Weekly Newsletter

St. Catherine of Siena Parish School is an inclusive community, rooted in the Catholic faith and dedicated to leading with compassion, igniting curiosity for learning, and serving faithfully.

Show your team spirit this Friday, 1/23! Students may participate in an optional Non-Uniform Day by wearing Seahawks gear, their favorite football team apparel, or St. Catherine spirit wear. Please remember to keep outfits school-appropriate and follow all non-uniform day guidelines.

Go Hawks! 💙💚🏈

Please join us as we kick off Catholic Schools Week on Sunday, January 25! We invite our entire St. Catherine community to attend Mass at 11:00 a.m., followed by our Celebration of Learning: Arts at the Heart of Our Community.

After Mass, enjoy light refreshments, view beautiful student artwork presented by Ms. Acosta, and listen to performances by our choir and band, directed by Ms. Jones. Meet our entire faculty as you stroll the hallways of our school and experience all that makes St. Catherine special.

Students are encouraged to wear their uniforms to Mass to show their Tiger pride! They will earn a free dress day on Monday February 2nd if they do so.

Students will have the opportunity to pick up a Tiger Passport after Mass and take their families on a guided journey around our school. Be sure to collect a stamp at each location - completed passports will be entered into a raffle drawing, with winners announced during Monday morning announcements.

This is a trip you won’t want to miss. We look forward to celebrating with you!

Please help us make Catholic Schools Week a success! We need your help to kick off the week after Mass on Sunday, January 25th and for the staff lunch on Wednesday, January 28th. Please sign-up using the button below.

In just a few weeks, St. Catherine School will be going through Accreditation. A team of 6 people will be coming to our school and working from February 10th-12th.

Please help use welcome our Accreditation team and keep them well fed! Take a look at see what you can sign up for. Thank you!

Winter MAP Testing began last week and goes through the first week of February. Makeups will take place throughout the testing period. Students in middle school will take tests in math and science. 3rd-5th grade will take tests in reading, math, and science. 1st-2nd graders will test in reading and math. Data from MAP tests is important for monitoring student progress, assessing growth, and providing instruction that continues to meet individual student needs.

Please help make sure your child gets a good night's rest the night before each test and a filling breakfast that morning. On 2/2, and 2/3 (science), all students will test during a designated testing period from 8:40-9:35am. Please let your child's homeroom teacher know if your child will be absent or late any of these days. 2nd-5th graders will take the reading test at a time designated by their teacher, which will be shared in their newsletters. 1st graders will take their tests at a time chosen by Ms. Beighle, also to be shared in her newsletter.

Email Ms. Elsner (celsner@stcatherineschool.net) if you have any questions.

Enter your auction items online here.

Can you sponsor the auction? Learn more and donate here.

Thank you to all who have already contributed and thank you to our wonderful auction sponsors! See the full list on our auction website.

Save the Date of May 9 for our St. C School Auction!

Questions? Contact auction@stcatherineschool.net. Thank you!

Our 8th grade class is fundraising for their upcoming Washington, D.C. trip, and we’d love your support! We are selling car wash tickets at Brown Bear Car Wash. Every ticket purchased helps offset travel costs and supports this unforgettable learning experience.

To purchase, please click the picture below, or contact Amanda Lucero.

Thank you for helping our students represent our school in our nation’s capital!

The Yearbook staff needs your help! We are looking for pictures from events throughout the school year. In particular we need - CYO Soccer Team Photos, CYO Basketball (action and team photos), Summer Adventures, Harvest Festival, and Ski Bus.

Please send them to yearbook@stcatherineschool.net. Please let Ms. Elsner know if you have any questions. Last date for photo submission is March 31st. Thank you!

A new lunch ordering program has begun, and the kids are loving it!

Here are the changes:

• myhotlunchbox.com will be offering lunch to St. Catherine School

• Lunch will be available to order from Chick-fil-A on Thursdays only
• Order window is much shorter - must order by 12pm noon on Wednesday for Thursday delivery

Now what? See below for all the information you need to get started with myhotlunchbox.com.

We are so excited to announce that lunch ordering has officially opened for St. Catherine School. Before your first delivery, we ask a couple of things:

1. Create an account
2. Add Student/s to profile
3. Place your order/s **All orders must be placed, edited, or canceled before 12:00 PM (noon) the day PRIOR to delivery.**
4. Enjoy!

**Summer Camp is open to all current 2025-2026 Early Learning-3rd grade students.

We are excited to share that the St. Catherine School is now using MobileServe to track and report volunteer hours. Beginning today, parents will log their hours directly through the MobileServe platform. Middle school students will start using this platform to record their service hours in Trimester 2.

Action Required: Please review the attached Getting Started Guide for step-by-step instructions on setting up your account and submitting hours. Each family can set-up only 1 account to record their required 40 volunteer hours.

Note: We will no longer accept paper volunteer hour forms. All hours must be submitted through MobileServe.

You can also find the MobileServe login link on our Volunteering page on the school website.

If you have any questions about reporting your family's hours or the MobileServe platform, please contact Amanda or Tali in the office.

Archdiocese of Seattle’s CYO Camps are the only summer camps in Washington that inspire campers to learn respect and dignity for themselves, others and the environment—all through Catholic teachings. Both day camp and overnight camp options available for grades 1-12.

March 21, 2026 | 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. | Kennedy Catholic High School

All middle school students grades 6-8 are invited to this year’s Middle School Encounter, a one-day, faith-filled event on Saturday, March 21 at Kennedy Catholic High School. Organize a group of middle schoolers at your parish or school and register today!

SATURDAY

Vigil Mass @ Our Lady of the Lake - 5:00 pm

SUNDAY

Sunday Mass @ Assumption Parish - 9:00 am

Sunday Mass @ St. Bridget Parish - 9:00 am

Sunday Mass @ Our Lady of the Lake - 11:00 am

Sunday Mass @ St. Catherine Parish - 11:00 am

Sunday Mass @ Assumption Parish - 5pm

All Are Welcome!