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From the Superintendent...
Greetings!

Good morning, 
I recently read a reflection on the Sunday Gospel that highlighted God’s love as “the Love that calls us from the dead.” It also went on to note, however, that while this love is grounded in our relationship with Christ, it is nourished in the relationships we hold with each other. 

We know our Catholic schools are fonts of community. It is the relationships we form that call us to our Catholic schools. And it is through the rooting in God’s love that we “raise one another in Christ from the dead.” 

We can lean into these relationships, recognizing our dependence on one another. In this recognition, we then can “[recognize] God’s face shining forth from one another’s eyes.” 

With gratitude, 
NICHOLAS FORD |  Superintendent
Office for Catholic Schools | Archdiocese of Seattle

Principal
Morning Meetings
3/21 Principal Morning Meeting 11:00 AM
Title Funds - How to Use them Effectively - paying for teacher PD through Title IIA with Catapult Learning and Justyna
MM #978: Content specific teacher evaluations

3/23 Principal Morning Meeting 11:00 AM
ChatGPT - creating policies around AI and how to prepare your academic program for new technology - Justyna & Pam
Revisiting MM #969: Three reasons not to try banning ChatGPT
ACTION ITEMS (items below have clickable links)
CALENDAR EVENTS
MARCH
(Click links next to dates for more information)
3/28 CCSSCC Principal First Year Academy ZOOM Meeting (virtual)
3/29 Leadership Academy Meeting (12-1:30pm)
3/30 Vice Principal Academy Meeting
Christ in the Classroom Survey
Please complete this brief survey to provide us with information about your March 10th Christ in the Classroom retreat and your needs in preparing for next year's March retreat.
ACRE Registration
The ACRE religion assessment window is scheduled from Wednesday, March 29 – Friday, April 28, 2023 for all 5th and 8th grade students in our archdiocesan schools. Please work with your teachers to prepare for the testing window. ACRE information, including how to order your testing materials, is linked below.
WSCC Catholic Advocacy Bulletin - March 24, 2023
Governance & Leadership
Schwartz Newsletter - March 27, 2023

Reminders of upcoming due dates - Employee service awards submissions are due by April 7th, Participation in Federal Programs application due by April 17th; Private Schools Application due by April 18th.
Educational Leadership Partners Program
The deadline for the Fulcrum Educational Leadership Grant is Thursday, April 6th. For more information contact Kelly Surapaneni, kelly.surapaneni@seattlearch.org
Put in your PACE Teacher Requests
The University of Portland is still accepting requests for PACE Teachers. See the link for request form and information about the PACE program. If you have any questions, please contact Jackie Brocka, Assistant to PACE at brocka@up.edu
Academic Excellence
Early Learning Newsletter - Week of March 27, 2023

Weekly Newsletter will cover resources, professional development, upcoming meetings and more!
Tuesday, 3/28 - 1pm New Principal Meet Ups Hosted by the CCSSCC - Hiring/Retention Strategies, End of Year Prep
Join principals from all around the WCEA Diocese(s) to learn more about teacher retention, hiring strategies, and end of year preparation. FREE - registration required. 3/28 at 1pm-2:30pm
Title II Funding Needs for GRACE 2022-23 - LAST CHANCE

If you need help with submitting for Title II funds to help off set the costs of GRACE (or other PD programs) please complete this survey TODAY. Closes on Tuesday, 3/28/23.
Operational Vitality
Save the Date! August 10th is the 2023 INSPIRE Conference

INSPIRE is a conference for Office Managers, Finance Managers, Admissions, Marketing, Communications, Fundraising, and Early Learning staff hosted by Kristin Moore & Dave Mayer. It will at Seattle University this year. More details coming soon. Please have your staff save the date- it is going to be a great day for them!
April 4th from 10-11am (Advancement Session) Leverage Your Biggest Fans with a Parent Ambassador Program
Stephanie Singler and her Fulcrum Ambassador team will be with us to share about the importance and effectiveness of a Parent Ambassador Program. Click "read more" for the Zoom link.
2023/2024 Operating Budgets
We are in that time of year when our individual Annual School Operating Budgets are at very different stages of completion. Some Schools are complete and some have much left to complete. Once you have completed your 2023/2024 Operating Budget we would ask that you send it to John Sullivan with answers to four questions: (1) One broad, single percentage change of Tuition. (2) One broad single percentage change of Salaries. (3) How do your planned 2023/2024 Salaries compare to your local School School District - also one percentage. (4) Do you plan to do a Multi-year Operating Budget ? So far we have one such response. Thank you.
Timely Review and Approval of Substitute Time Sheets
Substitutes are paid on a semi-monthly basis (from the 1rst to the 15th is paid on the 25th and the 16th through the end of the month is paid on the 10th of the following month). Please make sure that your Primary Payroll Processor reviews and approves the time sheets for days Substitutes work at your school by the first day after the end of these Pay Periods (the 16th and the 1rst). Any time input into Paycom time sheets will be paid even if not approved, but it is important that charges to your School are correct and appropriate. Please help us address this.
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