Principal’s Letter

Parents/Guardians of students in grades K-5, you are at Curriculum Night as this NewsViews comes out. Middle School parents and guardians, it will be your turn next week as Assistant Principal Kelley will walk you through Curriculum Night. I will be on a Principals’ Retreat. The purpose of Curriculum Night is to inform you of the expectations for you and your students as, together, we carry out our mission, make our school accessible through Fair Share, deepen our Catholic identity, strengthen the community and help our children achieve to the best of their abilities.  

The PA certainly helped us strengthen our community! Thank you, Rachel Groark, Maile Sullivan, Stephanie Glassburn, Ethan Stowell Restaurants, Madeleine Pennington, Pablo, Chef Stephanie and the Kitchen Team, Maintenance and a host of others who were instrumental in putting together such a fabulous Back to School BBQ! Thank you all for your support!

You have more opportunities to do your fair share! Tomorrow is our 11th annual St. John School Jog-a-thon, presented by The Saki Group! Students in PreK through 8th grade will walk/jog at this fun fall fundraiser, which helps support the school’s annual operating budget. Students are encouraged to color their shirts, get out the crazy hats, socks and costumes and get ready for Jog-a-thon day! Please consider supporting our students!

One of our important community goals this year is to actively participate in Partners in the Gospel. Last July, Fr. Crispin wrote to us, asking for our support, participation, and prayers for the Archdiocese of Seattle’s Strategic Planning process. On the weekend of September 23 and 24, the Archdiocese will publish the list of Preliminary Parish Families. Fr. Crispin will announce our Draft Family assignment at all Masses that weekend. Following the announcement, we will have the opportunity to provide input and feedback on our Draft Parish Family. There will be two in-person listening sessions scheduled in early October, the 2nd at 7pm and the 8th after the 10:30am Mass. Please join one of the sessions. If you are unable to attend one of the sessions, you will be able to provide feedback online through the Archdiocesan website. More information can be found here.

We also build community as we look out for and support each other. This week we heard about one of our alumni whose young son has a very serious cancer. Please remember this parish family, the McDonaghs, in your prayers, and see the PA post for more information and an opportunity to help.

Keep on soaring, and God bless,

Bernadette O’Leary