The Jaguar Roar
February 27-March 10
Dear Parent(s)/Guardian(s),
a busy week we have had. This week, we honored Pink Day, with close to 90% of our students wearing pink
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shirts to show their support for anti-bullying awareness. We had our second School Council sponsored Fun Lunch,
which was another smashing success! Angels For Mexico presented to our students (see the write-up on the right
below!). At the end of last week, we hosted a Sock Hop for our elementary students. Our final tally of socks
collected for the Mustard Seed was 345 pair. Our Shrove Tuesday breakfast for students is set for next Tuesday.
Thank you to our parent volunteers and School Council for your assistance. On Ash Wednesday, we are joining the
community mass at 9:00 am. Our Grade 6 families are invited to our Junior High Open House on March 8th, at 6:00
pm. And finally, a special thanks to one of our families for the generous donation of 500 pink bracelets! Each
student and staff member was wearing pink, showing our commitment and solidarity being kind to each other.
Week At A Glance:
Monday 27
Day: 3
 French 7 Students to the Sugar Shack Restaurant
 Badminton season opens
Tuesday 28
Day: 4
 Healthy Hunger - Pita Basket
 Shrove Tuesday breakfast for students during school hours.
 Madeline d’Houet to visit Grade 6 students @ 1:00 pm.
Wednesday 1
Day: 5
 Ash Wednesday Celebration @ St. Joseph Parish 9:00 AM start
 Can Learn Group
Thursday 2
Day: 6
 School Council Meeting 6:30 pm
Friday 3
Day: 1
 Happy Friday
Monday 6
Day: 2
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Marvelous Monday
Tuesday 7
Day:3
 Healthy Hunger - Pita Basket
 Spring Photos – Clubs and Teams/Class Pictures
Wednesday 8
Day: 4
 Grade 5 and 6 @ Safety Expo
 Grade 7 Open House/Orientation Evening. This is for parents
and students entering Grade 7 next year. 6:00-7:30 pm.
Thursday 9
Day: 5
 Healthy Hunger – Subway
 Parent and Trustee Forum: 7:00 pm @ The Clarion Hotel
Friday 10
Day: 6
 Progress Reports go home
Information:
Angels for Mexico
In 2014, the St. Joseph playground was taken down
to be donated to the Angels for Mexico (AFM)
organization. Our playground was taken to La
Puerta de la Lima to be reconstructed as their kids
did not have a playground in their town. A kid
named Jesus (Chewy) asked if he could help build
the playground and he did. None of the other kids
asked to help.
Building the playground was hard because
they needed to dig 66 holes that were 4ft deep
with only shovels and other hand tools. Although
they got it done in 4 days, they were exhausted.
AFM also built soccer nets and brought soccer
jerseys for all the kids. At the end ceremony, there
were about 150 kids playing on their new
playground. Some kids didn’t know how to play on
a playground because they have never had one. As
for Chewy, he was welcomed into the AFM family.
The kids of St. Joseph school are very
happy to see that our old playground is in good
hands and being loved by the kids of La Puerta de la
Lima.
By: Vesna and Jorja (Grade 6)
“Hope opens new horizons and enables us to dream of what is not even imaginable.” - Pope Francis
Upcoming Events:
Other Items of Interest:
Mar 15 Meet the Teacher Conferences (PM TBD)
Mar 16 Meet the Teacher Conferences (Full day - TBD)
Mar 16 Year Round Break Begins
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Mar 17 Professional Development – no classes
Mar 24 Spring Break begins for Regular Track Students
Parish News
St. Joseph Parish Bulletin
St. Pius X Parish Bulletin
Apr 13 Holy Thursday – Stations of the Cross
Apr 22 School Council Meeting
May 10 Marian Mass 10:30 AM @ Church
May 19 Professional Development – no classes
Connections Newsletter:
The March edition of the District Connections Newsletter is
available now at: http://bit.ly/2kMjxHy
May 22 Victoria Day – no classes
May 24 School Council Meeting
Jun 16 Year End Mass 9:00 AM @ Church
Jun 22 Grade 9 Farewell Mass 4:00 PM @ Church
Jun 29 Last day of classes
Gym Strip and Spirit Wear
St. Joseph School now has students and families order their
Gym Strip online, delivered to your house from a company
called Entripy Shops.
You can customize your clothing through the shop. Orders
can be placed on the following site:
http://stjoseph.entripyshops.com/
Healthy Hunger
If you would like a hot lunch delivered for your child,
please go to www.healthyhunger.ca to register or order.