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St. Brendan Weekly Bulletin
January 12, 2022
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The mission of St. Brendan Catholic School, in partnership with parents, is to empower our students to act as leaders and Disciples of Christ, use their God-given gifts in service to the Church and community, and achieve academic excellence.
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Fr. Wichert, assisted by the Student Council, blessed the doors to our school and all our classrooms with holy water on Epiphany. We then wrote above our door frames with blessed chalk “20+C+M+B+22”, which stands for the new year, and the initials of the wise men (also translated from Latin as: Christ Bless this House). This blessing will stay on our classrooms for the year.
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Dear St. Brendan Families, |
In January 2004, the Washington State House of Representatives passed House Resolution 4676 to recognize Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, honoring the importance of the life and work of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The resolution calls on the people of the state of Washington to study, reflect on, and celebrate Dr. King's life and ideals in order to fulfill his dream of civil and human rights for all people and urges "all the citizens of our state to make Martin Luther King, Jr. Day a day of service - a day on, not a day off.
COVID certainly makes some community service projects difficult, however, I encourage our families to be creative in safe ways that we can serve our community. Please consider using this as a day to reflect on ways we can serve our community, and ways we can work for racial justice and equality.
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Each year, parents are required to attend the State of the School Address in order to complete enrollment for the next school year. The State of the School will include important information including accomplishments, registration process and tuition rates, PTO contract information, our upcoming parent survey and more. It is required that at least one parent for incoming Kindergarten-8th grade families attend one of these sessions in order to register. Normally this is held in-person, however this year we will provide a recorded link for you to watch. You will be asked to register for this recording so that we will be able to monitor attendance. Once we confirm your attendance via Zoom, you will receive a link to register your children for the 2022-2023 school year.
Re-enrollment schedule and rates (per family) are as follows:
Register between 1/13-1/21 $200 re-enrollment fee
Register between 1/22-1/28 $250 re-enrollment fee
Register after 1/28 $300 re-enrollment fee
I encourage families to enroll early to prevent being placed on our waiting list. We do have a few waiting lists that we expect could carry over to next year.
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We are starting 2022 off with a parent feedback survey. The timing of this survey is significant to us as we are nearing the halfway point of our school year. Like any good team, we will head into the locker room at halftime and discuss what is going well and what we want to improve in the second half. Halftime allows us to re-evaluate our game plan, get the team refocused, and reposition ourselves mentally and emotionally for the second half. We are seeking your feedback to identify ways that we can finish the school year off even stronger than it began.
This parent survey is your opportunity to provide feedback on how St. Brendan Parish School is achieving our collective mission. We will also use the data as we go through the accreditation self-study, examining the program and determining target goals for the next years. The survey is below and we encourage you to provide your feedback by completing it. It might be helpful to review the Strategic Plan Goals prior to completing the survey. Any parent who completes the survey can earn 1 volunteer hour. Thank you for your continued partnership.
Blessings,
Catherine Shumate
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We thank thee, O God, for the spiritual nature of man. We are in nature but we live above nature. Help us never to let anybody or any condition to pull us so low as to cause us to hate. Give us strength to love our enemies and to do good to those who despitefully use us and persecute us. We thank thee for thy Church, founded upon thy Word, that challenges us to do more than sing and pray, but go out and work as though the very answer to our prayers depended on us and not upon thee. Then, finally, help us to realize that man was created to shine like stars and live on through all eternity. Keep us, we pray, in perfect peace; help us to walk together, pray together, sing together, and live together ….
in the kingdom of our Lord and of our God, we pray. Amen. – Dr. MLK
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December’s Virtue of the month was Patience. St. Monica was our saint for the month and her guessing jar was filled with babies, symbolizing her constant prayer for her children, especially for St. Augustine. Thomas in 8th grade had the closest guess of 122 to the actual number of babies, 125! A very close guess! Congratulations Thomas, we hope you enjoy your treats and gift card. Better luck this month to the rest of the guessers.
The guessing jar this month is focused on a Saint who exemplifies fidelity: being faithful to promises and commitments. St. Gianna Molla was a pediatrician who lived in the 20th century. When faced with having to abort her child and save her life or save her child and possibly die of complications, St. Gianna famously said, "If you must decide between me and the child, do not hesitate: choose the child, I insist on it. Save the baby." St. Gianna Beretta Molla is the patron saint of mothers, physicians, and unborn children. St. Gianna is an especially fitting Saint to choose for the month of January, since it is during the month of January that we honor the right to life, especially that of the pre-born. May we all share her deep respect and sacrificial love. If you’d like to practice the virtue of fidelity at home this month, click on this link.
Prayer to St. Gianna Beretta Molla:
Jesus, I promise You to submit myself to all that You permit to befall me, make me only know Your will. My most sweet Jesus, infinitely merciful God, most tender Father of souls, and in a particular way of the most weak, most miserable, most infirm which You carry with special tenderness between Your divine arms, I come to You to ask You, through the love and merits of Your Sacred Heart, the grace to comprehend and to do always Your holy will, the grace to confide in You, the grace to rest securely through time and eternity in Your loving divine arms.
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Calendar Update - February 4th |
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Friday, February 4th is the end of Catholic Schools Week. Traditionally we end this week of celebrating by having an all-school lunch and recess with parents and students, and then dismiss at 12:45 PM. Due to ongoing challenges with the pandemic, we, unfortunately, will not be able to have an all-school lunch and recess this year. As a result, we are changing February 4th back to a full school day and dismissing at 3:00 PM.
Friday, February 4th - full school day with 3:00 PM dismissal.
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Congratulations to PE/Technology teacher Mr. Frauenholtz and his wife on the birth of their first child. Eleanor Colleen Frauenholtz was born on January 7, 2022. May God bless, watch over, and guide these new parents and this beautiful baby girl.
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January Birthdays
Happy Birthday to:
1/14 Miranda Olivo PreK
1/15 Nash Ditter Preschool
1/17 Colette Coker PreK
1/17 Richard Wisecarver PreK
1/18 Socrates Castillo 5th Grade
1/19 Olivia Miura PreK
More birthdays will be announced in the next Weekly Bulletin
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Extended Care this Friday, January 14th |
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School will dismiss at noon this Friday and Extended Care will be open until 6:00 PM. In order for the school to plan for staffing at Extended Care following the noon dismissal, please complete this brief survey. Thank you for providing this helpful information. Anyone attending afternoon Extended Care will need to pack a lunch as there will not be any lunch service.
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Hello from the St. Brendan School Lunch Program!
The lunch menu is located on the school website and will be updated monthly. You can reference it here: Lunch menu.
Lunch this Week:
Thursday 1/13: Uncle Peteza's Pizza
Friday: 1/4: NO LUNCH SERVICE - Noon Dismissal
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Who do I contact for questions?
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Art Walk - January 5th - 14th
Our art teacher, Mrs. Marlize van Eeden, is hosting an Art Walk on the lower level of the school building this week and next. Parents are invited to go and look at the 1st trimesters work about portraits after school until 4:00 PM.
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Winter Art Club Began Today |
Mrs. van Eeden began the winter Art Club today. The students will be working on drawing and acrylic painting on canvas.
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The Middle School Students will be participating in St. Brendan’s first Invention Convention this year, and we need your help! Students are inventing something that a) solves a problem and b) serves a purpose, and we would love for you to judge! We will be awarding First, Second, and Third prize overall winners as well as an overall winner by grade level.
No prior judging experience required! Judging projects works best with adults from diverse professional backgrounds, so if you’re willing to judge, please consider helping out. We are looking for community members willing to come and spend some socially-distanced time with our students who will be presenting their projects to parents and students alike. The Invention Convention will be on March 3rd for parents (1:15-2:50) and March 4th for students (9:45-12:00). If you can judge during either of these times or both of these times, please reach out to Mr. Langston (timl@school.saintbrendan.org). If you are able to judge, there will be a Zoom training session prior to the Convention so you’ll know what to expect.
Thank you!,
Mr. Langston
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Greetings St. Brendan Families! The Middle School Team is currently looking for some awesome parents/volunteers to teach electives this year (Fridays from 2:00-2:50; if we don’t have a Friday, or if there is an early release, there will not be an elective that day). We have had amazing electives in the past like Strategy Games, STEM, Chess, Horticulture, Drama, Cooking, Fine Arts, Spanish, Legos/Robotics, Web Design, Guitar, Gardening, etc. We are always open to new and exciting offerings for our students, so we are absolutely willing to bounce around ideas if you are interested.
Currently we are looking to schedule our final elective offerings of the year for Trimester 3. If you are willing to teach a course to our amazing Middle School students or if you have a lead you can help contact, please let me know. This is a truly unique and fun way for us to reach out to our school community and beyond, so please help if you can. Elective teachers will also receive volunteer hours for their service to the school! Our middle school teachers and students appreciate your assistance with this.
Thank you!,
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2nd Trimester Lego Robotics Club Registration |
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Grades Pre-K - 8th
Discover, Explore, and Challenge teams will meet after school on full Fridays only beginning January 21st.
Discover Pre-K - 1st grade: $90
Explorer 2nd - 4th grade: $100
Challenge 4th - 8th: $110
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Chess Club Registration Open |
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Chess Club will return for a new session in January. Classes are held after school on Mondays. Click on the image below to register. |
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Catholic Schools Week - Coming Soon! |
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National Catholic Schools Week 2022 is January 30th - February 5th. A tradition this week is to dress up in a different theme each day. The Student Council has planned the following Dress Up days:
Monday- Celebrate Vocations
Theme: Superhero Day
Tuesday- Celebrate Parents
Theme: Pajama Day
Wednesday- Celebrate Students
Theme: Wacky Wednesday
Thursday- Celebrate Teachers
Theme: Famous Person Day
Friday- Celebrate the Community
Theme: Class Color Day
What is National Catholic Schools Week? Since 1974, National Catholic Schools Week is the annual celebration of Catholic education in the United States. It starts the last Sunday in January and runs all week, which in 2022 is January 30 – February 5. The theme for the National Catholic Schools Week 2022 is “Catholic Schools: Faith. Excellence. Service.” St. Brendan School will observe the annual celebration week with an Open House and other activities for students, families, parishioners and community members. Through these events, we focus on the value Catholic education provides to our young people and its contributions to our church, our communities and our nation.
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Student Store Committee Chair Needed
This involves buying all the fun toys that will be sold at each store, meeting with the student volunteers 1x month to assign jobs, keeping track of profits, organizing the charitable donations, and of course managing the student store one Friday a month. This is a great way to fulfill all volunteer hours in a fun and meaningful way. You will fast become one of the favorite parents that enters the school building.
If you are interested in the position, please email: loughlint@hotmail.com.
Invention Convention Judges
3rd Trimester Elective Offerings
Craft Fair Co-Chair (Vendor Coordinator)
We’re looking for a Co-Chair for the Annual St. Brendan Craft Fair, managing the vendor portion of the event. With one of our past Co-Chairs moving on, we are looking for someone who can be available this spring to sign up vendors as well as during fall and the weekend of Craft Fair (traditionally held Veterans Day weekend in November) to help in managing vendors, as well as assisting the Event Coordinator Chair during the Craft Fair to ensure everything runs as smoothly as possible. If you’re interested in this role, please contact Beth Flajole at eatveit@yahoo.com.
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Procurement, Procurement, Procurement, and more Procurement
We hope you are all looking forward to our Annual School Auction this year April 30, 2022
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- Family Procurement Deadline is February 15th
EVERY Family (K-8th) is required to make a $175 donation in goods or services to the Annual School Auction.*
This donation can be a tangible, physical item that has been purchased. It can be gift certificates for items or services, or it can be a service that you, the family, provide. You are not limited to $175! Many families choose to donate either a single item or multiple items totaling well over $175, but $175 is the minimum. We also ask you to refrain from donating any clothing unless it is sports memorabilia or previously approved by an Auction Chair.
*Families who selected to Buy Out of the Parent Club fundraising do not need to procure an item for the auction.
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Earn a Free Month of Tuition! |
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Earn ONE Month Free Tuition!
Current St. Brendan School families are our biggest asset in marketing our school, and for the past seven years, several families took advantage of referring a new K-8th family to St. Brendan. This year we are offering one child a one-month tuition credit PLUS one month for the newly enrolled family too! It’s a win-win!
The referring family will receive a tuition credit of one child for one-month tuition in April 2023. The new K-8 grade student(s) would need to remain at our school for one year to earn the tuition credit for the referring family, and the referring family must be named on the application. There are no tuition credits for referring new preschool and pre-k families.
Spread the Word - Open House and School Tours
Open House - January 30;10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Tours can also be set up by appointment via phone or e-mail:
425-483-8300
christenl@school.saintbrendan.org
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Open House - Spread the Word!
***We are evaluating the possibility of switching to a Virtual Open House and will communicate the final decision soon***
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Our Open House is for all CURRENT and PROSPECTIVE families. As current parents, we encourage you to visit with your teacher(s) for next school year and learn about curriculum and goals for that grade.
All students who attend the Open House will earn a FREE DRESS day the following month on February 14th. Additionally, families in attendance will be entered into a raffle for free registration for 2022-2023 - a $200 Value!
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Provide a Parent Testimonial and
Earn Volunteer Hours!
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Parent Testimonials for our Admissions Season
We are looking for parents to create videos or testimonials to share the news about our wonderful school and community. Parents can earn 5 volunteer hours if they make a testimonial video (1 minute or less) about their experience at St. Brendan Catholic School. They can earn 1 hour if they provide a written testimonial and a family photo. The videos and testimonials will be shared on our website and on social media to help promote our school to prospective families for the upcoming school year. Some things to note:
- Videos should be shot landscape (horizontally) with good lighting and audio. Cell phone, tablet or computer camera works great.
- Testimonials need to be completed by the fourth week of January
- The video can be one parent, both parents, or the whole family. If children are in the video, please have them in full uniform.
- Testimonial format:
- Introduce yourselves
- Tell what grade(s) your students are in
- Describe why you choose St. Brendan School and what you like most about St. Brendan School (i.e. faith, teachers, community, friends, extracurricular activities and clubs, etc.). A specific example to go along with your favorite thing about the school is encouraged.
- Students can also make a video of their favorite thing about St. Brendan School for 1 additional volunteer hour. Please make sure students are in full uniform and encourage them to add some detail.
- Videos and/or Testimonials due to Mrs. Lambert by January 28th
Contact Christen Lambert for more information:christenl@school.saintbrendan.org.
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CYO Volleyball Registration |
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Registration is now open for 4th through 8th grade Spring Volleyball. Season matches will begins February 26th and run through April 3rd with tournaments from April 6th through May 1st (5th -8th grade) 4th grade season will be February 17th and end April 10th. 4th grade is coed teams. We will try to start practice the week of February 7th but players must be registered through the Team sideline website prior to attending practice. All players interested are encouraged to register early as teams have to be registered by January 21st.
Early Registration
January 5th through January 20th
$95.00
Standard Registration
January 21st through February 3rd
$110.00
Late Registration
February 4th through February 25th
$125.00
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Altar Server Training
Has your child been a candle-bearer for at least a year and would like to learn a new altar serving skill? Is your 6th-grade son interested in being a thurifer (incense)? Or does your 7th-grade daughter need a refresher course and would like to volunteer during school Masses? There will be a training session Thursday, January 13th, immediately after school (3:15PM). Duration is about an hour. If your child is interested, please contact Ermina Swager at ermina@saintbrendan.org or text/call at 425.877.7633 to register.
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Virtual State of the School Address
Wednesday, January 12th
Mid-Year Parent Survey
Complete between January 12 - January 19
Re-Enrollment Begins
Thursday, January 13th
Re-enrollment instructions will be sent following the State of the School
Altar Server Training
Thursday, January13, 3:15 PM
Noon Dismissal - Extended Care Open Until 6:00 PM
Friday, January 14th
Mass Uniform Weekend
January 15-16
NO SCHOOL - Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Monday, January 17
1st Reconciliation for 2nd Grade Students
Saturday, January 29th, 9:30 AM
Open House
Sunday, January 30th; 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Catholic Schools Week
January 30 - Feb. 5
Mid-Winter Break - No School
February 18 - 22
Please note the following calendar changes:
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Friday, January 14th: Noon Dismissal
- Friday, February 4th - full school day with 3:00 PM dismissal
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Friday, March 4th: Noon Dismissal (previously 12:45 dismissal)
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Monday, April 25th: No School
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