Dear JPII family,

I hope this finds you and your families well. As we begin our 9th week of school, we have many activities to look forward to! This week is Homecoming and the students and faculty will be involved in spirit week, school retreat, and the pep rally on Friday. Please support your student and encourage them to participate in the daily themes! (more information below)

I apologize for the last-minute cancelation of the Family Association meeting last week. We are working with co-chairs Renee Mitchell and Becky Goetz to create an organization that will help better serve the school by embracing a philosophy of parents supporting parents. More details to come in the near future; thank you for your patience as we work through this process.

Last Wednesday the faculty and staff participated in our first professional development. We welcomed Jay Graves and Stephanie Durham from Pathfinder Business Consultants. We were also fortunate to have our school president join us and lead a session as well.

This year one of my main goals is to enhance the total student and family experience at JPII. As you can see we are doing this by revamping the Family Association, creating the Booster Clubs (academic and athletic), and having monthly professional development for our faculty and staff. Please be on the lookout for surveys to request parent input on how we are doing in these areas.

Thank you to all of our volunteers who helped make events happen at the school last week, including Amy Butcher, Joanne Galinis, Hanna Magnusson, Stephanie Stokes, and Charles Tucker. A special thank you to Stephanie Stokes for having these aprons made for those volunteering in the concession stand!

Again, this is going to be an exciting week at JPII! All of our fall sports will be competing and we are blessed to cap it off with Homecoming on Friday.

In Christ,