Thank you to all who met the Fulcrum financial assistance deadline last Friday. This is so important for our community, as we are typically awarded between $50,000 and $65,000 in individual scholarships every year!! It is the main reason that we are able to continue our commitment to educating all children, regardless of a family's financial ability. The Fulcrum Foundation is a huge supporter of our school and, with additional grants, provides over $125,000 per year to help fill the gap in tuition assistance within our annual budget.

If you still need to apply for the scholarship, please contact the office immediately so that we can see what the options are for getting you financial assistance for next year. For all families who applied, we will be scheduling financial aid contract meetings in the spring to get you signed up for the 17-18 school year. Remember, we will not be offering any financial assistance (or financial contract meetings) if you did not complete the application/verification process through Fulcrum. It does not matter whether you are awarded a scholarship, only that you submitted your application and made it through the verification process (with any necessary documents).

Blessings,

Katie Dempsey

Principal

Wednesday: Parent Service Club Meeting, Lock-Down Drill

Thursday: All School Mass at 9 am, The Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary.

Next Week:

Wed (12/14): Christmas Concert at 6:30 p.m. in the auditorium.

Fri (12/16): Noon dismissal...no extended care.

• Jeff Smith and Bridget Yaden for coaching the boy's basketball team for 4th grade.
• Gabe Farias for coaching the 7th/8th grade basketball team.
• Laura and Scott Puryear for procuring "new" (gently used) laptops for our technology lab, as well as a giant Christmas tree for our auditorium.
• All the parents and staff who have helped decorate doorways, hallways, and the auditorium for Christmas...especially Jackie, Marseille, Sonia, and Gaby!
• The people who so generously donated (no amount is too small) to our Annual Fund. Remember, we have a matching grant of $25,000 to use between now and the end of December. So, if you haven't donated, get that year-end tax gift in!

It should take less than 5 minutes and is completely anonymous! We appreciate the feedback! The survey will be open until December 12th.

Remember, your baking time counts for volunteer hours, so add it to your monthly "volunteer hours" sheet!

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If you have gotten in to a habit of coming to school "just a few minutes late", please try to make a new start for the new year. Start a new habit and give your child/ren the best start you can each and every day...get them to school with plenty of time for them to get settled and be ready to learn by the time school begins! Their success depends on it!

• Christmas Program Changed to December 14th (Wednesday). The survey results were overwhelmingly in favor of this change. Thank you for voting!
• Monday, January 2nd - School Closed in Observance of New Year's Day
• Adult Spanish Classes will now be held with Señora Nolting on Fridays from 4 pm - 5:30 pm.

Crab Feed/Auction, January 28th

Crab Feed tickets are now on sale! We are excited to offer online ticket sales. Please visit the following site: https://hrrsjda.ejoinme.org/crabfeed2017tickets. You can purchase single, couple tickets, or a table. If you want to sit near someone in particular, please indicate that in the notes.

As a reminder, each family is required to provide an item valued at $100 for the Crab Feed/Auction. Are you looking for ideas for auction items? Please visit the event website for ideas: https://hrrsjda.ejoinme.org/MyEvents/AuctionCrabFeed2017/ProcurementDetails/tabid/825568/Default.aspx We have procurement forms in the office if you would like to solicit local businesses for a donation. Deadline for auction items is January 6th. After January 6th, families will be assessed a $150 fee.

In this week’s communication folder I am including business sponsorship opportunities. Do you work for a company that would consider sponsoring our Crab Feed/Auction? Or do you know a business who might? Sponsorships help make our event successful as it eliminates many of the event expenses up front which in turn provides more funds directly benefitting our school.

Auction questions/ideas email: smckinney@hrrsjda.org.

Annual Fund Appeal!

There is still time to donate to this important fund. We are excited to share that we are getting closer to our $100,000 goal. Our Annual Fund Appeal has raised $73,511! Through the month of December we will have matching funds available. So any donation made will be matched dollar for dollar.

Would you consider donating at a level that is appropriate to your family? Every gift counts!

To donate online, please go to www.hrrsjda.org and click on the yellow, "Donate Now" link at the top right corner or just click this link:https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/o5kPfZnwU-9YPZxE8gatew

We appreciate your support! Please consider an end-of-year gift today.

Thank you to all of the families, staff, and friends of Holy Rosary that have donated so far. Thanks to the following families that have recently donated to this fund:

Melissa Kennedy & Dave Boynton
Cami Catlin
Melissa Curtis
Stephen Barkley
Kaelyn Holguin
Jillian Sibblies

Susan Gonzalez

Contact Me:

office@hrrsjda.org

Email: office@hrrsjda.org
Website: www.hrrsjda.org
Location: 504 S 30th St, Tacoma, WA, United States
Phone: (253)272-7012
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HolyRosaryTacoma