Science Boards
Science Display Boards are for sale at the Snoqualmie Campus for
$3.00.
Walk-a-thon News
Each family is required
to procure at least $100 in donations. This is stated in your
registration contract. Pledges are due Friday, May 21.
Please remember the
WAT is held as two separate events. K – 1st grade will have their
WAT on Wednesday, May 5 on the Issaquah playground lot. Grades 2 -
8 will have their WAT on Thursday, May 6 on the Snoqualmie campus.
Please
click here for a detailed
schedule. Bus service will be provided for Grades 2 - 3 to arrive
prior to the start of the WAT. Permission slips for Grades 2 – 3
went home during the week, please return the completed form to your
teacher.
Parents, please plan
on picking up your 2nd – 8th students on the Snoqualmie campus after
the WAT. Students will be dismissed at 3:00 pm. The after school
bus from Snoqualmie to Issaquah will only be available to students
signed up for after care.
Students will have
free dress on the day their grade participates in the WAT. Please
watch the weather and pray for sunshine!
We are also in need
of large coolers and portable canopies. If you have either to loan,
please contact our WAT co-chairs.
If you would like to
volunteer, we have lots of opportunities. Please contact our chairs
Theresa Baker at
Theresa@BakerIG.com or Malou
Leonardo at
bcleonardo@msn.com.
Mariners Night
Mark your calendars
for St. Joseph School Friends & Family Night at Safeco Field on
Friday, May 7th. The Seattle Mariners will be playing the Los
Angeles Angels. Check out the attached flyer for ticket
details. Click
here for the flyer. If you have questions, please
contact our parent coordinators, Michael Senger at
Michael.senger@hubinternational.com
or Gavin Skok at
gskok@Riddellwilliams.com.
The last day to order tickets is May 3rd.
Stranger Danger Assemblies on Friday, May 7 -
Snoqualmie
Senei Ken Watrous
from Karate West will be presenting an
assembly on Stranger Awareness to the Snoqualmie Students. Parents are welcome to come and join us. The 4th and 5th grade
assembly is from 8:45 am to 9:45 am and the middle school
assembly is from 10:00 am to 11:00 am.
Shape Up Across Washington
Only two more
days and we will be finished with our journey across
Washington! Parents should sign any where on the calendar to
validate your student’s work and send it back to school next week.
Thank you for supporting this journey.
Volunteer Hours
Volunteer hours for families are due by May 15, 2010.
Click here for the Volunteer Form.
SpringFEST
SpringFEST - Saturday, May 22nd 6pm-10pm
McCracken Party
Barn,
28603 SE 204th Maple Valley
Celebrate Spring and fun with everyone! Relax and have fun
reconnecting with old friends and make NEW friends during this adult
only event. There will be DJ, music, dinner, dancing and our
very own St. Joe’s Idol singing contest! Who’s going to take
the stage and sing this year? We are an amazing school
filled with wonderful families, students and teachers. We look
forward to seeing you at SpringFest 2010!
WANTED: SpringFEST Volunteers
Thank you for those who have volunteered to
help with this event. We are still searching for a few more
helping hands, who can help breakdown/clean up Saturday night, May
22nd. Also, calling all photo enthusiasts. We need you
and your camera to take pictures throughout the evening. Got a
suggestion or an idea to add to the event? Let us know. Contact
cynthia@decorativemillworkproducts.com
SJS Idol Nominees
This week’s nominees are: Father Bryan,
Patrick Herriman, Jennifer Gryniewicz, Mike and Colleen Lillie, Mrs.
Meyer and Marti Himes. Nominations are accepted until May 7th.
Hurry! Get started and go to
stjoesidol@gmail.com.
Type your nominees name(s) in the subject line and click send.
It’s that easy. Read next week’s newsletter to view the new
nominees.
2010 Hearts and
Hands Auction
2010 Hearts and
Hands Auction Procurement has begun! Win a gift certificate!
For every item you procure by June 7, 2010, you will be entered into
our Spring Procurement Contest. One of our school families is
already working on procuring a marathon package – 4 runs for one
year (Seattle Jingle Bell Run, Issaquah Salmon Days, Seafair
Torchlight Run, and TBD).
Beginning May 3,
2010 you will be able to drop off your procured items every Monday
from 8:30 to 9:00 a.m. in the lower parking lot of the Issaquah
Campus. Please contact your inventory chairs, Cynthia Uribe
mcuribe425@msn.com and Sarah
Poeschl
sj_poeschl@hotmail.com with any
questions.
Our Auction website
contains all of the forms, info, and ideas necessary to help you
successfully procure any item!
www.sjsissaquah.maestroweb.com
The Procurement
Committee is still looking for volunteers. This is a great way to
fill your auction volunteer 5 hour commitment. Please contact Kelly
Soligon
ksoligon@hotmail.com or Michele
Simmons
wdwminnie1@msn.com for more
information.
Financial Sponsorship of the 2010 Hearts and Hands Auction
Sponsorship letters,
sponsorship levels, and agreement forms are being sent home in this
week’s Thursday folder. If you as an individual or through your
personal business wish to sponsor the auction, please fill out the
agreement form and return it to Jennifer Gryniewicz! In addition,
if you know of any businesses in the area that might be interested
in sponsoring our school auction while getting some great
advertising benefits in exchange, please pass this information along
to them. You can also contact Jennifer Gryniewicz
j.gryniewicz@comcast.net or Terry Rendall
terryleas@msn.com with business
names and we will follow up !
Yearbook Photos
The Yearbook committee is still looking for photos. If anyone has
pictures of CYO teams and player action shots, please submit them
for the yearbook. At this time we have very few teams represented.
We also need pictures of class field trips, parties, special
events—masses, concerts, etc. Please submit photos on a CD to either
office. Pictures need to be at least 300 dpi. If you have
less than 10 photos you may email them to Tyra Kennedy at
tk9800@ihmail.com. Thank you!
May Extended Day
Calendar
Please
click here for the May Extended Day
Calendar.
May Activities
Calendar
May is a busy month
so please
click here to print the May
Activity Calendar.
May Fitness Calendar
The Last Fitness
Calendar of the year now available! For those students that are
participating in Mrs. Hughes fitness challenge please
click here for the form.
Volunteer Hours
Volunteer hours for families are due by May 15, 2010.
Click here for the Volunteer Form.
Newsletter Blurbs
Please submit all newsletter blurbs to
snoqualmie@sjsissaquah.org
by Tuesday at noon. If they are submitted after Tuesday
they will be included in the following week's E-News.
Archived Newsletters
You will find archived Newsletters on the left hand corner of
the E-News page.
SUMMER CAMP
OPPORTUNITIES
Seattle Preparatory Summer Basketball Campus
This is an opportunity for your
child to receive instruction and have fun with the coaches and
players of the tradition rich Seattle Preparatory School
basketball program. Please
click here for the flyer.
Bishop Blanchet Summer Camps
Please
click here for Bishop
Blanchet High School Summer Sport Camp information sheet.
CYO
Fall Soccer Sign Ups
Online
registration is now open for St. Joseph's/MQP/OLOS Fall CYO
Soccer 2010. Please click on the following link for
St. Joseph CYO Fall Soccer 2010
Registration. Once the online registration is complete,
you will receive a confirmation with further registration and
payment instructions. Each player will be assigned a
"Dashboard" that will include coach, practice and schedule
information. If you have any questions, please contact our
Soccer Coordinator- Don Graves at
don.graves@oracle.com or Andrea and Mario Padilla at
mtpadilla@comcast.net
Registration deadline:
May 30, 2010.
HIGH 5'S
Check Mate
Friday, April 23rd the 2009 Faithful Friends Auction
Chess Tournament was played. Alexander S. a first
grader beat all of his opponents to take on Fr.
Bryan in the final championship round.
If a child has a success
to share, please
submit a blurb to Christine Vollen at
snoqualmie@sjsissaquah.org
to be published.
Alumni
Village Bike Project
Alex T.,
a former graduate of St Joseph School, is collecting
bikes to donate to the Village Bike Project. He is
looking for your help. The Village Bike Project is a
nonprofit organization that donates bikes to help people
that live in rural parts of Ghana commute to work,
collect water and go to the doctor. Without a bike this
simple takes can take hours. Please
click here to view
Alex's flyer.
VOLUNTEER
OPPORTUNITIES
and
INFORMATION
Art
and Authors
Mrs.
Skip needs your help with set-up and clean up for the
Art and Authors Night. Volunteers are needed for:
Friday,
April 30th and Monday, May 3rd from 9:00-3:15 and
Tuesday evening after the event from 7:30-8:30.
If you
can give a couple of hours of your time, please contact
Jackie Olund at
jolund@sjsissaquah.org.
Please give the times that you are available to help.
Thanks for helping with this fun event!
Volunteer
Please contact
lisa.scott@scottholdings.net
for more information and opportunities.
Remember, you are required
to fulfill a total of 45 hours by May 15, with 5 hours
devoted to the auction.
CHURCH
Mass at Echo Glen
Thursday, April 29th at
7:00 PM. Meet at the church at 6:00 PM to carpool or
meet at Echo Glen around 7:30pm. People are invited
to bring a snack. All are welcome!
Eucharistic Minister
Training Opportunity
There will be
Eucharistic Minister training on Thursday, April
29th from 7:00 to 9:00 PM in the Church. For more
information please call Kelso at (425) 392-3321.
Lunch with Friends
Please join us for a
free lunch to celebrate Cinco de Mayo on May 5th at
12:00 in the Parish Hall. All are welcome!
First Eucharist Rehearsal and Photos
Rehearsal and Photos are
Saturday, May 8.
Parish Food Drive -
Ongoing
Canned food. Baby food.
Staples like flour, sugar and cooking oil. Peanut
butter and bread for kids’ lunches. Pasta. Chili.
Salt. Anything. The soup you don’t have room for.
The vegetables that were on sale. The cereal your
baby doesn’t like. If it’s good food—unopened and
unexpired—the Issaquah Food Bank really needs it.
Families in crisis means pets in crisis—and a
desperate need for pet food, too. Don’t let your
neighbors go hungry tonight. Please give what you
can. Food donations may be left in the Church,
downstairs next to the elevators.
ST JOSEPH HAS A NEW WEB
SITE!
This first-phase launch
gives parishioners and others who want to learn
about our parish easier access to more information.
New features include: a search engine, upcoming
events, online form submissions for parish
registration, publicity requests, room requests, and
more. Visit often!
www.sjcissaquah.org
FORMS AND
FLIERS
Forms and fliers referenced in
today’s E-News.
Bike Donation
Bishop Blanchet Summer Camps
May Activities Calendar
May Extended Day Calendar
Seattle Prep Basketball Camp
Soccer Registration
Soccer Head Injury Waiver
Volunteer Time Sheet
Need a form not listed here? Check
the
Forms page for a more complete list.
UPCOMING
DATES
Friday, April
30.......................Pizza
Day
Monday,
May 3.......................May Crowning
Issaquah
Tuesday,
May 4.......................6:30
pm Art and Authors - Issaquah
Wednesday, May 5..................May
Crowning Snoqualmie
Wednesday, May 5..................Issaquah
Walk-A-Thon K-1
Thursday, May 6.....................Snoqualmie
Walk-A-Thon 2-8
Friday, May 7..........................Early
Dismissal
Friday, May
7..........................Mariners
Night
Friday, May
14.........................Pizza
Day
Thursday, May 20....................6:30
pm Art
and Science Fair - Snoqualmie
Friday, May
21.........................Pizza
Day
Saturday, May
22.....................SpringFest
Tuesday, May
25......................Spring
Concert
Friday, May 28.........................Pizza Day
Monday, May 31......................No
School
WEEKLY
DATES
Fridays in Issaquah…........8:15
am Chess Club
