St. Joseph High School News 5/2/22 -5/6/22
St. Joseph High School News
5/2/22 - 5/6/22
May Bears of the Month:
Congratulations to Michael Algyre & Nick Strickler for being recognized as our May Bears of the Month at SJHS!
Interact Newsletter:
Link: E933F32C-2C32-41B6-A215-4596FD7A97A7.pdf
Teacher Appreciation Week:
Strike Out Cancer Event:
STRIKE OUT CANCER EVENT
St. Joseph Invite, Saturday, May 7th
SJHS Baseball Fields
10am Start - SJ vs Dowagiac
Please see the t-shirt below that is available to purchase for $20 with a portion of the cost being donated to the Alex Mandarino Foundation. Sizes available are S-XXXL and the deadline for the t-shirt order is Wednesday, May 4th at noon. Please text Sara at 269.876.0443 or email asbarlow@comcast.net with size and quantity.
Also, Thursday and Friday at SJHS lunch and at the invite we will be selling K’s (K means strikeout in baseball) in honor of someone currently fighting cancer or in memory of someone who has passed. Each K will be $1 and you can write the name of the person you are honoring on it. We will hang these on the outside of the dugouts and around the concession stand on Saturday.
Finally, our Varsity players will be wearing purple wristbands (sweatbands) in honor of Mattox Williams and the battle he is currently fighting!
We are looking forward to an amazing day of baseball while raising some funds to help fight cancer. GO BEARS!
SJHS DECA:
St. Joseph High School DECA is proud to announce that Cole Toney is a winner and brings home the glass from DECA Internationals in the Merit Award Program! The program shows a progression of learning in the areas of Marketing, Promotion, Human Relations, Product Service Knowledge and Economic Understanding and it is one of the most comprehensive projects that Michigan DECA offers. Cole's project consisted primarily around his own personal business CT Soles in which he started in April 2020. Cole explained the many facets of business including how to start your own business, customer buying habits, sales analysis and product inventory.
Guidance Office News:
Additional Guidance office resources and links:
Ren Baldwin Tech Festival:
Senior After Graduation Party:
Don't forget to sign your senior up for the SJHS After Graduation party! Immediately after graduation, the new graduates are whisked off to a party; this is the last time they will be together as a class until there first reunion. Parents have been hard at work planning the graduation party, but our ability to fundraise has been severely limited due to uncertainty about Covid. Now that we're certain the event will happen and know the fundraising restrictions we face, we're asking for a $50 admission fee per student. Details are still being worked out--and kept as surprises for the students as much as possible--but students will be bused from the graduation ceremony to the event venue for a night full of fun activities, and then will need to be picked up (locally) at around 1 am. We realize that some students will have trouble paying this fee, so we are also raising money for scholarships so everyone can attend. If you are able to provide an additional donation to help pay for students who would be otherwise unable to attend, please do so. If you think your graduating senior would like to attend but needs financial assistance, please contact their counselor in order to maintain their privacy. To purchase an admission for your senior, or to donate to this event and help celebrate our graduating seniors, click here: https://sjschools.revtrak.net/st-joseph-high-school/senior-after-graduation-celebration/#/list. This is a link to the SJPS account set aside for the Senior After Graduation Celebration Fund. Please sign up by May 13!
SJHS Class of 2022 After Graduation Party Planning Committee’
Class of 2022:
Parents/Guardians of Class of 2022:
Your student had their final class meeting at SJHS on 4/28. They received information pertaining to end of year events and graduation. For planning purposes please see the End of Year Events link below AND make sure you ask your senior to share their packet with you (especially because 8 rain tickets were included and additional tickets will not be available to hand out).
In addition, students picked up their graduation cap & gown/graduation products last week from Jostens. If your student was unable to pick theirs up, please have them stop by the Guidance Office.
2022 End of Year Events Calendar
Child Development Class:
Child Development students explore Early Childhood Centers within our community by taking a field trip to Trinity Lutheran’s Child Care center!
Student Congratulations:
Congratulations to the following St. Joe High School writers who were winners or finalists in the Albion College Charles Crupi Memorial Poetry Contest contest. Over 800 poems were submitted
Winners (3rd place tie) $100 prize and publication in The Albion Review
Alana V., 11 “Car Conversations with My Sister”
Emily W., 12 “My First Panic Attack in the Art Hallway Bathroom, First Stall”
Both students were invited to read their poems at an in-person celebration on April 25 at Albion College. Their poems can be found HERE
Finalists (top 2%)
Austin A., 12 “Something You Should Know”
Bavi K., 12 “Something You Should Know”
English teachers, Joyce Hunter and Bean Klusendorf were inducted into the Charles Crupi Memorial Society for Excellence in the Teaching of Poetry which “recognizes educators who have a proven record of teaching students something our beloved colleague Charles Crupi deeply believed: that we can all learn to write poetry and that the world is better for it.”
LMC Dual Credit Information:
Lake Michigan College/SJHS Dual Credit Information Session
May 11, 2022 6:00 PM
Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Lake Michigan College will be offering an informational session for St. Joseph High School students and parents about early college and dual credit opportunities offered at SJHS.
Join Zoom Meeting: https://LakeMichiganCollege.zoom.us/j/97370751428?pwd=U3ExUXV3SFpoUmRXQXNBOXN1SGZCdz09
Meeting ID: 973 7075 1428
Passcode: 891645
One tap mobile
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Important Notes below
(you will learn about this during the Zoom meeting):
1. First-time early college students will need to complete an online early college application prior to testing and registering:
2. Student picture ID MUST be presented in order to test. If your student does not have access to a picture ID, please have the following form completed before testing day: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DcPyjSWoqdQFkQeWNREokNknnDr58N-u/view?usp=sharing
MATH ACCUPLACER TESTING ONLY @ SJHS
for MATH 135 (precalculus)
2:50pm, offered at SJHS after school in L806
May 17, 19 or 25, 2022
You must sign up in the Guidance Office for one of these dates (seats are limited).
Students that do not meet “R” with their unweighted HS transcript (current Sophomores, or older, with 2.5 or higher GPA), will need to schedule a time to take Writeplacer at the Benton Harbor campus.
Students should email the testing center at assessmentcenter@lakemichigancollege.edu to set up a time to take the placement test
ALL ACCUPLACER TESTING MUST BE COMPLETED BY AUGUST 31, 2022 for the 2022-23 school year!
Athletic Events:
Monday:
3:30 Varsity Golf @ West Jamboree/The Moors
4:00 Varsity/JV Tennis vs. Loy Norrix
4:00 Varsity Softball @ Vicksburg
5:00 JV/Varsity Soccer vs. Gull Lake
Tuesday:
4:00 Varsity Baseball vs. Bridgman
4:00 JV Baseball @ Bridgman
4:00 Boys/Girls Track @ Portage Central
4:30 Varsity/JV Tennis vs. Gull Lake
Wednesday:
2:00 Varsity Golf @ West Jamboree/Point O' Woods
5:00 JV/Varsity Soccer @ Battle Creek Central
Thursday:
4:00 Varsity Baseball/Softball vs. Loy Norrix
4:00 JV Baseball @ Loy Norrix
4:00 Varsity Tennis @ Zeeland East Double Dual
Friday:
9:00 JV Golf @ Lakeview Invite
4:30 Rotary Track Meet
5:00 Varsity Golf Quad @ Lake Michigan Hills
Saturday:
10:00 Varsity Baseball Invite
10:30 Varsity Softball @ Lakeshore Invite
