictly enforced for the 2011-2012 school year.  We ask that any new uniforms purchased at this point follow the new guidelines.  Our uniform vendors will be Parker Uniforms and French Toast.

Upon the completion of the new activity center/gym, all students will have to have a pair of athletic shoes that they leave at school and change into for gym class. These shoes do not need to be expensive, name brand athletic shoes but rather just a clean, comfortable pair that the students will wear just for gym class.  No black soles, please.  This policy is to help the cleanliness and wear on the new floor.

I want to thank all of the people who served on the uniform committee:  Matt Grieb, Kaley Alexander, Laurinda Porter, Tammy Gipson, Chris LeBlanc, Laura Labertew and Stacia Mainzer.  They had a very difficult job trying to come to a consensus with everyone's varied opinions.

If you have questions regarding the policy, please call the office.

The construction company will be moving equipment on site and preparing to begin moving dirt over the next couple of weeks.  In preparation for that, we will have a new pickup procedure after school.  We will need you to enter from the Northview entrance and park along the side walk in a row.  Please pull forward as far as you can up to the flag pole.  We will let students load vehicles from the flag pole all along the sidewalk to the north end of the church building.  We ask the students load the vehicles from the passenger side if at all possible.  If not, please get out of your vehicle and help your child move to the driver side of your car.  After your child is loaded you may pull around the other parked cars and exit out onto Sonora street.  Students will not be allowed to go across the parking lot to get into parked cars so you will need to form a line rather than parking in the lot.  Please check the map in your child’s book bag to get a visual picture of the procedure. A map showing the pickup procedure can also be seen under the link for school documents on the right side of this page.The safety of our students is our primary concern.  Please be careful and patient as we work through this new procedure.  Please inform anyone who will be picking up your child of the new plan.