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Sacred Heart of JesusCatholic School

Sacred Heart School Newsletter

913-422-5520 school.shoj.org

January 12, 2018

Upcoming Events

In this IssuePrincipal’s Memo 1

Catholic Schools Week 2-3

Talent Show Sign-Up 4

Lunch Calendar 5

CPS Corner 5

Family BINGO Night 6

Mother Son Dance 7

Boxtop Collection Info 8-9

Jan. 15 - NO SCHOOL - Martin Luther KingJan. 17 - Spirit DayJan. 19 - All School MassJan. 22 - Talent Show TryoutsJan. 23 - School ToursJan. 26 - All School MassJan. 28 - Feb. 2 - Catholic Schools WeekJan. 29 -Adoration and Rosary

Jan. 13 - St. HilaryJan. 17 - St. AnthonyJan. 20 - St. FabianJan. 20 - St. SebastianJan. 21 - St. AgnesJan. 23 - St. VincentJan 23 - St. Marianne CopeJan. 24 - St. Francis de Sales

Dear Sacred Heart Family,

“Two men looked out from prison bars, one saw mud, the other stars” Frederick Langbridge “The Scales of Heaven”

This past weekend I went to Mass at Villa St. Joseph, the place where my dad spent his last few months. My sisters and I like to go there for sentimental reasons and to visit with the priest who has the same last name as my dad, Mahoney (my maiden name). It was the feast of the Epiphany and Fr. Mahoney began his sermon with the quote above. Then, he added how Pope Francis encouraged us to “look up” and see the stars. Pope Francis said, “Few people raise their eyes to heaven. We often make do with looking at the ground.”

I’ve been thinking about the quote and homily all week. As we return to school, I see the star qualities in our staff. I witness the bright sparkle in children’s eyes. I also see the fear of taking risks in academics and learning that accompanies children and parents as our students learn to take risks.

At Sacred Heart is it never an option to look down. We long for and incorporate newness in resources that assist our students in all ar-eas of their development. Our parish supports our endeavors with money and prayers.

If we want to truly live out our Catholic mission of finding the gifts and strengths in each child, we have to take risks. The Magi took the risk to simply meet a child. They dreamed, they longed to see the face of God-they never took their eyes off the star. We don’t either. We enter 2018 choosing to see each of your chil-dren as bright stars, stars made for greatness.

In the Triumph of God’s Great Love, PrincipalMaureen Engen

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SACRED HEART OF JESUS CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEKJanuary 28 – February 2“Make Room for Jesus”

Celebrate the Holy Name of Jesus

SUNDAY 1-28-18

Catholic Schools Week Mass – 11:00 am• We would like students to wear their uniform to Mass this

weekend.• Out of uniform on Feb. 8th for all students attending Mass in uniform

MONDAY 1-29-18

Focus: Adoration/ Witness 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

Sports Day

TUESDAY 1-30-17

Focus: Acts of Service in the name of Jesus/ Fasting Spelling Bee

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

Western Day State of the School Parent meeting at 6:30pm in gym. Special gift

and enrollment papers. We ask at least one parent attend.

WEDNESDAY 1-31-18

Focus: Invoking the name of Jesus Mass/ Donuts Faith Families 1:45pm Sacred Heart Spirit Day

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THURSDAY 2-1-18

Focus: To Jesus through Mary Cardinal Carnival- run by the 8th graders. .25 tickets sold before and

after school January 29-31st.The 4th-6th graders attend from 9-10:30am. The K-3rd graders with 7th

grade chaperones attend from 1:30-3:00pm. PJ/ Crazy Hair Day

FRIDAY 2-2-18

Focus: It is Jesus that you seek. Talent Show 9:00-11:00am Dismissal 11:30am Break the Rules Free Dress Day

Out of Uniform Guidelines

Sports/Team Spirit Day – Show your enthusiasm! Students may wear any team or sports themed attire. Sweatpants, long athletic shorts, and hats are allowed.

Western Day – Show your inner cowboy! Wear your jeans, jean skirts, flannel shirts, cowboy hats,cowboy boots… (no shorts or sweatpants).

Sacred Heart Spirit Day – any Sacred Heart Spirit Wear may be worn with jeans (no leggings, sweatpants, shorts, or yoga pants).

PJ/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.

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. Leggings/yoga pants may only be worn with long shirts to mid- thigh. Remember to send tennis shoes for PE days.

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

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Sacred Heart Talent Show

Show us what you’ve got! Whether you can sing, dance, play an instrument, perform magic tricks, or if you have other talents you’re ready to present,

now’s your time to shine! As some of you have already noticed, the talent show is sneaking up on us again! Here are a few guidelines to help you decide if you would like to participate:

• All acts must be 2 minutes or less. • Each student can only be in 1 act. • Lip Syncing is not allowed. • If a student plans on singing, he/she must have music that consists of

only background music. (No songs with actual musician singing. The student cannot sing “on top of” the original musician.)

• No animals or adults are allowed in the act. • No parents allowed in the room during tryouts. We want to make sure

that all students are ready to perform independently. They’ll be great! • All music, lyrics, and costumes must be approved at tryouts. We are a

Catholic school and all songs, costumes, dances, etc. must be appropriate.

• Absolutely no additions will be made to the number of acts after January 22nd. Thank you for understanding.

Getting excited yet? Important mandatory dates for all students auditioning:

• Tues. January 16th : Permission slips (attached) due in the front office • Mon. January 22nd at 3:30pm : Try Outs in the Music Room and Gym

o All music, typed lyrics, and costumes must be approved. o We are limited to 30 acts. Tryouts will be your chance to show

the teachers that you have practiced and are ready to perform • Fri. February 2nd at 9:15am : Talent Show in Sacred Heart Gym

Get excited! This year’s show is sure to be a big hit! If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact Lauren Turner (4th Grade Teacher) at lauren.turner@shoj.org or Katie Nelson (4th Grade Teacher) at katie.muller@shoj.org _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday1 2 3 4 5 6

New Year's Day No School No School Sausage Pizza CheeseburgerTeachers Return Garden Salad Potato Chips

School of Faith AM Fresh Fruit ' Fresh Fruit Staff Development PM Cookie Pumpkin Muffin

7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Cheesy Breadsticks Beef Soft Taco Chicken Nuggets Cheese Pizza Chicken Ched QuesadillaGarden Salad Corn Buttermilk Mash Potato Garden Salad Chips and Salsa

Fresh Fruit Veggie and Ranch Green Beans Fresh Fruit ' Corn Cookie Apple Crisp Chocolate Chip Cookie Brownie Ice Cream Cup

14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Martin Luther King Day Corn Dogs Pepperoni Pizza Meat Lasagna Ham and Ched SandPotato Chips Garden Salad Garlic Bread Potato Chips

No School Fresh Fruit Fresh Fruit ' Garden Salad Fresh Fruit Chocolate Pudding Cookie Jello Whip Topping Cinnamon Roll

21 22 23 24 25 26 27Baked Pasta Breakfast for Lunch

Chicken Bacon Alfredo Hamburger Pizza Waffles w Maple Syrup Grilled Cheese Fried Chicken PattyGarlic Bread Garden Salad Hashbrown Potatoes Potato Chips Mashed Potato Fresh Fruit Fresh Fruit ' Fresh Fruit Fresh Fruit Green Beans

Chocolate Chip Muffin Cookie Cinnamon Roll Blueberry Muffin Brownie

28 29 30 31

CSW Mass Baked Pasta Meat Sauce Sausage Pizza Chicken Nuggets 11:00 AM Garlic Bread Garden Salad Buttermilk Mash Potato

Garden Salad Fresh Fruit ' Green Beans Jello Whip Topping Cookie Chocolate Chip Cookie

January 2018

CPS Corner RosaryAll families are invited to sign up to pray our school rosary for a week (or two!) this school year. Please join in this beautiful tradition of praying the rosary daily with your family specif-ically for our SHOJ faculty and staff. Everything you need is provided - just sign up at the link below. When it is your week, the rosary will go home on Friday with your student. Simply bring it back to the office the fol-lowing Friday morning. Questions? Contact Kelli Nichols at kelli_nich-ols@outlook.com or 913-226-5826.

www.SignUpGenius.com/go/4090E-4FABA62DAAF49-20172018

Rectory MealsThank you for supporting Fr. Pat & Fr. Dan in this beautiful act of service by providing them a meal twice a month. Due to our priests busy daily and evening schedules, we ask families to consider donat-ing gift cards to local restaurants which allows our priests great flexibility while trying to get lunch or dinner in between round-the-clock appointments and re-sponsibilities. More information can be found on the following sign-up genius. http://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090e-4faba62daaf49-201720182

Upcoming EventsDonuts after Mass to kick off Catholic School’s Week -January 28 - February 2

Mother/Son Dance -February 9

Boxtops Collection -February 12-16

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Family NightSacred Heart of Jesus

Saturday, January 205:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Bring the family and your bingo daubers for Family Bingo Night, immediately following 4:30 Mass. Play together for a

chance to win cash, fun prizes and special drawings!

$10.00 Adults (12 and over) $5.00 Kids

Does not include dinner. Available for purchase: $3 Combo - Pizza, Salad and drink or $1 per slice/drink

Bingo Starts immediately at 6:15 p.m. Please remember, no alchohol allowed at family events

Scan to Register! Scan to Register!

Children MUST be accompanied by an adult and be able to sit and play bingo for the entire game

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Bring your Mask, Cape and

Favorite Superhero to the

Mother/Son Dance! K-8 grade boys

When: Friday February 9th

7:00-9:00

Sacred Heart School Multi-purpose Center

Dance, Games,

Snacks and Lots of Fun!

MOTHER SON DANCE

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Coming Soon!The week of February 12th through February 16th will be the last Box Top Collection for this school year! WE ARE LOOKING FOR 100% PARTICIPATION FROM OUR STUDENTS. THERE ARE INCENTIVES!

How to win: -There will be a prize for the classes in each group that collect the most box tops! Groups are K-5th

and 6th-8th. -And a 1st place prize will be given to the student from all of Kindergarten through 8th grade who brings in the most box tops!

Please bring in those clipped box tops on either a box top collection sheet (which is attached, and will come home the 1st week in February), or in a plastic bag with your child’s name and teacher name (example: Kissell, 5M).

Please only use the front of the box top collection sheets for the appropriate amount of box tops on each sheet (example: 25 or 50). Please put extra box tops in a ziploc bag and staple to the sheet with your child’s name and teacher name (Example: Kissell, 5M) and amount of box tops in bag.

To see a list of products at BTFE.com/products.

How do you get more boxtops?? Send a note to relatives, Grandma, Grandpa, Aunts, Uncles, and friends asking them to SAVE THEIR BOXTOPS and send them to you! Here at the Kissell house we get most of our boxtops from Aunt Sallie in Erie, Pennsylvania!

Help us earn some cash for our school by clipping those box tops! Thanks and may God continue to bless us! If you have any questions, please contact Maryteresa Kissell @ 913-593-6279.

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Thank you for helping! Clipped Box Tops are each worth 10¢ for your child’s school. Bonus certificates should not be attached to this sheet – please submit them separately. To see more ways to earn cash for your child’s school, go to BTFE.com.

SHOW love FOR YOUR CHILD’S SCHOOL WITH box tops!

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