Dear JPII family,

I hope this letter finds you well. To begin, thank you to everyone for supporting our football team Friday night. What an amazing fall season for all of our teams!   

As a friendly reminder, midterm exams are quickly approaching. All students will take midterms the week of December 13. Our educators will continue to cover new material up until midterms so please continue to support your students' attendance at school every day and finishing the first semester strong.

We will soon begin utilizing the Remind app school-wide. If you're not already familiar with Remind, it's a school communication tool that makes it easy to stay involved with the school. Remind is free to use, and you'll be able to receive messages on any device—even a simple text message from your phone!

In the next couple of days, students and parents/guardians will receive a notification that they have been added to our Remind account. All you need to do is follow the steps in the message to finish setting up your account. Here is a video demo to see how Remind works.

On Friday we distributed progress reports to all students during 1st period. As always, you can review your student's academic progress on Blackbaud. If you have concerns, we encourage you to reach out to their teachers.

I would also like to thank our music ministry students for taking the lead with music for weekly Mass. These students are now leading all songs with their voices and instruments. This adds a beautiful element to the spiritual life of the school and the students and faculty enjoy listening to our talented musicians.

On Thursday we hosted an information night for families of 8th graders at Saint Peter and on Saturday we hosted Open House - both were full of excited and interested families. It is so humbling to speak with families that are thankful to have the option of Catholic education for their high school-aged children. Thank you for helping our JPII community continue to grow by recommending our school to your friends.

Finally, if your student participated in a fall sport but is not involved in a winter sport, please consider reviewing the opportunities to volunteer for game admissions or concessions.

God Bless,