Mr. Sheffield's Retirement Celebration

After 48 years of service to Catholic schools (35 of those served at SHS), Sacred Heart School invites you to help us celebrate the retirement of Carl Sheffield of Saturday, June 14 6:30-8:30 pm in the Sacred Heart School Gymnasium. 

Calling All Library Books!

All books from Sacred Heart School Library are due back this week, by Friday, June 13. 

Reminder slips have been given to students this week listing outstanding books. Please assist your student in locating and returning their books. Emails will be sent next week to families owing fees for lost books. Thanks for your support and use of our great library! - Mrs. Hooper

Staff Changes

This week I learned that Mrs. Ennis, our primary Spanish teacher, will be leaving us at the end of the year. We will miss Barb greatly as she was the originator of our Spanish program in grades k-3 and overhauled the program in grades 4 and 5 as well. Barb also left her mark as a leader of the jobs committee, one of the co-creators of the Spartan Superstars program, and was instrumental in building the current science fair program. She leaves us in order to be able to spend more time with her family and other commitments.

Mr. Brown in middle school math will not be returning to middle school year as a result of scheduling changes for next year. I am grateful to Mike for stepping in to the position late in the summer as we were in great need of an additional math teacher. He has been patient and flexible while learning the culture of our school and making the transition to teaching middle school students.

I also want to thank Ms. Jameson who has done a terrific job filling in for Brandon Schmid during this third trimester. Her poise and calm demeanor have been impressive as she stepped in to social studies, math, and science classes already well under way for the year.

Finally, I want to thank Mrs. Bergere for her service this year and in the past in middle school religion, language arts, science and more. It was so nice when Rachel returned to Sacred Heart School after her time touring the country with her husband. When she returned she took on the role of religion teacher in the middle school as we were in great need of someone willing and able to fill that role. Rachel jumped right into the Catechist Certification Program in order to prepare and has been developing our program ever since then. She is taking some time off to be at home with her young children. Perhaps someday she will return again to SHS.

Tuition 2013-2014

For those of you utilizing our FACTS monthly payment plan, your final payments are taking place in June.

Tuition 2014-2015

We are in the process of setting up payment plans accordingly.  If you are a new family using FACTS monthly payment plan, you will be receiving an email directly from FACTS early next week advising you to set up your bank account.  Please do so right away to ensure that a July 2014* payment will be processed.  If not, the total amount due will be spread over an 11 month period starting in August 2014 - June 2015. * Note that Pre-K only families that have requested a 10 month program will receive additional instructions on how we will set up the September- June payment plan.

• If you are a returning FACTS user, your account is automatically being rolled forward with the 2014-2015 tuition amount related to your family and your first withdrawal will take place in July 2014.
• If you have chosen to pay your tuition in full, the due date is on or before Tuesday, September 2nd, 2014 (the 1st day of school.)

Feel free to e-mail Susana Knapp if you have any questions about this process.

Additions to the School Uniform for Girls

Lands' End recently added some new items for girls to their uniform line that we thought you might like to have as additional options.  Anyone with a middle school daughter knows how long we have waited for Lands' End to add the Khaki Box Pleat Skirt for girls.  We have also added a new Plain Front Chino Short in Khaki for girls in kindergarten through fifth grade.  Two additional shirt options were also added for girls Pre-Kindergarten through Eighth, a short-sleeve Peter Pan collar shirt and a short and long-sleeve straight collar stretch blouse.  As a reminder, if you are shopping for uniforms online, you can log onto the Land's website www.landsend.com and select the School Uniform tab.  Sacred Heart School's School Code is 900085846, this will link you to the specific SHS uniform page.

Summer Spanish Requirements for Middle School  

Current students entering 7th and 8th grade will need to complete a Summer Spanish "Packet". The assignment consists of completing the Practice activities on the  Realidades website for each chapter completed during the school year (see below).  Students can access the practice activities by clicking on the "Practice Activities" link under each Chapter.  If a student is looking to review the grammar concepts prior to completing the assignment, they can click on the link and the "Repaso del Capítulo", which provides all of the vocabulary and grammar concepts taught within that unit of study. These assignments are due on the first day of Spanish class in the fall of 2014. To receive credit for these assignments in September, students must print off the results of each activity (with an 80% or higher).  If the score is less than 80% they must redo the assignment until they achieve an 80% or higher on each concept. Some assignments don't give an overall score so students will need to write the score at the top of the activity. 

• Current students entering 7th grade: Must complete the following Practice Activities for each of the following chapters: (a total of 14 assignments in all)
  • Capítulo 1a: infinitives, negatives, and agreement and disagreement       (3 activities)
  • Capítulo 1b: articles, adjective agreement, and agreement or disagreement  (3 activities)
  • Capítulo 2a: subject pronouns and -ar verbs (2 activities)
  • Capítulo 2b: estar (1 activity)
  • Capítulo 3a: -er, - ir verbs and gusta(n)/encanta(n)  (2 activities)
  • Capítulo 3b: plural adjectives and ser  (2 activities)
  • Numbers Review (0  - 100) (1 activity)http://www.spanishspanish.com/numbers/numbers_practice100.html
  • Current students entering 8th grade: Must complete the following Practice Activities for each of the following chapters: (a total of 13 assignments in all)
  • Capítulo 4a: ir and word order in questions (2 activities)
  • Capítulo 4b: ir + a + infinitive and jugar (2 activities)
  • Capítulo 5a: tener and possessive adjectives (2 activities)
  • Capítulo 5b: venir and ser vs. estar  (2 activities)
  • Capítulo 6a: unequal comparisons, superlative, and ou to ue verbs (3 activities)
  • Capítulo 6b: present progressive  (1 activity)

Numbers Review for both current students entering 7th grade and entering 8th grade:

(0  - 100) (1 activity) http://www.spanishspanish.com/numbers/numbers_practice100.html 

Summer Skills

Below is a link to the Summer Skills requirements for our current and incoming first through eighth grade students.  Included is the link for Tri-C Publications, for those of you who prefer to use a booklet for summer Math Review, as well as the links to the Summer Reading assignments for our current and incoming first through fifth grade students.  We are still working on the packets for current and incoming middle school students and will get that information out to you as soon as well have it. 

Summer Skills Link

If you have any questions about Sacred Heart's Summer Math, please contact your child's teacher or

New Background Check Procedures

In an effort to better secure your personal information, the Archdiocese has switched to a new background check provider that does not require Social Security numbers. For that reason, it will be necessary for your identification (driver's license) to be checked when you submit background check paperwork to ensure that the name, address, and date of birth match those on the form. Existing background checks are still valid, so you will not be asked to fill out a new form until you are due for a three year update.  Please contact Amy Davis with any questions.

Called to Protect Class September 10th

Mark your calendars - Sacred Heart will be hosting a Called to Protect class on Wednesday, September 10th, at 6:30pm.  If you have not yet taken this important training, please make sure to register online. We strongly recommend that all parents take this class, but it is a requirement for those who will be doing any volunteering at Sacred Heart. If you have any questions, please contact Safe Environment Coordinator Amy Davis.

ESS Registration for 2014-2015

It's that time of year again! Click here to view ESS registration paperwork for next school year. This paperwork is due by June 1st for full time and part time use.  No forms are necessary if you intend to only utilize ESS occasionally using the drop-in website. Please contact Amy Davis with any questions.