The Safe Environment online refresher courses are now available. Anyone who completed the Called to Protect for Ministries class prior to July of 2014 is currently due to take an online refresher course. This is an annual requirement that resets for everyone over the summer (so even if you did an online refresher course last spring, you are currently due to take another one). Click here for log-on instructions. In order to maintain your eligibility as a volunteer, it is important to stay up to date with your Safe Environment training. Contact Amy Davis if you have any questions.

If you are not intending to volunteer with children or vulnerable adults but would like to know more about how to help keep children safe, you can attend a class tonight at St. Monica Church on Mercer Island at 6pm. Please note: this class does not fulfill your training requirement if you are planning to volunteer with children or vulnerable adults.

Beginning Band Information Night

Is your student is interested in learning how to play a Band instrument?

Come to the Music Room on Tuesday, September 16th at 5:30pm to learn about the SHS Band Program and have your student play-test the different instruments!

Band is free and open to all students in grades 5, 6, 7, and 8. The Beginning Band meets before school on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7:40-8:20am, beginning September 28th. Please e-mail or call Ms. McDougall at 425-451-1773, ext. 158 for more information.

Bonus!!! After you try out the instruments, you can go join the Ice Cream Social 6:00-7:30pm !

Parking Lot Safety

For the safety of all of our students, parents, and staff, please:

Do not talk or text on your cell phone while driving on the school grounds
Drive no more than 10 mph while on campus
Do not drive around cars in front of you in the drop-off line as students may still be exiting the vehicle

Sign-up for Cross Country! - See more information below

Label, Label, Label!!

Parents please label all sweatshirts and MS PE shorts. The Land's End Sweatshirts all have a name tag on the inside of the sweatshirts.

Absences and Tardies

If your child will miss school or be tardy due to an appointment please email the homeroom teacher and cc: Kerry Wyman at kwyman@sacredherart.org.

Student Conferences

Parent-Teacher-Student Conference will take place November 24, 25, and 26. There will be no regular classes on those days. All students and their parent(s) are required to attend.

Sign-ups for primary grade conferences will be available soon. Watch the From the Heart for a link. Middle School conferences will be on a drop-in basis. Times to be announced.

Middle School Service Opportunity

Students and adult chaperones are needed to support the Renewal Food Bank's food drive at the QFC on NE 8th in Bellevue on Saturday, September 27. The shifts are two hours each, starting at 9 a.m. and running until 3 p.m. All student volunteers are asked to wear their school uniform (it helps with donations). Middle school students earn service hours for working at this event. Sign up using this link.

Click here for information on signing up for No Junk Lunch service.

From the Development Office

Why should I donate to the Treasures of Faith Annual Fund?

By supporting the Treasures of Faith Annual Fund at Sacred Heart School, you are supporting the mission of Catholic Schools.

That means that as a community, we provide an excellent academic education in an environment of faith and virtue to ALL who seek it. In order to ensure our school is financially available to everyone, we rely on funds from Flexible Fundraising, the Gala Auction and the Treasures of Faith Annual Fund.

This year, Treasures of Faith will help fund our school counselor being on-site four days a week, new textbooks for the students, Spanish education from Kindergarten through 8th grade, and more. We continue to strive toward excellence in education in all facets. In order to do this, we ask that you consider financially committing to this mission as well.

The Treasures of Faith Annual Fund is 100% tax deductible and is also available for Employer Matching contributions. Our budget for the Treasures of Faith this year is $225,000. We need your support to achieve this number. The goal is to achieve 100% of our budget within the first 100 days of school, which is January 22, 2015. Please consider being a part of the financial mission of our school.

You can donate today by clicking on this link: Treasures of Faith. Or, you can drop a check at the front desk to the attention of the Annual Fund.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Theresa Daigle, Development Director. Thank you for considering this important request.

Auction News

Procure, Procure, Procure!

This just in! Procure your goods or services

by October 31st and be entered into a drawing

to win 2 tickets to our

Come Together Sacred Heart Gala Auction

on February 7, 2015 at The Westin Bellevue!

The procurement form is located here for your convenience. Need ideas or suggestions on what to give? Please contact Juliehuard@mac.com.

Registration is Open!

If you thought early procurement sounded good,

listen to this! Register for the auction by

December 31st and pay only $100 per ticket! After December 31st the cost will be $130. Don't miss out on this amazing opportunity, register now!

From Parents' Club

Ice Cream Social

SHS - September 16th 6-7:30pm

Please join the Sacred Heart Parents' Club at a fun back to school event. Come and make sundaes and enjoy the company of other SHS families.

SHS Magazine Sale Kicks-off Tomorrow at an

All-School Assembly!

There will be three turn in days:

9/17, 9/24 and 10/1.

45% of sales go towards

Flexible Fundraising credit!

Check out what's available online, be sure to use our

School ID #2529428 and your child's name if you decide to shop early!

shopwithscrip

September 15th is Thank-Scrip-ing Day!! Login on Monday to find out which popular retailers are offering bonus rebates!

Sacred Heart CYO News

Cross Country - Any Course, Any Time!

You can still Sign up here.

Practices: Tuesdays & Thursdays 3:30-4:15pm

Meets: All meets are at Woodland Park in Seattle (by the Zoo). Parking is challenging, so plan ahead.

All runners must complete the course in one of the two preliminary meets to qualify for the Championships

Meet Times:

Qualification Meets

- All Grades: Sunday, September 21, 2014

- All Grades: Sunday, September 28, 2014

Final Meets

- Kindergarten - 3rd Grade: Sunday, October 5, 2014

- 4th Grade - 8th Grade: Sunday, October 12, 2014

Goals: The goal of Cross Country to have fun, cheer all runners, make each runner feel an important part of the team. To encourage our children to be part of something bigger than themselves. To encourage school and especially Parish spirit and unity by encouraging those students who do not attend Sacred Heart to join and feel a very important contributing member to our team. Yes, they are just like us too busy and have no time for this so that is obviously no excuse. Encourage them all to have fun.

Questions?:Christine Elmgren or Nick Merrill

Activities

Chess Club Coordinator Needed for 2014-15 School Year

We are still looking for a parent to coordinate the Sacred Heart School Chess Club. Chess Club meets for an hour after school one day a week. There are two ten-week sessions during the year and instructors are from Chess4Life.

The Chess Club coordinator will coordinate with Chess4Life regarding the schedule and procure two classrooms for Chess Club to meet. They are also in charge of getting parents to supervise each week while the instructors are teaching.

Sacred Heart is respected as an elementary school chess team, winning many team trophies over the last 6 years, and sending several students to the Washington State Chess Tournament each spring.

Please consider volunteering to keep this tradition alive! Chess study has shown to increase math skills, memory and self-confidence, along with improve patience, concentration, and sportsmanship.

To volunteer or ask questions, email Gena McReynolds

Eastside Catholic Select Basketball Program Tryouts

The program is open to boys and girls in grades 5-8.

Sunday, September 15th

2:30-4pm Girls

4-5:30pm Boys

Monday, September 15th

6-7:30pm Boys

7:30-9pm Girls

Eastside Catholic "Crusader for a Day"

Online registration available now.

Future Crusader Night

7th and 8th graders are invited to Eastside Catholic's "Future Crusader Night" football game

Event Details:

Friday, 9/26 - Eastside Catholic v/s Lakeside H.S. Kickoff is at 7pm

Free admission to the game with student ID and parent (s)/guardians. Wear your ORANGE! It's an Orange Out game!

Future Crusader gift bag

Raffle for prizes

From the Parish

Confirmation Registration

Confirmation registration forms are now available online. They can be filled out and returned to the parish office. Confirmation classes begin on September 14th and will be meeting once a month on Sunday from 4pm - 6pm. More Confirmation information will be coming soon. If you have any questions please e-mail Grant Boggs or call 425-450-3911.

Middle School and High School Youth Ministry Fall Registration

All Middle School and High School students are invited to join the Sacred Heart Youth Group for the 2014-2015 school year. Registration forms are now available online. online at sacredheart.org. The High School or Middle School Youth Group form can be filled out and returned to the parish office. Youth group is a great opportunity to have fun, build friendships, and learn about our Catholic faith. If you have any questions please e-mail Grant Boggs or call 425-450-3911.

Lent 2015 Pilgrimage

An information meeting for those interested and those already signed up will be this Sunday September 14 at 12:30 pm in the Parish Hall(entrance off of 14th St.) All are welcome. Join Fr. Steve Sallis on a Lenten Pilgrimage to the Holy Land! Make this the Lent of a lifetime and walk the footsteps of Jesus through Israel and Palestine, February 16-26, 2015. Cost $3,375.00 includes round trip air, taxes, breakfast & dinner with 4 star hotels for 11 days & 8 nights. For a complete brochure visit www.myfaithjourneys.com and enter our parish code 15017 or call 877-732-4845, Ext. 100 or pick up a brochure at the Parish Office. Space is Limited! We have opened the pilgrimage to other parishes.

Wendy's Burger Bash to Benefit Cabrini Ministry Training

Put it on you calendar and invite your friends to join you at Wendy's at Totem Lake on Monday, September 15, 2014 between 5-8pm. CMT will receive 15% of all sales made with the flyer in hand. You must print off and bring this flyer with you.

Wendy's is a corporation with a strong commitment to community and supporting non-profits. Help them to support CMT!!!

Parish Directory

The new Sacred Heart photo directory is coming this Fall!

We want everyone to be included, parishioners & all school families, so we're making it easy for you:

No charge for the photo sittings

No pressure to purchase*

Free directory & complementary 8x10

portrait just for participating

4 wks of sittings: 10/21 to 11/15

Sign-up now on the parish website

or in person at the parish festival on 9/7

*For those who might wish to purchase photos,

Christmas cards, calendars, etc., there will be

great package deals available.

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.

Mission Statement: Sacred Heart School is a Catholic community which provides an excellent academic education in an environment of faith and virtue for families of Sacred Heart Parish and the surrounding community.