November 3, 2016

St. Joseph Consolidated School

SJCS News 925 South Second Street

Hamilton, OH 45011

Phone: 513-863-8758

Fax: 513-863-5772

E-mail: tstenger@sjcshamilton.org

Web page: www.sjcshamilton.org

Important Dates to Remember 11/4/16-7th & 8th CYO Dance

11/8/16-Picture Make Up Day

11/9/16-Bookmobile

11/9-11/10/16-Fall Conferences

11/10/16-All School Mass 8:00 a.m.-w/Fr.

Pucke

11/17/16-All School Mass 8:00 a.m.-/w/Fr.

Wedig/6th Grade Spotlight Breakfast/PTO

Meeting

11/22/16-Children’s Festival/End of 1st Tri-

mester

11/23-11/25/16 No School Thanksgiving

Break

11/29/16-Poinsettia Wreath Pick UP

11/30/16-St. Al’s Confirmation

12/1/16 All School Mass w/Fr. Pucke/

Reconciliation Retreat

12/3/16-St. Joe Parish St. Nick Dinner

12/5/16-Report Cards Home

12/6/16-St. Nick Day/St. Al Penance Service

6:30 p.m.

12/7/16-Chris Rollins Music Program/

Bookmobile

12/9/16-2nd Grade Reconciliation-St. Joe

12/15/16-All School Mass w/Fr. Rob/Spotlight

Breakfast Gr 5

12/19/16-K-3 Christmas Program 7:00 p.m.

12/21/16 to 1/2/17-Christmas Break

2017 365 Lotto Tickets

Each St. Joseph Consolidated School family has re-

ceived their 365 Lotto tickets to sell. This fund raiser

is VERY important in keeping our tuition rates at a

low level for ALL SJCS families. We ask that you try

and sell these tickets. Please return any sold tickets

to the office for processing as soon as possible. This

year we are offering student incentives for sales.

Children of families that sell all 6 of their tickets and

turn them into the office by Friday, December 5th will

be permitted to be out of uniform on December 16,

2016. If you need additional tickets you can call the

school office.

Picture Retakes We have scheduled picture retakes for Tuesday,

November 8, 2016 at 8:30 a.m. Students may be

out of uniform for retakes. Parents should send the

photos they want returned back to school on retake

day or if new photos are needed we will have photo

purchasing packets available.

Tuition due

Tuition payments for November are due to the tuition office on 11/1/2016. Any tuition payments made after

11/5/16 MUST include the $15 late fee.

December tuition payment, late fees (all payments made after the 5th of the month MUST include late fees) and other fees this includes classroom fees and overdue lunch balances MUST be paid cur-rent on or before 12/1/16 for students to receive 1st trimester report cards. Report cards will be sent home on Monday 12-5-16.

If you have questions or issues that need addressed please contact Janet Haubner at jhaubner@sjcshamilton.org.

Parent Teacher Conferences

The Parent Teacher Conferences will be held on

Wednesday, November 9 and Thursday, November

10, 2016 for grades K-8. The 6th, 7th and 8th Grade

students will meet individually. The conferences will

be from 2:45 to 7 pm both days (with a break for

dinner for teachers). The conferences are sched-

uled in 15-minute increments. This year all confer-

ences will be scheduled through Option C. Begin-

ning today, you can enter your account in Option C

to choose the date and time of your conference. If

you need more time with the teacher to identify con-

cerns, we will schedule a conference on another

date with more time.

Office reminders!

Just a couple of reminders to parents with the winter season approaching…….

1. School Closings and Delays: Make sure your Option C information is updated. That is your first

and foremost way to know if school is closed or on a delay. Please remember that if either Ross or Hamil-ton

City schools are closed St. Joe will be closed. If the district that buses your child into school on a delay your

students are on a delay. We will use the Option C system if the entire school is on a delay only. Keep in

mind that if a school is on a delay and you may bring your student in at regular time, BUT if that school can-

cels there will be no transportation home for your students.

2. Outdoor Recess: Students will be outside for recess unless the temperature or wind chill is below

32 degrees. Please make sure students have appropriate outer wear for recess.

3. Ill Students: It is approaching cold and flu season...so if students have a fever they need to be fe-

ver free (without the aid of meds) for 24 hours before returning to school. Please keep them home if they are

vomiting, have diarrhea , have pink eye (itchy, crusty, groopy, drippy eyes), severe cold systems etc. If they

are feeling really bad it might be best to keep them home. If you contact the office we will arrange for home-

work to be sent home to students or picked up in the office at the end of the school day.

4. Ill Students #2: If your students is going to be staying home, PLEASE email or call the office be-

fore 8:30 a.m. to report the absence. We are required by the State of Ohio to have verification of the child’s

absence. You can always leave a message on the school phone at any time.

5. School Start Time: We have had quite a few students arriving at school VERY close to our 7:30

a.m. start time. Students should really be at school at 7:25 a.m. This is when they leave the gym and report

to the classrooms. By 7:30 a.m. they have begun working on the days assignments.

PTO Meeting Our next PTO meeting for the 2016-2017 school year

is Thursday, November 17 at 7:00 p.m. in the cafeteria.

All SJCS parents are invited to participate in this active

group that provides many opportunities for our stu-

dents. This is a great way to get involved in school and

meet other school parents. All attendees are entered

Children’s Festival News The Children’s Festival is a long-standing tradition at St. Joseph School. It’s a fun afternoon for the kids. We have a variety of booths with games to play, refreshments, and an opportunity to have a picture taken with Santa. We also have a Christmas Boutique Booth with gifts the children can purchase inexpen-sively for family members and have them gift wrapped for free. The children really enjoy shopping on their

own. It is one of the best days of the year for SJCS kids! Please sign up to be a part of it!

We are in need of many volunteers to make the Children's Festival a Success. There are many

ways you can help.

Please use the SIGN UP Genius fill a spot!

www.SignUpGenius.com/go/4090C4DA9A729A64-sjcs1

*Work at a Festival Booth from 11:40-2:00 pm. Tuesday, November 22th Please try to arrive a bit early to familiarize yourself with the game and prizes

*Help Set Up on Monday, November 21th after school at 2:15 pm.

*Send in Baked Goods or Decorated Cake for the Cake Raffle and Baked Goods Booth. It can be some-thing as simple as a round single layer cake with icing and sprinkles or something more extravagant if you have the time and talent.

*Send in Donations for the Christmas Boutique. In order to keep costs down, we rely on donations. Please send in GENTLY USED “gift quality” items- ornaments, sporting goods, jewelry, games, doll clothes, accessories, etc…No Stuffed Animals Please! Donations (marked Children’s Festival) may be

sent into the school office anytime in November.

St. Aloysius Fall Festival St. Aloysius Shandon Fall Festival and Turkey Shoot

Sunday, November, 6, All you can eat Turkey dinner

served from 11:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. or until they run out!

3350 Chapel Rd., Shandon, OH 45063 513-738-1014

We are looking for students in grades 5-8 to volunteer

to wait tables. Shifts run from 11:00-3:00 and from

3:00-7:00. This is an excellent way to earn services

hours while working with your friends and serving oth-

ers in the parish. Please consider volunteering. All in-

terested, please contact Amy Brossart at

brossartma@aol.com or 513-737-7299.

St. Joe Thanksgiving Raffle

Tickets were sent home with St. Joe parish fami-

lies for the annual St. Joe Thanksgiving Raffle to

be drawn on Monday, November 21, 2016. Tick-

ets are $1 and also available from the school of-

fice. Pleaser return your sold tickets to school or

in the collection basket on the weekend.

2017 Jog N Jam

Come one and all to help organize the 5K Jog N Jam. Our committee needs anyone and every-one that is willing to help out to make this event the best it can be! If you are new, or just inter-ested in joining a team that does amazing things for our school we would love to have you! On Thursday, November 17th at 6:00 in the St. Joe's Library, we will be having a meeting to ex-plain, plan and prep for our May 13th SJCS 5K Jog N Jam. We would love to have you join the team! Thanks for making St. Joe's GREAT!

365 LOTTO WINNERS 365 Lotto winners for the week of

Weekend Servers

5:15 p.m. Mass-Saturday 11-5-16-Tommy & Ryan Hogan

9:00 a.m. Mass– Sunday 11-6-16-Liam Connaughton & Michael Dennison

11:30 a.m. Mass– Sunday 11-6-16-Matthew Kiest & Jacob Stringer

Monday 11-7-16-Chicken sandwich w/

choice of cheese, lettuce & tomato,

Sunchips, applesauce and milk.

Tuesday 11-8-16-Grilled cheese, to-

mato soup, oyster crackers, pineapple

and milk.

Wednesday 11-9-16-Soft tacos w/

choice of lettuce, cheese, guacamole

& black beans, bananas, chocolate

chop cookie and milk.

Thursday 11-10-16-Chili cheese fries

w/choice of beans, blueberry cobbler,

vanilla frozen yogurt and milk.

Friday 11-11-16-Tony’s cheese pizza,

salad, fruit, apple oatmeal bar and

milk.

“USDA is an equal opportunity provid-

er and employer.”

Thanksgiving Break A reminder to SJCS Families we will be closed for

Thanksgiving Break on Wednesday 11/23, Thursday

11/24, and Friday 11/25/16.

10/24/2016

$40 winners

Scott Kohlhepp 10/24/2016

M Oaks 10/25/2016

Rachel Naegele Lucas 10/26/2016

Perry Martin 10/27/2016

Maia Zeilman 10/28/2016

Sara Wallace 10/29/2016

$100 winner

Cristina Evans 10/30/2016

Badin High School News The Badin Open House will be held on Sunday

11/6/16 from 1 to 4 p.m. If you cannot attend 7th

and 8th grade students and their parents are

invited to attend final Ramformation Night to

learn more about Badin academics, STEM and

tech program, athletics and more from admin-

istration, students and current parents. The last

date is 11/15. Refreshments will be served.

Please RSVP to Dirk Allen -

dallen@BadinHS.org