Wednesday, November 24

Good Afternoon Everyone and Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope the Thanksgiving holiday is joyous and peaceful for you and your family.  We look forward to closing the semester on a high note when we get back on the 29th.  Please encourage your child to prepare well and do all they can to be successful on their end of semester assignments, projects and exams!

Winter extracurricular activities are off to a good start.  The varsity boys basketball team is 2-0 with wins over a couple of good Class 3 programs in Russellville and St. Paul’s Lutheran.  The girls lost their opener last night in a well played game with the St. Paul’s Lutheran Saints out of Concordia.  Both teams travel to Columbia tonight to take on the Christian Fellowship Knights before taking a few days off for Thanksgiving break.

The speech team has had a couple of meets so far as well.  Last night in the first phase of the Kaysinger Conference meet Sophomore Mariah Van Leer placed 1st in Humorous Interpretation and freshman Sophie Anderson brought home the 2nd place medal in Storytelling!

Please take a look below in the ‘Athletics’ section below for the full list of post season honors and wrap up of the fall seasons!

Don’t forget: The enrollment process for 2022-2023 has begun. The FACTS Application window for 2022-2023 school year opened November 1.  Please contact Mrs. Pyle in the finance department or Mrs. Manning in the main office for assistance in getting this process started for your family.

Once again, please have a blessed and joyous Thanksgiving holiday!

Dr. Mark Register

President

Students Return from NCYC – A Note from Debbie Bolin, Campus Minister

Our students returned from NCYC. We thank everyone for keeping them in their prayers. Come Holy Spirit fill the hearts of your people!  On November 19, at The National Catholic Youth Conference our topic was The Sacrament of Baptism. Love flowing through our veins! God is always calling us by name. As we watched a family be baptized into the church. We remembered one even closer to home. As our Church was being renovated in 2010, I set up a baptismal font in the middle of the gym with beautiful plants, a small wading pool and a fountain for these children to be baptized. It was such a special time for this family as well as our student body to experience this transformation as the children came out of the locker room dressed in their dazzling white outfits. I felt the Holy Spirit then and I know he is with us today as two of those three children are with me right now at NCYC. Abby, Claire and Eli Smeltzer were baptized on Friday, May 14th, 2010. Claire is now 18 and Eli is 17.

What a blessing it has been watching these children grow up in Sacred Heart School and continue their journey in faith. “Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful, and enkindle them in the fire of your love. Send forth your spirit and they will renew the face of the earth.

Thanksgiving Break

The holidays are officially upon us!  Sacred Heart School will be closed Wednesday, November 24-Friday, November 26 for Thanksgiving break.  Classes will resume on Monday, November 29.  We will then be in our final stretch of the first semester, which ends on Wednesday, December 22.  Students, remember to put in your best effort.

The 6-12 Finals Schedule can be viewed here.

Retrieving Freedom

Earlier this month, Sacred Heart students and staff dressed down with the intention of raising awareness and funds for Retrieving Freedom.  A local organization that trains service dogs for disabled veterans and students with Autism.  Recently, our student council presented a check to Retrieving Freedom with the proceeds raised.

Upcoming Events

• December 5, Sunday – 10 am Mass – HS Athletics led Mass

• December 6 – No School – Staff Professional Development Day

• December 7 and 8 – Holy Day (No Events)

• December 12 at 6:30pm – Follow the Star

• December 12 – Our Lady of Guadalupe

• December 15 at 6:30 pm – Elementary Christmas Concert

• December 16 – Little Grems Event

• December 20-22 – Finals

• December 22 – Final Day of First Semester – 1:00 Dismissal

• December 22  (12 pm) – Elementary Christmas Parties

Preschool Parking Lot

Another significant campus improvement took place last week. The preschool parking lot needed attention, and it indeed received quite the transformation. Thank you to the Sacred Heart Foundation board for approving this capital improvement and to all our Foundation donors who made this happen.

Reaching our Foundation Annual Fund Drive Goal makes improvements like this (and the bathrooms, playground equipment, and student scholarships) possible.

We’re halfway toward our goal of $250,000.

Several generous donors will match your gift up to $75,000, making your gift go even further!

Click Double your Donation

Thanks for your support!

STUCO FOOD DRIVE A SMASHING SUCCESS!

A charitable heart and a competitive drive to win the spirit stick helped SHS collect its largest food donation in the history of the school’s Thanksgiving food drive. “Cases, not cans” was the challenge, and students in grades K-12 responded. SHS student leaders, faculty, and parents delivered a total of 10,828 pounds (that’s over five tons!) of food to Open Door Ministries. That beats last year’s record of 7,272 pounds. All food stays local to support our neighbors in need. The big picture and the big winner is our community.

A big thank you to everyone who contributed to the Annual Food Drive.  The food drive is part of our spirit stick competition for the high school. Congratulations to all of our classes. The total weight is divided by the number of students in the class to provide their placing.
4th Place – Juniors – 12 pounds of food per student

3rd Place – Freshman – 25 pounds of food per student

2nd Place – Seniors – 48 pounds of food per student

1st Place – Sophomores – 316 pounds of food per student

Activity Passes NOW ON SALE!

Activity passes are now available in the school office or at the gate for home games!

20 game pass is $45

10 game pass is $30

Banquet and Honors

The fall athletic season officially concluded last week. We were able to host a fall athletic banquet to celebrate our student-athletes, coaches, and parents.

Here is a quick fall season recap and post-season conference, district, and district recognitions!

Volleyball

Coached by Marlo Siron assisted by Jen Volcko

Season record- 22-9-1

Conference Tournament lost to Stover in the final – took second

District Tournament lost to Sante Fe- took second

Awards-

All-State – Emma Siron

All District 1st team- Emma Siron, Kiley Beykirch

All-District 2nd team- Marianna Restrepo

All-District Honorable Mention – Emily McDonald

All Conference- Emma Siron, Kiley Beykirch, Mariana Restrepo

All-Conference Honorable Mention – Emily McDonald

School record setters-

Emma Siron- 1164 career kills

Personal Career Accomplishments-

Kiley Beykirch-1623 career assist

Soccer

Coached by Warren Dey assisted by Kevin Webb and Billy Hammerly

Season Record 12-10-2

Conference Tournament lost to Smithton- took second

Districts, we dropped to Class 2 but were in a district with 8 schools all much larger and we struggled ending up with our season ending loss in the first round of districts.

Awards

All-District 1st Team- Ian Viscara

All-District Honorable Mention – Geroge Bain, Jackson Manning

All-Conference- George Bain, Jackson Manning, Ian Viscara

All-Conference Honorable Mention- Luke Jenkins

Football

Coached by Caleb Crooker assisted by Steve Goodwin

Season Record 6-5

In postseason competition we made it to the Quarter Finals and suffered a loss to North Shelby.

Awards

All Division Team

Offensive Line 1st team- Caden Crooker

All-Purpose Offense 2nd Team- Tanner Damlo

Linebacker- 1st Team Caden Crooker

Punter Honorable Mention- Donovan Dobson

All-District

Linebacker 1st team- Caden Crooker

Punter 1st Team- Donavan Dobson

All Purposeback Offense 2nd Team- Tanner Damlo

Cross Country

Girls Golf

JH Volleyball

JH Soccer

JH Football

Fall Student Athletes who maintained a 3.5 GPA or higher

Stewardship Forms

We ask that all families participate in our annual Stewardship Drive. If you have not already done so, please click and complete whichever form is appropriate:

Parishioner Volunteer Form

Non-Parishioner Volunteer Form

LINKS IN SPANISH

https://svdpparish.diojeffcity.org/tiempo-talento-tesoro/

https://svdpparish.diojeffcity.org/non-parishioner-sign-up-spanish/

Booster Club Membership – Sign up TODAY

Sign up TODAY to have your name on the Booster Club Membership Board for the 2021-21 season!  Cost is only $50 for new members!  OR $45 for renewing members.

The Booster Club Membership Form is HERE.  Fill it out and return to the school office with a check, or email it to Carla Lucchesi and the amount can be applied to your FACTS account.

Get these in quick!  The deadline is December 3rd.  We will be taking down expired memberships and putting up new ones before the next home basketball game on December 14!  GO GREMLINS!

If you have any questions, please contact Carla Lucchesi.  clucchesi@gogremlins.com  or 660-221-5576

Get your WINTER SPIRIT Ad

Sacred Heart Active Parents Club invites you to design and purchase a “spirit ad” for the Winter/Spring sports program.  For as little as $10, you can show your support for your favorite team or player!  Please fill out the form and return to the school office or email your ad to apc@gogremlins.com

SCRIPing for Black Friday and Cyber Monday!

When you are out shopping Friday and Monday looking for great deals, don’t forget to use your RaiseRight app!  Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping are great opportunities to earn FREE money towards your tuition while taking advantage of holiday shopping deals.  The following are just a few of the retailers that offer fabulous deals and rebates:

Walmart (2.5%)

Ace Hardware (4%)

Lowe’s (4%)

Kohl’s (4%)

JCPenney (5%)

TJ Maxx (7%)

The Buckle (8%)

Amazon (2%)

Best Buy (4%)

Target (2.5% )

Since we normally have a limited selection of the most popular retailers on hand in the school office, we will be placing 2 orders for physical gift cards between now and Christmas, November 29th and December 13th.  All orders turned into the school office by the end of school, or through the RaiseRight app by 5.p.m, those days will be included in the bulk order.  It takes approximately one week for the orders to come in and be ready to pick-up.

Don’t forget we have several retailers ONLY available through the office (i.e. Casey’s, Cenex, Shell, Colton’s, Kehde’s, McD,  Menards, Taco Bell, Walgreens, and VISA to name a few).  We will not have Scrip tables after Masses this weekend.  We’ll be back the weekend of December 4th and 5th.  Questions? Contact Esther DeGraff at 660.827.3800 or Jen Cordia at scrip@gogremlins.com.

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