Greetings,
St. Joseph Catholic School faculty and staff extend a very warm welcome to you and your family. We are excited to have you as part of our wonderful and vibrant school community and look forward to serving you and collaborating with you over the years. I would love to tell you a few things about our terrific school.
The school prides itself on the infusion of faith into all that we do. We have events for the student body as well as families throughout the year that reflect the Liturgical Year and important faith traditions. Some examples of these events are: student\/family Mass on Fridays @ 9:00 at the church (please join us), Saint Fair, Advent activities, Christmas play\/program, Lenten activities and retreats, sacrament preparation, Holy Week activities, including Stations of the Cross, Easter activities, and May Crowning, to name a few. The school also uses the Virtues in Practice program, where a different Virtue is studied and focused on each month. In addition to these events, faith is interwoven into every subject area.
Another important facet of our mission at the school is to provide a relevant and rigorous education to all
students we serve; our aim is academic excellence for all. We work to meet students where they are and provide them with the support they need to be successful. The school offers various after school enrichment activities such as, Math is Cool (4th, 5th, 6th, & 7th grades), Baking Club, Folkloric Dance, Drama Club, Strings, and Robotics (5th & up). The school also has a well established relationship with the WSD Special Education Department, and works in coordination to assess students and provide support for students who qualify. Federal Title funding is also utilized to run support programs at the school. We are also very proud of our multiple highly engaging programs that are offered throughout the school day. These programs include our Multilingual Program, that encourages students to grow in cultural competence as well as biliteracy in the Spanish and English languages, and our S.T.R.E.A.M. (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) program that provides students with the opportunity
to apply the Scientific Process . Our music program is also top notch, with our 4th, 5th, 6th, & 7th grade Honor Choir having abundant missionary opportunities at the school and in the community to share the faith through song. Our middle school students are offered multiple leadership opportunities throughout the year and they go to overnight camp and have monthly outdoor education outings. The school uses highly effective curricula for religion, ELA, math, social studies and science. In an effort to collect data and track student progress, the school uses a wide range of formative and summative assessments including ARK (Assessment of Religious Knowledge), Smarter Balanced State Assessments (3rd-7th), the NWEA MAP assessment, Accelerated Reader, and STAR testing. In order to understand and implement best practices and continuously learn and grow professionally, teacher and staff
professional development is ongoing. Additionally, the school is fully accredited through the Western Catholic Educational Association (WCEA).
Service is another component of our mission at St. Joe\u2019s. The school has regular student involved projects throughout the school year that connect to the St. Vincent de Paul food bank, low income senior housing, and many other organizations. Also, the school hosts multiple fundraisers that everyone, staff, students, and families, participate in. These fundraisers allow for our tuition to remain affordable, and they include the annual Have a Heart Auction and May Fest. It is wonderful when we all collaborate for the advancement and well being of the school; it is a great way to form relationships and build community.
We are extremely excited to continue our middle school expansion with the addition of 7th grade this year and 8th grade the following year. We look forward to having the opportunity to play an active role in our middle school aged children\u2019s lives during some of the most impactful and formative years!
We welcome you and your family to St. Joseph Catholic School and look forward to forming a strong and
lasting relationship throughout the years. Please feel free to reach out at any time with questions, comments, and\/or ideas.
Principal: lmartinez@saintjosephcatholicschool.org
Secretary: stjosephschoolwenatchee@yakimadiocese.org
Abundant Blessings, Lisa Martinez & Team
Saludos,
El cuerpo docente y el personal de la Escuela Cat\u00f3lica San Joseph le dan una calurosa bienvenida a usted y su familia. Estamos emocionados de tenerlo como parte de nuestra maravillosa y vibrante comunidad escolar y esperamos poder servirle y colaborar con usted a lo largo de los a\u00f1os. Me encantar\u00eda contarles algunas cosas sobre nuestra excelente escuela.
La escuela se enorgullece de la infusi\u00f3n de fe en todo lo que hacemos. Tenemos eventos para el alumnado y las familias durante todo el a\u00f1o que reflejan el a\u00f1o lit\u00fargico y las tradiciones religiosas importantes. Algunos ejemplos de estos eventos son: Misa estudiantil\/familiar los viernes a las 9:00 en la iglesia (acomp\u00e1\u00f1enos), Feria de los Santos, actividades de Adviento, obra\/programa de Navidad, actividades y retiros de Cuaresma, preparaci\u00f3n sacramental, actividades de Semana Santa, que
incluyen V\u00eda Crucis, actividades de Semana Santa y Coronaci\u00f3n de Mayo, por mencionar algunos. La escuela tambi\u00e9n utiliza el programa Virtudes en Pr\u00e1ctica, donde se estudia y se enfoca una Virtud diferente cada mes. Adem\u00e1s de estos eventos, la fe est\u00e1 entretejida en cada \u00e1rea tem\u00e1tica.
Otra faceta importante de nuestra misi\u00f3n en la escuela es brindar una educaci\u00f3n relevante y rigurosa a todos los estudiantes a los que servimos; Nuestro objetivo es la excelencia acad\u00e9mica para todos. Trabajamos para encontrar a los estudiantes donde est\u00e1n y brindarles el apoyo que necesitan para tener \u00e9xito. La escuela ofrece varias actividades de enriquecimiento despu\u00e9s de la escuela, como Math is Cool (4.o, 5.o, 6.o y 7.o grados), Club de reposter\u00eda, Danza folcl\u00f3rica, Club de teatro, Cuerdas y Rob\u00f3tica (5.o en adelante). La escuela tambi\u00e9n tiene una relaci\u00f3n bien establecida con el Departamento de
Educaci\u00f3n Especial de WSD y trabaja en coordinaci\u00f3n para evaluar a los estudiantes y brindar apoyo a los estudiantes que califican. Los fondos del T\u00edtulo Federal tambi\u00e9n se utilizan para ejecutar programas de apoyo en la escuela. Tambi\u00e9n estamos muy orgullosos de nuestros m\u00faltiples programas altamente atractivos que se ofrecen durante la jornada escolar. Estos programas incluyen nuestro Programa Multiling\u00fce, que anima a los estudiantes a crecer en competencia cultural y alfabetizaci\u00f3n biling\u00fce en
los idiomas espa\u00f1ol e ingl\u00e9s, y nuestro Programa S.T.R.E.A.M. (ciencia, tecnolog\u00eda, ingenier\u00eda, arte y matem\u00e1ticas) programa que brinda a los estudiantes la oportunidad de aplicar el Proceso Cient\u00edfico. Nuestro programa de m\u00fasica tambi\u00e9n es de primer nivel, con nuestro Coro de Honor de 4.o, 5.o, 6.o y 7.o grado que tiene abundantes oportunidades misioneras en la escuela y en la comunidad para compartir la fe a trav\u00e9s de la canci\u00f3n. A nuestros estudiantes de secundaria se les ofrecen m\u00faltiples
oportunidades de liderazgo durante todo el a\u00f1o, van a campamentos nocturnos y tienen salidas educativas al aire libre mensuales.
La escuela utiliza planes de estudio altamente efectivos para religi\u00f3n, ELA, matem\u00e1ticas, estudios sociales y ciencias. En un esfuerzo por recopilar datos y realizar un seguimiento del progreso de los estudiantes, la escuela utiliza una amplia gama de evaluaciones formativas y sumativas que incluyen ARK (Evaluaci\u00f3n de conocimientos religiosos), evaluaciones estatales Smarter Balanced (3.o a 7.o), la evaluaci\u00f3n NWEA MAP, Accelerated Reader y Pruebas de STAR. Para comprender e implementar las
mejores pr\u00e1cticas y aprender y crecer profesionalmente continuamente, el desarrollo profesional de maestros y personal es continuo. Adem\u00e1s, la escuela est\u00e1 totalmente acreditada a trav\u00e9s de la Asociaci\u00f3n Educativa Cat\u00f3lica Occidental (WCEA).
El servicio es otro componente de nuestra misi\u00f3n en San Jos\u00e9. La escuela tiene proyectos regulares con la participaci\u00f3n de estudiantes durante todo el a\u00f1o escolar que se conectan con el banco de alimentos de San Vincent de Paul, viviendas para personas mayores de bajos ingresos y muchas otras organizaciones. Adem\u00e1s, la escuela organiza m\u00faltiples eventos para recaudar fondos en los que participan todos, el personal, los estudiantes y las familias. Estos eventos para recaudar fondos permiten que nuestra matr\u00edcula siga siendo asequible e incluyen la subasta anual Have a Heart y el May Fest. Es maravilloso cuando todos colaboramos para el avance y bienestar del colegio; es una excelente manera de formar relaciones y construir una comunidad.
Estamos muy entusiasmados de continuar la expansi\u00f3n de nuestra escuela intermedia con la incorporaci\u00f3n del 7.\u00b0 grado este a\u00f1o y del 8.\u00b0 grado el a\u00f1o siguiente. \u00a1Esperamos tener la oportunidad de desempe\u00f1ar un papel activo en la vida de nuestros ni\u00f1os en edad de escuela secundaria durante algunos de los a\u00f1os m\u00e1s impactantes y formativos!
Le damos la bienvenida a usted y a su familia a la Escuela Cat\u00f3lica San Jos\u00e9 y esperamos formar una relaci\u00f3n s\u00f3lida y duradera a lo largo de los a\u00f1os. No dude en comunicarse en cualquier momento con preguntas, comentarios y\/o ideas.
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Director: lmartinez@saintjosephcatholicschool.org
Secretaria: stjosephschoolwenatchee@yakimadiocese.org
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Bendiciones abundantes,
Lisa Martinez-Directtora<\/p>\n\n\n\n