Through the teachings of Christ we promote a learning environment that fosters faith, hope, peace, patience and understanding.

God, we know that you are there ready to help us find shalom within ourselves and guide us in creating shalom within our communities.

Dear Lord, be in our eyes, so we may see the invisible and downtrodden and recognize the worth and dignity of each life that surrounds us.

We ask this through Christ, our Lord.

Amen.

Dear Parents/Guardians:

I would like to take this opportunity to inform you that Mrs. Mary-Ann Jeaurond, our office administrator, has taken another position at Bishop Macdonell Catholic School here in Cornwall. There has been a shuffle of secretarial positions which has led to this change. Ms. Mary-Ann has been a tremendous help to all staff, students and parents at Sacred Heart Catholic School over the past eight years.

I would like to take this time to wish Mrs. Mary-Ann all the best at her new school, and to thank her for her many years of dedicated support to the Sacred Heart Catholic School community. You will certainly be missed!

Mrs. Mary-Ann will be replaced by Mrs. Micheline Baker from St. Peter. I trust that you will welcome Mrs. Baker to Sacred Heart Catholic School as she settles into her new school.

Yours in Catholic Education,
Shannon McDougald

JUNIOR KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION

Do you have a child that will turn 4 (for J.K.) or 5 (for S.K.) before December 31st, 2012? If the answer is yes, you can enrol him or her in the Junior Kindergarten or the Senior Kindergarten class of September 2012 as of now. Kindergarten Registration week will be taking place from January 23rd until January 27th. Please call the school as soon as possible to book an appointment. Students who are presently enrolled in the JK program do not need to register for the SK program. Please pass this message on to your family, friends, and neighbours. We would like to plan now for September.

 

MONTHLY NEWSLETTER AND CALENDAR

In order to continue to be good stewards of the earth, we will not be sending home a paper copy of the school newsletter. The newsletter will be available on the 1st of every month on our school website.

Please note that we will continue to send home a school calendar. For those of you who do not have access to the internet, we will certainly send home a paper copy if you let us know. Thank you for your support!

SCIENCE FAIR

The School Science Fair will be held at school on Tuesday, February 28th.

Parents are welcome to come to the Open House between 12:30p.m.-2:25 p.m. to see the display of science in the hallways and in the gym.

The winners will go on to present their project/poster at the United Counties Science Fair on March 31st.

 

 

French as a Second Language (FSL) Homework Toolbox

There is a website available to help parents with children in French Immersion!

If you would like to know more, please view our February newsletter, or access the site online at http://fslhomeworktoolbox.ca/

GREEN Team News

Our preliminary application for EcoSchools certification was completed before the end of January, and we are well on our way to another year worthy of celebration.

In order to be an Ethical leader in our homes, please consider your curbside waste. If you find it challenging to rinse containers before recycling them, then discuss this as a family and assign roles for sharing the duty of being Responsible members of our society. If reusing lunch containers is difficult, think about the Environmental and financial impact that buying prepackaged food has on yourself and your society. When shopping for groceries at a supermarket, a general rule of thumb to keep in mind is to buy products from the outside walls of the store. Often what we find down the middle aisles is manufactured food rather than the wholesome goodness that has been given to us by God.

May God continue to bless us all in our efforts to Grow Responsible, Ethical, and Environmental Neighbours (GREEN).