April 28 | Issue 35

Kennywood Day- GET YOUR TICKETS THIS WEEK

Get your

Kennywood tickets!

$35 each

Friday, May 16 is Sacred Heart

Kennywood School Picnic Day! 

Pavilion 3 is reserved for SHES. Please feel free to bring a picnic lunch or just take a break with friends in the shade during the day.

Purchase your tickets at Sacred Heart School

April 29th, 30th, or May 1st.

Volunteers will be at the school entrance

during morning drop off

from 7:40 until 8:10 AM, April 29–May 1.

Tickets are $35 each.

Cash or check only. No refunds.

These tickets are only good for the school picnic on Friday, May 16.

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Questions? contact Kylie

at kyliebrown20@gmail.com or 412-860-7776.

Matilda Jr. The Musical: May 1st and May 2nd

(Dress Down Day Wednesday- $3)

We are very proud to announce this year's SHES 7th and 8th grade musical is MATILDA JR! 

To kick off and support our school musicals, we will have a $3 themed dress down day for staff and students on Wednesday, April 30th. Wear anything music/musical themed or wear Sacred Heart/red and black on Wednesday. You can turn in $3 to your homeroom teacher by Wednesday if you would like to participate and support our musical students and staff. If shorts are worn, they must be fingertip length or longer.

Below is the information for the upcoming performances. Please consider coming to support our students in this wonderful production. We hope to see you there! The performance will be taking place in our very own auditorium.

MATILDA JR. Musical performed by Sacred Heart Elementary School 7th and 8th graders

Performance Dates: Thursday May 1 and Friday May 2

Performance Time: 7:00pm (Doors open at 6:30pm)

Tickets: $5 donation at the door

Sacred Heart Night at Riverhounds-Last chance to get tickets!

Sacred Heart

Riverhounds Night!

Join us on Saturday, May 3rd as the

Pittsburgh Riverhounds take on North Carolina FC

Game starts @ 7pm

All Sacred Heart students, families and friends are welcome!

This is a wonderful fundraiser. For every ticket sold, the Riverhounds will give Sacred Heart $15 (towards your fundraising goal)!

Feel free to bring everyone and share with friends. 

Purchase your tickets TODAY!

Night at the Races

Join us for a Night at the Races to support Sacred Heart Elementary School!

Saturday, May 10, 2025

doors open at 5pm

Butler Street Derby (4203 Butler St., Pittsburgh, 15201)

Place your wagers on a fun night! Join us at the Derby as pre-recorded horse races are narrated by a professional race announcer. Cheer on your favorite horse to win big!

Attendees can bid on races (minimum $2.00 per race), and at the end of the evening the horses are auctioned off to give an extra competitive edge to the experience.

There will be a basket raffle, 50/50, instant bingo, and more!

Attendees must be 21 or older.

Buy your tickets today!

$40 per ticket

Includes a buffet dinner and door prize entry.

$20 to sponsor a horse.

If you purchase a horse you get to name it, and if your horse wins its race, there will be a payout of $50.00. Horses sell fast!

You do not need to be in attendance to sponsor a horse.

$100 to sponsor a race

Includes a shout out during the race plus social media recognition. Sponsors will be contacted before the evening for recognition information.

Questions: Contact Vicki Crowley vcrowley@gmail.com

For your family fundraising goal:

Each ticket sold is $10 toward your goal

Each horse sponsored is $15 toward your goal

Each $100 race sponsorship is $100 toward your goal

Lunch/Recess Duty: Just May and June left!

Thank you to everyone that has helped to support our Parent Volunteer Program for lunch/recess duty. Your help has allowed the lunches to run smoothly and efficiently and helped to keep our students safe and active as they play outside. We have a ton of need for help and volunteers in February and so if you have not yet completed your 6 required days, please sign up today. 

If we do not have enough parents signed up, we cannot send students outside for recess. We want them to get outside as often as possible and so your help is needed.

Dates we need help:

• Thursday, May 15th
• Friday, May 16th
• Tuesday, May 20th
• Wednesday, May 21st
• Thursday, May 22nd
• Tuesday, May 27th
• Wednesday, May 28th
• Thursday, May 29th
• Friday, May 30th
• Monday, June 2nd
• Tuesday, June 3rd
• Wednesday, June 4th

If you have completed your family's six (6) required days, but are available to help more, please sign up. We appreciate all of your support.

Parent Lunch/Recess Sign Up

If you are unable to complete your six (6) required days, please send in your check for $120 to the school office ($20 per day you cannot volunteer). Thank you to everyone that has already sent their duty payment.

Lenten Almsgiving

This Lent many of our classes participated in almsgiving activities. Thank you to everyone that donated to and supported our students as they collected for those in need.

Grades K-3 donated to the CRS Rice Bowl organization and collected $1168.19.

Grades 4-5 donated to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and collected $1805.

Summer Camps

Sacred Heart Elementary School Mission Statement

Sacred Heart Elementary accepts the challenge of the Roman Catholic Church in the Pittsburgh Diocese to educate children preschool through grade eight in a spiritually nurturing and disciplined environment. Our primary purpose is to form students in the likeness of Jesus Christ as evidenced in the values and teachings of the Church.

The school program is a dynamic blend of traditional curricula and methods in conjunction with contemporary educational theories and practices. We celebrate the cultural diversity within the Sacred Heart School community and strive to develop within our students a desire to discover and serve God and humanity.