Home & School Association

This page was updated on January 3, 2009.

St. Joseph School Home and School Association is the very visible and vibrant parents association of the school. It was organized with a three-fold purpose:

1. to promote communication, good will, and cooperation among parents, faculty, administration, school board, and the parish of St. Joseph School, and

2. to proivde leadership and coordination of activities for the purpose of service, special functions, educational programs, and/or fund-raising, and

3. to foster the poitical acton of parenst as advocates regarding national, state, and local legislation that affects Catholic schools as well as the lives of students and parents.

All parents and faculty of St. Joseph School are members of the Home and School Association.

The 2008-2009 officers of the Home and School are:
George Waddell - president
John Ryals - vice president
Crystal Smith - treasurer
Cherrie Escude - recording secretary
Theresa Tumulty - corresponding secretary
Kristy Wisecarver - historian
Vincent D'Antoni - sergeant-at-arms.

Note from George

Dear SJS Parents,

I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and a safe New Year’s Eve. We now are at that time of year when we will be putting the Spring Festival planning into high gear. We have already decided on a theme, and have lined up three different bands for the three days of the event. With the Notre Dame building now gone, we will have additional room to expand the footprint towards the back field.

Remember the dates of the Festival are March 20, 21, 22. Mark your calendars, try to get off work, and don’t plan a camping trip, so you can do your part during the event.

Our next planning meeting is on January 18th at 7pm in the library. All are welcome. Please make an effort to attend, as your input is very important. This is OUR event, and it’s success is directly tied to the amount of our tuition increase for next year. The better the event, the less our tuition increases!

- George Waddell, President SJS H&S

Next Meeting

Our next Home and School meeting will be on Thursday, February 5, at 7:00 p.m. in the school cafeteria.

This will be our last scheduled General Meeting before the Spring Festival. The overall plan and implementation will be presented and discussed. Your input will be vital at this point. Please make every effort to attend.

Adult Spirit Shirts

Long and short sleeve shirts of various sizes have been received and are on sale during all home basketball games and during the Home and School meetings.

We have also built up an inventory of St. Joseph refrigerator magnets and sports drink bottles, with additional items to come in the near future. Please support your athletic department by purchasing these items, and display them with pride!

H&S October General Meeting Minutes

H&S October General Meeting Minutes

Called to order at 7:05 pm.
Pledge said by all.
Opening Prayer was said by Father John.
Welcome to all new families.
The Recording Secretary read the minutes.
All were in favor of recording the minutes.

Old Business
-Still waiting on web page. Help is needed for the web design.
-We now have a Sam’s card.
-Grandparent’s Day is Nov.14th.
-New building was blessed Sept.23rd.
-Family night was great. Great feedback.

New Business
-Kiddie Corral for Home & School meetings. Bring your kids!!
-We will start a Spirit Store out of the concession stand in the gym. Items will also be for sale at all events parents will attend.
-Schwan’s will be at all General meetings. You can pre-order on line and pick up after the meetings. We will receive 10% up to $1200, 15% up to $2500, and 20% over that.
-Fall Fest is Oct.24th. The Space Walks were donated. A letter will go home soon. Help is needed on Thursday before to set up and decorate.
-New Years Dance is adults only. Prime Time Band is booked. Cost is $50 per couple. This includes set ups, decorations and a bottle of champagne. Help with decorations is needed. 250 tickets will be sold.
-Halloween Sock Hop is set for Oct.25th. Costumes are to be worn. Cost is $6.00. Soft drinks and a DJ will be provided. Adult chaperones and people to decorate will be needed. The monies raised will go to the Athletic Dept.

Budget
Beginning balance as of 8/14/08 was $67,786.41 and ending balance as of 10/2/08 is $70,445.75.
A transfer of $40,000 was put into an interest bearing account.

-Dr Toups stated Family Night turned out great. He thanked all for talking the school up.
He stated we have a few problems. We will need a 2nd and a 4th grade teacher next year. These grades will double. Teacher pay is low. The monies handed over by the board will go to getting these teachers.
The bid for new building will go out in a few days. We will know by the end of Oct. who will be accepted.
-More computers and other improvements are still needed. A meeting will be held to get parents input.
Please be generous with your donation. If you can, make a donation of $300 to $400. This is tax deductible.
-Target will donate $1 for every $100 charged on your credit card.
-Andre’ Escude’ has offered to head up the Strawberry Float Committiee.
-Lori Kyle and Dana Pembo will Co-chair the Spring Fair Committiee.

Attendance was 40. Collected was $41. Mrs. Mercer won $10. The school won $15.50 and Charles Chevalier had the winning ticket and he won $15.50.

Father John stated that he told the children they have an obligation to get to mass every Saturday or Sunday. Sports are no excuse. Parents bring your children.

Meeting Adjourned at 8:10 pm.

Home & School
Recording Secretary
Cherrie Escude’