Heart Beat Weekly Online Newsletter

Friday March 12

Grade 2 Parent/Child
First Communion Session
March 14 Geary Hall @ 10:15-11:30am

Grade 8 Confirmation Retreat
March 13-14

Science Fair
Tuesday March 23
5:30pm-7:30pm
Geary Hall

Chorale Festival

Thursday March 25

Track Try Outs @ West Valley College
March 26 @ 3:30pm

8th Grade Stations of the Cross

Friday March 26

Palm Sunday

Sunday March 28

Holy Thursday

April 1
12:30pm Minimum Day!

Good Friday - No School
April 2

Easter Break

April 2-9

3rd Grade to Campbell Museum
Friday April 23

Progress Reports Go Home
Friday April 23

Track Meet @ St. Francis
April 25

6th Grade Science Camp
April 26-April 30

School & Sports Calendar

March 2010 School Calendar
March 2010 Sports Calendar

Principal's Corner Tom 2

Dear Sacred Heart Families,

I admit it: There was no way I could give up TV for lent because of the Olympics. Besides, they took place in my hometown and I'm very loyal. My saving grace, I hope, is that the Olympics taught me a bit about lent. In one TV interview, Apolo Ohno, the great short track speed skater, was asked about his training regimen. He explained that at the end of every training day he'd ask himself, 'Have I done everything I could today day to be better?' You just know that Apolo's one of those amazing athletes with an unworldly drive and determination. The Olympics are chock-full of those crazy, weird, and special people. They slog, they fight, pick themselves back up, and the dream of a Gold medal keeps them going day after day. St. Paul said, "Do you not know that the runners in the stadium all run in the race, but only one wins the prize? Run so as to win. Every athlete exercises discipline in every way. They do it to win a perishable crown, but we an imperishable one." (1 Corinthians 9:24-26).

I'll have my cowbell out... On your mark, get set... go!

PARENT MEETING MARCH 24th

We will be holding a Spring Parent Meeting on Wednesday, March 24th, at 6:30 PM. Babysitting will be provided. Please set aside this time to come and hear about what's going on at school from myself and the the SAC parent reps. Your input is welcome too. More information on the evening will follow in next week's bulletin. Thank you!

ACCREDITATION VISIT BY WASC
Last Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, our accreditation visiting committee was hard at work evaluating our programs and school. They met with teachers, students, parent reps from SAC, Fr. Gary and I. They visited classrooms, reviewed reams of material and evidence, examined our data and programs. Last Friday after school, they presented us their final report, and the news was very positive. The faculty did a fantastic job in preparation and my thanks go out to them all. The Chairperson told me that he feels we have an excellent school with high quality teachers (He has evaluated many Catholic schools in the western states.) The team was especially impressed with the students whom they reported were polite, "calm," well behaved, and welcoming. We will make the report available to you all as soon as we can. The school's self study is also available. Thanks to everyone who helped us out!

THANK YOU, HOSPITALITY
Our Hospitality team led by Mrs. Awad and Mrs. Scherp helped us put our best foot forward last week. They arranged breakfast, lunch and dinner for the visiting team. They also arranged for some nice thank you gifts. Helping out were Mrs. Rosenthal, Mrs. Mancuso, Mrs. Fluegemann, Mrs. Miranda, Mrs. Orup, Mrs. Sadilek, Mrs. Keyes, Mrs. Mailhot, Mrs. Walewski, and Mrs. Constantine. If I left your name out, please know that we appreciate everyone's help. Thanks so much!

RE-REGISTRATION DEADLINE HAS PASSED!
We are now in our re-registration process for the next school year. We do expect that some of our classes may fill up. We have seven children testing for next year's 6th Grade class alone! We need to know how many spots are available to incoming families. Please send your forms and deposit in today. The re-registration and deposit is due now! We are blessed by your children and are grateful for your commitment to our school. If you have any questions, please contact me.

Re-Registration Letter

Re-Registration Form

FAMILY REFERRAL OPPORTUNITY: "HALF-OFF" YOUR REGISTRATION!
We are offering half-off the registration fee for any current Sacred Heart family who refers a registering and enrolled family at Sacred Heart School. If you have a friend or family member who would like their child to attend SHS, we are in the process of accepting applications and scheduling testing now.

IN THE CLASSROOMS Dr.Suess Hat

Read Across America: Did you know that today is Dr. Seuss' birthday? Today is Read Across America Day. We have many parent volunteers who are reading to the students all in the name of promoting reading. Today, First Lady Michelle Obama is helping to kick off the event at the Library of Congress, along with National Education Association (NEA) President Dennis Van Roekel, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, various members of Congress, and hundreds of Washington DC students. The library of Congress has an excellent website at www.read.gov. Check it out for great reading resources for parents

First Grade: The class is working on a service project for Sacred Heart Community Services-they are filling and decorating lunch bags!

Sixth Grade: Mosey on down the hallway and check out the Tutankhamen sarcophagus paintings on the wall above the lockers. They rival the original (well, not quite!)

Seventh and Eighth Grade: The Serra Club is hosting a breakfast for our 7th and 8th graders on Thursday March 4th after Mass. There will be a guest speaker to talk with the students about religious vocations. In addition, the 7th and 8th grade vocation essay contest winners will be announced and presented awards. All parents are welcome to attend.

Upper Science: Mrs. Verhofstadt has begun handing out display boards for the Science Fair... it's that time of year again!

Have a nice week,

God bless,
Tom Pulchny

Advisory Council Discernment Process
E-Mail Nominations / Discernment Committee Formation

Many thanks to those of you who have already participated in the discernment process by submitting your nominations to the box in the school office. Please note that you can also submit your nominations via e-mail to sac.discernment@sacredheartsaratoga.org, and do include the nominee's phone number if you happen to know it.

The Discernment Committee was formed last week, and we will gather in late April with Sister Rosheen Glennon C.S.J. who acts as our facilitator again this year. The newly chosen members of the committee and their roles are listed below:

Susan Boehnlein, Current Parent
Heidi Giammona, Current Faculty
Sr. Rosheen Glennon, Facilitator
Kathy Jain, Current SAC
Kevin McPartlan, Former Parent
Kelly Mollahan, Former SAC
Ron Schmalz, Committee Chair

Please note that the nomination period for new members runs through Friday April 2nd this year, and you can visit the SAC Governance page to learn more about the discernment process. We hope that everyone will prayerfully consider a calling to the School Advisory Council, which serves in an advisory role to the Principal and Pastor regarding our school.

Odyssey of the Mind

Kathy Arena

Sacred Heart Students will be competing in the Silicon Valley Regional Odyssey of the Mind Tournament this Saturday, March 6th.   The teams have worked numerous hours preparing creative solutions to this year's Odyssey problems. Come to cheer on your classmates -supporters are greatly appreciated! The competition will be held at:

Buchser Middle School
1111 Bellomy Street
Santa Clara, CA 95050

Sacred Heart Odyssey Teams and Competition Times are:

Division 2 Team - Danielle Arena, Alex Murphy, AnnaClaire Marley, Clay Kellinger, Marcos Miranda, Christina Pallone, Colleen Fleming in the Food Court Problem- Division 2 -   10am

Division 1 Team - Emilia Lambert, Addison Raak, Matthew Arena, Connor Clerkin, Ryan Hayden, Dylan Hayden.

Food Court Problem - Division 1-    1:55pm

Primary Team 1 - Salom -   8:30am

Primary Team 2 - Moniz - 12:18pm

Primary Team 3 - Nash -   2:12pm

Dance from the Heart Dance Figure

Marylinn Fleming

Got a wiggle in your jiggle?
Or is it just ants in your pants?
Don't just sit there and giggle,
Come on to class and Dance!!!

The next Dance Session begins Tuesday, March 9th - don't miss out on the fun!

Sign up today and spring into Spring.

Download the Registration Form or stop by and see me in the Teen Center (next to the gym)
any Tuesday afternoon.

Dance From The Heart Form

If you have any questions please call:

Marylinn Fleming
marylinndances@yahoo.com
818-416-0066 (mobile)

Community Speaker Night At St. Leo the Great

"Keeping Our Faith Alive - Being Catholic in the 21st Century"
Speaker: St Leo/ Bellarmine Alumni, Father Tom Weston, SJ

Thursday, March 11, 2010
6:30pm-7:30pm
St Leo the Great School Gym

Free community event for parents, staff members and our neighboring community - invite your friends to attend this engaging presentation.

Fr. Tom is a 1961 graduate of St Leo the Great School and 1965 grad of Bellarmine College Prep. He joined the Jesuit Community in 1965, and was ordained a priest by Archbishop Quinn in 1978. Since then, he has taught at Loyola High School in Los Angeles, facilitated numerous Bay Area religious retreats as well as retreats for recovering alcoholics and addicts all over North America; regular speaker at Congress of Religious Education in SoCal, and taught English in Thailand, Vietnam and Myanmar. Fr. Tom is the Superior of the Jesuit Oakland Community, since 1981.

RSVP to Andrea Gravelle at agravelle@stleosj.org.
Complimentary on-site child care available with RSVP.

Sports News

WOW--what a weekend for the Mustangs! Congratulations to the 5th grade girls who earned the 3rd place trophy in their 1st tournament and a HUGE way to go shout out to the 8th grade boys who won the championship at the Justin tournament, becoming only the 2nd SH team to do so in the last 33 yrs! Congrats also to Kyle Ebertin who was selected to the All-Tournament team and Ryan Johnson who was named MVP of the tournament! AWESOME!

This week:
LAST WEEK OF B-BALL:
3/2       8G play Clare at 3:45 & 8B also play Clare at 5:00---7B travel
            to Holy Spirit 1 at 7:15
3/3       5-2B play SFC 2 at 3:45, 5-1B play SFC 1 at 4:45 & 7B finish
            up against Canyon at 5:45
3/4       5G go against Clare at 3:45 & 7G take on SFC at 4:45
3/5       6G play Lucy at 3:45 & 6B end our 2010 season against Lucy at
            4:45

LAST WEEK OF BASKETBALL:
***Each team will have their team party up in the loft after their game. Parents, remember to send extra clothes as we WILL be taking back the uniforms at the party.

SPRING SPORT SIGN-UPS THIS WEEK--all fees ($60 per athlete) are due by Friday March 5th!

SPORT'S COMMITTEE MEETING is March 10th in the loft at 7pm--members please bring your updated Classic booklets. We will set up Walk-a-thon jobs and get ready for track!

Once I know how many teams we have I'll send home an "interim" practice schedule until the league one comes out.

Have an awesome week, Sandy

Movement Lab
by Debbie Salom

Parents please review the upcoming Movement Lab schedule. If there are any concerns or questions please contact me at debbi_salom@yahoo.com.

March 9
K         Inserra
K         Sykes (W)
1          Woodard (S)
1          McDaniel
2          Zagazeta
3          Schmalz
3          Bermudez

March 16
K         Rusconi
K         Vlahopouliotis
1          Burke (S)
1          Kipp
2          Grant (W)
3          Sweeney
3          Wang

Yard Duty

Please do not forget your Yard Duty responsibility. If for some reason you can't make it, please try to find a replacement. Please do not call the school office to find a replacement. Listed below are those who have yard duty for the week of March 3-March 12. You can click on the Yard Duty Schedule below to mark your calendars for further yard duty dates.

Yard Duty Schedule

Wednesday March 3
Anderson
Moniz
Passanisi

Thursday March 4
Pearce
Roekcl

Friday March 5
Brandin
Chen
Raak

Monday March 8
Fleming
Joye

Tuesday March 9
Ball
Hehir

Wednesday March 10
Ergo
Fritch
Napier

Thursday March 11
Ball
McCarrick

Friday March 12
Chen
Dusauzay (McKinley)

Impromptu Lunch Orders

Online ordering for the month of March is now closed. Please contact us to place and order. Please contact us at: Impromptulg@aol.com or 408- 605-1777.

Faith Formation

Fast From ...Feast On...

This morning, I talked to the students about Lent and how we as a parish are focusing on Fasting From... and Feasting On. For example: fast from complaining and feast on being content; fast from being mean and feast on kindness; fast from gossip and feast on praising others. I encourage each student to pick a few things they could do and then as a family decide what you'll fast from and feast on. One student in the first grade said she will fast from junk food and feast on healthy food. We can all fast from plastic/paper bags and feast on reusable bags - this will be something we talk about at Generations of Faith on March 19, 20 and 21. So please sign up at the Faith Formation office or email Evelyn Longo to register at e.longo@sacredheartsaratoga.org

Vacation Bible Camp Son Quest VBC

June 14-18

VBC Online Registration is Now Open at www.sacredheartsaratoga.org and please check out our flyer below:

VBC Flyer

Don't forget to register for VBC as registration ends April 3rd!

Lenten News: The Colors of Lent

The color used in the sanctuary for most of Lent is purple, red violet or dark violet (see Colors of the Church Year). These colors symbolize both the pain and suffering leading up to the crucifixion of Jesus as well as the suffering of humanity and the world under sin. But purple is also the color of royalty, and so anticipates through the suffering and death of Jesus the coming resurrection and hope of newness that will be celebrated in the Resurrection on Easter Sunday.

Growing in Faith Communion

March 2010 Edition

Hey Friends and Family! Check out the March edition of Growing in Faith. There are great articles on Lent. Don't forget that March 17 is St.Patrick's Day!

March Growing in Faith

Saint of the Week: St.Casimir

Casimir, born of kings and in line (third among 13 children) to be a king himself, was filled with exceptional values and learning by a great teacher, John Dlugosz. Even his critics could not say that his conscientious objection indicated softness. As a teenager, Casimir lived a highly disciplined, even severe life, sleeping on the ground, spending a great part of the night in prayer and dedicating himself to lifelong celibacy.

When nobles in Hungary became dissatisfied with their king, they prevailed upon Casimir's father, the king of Poland, to send his son to take over the country. Casimir obeyed his father, as many young men over the centuries have obeyed their government. The army he was supposed to lead was clearly outnumbered by the "enemy"; some of his troops were deserting because they were not paid. At the advice of his officers, Casimir decided to return home. His father was irked at the failure of his plans, and confined his 15-year-old son for three months.

The lad made up his mind never again to become involved in the wars of his day, and no amount of persuasion could change his mind. He returned to prayer and study, maintaining his decision to remain celibate even under pressure to marry the emperor's daughter. He reigned briefly as king of Poland during his father's absence. He died of lung trouble at 23 while visiting Lithuania, of which he was also Grand Duke. He was buried in Vilnius, Lithuania.

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