We Are Called

It is time to celebrate Catholic School this week. Just as we celebrate our KC teams, let's hear it for Catholic Schools! In some ways, the celebrations of dressing as a career or crazy hair days that we have miss the mark of what we are truly celebrating. But, it really is what the kids need. They are excited about their school, learning is fun, they are helping people, they understand that what a blessing it is to have faith in their education and what it means to be Called a Community.

Thanks to those who have taken care of enrollment or reached out. There is a lot of planning that goes into getting ready for a school year. I have attached the preliminary calendar that I emailed out this week at the bottom. Enrollment is one of the first elements. There is plenty of time to change how fees or tuition is paid of if needed, just call the FACTs parent line. For those that pay with an invoice, you can pay that way or here is a link to pay fees.

https://web4u.forms-db.com/view.php?id=1267799

Thank you for all you do to make Sacred Heart a great student.

We are Called!

Kathy Rhodes

SACRED HEART OF JESUS CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK

January 30 – February 4

“We Are Called”

SUNDAY 1-30-22

v Focus: Celebrate Our Parish

v Catholic Schools Week Mass – 11:00 am

· We would like students to wear their uniform to Mass this weekend.

· Out of uniform on Feb. 8th for all students attending Mass in uniform

MONDAY 1-31-22

v Focus: Celebrate Community

v Kick off of Foster Care Supply Drive

· See picture for list of items

v Spelling Bee

· 1st-5th 1:00-1:45pm

· 1-5th winner and 6-8th 2:00-3:00pm

v Sports Day

TUESDAY 2-1-22

v Focus: Celebrate Vocations

v Say a prayer for Vocations

v Vocation/ Career Day

WEDNESDAY 2-2-22

v Focus: Celebrate Parents

v Mass/ Donuts

v Sacred Heart Spirit Day

THURSDAY 2-3-22

v Focus: Celebrate Your Students

v Cardinal Carnival- run by the 8th graders. Classes assigned a 90 block during the school day. Hot lunch will be served.

v PJ/ Crazy Hair Day

FRIDAY 2-4-22

v Focus: Celebrate Faculty, Staff, and Volunteers

v Talent Show 9:30

v Dismissal 11:30am

v Break the Rules Free Dress Day

Parents – Please be aware of the temperature when dressing your child as classes will go outside for recess if weather permits. No spaghetti straps or tank tops on any day. Shorts and skirts must be appropriate length on all days. Leggings/yoga pants may only be worn with long shirts to mid- thigh. Remember to send tennis shoes for PE days.

Christian modesty should be observed at all times. Acceptability of appropriate attire is at the discretion of the Teachers/Administration.

Jan. 25 Open House for New Families 6:30

Jan. 30 Catholic Schools Week Starts

Feb. 4 11:30 Dismissal

Feb. 7 No School

Feb. 9 Skating Party

Feb. 11 Group Pictures

April 20 Confirmation

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With our deepest gratitude, we extend our heartfelt thanks for the outpouring of donations and prayers following our recent house fire. We are truly overwhelmed by the love, support and care shown to us.

We are in the process of finding temporary housing and will keep you abreast of our progress. Please be assured of our prayers for your family, too.

And now these three things remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

1 Corinthians 13:13

The Stiens Family

Here is the link to purchase tickets to the Carnival. The $5 gets you access to all the games, 2 food coupons so that the students can pick between the 4 choices (no additional food coupons will be sold as we will have a special hot lunch that day) and 3 tickets to put in for raffle items. This link will allow you to purchase more raffle tickets.

https://web4u.forms-db.com/view.php?id=1096816

Thanks to those who are bringing treats. Please make sure they are clearly marked for the dance so they don't get confused with the carnival things! Just drop at the front office. Please use this link to sign-up to help with the Father-Daughter dance (setup, clean-up, or donations):

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508054FABA82FA1FB6-shoj

Dear Families,

As 2022 begins, the Rosary Ministry at SHOJ School is back! We invite you to join in this beautiful practice of prayer during this semester and entrust your family, Sacred Heart of Jesus School, and all the school families into Mary’s care. Below are different ways to focus on bringing this prayer into your family life this semester:

January: we invite you to pray a Rosary as a family for Sacred Heart and all Catholic Schools as we celebrate Catholic Schools Week at the end of the month

February: there will be an opportunity for you to sign up to receive the name of a fellow SHOJ family to pray a Rosary for

March/April: we encourage you to gather with another SHOJ family to pray a Rosary

May: there will be an opportunity for parents/families to gather to pray a Rosary for the SHOJ community together

Some families may be accustomed to praying the Rosary together, while for others this may seem new and uncomfortable. A wonderful place to start is using the Holy Family School of Faith Daily Rosary podcast, during which the Rosary is prayed, with very relatable meditations shared between the decades. You can scroll through the podcast episodes here to find a topic that sounds intriguing.

This video also includes a brief history of the Rosary and an overview of how to pray it (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuT7HI7ZvfA&ab_channel=BustedHalo%C2%AE) , and this link (https://www.dynamiccatholic.com/rosary/how-to-pray-the-rosary.html) includes the written prayers for a Rosary.

We hope the ways listed above will bring some new opportunities for your family to pray together this semester!

SHOJ Rosary Committee

Hello SHOJ parents!

It’s that time again!! The 2022 Kindest Kansas Citian contest is right around the corner and I can’t wait to feel the love in the building this spring through our student’s essays about the special people they nominate.

Here’s what you need to know about the contest:

I will be talking about the contest when I come in for lessons this month. If students want to participate, they need to submit a one-page essay and/or a drawing (see contest rules for age groups below) describing the KIND and caring ways of someone who is…

• 18 years or older

• NOT in their family

• Living in the KC metro area

The deadline for the submissions is Friday, February 11th.

Contest rules:

• Kindergarten through 2nd grade students are encouraged to draw a picture of their nominee and write a two sentence description about that person.

• 3rd through 5th grade students are encouraged to write a minimum of four sentences on their submission form describing their nominee.

• 6th through 8th grade students are encouraged to write a one page essay describing their nominee.

https://www.synergyservices.org/get-involved/events/32nd-Annual-Kindest-Kansas-Citian-Contest-2022

Gratefully,

Lori

SHOJ counselor

lori.schierts@shoj.org

913-276-3172

Please share a healthy recipe that your family enjoys! I will continue to send daily emails regarding illness at school. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Registration with our unique charity link: https://smile.amazon.com/ch/48-0625990

School Families: Adoration for the wellbeing of parish students and teachers (signupgenius.com)

The Carnival Raises money to support our all school serve day (we purchase items, rather than have another collection of items). Along with a $5 ticket for the activities, we ask that 8th graders bring a larger raffle prize, 7th graders bring individually cakes, grades 3-6 a $5 raffle prize and K-2 a bag of individually wrapped candy for prizes. Thanks 8th graders and families for putting this on!

All Parish Serve Day

Join Sacred Heart Parishioners for an ALL Parish Serve Day on Saturday, February 19! We will meet in the Johnson Drive Parking lot by the basketball goas and travel to various Catholic Charities locations to serve. We will complete the experience with a 12:30 luncheon at a location to be announced. You are welcome to bring your children age 8 and older unless you feel your younger disciples are mature enough to handle a morning of “light labor.” More details and a schedule with be forthcoming. This experience will count for Confirmation service hours. Sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0f4baaae2da6f94-allparish

Sunday, February 27th

7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The Jr. High Youth Rally is an annual event hosted by the Office of Evangelization and Catholic Formation of Youth. It’s a faith-filled, one day event aimed at engaging and inspiring youth to live for Christ. It is open to any middle school student in the Archdiocese.

Carpool: We will meet at 7:30 a.m. in SHOJ Johnson Drive side parking lot to carpool to Prairie Star Ranch (1 hour drive). The rally will begin at 9:00 a.m. and end at 4:00 p.m. We will return to SHOJ parking lot around 5:00 p.m.

VICTORY is the theme of this year’s retreat.

After registering, please fill out this permission slip and return to Jen beforehand at jen.zans@shoj.org or at drop off Sunday morning: https://files.ctctusercontent.com/593b3045601/bc5114ff-41db-4529-b3f9-75ce815a883c.pdf?rdr=true

Schedule:

7:30am- Meet at Sacred Heart to carpool

8:30am - Registration Opens

Mikey Needleman Band, Presenters, Discussions, Prayers

2:30pm Mass w/Archbishop Naumann

4:00pm Leave PSR for Sacred Heart

5:00pm Pick up at Sacred Heart

Prayer & Action: A 5 day mission trip in Emporia, KS helping homeowners with yardwork, painting, organizing and other projects. Through Prayer & Action you receive 30 hours of credit towards any service hour requirements you might have for the 2022-23 School year for CSP, NHS or you are welcome to come if you just have a desire in your heart to serve!
Cost: $175

Prayer and Action Dates:
June 12-17
June 26-July 1
July 17-22

Steubenville Conference: is a high-energy youth conference where thousands of teens are invited to encounter Jesus Christ through dynamic speakers, engaging music, the Sacraments, small group discussions and friendship with other teens. The conference takes place on the campus of Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri. This year's theme is FEARLESS. "I have told you this so that you might have peace in me. In the world you will have trouble, but take courage, I have conquered the world." John 16:33
Cost: $300

Date for Steubenville: July 8-10

Register for one or both trips here: https://web4u.forms-db.com/view.php?id=1244037

Email: kathy.rhodes@shoj.org
Website: school.SHOJ.com
Location: 21801 Johnson Drive, Shawnee, KS, USA
Phone: 9134225520
Facebook: facebook.com/SacredHeartCatholicSchool