Author: Sandra Barton Smith

WSCC 2020 Catholic Advocacy Bulletin #11

WSCC 2020 Catholic Advocacy Bulletin, No. 11                                       April 3, 2020 CARES Act On March 27 the federal government passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, a $2.2 […]

Can you help??? CCS needs 10,000 facemasks

Catholic Community Services is in need of 10,000 facemasks and they are looking to us for help!  Please help us spread the word quickly.  See the two links below for […]

Calming Pain – April 9 7pm via ZOOM

St. Catherine of Siena Mental Health Ministry Team Educational Forum presents Calming Pain Thursday, April 9, 7:00-9:00 PM via ZOOM RSVP to bucklandmike@hotmail.com for link Pain comes in so many […]

Preparing for Holy Week 2020 Virtually

Holy Week 2020 will be a profound opportunity to walk our holiest of holy days together…remotely.  This post will grow with resources for you, your faculty, your school families as […]

Using HUMOR during the Coronavirus Outbreak

The Mental Health Ministry Committee continues to gather resources for our communities to use…. including humorous ones! Consider one a day for yourself and possibly for others….. if have others, […]

2020 CRS RICE BOWL – Applying for a Garden Grants?

2020 RICE BOWL GARDEN GRANT The CRS – Rice Bowl local grant process for gardens is currently open and will close on Friday, April 17. To ensure that funds are […]

7th Grade MDI continues during the Coronavirus Virus

Our Valiant MDI Team continues on, especially during this profound time! THANK YOU to our 27 schools for adapting and using the MDI rubrics with new eyes during this of […]

Sample SEL Weekly Parent Letters during Covid-19

A big shout out of gratitude to Christy Dahl, SEL Counselor at Assumption- St. Bridget School, Seattle for sharing her SEL weekly parent newsletters to guide her parent community with […]

WSCC 2020 Catholic Advocacy Bulletin, No. 10 

WSCC 2020 Catholic Advocacy Bulletin, No. 10                                       March 13, 2020 Message from Mario Dear Friends in Christ, Our legislative session has now officially wound down and has […]

A Coronavirus Prayer

A Coronavirus Prayer by Kerry Weber March 2, 2020 America, The Jesuit Review Jesus Christ, you traveled through towns and villages “curing every disease and illness.” At your command, the […]

Urge Governor to Veto Comprehensive Sex Education

A message from the Washington State Catholic Conference Last week, the Washington State House of Representatives approved SB 5395 , which mandates a statewide standard on all K-12 public schools […]

OSSI February Newsletter Supporting Language Learners

OSSI’s monthly newsletter provides accessible resources and connects readers to best practices at the state, regional, and local level that are improving student outcomes.  Portions of the newsletter provided here […]

WSCC 2020 Catholic Advocacy Bulletin, No. 8 Feb. 28, 2020

WSCC 2020 Catholic Advocacy Bulletin, No. 8                                         February 28, 2020 WA Bishops Release Pastoral Statement on Civility: The Catholic Bishops of Washington State released a pastoral statement February 27 calling […]

WSCC – ACTION ALERT – Please share info broadly!

CSE-DP repeal SB 5395 SB 5339 flyer 20-02-13 ACTION ALERT: Preserve Integrity of the Family – Oppose SB 5395 Urge State House to Oppose Comprehensive Sex Education The State Legislature […]

CRS Rice Bowl – Do you have your materials??

The season of Lent starts Wednesday! Do you have your materials? Rice Bowl materials for 2020 shipped a couple of weeks ago and should have arrived by now to all […]

Camp GiveBack -Summer Service-Learning Camp Model – HNA

Julie Tilghman from Holy Names Academy, Seattle has worked with some of our schools to develop a new type of “summer camp for schools”.  Here is the despcription and if […]

Upcoming Slingerland Trainings and Spring Education Conference

Slingerland Institution for Literacy  – Our wonderful learning partners at the Slingerland Institute for Literacy have an excellent calendar of training classes coming your way! Please consider: Important Links for […]

Catholic Identity Resources

Featured Quote from Pope Francis The culture of … encounter shatters the culture of conflict. It makes of every encounter a possibility and a gift of God’s generous love. It […]

Register for CRS-Rice Bowl 2020 Trainings

Prepare for Lent 2020 … Rice Bowl! You are invited to attend an in-person, lunchtime training in preparation for Rice Bowl 2020. This will be an excellent opportunity to share […]

2021-2022 Follett DESTINY Library Consortium

2021 – 2022 Archdiocese of Seattle DESTINY Consortium 41 Follett – DESTINY Library Cohort (33 Consortium schools plus 8 DESTINY independent schools) Click on each school’s name and you will […]

Free Adult Faith Formation for Parish Communities – Ron Ryan

Preparing for 2020  with Adult Faith Formation- Parent Engagement opportunities! As Special Projects Coordinator for the Archdiocese of Seattle, RON RYAN is available to parishes as a resource for ADULT […]