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St. Joseph High School Blog 1/9/17 - 1/13/17   Winter Weather:   School Start Time Parents and students, we would ask that you continue to do your best and plan ahead with winter weather and driving conditions as you come to school in the morning.   Please be safe in your travels to and from school daily and take your time, however we would ask that you please do your best to plan ahead in the mornings so that we can get all students here on time and classes running without disruptions staring at 7:45am.   We appreciate your efforts with this! Thanks, Mr. Blomgren Semester Exams: Reminder that semester exams are quickly approaching.   We want to see all students finish 1 st semester strong and go into their exams with confidence.   Planning for exams should start now and students will be better prepared if they put a little study time in each night leading up to exams on Jan. 25 th -27 th .   School will dismiss at 11am ea...

 SJHS Blog 1/4/17 - 1/6/17  Happy New Year: Welcome back!! Hope everyone had a nice break and an opportunity to relax and enjoy family!!   We are looking forward to 2017!! Semester Exams: Semester exams are quickly approaching.   Exams are scheduled for Jan. 25 th , 26 th , and 27 th .   LSJ Hockey: Friday : 7:20pm LSJ VAR Hockey vs. West Ottawa @ Howard Ice Arena Saturday : 2:15pm LSJ JV Hockey vs. West Kent @ Howard Ice Arena Sunday : 10:50am LSJ JV Hockey vs. Traverse City @ Howard Ice Arena Athletic Events: Saturday: 10:00   Wrestling @ Bangor Invite 6:00 JV/VAR Girls Basketball @ S.B. St. Joseph Upcoming Events: Jan. 11 th – 1 Hr. Late Start Jan. 16 th – No School – MLK Day

SJHS Blog   Winter Break: Happy holidays to our St. Joseph families!!   We hope you find time to relax, eat lots of great food, and enjoy time with your family.    We look forward to seeing everyone when we return Wed. Jan. 4 th . From all of us at SJHS! Guidance Office News: ·       Notre Dame has many great pre-college programs for high school students: http://precollege.nd.edu / http://precollege.nd.edu/summer-scholars/ http://precollege.nd.edu/leadership-seminars/ ·       Scholarship Opportunity Bright Young Women From the Midwest: http://apply.joyceivyfoundation.org/ LSJ Hockey News: Friday: December 30th 9:00pm LSJ VAR Hockey vs. Kalamazoo Eagles @ Howard Ice Arena Saturday: December 31st 1:00pm LSJ VAR Hockey vs. Kalamazoo United @ Howard Ice Arena Rotary Exchange Student: We currently have a really nice young man from Hungary who attends S...

SJHS Blog SJHS Holiday Concert: The 48th Annual SJHS Holiday Concert will be next Monday, December 19 at 7pm in the John and Dede Howard Auditorium. The Choirs and Orchestras will be performing works by Handel, Grieg, Eric Whitacre, Leroy Anderson, and many more. Please come and support these talented young musicians. Guidance Dept. News: ·       Juniors who took the PSAT test in October will be able to access their scores online through their College Board Account starting December 12 . Unfortunately, due to a processing delay by College Board that affected our school, the paper reports will not arrive until late January. Resources: Create Your College Board Account: https://www.collegeboard.org Video: Understanding Your PSAT/NMSQT Score Report: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzCSIilL3WQ Free personalized practice test! Video: How to Link Your College Board+Khan Academy Accounts: https://www.youtube.com...

SJHS Blog 12/5/16 - 12/9/16 SJPS Foundation: Our 2017 SJPS Foundation scholarship applications are now online.  $45,000 in scholarships for SJHS Class of 2017 grads!  Thanks. http://www.stjosephpublicschoolsfoundation.org/Scholarships.html Early Middle College Program : Open to current High School Sophomores.   Students who are admitted to the program will earn a college degree and/or technical certificate by taking college classes during their 11th and 12th grades of high school. They then attend Lake Michigan College full time during their 5th year of high school. Application deadline is January 19, 2017. All information is posted on our high school counseling website.  Information sessions are offered: Dec. 5  Lake Michigan College Napier Campus, 6 pm Dec. 6  Lake Michigan College Bertrand Campus, 6 pm Dec. 12 Berrien RESA, 6 pm Math Competition: "In November’s Michigan Math League competition, juni...