Black Out & Class Color Day

8th Grade vs. Faculty/Staff Volleyball today! The faculty/staff continued their winning streak for another year.

The Virtue of the Month for February is Prudence, making good decisions in specific circumstances. Our Saint of the Month guessing jar will focus on Pope St. John XXIII. St. John XXIII showed prudence when he worked to save thousands of Jews from the holocaust, and when he convened the Second Vatican Council. You can learn more about Pope St. John XXIII and figure out the answer to the question accompanying the Guessing Jar by reading his STORY.

You can also practice Prudence all during February with these AT HOME activities.

Prayer to Pope St. John XXIII

St. John XXIII, you saw the needs of the Church and convened the Second Vatican Council. Help us, when we see a problem, to remember to pray to discover the best solution. Give us your lightheartedness and trust in the Lord. Help us to work for the salvation of all peoples as you did. Amen. St. John XXIII, pray for us.

COVID Weekly Data Dashboard (1/25-2/1)

Students and Staff who have tested positive: 1

In the past few months, our Covid infections have been at a low level; which is excellent! We have had several students who have been out ill with colds, flu, and other respiratory illnesses. As we are in flu season, please continue to be diligent in monitoring for symptoms, testing for Covid and keeping your students home when they are not feeling well.

Parent Club Meeting

Thursday, February 2, 2023

6:30 – 7:30

St. Brendan School Gym



All parents are encouraged to attend. Families who attend earn a free dress day for their student and a volunteer hour.

We are happy to provide childcare so that parents can attend the meeting. Please register at the link below if you will be needing childcare.

Childcare during Parent Club Meeting



Candygrams!

Send a friend or staff some love this Valentine’s Day with a candygram. The money raised will support the Washington DC trip for the 7^th and 8^th graders this Spring. Valentine treats will be delivered on Tues. Feb 14^th during school.  Nothing spreads love like a surprise treat especially when it goes to a good cause. Look for order forms in the Wed. envelope. Deadline is Thurs. Feb 9^th!

The second grade is hosting a “Souper Bowl” service project. They are collecting canned soup starting today through February 9th. All soup collected will be donated to St. Vincent de Paul. 

The Middle School teachers and students of St. Brendan proudly invite you to our first Living Wax Museum! Come watch history come to life while you meet some of history’s most influential people, like St. Joan of Arc, Alexander the Great, King Tutankhamun, Walt Disney, Sally Ride, Anne Frank, Leonardo da Vinci, and many, many more!

All of our parents and community members are invited to this incredible event, and your support and attendance would be beyond appreciated! Our students and teachers have been working diligently and enthusiastically to prepare for this exciting, unique experience, and we can’t wait to see you at the St. Brendan Living Wax Museum on March 17th from 10:15-12:30 in the gym! Please note that the Living Wax Museum won’t take place again for three years, so be sure to take advantage of this amazing opportunity!

January’s Photo of the Month Winner: Callie Taylor, 6th grade!

Photo Caption: “New Year, New Changes on the way!”

February Birthdays

2/2 – 2/8

Happy Birthday to:

2/2   Andrew van Hollebeke    3^rd Grade

2/7    Lillian Anderson    4^th Grade

2/7    Kaylee Nguyen    8^th Grade

2/7    Mr. Frauenholtz, PE

2/8    Magdalene Shumate    4^th Grade

More birthdays will be announced in the next Weekly Bulletin

National Catholic Schools Week 2023 is January 29th - February 4th. A tradition this week is to dress up in a different theme each day. The Student Council has planned the following Dress Up days:

Thursday (Feb 2) - Celebrate Parents & Families

Theme: Tropical/Hawaiian Day

• wear Hawaiian shirts, grass skirts, flower leis, shorts, sunglasses, and sun hats. For safety reasons, students may not wear sandals or flip flops.

Friday (Feb 3)- Celebrate the Community

Theme: Free Dress and

"Anything but a Backpack" for 5th-8th & "Bring a Stuffed Animal" for grades P3 - 4th.

• Free Dress Day. 5th-8th students can bring their books and supplies in anything but a backpack. They must be able to carry it up and down the stairs independently. Elementary students can bring a stuffed animal (choose carefully and don’t bring any valuable animals).
• This will be our All-School Family Lunch & Recess from 11:30 – 12:30. Lunch provided by families – no hot lunch this day. School will dismiss at 12:45. Extended Care will be open until 6:00 PM (please register in advance).

Family Lunch

A tradition at St. Brendan School during Catholic Schools Week is the Family Lunch & Recess. This is happening Friday, February 3. We invite families or special persons to come and have lunch at school with your children. You can pack your own lunches, or bring in a lunch from your favorite restaurant. Please remember that we are a nut-free school.

Here are some logistics:

• Parking will be available in the St. Brendan Church parking lot, at the Church of the Living God parking lot that is across 195^th St., or you can look for street parking. The school parking lot will be closed to allow for our all-school recess.
• All parents and guests will need to sign-in at the main office for safety reasons. We will have a process to streamline the visitor check in so it should be very quick. This will also be the time that you can sign out and indicate if you will be taking your child home before the 12:45 dismissal. 
• Lunch will begin at 11:30 a.m. You can eat in your student’s classroom, in the gym, or in the art/music room. If you have more than one student, you can gather them all and sit together in one of the classrooms or in the gym.
• You may pack a lunch for you and your student, or bring in lunch from a favorite restaurant. Lunches must be nut-free. There is no hot lunch this day.
• Following lunch, the whole school (parents and students) will go outside for recess. Bring a raincoat and/or umbrella in case it rains.
• At 12:30, recess will end and students will return to class. If you want to take your student home at that time, they need to have been signed out in the main office (you can do this at check-in at 11:30). 
• Students not leaving early will return to class and go through normal carpool - 12:45 PM dismissal. Extended Care will be open until 6:00 PM (please register in advance).

Friday, February 3rd is our All-School Family Lunch and we have a 12:45 PM dismissal. Afternoon extended care will be open until 6:00 PM, but we request that you sign up in advance so we can plan our staffing that day.

Click Here to Sign Up for Extended Care on Friday, Feb. 3rd.

The uniform exchange will be open in the gym this Friday during the Family lunch. Please look through and help yourself to any uniforms (we're overflowing!)

Hello from the St. Brendan School Lunch Program!    

On the school website and will be updated monthly. You can reference it here: Lunch menu. Also, please check your lunch balances.  

Middle School Dance Chaperones

***YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE A MIDDLE SCHOOL PARENT TO VOLUNTEER***

At this time, we are recruiting volunteer chaperones for the dance. You do not need to be a 7th & 8th grade parent to chaperone. Volunteers would arrive by 6:00 p.m. to help set up some tables and chairs. If you have 7th-8th grade students, they are welcome to help with this too. The dance will start at 7:00 p.m. Below are the volunteer jobs we will need help with.

Volunteer Roles:

• Check In – collecting payment, permission forms, cell phones and coats
• Selling Concessions
• Monitoring Exits
• Monitoring students on the dance floor and periodically checking bathrooms
• Clean up – putting away tables and chairs and sweeping the floors. The dance will end at 9:00 p.m., so expect to stay until about 9:30 p.m. Please do not leave until everything is cleaned up and put away.

Please contact Mrs. Lambert, [email protected], if you are able to chaperone the dance on February 9. We are looking forward to a fun night!

Pressure Washing

HUGE SHOUTOUT to Matthew Anderson (father of Lillian in 4th) for pressuring washing our Gaga Pit this past weekend.

Student Store Volunteers

Thank you, as always, to our amazing parent volunteers who run the Student Store each month.

Theresa Loughlin

Jamie Yarbrough

Brian Engel

Katrina Engel

Evelyn Paul

Beth Flajole

Marie Anderson

Myrna Duarte

Lunch Volunteers

Ana Thorstenson

Elene Wahlin

Dori-Ann Bloom

Vivian Manh

Kenneth Chen

Rob Flajole

Library Volunteers

Tara Bergan

Dori-Ann Bloom

St. Brendan Legos & Robotics Club

For this Friday, Feb. 3^rd: Due to the early dismissal this Friday, club sessions will be moved 2 hours earlier. Pre-K through 2^nd grades will meet at 1 PM. VEX GO teams (3^rd through 5^th) will meet at 1 PM for Slot-A Teams and at 2 PM for Slot-B teams. If you need to make Extended Care plans for this Friday (Feb. 3^rd), please refer to the corresponding announcement in this bulletin. 

Registration Fees are now due. Please submit payment at the following. Note descriptions may not yet be updated, but these are the proper links. 

“Beginning Legos and Robotics” – Pre-K through Kindergarten ($90)

https://checkout.square.site/merchant/3BCP87CKRXZKC/checkout/4MGWDMBRCEUUAT2PB6RBVFSX

“Intermediate Legos and Robotics” – 1^st through 5^th Grades ($100)

https://checkout.square.site/merchant/3BCP87CKRXZKC/checkout/PPXQQKYCXKQGHZYNUVMKXLT3

“Advanced Robotics” – 6^th through 8^th Grades ($110)

https://checkout.square.site/merchant/3BCP87CKRXZKC/checkout/V2AAJHBHZG2S6D6YBPDDKLII

Lego Robotics volunteer coaches and non-coaches wanted! Please contact [email protected]. Some benefits include:

·       Club fees waived or discounted!

·       Free extended care on coaching days!

·       15+ service hours per trimester!

Visit our club website for more updates, photos, and updated calendar!

https://sites.google.com/view/stb-lego-robotics/home

https://sites.google.com/view/stb-lego-robotics/fll-teamsschedule

St. Brendan School will host a 7^th and 8^th grade students on Thursday, February 9th from 6:30 - 9:00 PM in our school gym (note that Friday, February 10th is a non-school regional professional development day for staff).

This dance will be open to 7th and 8th grade students from St. Brendan School and from surrounding Catholic schools.

Click here for the Dance Permission Form

Procurement, Procurement, Procurement, and more Procurement

We hope you are all looking forward to our Annual School Auction this year on Saturday, April 29, 2023.

• Family Procurement Drop-offs: February 2nd and February 13th.
• 3:30 - 5:30 PM in the Carpool Drop Off Lane

EVERY Family (K-8th) is required to make a $175 donation in goods or services to the Annual School Auction.*

This donation can be a tangible, physical item that has been purchased. It can be gift certificates for items or services, or it can be a service that you, the family, provide. You are not limited to $175! Many families choose to donate either a single item or multiple items totaling well over $175, but $175 is the minimum. We also ask you to refrain from donating any clothing unless it is sports memorabilia or previously approved by an Auction Chair.

Click here for the Auction Amazon Wishlist

Questions: [email protected]

*Families who selected to Buy Out of the Parent Club fundraising do not need to procure an item for the auction.

Congratulations to the 6th grade girls basketball team for ending the season with a 6-2 record and qualifying for CYO playoffs this year!

The Irish will take on Holy Rosary Seattle in the first playoff game this Saturday morning at 9 AM at Holy Rosary. If the Irish win, they will play Assumption St. Bridget in the semi-finals on Sunday at 2:15 PM at Holy Rosary. If they win that game, they would play in the championship on Saturday, February 11th at Bishop Blanchet.

Good Luck in the Post-Season 6th Grade Basketball Players! Go Irish!!

The AmazonSmile program will end on February 20, 2023. Until this date, customer purchases made via AmazonSmile will continue to accrue funds for St. Brendan as normal. Thank you for using AmazonSmile to support St. Brendan over the years.  

Catholic Schools Week

January 29 - Feb. 3

Catholic Schools Night - SU Basketball Game - Climate Pledge Arena

Wednesday, Feb. 1

In-Person Parent Club Meeting

Thursday, February 2, 6:30 - 7:30 PM

All-School Family Lunch & Recess for Catholic Schools Week

Friday, February 3rd, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM; 12:45 PM DISMISSAL

Seattle Prep Middle School Speech Tournament

Saturday, February 4th

CYO Basketball Playoffs

Saturday, February 4th grade girls vs. Holy Rosary @ Holy Rosary, 9 AM

Mass Uniform Free Dress

Tuesday, February 7

For students who wear their uniform to Mass on Jan. 28-29

St. Brendan 7th & 8th Grade Dance

Thursday, February 9th, 6:30 - 9:00

Regional Curriculum Day - NO SCHOOL

Friday, February 10th

St. Louise 7th & 8th Grade Dance

Saturday, February 11th, 7:00 - 9:00

Valentine's Day

Tuesday, February 14th

Free dress for students who attended the Open House

Early Dismissal - 12:45 PM

Friday, February 17 (beginning of mid-winter break)

Mid-Winter Break

February 20-21 - NO SCHOOL

Ash Wednesday

Wednesday, February 22