Saints Dennis and Joseph Catholic Academy

Today was the first official Honor Society meeting. They are actively discussing fund raising opportunities. Stay tuned for more info!

SDJCA 8th graders and parents volunteered on Saturday at the Greater Chicago Food Depository. They were part of a group that packed 2,430 lbs of food, that will be enough servings for 1,219 households! Getting those service hours in and helping those in need. The kids worked so hard, and did this with smiles on their faces!! 💜 We are SDJCA.

This weekend, our Phoenix Volleyball teams went 5-0 at home on Saturday! Every team won their game. Our XC team had a fantastic meet on Saturday and our Flag Football team played St. Rays on Sunday. Our next home volleyball games are on Friday, September 26th.

6th & 7th grade boys volleyball take two Ws this weekend. They played hard against two competitive teams; St. Pius and St. Petronille.

1st grade earned their first squishmallow/ stuffy Friday. They had reading and cozy cuddling time in the library and stem building fun in the classroom. Students adopted their special reading buddy for the year. A contract was signed promising to read to the friend each night. It was an amazing week!

Our youngest SDJCA learners have begun the fun of learning rote counting and one to one correspondence from zero to ten. Through an activity of using ten frames and counting classmates, they were engaged and thrilled to tackle this task this week!

PHOENIX ATHLETICS FUNDRAISER Say the PHOENIX sent you!🐔🍗

GOD BLESS AMERICA 🇺🇸Patriot Day with our early learners🇺🇸

Yesterday in a Salem Witch Trials activity, 8th Grade students played the Dot Game to see how quickly fear and suspicion can spread through a community. Just like in 1692, accusations often outweighed evidence. Little did they know, no one was guilty!

SDJCA Familles Oktoberfest T-shirt orders are due tomorrow!

🪧 First and Third got to sneak a peek at our new sign!

NEW SIGNAGE The first of several new signs went up today. Shout out to Mr. Victor and Mr. Mike for getting it installed at South Campus.

🙏🏻LORD, MAKE ME AN INSTRUMENT OF YOUR PEACE✝️ North Campus faculty led a beautiful and meaningful prayer service for world peace this morning.

SOUTH Curriculum Night Thank you for attending our Curriculum Night. It was wonderful to see so many families!

NORTH Curriculum Night Thank you for attending our Curriculum Night. It was wonderful to see so many families!

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.” Our 3rd graders led Mass today on the South Campus as we heard the message of the Beatitudes.✝️

Oktoberfest 2025 Volunteer Sign Up
Sat Sept. 27 – Sun Oct. 5, 2025

Willkommen! Please click the link below to sign up for your volunteer slot for the 2025 Sts. Dennis & Joseph Oktoberfest! We appreciate and need your help to ensure success to strongly benefit our school. Please remember 5 hours of volunteer time are required for Oktoberfest per the school contract. We really need more than that to be fully staffed so kindly consider signing up for two shifts per household if you are willing and able.

There are several departments and time slots available. All are important to the functioning of the fest. Please double check your schedule before committing to a slot because the form will lock in the days before the event. Once it is locked, you will not be able to change your slot without contacting Jackie, the volunteer coordinator, and still receive contractual credit for your time. This helps us understand where we are full and where we still need help without last minute surprise changes. Descriptions of each slot are included. I look forward to an exciting event, working with each and every one of you!

High school and junior high slots are not included in this signup. Please reach out to me directly for any teens who would like hours.
Danke!


Jackie Kashirsky jkashirsky@nlsd122.org 773-251-3727

https://signup.com/go/XhmeCTo

Oktoberfest 2025 Volunteer Sign UpSat Sept. 27 – Sun Oct. 5, 2025Willkommen! Please click the link below to sign up for your volunteer slot for the 2025 Sts. Dennis & Joseph Oktoberfest! We appreciate and need your help to ensure success to strongly benefit our school. Please remember 5 hours of volunteer time are required for Oktoberfest per the school contract. We really need more than that to be fully staffed so kindly consider signing up for two shifts per household if you are willing and able.There are several departments and time slots available. All are important to the functioning of the fest. Please double check your schedule before committing to a slot because the form will lock in the days before the event. Once it is locked, you will not be able to change your slot without contacting Jackie, the volunteer coordinator, and still receive contractual credit for your time. This helps us understand where we are full and where we still need help without last minute surprise changes.Descriptions of each slot are included. I look forward to an exciting event, working with each and every one of you!High school and junior high slots are not included in this signup. Please reach out to me directly for any teens who would like hours. Danke!Jackie Kashirsky jkashirsky@nlsd122.org 773-251-3727 https://signup.com/go/XhmeCTo

Oktoberfest Volunteer Hours Update

HONOR SOCIETY OFFICER INSTALLATION Congratulations to our newly installed Honor Society Officers Treasurer - Emi L. Historian - Makenzie P. Co- Vice Presidents - Declan D. and Jordyn L. President - Alicia J.