We are now accepting nominations for our first Outstanding Teacher and Staff Awards.

Completed nomination forms are due March 9th.  

Sacred Heart: A "Shoe-In"

Vision & Hearing Screenings  

**Action needed if you would like to opt-out of health screenings**.

• Health screenings for Vision and Hearing will be conducted January 30-February 3.  
• All students in grades K-3, 5 and 7 will have their vision and hearing checked.  
• If you do not wish to have your child participate, we ask that you return the "opt-out" form to your homeroom teacher or the health room before Monday, January 30th. The"opt-out" form is available online.  
• We also need parent volunteers to help us conduct these screenings.  Please e-mail Rhonna Burnett, Healthroom Coordinator Rhonna Burnett for further information.

If you have any other questions, please email AnnMarie Thompson and Linda Lavin.

Computer "Hiccup"

This week some of you may have received email that was originally sent months ago. This was not the result of a virus. Monday afternoon, the Exchange server became overloaded and had a partial crash. During the restoration process it had what could be described as an hiccup and took a batch of sent mail (Sept and prior) and marked them as unsent.  When the Exchange server sees unsent mail, it does what it is programmed to do and sends them. I have cleaned out the Exchange log files and the problem should now be resolved. Thank you for your patience, and sorry for any inconvenience. - David McReynolds

Congressional Hearings

On Friday, January 20th, our 8th graders will participate in the annual Congressional Hearings from 9:00-12:00. Every year, the 8th graders prepare formal statements on the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights. They present these speeches to a panel of judges from our community, who this year all work in the legal field as judges or lawyers. The panel listens to the groups' formal presentations and then asks in-depth follow-up questions of the students. The Hearings are a great opportunity for the students to demonstrate their comprehensive knowledge of the beliefs that founded our country and how those ideals are at work today. Family and friends are invited, but seating is very limited in the two classrooms. We are very grateful to our judges John Rossmeissl, Pat Franke, Justin Osemene, Doug McBroom, Scott O'Toole and Lisa O'Toole and to our timers Laura Capestany and Ann Molitor.

Our Lady of Guadalupe

We have a new image of Our Lady of Guadalupe hanging at the end of the main hallway in the school (between the primary wing and the reading specialist's room). As Patroness of the Americas, Our Lady of Guadalupe is a terrific addition to our school. We are grateful to the Bayarena family for their donation and to Fr. Pat for blessing the image last Friday.

New Families at SHS

We are thrilled to advise that we have two new families that have joined us in January.  

Sophie Miller is in Ms. Heinrich's 2nd grade class and has just arrived here with her family from Luxembourg.  The Arkley family is returning to the USA after spending the last year and a half in Belgium and have three students now at SHS:  Kirsten in 4th grade with Ms. McGrath,Nathan in 5th grade with Mrs. Slater and Trent in 6th grade.   We welcome you all to our community!

We are now accepting applications for our Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten programs for the 2012-13 school year.  Please click on the above links for more detailed information on the application process and deadlines.