Saint Joseph's School classrooms participate in fall bazaar.



Kindergarten donated a rainy day theme basket
1st Grade donated a breakfast theme basket
2nd Grade donated a cookie theme basket
3rd Grade donated a football cooler theme basket
4th Grade donated a Movie theme basket
5th Grade donated a St. Anthony bread basket
6th Grade donated a disposable basket
7th Grade donated a snowman theme basket
8th Grade donated a scrapbook theme basket.


Mrs. King and  Mrs. Sierra from the computer lab and library donated a M&M theme basket


All items were donated by students and there families to help raise money for our St. Joseph Church Parish
The total donation earned from these baskets was $1,015!




Saints Share Canned Goods for Thanksgiving Project

The entire student body collected over 2,000 canned goods for our local
St. Vincent de Paul Society
from October 31 until November 20th.
The class that
 brought in the greatest percentage of
nonperishable food items and toilet paper received a free dress day.
  The class that won this contest was the 7th grade that celebrated this free dress day on November 29.

Saints Collect Hats, Mittens, Scarves

Saints will collect hats, mittens, gloves and scarves again this year for the less fortunate.
If anyone would like to participate please send one or more of the items
 mentioned above with you child(ren) to school by Dec. 14th.
 We will decorate the Christmas tree in the cafeteria with these items
 beginning on St. Nicholas Day, Dec 6th thru Dec 14th.
 We will send the donated items to our sister parish
located on the Lakota Indian Reservation in South Dakota.
This is another way we can reach out to those people in need.
Thank you for sharing what you have with those who
are in serious need of warm clothes. They will benefit from your generosity.


Advenvent "Baby Jesus" Shower
    This Advent season we will once again be involved in offering a baby shower to the "Baby Jesus" from our school. Our gift to the baby Jesus will be our outreach to the babies born who are in need of helpful items and that are born  within this season. We will begin collecting November 26th. Each class is being asked to bring in a certain item and the 7th grade will take items from each room to put in a basket. The baskets will then be taken to the Catholic Social Services to present to families who are in need of assistance.
 8th grade is asked to bring books for babies; 7th grade is asked to bring toys for babies; 6th grade is asked to bring receiving blankets; 5th grade is asked to bring baby wipes; 4th grade is asked to bring baby formula; 3rd grade is asked to bring newborn diapers; 2nd grade is asked to bring baby bottles; 1st grade is asked to bring pacifiers / baby spoons; Kindergarten  is asked to bring booties / socks; Preschool is asked to bring rattles / teething rings. We ask that the items you bring are "new. We want our gift in honor of the baby Jesus to be new and bright! If the items are too expensive 2 or 3 families can go in on the gift. We have 10 baskets to fill, so our goal is to receive 10 items from each classroom. If we receive more than 10 we will also donate them. Please help us welcome the "Baby Jesus" in a special way this advent!!


Pennies For Life
    The 6th Grade class is planning the liturgy for the all school Friday Mass being held on January 18th. We are asking each student and staff member to bring a penny for every year of their life. We will then donate the pennies to the Right of Life group to aid in the efforts for an end to abortion.  This will continue with our theme of "Walking in the Footsteps of Jesus".


Spelling Bee Results
Congratulations to all of the particpants:
                8th - Justin Fletcher, Kendal Hart, Anthony Pogioli, Josh Tilstra(took Allison Dougherty's place) and Hannah Wald.
                7th - Rose Burton, Brittany James, Daniel Mansfield, Nathan Mefford, and Zach Pogioli.
                6th - Patrick Doll, Bailee Maas, Kyle Petesch, Brennan Pollman, and Joseph Zuercher.
                5th - Maddie Bricka. Natasha Erxleben, Nathan Hays, Alex Schwarz, and Tally Sevier.
                4th - Jordan Betson, Brianna Haddock, Dominick Jester, Noah Mefford, and Dalton Moss.
The overall winners:
1st Place: Rose Burton (7)
2nd Place: Brianna Haddock (4)
3rd Place: Kendal Hart (8)
Rose Burton represented our school at the Tazewell County Spelling Bee on February 29th.