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Important Dates Feb. 10 Ash Wednesday Feb. 11 Prek - 5th grade Valentine Parties Feb. 12-16 NO SCHOOL - BREAK Feb. 17 School Resumes Feb. 18 Spirit Day School Commission - 7:00 PM Feb. 19 All School Mass - 5th Grade Feb. 20 Mass Uniform Weekend Feb. 23 5th grade nursing home visit Science Club III Feb. 29 Full team accreditation visit begins Mar. 1 School Tours 9:30 - 10:30 AM Accreditation team Mar. 2 Accreditation team Mar. 4 Non-uniform Early dismissal 12:45 PM Mar. 10 PTO meeting 7:00 PM Mar. 15 1st grade Nursing home visit Mar. 17 Spirit Day + Store School Commission 7:00 PM Mar. 18 NO SCHOOL - Teacher Inservice Mar. 19 Mass Uniform Weekend Mar. 24 School Mass 8:45 AM Mar. 25 Good Friday Stations Report Cards Early Dismissal 12:45 PM Easter Break 3/27 - 4/1/16
Principal News Dear Parents, Registration is now underway for new and returning families. Thank you to those who have completed your online registra-tions through Survey Monkey. Those links will remain active until February 17th. A special shout out to Mari Davenport and all those who helped with the teacher luncheon on February 3rd. We all appreciated the opportunity to eat together as a staff. Ash Wednesday and the season of Lent is upon us. I was looking for an appropriate meditation for today and found it in the Daily Reflections for Lent: Not by Bread Alone 2016. Do we look at Ash Wednesday as a day to focus on our short-comings, or as a day that offers us the promise of second chances? I found that to be a very interesting thought. Dur-ing this Lenten season, are we willing to return to God with our whole heart? It reminded me of Fr. Jim’s homily today, about what we give up, and are we actually giving up some-thing meaningful. February marks our mid-winter break. This year, school will be closed on Friday, February 12th, and classes will resume on Wednesday, February 17th. Please enjoy the time off. Have a wonderful week everyone. God bless, Mr. Bradish
February 10, 2016 Principal – Mr. Brian Bradish
10049 NE 195th Street www.saintbrendan.org Phone: 425.483.8300
Bothell, WA 98011 Fax: 428.483.2839 Before & After School Student Care: 425.205.2663 Pre-kindergarten: 425.486.8811
Extended School: Before & After School Child Care Child care begins at 7:00 AM to 8:00 for before school care and from
3:00 to 6:00 PM for after school.
Please contact Miss Deitch for more information at: [email protected]
2016-2017 Registration Links
St Brendan Tuition Contract for 2016-2017 https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/StBrendanTuition2016-2017 St Brendan PTO Fundraising Contract for 2016-2017 https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/StBrendanPTOFundraising2016-2017 St Brendan PTO Parent Volunteer for 2016-2017 https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/StBrendanPTOParentVolunteer2016-2017
Recess Volunteers Needed. Come earn volunteer hours and help the playground attendants keep our kids safe on the play-ground. If you can volunteer your time between 11:50-1:10 even once a month we can use your help! Please contact April Thomas at [email protected] or 206-300-3327 for more information.
2015-2016 First Quarter School Budget Report I am pleased to finally be able to share our first quarter (July-September) school budget figures. Thank you to all families who consistently keep current with their tuition payments! At this point, our revenue exceeds the budg-et year to date projections. This is due to some families making one annual tuition payment. Additionally, ex-penses at the end of September were under budget by $33,476.00. We will continue to monitor our spending closely as the year progresses.
Employer Matched Volunteer Hours Employer- Matched Volunteer Hours = money for the school! Did you know that your employer may match your volunteer hours with a financial donation to St. Brendan School? For example, Mi-crosoft will match their employees' volunteer time during the calen-dar year with $25 per hour. Microsoft employees can go to http://give to learn more about this program. It's a great easy to make the most of your gift of time to the school. Check with your employer and see if they will match your volunteer hours!
Special Prayer Intentions Baby Olivia Rose Mayans who was still born on January 16th, and the entire Ma-yans family as they cope with their loss...
Mrs. Barbara Hight and her family... ...For these and all the intentions we hold in the silence of our hearts...
Auction Procurement As the auction quickly approaches, please take a mo-ment and “Check out the Auction Website”: https://secure.maestroweb.com/default.aspx?OrgID=950" To find out more, contact Eileen Warner at: [email protected] [email protected] or 206.795.6871
Coming home today!
PRAYER FOR THE YEAR OF MERCY
Lord Jesus Christ,
you have taught us to be merciful like the heavenly Father, and have told us that whoever sees you sees Him.
Show us your face and we will be saved. Your loving gaze freed Zacchaeus and Matthew from being enslaved by
money; the adulteress and Magdalene from seeking happiness only in created
things; made Peter weep after his betrayal,
and assured Paradise to the repentant thief. Let us hear, as if addressed to each one of us, the words that you spoke to
the Samaritan woman: “If you knew the gift of God!”
You are the visible face of the invisible Father,
of the God who manifests his power above all by forgiveness and mercy: let the Church be your visible face in the world, its Lord risen and glorified.
You willed that your ministers would also be clothed in weakness in order that they may feel compassion for those in ignorance and error:
let everyone who approaches them feel sought after, loved, and forgiven by God.
Send your Spirit and consecrate every one of us with its anointing, so that the Jubilee of Mercy may be a year of grace from the Lord,
and your Church, with renewed enthusiasm, may bring good news to the poor,
proclaim liberty to captives and the oppressed, and restore sight to the blind.
We ask this of you, Lord Jesus, through the intercession of Mary, Mother of Mercy; you who live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit for ever
and ever.
Amen.
Q1 - 2015 Actual Budget
Tuition Revenue $444,377 $353,928
Total Income $449,391 $359,928
Total Expense $398,667 $432,143
Looking for a wonderful chance to celebrate the Jubilee of Mercy? Please see the attached flyer for details. The Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy are coming from Bos-ton to visit 7 parishes. With 7 locations, you should be able to find one close by!
St Brendan School - CYO Athletics Update Basketball
It was a great game vs. the YMCA Skyhawks team. St Brendan’s 2nd and 3rd grade girls had solid contributions from the whole team last week including 8 points and 12 rebounds from Brooke Campbell and Kassidy Irish had 4 points and 6 rebounds. Coach Schultz states, “A great team effort and wonderful sportsmanship shown by all.”
Volleyball Final registration is open for this year’s volleyball season. Fees are now $125.00 per athlete. Registration will close on 02/19/16. Practice will begin approximately the week of January 24th. Reminder, due to safety considerations no athlete may practice until registration is com-pleted. All CYO Sports registration will be done on the secure website listed below.
https://isis.sportspilot.com/register/family/default.asp?asoid=106404
Coaches reminder the CYO Volleyball Coaches meetings times are scheduled for February 09th from 7:00pm to 8:30pm (910 Marion St Se-attle, 98104) or February 17th from 7:00pm to 8:30pm (141 156th Ave SE Bellevue, 98007). PLACT meeting to follow at each listed location, if needed, from 8:30pm to 11:00pm.
Basketball photos needed from all grades. Please email basketball photos to Tony Fletcher at
[email protected] so we can share the IRISH PRIDE in the weekly bulletin.
Box Tops for Education Be sure to continue clipping Box Tops from participating products. Remind friends and family to collect BoxTops on behalf of our school as well. Each BoxTop is money for our school.
If you have any questions about the BoxTop program, contact Heidi
Floryance at [email protected].
This week’s schedule: K girls VS YMCA Team 5 02/13 @ 09:00am @ St Brendan 1st girls (A) VS YMCA Team 4 02/13 @ 11:00am @ St Brendan 1st girls (B) VS YMCA Team 3 02/13 @ 10:00am @ St Brendan 1st boys VS YMCA Team 5 02/13 @ 12:00pm @ St Brendan 2nd girls VS DTFY 1 02/13 @ 02:15pm @ Dale Turner Family Y (19290 Aurora Ave NE Shoreline) 2nd boys VS YMCA Team 2 02/13 @ 01:00pm @ St Brendan 3rd boys VS YMCA Team 7 02/06 @ 02:00pm @ St Brendan
Catholic Corner A little over a week ago St. Brendan held a parish fami-ly retreat, Soul on Fire. There were a lot of wonderful things shared, great music, and teachings by Fr. Jim. The prevailing theme was about community. Fr. Jim challenged us to "get out of our comfort zone" and "be the change you want to see." If you normally chat with friends after Mass, go find someone sitting alone or looking lost and introduce yourself. Get out of your comfort zone and spread God's Good News. As lent begins, this is a perfect time to not just give something up, but to do something extra to improve our lives, our community, and our relationship with God. Maybe that's going to confession (remember the added times Thursday mornings and Weds evenings!), performing some Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy, dedicat-ing more family time, or just inviting a stranger to cof-fee hour. February's Meditation on Mercy from the USCCB can be found here: http://www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/how-we-teach/new-evangelization/jubilee-of-mercy/meditations-on-mercy.cfm Additionally, please see the attached flyer for the Feb-ruary guessing jar.
St Brendan Skate Night!
Join us for a fun evening of skating with friends! March 4th 5pm-7pm Lynnwood Bowl & Skate Skates $6.50 Inline Skates $9.50
O’Dea High School
We would like to recognize, Jack Van Zile (16), a St. Brendan School graduate, who has achieved Honors at O’Dea High School for the first semester of the 2015-16 school year. Congratulations to Jack!
Rice Bowl Prayer for 2016
God of all creation, We welcome you into our lives in a new way this Lent.
We are ready to serve your people, Especially our brothers and sisters who are most in
need. We are ready to live out your call to mercy.
Through our prayers, fasting and Lenten gifts, may we learn to walk as one global human family.
May we learn to listen to each other, and in so doing hear the merciful words of Christ.
Amen
Jacinta Johnson Middle School Tuition Grants for NEW 6-7-8th Grade Students Up to 50% tuition grants!
In remembrance of Jacinta Johnson, a 6th grade student in 1970 who was called home to heaven that year, we offer new 6-7-8th grade Catholic students a multi-year tuition grant based on financial need. This grant can be up to 50% of tuition for multiple years. The family would need to qualify for assis-tance. The student would need to remain in good academic and behavior standing to ensure the tuition grants remains in place through 8th grade. Please contact Mr. Bradish if interested in the middle school tuition grant.
Referral Tuition Credit - One Month Free Tuition! Current St. Brendan School families are our biggest asset in marketing our school, and for the past two years, several families took ad-vantage of referring a new K-8th family to St. Brendan. The referring family earned one child/one month of tuition credit! Refer a new K-8th grade family and receive a tuition credit of one child’s month tuition in May 2017. The new K-8 grade student(s) would need to remain at our school for one year to earn the tuition credit for the referring family. Thank you for sharing our school information with families you know who may be interested in a Catholic education.