Dear Families,
I hope each of you enjoyed your weekend. Once again, I am grateful to report that each staff member and student is healthy and well. I ask each of you to continue to be diligent and responsible as we move forward through the fall and as we enter flu season. If any child is not feeling well with cold or allergy symptoms, please err on the side of caution, prior to sending your child to school. We are in this together, and together we can keep one another safe and healthy.
I am extremely proud of the faculty who work endlessly to deliver the best in- person and virtual instruction to your children. I have reviewed each students’ progress report. I am also very proud of each student and the success he/she is achieving. I encourage each family whose child may be having difficulty to continue to monitor Power School and stay in close contact with their child’s teachers.
During the weeks of October 12, 2020 and October 19, 2020, all students will be participating in the Diocese of Metuchen’s MAP Testing. Any virtual family who missed last week’s Zoom Meeting, is required to go onto the Saint Joseph School Website for details necessary for each virtual student taking the test, by Tuesday Evening, October 13, 2020. Please remember, plenty of rest and a nutritious breakfast is an important part of the test taking process.
Saint Joseph School will be embarking on several fundraisers, that families can share with other family members, friends, and coworkers. These fundraising endeavors include our up and coming Calendar Raffle, Gertrude Hawk Chocolate Sale, and our Saint Joseph School 2020-2021 Catholic Schools’ Week Advertising Journal. Details pertaining to each fundraiser will follow shortly.
Saint Joseph School Covid-19 Task Force is updating their Morning Entrance Way Procedure for Inclement Weather Days Only. If it is raining or snowing, students will enter the building in the following way:
• All students will enter through the gate, just like they currently do.
• Students in grades 5th - 8th will enter into the auditorium and remain there with their homeroom teachers, until directed to proceed to their classrooms. We can social distance safely in this space.
• PreK and Kindergarten will enter through doorway number 5.
• Students in grades 1st- 4th will enter through doorway number 6.
This procedure will allow students to enter the building quickly and safely on inclement days, as well as, stay in compliance with the CDC Guidelines and the NJDOE Guidelines.
Stay tuned to Facebook to view each classes’ Scarecrow Creation. The competition is fierce!
As always, we are in this together, and together we accomplish great things.
Blessings,
Ms. Joanne McKnight, M.Ed.
Saint Joseph School, Principal