School Events

Now through Friday, November 20

Canned Food Drive for Little Flower Food Bank

Friday, November 20
First Trimester
Awards Ceremony
1:30PM

Wednesday, Nov. 25 - Friday, Nov. 27

NO SCHOOL

Tuesday, December 1

All School Reconciliation

Big Event Class Basket Items Due

PTSA Meeting

Friday, December 4

Feast of St. Nicholas

Tuesday, December 8

Holy Day of Obligation

Feast of the

Immaculate Conception

All School Mass

8AM

Friday, December 11

Our Lady of Guadalupe

2PM

Tuesday, Dec. 15

School Spelling Bee

Thursday, Dec. 17

Christmas Program

Spirit Night - Garlic Knot

Friday, December 18

Las Posadas

9AM

Monday, Dec. 21 - Friday, Jan. 1, 2016

Christmas Break

No School

Dear Parents,

Well, we dodged a potential hazardous blizzard today! Chances are given that this is an El Niño year we will be watching the forecasts closely. Hopefully the multiple ways we communicated that we would be on a one-hour delay was effective.

Today, Tuesday, November 17, 2015, Mr. Kevin Kijewski, J.D., M.A. Ed., the Superintendent of Catholic Schools visited Blessed Sacrament Catholic School. As the new Superintendent, Mr. Kijewski is visiting all of the schools in the Archdiocese of Denver. The purpose of the visit is to meet the administration and pastor, gain an insight into school operations, visit classrooms, teachers, and students, and to listen to recommendations for the Office of Catholic Schools. The teachers did a great job of conducting class with the utmost fidelity; in other words, we don't do canned activities to impress guests. If we mean what we say and say what we mean each day, then classrooms speak for themselves. That was today! I am happy to write that he was quite impressed with our school. Here are some of the things he observed:

He enjoyed visiting the Preschool classrooms and commented on the level of engagement displayed by the youngsters.
The Middle School religion class was engaged in a lesson and the students were all working and focused. Those Middle School students Mr. Kijewski spoke directly to were respectful and authentic.
He observed Mrs. Tills' Kindergarten students identify words during a SMARTBoard activity. It was wonderful to see the little hands go up when they wanted to provide the answers.
Both 1st Grade classrooms were spot on too! Ms. Rusin and her students were working on a teacher directed activity and Mrs. Holligan's students were transitioning to a math test.
He observed a robust art classroom with students working on the Google Doodle contest (Google logo design).
He observed orderly 2nd and 3rd Grade students transitioning from class to class.
He lauded the fact that the majority of our teachers have taught at BSCS for several years (knowing that in many places, teacher turnover is high).

Mr. Kijewski gained an understanding from Father Chris, Sara Alkayali, and yours truly of where the school was, where it is and what structures are in place, and where we are going as a Preschool through 8th grade Catholic School. He was quite pleased to hear that we have implemented education best-practices for curriculum mapping, curriculum audit, data collection, aligned lesson planning, collaborating in professional learning communities, classroom observations (formal and informal observations, and weekly classroom visits), technology upgrades, staffing, my five pages of annual goals, this year's writing and reading across the curriculum initiative, general forms of communicating with families and staff, retaining our Catholic identity, and how we celebrate our culture and traditions.

It was a pleasure to present our school to our new Superintendent. God bless our teachers for giving all they give for their students, for our dynamic students, and for you dear parents for investing in your children's future!

Carla

"The best preparation for tomorrow is to do today's work superbly well."

-William Osler

Weekly Prayer

O Holy Spirit, I humbly implore You be with me always so that in all things, I may act under the influence of Your Holy inspiration. Amen.

Grace after Meals

We give Thee thanks, Almighty God, for all thy benefits, Who lives and reigns world without end. Amen.

May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.

Parish Events

Ongoing

Mass Times:

Weekdays: 8:00AM

Weekends:

Saturday

Anticipatory Mass:

4:30PM

Sundays:

8:00

& 10:00AM

Children's Liturgy
of the Word
During 10AM Mass on Sundays

Adoration:

Saturdays

8:00AM - 4:00PM

Reconciliation:

Saturdays

8:00AM until finished

and again from

3:00 - 4:00PM

Mass on

Thanksgiving
Day

9AM

Parish Office Closed

Thursday, Nov. 26 and Friday, Nov. 27

First Sunday of Advent

November 29

ChristLife

Coming in January

Mondays

Middle School

Youth Group

5:30 - 7:00PM

Assurance Statement of Compliance with the Purposes of the Title IX Education Act

The Catholic schools of the Archdiocese, under the jurisdiction of the Archbishop, and at the direction of the Superintendent, attest that none of the Catholic schools discriminate on the basis of sex in its admission policies, treatment of students or its employees.

Notice of Student Non-Discrimination Policy

The Catholic schools of the Archdiocese of Denver, under the jurisdiction of Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila, S.T.L. and at the direction of the Superintendent, state that all of their Catholic schools admit students of any race, color, national or ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to the students at the schools. Furthermore, Archdiocesan schools admit handicapped students in accord with the policy on Admissions, 4.2.1. These schools do not discriminate on the basis of race, age, handicap, color, national origin in the administration of their educational policies, employment practices, scholarship and loan programs, or athletic or other school-administered programs.