On Monday, we celebrated the 2nd grade class receiving first holy communion this past weekend by receiving their 2nd holy communion as a class. May Christ’s body and blood strengthen and guide these students on their journeys through life.

Dear St. Brendan Families,

Our hearts are with all of the families affected by the tragedy at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, TX. In light of these recent tragic events, I wanted to share this message from our Superintendent of Catholic Schools:

"Our hearts are with all of the families affected by the tragedy at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, TX. Our response to the shooting at the Texas elementary school can run the gamut of fear to anger. The one thing we can do is to pray for all impacted by this most recent horrific tragedy. We pray for the lives lost, for the families who, in a matter of moments, mark time differently. For each of us, we can turn our sadness into notes of encouragement to our children’s teachers. The same teachers who have been through the challenge of the pandemic, are now faced with both their own personal emotions and at the same time managing the response from the students. While we guard our children from disturbing information, our media is not selective about who or how this information is shared. Our students have differing levels of knowledge about the shooting. Every day, our teachers listen to the children and promise that they will do all they can to keep our children safe. May we all lean on our faith to guide us through this most recent tragedy. We keep our school communities and our world in our prayers."

Kristin Kreilkamp Dixon

Superintendent of Catholic Schools

Please join me in praying for the Uvalde community. As a community of faith we will lift all those affected by this tragedy in prayer during this time. Please refer to the e-mail I sent last night for resources and St. Brendan safety protocols. Don't hesitate to reach out to me if you have any questions or concerns.  

The end of the school year is full of many special traditions and events. We are excited to celebrate these traditions with you and our students. I encourage you to read the bulletin for more information of things to come. 

Blessings,

Catherine Shumate

The 8^th grade class is looking forward to hosting our annual school carnival. A big thank you to our 8^th grade class and parents for putting in so much time and effort to make our school carnival this year. Please see the bulletin below for important details for our Carnival this Friday.

On  Friday, May 27th, the 8^th  grade class and their parents will hold the annual school CARNIVAL!

Parents & siblings are welcome and encouraged to join us!

This is a free dress day for all students!

We will have food and drink items available for purchase in the gym. Students may use game tickets as well as cash to purchase food.  There will be NO school lunch service the day of the Carnival.  Students may bring their own lunch if they wish.

Games will be 1 – 4 tickets to play. The average student purchases $20 - $25 worth of tickets for games and food. There will be games for ALL ages! The Carnival takes place in the gym, outside and on the field. The Garage Sale Table will be in the Gym with many items for sale! 

The money raised at the Carnival funds ALL the 8 ^th  Grade Graduation activities and adds to the Father Mike Schmitt Scholarship Fund. In years past, the class gift to the Scholarship Fund has been as generous as $2000.

We will be using our weekly bulletin to communicate positive Covid-19 cases in our community.

Dashboard Update for the week of May 18 - May 25

Positive Covid-19 Cases: 6

As you may be aware, cases have been rising across the county. We are in close contact with the health department and Office for Catholic Schools. We want to remind you that layering additional mitigation strategies can help curb the spread:

• wearing a mask 
• screening for symptoms 
• COVID rapid and PCR testing

While mask wearing is not a requirement, it is a way that can help curb the spread of COVID.  We, do however, REQUIRE symptom screening before sending your student to school. If your student has symptoms, do not send your student to school until they have been cleared to attend by ruling out COVID via a test. If your student has tested negative, we ask that you test again 1-2 days later to confirm the negative result. 

If Your Child Develops Symptoms, What Should You Do?

• Regardless of vaccination status, keep your child home.
• Students should have a COVID-19 test (rapid home test and/or PCR test) performed as soon as possible after symptoms present. The school can offer free testing to your child or provide you with at-home testing. Please call or e-mail Mrs. Murnane: secretary@school.saintbrendan.org to arrange for testing.
• Siblings of students that develop symptoms, or test positive, are encouraged to wear a high-quality, well-fitting mask (KN95) to school to prevent any potential spread in others grades/classrooms until COVID test results are available.

St. Brendan School remains committed to ensuring a safe and healthy learning environment for our students, faculty, and staff. Please contact the main office if you have any questions or concerns.

The Student Council is holding a St. Vincent de Paul Food Drive. They are asking families to donate  non-perishable food items between now and May 31st. We are hoping for at least 2 items per student. Donations to St. Vincent de Paul drop after the holiday season, so they are in great need of food donations to replenish the shelves.



Donation Ideas:

• Peanut butter
• Canned soup
• Canned fruit
• Canned vegetables
• Canned stew
• Canned fish
• Canned beans
• Pasta
• Rice
• Cereal
• Oatmeal

Donations can be dropped off in your child's classroom and in the school office.

Thank you for your consideration!

May Birthdays

Week of 5/26- June 1

5/26    Lucas Orbigo    3^rd Grade

5/28    Te’a Simonson    8^th Grade

5/29    Gussie Wanamaker    3^rd Grade

6/1    Lucas Moore    Preschool

6/1   Mrs. Lambert    Office Manager

6/1    Miss Shelley    IA/Extended Care

June Summer Birthdays

6/18    Miranda Frigillana    8^th Grade

6/18    Carina Pioli    1^st Grade

6/18    Miss Bell    3^rd Grade

6/20    Jerome Mavely    1^st Grade

6/20    Kristopher Nguyen    3^rd Grade

6/22    Molly Manke    4^th Grade

6/22    Dexter Rominger    8^th Grade

6/25    Connor Welle    1^st Grade

6/25    Benjamin Xavier    7^th Grade

6/26    Esteban Munoz    1^st Grade

6/27    Jumana Atef    7^th Grade

6/27    Nixon Mandac    Preschool

6/29    Mia McNulty    3^rd Grade

6/30    Andrew Martinez-Nunez    PreK

6/30    Harper Morris    PreK 

    More birthdays will be announced in the next Weekly Bulletin

ACTION REQUIRED FOR ENTERING K-8TH GRADES

Each rising K-8 family is required to complete the annual Parent Volunteer Agreement. This is a lengthy, but important, questionnaire to gauge volunteer interests for next school year. We thank you in advance for your time completing this agreement.

Outstanding Balances & Fees

Please check the status of your school accounts. Report cards, diplomas, and transcripts will be held at the end of the school year if a student has any outstanding library book(s); library fees, damaged book fee, outstanding tuition and fees, extended care fees, lunch balance, or the parents are not in compliance with the church/school/PTO obligations as contained in the Registration Contract. Please check your accounts to make sure all balances have been paid prior to June 10, 2022.

FACTS: https://factsmgt.com/

Lunch: https://schoolpaymentportal.com/Default.aspx

The lunch menu is located on the school website and will be updated monthly. You can reference it here: Lunch menu.

We are nearing the end of the school year. All lunch accounts must have a positive or zero balance at the end of the school year. Money left over in your student's account will roll over to next school year. Status letters will be coming out soon, but you can also check your balance online and plan for the rest of the school year.

Thursday, June 9th will be our annual Field Day and Variety Show!

Field Day is a fun tradition at St. Brendan School. Students will participate in a lot of games and activities hosted by our PE teacher, Mr. Frauenholtz and our current 7th grade (rising 8th grade) class. This is a non-uniform dress day, but students should dress in their class colors. Teachers will share class colors in their newsletters.

The annual Variety Show will take place on Thursday, June 9th from 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm in the school gym. The Variety Show has been a long-standing tradition at our school. It is a very enjoyable and entertaining afternoon for all students, staff, siblings, and parents. The show allows our students an opportunity to share their talents such as acting, skits, singing, dancing, gymnastics, comedy or playing a musical instrument (just to name a few).

Get ready and start practicing! It will be here before you know it. Sign up information is in the Wednesday envelope. Please limit acts to about 3-4 minutes.

Even though summer break doesn’t begin for a couple of weeks, we are already enthusiastically preparing for next year’s middle school electives! This year’s elective offerings were our best yet, and they included courses like journalism, robotics, cross country, Star Wars philosophy, fine art, drama, horticulture, and more! 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. In particular, I would love to see a photography and strategy game elective next year as I think our students would truly love these!

Teaching an elective is a great way for our middle school students to reach out to our school community, so please help if you can. Our electives next year will be on Fridays from 2:00-2:55; if we don’t have school on a Friday, or if there is an early release, there will not be an elective that day. Elective teachers will also receive volunteer hours for their service to the school! In order for us to continue our amazing and unique electives program in future years, we need awesome parents like you to help; our middle school teachers and students truly appreciate your assistance.  Please reach out to me (TimL@school.saintbrendan.org) if you would be willing to offer a course.

Thank you so much for your time!

Mr. Langston

Please look through the lost and found. Anything left at the end of the year will be donated. Any uniform pieces without names will go to the uniform exchange. 

Now is a good time to start looking through your uniforms and bringing in items your students have outgrown. Students moving from 5th grade to middle school will change from plaid and navy bottoms to khaki. Please bring in uniforms that are in good condition so we can replenish the uniform exchange for next school year. Thank you!

CYO Fall Soccer Registration Opens Today

Early Registration 05/18/22 through 06/30/22 

$95.00

Standard Registrations 07/01/22 through 08/13/22 

$110.00

Late Registration 08/14/22 through 09/23/22

$125.00

PreK- Kindergarten will be in house and have practice/games once a week 

1st grade (Coed Micro Soccer ) 2nd- 3rd (Mini Soccer), 4th-6th (modified soccer), 7th-8th (regular) 

All coaches and players must registered through Team sideline: https://www.teamsideline.com/seattlecyo

One parent from each house with registered athlete(s) must take “Play Like a Champion Today” Parent Training Course.

Adult Softball

Regular Registration 05/05/22 until 06/17/22 $95.00

Season Starts June 7th and teams will play once per week (either Tuesday of Thursday)

This a Coed adult only (21+) so we encourage both men and women to registered

Season runs until tournament weekend Saturday August 13th.

Register on Team Sideline Site https://www.teamsideline.com/sites/seattlecyo/home

Congratulations to our Second graders who did their First Holy Communion this past weekend. They were very elegant and gracious with their outfits and behaved with reverence and piety. It was wonderful to see them with their families.

We lift our prayers to our Lord in thanksgiving for receiving this Sacrament of love and in petition for their perseverance and faithfulness throughout their beautiful lives. We ask our Mother Mary for her intercession and our Lord Jesus for his protection over them and their families.

Vacation Bible School

Mark your calendars for Vacation Bible School! Grades first through fifth will be involved in a Marvelous Mystery this summer, from July 11 through July 15.

Anyone wishing to register their child or get volunteer hours should contact Priscilla Finch at childfamilyministry@saintbrendan.org.

Annual Catholic Appeal

Your gift to the Annual Catholic Appeal supports the mission to help others encounter Jesus. From hospital and prison ministries to Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) camps and young adult programs, your gift to the Annual Catholic Appeal allows us to do together what one parish can’t do alone. Together, we can be Christ to Others! 

Thank you for joining us in supporting this year’s 2022 Annual Catholic Appeal.

To contribute to the ACA, please consider giving online at www.archseattle.org/GiveACA.

Please see the attached annual AHERA compliance letter from the Archdiocese.

Student Council St. Vincent de Paul Food Drive

Now - May 31

Spring Map Testing

May 16 - June 3

8th Grade All-School Carnival

Friday, May 27th

Non-Uniform Dress

Memorial Day - No School

Monday, May 30th

First Thursday Free Dress

Thursday, June 2nd

End-of-Trimester - 12:45 PM Dismissal

Friday, June 3rd

12:45 dismissal; Extended care is available

8th Grade Farewell Assembly

June 6; 10:00 AM

11:00 AM dismissal for 8th grade students

8th Grade Dinner Dance

June 6th; 6:00 PM

8th Grade Graduation & Reception

June 8th; 7:00 PM

Field Day & Variety Show

Thursday, June 9th

Early Bird Deadline for Golf Tournament

Friday, June 10th

Last Day of School

Early Dismissal - 10:00 AM

NO PM Extended Care

Friday, June 10th; 10 AM Dismissal