
Thanks to County Judge Ray Gack and the offices of our county courthouse and City Manager Mary Sullivan for allowing our 5-8th grade to tour and learn about what our local government does for its citizens.











Call 479-963-2119 to order or use our Venmo. Checks may be mailed to 25 S. Spruce St., Paris, AR 72855
You are welcome to drop by to purchase tickets in the office!


We enjoyed our visit with Theresa Hall, Superintendent of Catholic Schools Diocese of Little Rock and Marguerite Olberts, Associate Superintendent of Catholic Schools Diocese of Little Rock.





So much gratitude to the Knights of Columbus Council 3787 for supporting our parish appreciation pancake breakfast by cooking the pancakes and sausage for 150 parishioners.






100 Days Smarter!!







Reminder- Tomorrow is a dress up day!


So much gratitude to Dr. Curtis Varnell for taking the time to perform his science show for Catholic Schools Week.







St. Joseph Family,
We have had a delay on launching our new website, but the App is working. You will find the weekly newsletter and the calendar under the Documents tab. Menu under "dining". Go to the App store and search "St. Joseph School" to download! We hope this helps with communication.

We enjoyed Zooming a rosary with the Southwest Region of the Missionary Childhood Association. Over 60 schools participated in this abbreviated rosary for Catholic schoolchildren throughout the world.






Betty Sue Maddox, Class of 1961, stopped by with donuts for our teachers for Catholic Schools Week. She has two grandchildren at our school and is an active parishioner who helps maintain and decorate both the church and the hall. We are grateful for the support of Betty and all our parishioners!


Jeff O'Neal and Katrina Stengel of Siebenmorgan and Associates stopped by with a pizza lunch for our teachers for Catholic Schools Week. We are so grateful and it was delicious.


In other news- our kitchen didn't flood, but Jennifer started her day like this! We are so thankful to have Jennifer Grisham as our Catholic school cafeteria manager! She cooks great tasting food and serves it with a smile.


Today is Career- Vocations Day! Many of the students dressed as their future careers! We had farmers, stay-at- home moms, businessmen, teachers, emergency workers, coaches, and healthcare providers. Due to the flood of Jan. 2025, it looks like we may be rescheduling our tours of county and city government.









Student Council is collecting hygiene supplies for Annie's! This campaign is our Catholic Schools Week community service project and runs through Valentines Day! Let's show them some love!


Student Council returns from a visit to The Call, a local non-profit that works with foster children. They are learning about how The Call/ Annie's House of Hope supports this community and what we can do to help them with their mission.


We've had a great start to Catholic Schools Week! Thanks to Mayor Rogers for his proclamation of the celebration and to the Kinders who are so much fun to sing and dance with!






She's back and so is Friday candy!




Mrs. Snyder integrates a movement activity called a Write-A-Round into her Social Studies formative assessment.






7-8 increased their understanding of color schemes today. They will choose a scheme to use in a radial symmetry design.



Families,
Bowden Photography will be here tomorrow morning to do re-takes for any student or staff member who missed photo day. Please wear the purple embroidered polo shirt!
Thank you,
Michelle O'Neal