Sacred Heart School is hosting a Gala on November 10th. We want to present an event that brings together our church, community and parents. Please join us for comedian Tim McClendon, a chance to win money and luxury prizes, strolling musicians, elegant dinner and hors d’oeuvres. Tickets are $100 a piece and can be purchased at SHS.
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Sacred Heart School is hosting a gala celebration of our school on November 10th. We have decided to present an event that brings our church and alumni community together. This year, we will begin downstairs at the school with strolling musicians amid a wine & cheese and silent auction. Take a minute to tour the school and look at some of Luxury Raffle Items. We will also offer hors d’oeuvres and an open bar over at the church. Dinner will begin at 6:30 and then Christian comedian Tim McClendon will perform. After the performance, ticket pulls from the reverse raffle will be displayed and the auctioneer will begin auctioning our live auction items. Winners for the Money Raffle and Luxury Raffle will be pulled at the end of the evening by Father Todd.
Get ready for the excitement.
Each ticket is $100 and includes comedian, hors d’oeuvres, wine & cheese, elegant dinner with dessert, open bar, reverse raffle ticket (cash prize), luxury raffle ticket, paddle for the live auction and the opportunity to support SHS. Tickets are available at SHS 448-6405 or aatkin@sacredhearthudson.org or thouser@sacredhearthudson.org.
Please consider donating a bottle of wine or pack of craft beer for our prize wall of wine. All donations can be dropped off at the school office. If you cannot make the fundraiser, but would like to sponsor, please call the office for sponsorship opportunities!!
Thank you so much for all of your continued support. I hope we have put together an evening you will truly enjoy!!
God Bless,
Anne Atkin, Principal
For more info on our comedian, please visit https://www.timmcclendoncomedy.com.
This week we celebrated the Feast of the Guardian Angel and The Feast of St. Francis. It is a great reminder that we have a protector to Light, to Guard, to Rule and to Guide. All of the students need the reminder that they have a guide by there side to help make great decisions. They also have a guard when they need some extra help.
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The students in Pk through 6th walked for the Hudson Food Pantry this week. We stopped and prayed along the way for people who do not have enough to eat and for the people who volunteer to run the food pantry. The students collected food and over $600 to support the cause. Who are so grateful to our families who helped with this service project that is so close to our community. Please see the newsletter for school updates and events.9.28.18
How Do We Keep Our Children Safe?
The best way to keep our kids safe is to develop a strong relationship with them. The world can be a big scary place and our children are out in it. We do our best to stay involved and to communicate about their day but eventually the day will come when they are making decisions and using their own common sense to take care of themselves. Whether it is riding your bike on the sidewalk and knowing the rules of the road or choosing to not play a video game that is rated higher than your age; whether it is choosing to be friends with kids who have the same values as you or being strong enough to trust your parent’s rules and not break them. All of these choices keep our kids safe and all of these choices are taught to children by their parents. How do we build this strong relationship of guidance and trust?
It isn’t easy. Parenting is very, very hard. But if we do our work when they are little, they will be ready to grow independent when it is time to figure things out on their own. Always remember that our children are a gift from God. I believe we are given kids who challenge us on purpose. It is our chance to dig so deep into our soul that we are forever changed by raising them. Having children is our chance to develop patience and to teach unconditional love. When children feel this love, through our service and care for them, and when we are their mentors by the example we set, they are open to our influence and teaching. It is a formula of trust, (not of us trusting them, but them trusting us) understanding and love. This formula will give parents the relationship they need to always be in their child’s mind. They will be able to talk to us about the things they need help with. We can talk to them about how to make safe decisions. We can reaffirm that their worth comes from God and not any outside influence. We can guide them in the true ways of the world and then teach them all of God’s beautiful messages about how to get closer to the Divine. Let’s work together to teach our children that they can handle anything the world can throw at them. Not on their own but with our guidance and love and with the knowledge we give them from the Bible and the teachings of Jesus. Let’s give them the confidence to always grow closer to God and to be safe in the world.
God Bless,
Anne Atkin, principal
The school year is well underway and we are really learning a lot. The students are working very hard on following the rules, being prayerful and pushing through the challenges of hard work in the classroom. It is so important to keep reading every night and to try to reach our 20 Book Challenge. See the newsletter for all of the news and upcoming events. We are very busy!
I Choose Happiness
This week we had the opportunity to find out what it means to be Made for Happiness. God gave us the free will to think our way in or out of any situation. William Shakespeare once said “Things are neither good nor bad but thinking makes it so.” If this is our philosophy, then every situation can bring us closer to God. If that is how we think about it. Knowing that you have every opportunity to make the choice to be happy is part of God’s plan. The little decisions we make every day, the milestones we cross, the people we raise up, the words we choose; can all bring us closer to God. When we listen to the Gospel during Mass, we cross our mind, our lips and our heart. Everything we think, everything we say and everything we feel. When we listen and act this way, we can really be open to God’s perfect love.
The virtue that always makes me think about happiness is Acceptance. Acceptance is not to be confused with approval. When we trust and accept, it means we do not doubt our circumstances. That old “everything happens for a reason,” and we are supposed to think our way into a better situation for ourselves. We do not run away or continually search. We handle it with grace. This can be very difficult. People will disappoint you and mistakes can become huge problems that are very scary to tackle. But we are never alone. It is amazing to see the help that is given through the Holy Spirit when we stay strong and prayerful. We must remember to be grateful. Not just for the gifts and the good times but for the constant opportunity to struggle and to be challenged. Through the challenges, we break down and then grow; so we can become stronger of spirit. It is the acceptance that we will always be given a path to the light. That we will always have the power to pray and we will never be alone. Life is good. It is more than good, it is beautiful and that makes me happy.
God Bless,
Anne Atkin, Principal
We are so happy that it is cooler this week. We prayed the Act of Love and the Prayer to Saint Michael this week as we remembered the people who lost their lives on 9/11. Remember to read for 20 minutes every night. Studies show that this simple habit increases academic achievement greatly.
Thank you to Catholic Charities
This week many of us attended the “Back in Black”- Faith in Action Fundraising Dinner for Catholic Charities. It was a beautiful evening hosted by Father Joe Krupp and Father Tim McDonald. We are so grateful for Catholic Charities and the way they support catholic schools. At Sacred Heart School and we have a Vision: Students are balanced: Confident of mind, academics and faith. We have teachers who form the students in academics and we all work to form the students in faith but we need Catholic Charities to guide us on forming their minds. Every Friday we have Mr. Marshall, our school counselor from Catholic Charities, to share his expertise. He focuses his efforts on the challenges that any of our students are facing. He knows to pull the new students aside and really talk to them about transitioning. He knows to team build with our 5th/6th graders because they can be pretty insensitive. He knows that second grade boys want to win at all costs and he explains how it feels to be on the losing side. He knows that when little girls form a club, other little girls feel isolated. He makes a difference that we can not measure but the impact is felt in the culture of trust that is created. Marshall is able to see the day through the eyes of the students and meet them to talk about ways to stay positive and joyful.
“A school’s mission is to develop the sense of the true, the sense of the good, the sense of the beautiful.” Pope Francis 2014.
This is not an option for a Catholic school. It is our Mission to be the Light of Christ and to grow in confidence. We are so grateful for Marshall and Catholic Charities who help make this happen. Thank you for helping us to form loving disciples of Christ.
God Bless,
Anne Atkin, Principal
“I love these little people and it is not a slight thing when they who are fresh from God love us.” Charles Dickens
We are so glad the weather decided to cool off. It was a very hot week! The school year is up and running and we can almost feel our brains getting smarter and our souls getting stronger. The students are already learning so much and becoming closer to God on their journey. See the weekly newsletter for all important information about the school. newsletter 9.7.18