Weekly Newsletter

• ALISON COLONNA MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP - APLLICATION DUE SEPTEMBER 29
• FITNESS FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 29
• DRESS DOWN DAY FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
• FORMS ON GENESIS MUST BE SIGNED BY SEPTEMBER 28
• LEGACY BRICK FUNDRAISER- DEADLINE TO PURCHASE A BRICK, SEPTEMBER 30
• OCTOBER 6 - 1/2 DAY OF SCHOOL

Dear SHS Parents and Guardians,

It was so nice to see so many of you at Back to School Night. I hope you found the evening enjoyable and informative. Thank you to everyone who participated. It is always a pleasure to spend time with the families of our students. We can’t wait to see you all soon and make sure to mark your calendar for Parent Teacher Conferences in November! Enjoy this week’s newsletter and have a fall-filled weekend,

Many Blessings,

Mrs. Joanna Barlow

Principal

Genesis credentials were sent to new users. These credentials come from Genesis SIS – not Sacred Heart School. Existing users should use the credentials they already have. If you have forgotten your credentials, click on the Forgot Password link. If you attempt to access an account 5 times using incorrect credentials, NO PASSWORD, even one sent from the Forgot Password link, will work until the account is re-enabled. Accounts are re-enabled Tuesday – Friday, sometime between 8:00 am and 1:00 pm. If your parent account is disabled please:

· Wait until midnight

· Go to https://parents.dioceseoftrenton.org

· Click on forgot password link

· Wait for a new password to be sent

· To avoid errors, copy and paste the new password

If you do not think you received credentials, please check your SPAM before posting a parent access support request.

***Parents/Guardians please remember, you have until 10:00 AM on September 28 to complete the Photography Release Form, and the Student/Parent Handbook Sign Off Form.

Next Friday will be our first $1.00 Dress Down Day. Students are allowed to dress down, out of uniform if they bring in $1.00. The money is donated to a needy organization. This month the money collected will be donated to our St.Vincent de Paul Food Pantry. Students should wear clothing appropriate for a Catholic school; no ripped jeans, bare midriffs or spaghetti strapped tank tops. All skirts should follow the “finger-tip” rule. T-shirts should not represent bands, or any political party or movement. For more information see our Student/Parent Handbook.

Mark your calendar! Friday, September 29th will be our first Fitness Friday of the year. During the months of September, October, November, March, April, and May, Fitness Fridays gives participating students the opportunity to walk one mile to school. Classes compete to have the most student participation. The class with the most students who walk to school wins the "Golden Sneaker" trophy. The trophy is displayed in their class until the next " Fitness Friday" when a new winner is selected.

Participating students in grades K-8 should meet at 7:25 a.m. at the Fairgrounds Plaza in Mount Holly near the Santander Bank. We will begin our walk down High Street at 7:30 a.m. Parents are invited to join us. If your child should miss the start of our walk, please do not drop them off on High Street, instead, follow the regular morning drop off procedures.

I am extremely excited to tell you about a new scholarship opportunity for our students. Jeff Colonna, Sacred Heart School class of 1980, has established a memorial scholarship in memory of his mother Alison Colonna. Click here for the scholarship criteria and application. Deadline to apply is Friday, September 29, 2023. Completed applications can be delivered in person or emailed to schooloffice@sacred-heart-school.org

The Friends of Sacred Heart School (FOSHS) "Legacy Brick Fundraiser" was established to pave the way to our future while honoring our past. The brick fundraising campaign began last spring and has been so successful that they extended the deadline to purchase bricks. The deadline to purchase a brick is now Friday, September 30, 2023. Click here for the Legacy Brick order form.

The FOSHS are also sponsoring a Country Line Dancing evening at Sacred Heart School.

Join us on Saturday, October 14th, from 7 pm - 10 pm. Food and drinks will be available for purchase. No experience or partners needed. All proceeds benefit S.H.S. Click here to purchase your tickets.

Let’s show everyone all the amazing things happening at Sacred Heart School! Have you taken some great pictures of events or activities at SHS? If so, share your photos with us. Your photo(s) could be used to promote our school via our website, newsletter and our social media accounts. We will also use the photos for our 23/24 school yearbook. See below for our photo sharing criteria and email address; and get clicking.

Hispanic Heritage Month runs from September 15 through October 15. During this month we will celebrate the histories, cultures and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America. This will be done via our morning announcements and in our classrooms through various lessons and conversations. Our librarian, Mrs. Asch will be highlighting books about Hispanic cultures as well as books written by Hispanic authors. We will also create a display of traditional Hispanic artifacts to be showcased in our front display case. Thank you to those students who have brought in items. If your child would like to showcase an item, please put their name on the item and send it into school. The item will be returned after October 15. We will do our best to display all items that are sent in.

Here you will find the September Lunch Menu. Please be aware due to rising food costs school lunch is now $3.90 this is a 10 cent increase from last school year.

MySchoolBucks is a convenient online service that allows you to securely pay for your student’s meals online using your credit/debit card or electronic check.

You can:
- Set Up Automatic Recurring Payments
- Track & Review Meal History
- Create Low Balance Alerts
- Make Payments with the Mobile App
- And More…
Sign up now! Registering for your FREE account is easy, go to https://www.MySchoolBucks.com. Create a secure account and never worry again about sending cash or checks with your student(s) to school again!
https://www.MySchoolBucks.com | (855) 832-5226

Have a smartphone? Get the MySchoolBucks Mobile App:

iOS (iPhone) - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/myschoolbucks/id661878685?mt=8
Android -
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hss.msb&feature=search_result

Parents, if you have some time on your hands and would like to volunteer one day a week to assist with lunch or recess duty, please email schooloffice@sacred-heart-school.org. Please be advised that all volunteers must be VIRTUS trained and fingerprinted. If you need to start the process to be fingerprinted and/or VIRTUS trained please email ptaevents@sacred-heart-school.org.

If your child is preparing to make a Sacrament this year (2nd graders are invited to make 1st Reconciliation and 1st Holy Communion, 8th graders are invited to the Sacrament of Confirmation), be sure to look at the Sacraments website, updated by our Coordinator of Religious Education, Mrs. Barbara Kane. The site has a great deal of important information for the year. A registration form was distributed by the 2nd and 8th grade teachers. You can also find a copy here. If you are planning on your child receiving a Sacrament this year, please be sure to complete the form as soon as possible.

• Uniform Exchange - Friday, October 6

• Back to School Skating Social - Sunday, October 8

• Halloween Hustle - Saturday, October 21

• Trunk or Treat SHS Families - Friday, October 27

To view our great products click SHS SPIRIT WEAR to enter the website. Remember all your purchases support our school and show our Chargers Pride!

ARRIVAL AND DISMISSAL TIMES:

Drop-off begins at 7:30am. Pick up for our K-8 program is at 2:30 and 2:15 if you child is in Pre-K 2:15.

CAR LINE TIPS ON ARRIVAL:

Form 2 lanes. The right lane is for grades K-8, the left lane is for our Pre-K students. Families with students in both PreK and K-8 should stay in the right lane.

When arriving you will be greeted by Father John and myself. Please wait your turn in the car lanes. Once in the drop off area, have your child exit the car. K-8 students will be dropped off in front of the main gym doors. Pre-K will circle around and be dropped off in front of the church. Our staff on duty will assist in making sure your children arrive safely to their classrooms.

Once you have dropped off your child/children please do not cut out of lane instead wait until the car in front of you moves to exit the campus. When exiting please be mindful that cars may turn in front of you to drop off at preschool or to exit the campus.

CAR LINE TIPS FOR PICK-UP

Form 2 lanes. In the interest of safety for your child/children and others:

Children will not be permitted to enter a car until the car is in front of the auditorium. Please pull all the way up to the "Drop off ends here" sign even if your child is standing in another place. If one of the car lanes is moving, children must wait until the cars stop moving before going to their car. If you must exit your car to buckle seat belts, we ask that you use the lane closest to the auditorium. Please pick up your child as quickly as possible, being mindful of the extremely long line behind you. We are discouraged from blocking Clifton Avenue.

Morning Care (6:30am-7:30am) and Extended Day Program (EDP) is available. If you are interested in either of these programs, please be sure to visit the website to get all the information you need. This is also where you can register your child for the programs.

If you are happy with our school, please consider giving us a 5 star review on google and yelp. If you are not happy, please let us know at schooloffice@sacred-heart-school.org

If you would like to submit pictures, or need an event posted to Facebook or Instagram please contact Karla Fluder at ptamedia@sacred-heart-school.org