Lunch menu

Volunteer survey for 2015-2016

Magazine sale website

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Teacher emails

Annual calendar 2015-2016

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Scrip order form

Option C (grades)

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Sports forms

Calendar

School website

The sidewalk in front of Sacred Heart School, designed with symbols and messages in colored chalk, is a sure sign that young and colorful lives have recently played there. SHES began the 2015-16 school year with an enrollment of 436 students in grades preschool-grade 8. These beautiful children have been entrusted to us by 294 wonderful families seeking a Catholic education for their child(ren). 

The administration, faculty and staff welcome you to the 142nd year of learning, playing, and praying together in a Catholic community. We strive to have Jesus as the unseen but ever-present Teacher in our classes, the Model of our faculty and the Inspiration of our students.

Beginning in 1673 and continuing throughout the course of another year and one-half, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque experienced mystical divine visitations through which was born devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. This devotion, which is a reminder to us of the depth of Christ’s love for and mercy toward us, spread far and wide and it is from this that Sacred Heart Parish takes its name. Sacred Heart parishioners are invited to contact the rectory and schedule a visit by one of the priests to pray with you and enthrone an image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in your home. Thus far 40 families, many of whom are school families, have already made this happen in their homes.

Scrip ordering dates and a new form for 2015-16 are in this monthly envelope.  Start working on your family assessment early.  Percentages do add up, and the program runs through mid-March.

The monthly envelope contains a Family Packet, due to school by September 14th.  The office uses this updated information to update emergency information, as well as prepare the Family Directory for this year.  Please turn your forms in promptly.

Do you have other outstanding paperwork?

•Parent Lunch Form
•Family Assessment Commitment Form
•Pastor Verification (If applicable)
•Forms for new student files, (i.e., birth and baptism certificates, textbook form and Home Language Survey)

Thanks for your help keeping us on top of our work!

The Magazine Sale launched on Thursday, August 27 and continues through Friday, September 25. The sale raises funds for our school’s endowment fund, a tuition assistance program for Sacred Heart families.

Online ordering is the quickest and easiest way to order. Simply go to www.gaschoolstore.com and enter our school code: 2591899.  The link is also be available on the Sacred Heart website. Magazine packets containing paper order forms have been sent home and direct donations will also be an option this year.

New to the sale is the Tuition Rewards program, offering students and parents a way to save at more than 340 participating colleges. For more information and to sign up visit http://www.tuitionrewards.com/gao.

Please contact Simone Woodhouse, coynehouse@mac.com, if you have any questions.

A Confirmation Family Service will be conducted on Wednesday, September 9, 2015 at 6:30 p.m. at Sacred Heart Church for all parents/guardians and candidates, along with approved sponsors enrolled in eighth grade. Participation is a pre-requisite to reception of the sacrament. Questions, please contact Sharon Smoller in the Religious Education  Office at sacredheartparishreled@gmail.com. Reminder: Confirmation packets are due into the Religious Education Office on September 21, 2015.

This service will be conducted on Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at 6:30 p.m. at Sacred Heart Church for all parents/guardians and children enrolled in second grade who will be receiving the Sacraments in the spring of 2016. Family participation is a prerequisite for your child to receive the Sacraments. For information, contact Sharon Smoller in the Religious Education Office at sacredheartparishreled@gmail.com.

Protecting God’s Children Programs are scheduled year round at parishes throughout the Diocese. Coaches and parents in volunteer positions in the school are required to attend this program in order to be involved with children.

Sacred Heart School will host one of those programs on Thursday October 15 at Sacred Heart School from 6:30-9:30 p.m.

To register, call school (412-441-1582) or go to the Diocese website, www.diopitt.org. Once on the Diocese website, go to "Protecting God's Childen" in the left column, and then click on "Instruction Card" to begin the process.

If your schedule doesn’t allow your attendance that evening, be sure to search for another program that works for your schedule.

The volleyball teams have been working hard through the Summer heat and the season is in full swing.

Come check out a home game and cheer on our Crusaders!

Varsity Black has home games on the following dates:

•September 19 at 11:00 a.m.
•September 25 at  7:30 p.m.
•September 28 at 7:30 p.m.

Varsity Red has home games on the following dates:

•September 2   at 7:00 p.m.
•September 11 at  6:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
•September 19 at 12:15 p.m.

JV has home games on the following dates:

•September 9   at 6:30 p.m.
•September 19 at 10:00 a.m.
•September 25 at 6:30 p.m.
•September 28 at 6:30 p.m.

Go Crusaders!

All students interested in practicing and learning basketball skills are welcome to attend the Open Gyms scheduled for their grades.

The Open Gyms are instructional – designed to enhance skills.

All the coaches are volunteers and there is no fee for the students.

Open Gyms start dates are listed below.  Come out and meet the coaches!

Boys JV Basketball

• September 5    9:00-10:30 a.m.
• September 9    6:00-7:30 p.m.
• September 19  1:30-3:00 p.m.
• September 23  6:00-7:30 p.m.
• October 3         1:30-3:00 p.m.

Boys Varsity Basketball

• September 3     7:30-9:00 p.m.
• September 5    10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
• September 9     7:30-9 p.m.
• September 12   12:00-1:30 p.m.
• September 14    7:30-9:00 p.m.
• September 16    7:30-9:00 p.m.
• Sundays             3:00-4:30 p.m. starting on September 6

Girls JV Basketball

• September 1      6:00-7:30 p.m.
• September 9      6:00-7:30 p.m.
• September 16    6:00-7:30 p.m.
• September 21    6:00-7:00 p.m.
• September 29    6:00-7:30 p.m.
• October 7           6:00-7:30 p.m.

Girls Varsity Basketball

Saturdays 4:30-6:00 p.m. starting on September 12

All interested students are welcome to take part in an upcoming table tennis event.  The event includes open play plus a tournament and championship prizes.  Coaching is available for anyone interested.

Help organize future junior play!

Date:  Sunday, September 13, 2015

Time: 1:00 - 5:00 pm

Place: Eastminster Church Gym

To register or for more information contact Mark Krotec

at mckrotec@yahoo.com  or call 412-916-2439.

The Knights of Columbus East End Council will sponsor a Blood Drive at the Activities Building on Sunday, October 4, 2015 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. You can schedule an appointment by calling Bernie Kozlowski 412-882-4812 or  bkoz29@gmail.com.

In conjunction with Sacred Heart Parish, the school will collect Rice-A-Roni to be contributed to the food bank run by the East End Cooperative Ministry.

Each month, the Student Council members encourage all of us to contribute a different featured food to share with our neighbors in need. Thank you for your support.