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Upcoming Dates: April 10 Apr Annual 5th Grade Vocation Day 19 Apr Mass 4th quarter progress reports 20 Apr First Communion 24 Apr Mass 25-26 Apr No School Brown Bottle Set-Up 27 Apr Brown Bottle |
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Divine Mercy Sunday
07 Apr
St. Stanislaus
11Apr
St. Martin 1
13 Apr
St. George
St. Adalbert
23 Apr
St. Fidelius of Sigmaringen
24 Apr
St. Mark
25 Apr
St. Catherine of Siena
29 Apr
St Pius V
30 Apr
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Sacred Heart School Newsletter
Year 2012-13 - April 5, 2013
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JMJ
Dear Sacred Heart family and friends,
Easter blessings to you from the staff at Sacred Heart School!
Fourth quarter in any school is always a busy time. It is a reflective time, as well.
Teachers are diligent about staying focused on good instruction so that students master the outcomes and are ready for the next year. Students are taking Kansas assessment tests, practicing learned skills, and comfortable in the classrooms that have become secure places where they can pray, play and excel with their classmates.
Our April and May calendars have several special events that lend themselves to community involvement. We look forward to sharing these times with you:
- First Communion on April 20th
- Brown Bottle on April 27th
- May Crowning on May 3rd
- Confirmation on May 5th
- Rosary on Tuesday's during the month of May:
May 7th @ 2:30 p.m.
May 14th @ 1:40 p.m.
May 21st @ 9:45 a.m.
- All School Masses during April and May (all begin at 8:15 a.m.):
Fridays: April 5th, 12th, 19th, May 3rd, 10th 17th
Wed: April 24th
Tues: May 21st
We are grateful for Sacred Heart parish school where children thrive spiritually, academically, emotionally, and physically. Truly, it is a life-giving place for children to receive their education. We are open to welcoming new families. If you know someone who has even the slightest curiosity to understand more about our school, please have them call me for a personal visit and tour. I would be most appreciative for your help in recruiting new families into our beloved school!
Bless you, good parents, for your continued support.
In the Triumph of God's Great Love.
Maureen Engen
Principal
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Faculty Spotlight
Miss Liz Brown 
Position:
I'm in my sixth year of teaching at Sacred Heart. I spent the first five years in third grade, and this year brought me to teach middle school literature.
Background:
I grew up in Indianapolis and moved to Overland Park during my junior year in high school. I liked Kansas so much that I went to KU to get my undergraduate degree in elementary education with a minor in early childhood special education. KU was great. Rock chalk! Eventually I went on to completing my master's degree in school leadership through Benedictine College. Go Ravens!
Family:
My parents live in Memphis, Tennessee, and my brothers are currently both in KC. My older brother and his wife will move to Chicago this June so Matt can finish a fellowship in adolescent psychiatry. I'm so excited to say that I'll be getting a new family member next May when I marry my fiancé, Andrew! Life is good!
Parish:
Guardian Angels in Westport
Hobbies and Interests:
I love swimming, boats, oceans, and water in general. I also enjoy a nice walk to the plaza or Brookside. My fiancé is a chef, so although I'm a LEARNER, I've enjoyed getting to know my way around the kitchen.
Sacred Heart Reflection:
Thinking about our school makes me smile. I can remember being blown away by the generosity and community I felt my first year from teachers, students, and school families. I continue to see that each day! |
Virtus Site has new sessions scheduled!! Please sign up today if you are interested in volunteering for School, SOR, Youth Groups, Totus Tuus, or any other children's ministry programs at www.virtus.org. You must register online. Anyone 16 years and older is required to attend one of these sessions prior to volunteering. Current Training Scheduled: Protecting God's Children for Adults |
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Important BROWN BOTTLE
RAFFLE TICKET Notice
If you received your Brown Bottle raffle tickets in the mail you may have received only five tickets in error. We normally send out ten tickets. If you want to purchase $50 worth of tickets, please feel free to send in your $50 check and we will fill out five additional tickets for you.
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SACRED HEART BROWN
BOTTLE, SATURDAY APRIL 27TH
Sacred Heart Families:
Yes, it is that time a year again for the planning of our 43rd Brown Bottle Dinner and Auction that will take place on Saturday, April 27, 2013 in our Parish Multi Purpose Center and School.
Wanted to mention a few dates to mark on your calendars!
- Volunteer meeting scheduled for Wednesday Jan 23rd @ 7PM in Parish Church Meeting Room 1.
- Dinner Ticket Sales TBD. Tickets will also be available for sale after all Masses starting the weekend of April 6th-7th. Tickets are $40/each for general reserved seating and $500/table for 8.
- Donations for this year's event need to be turned in by Friday, April 12th.
SCHOOL PROJECTS:
I need your help! We are looking for coordinators/ volunteers to help with the school classroom projects this year. Michele Hall and Debbie Feldman that have coordinated the projects for the past few years will not be able to facilitate for BB 2013. If you would be interested, please let me know. Any help would be greatly appreciated. These masterpieces are created by our Sacred Heart students and are displayed both on the Live and Silent Auction for our parents/grandparents to purchase. These pieces of art by our school children are precious and have been large items for our Auction!
DONATIONS:
We are also looking for donations for both our Live and Silent Auction. All items that are donated are new or handcrafted that will be auctioned off the night of the event. You can also make a monetary donation that we can purchase an item on behalf of your family. Our Live Auction usually consists of 50-60 items from trips, group activities, outdoor lawn equipment, electronics, front row pews for Christmas Eve/Easter Sunday Masses, your own reserved parking spot for a year, camping equipment packages, concerts, appliances, handcrafted items, sport activities, an adorable puppy that needs a home, and the traditional "Money Jar" to give you some idea of what we have had in the past.
Our Silent auction takes place in our school classrooms that are themed such as "Home & Garden" "Sports" "Kid's Corner" "Just For You" "Wine & Dine" and "Everything Else." For example for "Home and Garden" it could be home décor, appliances, vacuum cleaner, garden tools, wheel barrow, lawn sprinklers, lawn or garden décor, patio furniture, garden benches, hanging flower baskets, trees, to gift cards to a favorite nursery, carpet cleaning, lawn care services, gift cards/certificates to Lowe's, Wal-Mart, Target etc. If you don't have your item purchased yet, please provide a description of your item in preparation of the printing of the auction book for that night's activities. You can drop them off at the Parish School office, Parish Church offices, BB information table after weekend masses or call me and I will make arrangements for pickup.
Donated items of $50 value or more, family names will be entered into a drawing for a chance to win a $500 Tuition Voucher to Sacred Heart School for the 2013-2014 school term. (For each $50 donated, your name is entered; so if you purchase a $250 item, your name is entered 5 times).
So if you have any interest in helping out with Brown Bottle, donating an item or need further information, EMAIL brown.bottle@shoj.org.
I want to thank all of you for making our Brown Bottle event such a great success. I know many of you help throughout the event and our committee could not do it without your continued support.
Again, thank you.
Theresa Schuman
Chair, Sacred Heart Brown Bottle
Brown Bottle 2013 Details
- For Online Ticket Sales click here.
- For downloadable PDF of below flyer click here.
- For downloadable PDF of Seating Chart click here.
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School Supply Order Form
2013-14 order form and supply list are linked below. They are due by April 19, 2013.
- Click here for School Supply List (2013-2014)
- Click here for Price Sheet
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Lunch Reminder
We appreciate your diligence in pre-ordering hot lunches. The sub sandwiches, pasta, and pizza served by Pizza West have been excellent. Thank you for supporting our program and for keeping your lunch accounts up to date. We have the best families at our school!
This week you will be ordering for the week of April 15.
April 15
Breakfast for Lunch
April 17
Corn Dog
April 19
Pasta with Meat Sauce
**You have until Friday at noon to place Pizza West lunch orders for the following week.**
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April Lunch Menu
The lunch menu is on the our website for the month of March. Please click here.
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April Lunchroom Volunteers
We have been so appreciative for the number of parent volunteers in our lunchroom lately! The lunchroom runs much smoother when we are not short-staffed. Please consider signing up to assist us. God bless you for giving of your time to serve our school in this way!
We would love to have 3 volunteers from 10:45-12:20 on M/W/F (hot lunch days) and 2 volunteers from 10:45-12:10 on T/TH. (If you need to leave earlier, please make note in the "my comment" section when signing up.)
- Volunteers assist Pizza West with serving, assist students with their lunches, and assist with clean-up.
- All volunteers must be Virtus trained.
- Please remember to sign in at the school office on your scheduled day.
- If you have a last-minute cancellation, sick children, etc., we kindly ask you to please notify the school office if you will not be there. (Please call Mary or Cindy at 422-5520.)
We sincerely thank you in advance for so graciously giving of yourself and serving in this way!
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We are in need of a Coordinator
to work with our Children's Liturgy
of the Word Ministry.
Children's Liturgy of the Word Ministry
(Virtus Trained Volunteers Needed)
What We Do: Celebrate the Word of God with our parish children during the first half of Mass with age appropriate materials. We enrich children's faith by using prayers, songs & questions to help interpret and better understand the teachings in the 1st Reading and the Gospel. Whom We Serve: Little Church (3-5) Liturgy of the Word (6-7) Training: Shadow experience with an existing catechist. Program outline details our steps. Time Commitment: 1 (20 minute) session every 2-6 weeks during Mass.
Coordinator Role:
Work with Ministry Lead, Andy Adkins, to provide ongoing communication with catechists; identify & replenish supplies/materials as needed; make sure appropriate teaching materials are on website for easy access by catechist; provide ongoing communication to Director of Ministry with needs and ideas. The position will require hardly anytime at all, we really just need someone with fresh ideas and an eye for detail who can help our ministry become more organized and efficient! Thank You!! Contact Kathleen Whalen at 913.422.5700 or Kathleen.whalen@shoj.org if you feel called to this role or if you need more information. |
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Totus Tuus (totally yours)
comes to Sacred Heart June 9-14!!!
A summer vacation Catholic school
formerly VBS, but much more Catholic!
We are thrilled to announce that Totus Tuus (totally yours), a summer vacation Catholic school, is coming to Sacred Heart the week of June 9-14, 2013! The 2013 curriculum is "The Seven Sacraments and the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary." A trained team of college catechists and seminarians on fire with the Holy Spirit will be helping bless our Year of Faith with this beautiful gift to our young disciples.
We are currently in need of a coordinator to help facilitate and implement this ministry on our campus. Our on-line sign-ups will be available soon. In addition, an electronic volunteer sign-up opportunity for parents and high school students that are Virtus trained will be organized soon which asks volunteers to assist in small ways such as organizing the participants, distributing snacks and overseeing lunch.
Children going into grades K-12 will be eligible to participate in this ministry. Grades K-6 will meet from 9:00a.m. - 3:00p.m. each day while 7-8 and 9-12 will meet from 6:00p.m. - 9:00p.m. each day. Each age appropriate session includes a variety of educational, social and recreational activities designed to let our youth have fun while they learn, pray and enjoy a little silliness together!
Contact Kathleen Whalen at 913.669.0306 if you are interested in our coordinator role or email Kathleen.whalen@shoj.org.
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Sacred Heart Needs You!!!
Below is a link for a sign-up genius site that provides opportunities for you and your family to volunteer your services to help the parish in a variety of different ways. This site is updated regularly. These projects are intended for your family to participate in together. Your example and leadership to your children provides them and our parish a strong foundation of service that will only help us all grow stronger together. Sacred Heart needs you!!!
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C084EA5A92CAA8-family
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Recycle
Support our parish school and reduce pollution!
"He is not here; he is risen!" As we prepare for the renewal of the Easter season, let us also do a little "spring cleaning" and give worn-out items a chance at a new life.
We recycle used cell phones, GPS, mp3 players, and printer cartridges (ink jet or laser). Drop your donations at the school office or in the green box on the table in the school's front entrance. No copy-toner cartridges, please. Consider collecting from your workplace, as well as your home.
Your "green" donation will reduce landfill waste, and help us earn points toward items for Sacred Heart School.
Click here to see a report of the impact of Sacred Heart's recycling in 2012. Mrs. Ami Barragree
Sacred Heart School
5th grade teacher
(913) 422-5520
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Healthy Reminders - Flu Season 2013:
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Sign up for NotifyJoCo, a Free Public Notification System:
Citizens who live, work or play in Johnson County can now sign up to receive important information about locations they care about through NotifyJoCo, a free public notification system which will communicate emergency information through phone, text and email messages to members of the community. Citizens, health care providers and child care providers can opt-in to receive messages from JCDHE about disease outbreaks, immunizations, public health clinic hours and operations, environmental news, recycling events, air quality and swimming pool advisories and closures.
Signing up is fast and easy at http://www.notifyjoco.org/. If you don't have Internet access, call 913-826-5555 for assistance.
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St. James Camps and Leagues
It's time to start thinking about Summer Camps!
St. James Academy offers several youth sports camps, high school summer workouts, high school sports and enrichment classes! Please see our website at www.sjakeepingfaith.org - Click on the "Summer Camp 2013 Registration" link under the Activities News Tab on the left hand side of the page for camp dates, descriptions and enrollment instructions for each camp. For questions please contact Mark Huppe at (913) 254-4284. Thank you and we hope to see you at Summer Camp!
This summer St. James Academy will be hosting summer basketball leagues for all boys & girls entering 5th-8th grades next Fall. The leagues will be run by, Stan Dohm & Rich Weitz, Varsity basketball coaches at St. James. The leagues will take place on Monday & Wednesday nights (boys) & Tuesday and Thursday nights (girls). The leagues will start on June 3 and run through June 27. The cost of the league is $50/player. For more information please contact Rich Weitz @ 913-302-8564 or rweitz@sjakeepingfaith.org. |
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Bishop Miege will offer a summer Strength and Speed Academy for students grades 6 - 8
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Camp Invention - St. Paul (Olathe) - Summer 2013
- Click here to download the below flyer and registration.
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Sacred Heart School Policies Reminders:
- All visitors must sign in and wear a badge.
- If your child plans to ride their bike to and from school or plans to walk to and from school without adult supervision, please send a written note to the School front office to let us know.
- For your child's security, parents are not allowed to make unscheduled visits to the classroom, nurse's office, or hallways during school hours. The office will be more than happy to walk your child to class or notify the teacher that there is a lunch, backback, or folder in the office.
- We are always concerned about student confidentiality. If you visit/volunteer at the school we ask that you sign a confidentiality agreement. By signing this you agree not to share information concerning a Sacred Heart Student with anyone but the School Staff.
- Our school welcomes you to join your child for lunch, (you must be VIRTUS trained) we just ask that you refrain from bringing outside fast food and drinks in the lunchroom unless it is your child's birthday or half-birthday.
- When a student has a temperature of 99. 6 degrees or higher, he/she will be sent home from school. The student must be fever free (99.5 degrees or below for 24 HOURS without Tylenol or Advil/Motrin) before returning to school. Also, if the student is ill with vomiting or diarrhea, please keep him /her home until these symptoms are not present for 24 hours. *** Report any contagious disease (strep throat, pink eye, chicken pox, etc.) to the nurse or school office as soon as your child is diagnosed. Following these guidelines will help us keep all students, faculty and staff members healthy.
- No pets are allowed inside the school building. Pets should not be on school grounds except during the annual Blessing of the Animals for the Feast of St. Francis.
- Please do not allow your children to climb on trees on the school grounds.
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