We Are Called
Nov. 5, 2021
From Mrs. Rhodes
Don't forget to set back your clocks! I still have a couple of traditional clocks and digital clocks that I have reset by going around the clock to make it read an hour earlier. I was thinking about as I adjust to the time, what could I do for my relations with Christ.
I have been reminded a few times in the past week that this is not heaven. In the School of Faith Rosary, they said that our aches and loss of eyesight remind us that we are not meant for this earthy life for ever. One of the readings from Romans 14:8 this week says, "Either in life or in death, we belong to the Lord; it was for this purpose that Christ both died and came to life again to be Lord both of the living and of the dead." Finally, in SOF this morning our teacher quoted Peter Kreef's saying that thorns and thistles remind us this is not heaven.
Thinking back to Baptisms that we have attended, we know that we are baptized into the life of Christ as Priest, Profit and King. During the month of November and December, our theme, "We are Called" focuses on being called to relationship with Christ. We are working on the virtues of hope (desiring God above all things), generosity (giving oneself in a willing and cheerful manner for the good of others), prayerfulness (being still, listening and being willing to talk to God as friend) and patience (bearing difficulties calmly). We are also trying to be optimistic.
Our eternal reward is based on us choosing to be with Jesus. The world has many distractions (some very good things in moderation). As we reset our clocks this week, let's look how we are taking care of our relationship with Jesus and helping those around us to do the same.
We are Called!
Kathy Rhodes
Vocations Week
Calendar Items
Nov. 12 Mother/Son Event
Nov. 23 11:30 Dismissal
Dec. 14 Christmas Program K-5
April 20 Confirmation
From the Nurse
We have 5 students and 1 staff member with covid this week.
In addition to covid, the cold and flu season is upon us. We have already seen a variety of different symptoms circulating around the school. I appreciate your prudence in keeping sick children home and me aware of all health scenarios. It is always important to be practicing healthy lifestyle choices, but especially during the fall and winter months, when viruses and other illnesses are more prevalent and easily spread.
Healthy habits include, but are not limited to:
-Frequent hand washing
-Avoid touching your nose, mouth and eyes
-Avoid sharing cups, devices, utensils and pencils
-Daily exercise
-Get at least 8-10 hours of sleep each night
-Get 8 cups of water each day (please send your children with a refillable water bottle to school)
-Do what you can to reduce added stress
-Add more protein, fruits and veggies to your diet and avoid excess sugar
As always, please let me know if you have any questions or concerns or if I can help you in any way.
Nurse Mary
Near and Dear Day Nov. 23
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From the Counselor
Hi Sacred Heart families!
I thank you for the responses for volunteers to help in the counseling department! I will be getting back to you all soon. I also wanted to make sure you are all aware that I will be showing the Sunflower House E safety video to middle school classes beginning as soon as next week (Nov 1-5) to 7th grade and will finish showing it to all middle school students by the time we leave for Christmas break. Please read the letter attached to the emailed link via educonnect and contact me if you have any questions or concerns about your child attending presentation.
Thank you and enjoy a fun Halloween weekend!
Lori Schierts
SHOJ counselor
CYO Basketball Officials Needed
Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) is in great need of more basketball officials this upcoming season. Games involving Grades 3 thru 8. Great way to earn some extra $$$. Minimum age requirement is a high school freshman. Training for new officials to be conducted in early November. If you are interested, please contact the CYO Office at 913-915-0139 or email at glabayen@gmail.com. Please do not contact the CYO office for additional information as we cannot provide any further guidance.
With gratitude,
Maureen Goetz
Catholic Youth Organization of Johnson & Wyandotte Counties
Director of Operations
Office: (913) 915-0139
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Yearbook Photos
Dear CYO Fall Sports Coaches,
Michele Coffey partners with me to get the CYO sports teams’ group shots into the yearbook. If you would like to make arrangements with her to get your team picture taken, her contact information is mcoffey1234@icloud.com
If you are not having Michele Coffey take your team’s photo, it is extremely important that you take a group photo of your team and email it to me to include in the yearbook. I am sending this out before the end of the season, so that you will have time to plan ahead and get a good “group shot” of your team in their uniforms. Once the season ends, it is very difficult to track down a well-lit photo with everyone in it. Generally, smaller teams have 2 rows of players, and larger teams have 3 rows. We love to have the coaches in the group shot, also!
If you are receiving this for Cross Country, please take team shots grouped by grade level (example: all the 4th graders in one shot) and send me one group photo of each grade that has participants.
Please send your team photo to: ami.barragree@shoj.org Include in the subject line the grade, sport, and coach’s name so we have the right information to put in the yearbook. It is important to send a “large” or “full size” photo, so that it is not grainy when we include it in the yearbook. If you send a photo, and do not receive a response “thank you” email from me within one school day, please check with me to see if it came through – occasionally our school spam filter catches emails with photo attachments & doesn’t send them through to me.
Thank you so much for all you do to support our youth in sports! We want to ensure that no team is left out of this year’s school yearbook.
God bless you!
Mrs. Ami Barragree
Lunch Seconds
Book of Names
From In Conversation with God
Virtus Safety Lessons
In the Archdiocese we are required to ensure safety through the Virtus program. You can find information on their site virtus.org. If you do not want your child to participate in the lesson, please email kathy.rhodes@shoj.org for the form by Nov. 8.
Middle School Handbook Adoption
In an effort to help the students understand the consequences of their actions and give more immediate/meaningful consequences, the following changes will be implemented for this semester (and start over each semester) immediately to middle school behavior plan:
4 demerits= 1 week lunchroom duty and no recess starting immediately the next day for 1 week (Example: Wednesday-following Tuesday)
-Communication will be made to parents that their child has reached 4 demerits and will have lunch duty.
-If students are on lunchroom detention and are reprimanded with another demerit, immediate detention the next morning Morning detention (7:00am-7:30am) just sitting in library OR cleaning/completing tasks around the building.
8 demerits= in addition to another week of lunch duty/am detention, the student is given a warning behavior contract which parents sign acknowledging that another demerit will cause the contract to go into effect.
9 demerits= loss of privileges Contract remains in effect until there are three weeks without detentions.
12 demerits= ISS
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Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic school
Email: kathy.rhodes@shoj.org
Website: school.SHOJ.com
Location: 21801 Johnson Drive, Shawnee, KS, USA
Phone: 9134225520
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