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From the Heart
09/26/2013
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From the Auction Committee
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Key Dates     
 
  • Sep 25 - 6th Grade Retreat, Camp River Ranch
  • Sep 26 - Picture Day, full dress uniform
  • Sep 29 - CYO XC Qualifying Meet, 1pm (ck-in 12:30pm), Lower Woodland
  • Oct 02 - Magazine Sale, Final turn-in day
  • Oct 06 - CYO XC Final K-3rd Grade, 2:30p (ck-in 2pm), Lower Woodland
  • Oct 13 - CYO XC Final 4-8th Grade, 1p (ck-in 12:30pm), Lower Woodland
  • Oct 24-25 - Fall Conferences, No School, No ESS
  • Oct 30 - Trunk or Treat, lower parking lot, 6-7pm
  • Nov 06 - Picture Retakes
  • Nov 11 - No School, Veterans Day

   

          

From the Office

Safe Environment Training "Called to Protect" Class

Kari Boyd will be teaching a "Called to Protect" class in the Moore Theatre on Wednesday, October 9th, at 6:30pm. All parents who volunteer at the school and have contact with children must take this class within 90 days of beginning their service.  All volunteers who have previously taken this class must complete an annual online update. To register for this class or complete an online annual update click here.

 

Lands' End Friends and Family Event

Promotion begins today and extends until October 2nd.

30% off EVERYTHING plus free shipping on orders over $50.

Promo Code: Grand; Pin: 2055

Online and at Lands' End shops at Sears.

 

Occupational Therapist

As part of supporting the needs of our students we have a variety of professionals who are part of our teaching team. One of them is the Occupational Therapist or "OT". This year on campus we have Jessica McMurdie OTR/L owner of Stepping Stones Occupational Therapy and Alexa Anderson OTR/L.

  • An Occupational Therapist helps children in the following areas of school functioning:
  • Handwriting skills: holding a pencil, handwriting legibility, speed and writing endurance.
  • Fine motor skills: moving objects within the hand, drawing and cutting.
  • Gross motor skills: running, jumping, ball skills and general participation in physical activities.
  • Sensory processing abilities: Could problems interpreting and organizing sensory input cause the child to behave inappropriately or cause other difficulties in school, such as disorganization and inattention? Is he/she overly sensitive to things or doesn't seem to notice?
  • Self-care skills: dressing for outside, using utensils, organizing backpack and materials, opening snack containers and shoe tying.

Your child's teacher will talk with you if she has a specific concern about your child's progress in the above areas and a referral can be made for further assessment and treatment. Individual student screenings will be provided only when a teacher or parent specifically requests that the occupational therapist screen their student. Screenings are free of charge. How would I know if my child may need occupational therapy? Click here for checklist.  Also, a parent consent form will need to be signed in order for the occupational therapist to talk to your child's teacher and interact with your child during this initial assessment.

Visit the Stepping Stones website to learn more or e-mail Jessica directly or call 425-502-9440(office), 425-443-4831(direct)

 

Uniform Clarification on Pants and Shorts

With our first Free Dress Day behind us, we received there were a couple of things we need to clarify.  Leggings can be worn on Free Dress days if they are worn with a long top or under shorts, a skirt or dress.  Sweatpants cannot ever be worn unless there is a health exemption on file.

 

Family Life Program Information

To learn more about the Family Life program and some of the resources available, you can go to the RCL Benziger website.  Off to the right there will be three photos, starting with a picture for Program Director.  If you scroll down, there is a picture for Parent/Family, if you click on that picture, it should take you to the resource page.  The username is: flfamily and the password is: flrclbf01.

 

Renewal Food Bank Food Drive

Students and parents are needed to staff a food drive at the downtown Bellevue QFC on Saturday, September 28 in two hours shifts from 9-3. Service hours are available for middle school students. Sign up here today.

  

Tardies

It is important for students to report to school on time each day to receive the maximum benefit from classroom learning and instructional participation.  Attendance is taken each day by every classroom teacher at 8:30am and at the start of each subsequent period in the middle school.  Any student arriving to school after 8:30am will be directed to the main office for a tardy slip; students who are tardy three times will receive a detention after their third tardy. 

  • In grades K - 5, students who receive three (3) unexcused tardies in one trimester will receive a recess detention on their fourth (4) unexcused tardy.  An email notification will be sent home by the child's teacher after the third (3) unexcused tardy informing parents that if there is an additional unexcused tardy during the trimester their children will receive a recess detention.  On the fourth unexcused tardy, and email will be sent to the child's parents and the Vice Principal letting them know of the detention.  Detention should be served during the last recess.  
  • In Middle School, an email will be sent home each time a student is late to class.  When a student receives a third (3) unexcused tardy for a single class period, the student will receive an after school detention the following day.  After a detention has been given for tardiness, subsequent tardiness will result in further detention and a conference with the student, his or her parents and the administration in order to develop a corrective plan.  Students who exhibit a persistent pattern of tardiness and who do not respond to corrective action may be subject to increased disciplinary action including Saturday detention, suspension or expulsion.

Thank you in advance for your help in getting your students to school on time.

 - Mr. Burroughs and Ms. Gray

 

Morning Drop-Off Reminders - UPDATED

Upper Lot Drop Off

As a reminder, morning drop-off in the Upper Lot is reserved for PK-3 families and their siblings only. Only Pre-K families are allowed to park inside the gates and walk their children into the school building; Pre-K students are allowed to enter the building beginning at 8:20am through the front door.

For the safety of the students using the Upper Lot, families with students in kindergarten through third grade are asked to use drop-off lane. We have patrol students at the corner by the library starting at 8:10 to assist students get safely from their care to the sidewalk. Between 8:10 and 8:20 there is a Sacred Heart staff member outside the main entrance to wait with students until it is time to enter the building. If you prefer to walk with your student to the door, you will need to park in the outer lot and then walk with your students to the entrance. Families who are volunteering, or have other business in the school, are also asked to park in the outer lot.

 

Lower Lot Drop Off

Those of you with students in 4th - 8th are asked to drop your children off in the Lower Lot. If there are no cars ahead of you, please pull your car all the way to the stairs nearest the school before stopping to unload your passengers. If there are cars ahead of you, please pull into line behind them. Please wait until you have at least reached the basketball hoop (located past the first set of stairs) before unloading your passengers. Please make sure your passengers exit from the driver's side of your vehicle whenever possible to avoid children crossing lines of traffic. If you volunteering or have other business in the school, please drop off your child and then go and park. Students are never to be walking across the parking lot in the lower lot.

 

Thank you in advance for your help.  - Mr. Burroughs and Ms. Gray  

 

After School Study Hall Pick Up

If your child is staying after school for M&M or after school study hall; please pick up your child in the teacher's classroom.  Late pick ups will be sent to ESS.

  

Conference Reminders

Fall Conferences are scheduled for Thursday and Friday, October 24th and 25th.  

We will be sending out the link for Pre-K - 5th Grade Conference Sign-Ups next week; no appointment is necessary for middle school conferences.  As a reminder, all students (K-8) are expected to attend their conference with their parent/s, but school is not in regular session on either of those days.  There will also be no ESS on these days.  - Ms. Gray

 

Regional Catholic H.S. Information Night - October 2nd 7-9pm

We are fortunate this year to be hosting one of the five information nights offered by all of the Catholic High Schools in our area. All 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students and parents from any school are invited to attend this presentation and we hope that many of our own SHS families will take advantage of this convenient opportunity!  You will be able to choose to hear 25-minute presentations by three of the eight High Schools present here that night.   Feel free to contact Susana Knapp if you have any questions.     

 

New Directory Insert

We are working on the new 2013-2014 School Directory and anticipate that it will be finished soon. We will let you know ASAP when the inserts are complete and how they will be distributed. 

 

Lost and Found

Please take a moment right away to mark your student's name on their items - on the OUTSIDE of their lunch boxes, on tags in their clothing and especially on their Sacred Heart Sweatshirts.  Mark your child's name on either the neck tag (small, we know) or on the wash instructions/name tag located inside on the bottom left hand side of the sweatshirts.  Items legibly marked with names will be returned to the students' classrooms.  Unmarked SHS sweatshirts/items will go into the used uniform closet and non-uniform items will reside in our lost and found closet located in the gym foyer until it gets full.  Once the closet is full, we will remind you to check for your family's items and then donate the remaining to a wonderful organization which services refugee families in the Tukwila school district.

 

 

From the Auction Committee

  2013 Auction Banner  

 

Calling all Party Hosts!

If you have hosted an Auction Party in the past, or have a great idea for a Auction Party, please e-mail Shannon Prinz with your willingness to help out at these great community building events!

 

From Parents Club

 

Magazine Sale Update

The results from yesterday's turn-in date are in!

Classes leading the race for the Pizza Party are:

1st Grade - Kirwin

4th Grade - Hayter

4th Grade - McGrath

 

Top Seller:  Cady Swasand!

  

Don't miss our final turn in, Wednesday 10/2.  A sale is quick and easy, no paper necessary via online purchasing and you can place online orders up until 7am on Wednesday.

Be sure to use our school ID #2529428 and your child's name.  
Check out the great titles and win prizes too!  Be well on your way to completing your Family Fundraising Requirement!

 

  ShopWithScrip  

Scrip is off to a great start this year! Don't delay! Fill out your family Scrip Registration and make it even easier with Presto Pay!

 

  

  

 

 

 

Sign up your vehicle for a fantastic night of community fun Trunk or Treat!

 

Decorate your car, wear costumes and bring a giveaway item! (Examples; inexpensive toy, party favors, candy, or other clever ideas!) More Trunk or Treat details on our SHS website

 

  

 

Sacred Heart CYO News

Sacred Heart Cross Country

It's not too late!  Sign up today and qualify this weekend with your team.  

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LAST Preliminary Meet (Woodland Park, Seattle) is this

Sunday  Sept. 29th, 2013  @ 1pm (12:30 check in)

K-3 Final
Sunday, October 6th, 2013 - @ 2:30pm (2:00 check in) 
4-8 Championship Meet
Sunday, October 13th, 2013 @ 1:00pm (12:30 check in)

Please contact Christine Elmgren with questions.

 

Sign up for Spartans Basketball!!

Grades 4 - 8

It's time for CYO basketball registration! All students in grades 4 - 8 at SHS and in the Parish are welcome to join us for the 2013-2014 basketball season.  No experience required, only the desire to learn and have fun! 

Registration is online and registration deadlines are as follows:

 

Dates

Cost

Registration

Sept. 16th - Oct 4th

$95 (per child); $85 for each child after the first

Late Registration

Oct. 5th - Oct. 18th

$145 (per child); $135 for each child after the first

 

Scholarships are available through CYO, contact Kim Schaefer, Sacred Heart Athletic Director.

Coaches and assistant coaches are always needed and appreciated.

This year we are continuing our policy - if you coach or assistant coach we will refund your child's registration fee at the end of the season (max 2 per team). For any questions on what this entails please e-mail Bridget Darrow or call (425) 761-0770. 

 

Activities

chess club

Any student interested in learning or increasing his/her knowledge of chess is invited to join the SHS Chess Club. Hour-long classes are provided by Chess4Life starting October 2 and will run 10 weeks on Wednesdays after school until December 11. Chess study has shown to increase math skills, memory, and self-confidence, and improve patience, concentration, and sportsmanship.

You can register online (and save $5) or by using the flyer that was sent home. More flyers can be found on the wall by the main office.

Questions can be answered by calling Chess4Life at 425-283-0549.

 

Smart With Art - Fall Class 

Questions? e-mail: office@smartwithart.net or 425.420.2677 x3

  

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From the Heart is published weekly during the school year on Thursdays.  If you have content to include in future newsletters please obtain administration permission, and then send to Tracy Takeuchi, by Tuesday night.

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