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St. Brendan Weekly Bulletin
Sept. 1, 2021
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Dear St. Brendan Families, |
It was wonderful to welcome all of our students back to school today! We had a great start to the school year rooted in our faith and community with Mass. Following Mass students spent time in the classroom learning routines, reconnecting with classmates, and meeting new friends. It was such a joy to start the school year in person!
As mentioned in previous communications, we are committed to following the Department of Health’s requirements and guidelines. We appreciate your partnership in keeping our community safe. As a reminder, please continue to self-screen at home. Having students, staff, and volunteers stay home when sick is a crucial layer of mitigation. Students did a great job with masks today as well! As a reminder it is helpful to pack an extra mask in backpacks in case students want a fresh mask during the day. You may notice we have a very small percentage of our student population who are not wearing masks. These students have a medical condition and have gone through the process of obtaining proper medical documentation. Thank you for your continued support and cooperation in keeping our community safe and healthy.
This is the first St. Brendan Weekly Bulletin. It is important that you read these bulletins every Wednesday, along with teacher emails and the contents of the Wednesday envelope that will come home with your youngest child (starting next week!). These are our main forms of communication and will often contain important information and dates.
We look forward to a great year as we partner with you in your child’s education.
Blessings,
Catherine Shumate
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COMMUNICATION CHANNELS
EMAIL: Currently, we e-mail our families on Wednesdays about upcoming events, reminders and other important information. This communication is called the "St. Brendan Weekly Bulletin" and includes information on events, links to sign-ups and volunteer opportunities. Your teacher will also send you a weekly e-mail communication.
CALENDAR
The school online calendar (on our website) will keep you up to date about all the exciting events you and your student will want to be involved in. We also include upcoming dates in this weekly bulletin.
CALENDAR/DIRECTORY
Each family will receive a hard copy calendar of events with a whole-school directory in the back. These will be distributed in October.
POWERSCHOOL for GRADES 4-8
This is our online grading system for grades, attendance tracker, and family information database, which can be accessed by 4th - 8th grade parents on a daily basis. Parents will receive passwords and access information, and teachers will go over this on Curriculum Night.
ALERT NOW
In the rare instance of a snow day, emergency or other unexpected event, you will hear from us via text, voice-mail , and/or e-mail through ALERT NOW. This system allows us to reach you as quickly as possible with the information you need to know. We will run a test of our emergency information today at 5:30 PM. Please contact the main office if you do not receive this test.
SOCIAL MEDIA
We use social media as a way to announce and celebrate our successes and to send out extra reminders about events and deadlines. Right now, you can like us on Facebook and join the private Parent Page on Facebook. There are a lot of fun back to school photos posted today. Thank you for sharing!
VISITING SCHOOL
As we begin our school year, please remember while visiting to enter only through the main school doors. Please ring the bell and wait for the office staff to buzz you in. Please sign in the main office and wear a visitor badge while in the building. Beginning in October, visitors will have to show proof of vaccination status to be in the building.
If your child will be absent or tardy for any reason, please contact the school and provide the name of your child, the date, and the reason he/she is absent or tardy. You can contact the school in one of two ways:
- Send an e-mail to secretary@school.saintbrendan.org and your child's teacher
- Call the main office and leave a message 425-483-8300. It is a good idea to save this number in your phone's contact list.
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Extended Care begins September 7th. There is no extended care the first week of school.
For families planning on using St. Brendan's Before of After School Extended Care, please click on the link below for information on the program and how to register.
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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.
Tomorrow is Pizza Day!
All students are automatically enrolled in the school lunch program. All you have to do is decide how much money you would like to put in your student’s lunch account.
Payment Options
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Credit: If you wish to add money to your student account by credit card you will need to create an online account here: School Payment Portal.If you are a returning family you can use your account from last year. You can also use this portal to login and view your student’s lunch ordering history. Please note when you are asked to enter your school zip code it is 98011.
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Cash/Check: Send in cash or check in a clearly marked envelope attention lunch with your students name. If you have more then one student please make sure to indicate how much in each students account. Please note the lunch program will not offer change.
Please note in an effort to reduce cost and administrative time spent on the lunch program please try to make deposits in increments of $20.00 and above. We do not accept coins at all and they will be returned to you.
Other Helpful Information
- Students will order lunch everyday first thing when they come to school. The school will bill your student's lunch account.
- Preschool and PreK students will eat in their classroom, K-8 will eat at assigned tables with their class in the gym.
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5-8 grades may use the mircrowave, but students must bring a mircowave-safe plate and not exceed 90 seconds.
- Parents will be able to volunteer for lunch room duty if they wish (we love volunteers!).
- Parents will also be able to purchase lunch if they like. Please note the lunch program will not issue change.
- Students bringing lunch from home should also bring their own utensils.
Who do I contact for questions?
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Student Patrol (Grades 5-8) |
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We are accepting applications for students in grades 5-8 to participate in Patrol. Patrol students hang the flag, put out traffic cones, and help students to and from cars each day. We have openings before and after school. If you child is interested in joining patrol, please e-mail Suzanne Ames: SuzanneA@school.saintbrendan.org.
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Soccer & Cross Country - CYO Sports |
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Fall Sports at St. Brendan
Catholic Youth Organization
CYO manages all sports activities in the Archdiocese of Seattle. Mr. Anthony Fletcher serves as St. Brendan’s Athletic Director.
Cross Country may practice once a week on the field - stay tuned for more information.
Financial aid is available for all sports. For more information and to register, visit our CYO page. These programs are a great value that allow children exposure to various life lessons, friendly competition, and a chance to play and learn in a nurturing community.
Adult Co-Ed Volleyball
St. Brendan has the opportunity to form an adult co-ed volleyball team. The team would play one game a week, Monday or Wednesday with a tournament on October 30th. All players must be 21+ and parishioners at a Catholic Parish. Visit the CYO page for more information: https://www.teamsideline.com/sites/seattlecyo/home
Hiring Referees
Middle/high schoolers schoolers and/or parents that might want to have a part-time job this fall. CYO Will be hiring their own certified referees to cover our 4th, 5th and 6th grade modified soccer games. They would get certified from the https://www.wareferees.org/MemberRegister.aspx website and then contacted the Assistant Athletic Director for Seattle Archdiocese Kara (kara.stranski@seattlearch.org) Referees will pay $26.50 per hour.
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Recess/Lunch Volunteers
Come earn volunteer hours and help the playground attendants keep our students safe. If you can volunteer between 11:20 - 1:10 (even if it is once a month) we can use your help! Please contact Eileen Warner at lunch@school.saintbrendan.org for more information. Volunteers must be up to date with Safe Environment requirements and will need to verify COVID-19 vaccination status.
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Ways to Support St. Brendan School |
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Teacher Wish Lists
If you are looking for additional ways to support our St. Brendan teaching staff, here are some of their wish lists for the classrooms. Be sure to use AmazonSmile for all your Amazon purchases: smile.amazon.com/ch/91-0805463. If your teachers are missing from this list, you can ask them if they have any classroom wishes. Thank you for your consideration!
2nd Grade, Mrs. Weatherbie
· 2 Q-Bitz SOLO (Mindware)
· Pattern Play 3-D (Mindware)
· Gift certificates for: teacher Pay teacher, Amazon
- Teachers Pay Teachers and gift cards
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Have you had your donation to St. Brendan School Matched?
Matching Gifts
Many corporations will match philanthropic donations made by their employees. This is a great way to maximize your gift. You could possibly double your gift with a corporate match . Simply send us the appropriate paperwork from your employer’s human resources or personnel department, and your gift to St. Brendan School will be matched according to your company's guidelines. Many companies use an online portal to match your giving, so please check with your employer on how to get started.
Match Volunteer Hours
Some companies will match your volunteer hours with a donation to the school. For instance, Microsoft matches $25 per hour for each hour that you volunteer with St. Brendan School!
Other companies like Boeing, Expedia, Google and Starbucks will also match volunteer hours. Matching volunteer hours is no cost to you and the school greatly benefits! Please check with your employer to see if they participate in matching volunteer hours.
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Amazon Smile
Support St. Brendan School by making purchases through the AmazonSmile Program. Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to St. Brendan Catholic School.
*Qualifying purchases automatically get tracked and rebated, just remember to sign-in on smile.amazon.com Here is our unique link: smile.amazon.com/ch/91-0805463 Bookmark the link and use it to place all your Amazon orders. It doesn’t cost you anything, and it benefits our school!
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Fred Meyer Rewards
You can connect your Fred Meyer Loyalty card to their Community Rewards program and add St. Brendan School as your preferred organization. St. Brendan School organization number is LS447 or search by St. Brendan Catholic School. https://www.fredmeyer.com/topic/community-rewards-4
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Safe Environment Training |
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PROTECTING GOD’S CHILDREN CLASS
St. Brendan Parish invites you to attend Protecting God’s Children which teaches employees, volunteers, and parents how to help prevent child sexual abuse. All employee and those volunteers who have unsupervised, ongoing access to minors or vulnerable adults are required to attend . You’ll learn very specific actions you can take to protect our children, the children of our parish and the children in the community. We value your presence, and we know that you will conclude your time was well spent. Join us in the fight to end child abuse.
Both in-person and on-line classes have been scheduled. Please follow this link for some upcoming trainings:
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School Mass (Grades 1-8)
Friday, September 3rd
Full-uniform for 1 - 8th grade (must have a logoed top)
Pre-K & Kindergarten will attend Mass on Wednesday mornings for the time being.
Thursday and Friday, September 2nd - 3rd
11:30 AM Dismissal for both half-day and full-day preschool/pre-k students. 3:00 PM dismissal for K-8.
Monday, September 6th - NO SCHOOL, Labor Day
Middle School Orientation (Virtual)
Thursday, September 9th, 6:00 PM
Sunday, September 12th, Parish & School Picnic
All are welcome! Enjoy food, games, and community! Hang out with old friends and make new friends.
Sunday, September 12th following an 11:00 AM Mass (Please note that 11:00 AM will be the only Mass offered. There will not be Mass at 8:00 AM or 10:00 AM).
Curriculum Night Grades 1-5
Thursday, Sept. 30
6:30 PM
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