St. Joseph Parish School of Issaquah and Snoqualmie

📢 LAST CALL 📢

Smart with Art camp needs more K-5th campers for the week of July 29-August 2nd on the Issaquah Campus. 🎨

Campers will create, create and create some more! We will explore a variety of materials while learning about artists and cultures in art history. We will discover art materials and work with a variety of mediums! This camp is a great exploration into art and creativity! Let’ s create!

For details and registration: https://www.6crickets.com/providerDirectory/US/WA/Snoqualmie/Smart-with-Art-d554f7bb7be44a72/sessions/da8a5e25d3869679/z5hs-wdmr-ssrw?refer&provider=825

Looking for something to keep your children tied to their faith this summer or want to get a head start on your volunteers hour for 2024-25?

We invite all children pre-K – 5th grade to join us August 5th-9th at our Totally Catholic Vacation Bible School, Scuba: Diving into God’s Love! Participants will go on an amazing undersea adventure where they’ll experience the ever-flowing, never-ending love of God through Sacred Scripture, the Saints, and the teachings of the Catholic Church. We are also in need of a few more adult volunteers to make this year’s VBS great!

Both participants and volunteers can sign up at https://vbspro.events/p/stjoseph2024

To track growth and provide appropriate support and challenges for every student, MAP Growth assessments for reading, language usage, and math are given to students in grades 2-7.

Here is a look at our students' average scores compared to the Archdiocese of Seattle and the 2020 Normative data. Way to go, Eagles! 📣

Rain or shine, our students are loving this week’s Outdoor Art and Exploration Camp with Mrs. Petersen! 🍂🖍️

Thank you to everyone who attended our school carnival last Friday! Your presence and support made the event a huge success. A special thank you to all the volunteers who dedicated their time and effort to make the carnival a memorable experience for everyone. We appreciate your hard work and commitment.

This we week had a new Principal and Vice Principal for a day, thanks to a donation during our annual auction! Principal Bentley Shmihluk and Vice Principal Remi Shmihluk began their day with an Admin meeting complete with coffee and donuts. They conducted a safety check, wrote memos to the school community, checked in on teachers attendance, conducted a fire drill, and had lunch from Tipsy Cow int their “office” with a friend! Our principal and Vice Principal had a busy afternoon as well complete with extra recess, popsicles and greeting the bus!

A few weeks ago we celebrated our Snoqualmie students with The Art, Author, Science and Experts Fair! Each year, student's artwork is displayed for families to see while also showcasing our 3rd - 5th grades work which includes writing samples, science projects (4th grade) and expert projects (5th grade). What an amazing night!

Take a look at our Kindergartners packing backpacks for The Snoqualmie Valley Helping Hands Ministry!

The HHM Feed Kiddos: Weekend Food Backpacks Program provides food for kids in need in the Snoqualmie Valley. Kids receive a bag filled with kid-friendly, easy-to-make food every week to fill their bellies.

Congratulations to the students of St. Joseph Catholic School on receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation. May this milestone be the start of a blessed and fulfilling spiritual journey.

We want to congratulate our SJS 5th graders who participated in the Awesome Reading Challenge on Wednesday and tied for 3rd place. Great work, Eagles!

Big thanks to our parent volunteers Anne Blackburn and Denise Mealy for helping our students thrive.

This month our middle school students gathered together to learn all about CPR from Don Maher! Don Maher is a public educator with Puget Sound Regional Fire
Department.

Afterwards students created posters about their training, that are on display in the hallway!

We are just a few short weeks away from our 2024 Auction!

Please join us for A NIGHT AT THE MASQUERADE on April 13th at the Bellevue Marriott.

Deadline to RSVP is March 22, 2024! Link below

With your support and generosity we hope to continue to make SJS the place to be!

St. Joseph School of Issaquah & Snoqualmie Auction

So very proud of our SJS decathletes who participated in the inaugural Seattle Region’s Catholic Academic Junior High Decathlon yesterday.

Reservations for A NIGHT AT THE MASQUERADE are now open!

It’s time to open your Amazon app and order a mask! Make sure you mark your calendar and invite your friends and family to join us at our annual auction & dinner on Saturday, April 13.

It’s going to be a night full of fun, dancing, and generosity!

To learn more visit www.sjsissaquah.org/auction

Happy Presidents’ Day!

Last Friday our 5th graders held a President’s Day assembly for the Snoqualmie campus!

Way to go, 5th grade!

Looking for something for your kiddos to do next week?

The Kidokinetics team will be running half-day sessions on all five days of mid-winter break, from February 19 to February 23. This offers flexibility to our families, as you can choose the days and times that suit your schedule.

Morning sessions will run from 9:30am to 12:30pm
Afternoon sessions will run from 1:00pm to 4:00pm

Enrollments links are set-up for all 5 days next week (M-F) at $300. Each half-day session is $75 and Kidokinetics team can help you enroll for any and all sessions that you would like to enroll in.

Visit www.kidokinetics.com/northseattle to register now!

Our fourth graders helped sort and pack 230 lunches for Snoqualmie Valley Helping Hands Ministry this afternoon!

The HHM Feed Kiddos Weekend Backpacks Program provides food for kids in need. Kids receive a bag filled with kid-friendly, easy-to-make food every week to keep their bellies full!

We are happy to be a part of this program.

“Remember you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”

May you all have a blessed and meaningful Lent.

Happy Fat Tuesday!

In anticipation of the Lenten season, our 3rd graders held a Mardi Gras parade today at our Snoqualmie campus.

Reminder - Tomorrow is the beginning of Lent and Ash Wednesday. All students will attend Mass, full dress uniforms required.

📣 We are thrilled to share the launch of our new SOAR Middle School Scholarship! 📣

We have up to 3, $5,000 scholarships available for new middle school applicants for the 2024-25 school year! To learn more about qualifying and how to apply, visit www.sjsissaquah.org/middle-school

We ❤️ experiential learning!

Today our third graders visited the Pacific Science Center! This field trip to PacSci is a great opportunity for hands-on learning and helps integrate our Amplify Science curriculum with real life experiences. PLUS, they had a ton of fun! 🦅

Extending a huge thank you to our Devotion and Spirituality Level sponsors for this year's 29th Annual SJS Dinner and Auction - A Night at the Masquerade!

This year's sponsorship deadline is this Friday. February 9th! Interested in getting involved? Visit our website to learn more or contact Development Director, Cassidy Blair at [email protected]

www.sjsissaquah.org/giving/auction

We would like to honor the following students as our January Eagle of the Month winners:

Hannah (Kindergarten) and Josie (5th Grade)

Each month teachers nominate a student from their class who demonstrates our SOAR values of being Safe-Optimistic-Accepting and Responsible. These nominations are reviewed by the Admin team and one student from each campus is selected to be our Eagle Student of the Month. Recipients are awarded the coveted “Eagle” trophy and their picture is added to the Eagle of the Month display in our hallways.

Congratulations to our two winners!

We are looking forward to our current 5th grade class moving up to Middle School status next year!

Earlier this week, our current 5th grade class attended a "jump-up breakfast" where they got to sit with 6th and 7th graders and ask them questions about what it is like to be a middle schooler at SJS. After breakfast, our Middle School Leadership Officers held a Q&A session to answer some of the most asked questions from 5th graders.

Interested in learning more about our MS curriculum or available scholarships? Visit sjsissaquah,org/academics/middle-school

Gratitude fills our hearts as we reflect on the joy and spirit of Catholic Schools Week! Thank you to everyone who joined us in celebrating the students, staff, parents and community that make our Catholic school truly special.

Your support and enthusiasm make a lasting impact on our journey of faith and learning. Thank you for all you do, we are so glad you're here! ✨

CSW Day 6: All-School Mass ✨

Attending Mass is essential for nurturing the spiritual, communal, and educational aspects of our school community. It reinforces our school’s mission, fosters a sense of unity among our students, and contributes to the spiritual development of students within a faith-centered environment.

Have a great weekend and thank you for celebrating our Catholic School this week, Eagles! 🦅

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REMINDER -

📣 Tomorrow is an All-School Mass Day and half-day release. Mass will begin at 9am at St. Joseph Catholic Church. There will be no bus service to or from our Snoqualmie campus. Drop-off for all grades, pk-8, must take place in Issaquah. Dismissal will be at 11:30am. All students MUST be picked up in Issaquah. Full dress uniforms required. 📣

Happy Student Appreciation Day! ✨

Everything we do at St. Joseph Parish School is to foster life-long learning our students. This special day recognizes the outstanding contributions of students who embrace both academic excellence and spiritual growth. We are proud to honor their commitment to education, community, and faith.

Today our students at both campuses got to enjoy a surprise show by The Reptile Man! 🐍🦎🐊

CSW Day 5: Students dress like teachers and teachers dress like students day! ✨

REMINDER -

Tomorrow is Student Appreciation Day! We encourage all students and teachers to participate in our themed free dress day! The theme was thoughtfully picked by our Middle School Leadership class - “Students dress like teachers and teachers dress like students.”

Students will also enjoy a surprise show by "The Reptile Man" and a sssssssimply amazing snack after the show. 🐍 No homework will be assigned.