Pentecost

Good morning, Kristin,

In preparation for the Feast of Pentecost this weekend, we return to where we began, with the Holy Spirit. In the fall, we opened our school year with the Mass of the Holy Spirit, with hope and a shared sense of purpose for the year ahead. Now, at Pentecost, we are reminded that the Spirit has remained with us, guiding and sustaining our community.

And so, with the Spirit abundant among us, I pray these last couple of weeks with your students continue to bear good fruit as you end the year with celebrations and farewells.

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The Spring Data Collection for the 2024-25 school year is now open. This collection is intended to secure information about our graduates and also various spring enrollment data. It is mandatory.

Please take a moment to complete the report.

If you have questions or problems related to OCS data collection, please contact Synthia Kaldi (synthiea.kaldi@seattlearch.org). We appreciate your work on this essential annual task.

With gratitude,

NICHOLAS FORD | Superintendent

Office for Catholic Schools | Archdiocese of Seattle

OPERATIONS CALENDAR & MONTHLY TASK LIST

Click here & log into mycatholicschool.org

Principal Weekly Meetings

6/5/2025 - Summer Plans/INSPIRE/Celebrate with Kristin Moore and OCS Team

Upcoming Events

June 4, 2025

NWEA Data Dive

August 4, 2025

New Principal Orientation

St. Thomas, Tukwila

August 5 & 6, 2025

Kickstart

August 6 & 7, 2025

INSPIRE

August 12, 2025

New School Employee Orientation

August 18, 2025

MDI Teacher Formation

It's time to register your teams for one of the best events of the year!

Click the INSPIRE logo below for information & to register:

MISSION & CATHOLIC IDENTITY

CIC Leadership Retreat Registration

Please register here for the 2025 Christ in the Classroom Leadership Retreat at the Seabeck Conference Center from September 17-19.

Season of Service

Thank you for your school's participation in the Season of Service! We surpassed our goal of 175,000 service hours and collectively volunteered over 230,000 hours as an archdiocese. Please submit any last-minute photos to seasonofservice@seattlearch.org

2025-26 Missionary Discipleship Institute Registration

Please encourage your 7th grade religion teachers to register here to receive year-long formation, support, and resources for implementing the MDI curriculum.

GOVERNANCE & LEADERSHIP

Schwartz's Update for the Week of 6/2/25

Included this week: End of year personnel information and new employee onboarding events for August: Registration link for new employee orientation and benefit information sessions.

Click here to read more.

Seattle University's Teaching Program

Seattle University has launched a Catholic Schools Teaching Corps Program (starts Summer 2025). Click the link to connect with CSTC.

PACE Teacher Request Form

Remember to fill out your requests for PACE Teachers!

Leadership Academy Registration 2025-26

The Leadership Academy - Leadership meetings for aspiring leaders in the 4 domains of the NSBECS. Contact: Kelly.surapaneni@seattlearch.org

ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

Early Learning Weekly Newsletter

Click here for important resources and reminders for the Early Learning Program.

Music Teacher Meet Ups 2025-26

GRACE teacher leader Marlys Smidt is gathering information to potentially host an online community of music teachers for 2025-26. Please share this link with your music teachers to provide her with their contact information!

Accreditation Team Sign Ups for 2025-26

Want to be placed on an accreditation team for the 2025-26 school year? Sign ups are open now! Please register using this link, and forward to any educator interested in taking on this opportunity.

OPERATIONAL VITALITY

Resumes on the Principal Shared Folder

Resumes from the Western Washington University, Seattle University and University of Portland Educator Fairs are on the Google Webspace. Click here!

Grow Your Latino Enrollment

Shea Family Charities has generously donated to cover the cost of Notre Dame’s ALMA (Latino Enrollment) program for our Seattle schools, making participation completely tuition-free! For more information, contact Kristin Moore at kristin.moore@seattlearch.org.

Substitutes!

Please let Synthiea know if you have someone stepping back who would still like to sub for our schools. Click here for more information.

2025/2026 School Budgets

Your 2025/2026 School Budget is important to us! Share the status of your budget, your issues in preparing and your final budget with John Sullivan this week.

Endowments Outside of Fulcrum

If your school has an endowment that is outside of the Fulcrum system, please alert John Sullivan.

Kickstart Registration

It's time to register for Kickstart 2025! Click here.

News & Resources

No News this Week!

We don't have any news this week. If you have anything you'd like to be shared in this section, please contact Ellie Bailey, eleanor.bailey@seattlearch.org.

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