Sacred Heart School Newsletter

Principal’s Memo 1Parent Meeting Flyer 2Catholic Schools Week Schedule 3CSW Dress Code 4Yearbook Club 4Camp Tekakwitha Registration 4Feed His Lambs 4Academic Excellence &Achievement 5Lunch Calendar 5CPS Corner 6-7Virtus Training 7Family Night at Miege 8SHOJ Parish Misson 9 Vocations Pilgrimage 10

JMJDear Sacred Heart Family,

We begin the celebration of Catholic School’s Week on Sunday. We are excited to have a student led Mass at 11:00am on Sunday and hope to see you and your children in attendance.

Recently the USCCB released a Catholic School FACT sheet with compelling facts: •99% of students who attend Catholic schools graduate. •Catholic schools provide over 24 billion dollars a year in savings for the nation. •Students in Catholic schools, both Catholics and non-Catholics, score higher on faith knowledge than do students from parish programs •Catholic schools tend to operate as communities rather than bureaucracies which links to higher levels of teacher commitment student engagement and student achievement. •In Catholic schools, the student achievement gap is smaller than in public schools. •Studentswithmultipledisadvantagesbenefitmostfrom Catholic schools. •Catholic school students are more likely to pray daily, attend church more often, retain a Catholic identity as an adult, and donate more to the Church.

These are the very things that I believe. To see them written as substantiated facts are not only reassuring, but a reason for rejoicing! Thank you for choosing Catholic education at Sacred Heart. Let’s celebrate!

In the Triumph of God’s Great Love,Maureen EngenPrincipal

(See you at the State of the School-Celebrate Sacred Heart parent meeting on Tuesday night at 6:30pm)

January 29, 2016

Jan. 31 - Catholic Schools Week MassJan. 31 - Open HouseFeb. 1-5 - Catholic Schools WeekFeb. 1 - NO SCHOOL - teacher SOFFeb. 2 - PJ/Crazy Hair DayFeb. 2 - Parent Meeting @ 6:30 p.m.Feb. 3 - SHOJ Spirit DayFeb. 4 - Sports Team Spirit DayFeb. 5 - Talent Show/Early Dismissal

Feb. 2 - The Presentation of the LordFeb. 2 - Groundhog DayFeb. 3 - St. BlaiseFeb. 3 - St. AnsgarFeb. 5 - St. AgathaFeb. 6 - St. Paul Miki & CompanionsFeb. 7 - World Day for Consecrated LifeFeb. 8 - St. Jerome Emiliani

Upcoming Events at SHOJ

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Sacred Heart School Newsletter January 29, 2016

Sacred Heart of JesusCatholic School

State of the School Parent Meeting“Celebrate Sacred Heart”

When: Tuesday, February 2, 2016 at 6:30 p.m.

Where: In the Gym

Who: Anyone interested in Sacred Heart and all parents of current students (We ask at least one parent per

family of current students attend)

Why: Annual parent meeting pri-or to enrollment

We look forward to gathering as a parish

school family to celebrate the success at Sacred Heart, share future plans, and discuss enrollment pro-cedures for 2016-2017.

It will be a informative and FUN evening!

913-422-5520 school.shoj.org

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“I CAN SHOW MERCY” CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEKJanuary 31 – February 5

SUNDAYCatholic Schools Week Mass – 11:00 am

• We would like students to wear their uniform to Mass.Open House – 12-2 pm

MONDAY: No School

TUESDAY: I Can Show Mercy to my community.Kick off of food drive for Catholic Charities

• Kindergarten-Hamburger Helper• First Grade-Cereal/Oatmeal• Second Grade-Sugar/Flour• Third Grade-Muffin Mix/Pancake Mix• Fourth Grade-Canned Meat/Fish• Fifth Grade-Canned Fruit• Sixth Grade-Spaghetti Sauce/Mustard/Ketchup• Seventh Grade-Refried Beans/Box Potatoes• Eighth-Bar Soap/Toilet Paper

PJ /Crazy Hair DayWEDNESDAY: I Can Show Mercy to my Parish.

Attend Mass and be an active participantDonuts Write a thank you note to show gratitude for our priests.Sacred Heart Spirit Day

THURSDAY: I Can Show Mercy to my Family.Write a thank you note to show gratitude for my family.Gift of Pope Francis CoinSpelling Bee

• 1-5 1:00-1:45 • 1-5 winner and 6-8 2:00-3:00

Sports/Team Spirit Day

FRIDAY: I Can Show Mercy to my friends.Support the talents of my friends by being a respectful audienceTalent Show 9:00-11:00Dismissal 11:30Break the Rules Free Dress Day

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Out of Uniform GuidelinesPJ/Crazy Hair Day – Wear your pajamas (sweatpants), slippers and crazy hair. Shorts/leggings must be worn under any nightgowns. Leggings/yoga pants may only be worn with long shirts/nightshirts to mid- thigh.Sacred Heart Spirit Day – any Sacred Heart Spirit Wear may be worn with jeans (no sweatpants, shorts, or yoga pants).Sports/Team Spirit Day – Show your enthusiasm! Students may wear any team or sports themed attire. Sweatpants, long athletic shorts, and hats are allowed.Break the Rules Free Dress – It is a free dress for students. They may break the Free Dress Day rules (for example, wearing boots, long earrings, shorts in winter, and sweats).

Parents – Please be aware of the temperature when dressing your child as classes will go outside for recess if weather permits. No spaghetti straps or tank tops on any day. Shorts and skirts must be appropriate length on all days.

Christian modesty should be observed at all times. Acceptability of appropriate attire is at the discretion of the Teachers/Administration.

Yearbook ClubDear 8th grade families,

The yearbook club is putting baby/toddler pictures of all of the eighth graders in the yearbook like we have before. We would like you to send in a baby/toddler picture of your eighth grader to put in the yearbook. We would prefer if you would send in a digital copy to Mrs.Barragree by emailing it to her school email, ami.barragree@shoj.org or putting it on a jump drive and bringing the jump drive to the officeor to Mrs. Barragree. Make sure your student’s name is on the jump drive or the envelope. If you do not have a digital version, you can have your child bring the photo to school andturnitintotheofficeorMrs.Barragree.Ifyousendinaphysical photo, make sure your child’s name is on the back of the photo or on the envelope. (All hard-copy photographs and jump drives will be returned.)Please submit your photos ASAP. Our deadline is approaching fast!Thank you to the following families who have already submitted their photos: Adkins, Barragree, Bezek, Book, Bourman, Bright, Brown, Coup, Dwyer, Feldman, Gephardt, Hall, Haymaker, Heinking, Hess, Janatello, Leiker, Lee, Luther, Mayfield, Monslow, Morrissey, Mosburg, Parsons,Plattner, Rowecroft, Schneider, Schreifles, Steere, Steffens,Stork, Varzaly, Warlop, and Wentzel! (If you don’t see your name, but thought you submitted a photo, please email Mrs. Barragree!)

Thanks and God Bless,Yearbook Club

Camp Tekakwitha Registration

Camp Tekakwitha registration opens up on January 26 for High School and Family Camps, February 2 for 7th and 8th grade, and February 9 for 5th and 6th grade camps. Camp registration and information can be found at http://www.archkck.org/camp. Many videos are available on our YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyOanzvhPKg0rIXgaI-Zovw/feed) that show the activities and facilities. We look forward to sharing a very special part of the summer together and to having your child grow in faith, make some new friends and to have an extremely fun time at Camp Tekakwitha.

Feed His LambsHelp the Feed His Lambs Ministry provide a dessert once a month to needy families. Sign up to provide cookies by click here to access the link.

Academic Excellence & Achievement

Highlights of January

6th Grade: The 6th grade has been reading the book of Exodus and learning about how God called Moses to lead the Israelites out of Egypt. The story shows that even when we do not feel equipped to do great things, God will give us the support we need. In math, 6th grade has been learning about percents and positive and negative numbers. The students can use their skills when shopping and eating at restaurants!

7th Grade: The7thgraderecentlyfinisheddiscussingthepartsofthecellinScienceandarenowstarting a discussion on how cells divide. Over the next few weeks, they will begin talking about Genetics! 7th grade students also presented dramas in costume from their SCOPE Magazines.

8th Grade: 8th graders are working on making maps with text evidence of Maycomb County from their novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. In 8th grade Science, the students have just started talking about Human Anatomy. The students love talking about the human body because it is something they can relate to!

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6

Catholic Schools Week Catholic Schools Week Catholic Schools Week Catholic Schools Week Catholic Schools Week

No School Chicken Soft Taco Cheeseburger Sausage Pizza Talent ShowRefried Beans Potato Chips Garden Salad Ranch 9:15am

SOF - All Day Corn Fresh Fruit Fresh Fruit 11:30 DismissalCookie Rice Krispie Treats Chocolate Cake

7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Grilled Cheese Cheese Quesadilla No SchoolCPS Boxtop Tomato Soup Tortilla Chips/ Salsa 11:30 Dismissal

Collections Week Fresh Fruit Corn Strawberry Cake Brownie P/T Conferences

1:00-8:00pm14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Breakfast for Lunch: Hot Ham & Cheese Biscuits and Gravy Cheese Pizza Mass

3rd Quarter Potato Chips Hashbrown Potatoes Garden Salad Ranch Progress Reports Veggie Ranch Fresh Fruit Fresh Fruit Stations of the Cross

Apple Crisp Cinnamon Rolls Cookie 9:15am

21 22 23 24 25 26 27

Macaroni & Cheese Chicken Nuggets Pepperoni Pizza MassGarlic Toast Buttermilk Mash Potato Garden Salad Ranch

Carrot Sticks Ranch Garden Salad Ranch Fresh Fruit Ice Cream Cup Cookie Brownie

28 29

1st EucharistRetreat1:30pm

February 2016 "Be Merciful as your Father is Merciful." -Luke 6:36

Volunteer at www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0a45aca628a02-lunchroom10

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Sacred Heart School Newsletter January 29, 2016

CPS Corner

C L A S S R O O M C O L L E C T I O N

C A M P A I G N

Monday, February 8th-February 12th, send to school with your child any BoxTops for Education labels you’ve been collecting. The classroom with the most Box-Tops collected will earn a free dress day and extra recess.

BoxTops can be found a variety of products you already purchase, such as General Mills, Betty Crocker, Scotts Tissues and more. With each product pur-chased with a BoxTops for Education label, Sacred Heart earns $.10.

Here is how you can help!1. Neatly trim the BoxTops along the dotted line. Be careful not to cut off the expiration date. Any Box-

Tops with the expiration date missing is not eligible.2. Check the expiration date. BoxTops will not accept expired BoxTops.3. Send in a baggie to school with your child’s name and amount. Preferably, please package in a bundle

of 50 labels. Size can vary.4. Continue to save BoxTops all year. Any amount helps, watch for Bonus BoxTops throughout the year.

Thank you for your continued efforts in purchasing participating products and saving them for your school!

If you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact Dana Kolich at 816-868-1281 or danakolich@att.net. Thank you!

Morning with MomsMark your calendars for Morning with Moms on Wednesday, February 17th from 7:30 am to 7:50 am in the Multi-Purpose Center. All students are welcome andinvitedtobringyourmomtoenjoymuffinsalongwith juice, milk and coffee. Additionally, there will be a few tables set up for the students to stop by and sign cards for the seminarians. The cards will be included in care packages being sent to them soon. Dads – If you canassistwithsetuporteardown,oractasafloaterduring the event, please volunteer by signing up at http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0c4dacaf29a31-morning

Teacher’s Lunch BreakThis year during Catholic Schools Week, we would like to give the teachers a full 1 hour lunch break. With your help we can make this possible. Please sign up for lunch and recess duty on Feb 2, 2016. All parents need to be Virtus trained. Please volunteer by signing up at http://www.signupgenius.com/go/409084aa4ac2d6-teacher

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Calling All Sacred Heart Adults 16 and older:

Many of our volunteers have direct contact with children, whether it be nursery care, volunteering in the school lunchroom, helping SHS teachers, coaching for CYO, driving for field trips, sacrament prep retreats, teaching or aiding in School of Religion, helping Children’s Liturgy as well as many

other ministry groups; it is no doubt that with our young parish you are bound to be around children or on the campus while children are present. Our children’s safety is very important so the better

informed you are, the safer we can make our programs.

The Archdiocese requires all of our volunteers (16 years of age and older) to attend a training session and have a background check completed. This is highly recommended for parents even if

you are not actively volunteering to attend. Learn more about this FREE program at www.virtus.org.

If you have not yet attended a Virtus– Protecting God’s Children Session, please sign up today. You may attend anywhere in the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas.

Next session being hosted at Sacred Heart for Virtus Training will be held on February 3, 2016

Space is limited, registration is required. To see a full list of available locations and dates go to: www.virtus.org click on Registration. Need more information or assistance, please contact Tracie Kersey our Parish Virtus Coordinator at tracie.kersey@shoj.org.

CPS Corner Continued...Rectory Meals

This year we have the opportunity to welcome Father Pat and Father Dan to Sacred Heart of Jesus by offering them a Rectory meal twice a month, provided by our Parish families as part of our Pillar of Stewardship.

We are asking families to donate gift cards to local restaurants. Please feel free to send in a gift card from your favorite restaurant or use the local suggestionsfromtheoffice.Formoreinformationregarding meals, please visit our sign-up genius:

Sacred Heart School Rosary:A big thank you to those who have already signed up to pray for our school staff with our school rosary! We have had a family lifting up our staff every week this 1st semester. What a wonderful community we have! We are in need of families to sign up for the second semester. This is a very easy way to help our school. Please click on the following link to sign your family up to pray the rosary for the intentions of our staff. We appreciate your help and know that our teachers, staff and priests appreciate the prayers!If you have any questions, please contact DeAnn Sajdak at dkmmonty@yahoo.comh t t p s : / / m . s i g n u p g e n i u s . c o m / # ! /showSignUp/10C0D44AAAD22AB9-sacred

h t t p s : / / m . s i g n u p g e n i u s . c o m / # ! /showSignUp/20F084FAAA72FA02-rectory3

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Sacred Heart School Newsletter January 29, 2016

Parish Mission

ALL WELCOME 7 - 8 p.m.

The New Evangelization

Sacred Heart of JesusCatholic Church

presented by

Fr. Andrew StroblSunday, Feb. 21 - “Called to Discipleship”Monday, Feb. 22 - “Called to Mission”Tuesday, Feb. 23 - “Called to Community”

Reception to follow each night in the MPC (8 - 8:30 p.m.)

“I’ve known Fr. Andrew for over 11 years and find him to be one of the most faith-filled and passionate Catholics I know. A Parish Mission gives us the spiritual booster shot we need. We owe it to our-selves and others, to be as spiritually fit as possible.” ~ Fr. Pat Sullivan

Fr. Andrew is the Director of Evangelization for the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas and a renowned speaker on LIVING your faith everyday. He is co-writer and blogger for Shameless Popery and Pastor of Holy Name Parish in Kansas City.

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Vocations Pilgrimage

Recommended for families with children ages 12 and older, accompanied by an adult

Pilgrimage includes:• A tour of the Basilica of Immaculate Conception • Mass followed with a tour by the Monks of Conception Abbey • Lunch and the opportunity to meet one of our own seminarians from Sacred Heart• Shopping at the Abbey Gift Shop• A visit to the Sisters Servants of Mary to learn about their amazing ministry

Saturday, February 27

Fee: $35 per person (scholarships available) Includes lunch, snacks, and bus transportation

provided by Kincaid Coach

Sponsored by our Vocations Ministry and underwritten by the Knights of Columbus Council #2408. For more information call Chad Chadwick at 913-645-4199.

JOIN Father Danon a pilgrimage to Conception Abbey

& Seminary (Conception, MO) and the Sister Servants of Mary (Kansas City, KS)

Includes visit to a designated Holy Door

Sacred Heart of Jesus

Register at: https://shoj.wufoo.com/forms/vocations-pilgrimage/

SCAN HERE to Register

(arrive by 7:15 a.m. in north parking lot by Sacred Heart School to depart promptly at 7:30 a.m.)

7:30 a.m. - 6 p.m.