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Dear Saints Joseph & John School Families, We are so excited to welcome families for the 2023-2024 school year! Please read the following for general back to school information. More details on these items and additional school information will be sent to you in my weekly newsletter update beginning next week. WELCOME EMAIL AND POSTCARDS- Preschool to Grade 8 Please watch for an email from your child’s new teacher between 1:00-3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 9! Also, keep a lookout for some special mail from your upcoming teachers who are SO excited to have your children as their students! (Mailing will take [...]

Dear St. Joseph and John School Families, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has signed the next 2-year state budget with many incredible opportunities for all Ohio students, including our students at SJJ. This means that every Ohio student will be eligible for an EdChoice scholarship, with families up to 450% of the Federal poverty level receiving a full scholarship, and all other households receiving partial scholarships on a sliding scale, with the lowest being 10% of a full scholarship. The final scholarship amounts will be known soon when the official documents become available from the state of Ohio. To prepare for the possible [...]

Dear Parents, Field Day is Monday, May 22, 2023.  Students are to wear tennis shoes with shorts, joggers or leggings.  Pizza lunch will be provided by PTU.  The students are asked to dress in the following colors: Kindergarten - Yellow Grade 1 - Red Grade 2 - Green Grade 3 - Blue Grade 4 – Brown or Orange Grade 5 - White Grade 6 - Black Grade 7 – Jersey Theme Grade 8 – Class Shirt Friday is the last day of school for students in Grades 1-7. Dismissal is at 11:45am.  Report Cards and MAP scores will be mailed out [...]

Dear Sts. Joseph & John School Families, My name is Shelly Schenek, and I am honored to introduce myself as your principal. As the instructional leader of Sts. Joseph & John School, I am committed to facilitating a unified vision among our stakeholders, where we can prepare our students to be successful problem solvers in order to meet the challenges of an ever-changing world. Our school has a strong tradition of excellence. And now, we find ourselves in a new and exciting chapter, where we can build upon those successes as we move to a bright and inspiring future. My promise [...]

Dear Parents, We are very pleased to announce that Mr. Joseph Clark will move to a new role at Sts. Joseph and John School for the 2023-2024 school year beginning July 1, 2023. Mr. Clark will become our Admissions and Marketing Coordinator. As Admissions and Marketing Coordinator, Mr. Clark will be responsible for ensuring the effective promotion of Sts. Joseph and John School.  This will be done by representing SJJ at school-wide and community events, recruitment of prospective students and by managing the production and distribution of marketing materials.  We feel as though Mr. Clark’s dedication to and knowledge of Sts. Joseph and [...]

Dear Faculty and Staff of Sts. Joseph and John School: I wanted to take this opportunity to share some news with you. I have already shared this with the St. Joseph Parish Staff and shared this with the parishioners of St. Joseph Parish last weekend, but I wanted you to hear this news directly from me. As I approach the 17th anniversary of my priestly ordination Saturday, the time has come for me to begin a new season in my priesthood. Just after our Principal Search Committee began its work, Bishop Malesic asked me to come downtown and discuss a change [...]

Dear Parents, May is off to a great start at SJJ!  We will continue this week with more busy days full of activities. Please note that on Wednesday students are encouraged to DRESS UP for our whole school May Crowning. CONGRATULATIONS to our second graders who made their First Communion this weekend.  Also, CONGRATULATIONS to our grade eight students who made their Confirmation last weekend or who will be celebrating the Sacrament this week. Please keep them in your prayers. Our students are continuing to show growth on their MAP assessments! They will be taking the last assessment this week. The Spring [...]

May is here and if your house is anything like mine, your child knows EXACTLY how many school days are left until the last day of school!  (Hint—it’s 14.5!) As my term as President is expiring this month after 4 years, I wanted to take a quick moment to thank the other Members of the PTU Board as well as our Committee Chairs, Teacher Liaisons as well as Mrs. Francis for the incredible collaboration and support over the years.  I’ve been on the Executive Board in various roles since my youngest Daughter Kate was in Kindergarten (now in 5th grade) and oldest [...]

Dear Parents, We are pleased to announce that Sts. Joseph and John School has recently been awarded an Ohio K-12 School Safety Grant for $100,000.00! Ohio Governor Mike DeWine awarded more than $42 million to Ohio schools. We are beyond excited to receive this grant and to begin planning for safety and security upgrades at SJJ school.  To immediately begin the process, we are fortunate to have already planned for the Strongsville Police Department to come in May 8th and meet with our teachers and staff.  We will be spending time reflecting upon the recent events happening in our world and reviewing [...]

Sts. Joseph and John CYO Athletics –2023 – 2024 Fall Sports Season   Hello Viking Families,   As we begin to wind down the school year and look forward to summer, it’s that time again to think about  fall sports. At this time, CYO has not published any official starting dates for Fall sports practices and  game schedules will be released much later in the summer. However, going off past years, I do not  anticipate any official sports practices beginning before July 24, 2023.   REGISTRATION FOR FALL SPORTS WILL OPEN ON MAY 1, 2023!   Please visit www.sjjathletics.com for a list of sports [...]