ALWAYS....REACHING HIGHER
From the Superintendent...
Greetings!

Big week for us all!  Tuesday, May 17, Pastor/Principal Meeting with the Archbishop. 

We encourage masks as we have over 100 registered for this event. 

The windows will be open at St. Thomas, so dress for the weather! Looking forward to being with you all.

Agenda for Tuesday, May 17, 2022

7:30 - Welcoming time and preparation for Mass
8:00 - Mass
9:00 - Introduction to Nicholas Ford, Superintendent Elect 
              Questions to consider
9:30 - AB shares his thoughts on the Covenant
10:15 - Break
10:30 - Round table discussions on hopes, wonders, challenges re: AB’s info
11:00 - Report out from the discussions
11:30 - Celebration of milestones
             Accreditation; retirements; new adventures, first year principals
               General updates for end of year, and beginning of next year
12:00 - Lunch – eat with us, or take with you

Friday, May 20, Celebration of Light!  We pray for smooth sailing for both events. I look forward to being with you all at each event!

As always, you remain in our prayers of great gratitude,

KRISTIN DIXON |  Superintendent
Office for Catholic Schools | Archdiocese of Seattle

Principal
Morning Meetings
May 17 - Join us at St Thomas for the Principal/Pastor Meeting
May 19 - Discussion of Covenant and Benefits
ACTION ITEMS (click links for more information)
CALENDAR EVENTS
MAY
Summer School Slingerland Program - August 1-19
Our Lady of the Lake School is offering a 3 week summer school for students entering Grade 2-5.
May is Mental Health month
Mental Health Resources vetted by OSPI
April ACRE Assessment Roll-up Data is Here!
Uniting for Ukraine
Register for May 24 zoom meeting to learn more about what it means to be a sponsor, how the process works, and where to find support.
Catholic Lifesavers Corp- Cohort 2
We invite interested High Schools to apply by May 31st!
This youth suicide-prevention leadership training registration is now open and we are looking for 2-4 High schools to join for this Fall.
ACRE Schools - Go and access your Gr. 5 & 8 reports!
Results are in! Use these resources with your religion teachers to align data with the Religion standards!
Governance & Leadership
Schwartz Newsletter
The link will take you to the new landing page which will house the regular communications from Pam Schwartz.
Academic Excellence
Early Learning Newsletter - May 9, 2022
Weekly Newsletter will cover resources, professional development, new health department info and more
pdEnroller and Clock Hour Important Information
Please complete any final PD opportunities for clock hours - all submissions must be submitted no later than 10 days before your event(s).
MAP Spring Testing Information
MAP Testing Dates, updates from NWEA and other important links can be found here
Registration for May GRACE Meeting
All are welcome to join in on our last official GRACE meeting of 2022-23. Please register here
Accreditation Team Sign-up for 2022-2023 Teams
Consider serving on an accreditation team for our Archdicoese next year. Please sign up on mycatholicschools.org and Janeal Grosinger will reach out to you with more details this summer!
Help with Celebration of Light
Please sign up to help Fulcrum with checking in COL participants - send this to GRACE teacher leader as well.
Operational Vitality
Make sure your Paycom Issues, new and old, are being addressed
Your Paycom issues are important to the implementation process. Note in the 4/22/22 Weekly Paycom Update that one more issue was added to the issues system in the last week and a backlog of two issues remain to be addressed. It is critical to make sure that your Paycom issues are being addressed ! Have you heard back that your issue(s) are being addressed ?
Paycom Updates 5/13/22
Please reveiew this week's Paycom update: Open Enrollment (Medical, Dental, Vision HSA & FSA), HSA/FSA Audit Results, Employee Data Local Audit, New Training Material and New Security Elements. Please review these with you Primary Payroll Processor.
2022-2023 School Budgets
(1) If your 2022/2023 Budget is complete - email to John Sullivan (2) What is keeping you from completion - email to John Sullivan (3) Completed or not what have been your two largest challenges this year - email to John Sullivan
Covenant Teacher Pay Period
The 2022/2023 Covenant year for Teachers will follow immediately after the 2021/2022 Covenant year for Teachers.
Chancery Paycom Updates
Weekly Paycom Updates have been posted on the Archdiocesan Website since 12/17/21 and are available here.
Do you have an aspiring administrator you would like to recommend for the 2022-23 Leadership Academy?
Fill out the gravity form or send them to Kelly Surapaneni, Coordinator of Leadership Development, at kelly.surapaneni@seattlearch.org
Fulcrum’s New Student Tuition Assistance Program for 2022-23 is now open
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