Weekly Family Communication

The mission of Holy Rosary School is to help each child discover and fully develop their God-given talents. As a Catholic School community, we strive for excellence in our students’ spiritual, academic, physical, mental, aesthetic, and social-emotional growth. It is our intention that those who attend this institution mature into active citizens leading a committed faith life and reaching out to help others locally, nationally, and internationally with their wisdom, time, talent, and financial resources.

Dear Holy Rosary Families,

I want to thank you for your amazing support during our October Annual Fund drive! Thank you for helping to spread the word far and wide on ways to support our special school. Every donation matters, no matter the dollar amount. Thank you so much for your ongoing consideration, participation, and support. Know that every dollar raised goes directly into our school and supports our teachers and classrooms directly!

This weekend we have our fall marketing open house, Saturday from 9:30 - 11:30 am. If you have friends who are considering Holy Rosary School, please encourage them to come!

Also, one more announcement that the funeral Mass for our friend and longtime facilities manager Scott Stoefen will be November 16th at 11:00 am. All are welcome.

Have a blessed rest of the week!

In Christ,

Anna

• Oct 19th - Fall Open House
  
• Oct 22nd - Picture Retakes
• Nov 1st - All Saints Mass
• Nov 1st - 8th Grade Pizza Lunch
• Nov 8th - No School, Teacher-in-Service
• Nov 11th - No School, No BASE

Holy Rosary School will have its annual Christmas Program the evening of December 19th @ 6pm. You won't want to miss this special evening filled with student performances, readings, and prayer as we prepare for Christmas! Students will spend months preparing for this special evening and all students and families are asked to be present for this event.

October 18 - Feast day of St. Luke. He is the author of the Gospel of St. Luke and the Acts of the Apostles. He was a physician and an artist. St. Luke was the first to begin painting icons, starting with Mary, Our Lady. Celebrate with your family by : Reading the Gospel of Luke, praying one of the three canticles he wrote: Magnificat, the Beneditus, and the Nunc Dimittis, or cook burgers or steak for dinner since he is the patron saint of butchers.

October 19 - Faith Family Night discussion topic All Saints. After 5pm Mass. All ages are welcome!

October 26 - NW Catholic Women's Retreat at Holy Family Church, Kirkland WA (9am-3pm). Theme of Retreat: Who am I, Lord? Speaker: Nell O'Leary Why Is Life Mostly Boring and Lonely? (feat. Nell O'Leary)

I hope your October is filled with lots of treats. October is Bullying Prevention Month. As a school we continue to teach our Bullying Prevention Curriculum through Second Step. We are also emphasizing our PBIS (Positive Behavior Intervention System) expectation of RESPECT.

A few questions you can ask at home:

What does it mean to be respectful to yourself, others and our school?

How does respect look/sound?

How can you be respectful today?

Please let me know what questions you have (mchoitz@holyrosaryws.org) and thank you for your ongoing partnership.

Holy Rosary School has partnered with an agency called Care Solace to help connect students, their families, and our staff with mental health and counseling services when needed and desired. We recognize how hard it is to find mental health professionals with availability., and we also see the growing need for students and families to access support. Care Solace helps to connect families with the types of services you're looking for, in your area, based on availability and payment method (cash, sliding scale, insurance, etc.). I encourage you to explore their website or connect with Anna Horton or our counselor Megan Choitz to help your family access these services, at no charge to you (to use the Care Solace access services).

Yuen Lui Studio will photograph makeup and retake portraits at Holy Rosary School on Tuesday, October 22

Makeup portraits: students who missed the September picture day should plan on getting a portrait taken on Tuesday, October 22. Families can preorder makeup portraits here: 2024-25 Holy Rosary School Make-up/ Retake Day Pre-payments 10/22

Retake portraits: students who preordered picture day packets for the September picture day can return their package to the photographer in exchange for a retake - a new package of the retake image for all returned packages will be issued at no charge.

View and order portraits: families can view and order portraits from the September picture day here: 2024-25 Holy Rosary School: Online Code = Student's School ID Number. October portraits will also be available for viewing via the same link about one-two weeks after retake day. Images are password protected by an online code. The online code is your student's school ID number.

Holy Rosary School will once again host a fall Covid and Flu shot clinic this fall to help families who wish to have their students vaccinated. Family members of students are also welcome. We will have Seattle Visiting Nurse Association nurses on campus after school on October 28th. Sign ups are available using the QR code on the linked flyer. Parent volunteers are needed to make this happen. If you are interested in volunteering, contact Tiffany Jones (tiffany@tiffanyejones.com). Click here, if you have questions about the shot clinic.

2024 AHERA Notification

Holy Rosary School has the opportunity to join other local Catholic schools to host a Japanese exchange student for one week in March between their academic years, from March 22nd - March 30th. Last year we had three students join, who were hosted by Holy Rosary families. It was a wonderful experience for everyone! The students joining us will likely be in sixth, seventh or eighth grade, and families receive a small stipend to offset the expenses of hosting a student for the week. The students would then attend classes here at Holy Rosary School during the week. If you might be interested in learning more about this opportunity, and possibly hosting a student for the week, please email principal Anna Horton at ahorton@holyrosaryws.org.

The priority application period for parish members & current school families is September 15th and goes until November 15th for the 2025/2026 school year. If you have a new student who would like to apply to Holy Rosary School, please complete our online application at: https://holyrosaryws.org/applynow/. Re-enrollment occurs in January. Any questions, please contact: admissions@holyrosaryws.org

Next school year, our Preschool offerings will change to all 5-day a week classes. Full-time Pre-K class (M-F 8:30am-3pm), Part-time Pre-K class (M-F 12:05pm-3:05pm), and Part-time Preschool 3s (8:30am-11am). Apply now if interested!

Please click on this link to order. You can pick up in the office anytime between 8am to 4pm.

Contact Ellen Voelker at ellenvoelker@gmail.com to request uniforms in your child's size.

WOW, what a difference a week makes! We are currently at 54% of our goal and just over $81,000 donated in our month-long Annual Fund Fall Drive. Our goal is 100% participation from every family in our school community.

Since we are halfway through our month-long drive, I wanted to announce a very GENEROUS MATCH by a current HRS family. If we receive $25,000 in new donations by the time the efc is sent next week (10/24 @ 11am), the family will match with $25,000 additional dollars!

EVERY DOLLAR RAISED OVER THE NEXT WEEK WILL BE DOUBLED!

Share your personal fundraising link with family and friends. If you need assistance contact annualfund@holyrosaryws.org. Questions on the Annual Fund, read here.

We need one helper for Picture Retakes on Tuesday, October 22nd. We will start at 8:30am and hopefully finish up by lunch time. Contact Kristin Bentler if you are interested.

Holy Rosary's booth at the Harvest Festival is in need of parent & 8th grade volunteers. Sign-up below. The West Seattle Junction also shared their Harvest Festival schedule for the Sunday, 10/27. Come join the fun!

Take a few minutes to log into your Safe Env account and check your status. You may need a 20-minute refresher. Checking your status now will save staff time in contacting you before you can volunteer.

New families: Please complete your background checks and SE training before volunteering! If you haven't set up a volunteer log-in yet to record hours, here is the link! One parent must be the main account user, a 2nd parent can be added to the account as a sub-account. Instructions will be on the main account user’s page on how to add a sub-account.

Basketball season is almost here! 4th-8th graders will begin practicing the week of October 21st (practice schedule TBD), so please register your players today!

We will be registering individual teams on October 18th, and the quantity of players registered for each gender/grade on that date will determine how many teams we register. Game will begin on November 9th!

Join us for our Faith Family Fun Night—Saturday, October 19, 2024, 6:00pm in School Hall after 5:00pm Mass

You’re invited to our Faith Family Fun Night in the School Hall starting at 6:00pm after 5:00pm Mass. Our Saturday, October 19, 2024 Faith Night will focus on “All Saints”. Join us for fun and relevant activities to celebrate faith and your family.

· Drop off potluck item of your choosing at School Hall before Mass or bring after.

· Bring your family to 5:00pm Mass

· Dinner & Faith activity in School Hall after Mass

· Family Night concludes at 7:30pm

Please see attached flyer and for questions email Deyette Swegle atDSwegle@holyrosaryseattle.org.

Help us support areas heavily impacted by the recent hurricanes by donating to the Catholic Charities U.S.A. Disaster Relief Fund. Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) distributes 100% of funds received directly to Catholic Charities agencies in disaster-stricken communities to care for our affected neighbors.

Scan the QR code to give a donation or donate by check. For online donations, please write "National Disaster Relief" in the notes. Please make checks to Holy Rosary, in the memo line write "For National Disaster Relief". Checks can be placed in the collection basket or dropped off at the parish office.

Friday, October 18, 7-9pm, Juan Diego Room

All 7th and 8th graders and high schoolers are invited to the OLG Youth Group night. Please see attached flyer.

For questions please email Sarah Reggio at Sarahr@olgseattle.org.

ACC’s 22nd annual Labor of Love Online Auction opens, Sunday, October 20. An abundance of superb items are available online at https://laboroflove2024.ggo.bid/. The auction will end next Sunday, October 27th. Items include theater and sports tickets, weekend getaways, restaurant gift cards, wine tasting, home-baked goodies—and much more.Bid early for best selection!

Sponsored by Advocacy and Caring for Children (formerly the Association for Catholic Childhood), proceeds will benefit children and families in need. See our website for more details: acc@ccsww.org

• More information: Check out our flier for more information.
• Register: https://holyrosaryseattle.org/wwp-registration

GiveACA - 2024 - Archdiocese of Seattle (archseattle.org).

7th and 8th grade https://holyrosaryseattle.org/youth-confirmation

See our Flyer for more information.

Congratulations to the following children baptized on October 5, 2024! We welcome you to a life with Christ.

• Fenwick Roy A.
• Kaius Franklin J.
• Peter Louis M.

If you are interested in having your child baptized, please email Deyette at Deyette Swegle. You may also complete our Baptism Registration form by using this link,https://holyrosaryseattle.org/infant-baptism-registration.

srstella@holyrosaryseattle.org

srstella@holyrosaryseattle.org

https://holyrosaryseattle.org/rcia-adults.

We offer Children’s Liturgy of the Word year round at Sunday 10:30am Mass.

• Parish Children’s Choir YouthChoir! (Grades 3-6) | Holy Rosary Catholic Church | Seattle, WA (holyrosaryseattle.org)
• Altar Serving (5th -High school)–email Paul Dolejsi at Pdolejsi@holyrosaryseattle.org for more information.

https://holyrosaryseattle.org/adult-confirmation-1

Veterans of Foreign War and Its Auxiliary Department of Washington are sponsoring their annual essay contest. There are 2 different levels based on your child's grade. Applications are available in the school office. Essays must be submitted by October 31st. Go to scholarship.com for more information.