Home & School Association

This page was updated on August 19, 2010.

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 provide leadership and coordination of activities for the purpose of service, special functions, educational programs, and/or fund-raising, and

3. to foster the political action of parents 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 2010-2011 officers of the Home and School are:
Vincent D'Antoni - president
John Ryals - vice president
Crystal Smith - treasurer 
Shelly Ernst - recording secretary
Theresa Tumulty - corresponding secretary
John Ryals - historian 
George Waddell - sergeant-at-arms.

Notes from George

Dear SJS Parents,

What a great year we’ve had so far! The weather for our Spring Fair did not cooperate like we had hoped, but it was still lots of fun for everyone. As soon as all the numbers are tallied, we will post the results. I would like to personally thank everyone who participated and helped out in their own way to make this event as successful as it could be under the adverse circumstances. Without your efforts, we could not produce such a large event.

Our last big effort of the year is the Strawberry Festival parking on Saturday, April 10th, and Sunday, April 11th. This is an easy fundraiser for the school, and it’s lots of fun! This event does require lots of people to keep the flow of cars moving, so we cannot have too much help. If you are available to come for a few hours and have small children, please make arrangements for them to stay with family or friends while you work. The cars are not moving fast, but it could be dangerous for a little one who gets bored and starts wandering around.

We will have two floats in the Strawberry Festival parade. One will have the SJS cheerleaders and the Crusaders of the Month on board, and the other will have the Home and School Officers and their families on board. We will be showing our Crusader Spirit to everyone and representing the school. 

And finally, I would like to say how wonderful these last two years as Home and School president have been for me. It has been very fulfilling to be so involved with the school. Planning and producing events that the children love has been challenging, but the rewards are so worth it! When I walk around the campus and everyone smiles and waves and is so friendly, it truly shows me the value of having my children here at St. Joseph School. It has been a blessing to me. If you have a little extra time, and are interested in holding a position on the Home and School Board, or know of someone else who might be interested, please send in a nomination to the school office. Our ballots will go out two weeks prior to the April 22nd meeting, and the new officers will be announced then.

Thanks, and see you around the campus,

- George Waddell, President SJS H&S

Next Meeting

Our next Home and School meeting will be on Tuesday, May 4,, at 6:30 p.m. in the school gym.

This will be our fifth and last scheduled General Meeting of this school year. We will be wrapping up the events of the year, and will be introducing the new officers for next year. We will have our normal $100 drawing, plus a $500 drawing for all those who have perfect attendance.

May Meeting Minutes

Minutes
St. Joseph Home & School
5/4/10

• Called to order at 6:40 pm
• Pledge said by all.
• Opening Prayer was said by Dr. Toups.
• Motion to accept minutes as on web site. Accepted by Lori Kyle and seconded by
Courtney Jacobs. All were in favor.
•Treasurer Report
Beginning balance as of 5/04/10 was $18,903.02 and the ending balance is
$62,233.82. Report accepted as written.

Old Business
• There was positive feed back about the ride co. Four new games were added this
year. The fair profit was $33,721.76. Considering the weather, we did great!
• There were 2 floats in the Strawberry Parade this year. It made a great show for our
school.
•Strawberry Fest Parking did great. More volunteers were needed. The school made
about $15,000.00. Out of this money, $1000.00 was used to clean up where the pink
house used to be.
•Spring Sock Hop was a success. Approximately 125 kids showed up. A profit of almost
$800.00 was made for the school.

New Business
• The Athletics banquet will be held Sunday, May 16th, at 6pm in the gym. Each family
is asked to bring a dish. In the NIAL championships, Softball won 1st place.
The Track elementary girls won 1st place overall & junior high girl & boys also won 1st
place. Congratulations!!!
•ERATE program which is headed by Mrs. Stacy Bankston, SJS technology
coordinator sent a letter, which was read by George Waddell.
The letter stated that the school receives a few thousand dollars through this program.
She wanted parents to be aware that the school does have a firewall on the server that
prohibits access to inappropriate sites. All students are monitored when conducting
searches and at least 2 teachers are on duty. Every parent/student signs a technology
agreement at the beginning of the year.

•The New Officers for the 2010/2011 school year are:
President – Vincent D’Antoni
Vice President – Lori Kyle
Treasurer – Crystal Smith
Recording Secretary – Shelly Ernst
Corresponding – Theresa Tumulty
Historian – John Ryals
Parliamentarian – George Waddell



Congratulation to all the officers!
George Waddell thanked Cherrie Escude’ & Kristy Wisecarver for their dedicated service.

•Elaine Lelanc thanked Dr. Toups for rescheduling the parade. The kids had a great time.

•Dr. Toups
Dr. Toups stated we did have new faces helping out this year. He asked that we all talk
to other parents and get even more parents involved.
• Possibly a letter with a list of room Mom’s duties will go out next year. Room Mom‘s
need to be more involved. They also need to be at the Fair meetings & all Home &
School Meetings.
•Dr. Toups congratulated George Waddell on receiving the Mother Seton Award last
Monday. Dr. Toups stated on behalf of the school, George has been a huge asset.
George has done a great job!!!
•Dr.Toups said that Mrs. Naquin will be retiring. We will have 3 new teachers for next
year.
• Sheila is retiring this year. A new maintenance person was hired.
• More work will be done to the old building.
• Starboards will be put in for 1st, 2nd, & 3rd grades.
•An Art program is being worked on.
•Dr. Toups stated as of now the school has 376 students registered for 2010/2011 school
year.
•All board & committees received beautiful plaques. Thank You!
Kristy & I received a gorgeous bouquet a flowers for our service.
I would like to thank Home & School for all they have done & their
thoughtfulness.

Attendance – 21 parents & faculty
Collected was $28.00.
The winning ticket was held by Lori Kyle. She received $9.00.
The school won $9.00 and $5.00 was won by the Mrs. Mercer’s class and $ 5.00 was won by Mrs. Thomas’s class.
The 100 dollars was won by Mrs. Brennan. Congratulations!!!
The $500 was won by Lori Kyle. Congratulations!!!!!!!!!

Closing Prayer
Home & School
Recording Secretary

Cherrie Escude’

St. Joseph Spirit Items

We still have long and short sleeve spirit shirts available for sale, along with the refrigerator magnets and sports drink bottles. 

We have received two new items for sale. One is a navy string bag with the St. Joseph logo silk screened in white for $8.00. The other is a gym/travel bag with the St. Joseph logo embroidered on the front pocket for $25.00. Both of these bags are on display and are available for purchase in the school office. They can also be purchased during all home basketball games and Home & School meetings.

Please support your Athletic Department by purchasing these items, and display them with pride!