Catholic Schools Theme for the Year: CELEBRATE SERVICE
August 2008
18th Required parent meeting 6:00PM at St. Joseph Park 20th First Day of School! Noon Dismissal 20th First Tuition Payment Due 21st First full day of school 22nd All school Mass, 8:30AM 29th All school Mass
September 2008
1st No School in Session - Labor Day 3rd Athletic meeting, 6:30PM, Ferdinand Hall 4th Faculty meeting, 3:15PM 5th No School in Session - Diocesan Teacher's Institute 8th Savory Cookie Dough fundraiser begins 9th PTO Meeting and Open House 6:30PM, Ferdinand Hall 10th School Board meeting, 6:30PM, faculty lounge 12th All school Mass, 8:30AM 15th 2nd Tuition payment due 17th Market Day orders due to school office 19th All school Mass, 8:30AM 19th School Picture Day - Dress Up Day 22nd Cookie Dough fundraiser ends 24th Market Day pick up, Ferdinand Hall, 3:15-4:30PM 26th All school Mass, 8:30AM
October 2008
1st Athletic meeting, 6:30PM, Ferdinand Hall 3rd All school Mass, 8:30AM - First Friday Devotions 3rd Noon Dismissal - Teacher's Institute 6th Iowa Testing, grades 3, 5,and 7 8th School Board meeting, 6:30PM, faculty lounge 10th All school Mass, 8:30AM 13th No School in Session - Columbus Day 14th Osborne Book Fair begins 14th PTO Meeting, 6:30PM, Ferdinand Hall 15th Market Day orders due to school office 15th 3rd tuition payment due 16th Osborne Book Fair ends 16th Faculty meeting, 3:15PM 17th All school Mass, 8:30AM 22nd Market Day pick up, Ferdinand Hall, 3:15-4:30PM 24th End of 1st Quarter 31st All school Mass, 8:30AM 31st Noon Dismissal - Teacher institute
November 2008
2nd Holiday Open House at St. Joseph Park 3rd Report cards go home 5th Athletic meeting, 6:30PM, Ferdinand Hall 7th All school Mass, 8:30AM - First Friday Devotions 9th Giving Tree begins 10th Noon Dismissal 10th Parent-Teacher Confrences 1:00-6:00PM 10th PTO Meeting, 6:30PM, Ferdinand Hall 11th No School In Session - Veterans Day 12th School Board Meeting, 6:30PM, faculty lounge 12th Market Day orders due to school office 13th Faculty meeting 3:15PM 14th All school Mass, 8:30AM 17th 4th Tuitioni payment due 19th Market Day pick up, Ferdinand Hall, 3:15-4:30PM 21st All school Mass, 8:30AM 26th Noon Dismissal 27th No School in Session - Happy Thanksgiving! 28th No School in Session 28th Light up the Holidays Parade in downtown Joliet
December 2008
3rd Athletic meeting, 6:30PM, Ferdinand Hall 4th Faculty meeting, 3:15PM 5th All school Mass, 8:30AM 7th Giving Tree ends 8th All school Mass, 8:30AM - Feast of the Immaculate Conception 10th School Board meeting, 6:30PM, faculty lounge 10th Market Day orders due to school office 11th Santa's Workshop 11th PTO Meeting, 6:30PM, Ferdinand Hall 12th All school Mass, 8:30AM - Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe 12th Santa's Workshop 15th 5th Tuition payment due 17th Market Day pick up, Ferdinand Hall, 3:15-4:30PM 18th Christmas Program, 6:00PM in St. Joseph Church 19th All school Mass, 8:30AM 19th Noon Dismissal 20th Cookie Sale after 4:00 Mass, sponsored by Athletics 21st Cookie Sale after all Masses, sponsored by Athletics 21st No School in Session - Christmas Vacation begins 25th Merry Christmas! Blessings of the newborn Christ Child
January 2009
1st Happy New year 5th School Resumes 7th Athletic Meeting, 6:30PM, Ferdinand Hall 8th Faculty Meeting, 3:15PM 9th All school Mass, 8:30AM 13th PTO Meeting, 6:30PM, Ferdinand Hall 14th School Board meeding, 6:30PM, faculty lounge 15th 6th Tuition payment due 16th All school Mass, 8:30AM 16th End of 2nd Quarter 19th No School in Session - Marin Luther King, Jr. Day 21st Market Day orders due to school office 23rd All school Mass, 8:30AM 23rd Report cards go home 25th Catholic Schools Week begins at 10:00AM mass 25th Open House in school, 11:00AM-1:00PM 28th MArket Day pick up, Ferdinand Hall, 3:15-4:30PM 30th All school Mass, 8:30AM 30th Student Appreciation Day - Hot lunch sponsored by PTO
February 2009
4th Athletic Meeting, 6:30PM Ferdinand Hall 6th All school Mass, 8:30AM - First Friday Devotions 9th PTO Meeting, 6:30PM, Ferdinand Hall 11th School Board meeting, 6:30PM, faculty lounge 12th Faculty meeting, 3:15PM 13th All school Mass, 8:30AM 13th Noon Dismissal - Teacher's Institute 16th No School in Session - President's Day 17th 7th tuition payment due 18th Market Day orders due to school office 20th All school Mass, 8:30AM 25th Ash Wednesday Mass 8:30AM 25th Market Day pick up, Ferdinand Hall 3:15-4:30PM
March 2009
2nd No School in Session - Diocesan Catechetical Day 4th Athletic meeting, 6:30PM, Ferdinand Hall 5th Faculty meeting, 3:15PM 6th All school Mass, 8:30AM - First Friday Devotions 6th Stations of the Cross, 2:15PM 10th PTO Meeting, 6:30PM, Ferdinand Hall 11th School Board meeting, 6:30PM, faculty lounge 13th All school Mass, 8:30AM 13th Stations of the Cross, 2:15PM 16th 8th tuition payment due 18th Market Day orders due to school office 19th St. Joseph Feast Day, 8:30AM Mass 19th Grandparents/Special Person Day 20th End of 3rd Quarter 20th Stations of the Cross, 2:15 PM 25th Market Day pick up, Ferdinand Hall, 3:15-4:30PM 27th No School in Session - Diocesan Institute 30th Report cards go home
April 2009
1st Athletic Meeting, 6:30PM, Ferdinand Hall 2nd Faculty meeting, 3:15PM 3rd All school Mass, 8:30AM - First Friday Devotions 3rd Stations of the Cross, 2:15PM 5th Easter Parade in downtown Joliet 7th PTO Meeting, 6:30PM, Ferdinand Hall 8th School Board Meeting, 6:30PM, faculty lounge 9th Passion Play, Pro-Life Club 9th Noon Dismissal - Holy Thursday 10th No School in Session - Good Friday 12th Happy Easter! Christ the Lord is Risen! 13th Easter Vacation 20th School Resumes 20th 9th Tuition payment due 22nd Market Day orders due to school office 24th All school Mass, 8:30AM 24th Athletic Banquet, St. Joseph Park, 6:00PM 29th Market Day pick up, Ferdinand Hall, 3:15-4:30PM
May 2009
1st All school Mass, 8:30AM - First Friday Devotions 3rd First Holy Communion, 1:00PM 6th Athletic meeting, 6:30PM, Ferdinand Hall 7th Faculty meeting, 3:15PM 8th All school Mass, 8:30AM, May Crowning 12th PTO Meeting, Ferdinand Hall, 6:30PM 13th School Board meeting, 6:30PM, faculty lounge 15th All school Mass, 8:30AM 15th 10th Tuition payment due 18th 8th Grade Awards Banquet, St. Joseph Park 20th Market Day orders due to school office 20th 8th Grade Class field trip 21st 8th Grade Graduation, St. Joseph Church 22nd All school Mass, 8:30AM 22nd Noon Dismissal - Teacher's Institute 25th No School in Session - Memorial Day 27th Market Day Pickup, Ferdinand Hall, 3:15-4:30PM 28th Awards Ceremony, St. Joseph Church 28th Kindergarten Promotion, 6:00PM, St. Joseph Church 29th End of 4th Quarter 29th Report cards go home 29th Mass at Grotto, 9:00AM, St. Joseph Park, picnic to follow 29th Noon dismissal from St. Joseph Park