This Week at SHOJ

October 2, 2020

From Mrs. Rhodes

I love the month of October. It starts with one of my favorite saint’s feast days, St. Therese of the Child Jesus, then we have the feast of The Guardian Angels (today), the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary is Oct. 7 – which we often celebrate the entire month – finally, the feast of St. John Paul II comes on the 22nd. It is also a month where we remember the dignity of all life (especially the unborn) and strive to bring awareness to finding a cure for cancer. Right after this month, we celebrate All Saints Day– which we are striving to be!

Now more than ever, we need to join together to work hard for our world to bring up saints. We have changed our afternoon prayer this month, with the elections approaching, to a prayer of Civility. As Catholic Christians we are called to bring hope by our joy and actions to the world. As you read this prayer, you will see that it challenges us in nine ways to be better to make the world better. We Are ONE and this will be a great place to start.

Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace: A Prayer for Civility

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where uncivil words prevail, show me how to model love. Help me remember the God-given dignity of all and invite others to do the same. Show me how to build bridges and not walls and see first what unites us rather than how we diverge. Let me seek to understand before asking to be understood. Give me a listening heart filled with empathy and compassion. May I be clear in sharing my own position and respectful and civil in describing those of others. Let me never tolerate hateful ideas. May I invite all to charity and love. Lord, help me to imitate your compassion and mercy. Make me an instrument of your peace. Amen.

Inspired by Nine Rules for Civility from the Catholic Tradition, Bishop Zubik, found on wearesaltandlight.org.

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Sign up for fall conferences

Please only sign up with your child's homeroom teacher.

K-2 Conference Signup Link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C4AAEA92DA7FA7-k2fall

3-5 Conference Signup Link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C4AAEA92DA7FA7-35fall

MS Conference Signup Link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C4AAEA92DA7FA7-middle2

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Peace Week at SHOJ

Parents,

Every October, schools across the country observe National Bullying Prevention Month. This year, the counseling department is excited to plan activities for our very own Peace Week. The goal of Peace Week is for students, parents, and staff to work together to stop bullying and increase awareness of the prevalence and impact of all forms of bullying on children.

Our Bully Prevention and Awareness Week will take place from October 19th to October 23rd. Throughout Peace Week we will have a series of dress down days to symbolize our commitment to ensuring SHOJ is a bully free school. Learn more about Peace Week and all the fun activities we have planned in the attachment below.

We are looking for parent volunteers to record a video of themselves reading an anti-bullying book to their child’s class. If you are interested please email Mrs. Tinker (Annalise.moffitt@shoj.org) or Mrs. Schierts (Lori.schierts@shoj.org).

Thank you for your support!

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From the Nurse

Click for on the picture above for a new graph for differences in Covid and the flu and allergies in children or see the attachments for both child and adult infographics below.

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Cold vs. Flu vs. Allergies vs. Coronavirus (kids) revised 9.22.20.pdf