Mom and dad walked their 4th SHOJ graduate in for his (almost) last day of school. Families like these create the culture that we think of when we say “I love Sacred Heart!” Thanks to our SH families: the first teachers of the Faith.
Thursday we had a chance to celebrate our volunteers. Sacred Heart is beyond blessed by these beautiful souls. Father gave a blessing to all those in attendance, and many were able to stay after for coffee and donuts. Those here and so many others gather together to share in the mission of loving and serving at the school named for His Most Sacred Heart. We are grateful.
Sacred Heart students were busy wrapping up activities with end of year celebrations. Strings and band students participated in the SJA concert. Sacred Heart Church’s CYO celebrated all of its coaches and players Tuesday night. Special recognition was given to these 5 athletes for participating in all 3 seasons of CYO sports during 5th-8th grades. Their names are added to the plaque of Jim Finley Award winners. Jim Finley was the long time athletic director at Sacred Heart and created the foundation of our school’s program.
EMBRACE Fundraiser: The mission of EMBRACE is to provide the opportunity for an inclusive education by supporting children with disabilities and learning differences in their Catholic schools. SHOJ has benefited from EMBRACE grants in training our staff to serve ALL students.
We celebrated our dedicated admins yesterday who help us in so many ways.
Kindness matters. Our counselor, Mrs. Schierts, hosted a reception full of friendly neighbors, thoughtful family friends, carpool buddies, encouraging coaches, and caring teachers who were nominated for Kindest Kansas Citian by Sacred Heart students. One nominee even sent in a video because she is out of the country and wanted to make sure the student who nominated her knew how special she was. We come to know Christ through others. Thanks to our KKC nominating students for affirming goodness in others. We are so blessed!
We are looking forward to celebrating our Kindest Kansas Citian nominees and their nominators this Wednesday, April 26th in the church meeting rooms from 3:30-4:00. You should have received an invite last week from Mrs. Schierts. If you have questions, please reach out. Also, mark your calendars because we are looking forward to celebrating Mrs. Macan’s retirement with an Open House on Saturday, May 13th from 2-4:15 in the church meeting rooms. Look for an invite and sign up genius this week.
Thank you to the volunteers, administrators, teachers, and Park Lanes in Shawnee for hosting this wonderful group of middle school bowlers. Imagine being on a House team that scored in 1st place with an average of 72. It is about the community and friendship on a beautiful gift of a day. God is so good to us and the evidence is in these smiling faces.
Middle School Music Elective Students planned a dance party for our morning exercise club. It was a fabulous idea. Thanks Mrs. Reynolds and students - it was a big hit!
Faith Families gathered to create He Is Risen windsocks. They talked about the fact that Easter is far from over. It won’t end until after school does …at Pentecost! Our 5th graders were gentle, patient, and kind to their Faith family members. Love our Sacred Heart community!
A glorious evening for 8th grade Confirmation. Thanks to Archbishop Naumann, Abbott James Albers, Fr. Pat Sullivan, Jen Zans, and all of the parents, teachers, volunteers, Confirmandi, and sponsors. The Holy Spirit has blessed these young souls through their sacraments. Zoom in for a then and now of a few of the young men at their First Eucharist. It seems like just yesterday as the journey of the Class of 2023 nears completion.
Happy Easter! The beauty of a K-8 school is seen in moments like this when grade levels mix for special projects. The students in the cooking elective made Resurrection Rolls with kindergarten.
Getting healthy at SHOJ! Every morning the students can get in a quick workout from 7:35 to 7:50. Thanks to the wellness committee for sponsoring!
I hear people say all the time that their teenagers are obsessed with gaming. I am not sure what the problem is. Chess? Yahtzee? Qwirkle? Our new Board Game has the following rules: Play Nice. Win Nice. Lose Nice. Love to watch these kids at play!
It was Embrace Day. There were activities around school learning about ability differences and a raffle to support Embrace Foundation's mission of supporting all students in Catholic Schools.
Please RSVP by tomorrow for the Mother Son event. It helps so much to have numbers to ensure that it’s a successful event.
SHOJ Mother/Son Event 2023
Date/Time: Saturday, April 15, 1-3pm
Location: SHOJ Parking Lot & MPC
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Below is part of Kathryn's winning Serra Club Essay. We are so proud on a daily basis of all that our students do, it is edifying that others see their efforts as well. Thanks to the Serra Club for the wonderful luncheon and recognition. "Priests, Sisters, Deacons, and Brothers are necessary for the mission of the Catholic Church because they are God’s presence here on Earth and help to spread the word of God to many people. They each have their own role in the Catholic Community to help spread the word of God. Priests, Sisters, Deacons, and Brothers, in their daily lives, show us how to lead a better Catholic life in what they do. They also show us how to bring God into our daily lives to be better Catholics. They are essential to the Catholic Church because they are God's presence here on Earth."
"There’s no place like home! There’s no place like home!” The sights and sounds of All School Mass back in our church. Lord, thank for Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church. We are blessed by a church community that provides such a glorious space to celebrate The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. videos will be posted on FB only.
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Hello 4th Quarter! Today we reflected on the virtues learned and practiced during the 3rd Quarter. We ended with a school musical chairs game and update on house points. It is going to be a great 4th quarter.
