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PTO Activities and Sponsored Programs

After School Clubs

The PTO oversees the After School Club program at St. Jude, offering a variety of engaging and educational activities such as St. Jude Theater, Enriching Kidz: Acting for Kidz, Classroom Antics STEAM, Enriching Kidz: Better Babysitters, Enriching Kidz: Kidz Home Alone, Code Ninjas, Fenno Fashion Jewelry Making, Pottery Wheel, and Star Glazers!

Programs and Presentations

The PTO coordinates enriching and engaging programs for students during the school day. In the 2024–25 school year, offerings included The Children’s Theatre, motivational speaker Mark Brown, and digital safety expert Steve Smith from A Wired Family.

Family Events

PTO coordinates and sponsors family events throughout the year.

Back to School Bash: This event marks the start of the school year and welcomes St. Jude families to gather on the Beth Wittich Memorial Field. Families can enjoy concessions, games, music, and a special back-to-school blessing. This event occurs in August, on the Saturday before school begins.
Trunk or Treat: A festive occasion where St. Jude children can showcase their Halloween costumes and trick-or-treat with classmates. Families contribute candy and decorate their vehicles for the event, which is typically held on the last Sunday before Halloween.

Field Day

Held each May, Field Day is an enjoyable event where all students participate in a variety of field activities while wearing their assigned team colors. Parent volunteers play a vital role by helping set up and manage events, score activities, serve lunch and dessert, and assist with cleanup.

Grandguest Day

This special event, typically held in the spring, was happily reinstated by the PTO during the 2022–2023 school year following a COVID-related hiatus. Grandguests are invited to tour classrooms and the school with students, take commemorative photos, and enjoy light refreshments.

Lenten Penny Race

This annual fundraiser begins on Ash Wednesday and runs throughout Lent. Each homeroom is encouraged to collect loose change and donations to support charitable causes. Past beneficiaries have included building a home in Haiti, Children’s Hospital Brain Cancer Research, and assistance for St. Jude families in need.

One Call Now

This system delivers important updates to parents through email and phone messages, including school closures or delays, upcoming events, and other urgent information for school families.

Room Parents

Room Parents coordinate Christmas and end-of-year parties, with other events organized upon teacher request. They may also assist PTO groups with phone chains and various school-wide events throughout the year.

School Supplies

The PTO offers parents the opportunity to order prepackaged school supplies for the upcoming year. Orders are placed at the end of the current school year, with packages containing most items requested by teachers on the grade-level supply lists found in the registration folder. Supplies are prepackaged over the summer and available for pickup at Homeroom Postings. Unclaimed packages are placed on students’ desks on the first day of school.

School Spirit Wear

The PTO manages the monthly sale of school-approved uniform items, including pullovers, crewnecks, and polo shirts.

A thorough background check is required for all those employed or volunteering to work with youth or vulnerable adults as a cleric, at a parish or school, as an Archdiocesan employee or at an Archdiocesan institution. All volunteers and employees are required to complete the electronic/online background check through SELECTION.com prior to beginning their volunteer activity or employment. In addition to the electronic/online background check, employees are required to complete manual fingerprinting and submit a B4 form before begin- ning their employment at an Archdiocesan parish, school, or institution.