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St. Brendan Weekly Bulletin
November 17, 2021
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Dear St. Brendan Families, |
Thank you to the MANY volunteers (nearly 100!) who worked so diligently to make the Craft Fair last weekend a huge success! I am amazed every year how our community is able to come together and put on such a huge event -- and it didn't rain! A special thank you to Beth Flajole and Patty Najour for chairing the event. Thank you to Summer Legg and Luz Beas for chairing the Bake Sale. I also would like to thank Lupita Machuca Silva for running the kitchen and the Martinez-Nunez family for donating the catering. It truly takes the entire “village” to make this happen.
At St. Brendan School, we believe that continual self-evaluation and improvement of the curriculum and school programs is essential to the development of an effective educational environment that promotes a lifelong love of learning. In January we will begin a year-long accreditation process through the Western Catholic Educational Association (WCEA). We will be piloting a new protocol from the WCEA which will require a great deal of time and energy from our staff. In order to ensure a successful accreditation for our school, we will be building in a few non-student days to allow staff the time to work through the accreditation protocol. We understand this is a disruption to our calendar and we are grateful for your understanding and flexibility. We have tried to minimize the impact for families by backing these dates up to scheduled school breaks.
Please note the following calendar changes:
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Monday, January 3rd: No School
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Friday, January 14th: Noon Dismissal
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Friday, March 4th: Noon Dismissal (previously 12:45 dismissal)
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Monday, April 25th: No School
Each year, St. Brendan Catholic School participates in a service project - The Diaper Bag Project - to support the Baby Corner in Seattle. This organization supports new moms in need with diaper bags and baby supplies. If you have not done so already, please consider sending in baby items to school by tomorrow. We will present our items at our Thanksgiving assembly tomorrow. Thank you for your support!
Our parent/teacher conferences are just around the corner. We will have NO school November 22nd - November 26th. Our conference days will be November 22nd and November 23rd, and November 24th-26th is our Thanksgiving break. Due to COVID recommendations, conferences will be conducted via Zoom. For our middle school students, we will have homeroom teachers facilitate each conference. Middle School teachers will be collaborating and communicating student progress with the homeroom teacher who will then share all information with parents and students during the conference. The exception is 6th and 7th grade students will meet with both their homeroom teacher and Mrs. Wenzl, so please sign up for both teachers for your 6th and 7th grader. You can find the sign up link in the bulletin below.
Blessings,
Catherine Shumate
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Parent Teacher Conferences |
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Parent/Teacher conferences will be held November 22nd-23rd via Zoom. Here is some important information regarding this year's conferences:
- There is NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS the week of Nov. 22-26
- The conferences will be 20 minutes via Zoom.
- The Zoom link will be sent from your child's homeroom teacher
- Preschool - 4th grades: only the parents attend the conferences; no students
- 5th - 8th grades: both parents and student attends the conference
- Middle school parents and students will meet with their homeroom teacher. The homeroom teacher will represent all the middle school teachers. The one exception is that 6th and 7th grades will meet with Mrs. Wenzl in addition to their homeroom teachers.
- Click the link below to sign up for conference times for each of your children. You may have to hit the "More" button until you find the page with your child's teacher. The late afternoon/early evening spots should be reserved for parents who work during school hours.
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Before the conference
- Ask your child how he/she feels about school.
- Ask your child if there is anything that he/she wants you to talk about with his/her teacher.
- Make a list of topics that you want to talk about with the teacher.
- Prepare a list of questions such as:
- Is my child performing at grade level?
- What are my child's strongest and weakest subjects?
- Does my child hand homework in on time?
- Does my child participate in class?
- Does my child seem happy at school?
- What can I do at home to help my child?
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The last two days our parish and school were blessed to have Jon Leonetti speak at our Parish Mission. His talk the first day mostly centered around faith, a relationship with God, and what that looks like. He talked about the misconception of many that God restricts us and that restriction leads to unhappiness. However, it is when we follow God’s will that we are the happiest. “True freedom is having the right to do what I ought.” He also spoke of the true meaning of love. Love is “to will the good of the other”. God is pure love and he demonstrated that with his pure gift of himself, completely for us, on the cross. Jon tells us we are called to take up our cross, and that as much as we are willing to die to ourselves, and gift our life to God, that is how we will be saved.
Day two of the mission focused on the idea that our mission statement as Catholics is to eventually become saints (and as parents to help our children become saints). Not necessarily canonized Saints, but understanding that everyone who is in Heaven is a saint, if we hope to get there someday we also need to be saints. He called for us to be “weird Catholics”. To be the ones who happily and openly practice their faith in a bold manner that attracts others to want to say, what does that person have that makes them “weird” (in a good way)? He ended the talk describing the three attributes of all Saints: One-they prayed-intimate personal prayer and relationship with God. “Faith without an intimate relationship is just a hobby!” Two-they loved the sacraments and availed themselves of them often, especially confession. Three-they all loved Our Lady, Mary.
Jon Leonetti has several books out, available at Catholic bookstores and on Amazon. If you missed the mission and would like to learn more about the topics Jon discussed, check out his books!
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Limited Wreaths for Sale - Don't Miss Out! |
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This year the Parent Club purchased a limited amount of wreaths to sell at the Craft Fair. We have some that we are offering to the school community to purchase. Please contact Patty Najour (patricianajour@hotmail.com) directly if you would like to purchase a wreath. The 24 inch wreaths are $33. Since they are limited we will be setting them aside on a first come first serve basis. They will be available for pickup at afternoon carpool, this Friday November 19th. Please note we will not be offering online sales of wreaths this year so this will be the only opportunity to purchase a St. Brendan wreath.
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Last week we celebrated veterans. We held an assembly with a guest speaker, patriotic songs, and a slideshow.
Thank you to guest speaker Dale Garrett who shared about his time in the U.S. Marines.
Thank you student council for their role in the assembly, and thank you to the veterans in attendance. Please remember to thank veterans and continue to keep our veterans in your prayers!
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Watch the Veterans Day Slideshow - St. Brendan School 2021 |
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Happy Birthday to:
11/19 Holly Johnson PreK
11/23 Cecilia Mayans 7th grade
11/23 Miss Deitch Preschool teacher
11/24 Riley Thorstenson Kindergarten
11/27 Hailey Engel 2nd grade
11/27 Hayden Johnson 5th grade
11/29 Mrs. Fogliani School Psychologist
11/30 Paisley Burdeen 4th grade
More birthdays will be announced in the next Weekly Bulletin
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Scholastic Book Fair - 1 More Day |
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This Week!
The Scholastic Book Fair is going on now through Thursday afternoon. The book fair is a fundraiser for the school supporting the library and other academic programs. There will be lots of great items for the students. Teachers will also make their own classroom wish lists if you want to purchase books for the classrooms.
The school earns 40% or more from the sale of these books, so this is a great way to support the school and library!
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Spirit Day & Student Store this Friday |
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The next Spirit Day and Student Store is this Friday, November 19th. Students can wear their St. Brendan Spirit Wear or CYO Jersey in place of their uniform. Only school Spirit Wear/CYO jerseys can replace the uniform. Uniforms cannot be replaced with non-uniform clothes such as leggings, jeans, or other non-uniform clothing.
Students can also bring cash to purchase items from the store including pens, pencils, notepads, toys, and popcorn. Items range from $0.50 to $3.50 each. Please send the child's spending money in a Ziploc bag with the child's name on it.
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Cold Weather - Dress Appropriately |
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The weather is getting colder and we have students going outside for recess rain or shine. Please send your child with a waterproof jacket with a hood every day (please remember to label coats with student's name). Additionally, students may want to consider wearing long pants instead of shorts, and tights under their skirts/jumpers for girls. This is not a requirement, but we had some cold students this week and we want them to be comfortable.
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School Photos & Retakes - Nov. 30th |
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School portraits have arrived. If you ordered school portraits, your orders have been sent home. If you would still like to order portraits, you can do so on the Yuen Lui website. You will need your child's Powerschool ID number, which was sent home in the Wednesday envelope last week. If you need this ID number, please e-mail the main office and we can provide that: christenl@school.saintbrendan.org. Here is the link to order photos: https://yuenluischools.com/st-brendan?rq=st.%20brendan
Photo retake day will be November 30th.
Please contact the school office to request a retake. If you have purchased portraits, please return them to the school office and they will be replaced with the same photo package following retakes. A note about the reason for the retake will also help the photographers on retake day.
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LAST CALL: Annual Diaper Bag Project
Hosted by the St. Brendan Student Council
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St. Brendan School is proud to once again participate in the annual Diaper Bag Project in partnership with the Baby Corner of St. Joseph Church, Seattle. This wonderful organization has furnished thousands of bags for new moms and, as a school, we have supported this effort for many years. They depend on our donations to make up the majority of their diaper bags. Students may bring their unwrapped items to school by tomorrow, November 18th.
This is a list of our greatest needs:
- disposable newborn or size #1 diapers
- disposable baby wipe
- diaper rash ointment
- 0 - 3 month: pajamas, onesies, socks/bootees, pacifiers
- receiving blankets
- plastic baby bottles
Thank you for supporting mothers and babies in our community!
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LAST CALL: 8th Grade Class Poinsettia Sale |
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The 8th grade class is proud to continue the tradition of the graduating class organizing a poinsettia fundraiser to benefit the Fr. Mike Schmitt Tuition Assistance Fund.
Beautifully wrapped poinsettias (red, pink or white) in 6" large diameter pots are being offered for $17. Orders are due to the school office ( please see flyer) by Tuesday November, 23rd, and the plants will be available for pickup on Wednesday, Dec 15th. The poinsettias make a lovely gift for the entire Advent and Christmas season.
Please consider donating one or more plants to St. Brendan Parish. Orders for your small business can be accommodated with delivery, for more information or any questions, please contact 8th grade parent, Mari Davenport:
Thank you for supporting the efforts of our 8th grade class and our tuition assistance program!
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Blessing Bags Sent Home This Week |
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Thank you to all who donated to the Blessing Bags project. The Student Store Club was able to make a blessing bag for each student to take home this week. The bags are filled with water, snacks and hygiene products that can be kept in a car and handed out to the homeless or those in need. What a wonderful way to care for and serve others!
Thank you to Theresa Loughlin for leading this project. Thank you to Molly Burdeen for assisting in the bag assembly along with the following students:
Paisley B.
Easton B.
Miles B.
Alivia H.
Ali L.
Kayla L.
Ryan L.
Gabby R.
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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 MENU UPDATE:
November lunch menu is attached. Please note that there will be NO HOT LUNCH service on Friday, November 19th. It is a full school day so lunches will have to be brought from home on this day. This includes no milk/juice/ala cart orders. We apologize for an inconvenience this may cause.
Lunch this Week:
Thursday 11/18: Uncle Peteza's Pizza
Friday: 11/19: NO HOT LUNCH SERVICE - please bring a lunch from home
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Who do I contact for questions?
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Annual 6th Grade Drive for St. Vincent de Paul |
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The annual St. Vincent de Paul Food Collection is upon us. The collection will take place from November 29th through December 10th. We hope each family will donate $8 or more to make this a huge success for families in need this year; our school goal is $1,000. Please remember that we can only accept financial donations for this collection; no food, please. The hope is to collect money for 15 deserving families in need.
We hope that you can be generous in donating money to this important collection this year. Please contact 6th grade homeroom teacher, Mr. Langston, with any questions (timl@school.saintbrendan.org). Thank you for your generosity and support!
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Giving Tree in the Church Narthex |
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St. Brendan Parish puts on a large giving tree program every year. It supports multiple organizations in the community. Many organizations rely on our support to sustain them through the entire year. Please take a tag and help someone in need. |
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Craft Fair Volunteers
Thank you to the dozens of Craft Fair volunteers - parents, grandparents, students, and alumni!
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Chloe Ahn
Torin Ahn
Elise Almeda
Ernesto Almeda
Ezra Almeda
Luca Ames
Suzanne Ames
Matthew Anderson
Mariana Atef
Andrea Bartleson
Nita Ben
Tara Bergan
Sarah Elizabeth Binish
Rebecca Bonser
Molly Burdeen
Hayden Burgess
Krystina Coker
William D'Ambrosia
Ian Davidson
Luci Davidson
Denise Dhivyanathan
Jessica Diniz
Joshua Diniz
Erin Dolenc
Stephen Dolenc
Gerona Douangphouxai
Gianne Douangphouxai
Myrna Duarte
Chloe Eid
Katrina Engel
Laura Esping
Kris Evans
Michelle Evans
Rob Flajole
Dominique France
Noah France
Kim Frye
Adam and Lindy Gardner
Jamie Greif
Amber Heller
Lilifer Hogg
Sandra Hook
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Brandon Huettl
Hailey Huettl
Ivan Juarez
Andrew Johnson
Story Kempton-Fix
Nicholas Love
Karen Margarint
Melodie Martinez Feris
Andrea Mascarenhas
Danielle Mascarenhas
Binish Mathew
John McGuigan
Stephanie McGuigan
Angelina McGuire
Andrea Miura
Joe Miura
Oscar Molina
Andy Myers
Jannine Myers
Trieu Nguyen
Pamela Ocko Martins Toledo
Mary Ann Pefanco
Suresh Prenus
Alan Proctor
Erin Proctor
Sara Robson
Charlyn Rojas
Wade Rosin
Dan Schack
Daniel Scott
Anna Shipley
Sydney Siegmeth
Sally Skinner
Amandeep Sohal
Ana Thorstenson
Krista Torrey
Ryan Tran
Kristen Van Hollebeke
Nicole Welle
Erin Weltzin
Ron Weltzin
Jamie Yarbrough
Jay Yarbrough
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AmazonSmile for the Holidays |
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Financial Aid - Fulcrum Foundation |
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Financial aid applications are now being accepted through FACTS Management for the 2022-2023 school year.
Fulcrum Foundation Tuition Assistance Grants
- Available to parish and non-parish families
- Open for entering K-8th grade families
- Income/needs based grants
St. Brendan School Financial Aid Awards/ Fr. Mike Schmitt Grants
- Available to parish and partner-parish families
- Open to entering preschool -8th grade families
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To be considered for St. Brendan School aid, families must also apply for the Fulcrum Foundation grant through FACTS.
- Income/needs based grants
Documents Required
- W-2s from 2020
- Documentation for child support, DSHS, rental receipts, other miscellaneous income
- Any other pertinent documents
Deadline
- Application deadline is January 7, 2022
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All documents must be submitted online by the deadline. If you need assistance scanning and uploading, please contact Christen Lambert in the school office.
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Annual Parish Stewardship
It's time for Parish Families to pledge their gift to St. Brendan Parish for 2022. This pledge allows the parish to budget and plan for parish life, faith formation and youth ministries, outreach, care of our facilities, and support of our school. The pledge cards can be found in the pews at mass or in the parish or school offices.
Please remember that in order to qualify for the St. Brendan In-Parish tuition rate for 2022-2023, you need to meet the following criteria:
- Regularly attend Saturday evening or Sunday Mass at St. Brendan
- Have a Stewardship pledge on file with St. Brendan Parish and regularly contribute to the financial support of St. Brendan Parish.
- Regularly attend Parish and School events.
If you are registered at a partner parish, please make sure to fill out the Stewardship Card at that parish this month. This is a requirement to qualify for the in-parish tuition rate.
Thank you for supporting St. Brendan Parish & School!
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Welcome Back to Sunday Mass
Dispensation to be lifted December 8
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Scholastic Book Fair
Tuesday, November 16 - Thursday, November 18
After school
Thanksgiving/Diaper Bag Assembly
November 18th
Spirit Day & Student Store
November 19th
No Hot Lunch this Friday - bring a lunch from home
November 19th
Parent/Teacher Conferences - NO SCHOOL
November 22nd - 23rd
Thanksgiving Break - NO SCHOOL
November 24th-26th
School Photo Retake Day
Tuesday, November 30th
St. Brendan Giving Tree (grab a tag from the Giving Tree)
November 11 - December 10th
Consider buying a Scrip Gift Card from St. Brendan for the Giving Tree!
Winter Coat, Blankets, Socks, and Underwear Drive
November 11 - December 10th
6th Grade St. Vincent de Paul Drive (monetary donations)
November 29th - December 10th
First Thursday - Free Dress
Thursday, December 2nd
After School Clubs
Chess Club - Mondays
Art Club - Wednesdays
Lego Challenge Team - Thursdays
Lego Club - Fridays
Speech Club - Fridays
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