Keystone - February 28, 2022

ALWAYS....REACHING HIGHER

From the Superintendent...

Greetings!

As we prepare to begin the season of Lent, let us pray for peace in our world. May each of us be God’s instrument of peace through our daily interactions with one another. Most especially, as leaders, we might prayerfully respond to our daily challenges as models of love and kindness. Archbishop Etienne has called on us to “strengthen our prayers as one family of God for an end to the war in Ukraine. Peace. Peace. Peace.”

Pope Francis’ reflection, “May weapons be silenced! God is with peacemakers, not with those who use violence.” Our Ash Wednesday ashes tell the world that we are people of love and hope even in times of great sadness and cruelty. May our actions speak of our love for one another as we pray for peace.

We keep you in our prayers of gratitude,

Kristin and the OCS team

KRISTIN DIXON | Superintendent

Office for Catholic Schools | Archdiocese of Seattle

NEWS

MONTHLY TASK LIST

Please log into mycatholicschool.org

CALENDAR

Principal

Morning Meetings

March 1 - 11 am - W2C, Fulcrum grant Applications, and School Board info

March 2 - 11 am - Open Mic/Covid

March 3 - 11 am - Accreditation Progress Reports

CALENDAR EVENTS

MARCH

3/1 Holy Week Liturgy Virtual Training for Campus Ministers - Pt. 2 10 AM

3/1 Annual Progress reports are due

3/1 2022-23 Academic Calendar is due

3/1 MDI Teacher Monthly Check-in -Gr. 7 3:45 PM

3/2 Ash Wednesday: Welcome to the season of Lent

3/3 University of Portland Education Fair (in-person)

3/8 Executive Principal Meeting 9:00 AM

3/8 Western Washington Education Fair (on Handshake)

3/11 Mental Health Day for Teachers and Staff

3/15 Principal intent Packer is due

3/15 High School Leaders Meeting 1:00 PM

3/17 Principal Quarterly Meeting

2022 NCEA Convention- Virtual or In-person - April 19-21

ACTION ITEMS (click links for more information)

Gift of a Mental Health Day

A gift from Archbishop for your your amazing service to the Church. All Teachers and Staff in our Seattle Archdiocese Schools will receive an additional Holiday on 3/11/22 as a special gift from Archbishop Etienne. This Mental Health Day should be coded as a holiday in Paycom. The attached letter from the Archbishop expresses his gratitude and suggests some resources that are available.

Mission & Catholic Identity

March Principal Monthly Tasks

Time to turn the page to March!

Peace and Prayers for the Ukraine

The Holy Father has asked the faithful to pray for peace on Ash Wednesday.

WSCC Advocacy Bulletin

Those bills still alive need your voice!

Governance & Leadership

Schwartz Newsletter

The link will take you to the new landing page which will house the regular communications from Pam Schwartz.

Fulcrum Educational Leadership Grant due March 30th

Contact Kelly Surapaneni, kelly.surapaneni@seattlearch.org with any questions.

Updated - Free Office Furniture from Fulcrum

Contact Savannah Hawk, savannah.hawk@fulcrumfoundation.org with any questions.

Academic Excellence

High School Newsletter - February 2022

This issue discusses Black History Month, research behind early start times in high schools, and provides some PD opportunities catering for Catholic high schools.

Early Learning Newsletter - February 28, 2022

Weekly Newsletter will cover resources, professional development, new health department info and more

PD - Accreditation team Members for 2022-2023

Please sign up to sit on an accreditation team for 2022-23; all schools are going through the SE protocol. Please forward this opportunity to your teachers too!

New Updates from NWEA - MAP

February NWEA partner updates including information for Fall 2022 included in links

PD Webinar on how to implement Since Time Immemorial curriculum - WA state history

Share with your SS teachers - PD opportunity to learn about Tribal Sovereignty Curriculum (PNW social studies webinars)

Complete the Progress Report Template by March 1st

All schools are required to complete both sections of the new progress report - these align to the NSBECS and are for both WCEA and non-WCEA accredited schools.

Operational Vitality

Paycom Updates 2/25/22

This Paycom Update covers W-2c's which now are not expected to be completed until 3/15/22, a 1095 Update, Getting W-2's to Employees who left in 2021, Paycom training priorities, Sweep Reporting, PTO Accruals and the backlog of Paycom issues.

Make sure your Paycom Issues, new and old, are being addressed

Your Paycom issues are important to the implementation process. Note in the 2/18/22 Weekly Paycom Update that only 58 issues were added to the issues system in the last week. It is critical to make sure that your Paycom issues are being addressed !

Mid-Year School Financial Report

Please send your YTD 12/31/21 Financial results and Budget for the 2021/2022 School year to John Sullivan at john.sullivan@seattlearch.org

Chancery Paycom Updates

Weekly Paycom Updates have been posted on the Archdiocesan Website since 12/17/21 and are available here.

2022-2023 Academic Calendar Template

The academic calendar for 2022-2023 school year now available. Your school academic calendar is due to OCS on March 1, 2022. If you have questions, please contact janeal.grosinger@seattlearch.org.

A Month full of Recruiting Events

Refresh your Frontline postings for the 2022-23 school year. There are many in-person events in the month of March.

PACE Teacher Request Link for the 2022-2023 School Year

PACE has started making their teacher placements soon. See the link for Teacher Request Form. Contact kelly.surapaneni@seattlearch.org with questions.

Aspiring Leaders and Educational Leadership Programs and Grant

Educational Leadership application are fast approaching.See link for our partner program open houses/contact information and Fulcrum Educational Leadership Grant Program.

Deadline - Tuesday, March 2nd for 3 Fulcrum Foundation Grants!

School Partnership, Building Diversity and Inclusion Grant, and ECE are all due on Tuesday. Contact Susan.ocoma@fulcrumfoundation.org with any questions.

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