WEEKLY BULLETIN - January 20, 2022 |
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From the Desk of Mike Fuerte |
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Dear Families,
Please click below to read information on upcoming Catholic Schools Week Events as well as the beginning of our Annual Fund for 2022, Volunteer Opportunities and Uniform Reminders.
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- 2022/23 Current Family Re-Enrollment Begins
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- Catholic Schools Week Masses - wear your uniform and receive a special treat
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Covid Updates from the Office |
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As most of you are aware, we have been experiencing a higher than normal number of Positive COVID Cases and Close Contacts here at St. Louise since we've returned from Christmas Break.
With such a large volume of calls and emails to the office each morning, and in an effort to ensure that we are staying on top of each case as quickly and accurately as possible, please help us by following the important absence and COVID reporting procedures below.
- Please email the office (office@stlouiseschool.org) and Mrs. Reynolds (janer@stlouiseschool.org) when you know your child will be absent, along with what symptoms they have.
- If your child tests positive for COVID, or is determined to be a Close Contact, please also email the office and Mrs. Reynolds so they can help determine next steps for your child and family.
- We appreciate you checking your email and voicemail often in case we have an urgent COVID matter to let you know about.
We know this is such a stressful time for everyone, but we THANK YOU you partnering with us to keep St. Louise safe and open for in-person learning.
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Marian Festival at Mary Queen of Peace |
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Mary, Queen of Peace would like to invite the families of St. Louise Parish School to join in the celebration of Mary through our Annual Marian Festival January 21st-24th.
There will be events throughout the weekend for you to attend.
Friday, January 21st: Multilingual Living Rosary at 7pm
Saturday, January 22nd: 5pm Vigil Mass with Bishop Elizondo in honor of Mary followed by refreshments and guest talk by Joan Watson.
Sunday, January 23rd: Masses in honor of Mary at 9am and 11am.
Monday, January 24th: Guest Speaker, Joan Watson at 7pm. Topic: Is Holiness Weird? What does our call to holiness mean in real life? The saints, such as St. Francis, give us examples – but how can we imitate the radical life of the saints when we have a job, families, or other responsibilities?
Click here for more information.
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CYO Volleyball Registration Now Open!
4th - 8th Grade Girls & Boy
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Welcome to St. Louise - Get to know our New Families! |
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Welcome to the Little Family who's son Henry (3rd grade) started at St. Louise right after Thanksgiving.
(clockwise) Adam, Jennifer, Harper, Henry & Cooper
"We are originally from Spokane, WA. Lived in Portland, OR for 3 years then moved to Bellevue in January of 2021. We enjoy going on family adventures - From exploring our new home town or going somewhere out of state, finding new playgrounds or places to go hiking or paddle boarding, heading out on a scenic drive, attending events in our community (go Mariners and Seahawks!), eating at new restaurants, going to art or music shows and visiting the zoo or aquarium. Our favorite places to travel are Disneyland, Hawaii and Cannon Beach. When it is rainy out, we like to play board games, bake treats and read books together.
Henry enjoys learning about animals, building with Legos, and drawing and his activities are lacrosse and swimming. Harper likes to do crafts and draw and participates in gymnastics and swimming. They both aspire to learn how to ski and play piano this upcoming year. Adam is a Regional Executive with Merrill Lynch and Jennifer is a Human Resources consultant. Both enjoy traveling, cycling and running. We all adore our 2 year old Golden Retriever named Cooper. He goes on most of our family adventures too. We feel blessed to have found St. Louise as our parish and school!"
Watch this section each week as we continue to introduce and welcome our new families.
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Call for Donations - Can you Help? |
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Dear STL Community,
I work with Catholic Community Services (of which New Bethlehem Project is a part). Several of our 170+ programs help people experiencing homelessness. And as the COVID cases continue to sky-rocket, keeping our clients safe gets more challenging. Many of our clients are needing to quarantine and isolate. We typically have used I&Q facilities run by King County to safely house our clients while they recover and isolate. Currently, we are struggling to get our clients into these County facilities due to lack of capacity and staffing.
We are responding to this challenge by establishing rooms in some of our facilities for Covid positive CCS clients to isolate. These rooms do not have televisions. This will make it difficult for people to isolate by themselves. We want to support these people to remain in their rooms and provide them with as much as we can to make it comfortable.
We are seeking 5-10 donated TV's to put in these quarantine rooms.
· Smallish tvs (24-32 inches) only that can be transported by a single person. These rooms are not big.
· TV’s must have stands – we can’t wall-mount them.
· Smart tvs are ok, these rooms have access to wi-fi.
I'm hoping some of our school families who got new TV's over the holidays have an old TV sitting in the basement or donation pile. Please feel free to email me with any questions or if you have a TV to donate, I will arrange pick up.
Thank you so much!
Rebecca Nightingale
(STL Parent to Samantha and Ellie)
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CYO SUMMER CAMP
REGISTRATION BEGINS FEBRUARY 1ST
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Thinking about summer camp for your kiddos? Why not consider CYO Camp this year!
CYO Camps challenge those who experience camp with us to live, learn and grow in the Catholic faith.
CYO Camps inspire campers to learn respect and dignity for themselves, others and the environment… all through Catholic teachings.
Click here to see this summer's schedule and here for more general information and to register.
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Current Family Re-Enrollment for the 2022-23 School Year & Kids Club Begins 1/27
Beat the rush and save your spot for next school year! More information to follow next week on our early Re-Enrollment Incentives.
Now Hiring!
Want to come work at St. Louise? We are currently hiring for two part time positions - Development Director & Communications/Marketing Specialist. Please email Mr. Fuerte if you are interested and check out the job postings here for more details.
Has your child received their COVID vaccine?
If so, please email a copy to Mrs. Reynolds so she can keep their immunization records up to date. This is also helpful for contact tracing purposes, since fully vaccinated students are not required to quarantine due to exposure.
Now Accepting Applications for Siblings for Next Year!
We are accepting applications for new siblings for the 2022-2023 School Year. Please click here to apply. If you have questions please email Tracy Brown or Mindy Morgan at office@stlouiseschool.org or call the office at 425-746-4220.
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Need Teacher Appreciation Gifts?
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Order Charger Cards for Teacher Appreciation gifts to gift faculty and staff during Catholic Schools Week January 31-Feb 4.
Teacher wish lists are posted outside the Charger Cards window in the central hallway or here.
Visit the Charger Card Office for In Person sales on
- Thursday Afternoons from 2:45-3:15 and
- Friday Mornings from 8:15-9:00
Need more info about Charger Cards? Check out their website here. |
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Thank you to all of our amazing parent volunteers! |
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With Gratitude
Thank you to all of our AWESOME Parent volunteers! St. Louise would not be the place it is without you.
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If you know of a volunteer doing great work and want to recognize them, simply email their name and what they do to socialmedia@stlouiseschool.org.
Want to volunteer - check out available opportunities here!
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Dear Friends at St. Louise,
This weekend we kick off our parish’s participation in the Synod on Synodality that Pope Francis has initiated for the Church throughout the world. You will recall that the word synod means to “walk together.” More than anything, Pope Francis wants us all to learn what it means to “walk together” as a church – to be a “synodal” church. In 2015 he described his vision this way: “The journey of synodality is the journey that God wants from his church in the third millennium. A synodal church is a listening church, aware that listening is more than hearing. It is a reciprocal listening in which each one has something to learn.”
To continue reading Fr. Gary's message to the school and parish community, click the button below and turn to From the Pastor.
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GALLERY
Check out 3rd Grade Exploring the Properties of Minerals
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133 156th Avenue S.E., Bellevue, WA 98007
Phone: (425) 746-4220
Fax: (425) 644-3294
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