Important Dates:

Friday, January 24

Popcorn Friday

Saturday, January 25

5:00pm—Crab Feed

Sunday, January 26

Start of Catholic Schools

Week

Breakfast after Mass—all

grades host

11:30am—Open House

Monday-Friday, Jan. 27-31

Catholic Schools Week and

Scholastic Book Fair (see

enclosure for daily activities)

Thursday, January 30

Trimester 2 Progress Reports

Go Home

Wednesday, February 5

7:00pm—State of the School

January 23, 2020

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

State of the School Meeting 2

Procurement Items Due

Tomorrow. 1/24

2

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES 2

St. Paul School

Newsletter Volume 2, Issue 18

A N O T E F R O M

F R . S C O T T

Dear St. Paul Parish School Community

I write after the resignation of

Chris Sharp as Principal to help reassure

our community the best I can. Like you, I

was surprised and saddened by Mr. Sharp’s

resignation. It is always difficult to face

changes like this in the middle of the year. It

is not only difficult because of the loss of

someone we care about but also because it

creates a sense of uncertainty and anxiety.

We will be doing all we can to help maintain

the continuity of quality education and

prayerful service you have come to know and

respect. I have asked the staff to help me in

extending ourselves even more than we have

in the past to be the faithful, optimistic

servants Christ calls us to be. We have to

find the hope of the resurrection in the

difficult moments we face. As a matter of

fact, it is precisely in these moments that we

can have an even more profound experience

of the grace of consolation than in our

regular day-to-day lives.

As we enter into Catholic Schools

Week, I want each of you to take a moment

to thank God for our Catholic School here at

St. Paul. Pray for its on-going success and a

future full of hope. It is my hope and desire

that we are stronger than ever as we prepare

for the coming academic year. To that end I

want to reassure people that we are doing

everything in our power to uplift and

support our school long into the future. As

partners in ministry doing what we can to

support you as primary educators of your

children, we will work hard every day to help

you in your awesome task of raising these

children of God.

I will strive to be in on-going

communication with you, and invite you to

do your part to keep those lines of

communication open. To that end, Kristin

Dixon (Superintendent) and I plan to have

our annual State of the School night on

February 5, at 7:00pm. I want to thank all of

our wonderful faculty and staff for all that

they do. In particular, I want to thank Ana

Foukimoana for saying “yes” to this interim

Catholic Schools Week!

We kick off Catholic Schools week on

Sunday, 1/26. Students are asked to come

to the 8:30am Mass in their school uniform.

(Choir students, please arrive at 8:00am.)

After Mass is a parish breakfast for

everyone and, at 11:30am we have an

Open House and the Scholastic Book Fair

opens. Anyone who can help with setup,

please be in Romans Hall at 8:30 and if you

can help with serving, please be there at

9:00am.

Recap for What to Wear Mon.-Fri.:

Monday, 1/27 —Free Dress

Tuesday, 1/28 —Class Color Day

Wednesday, 1/29 —School Uniform

Thursday, 1/30 —Family Group Colors

Friday, 1/31 —St. Paul Colors or Spirit

Wear

Please read the enclosed flyer which outlines all the exciting activities we have planned for the week.

position as Principal. They are all

so hard working and committed

to St. Paul and to you. Please

make sure to let them know how

much you appreciate them as

well. Let us hold one another in

prayer.

Yours in Christ,

Fr. Scott Connolly, Pastor

Crab Feed This Saturday

It’s here! The Crab

Feed is this coming

Saturday, January

25, 2020.

Tickets are still available in

the school office — $40 for

adults, $10 for children ages

4-11; 3 and under are free!

For Alleas Baldwin, great-aunt of Morgan

Humburgs who passed away. For strength and

peace for her family.

For Arturo Doronio, grandfather of Brayden

Villaron who passed away in December. For comfort for the

family at this sad time. St. Paul, pray for us.

~ Enclosures ~

Catholic Schools Week Schedule

Honor Roll Certificates (as applicable)

Volunteer Opportunities

School Emergency Kits—we need someone to purchase and organize items for the school emergency kits (purchase amount will be reimbursed).

Crab Feed—help is needed for the Crab Feed—sell tick-ets, help with set-up, serving, and/or clean-up on the day of the event. Call, email, or stop by the School Office to sign up. The Crab Feed is Saturday, January 25, 2020.

Parish Breakfast—help is needed this Sunday, Janu-ary 26. Set-up (8:30am), serving (9:00am), and clean-up after the event. Please let your student’s homeroom teach-er know if you are able to help. Thank you!

~ CYO NEWS ~

Questions about any of our CYO sports? Please contact Mr. Duke at 206-725-0780 ext. # 519 or e-mail at dduke@seattlestpaul.org. Basketball Game Times: SATURDAY, 1/25 4th boys 9:00 AM OLG vs. St. George at Our Lady of Guadalupe 5th boys 10:15 AM St. George vs. St. Anne at St. George SUNDAY, 1/26 6th girls 1:15 PM Westside vs. St. Paul at Westside 7th girls 5:00 PM St. George vs. Lakeside at St. George 8th boys 6:15 PM St. George vs. St. Matthew at St. George For questions about practice times, please contact your child’s coach.

Go Panthers!

Auction News—Procurement Items Due Tomorrow, 1/24

Due to the snow days last week, procured items are now due tomorrow, Friday, January 24. Everyone who gets their item or cash donation in by end of day Friday, January 24, gets 5 volunteer hours toward their yearly requirement!

State of the School Meeting

The annual State of the School meeting is

scheduled for Wednesday, February 5, at

7:00pm. Fr. Scott will be holding the meet-

ing and Kristin Dixon, Superintendent of

Catholic Schools will be present. Please

mark you calendar for this very important

meeting.