October 21 | Issue 10

Dismissal Reminder: Safety Concerns for Students

In addition to staying on the sidewalk at Walnut St. to pick up your child, we require that you keep your child with you while teachers release all children to their parents.

Teachers need to be able to see and monitor that all children are released safely to their grownups.

Children are not permitted to play in the bushes or climb on school or church property.

Moms' Night In- this Wednesday!

Mom's Night In is back!

Hope to see you October 23rd, 6-8pm.

Email Jackie with questions:

jackie61280@gmail.com

Sacred Heart Turkey Trot-Thanksgiving Morning- Register Today!

Sacred Heart and St. Bede are joining forces this year for our fun run/walk on Thanksgiving Day!

Register today which includes a long sleeve Turkey Trot race shirt.

We are also looking for sponsors. $250 will get your name/business on the back of our race shirts.

Gobble Gobble!

Lunch/Recess Duty

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 had a great start to the school year with so many families volunteering. Thank you! Please help us to end October and November with filled sign ups.

If you are unable to volunteer during the school, but would like to fulfill your duty requirement, please contact Ms. Theresa in the school office to become a contact person that reminds parents of their duty days and helps to find substitute volunteers as needed.

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

Clearances are required and Sr. Lynn can assist with any clearance questions. Please email her at slynn@sacredheartpgh.org.

Locker Fundraiser

We are approximately $4,000 away from completing our locker project!

Our goal is to complete this 150th anniversary project by the end of this school year.

Locker sponsorships levels:

• 1 Locker — $150 donation
• 2 Lockers — $200 donation

We are so close to our goal. Click the link below for more information and to sponsor a locker.

Thank you for your support.

Fundraising Buy-Out Option

From the Parent/Student Handbook: The diocesan policy for funding in the elementary Catholic schools calls for each school to have fundraising activities to generate at least 10% of their total operating budget. To the extent possible, families of Sacred Heart Elementary School are asked to support the school fundraising efforts through participation and volunteering of time. All fundraisers, unless otherwise noted, are for the sole use of Sacred Heart Elementary School.

The annual fundraising goal for Sacred Heart is $150,000. That means that each family (300 families) should contribute approximately $500 worth of fundraising per year in order for us to meet our goal.

If you are unable to or would prefer not to be obligated to participate financially in all fundraisers, but would like to help us meet our goal, you can pay all or part of the the $500 Family Fundraising Buy Out through FACTSgiving using the link below.

Raffle tickets will be distributed November 1st. Please make sure you complete your buy out by the end of October if you do not want to receive raffle tickets.

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.