WEEKLY BULLETIN - January 13, 2022
From the Desk of Mike Fuerte
Dear Families,

Monday, January 17th, we are closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday. Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the most important African American leaders in U.S. History and one of the most iconic figures of the civil rights movement in the United States during the 1950’s and 1960’s.

During his speech to Congress on September 24th, 2015 Pope Francis paid tribute to the contributions of great Americans including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. You can read his address to Congress that explains how Pope Francis recognizes four great Americans including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. During the next few days, your child will be learning about Martin Luther King Jr. in their classrooms and his contributions.

Keep reading for a few important updates and reminders...
Upcoming Events
January
14
Friday
  • 7:30 am - All Families are Welcome to Attend Mass
January
17
Monday
  • No School - Martin Luther King Holiday
  • Kids Club Closed
January
20
Thursday
  • Bake Sale
Library Class Update

Each month in Mrs. Green's Library Class the students study different genres.

Last week our 4th and 5th graders completed a genre sorting and matching activity with their table groups.

Students are learning about poetry and biographies during the month of January. Students enjoyed picking out and taking home a poetry scroll with winter-themed poems by Robert Frost and Shel Silverstein.
Marian Festival at Mary Queen of Peace
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.
CYO Volleyball Registration Now Open!
4th - 8th Grade Girls & Boy
Welcome to St. Louise - Get to know our New Families!

Welcome to the Campbell Family who's son Chase (7th grade) started at St. Louise right after Thanksgiving.

Todd, Rebecca, Lawson-15 and Chase -13

"Our family is a silly bunch, together we enjoy playing football and watching our favorite teams (Go Dawgs! Go Hawks!). Our oldest son is a Freshman at Interlake HS and an avid musician. Chase is an athlete all around and loves to win, even in the gaming world.

As a family, we love entertaining friends at our home and goofing around with nerf and footballs flying through the house…on the flip side, our favorite times are Friday night movie night with popcorn and treats. We have two little poodle puppies as well and they fit right into and are sometimes the cause of our chaos. We look forward to being a part of the community at St. Louise and bringing our family fun to the mix".



Watch this section each week as we continue to introduce and welcome our new families.
Call for Donations - Can you Help?
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)
Attendance Reminders from the Office...
  • Call or email the office AND your child's teacher as soon as you know they will be out - we both need to know.
  • Please let us know why your child will be absent - especially important are any COVID symptoms they may have or if they are COVID Close Contacts.
  • Need to schedule your kids a dentist/ eye/immunization appointment during school hours? Let us know ahead of time so we can help have them ready to go.
  • Bad weather/traffic/hair day? Just give us a call to let us know you'll be late!
More School News

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.


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.


VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

We are in need of some help getting ready for Catholic Schools Week and Open House Season! Do you have a little free time to stuff goodie bags, run a few errands, put out Open House signs? Many of these tasks can be done from home too! Please email Mindy or Tracy in the office if you'd like to help out with some of these tasks.


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.
PARENTS' CLUB
CHARGER CARDS


Charger Cards Back to Regular Sale Schedule
Visit the Charger Card Office for In Person sales on Friday Mornings from 8:15-9:00

Need more info about Charger Cards? Check out their website here.
VOLUNTEER CORNER
Thank you to all of our amazing parent volunteers!
With Gratitude

Thank you to all of our AWESOME Parent volunteers! St. Louise would not be the place it is without you.
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!
The Pastor's Message
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.
GALLERY
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