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Last week Bishop Ricken introduced the Curia Staff to the Surrender Novena as so many things seem to be on everyone’s plate.
Take time to say the first day of this novena and surrender to God. O Jesus, I surrender myself to You. We can only rise to this level of thinking through the grace of God and the help of the Holy Spirit.
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'Why do you confuse yourselves by worrying? Leave the care of your affairs to Me and everything will be peaceful. I say to you in truth that every act of time, blind, complete surrender to Me produces the effect that you desire and resolves all difficult situations.'
O Jesus, I surrender myself to You, take care of everything. (10 times)
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Next edition of the Office of Catholic Schools Newsletter:
February 4, 2022
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Look for topics in previous editions:
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Archive of Superintendent’s emails:
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Calendar Items
(See details in articles below)
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January 26: Zoom Meeting RE: Two Eagles Grant Opportunity
January 30 Deadline for Second Friday January Count to DPI
January 30-February 5 Catholic Schools Week!
Feb 4 Deadline for RISE submission (read more below)
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Presidents & Principals:
Tuesday, October 11, 2022
Tentative Date for Discipleship Seminar
More information to follow.
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Catholic Schools Week:
'Ask the Bishop' Video
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Thank you to all the schools that submitted questions for “Ask the Bishop”!
Please feel free to use this video to help promote Catholic schools in our diocese.
What did the kids ask? What's your favorite holiday? How many churches have you been in? and more!
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Second Friday in January Count |
Just a reminder to complete the second Friday in January count in OAS. There will also be a small audit of the data conducted by your auditor. Deadline for submission to DPI is January 30, 2022. Please let us know if you have any questions.
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Mental Health Educator Series:
Expressive Therapies: Why Music & Art Therapy Are Vital Tools
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Join this ongoing series (via Zoom) on mental health topics. In this session, February 10th, 9am-10am (Zoom) we'll learn why music and art therapy are crucial interventions for care providers and school/ministry leaders to use. The endless physical and mental benefits of incorporating these expressive arts will be discussed, and examples of how to incorporate these interventions will be shared.
Presenter: Josie Brown, APSW, Catholic Charities
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Ahrens Group Presentation |
On January 11, Keith Ahrens did a presentation on the many resources available to schools in the areas of English Language Arts and Math. Here are follow up materials and a video of the presentation for anyone who was not able to attend in person.
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IXL Overview: Miss the Meeting? |
On January 18 personnel from IXL did a presentation on the product that can be used as a diagnostic tool as well as a practice or extended curriculum for Math, Reading, Science and Social Studies. Some of our schools are already successfully using the online product. Feel free to watch the video presentation if you were not able to attend in person. |
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Know Someone Who Could Use a Winter Coat? |
Catholic Charities received a donation of adult winter coats from Knights of Columbus. They have a few Smalls but more Large and XL in Women and Medium, Large and XL in Men sizes. If you know of any parents who could use a winter coat please contact Kellie Dekarske.
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February 23 Principal Meeting Cancelled |
On the Diocese school calendar, there was a virtual principal meeting scheduled for February 23. Because of the importance of having our principals at the Jason Evert presentation, we will NOT be having the principal meeting and instead ask you to plan on attending Jason’s presentation.
(See article below w/link to registration).
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Tuition Grant Opportunity:
Elementary Schools, Time Sensative
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We have received notification of a grant from Two Eagles Foundation. The foundation supports non-public schools with high moral and academic merit. The questionnaire needs to be emailed to the foundation by February 18, 2022. Grants for tuition assistance are up to $50,000 per school per academic year. Apply today!
Dean will host a Zoom meeting on January 26 at 1:30 to assist anyone with the application and ideas on how to decide the request amount.
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Meeting ID 893 0423 6966
Passcode: 1234
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Jason Evert on Gender-Related Issues: February 24, 2022; 8am-Noon
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Jason will present two sessions (60 minutes each):
Theology of the Body
Called to Love
Nativity Parish, Green Bay
8am-Noon
No Fee, but Registration Required
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Catholic Textbook Project
The Textbook Project's annual history essay contest begins in January 2022! As with past years, Catholic students in grades 4-12 are invited to participate, whether they are private, parochial, or homeschool students. Each grade will be given a different historical topic to explore, and topics will be announced next month. Click here to see last year’s topics and winners. It’s a good way to get an idea of what to expect and gain a valuable head start!
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USCCB
This year, the USCCB Committee for Religious Liberty, in collaboration with the Secretariat of Catholic Education and Our Sunday Visitor Institute, is hosting a religious liberty essay contest.
The competition is open to high school juniors and seniors. The essay prompt and submission information are available here. Essays are due March 11. Winners will be announced in May.
The first-place essay will be published in Our Sunday Visitor, and the author will receive a $2,000 scholarship.
Second place will receive a $1,000 scholarship, and third place will receive a $500 scholarship.
All three winning essays will be published on the USCCB website.
Flyers that can be printed and posted to advertise the contest are attached.
We highly encourage teachers who would like to incorporate this competition into their classroom activities to choose the top five submissions from their class to send to the USCCB as entries.
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Winter assessment is a nice way to benchmark the progress your students are making. If you are planning on the MAP winter assessment, you can let your MAP administrator know, and he/she or Jane will upload your CRF. We can use your fall file. The window is open January 3 - January 28. |
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Save the Date: May 4, 2022
All School Rosary Event
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Because of the great feedback we received from the all school Rosary event in October, we will be holding another all school Rosary event on May 4, 2022 at 9:00am. More information will be coming but please mark your calendars now.
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Catholic Schools Week
January 30-February 5, 2022
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The DPI’s Choice Program Team will be hosting webinars covering various areas of the program.
The trainings are open to new schools to the program or schools already in the program.
Schools can prepare now by ordering a WCRIS Choice Handbook. This Handbook covers all the topics below as well as an appendix of important dates and resources. You can order a handbook here. The following trainings are at 3:30 pm:
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March 2
FAQ's during Open Application
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April 27
Summer School, Application Verifications, Choice Administrator Changes, School Information Update Forms, Designee/Admin Trainings
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Textbook Resources Review |
If you are planning a change in content resources, please contact Jane Schueller in order that schools can collaborate as needed or fill out the tab on the spreadsheet.
It would be helpful if all schools could fill out the Textbook spreadsheet to assist in knowing what schools are using.
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Battle of the Books for Catholic Schools |
A group of schools is interested in doing a Battle of the Books for our Diocese. A group of six schools has met and is working on compiling the list of books. The plan is to gear the books and questions to fifth-eighth graders. The “battle” for two teams from each school is tentatively scheduled for May 16.
If you are interested in more information or getting involved, please contact Jane Schueller.
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Echoes & Reflections is excited to present professional learning offerings to Catholic School educators in 2021-2022—free of cost—to help their students understand the history of antisemitism, the Holocaust, and modern manifestations of prejudice, made possible by the generous support of the Eileen Ludwig Greenland Endowment.
Over the years, middle and high school teachers from our Diocese have participated in courses. They now have a course geared to upper elementary age students.
Teachers are invited to participate in one or both learning series, which include three-module online courses, with accompanying one-hour webinars. Educators will receive a $75 stipend for completion of each course + webinar. Courses are interactive, asynchronous, and released over a three-week period; estimated 6-10 hours to complete. Certificate of completion provided and option to earn graduate-level credit through the University of the Pacific.
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Curriculum review and connections: |
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Please fill out the form in order that as schools/systems are looking at reviewing curriculum resources, they might be able to collaborate with other schools/systems. You could also use this resource to connect with other schools using different resources at which you might be looking.
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Please pass this link for MAP Resources to your teachers. There is a lot of information available to them for using the data to drive instruction and do goal setting with students.
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NCEA Newlsetter Link
Click on icon below to read the latest issue of Catholic School Matters Newsletter from NCEA and Dr. Tim Uhl.
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