Greetings….. I hope everyone has had a smooth start to the summer.

A few reminders……….

We are looking for room parents. This is a great opportunity to fulfill your hours from home or work with phone calls and emails. I would like to see home/school communication about class and grade level projects and fundraising reach a new high! Just call the school and leave a message (you will be assigned to your child’s class)

All students should have gone home with a study guide to be completed for the opening of school.

If you have any change in plans about returning to St. Joseph’s please leave a message at your earliest convenience. As classes fill, we want to give anyone wishing the opportunity to attend St. Joseph’s.

The Summer Sports Clinic with Mr. O’Brien will start on July 12. Students should report to caf. Wear light clothing. You may bring a water bottle, but snack and beverages will be provided. (Kindly put balance of $69. by check or cash in an envelope with child’s name on envelope)

The High School Algebra program will begin on July 12. Students should report to Sr. Catherine’s room where Mr. Harrington will greet them. Snacks and beverages will be provided, but students may also bring a water bottle. All materials will be provided. (kindly put balance of $69. by check or cash in an envelope with child’s name on envelope).*Room is now air conditioned so light summer wear should be fine.

Uniform Policy.

Due to new variations on the theme, I’d like to detail the uniform policy.

A. The standard red plaid skirt/jumper and blouse and blue pants with white shirt and plaid tie , accompanied by black shoes is the standard uniform that may be worn at any time, and must be worn from Oct. 13 to May 1 and for all liturgical services

B. The St. Joseph Gym Uniform may be worn on gym day with no substitutions. Otherwise, students may wear the standard uniform and change into gym clothes.

C. The new warm weather option is khaki or blue pants, shorts, or skorts with any of the available polo shirts.

YOU ARE DEFINITELY NOT REQUIRED TO PURCHASE THESE. If wearing skorts or shorts, students may wear sneakers with white socks.

Easy money……

A. If using any general Mills products , please save the box tops. Last year we received almost $1,000 for box tops (Thanks to parent coordinators Melanie Holtz and Diane MacDonald)

B. Bonus Bucks from Stop and Shop…again an easy source of school revenue . All you need to do to register is to go online to www.stopandshop.com/aplus or call 1-877-275-2758 and register your Stop and Shop card with St. Joseph’s School id 07787. Then every time you shop, the school gets points. (thanks to parent coordinator Wendy McLellan for this year’s program).

Grandparents, aunts, uncles, neighbors can all participate!!!

Thank you so much and enjoy. We’ll continue to update website as is appropriate over summer and be mailing out the 2010-1011 student packets on August 1^st.

- Jim Deveney

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Second Graders use hands-on techniques to enhance their learning

Updated Tue November 03, 04:23PM

Third Graders Create Soda Bottle Book Reports

Tuesday, May 14 2013 @ 08:30 AM EDT

Soda Bottles	Third grades students of Ms. Martin and Ms. Sullo recently completed a unit on biographies. The highlight of the unit was students creating a soda bottle image of the character they studied. Some of the soda people included Abe Lincoln, Michael Jordan, Walt Disney, Maya Rudolph, Alexander the Great, Nancy Kerrigan and William Penn. view full size slideshow

SJS Middle School Students Get FIT!

Tuesday, May 14 2013 @ 08:20 AM EDT

SJS Students Get Fit

Get Fit	Students at St. Josephs SJS Middle School Students Get Fit Workout Under the direction of teacher Kyle O’Brien, SJS students in grades seven and eight are working on their physical skills with weekly fit exercises. The extra curricula activity is designed to enhance the students’ athletic abilities. The workouts are designed for speed, stamina , agility, balance, coordination and accuracy .Workouts include walking lunges, alternating lunges, vertical jumps, length jumps, push-ups, air and front squats, planks, wall ball toss, jump rope and sprints. view full size slideshow

Kindergarteners Spotlight

Tuesday, April 09 2013 @ 11:40 AM EDT

Kindergarteners Spotlight

Kindergarteners	"Look at what we've done" view full size slideshow

Classic Smiles Bring Kindergarten Smiles

Tuesday, April 09 2013 @ 10:45 AM EDT

Classic Smiles Bring Kindergarten Smiles

Classic Smiles	Clinicians from Classic Smile Dentistry of High Street in Medford visited all three kindergarten classes at St. Joseph’s School. The presentation included the importance of dental care, how to brush your teeth and the importance of dental care. Students were also advised on how to choose healthy snacks and the importance of visiting the dentist twice a year. view full size slideshow

National Junior Honor Society Induction at St. Joseph’s

Tuesday, April 09 2013 @ 10:38 AM EDT

National Junior Honor Society Induction at St. Joseph’s

Honor Society	Thirty three middle school students at St. Joseph School of Medford were inducted into the National Junior Honor Society at a candlelight ceremony on March 25th. The seventh and eighth grade students are inducted based on a number criteria. First and foremost, students must have five consistent quarters of honor roll grades. After that qualification, students must be recommended by faculty members on the basis of Character, Leadership, Initiative and Citizenship. Sustaining members of the chapter are John Albanese, George Bailey, Christopher Cafferty, Samantha Callautti, Albert Cangiano, Frankie Cervone, John Corbett, Nyomi Dottin, JohnLyne Faucher, Patrick Kelly, Valerie Kelner, Kiley Mahoney, Evan Marks, Olivia Marks, Arielle McCabe, Andrew Murphy, Sharice Nazaire, Liam Shaughnessy, Colleen Tenney, and Jeffrey Wang. Newly inducted members include eighth graders Kunga Choedzin, Isaiah Emma, Kathleen McHale, Nadine Rechdan, and Maria Spencer. Seventh graders inducted were Kelli Aquino, Joseph Barros, Zachary Carvalho, Julia Curro, John Fee, Grace Harris, Abigail McClellan, Kristopher Shuman and Savannah Ung. view full size slideshow

Anti-Bullying Program

Friday, March 15 2013 @ 11:05 AM EDT

Enrichment Program on Anti-Bullying

Anti-Bullying	FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BY Cheryl Pendenza, Co-Chair of Saint Joseph School Enrichment Committee, Medford, MA cheryl@cherylpendenza.com 617-470-0652 On Friday, March 1, Saint Joseph School in Medford, MA presented two fun filled, interactive workshops for students in grades 5-6 and 7-8. By performing a series of sketches and using humor to connect with the young audience, ImprovBoston addressed a very serious topic. Bullying! The students sat around the stage in the school cafeteria as ImprovBoston entertained, educated and allowed students to critique and comment as they acted out some serious situations. Students were encouraged to use respect, understanding and sensitivities to gain further insight of the emotions that may be associated with both sides of bullying. The actors allowed the children to make suggestions and comments to reshape the scene of the sketches. There was a lot of fun, laughter and clapping as the spontaneous exercises took place, but by no means was the topic taken lightly. Tone of voice, body language and the power of words were emphasized as well as the long term effects of cyber-bullying. view full size slideshow

CYO Basketball

Friday, March 15 2013 @ 10:57 AM EDT

CYO Basketball End of Season Party

CYO Basketball Party	The coaching staff of the St. Joseph school and CYO basketball teams express their heartfelt appreciation to the players and parents for their support. An end-of-season pizza party was filled with fun activities and "still got it going on" parental participation. view full size slideshow

Honor Roll Luncheon

Wednesday, February 06 2013 @ 09:07 AM EST

Honor Roll Luncheon

Honor Roll Luncheon	Wings and more wings Over a hundred and forty students at St Joseph School enjoyed the customary Chinese Food Luncheon for earning honor status after the first quarter of the academic year. Students in grades five through eight are eligible to earn honor roll status with either merit , honor or highest honors. Once in grade six, students who consistently earn honor roll status are eligible to become part of the schools chapter of the National Junior Honor Society. view full size slideshow

Third Grade Colonial Wax Museum

Wednesday, February 06 2013 @ 08:40 AM EST

Third Grade Colonial Wax Museum

Third Grade Colonial Wax Museum	Students at St. Josephs Third Grade Colonial Wax Museum Come To Life What better time of year to celebrate the Pilgrims than around Thanksgiving! At St. Josephs School, the 3rd grade students studied Life in Colonial Times. We started our journey with the Mayflower and learned a lot along the way. We had many discussions about the food that was eaten during this time and this did not include a Big Mac from McDonalds or a chocolate covered donut from Dunkin Donuts, but instead fish they had to catch themselves and meat that was hunted by the men and boys. view full size slideshow