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  • The St. Joseph Catholic School kindergarten class celebrated 100 days of school Jan. 26. Each student decorated a hat with 100 items, and no two hats were alike. Students made necklaces with 100 Fruit Loops, marshmallows, M&M’s, or Skittles. For math, each student brought 100 pennies that they counted by ones, twos, fives and 10s. The teacher is Teri Reeves. Pictured, from left, David Shaw, Luke Carter, Talon Bennett, Zoe Baker, Gisselle Martinez, Maria Garcia, Nickie Jativa, Sophie Kolmer, Christopher Riley, Pearson Bennett, Shelby Morris and Abigail Amann. Submitted photo

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  • Scott Harrison, Thomas Garcia, Director Ed Falleur and Daniel Cheong tour the Infant Supply Closet at Catholic Charities. Submitted photo

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February 19, 2012

St. Joseph celebrates Catholic Schools week

Saint Joseph Catholic School celebrated Catholic Schools week Jan. 29-Feb 4. The national theme was “Faith, Academics, and Service. “Students in grades four through eight participated in a spelling bee. Philip Hamm won the school spelling bee, and Thomas Garcia was runner-up.

Students participated in a Math-a-thon to support St. Jude Children’s Hospital, collecting $2,200 and working thousands of math problems. Homeroom teachers raised $366 by challenging their students to donate to the Infant Supply Closet at Catholic Charities. The week ended with a field trip tour of the closet and food bank to deliver the money.

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