Safe Environment Reminder

Greetings!

As the school year begins, it's critical that we all adhere to our safe environment policies to maintain safe, healthy, and nurturing learning environments. With many new employees and volunteers, please ensure that everyone has an up-to-date background check and is compliant with Safe Environment training.

If any concerns related to Safe Environment arise involving a student, staff member, or volunteer, please contact our office immediately.

Thank you for your commitment to this important policy.

With gratitude,

NICHOLAS FORD | Superintendent

Office for Catholic Schools | Archdiocese of Seattle

OPERATIONS CALENDAR & MONTHLY TASK LIST

Click here & log into mycatholicschool.org

Principal Weekly Meetings

Taking a break until October!

Upcoming Events

September 22, 2026

GRACE Online Kick Off

Online

September 23-25, 2026

Christ in the Classroom Retreat

Seabeck Conference Center

October 6, 2026

GRACE Fall Meeting

Camp Don Bosco

October 7, 2026

OCS Presents: Mission

Zoom

October 6-9, 2026

Recruitment Events

October 9, 2026

APCN Meeting

Online

October 13, 2026

Curriculum Committee #1

St. Mary on the Lake

October 16, 2026

Leadership Academy Meeting #1

October 27, 2026

New Employee Orientation

Online

View Chancery to Parish Communications (C2P)

MISSION & CATHOLIC IDENTITY

WSCC Catholic Schools Newsletter

Please click here for the WSCC Fall Catholic Schools Newsletter.

Symbolon Catechetical Certification

Through the generosity of the St. Joseph Foundation, Symbolon catechetical certification registrations are available at no cost to our schools for this coming school year. Availability is limited, so please email Connor Geraghty with your total number of requested licenses ASAP.

Sacred Heart Devotion Curriculum

Curriculum has been developed to help our schools activate the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in three grade levels: K-2, 3-5, and 6-8. Please share this curriculum with your teachers along with this introductory video. Archbishop Etienne recently published his Pastoral Letter on the Sacred Heart, which provides more context for perpetuating the devotion. You can find his letter, the curriculum and more here.

FAQs and Guidance on ICE

Please click here to review our guidance and most common questions regarding immigration enforcement. For questions or other resources, please contact Chris Koehler at 206-274-3194 or chris.koehler@seattlearch.org.

SafeTALK

The Catholic Lifesaver Corp is opening the upcoming SafeTALK suicide prevention workshop to all interested school staff members. It will be held from 9am-1pm on October 20th at the Archbishop Brunett Retreat Center. To register, please contact Joe Cotton at joe.cotton@seattlearch.org.

Gonzaga University Workshops

Gonzaga University's Center for Lifelong Learning and School of Education invite educators to participate in three interactive online workshops designed to strengthen inclusive practices and support diverse student learning, behavioral, and social-emotional needs. These workshops are offered at no cost to our educators through our university partnership with Gonzaga and the generosity of the Fulcrum Foundation. Please share this flier with your educators, which includes the registration links.

GOVERNANCE & LEADERSHIP

Personnel & Policy Notes for the Week of 09/14/26

Circle of Grace lessons; make-up new employee orientation; SBE due dates; Title info.

Leadership Academy Registration

The Office for Catholic Schools offers a year-long BLC cohort for aspiring administrators with a mixture of in-person and virtual meetings. Framed in the 4 domains of the National Standards and Benchmarks for Effective Catholic Elementary and Secondary Schools (NSBECS). For questions, please contact Kelly Surapaneni at kelly.surapaneni@seattlearch.org

ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

Register GRACE Teacher Leaders for 2026-27

GRACE 2026-27 Description

Check out our website with information, schedule, and teacher registration, contract, and other resources!

Plan for NWEA MAP Testing in 2026-27

The testing schedule is listed on our website. We will also be hosting several meetings throughout the school year (both online and in person) for Data Analysts.

Curriculum Committees for 2026-27

We are meeting in person quarterly to look at Content Times and Homework; we are also resuming the AI committee. Learn more here!

OCS Presents Recording

Click here for the recording and materials from our 1st OCS Presents!

OCS Presents Northshore PD #2

Join us on 10/07 from 3:30-4:30pm to learn more from Northshore Consulting entitled: Responding to Challenging Classroom Behaviors. Click here to register!

Early Learning Weekly Newsletter

Important Resources and Reminders for Early Learning Programs. Click here to learn more.

OSPI Virtual PD on SEL - FREE

OSPI is partnering with Generation Wellness to train teachers in SEL standards - up to 9 free clock hours. Click here for more information!

NWEA MAP Analyst FREE Training

NWEA is coming back to the Archdiocese of Seattle for continued in-person trainings on reports and how to use data from each season of MAP testing. Click here for more information.

Wired for Reading CCDEI Clock Hours

If you have a reading/writing teacher who needs CCDEI clock hours, Wired for Reading PD provides those through Seattle University - Click here to learn more!

OPERATIONAL VITALITY

New Staff is in Frontline

New staff has been entered into Frontline. Departing staff will be removed this week. If anyone was missed, please let Synthiea know.

Sub Pool - New Rate?

If you are changing the rate you pay your substitute teachers. Please email that to Synthiea.

2026-2027 School Budget Updates

If your 2026/2027 School budget has been updated since you shared it with John Sullivan, please send this update to him.

Fulcrum

News & Resources

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