NEWS & EVENTS

Dear Parents, We had another great week at Sacred Heart Catholic School. We celebrated Father Tim's birthday on Tuesday, and the rest of our April birthdays at morning prayer on Wednesday, then our students went to confession on Thursday. On Friday, a beautiful piece of artwork titled The Garden of Sacred Heart, made by Mrs. Isbell and the students in PreSchool, Pre-K, first and second grades, was displayed at Artifacts for the downtown art walk. Thank you for allowing your student to attend our wonderful school.

Dear Parents, Happy Easter! I hope you are enjoying the break and that everyone comes back rested, ready for the last eight weeks of school. Easter Monday is our last holiday for the school year. Our Cross is finished and it is beautiful! Join us for morning prayer to see the cross our classes built under the leadership of Mr. Burnham, who bravely climbed a really tall ladder each morning to hang the pieces from each class. Easter Lunch and Egg Drop Our Easter lunch was fabulous. Thank you, Mrs. Atencio and First Grade, for the beautiful decorations, the precious song, and the exuberant welcomes for everyone who entered the gym for lunch. Thanks to Mrs. Isbell for the crosses for each family, and thanks to Miss Elmer and 4th grade for singing "Mary Did You Know?" Thanks, also, to Mrs. Rita, Jerilyn, Selecia, and Ms. Bean for serving everyone who had hot lunch. Finally, thanks to our guests for attending this special lunch. We love getting to show off our wonderful students, amazing teachers and staff, and our beautiful school. We had an eggcellent turnout for our Egg Drop! Many student inventions were able to make it through all three rounds of drops without their egg cracking. Thanks to the Keatings for organizing this event, and for Mr. Idzerda for getting the lift and dropping the eggs. Thanks to God for beautiful weather and low wind gusts. Re-enrollment for Next Year Almost 90% of our students have re-enrolled for next year. Two of our grade levels are already full and two more have only one spot available. Thank you for trusting SHCS with your children. Calendar for 2024 - 2025 Our school's leadership team met on Tuesday and voted to accept our calendar for next year. Click here. There could be changes but we matched it with FMS and met the requirements of the diocese, so it should be good. Night to Remember Our 31 st annual Night to Remember fundraising event is scheduled for Saturday, May 4, 2024 at 6:00 PM at the Farmington Civic Center. We would love for all of our families to attend. Each SHCS family is responsible for selling one ticket, which was sent home on Wednesday. Families can purchase or sell a ticket for $200 that includes one raffle ticket for the grand prize of $10,000 and dinner for two, or sell a ticket for $100 that includes only the raffle ticket. One ticket sold per family is the minimum to meet the contract agreement that was signed at registration, but families can always sell more. Will you please purchase or sell your ticket and turn in the money by Friday, April 5, 2024? On April 6, 2024 we will begin selling tickets to the public and at masses. Because we really want our families to attend this amazing event, families have the opportunity to purchase a dinner ticket, including the raffle ticket, first. Progress Reports The first three weeks of Quarter 4 ends this Friday, April 5. Progress Reports will be sent home on Wednesday, April 10. April Birthdays April birthdays will be celebrated at morning prayer on Wednesday, April 3. Birthdays this month include Father Tim on April 3, Mrs. Atencio and Miss Elmer on April 8, and Mrs. Troxell on April 23. April Confessions Confessions will be heard by Father Tim and Father Jeff on Thursday, April 4. Choir Changes We will not have music classes on Friday, April 5, and the choir will not have practice on Wednesday, April 10. Art Walk Mrs Isbell has a beautiful wall hanging made by our students in Pre-school, Pre-K, 1st grade, and 2nd grade that will be hanging in Artifacts for the Art Walk on Friday, April 5. It is so wonderful to have our students’ talents displayed and our school represented in this community event. The Art Walk begins at 5 PM on Friday, April 5. ARK Testing Our school will participate in ARK testing during the week of April 8 through 12. ARK stands for Assessment of Religious Knowledge and keeps track of our religious knowledge and growth. Students will test during their computer time with Mrs. Schwenk. Altar Server Training All those who will make their First Holy Communion and Confirmation on April 27 and any other young people who wish to train as servers 3rd Grade and above should come to the training on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 9 and 10, in the Church at 4 p.m. each day. Those training to be altar servers need to be there each afternoon for about one hour. A parent should accompany their child or children to let us know what Mass or Masses they wish to serve. Walk and Roll on Wednesday, April 17 On Wednesday, April 17 we will have an opportunity for students to ride their bikes, ride a scooter, roller skate (anything that rolls), or walk to school. Parents will park in the Family Center parking lot, then walk, or ride with their students down and back up Allen Avenue. Then, parents will have breakfast with their student in the gym (Pastries with Parents,) stay for morning prayer and a student concert under the direction of Ms Gapinski. Works of Mercy Spring Project Our second big project for our Works of Mercy Family Club the weekend of April 20 and 21. We have settled on two projects: complete the greenhouse and begin to install a sprinkler system for landscaping. Mr. Nick Whirry will be the project manager for completing the greenhouse. Dr. Grandjean, our STEM Coordinator, is organizing the landscaping project. She has worked with Javelin Construction to get a plan and the materials, and they are even supplying one of their workers to supervise the installation. Father Tim is paying for all of the materials; we just need parents with shovels to complete this project! As we get closer, we will have more details. Mrs. Carla has it set up in Gradelink so you can let us know you will attend. We will serve hot dogs for lunch. Our Works of Mercy Family Club is one of the ways our students, staff, and parents have an opportunity to participate in service projects. If you still need service hours, this is a great way to get several. Saints Bingo Mrs. S will be organizing Saints Bingo during the week of April 22 to 26. Confirmation and First Communion We will have several SHCS students making their First Communion and Confirmation this year. Confirmation and First Communion practice is at 6:30 PM on Wednesday, April 24 in the church, and Confirmation/First Communion are at the 4:30 PM Mass on Saturday, April 27. Our SHCS choir will be performing at this Mass. May Birthdays May birthdays will be celebrated on Wednesday, May 1. May Confessions Our last confession for the year will be Thursday, May 2. May Crowning May Crowning will be at the 8:15 AM Mass on Friday, May 3. Teacher Appreciation Week Teacher Appreciation Week is May 6 - 10. Will you please let me know if there is something you would like to do for the teachers? We would like to plan something for them each day. Thank you to the Garcias for providing lunch from Si Senor on Taco Tuesday, May 7. Field Day Field Day is Thursday, May 9. FMS will be here grilling hamburgers for lunch. Picnic Friday FMS will provide sack lunches on Friday, May 10 for class picnics. We are looking for parents for each class to take the students on the picnic so the teachers can have lunch together. Will you please let Mrs. Carla or me know if you are able to be here from 10:50 to 12:10 to take your student's class to their picnic lunch? No After-School Care on Friday, May 10 Mrs. Rita will not be at school on the afternoon of Friday, May 10, so we will not have after-school care. She will be here in the morning for before-school care. Summer Birthdays Summer birthdays will be celebrated at morning prayer on Wednesday, May 15. End-of-Year Lunch Our end-of-year lunch with families will be Thursday, May 16. 8th Grade Graduation 8th grade graduation is Friday, May 17. Last Day of School Our last day of school is Thursday, May 23. We will go to Mass, then students will be dismissed at 9:30 AM. Staffing for the 2024 - 2025 School Year As of today, we have a few more staffing changes for next year: Mrs. Idzerda will be teaching only middle school next year. Currently, she is teaching middle school math AND 5th grade. Coach Katie will be increasing her days so that we can offer more PE classes. Daisy Bogedain is increasing her hours so that we can offer Spanish to more students. Alysia Greaney will be our new (returning) computer teacher. She taught computer classes here at SHCS before Mrs. Schwenk. We have two teaching openings, one in Kindergarten and one in 5th grade. We will begin advertising for those positions next week. I hope you are having a wonderful break and Happy Easter!

Dear Parents, From Father Tim's column in the bulletin,, " Palm/Passion Sunday , we enter Holy Week, and with our entrance into it, we enter the sad, devastating days that led up to the Crucifixion of our Savior, Jesus Christ. The Masses this weekend commemorated the entrance of Christ into Jerusalem, during which palm branches were placed in his pathway. This weekend begins the last week of the solemn season of Lent, preceding Eastertide. Lent will end before the Mass of the Lord's Supper on Holy Thursday , commemorating the institution of the Holy Eucharist and the first Holy Mass with Jesus as celebrant. Jesus is arrested on Holy Thursday night after the Last Supper. He is arrested in the Garden of Gethsemane, where he was praying. Good Friday : Remember that Christ died on the cross for us. Holy Saturday : This is when His body was in the tomb. Next weekend, we have Easter Sunday , the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ." Enrollment for the 2024 - 2025 School Year Enrollment is now open to the public for next year. If you have not had a chance to re-enroll your child but plan to, will you please do so as soon as possible? If you are not planning to return to our school, will you please come talk to me? I most definitely will not try to change your mind; as this is my first year, I would like to know what I should be doing differently. Building the Cross at Morning Prayer At morning prayer, Mr. Burnham is helping our students in building a huge cross with good deeds, and it is almost finished! Join us at morning prayer on Monday as 5th grade and Tuesday as middle school tell us about their good deeds and add their piece of wood to the cross. Wednesday, March 27 To celebrate Easter and the end of Lent, we will attend mass on Wednesday, March 27, with music performed by our 3rd grade choir. We will not have PE on Wednesday. We will have lunch with guests hosted by 1st grade. Farmington Schools changed our menu so that we can have a nice Easter meal that day. We will have baked ham, macaroni and cheese, garden salad, a dinner roll, a drink, and fruit. The cost is $5.00 for guests. Please reserve your meal by 3:30 PM on Monday, March 25. Students can wear their regular Wednesday uniform. Choir will not have practice on Wednesday this week. Egg Drop Our annual Egg Drop is this Wednesday, beginning at 1:30 PM. I hope this is an annual event because our students are eggstremely eggcited about it. Click here for information and instructions. Night to Remember Night to Remember is our biggest fundraiser of the year, and we need all of our families involved to make it a success as it has been in the past. If you or someone you know has a product or service they would like to donate, will you please let me know? Thank you for supporting this amazing event that not only raises a significant amount of money for our school, but also showcases our wonderful school to the community. Our next meeting is Wednesday, March 27 at 6:00 PM in the school. Everyone is welcome. Easter Break Our school is closed for Easter Break from March 28 through April 1 for Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter Monday. Spirit Store Price Reductions Remaining cold weather spirit wear has been reduced at our online store, and they are working on new items for warm weather. The store can be found on our website. April Birthdays April birthdays will be celebrated at morning prayer on Wednesday, April 3. April Confessions Confessions will be heard by Father Tim and Father Jeff on Thursday, April 4. Choir Changes We will not have music classes on Friday, April 5, and the choir will not have practice on Wednesday, April 10. Altar Server Training All those who will make their First Holy Communion and Confirmation on April 27 and any other young people who wish to train as servers 3rd Grade and above should come to the training on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 9 and 10, in the Church at 4 PM each day. Those training to be altar servers need to be there each afternoon for about one hour. A parent should accompany their child or children to let us know what Mass or Masses they wish to serve. ARK Testing Our school will participate in ARK testing during the week of April 8 through 12. ARK stands for Assessment of Religious Knowledge and keeps track of our religious knowledge and growth. Students will test during their computer time with Mrs. Schwenk. Walk and Roll on Wednesday, April 17 On Wednesday, April 17 we will have an opportunity for students to ride their bikes, ride a scooter, roller skate (anything that rolls), or walk to school. Parents will park in the Family Center parking lot, then walk, or ride with their students down and back up Allen Avenue. Then, parents will have breakfast with their student in the gym (Pastries with Parents,) stay for morning prayer and a student concert under the direction of Ms Gapinski. View Coach Katie's letter. Works of Mercy Spring Project Our second big project for our Works of Mercy Family Club the weekend of April 20 and 21. We have settled on two projects: complete the greenhouse and begin to install a sprinkler system for landscaping. Mrs. Carla has it set up in Gradelink so you can let us know you will attend. We will serve hot dogs for lunch. Our Works of Mercy Family Club is one of the ways our students, staff, and parents have an opportunity to participate in service projects. If you still need service hours, this is a great way to get several. Saints Bingo Mrs. S will be organizing Saints Bingo during the week of April 22 to 26. Confirmation and First Communion We will have several SHCS students making their First Communion and Confirmation this year. Confirmation and First Communion practice is at 6:30 PM on Wednesday, April 24 in the church, and Confirmation/First Communion are at the 4:30 PM Mass on Saturday, April 27. Our SHCS choir will be performing at this Mass. May Birthdays May birthdays will be celebrated on Wednesday, May 1. May Confessions Our last confession for the year will be Thursday, May 2. May Crowning May Crowning will be at the 8:15 AM Mass on Friday, May 3. Teacher Appreciation Week Teacher Appreciation Week is May 6 - 10. Field Day Field Day is Thursday, May 9. FMS will be here here grilling hamburgers. Picnic Friday FMS will provide sack lunches on Friday, May 10 for class picnics. 8th Grade Graduation 8th grade graduation is Friday, May 17. Last Day of School Our last day of school is Thursday, May 23. We will go to Mass, then students will be dismissed at 9:30 AM. Staffing for the 2024 - 2025 School Year As of today, we have a few staffing changes for next year. More changes can and most likely will happen, but these are the changes as of now: Mrs. S is leaving us to take a job as a bookkeeper at San Juan Veterinary Hospital. Amanda Henley will be taking over the library part of Bonita's multiple job duties, and we are looking to hire a part-time computer teacher. We will also need someone to help with our technology needs. From Mrs. Bonita, "So I will be trading the collar for scrubs next year. I will be working for San Juan Veterinary Hospital as their new bookkeeper. This will a huge career shift for me as I apply my bachelor’s in business administration. Not once did I think of teaching fresh out of college. I had always planned on starting off as a bank teller and work my way up the various steps of the office ladder. Then I discovered this special little rock unnoticed by many, but a gem to those to take the time to stop and look. This has been a fantastic 6 years and despite my job description of teacher, I have found myself being taught by both kids and co-workers on the very meaning of virtue. This place is truly special as every day I bear witness to this tight knit community just being themselves. Everyone always make it a point to tell me how lucky they are to have me here. I am humbly awkward every time I hear this because I see it the other way around. I just teach computers and read a book. Don’t get me wrong, both are fun. But it really doesn’t compare to walking down the hall and listening to the teaching and learning going on the classroom. I am the lucky one to have experienced this place so full of dedication, drive, hunger for knowledge, consideration and most importantly, love. I kid you not that this place is exactly like a family. In true family nature, there absolutely are ups and downs, pseudo sibling and actual sibling rivalry, but when the chips are down, students and staff render aid and pick each other up. That is why this has to be one of the hardest switches I have ever made. God shifted my course when my oldest started Kindergarten here, but he knew what he was doing then. I sure enjoyed every minute of this ride. That is why I trust Him now that I must change roller coasters. Fun fact, roller coasters are my favorite. I want to someday take a roller coaster tour across America. Anyway, I am honored in taking the next step and starting work in June for such a recognizable and respected veterinary practice in the State of New Mexico. Please say prayers for me. However, this may be a change, but not a forever goodbye. My kids will remain, which means I still have to volunteer, and as I recall, the office said double hours because they know me. I happily said yes. So, after this school year, you’ll just be seeing me in scrubs (maybe a Star Wars t-shirt). Thank you everyone for being you and God Bless." Miss Chavez will be leaving us to be a Seton Teaching Fellow, so we also have a Kindergarten position. From Alyssa, "I have been accepted to Seton Teaching Fellows, a mission opportunity that brings the Catholic faith and the Gospel to children and their families in underserved communities. I will also get to grow in my own faith through holistic formation. For the 2024-2025 school year, I will be serving in a school either in New York, Ohio, or Texas." Ms. Gapinski will be increasing her hours so that we can offer more music opportunities for our students. Mrs. Lange will be staying with her 3rd graders so that she can be their 4th grade teacher. Miss Elmer will be teaching 3rd grade next year. We are still hopeful we can add a high school, but that dream has not come to fruition yet. If it does become a reality, other shifts may occur. I will keep you informed if we have more changes. I hope you and your family have a blessed Holy Week. Thank you for trusting Sacred Heart Catholic School with your student.

Hi, Parents. As you know, communication is key to having a smooth school year. And I know my emails are loooooong, so long that there might be some parents who do not have time to read them. I am not going to change my emails because they keep me organized, but I am going to follow my long email up with one that just has information for the current week. I hope that helps! Not much has changed since my last email on Monday, so this is the only email for today. I hope you have a great week.

Dear Parents, It's Spring Break! Our school year is officially 3/4 of the way complete. Wow it has gone by fast. I hope you are having a great week with your children and that they come back to school ready for 4th quarter, which you know will be busy. Dream Vacation Raffle Drawing Thank you for selling your family's raffle tickets and for turning in the ticket stubs and money to Mrs. Carla. We had our live drawing on Friday at 4:00 PM. The winners are: Grand Prize: Ron Moore 2nd Prize: Alana Yazzie 3rd Prize: Janice Snell 4th Prize: Miranda Amoe 8th Grade Pizza Sale On the Monday after Spring Break, the 8th graders will sell pizza. I met with a supervisor at Little Caesar's and talked with her about our issues on our last two pizza days. She assured me she will be there on the 18th to make sure all pizzas are ready to be picked up at 10:30 AM. Since we have gift cards for the pizza and there is no cost to the 8th graders, pizza will still be $2.00 per slice and students who purchase pizza will still get a drink and a cookie. Thank you for supporting our 8th graders as they use the proceeds from the pizza sales for their Legacy Project. Building the Cross at Morning Prayer At morning prayer, Mr. Burnham is helping our students in building a huge cross with good deeds. Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten have already added their pieces of wood to form the foundation for our cross. Join us at morning prayer on the following days as each of the remaining classes tells us about their good deeds and adds their piece of wood to the cross. Monday, March 18 - 1st Grade Tuesday, March 19 - 2nd Grade Wednesday, March 20 - 4th Grade Thursday, March 21 - 3rd Grade Monday, March 25 - 5th Grade Tuesday, March 26 - Middle School Stations of the Cross Our school will attend Stations of the Cross at 2:30 PM on Friday, March 22, 2024. Knights of Columbus Fish Fry The Knights of Columbus have their fish fry on Fridays, and there are only two more dinners left this Lent. The Knights are generous supporters of our school and have pledged half of their proceeds from their fish fries this year to go to our school. If you are available this Friday, March 15 and next Friday, March 22, please come eat between the hours of 5:00 PM and 7:00 PM. If there are any students available, please come help serve and help with clearing the tables. I have enjoyed both Fridays that I have been able to attend, and the food is really good! Wednesday, March 27 To celebrate Easter and the end of Lent, we will attend mass on Wednesday, March 27, with music performed by our 3rd grade choir. We are still working on the schedule, but it will be very altered. We will have lunch with guests hosted by 1st grade. Farmington Schools changed our menu so that we can have a nice Easter meal that day. We will have baked ham, macaroni and cheese, garden salad, a dinner roll, and fruit. The cost is $5.00 a person which includes a drink. Please reserve your meal by 3:30 PM on Monday, March 25. After lunch, we will have our egg drop. Students can wear their regular Wednesday uniform. Night to Remember Night to Remember is our biggest fundraiser of the year, and we need all of our families involved to make it a success as it has been in the past. If you or someone you know has a product or service they would like to donate, will you please let me know? Thank you for supporting this amazing event that not only raises a significant amount of money for our school, but also showcases our wonderful school to the community. Our next meeting is Wednesday, March 27 at 6:00 PM in the school. Everyone is welcome. Easter Break Our school is closed for Easter Break from March 28 through April 1 for Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter Monday. Spirit Store Price Reductions As we prepare for warmer weather, our SHCS Spirit Store is having an end-of-season sale on all winter items. Find amazing deals on socks, beanies, hoodies, and more, with discounts of up to 20% off. We're making room for our Spring/Summer inventory. April Birthdays April birthdays will be celebrated at morning prayer on Wednesday, April 3. April Confessions Confessions will be heard by Father Tim and Father Jeff on Thursday, April 4. ARK Testing Our school will participate in ARK testing during the week of April 8 through 12. ARK stands for Assessment of Religious Knowledge and keeps track of our religious knowledge and growth. Students will test during their computer time with Mrs. Schwenk. Works of Mercy Spring Project Our second big project for our Works of Mercy Family Club is to complete small projects around our school on the weekend of April 20 and 21. Some of the projects already requested are to fix the blinds in some of our classrooms, complete the greenhouse, install a sprinkler system for landscaping, add landscaping, clean out our storage buildings, and clean our playground equipment. Everyone is welcome. We will serve hot dogs for lunch. If you are interested in leading any of these projects, or if you know of any other projects that could benefit our school, please let me know. Our Works of Mercy Family Club is one of the ways our students, staff, and parents have an opportunity to participate in service projects. If you still need service hours, this is a great way to get several. We will have online sign-up beginning the week of March 18. Confirmation and First Communion We will have several SHCS students making their First Communion and Confirmation this year. Confirmation and First Communion practice is at 6:30 PM on Wednesday, April 24 in the church, and Confirmation/First Communion are at the 4:30 PM Mass on Saturday, April 27. Again, I hope you are having a wonderful Spring Break.

Dear Parents, This week is the last week before Spring Break and the first full week of March. It is also the third week of Lent, which means we are almost halfway to Easter, which makes it a good time to assess our progress to our Lenten goals. I found a great article on USCCB.org written by Bishop Ricken called "Journey to the Foot of the Cross." Bishop Ricken reminds us that the 40 days of Lent are a good time to work on personal discipline, and that Lent also reminds us of our weaknesses. I have messed up so many times since Ash Wednesday on my personal goals for Lent! A sweet girl brought me an oatmeal cream cake on the second day of Lent, and I had half of it in my mouth when I remembered I gave up eating sweets between meals, so I had to start over on day 2 (after I finished eating the whole thing of course; no need to waste it.) Bishop Ricken also reminds us to be patient with ourselves and that "God is calling us to be patient and to see us how He does, with unconditional love." What a blessing God's unconditional love is! There is so much love in our little school. Every day I get to be here I feel it from our staff and teachers to our students, and reciprocated from our students to our teachers and staff. Thank you for trusting SHCS with your children. They are truly another of God's blessings. 

Dear Parents, As we head into this last week of February, can you believe we only have three months left of school? Some days it feels like school just started and now it's going to be over way too soon for me. I have enjoyed every minute I've gotten to be here, and I love our students so very much. Thank you for trusting Sacred Heart Catholic school with your children. Child Safety - Protect Yourself Training for Students Our school is required by the diocese to train every student in how to protect themselves in physical boundaries and safe touching. Training for the students will be this week. Accreditation Survey Thank you to the 49 staff parents who have completed the survey that begins our accreditation process. We have 81 families, so we are halfway to our goal. If you have not had a chance to complete the survey yet, will you, please?

Dear Parents, Happy Lent! This past week we went to mass on Wednesday for Ash Wednesday, and then to Stations of the Cross at 2:30 Friday afternoon. Even though not required by students under the age of 18, we were able to provide meatless lunches both days to encourage the Lenten discipline of fasting. Fasting is a form of penance, which helps us turn away from sin and toward Christ. All these things we do as a normal part of our day make up our Catholic Identity, which is who we are at Sacred Heart Catholic School. Thank you for trusting us with your children.the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday. From the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops at Accreditation Survey Thank you to the 44 staff parents who have completed the survey that begins our accreditation process. We have 81 families, so we are halfway to our goal. If you have not had a chance to complete the survey yet, will you, please?

Dear Parents, This week marks the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday. From the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops at usccb.org : Lent is a 40 day season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends at sundown on Holy Thursday. It's a period of preparation to celebrate the Lord's Resurrection at Easter. During Lent, we seek the Lord in prayer by reading Sacred Scripture; we serve by giving alms ; and we practice self-control through fasting . We are called not only to abstain from luxuries during Lent, but to a true inner conversion of heart as we seek to follow Christ's will more faithfully. We recall the waters of baptism in which we were also baptized into Christ's death, died to sin and evil, and began new life in Christ. Monday - normal day Tuesday - Valentine's Day parties in classes and Free Dress - Students can wear any clothes they would like to school. They do not have to wear uniforms or spirit wear, but clothing should be proper school attire of course! Wednesday - Ash Wednesday - We will be on the Friday schedule with mass at 8:15 AM. Students should wear their mass uniform to school. We requested meatless meals from FMS on Ash Wednesday and all Fridays during Lent. Marie Johnson and her staff were happy to create a meatless menu for us. On Wednesday, hot lunch will be grilled cheese sandwiches with tomato soup, and on Friday we will have fish sticks with macaroni and cheese. We will also send home Progress Reports on Wednesday. Thursday - Spirit day Friday - We will be on our Wednesday schedule with regular uniforms, but no Spanish classes. We will have Stations of the Cross at 2:30. Robotics Competition Congratulations to our Robotics team who competed in Albuquerque on Saturday at our first state level competition. The team of Rosa Schwenk, Blake Richardson, Alan Niedhardt, Yareli Estrada, Lily Schwenk, and Boston Mohon did an excellent job of representing our school. Thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Idzerda and the parents who took the kids to Albuquerque and made sure they had fun, were well-fed, and had an overall great experience. We look forward to growing our Robotics program and going back next year to win! Accreditation Survey Thank you to the 22 parents who have completed the survey that begins our accreditation process. If you have not had a chance to complete the survey yet, will you, please? Here is the link: