Weekly Family Communication

Dear Holy Rosary Families,

This year has been wonderful, full of surprises! Our theme for this year was "One in the Spirit" and we have worked hard this year to become Safe, Respectful, and Responsible students guided by Christ everyday. We are grateful for your support and partnership this year!

Summertime should be a time for fun and relaxation and a time to spend with family and friends. I’d also like to encourage you to engage your children in regular reading, writing, and math practice. The “summer slide” is a real phenomenon, and hard earned progress can be quickly lost if our brains are not exercised everyday. Here are some ideas on how you may keep your kiddo’s mind fresh!

• Purchase a blank notebook and have students’ journal daily about summer activities and trips.
• Spend time using math skills- cooking, projects that involve measuring, mapping trips, budgeting, spending money, or similar activities are all great applications of math skills.
• Practice basic facts- even five minutes a day of math fact practice and running through word lists and phonograms can go a long way. Participate in the summer math challenge!
• Read, read, read- anything and everything. Participate in the summer reading challenge! Work with your local library or ask your child’s current teacher for recommendations if you need help finding “just right books” that help push reading skills forward, without being too hard.

Spending 15-20 minutes each and every day will pay off immensely when we see your kids in the fall!

I do hope you have a wonderful summer. I hope we will see you at the West Seattle Grand Parade marching with Holy Rosary School's float on July 19th.

Above all, may the peace of Christ fill you all during summer break!

In Christ,

Anna

• Jun 12th - Noon Dismissal
  
• Jun 13th - Last Day / 10am Dismissal
• Jul 19th - West Seattle Parade
• Aug 27th - Meet the Teacher (2pm)
• Sep 2nd - 1st Day of School (K-8)
• Sep 4th - Parent Night
• Sep 19th-20th - Westfest

June 13, 2025 – St. Anthony

St. Anthony entered the Augustinian Canons at age fifteen. After his ordination, he was inspired to join the newly founded Franciscan Order. (This was during St Francis’ lifetime - the two saints knew each other!) St Anthony was revered for his masterful preaching, knowledge of Scripture, and love of the poor. But he is best known as a finder of lost items. When St Anthony was teaching at a seminary, one of the novices decided to quit and to take a very valuable book of psalms with him. Rather than attempt to contact the novice, St Anthony decided to pray that the book would be returned, and it was! Along with a very penitential novice who requested to rejoin the community!

Remember you can always pray to St Anthony to help you look for something that is lost!

Welcome to our new Holy Rosary families who will be joining us in the 2025/26 school year.

Thursday, June 12th is a noon dismissal.

Friday, June 13th is a 10am dismissal after mass.

Congratulations to Tricia Flajole and Sarah Katsandres, selected by their peers to receive the 2025 Parents Club Distinguished Service Award.

As summer approaches, many students will be using technology to stay connected with friends. This is a great opportunity to have conversations with your children about online etiquette, digital footprints, and responsible online behavior.

Monitoring your child’s digital activity—especially group chats—can help you guide them toward appropriate and respectful communication. As children grow more independent online, they may still be learning how to consistently use a kind and thoughtful tone.

Talking with your child about digital citizenship is essential. One helpful reminder is:
“If you wouldn’t say it to someone’s face, it shouldn’t be posted online in any format.”

These ongoing conversations help students build the skills they need to navigate the digital world with kindness, responsibility, and integrity.

Holy Rosary School is partnering with Paper Boat Booksellers for an in-store Book Fair June 10-15th. Mention our school name at checkout to show your support for the book fair. Their address is 4522 California Ave SW.

Each summer Holy Rosary encourages students to keep their math and reading skills sharp. We offer the Summer Reading Challenge for grades K-8. Grades K-6 will use a calendar to mark days and grades 7-8 will have a Reading Bingo Card. Look for these papers to come home with your student in June.

As part of our ongoing commitment to growth and improvement, we invite you to share your thoughts on how this school year has gone for our community. Your feedback is valuable and helps us reflect, celebrate our successes, and identify areas where we can continue to grow. Thank you for taking a few moments to complete this brief survey!

Student classroom supplies have been ordered. A fee of $50 per student will be charged via Finalsite on the 10th of September. Please note there are a few items we are still asking families to provide. Click here for details. Students should bring comfort kits to their classrooms on the first day of school.

Please remember to notify the office of any address, phone or email changes in order to have the most up-to-date information in our school directory for next year.

Class pictures were given to students this week to take home. Please check your child's backpack. Class pictures are given to all students who ordered individual school pictures in the fall. If you didn't order individual pictures but would like a class picture, you can use the link below.

https://shop.imagequix.com/g1001151438

It will ask for a password or student school ID. The ID number is individual to your student. Please contact the school office for that number.

It's almost summer, which means time for fun and relaxation! Students also have the opportunity to keep their math and reading skills sharp by participating in the summer math and reading challenges.

Students should fill out their challenges as the summer progresses and be ready to turn it in during the first week back at school. It will be due by Friday, Sept. 5th! Both the summer math and reading challenges are optional.

You will notice that there is a different challenge for junior high (incoming 7th and 8th) for both math and reading. It is a choice board/bingo option. For incoming 6th graders, there is a choice board for the math challenge.

Students will receive the challenges before the end of the year from their homeroom teacher, but they are also attached here if you'd like to print at home.

K-5th Summer Math Challenge

6th Grade Summer Math Challenge

Jr High Summer Math Challenge

Summer Reading Challenge

Jr High Summer Reading Challenge

Come One, Come All — Reclaim Your Long-Lost Treasures!

Do you miss that single sock that mysteriously vanished in gym class?
Still wondering where your water bottle went after the Great Classroom Spill of '24?
Is your hoodie living a new life in the Lost & Found bin, whispering tales of abandonment?

WELL, GOOD NEWS!

This week until the end of school, the Lost & Found will be making its grand debut in the main hallway! It's open for business and ready to be reunited with its rightful owners — or anyone brave enough to claim that mysterious lunchbox that's been there since winter break. 👀

🧤 Gloves!
🧥 Jackets!
📚 Binders!
👟 Shoes that have lost their sole-mates!

WHEN: Everyday until school is out for summer. 8am - 4pm
WHERE: Main hallway
WHY: Because your stuff misses you. And it’s starting to organize itself into a small society.

Don't let your belongings start a new life without you. Come check it out before it all mysteriously disappears… again.

– Your Friendly Neighborhood Lost & Found Team 🕵️‍♂️

We wanted to share that BASE for the 2025-26 School year is very full after completing the re-enrollment period for current BASE families.

Knowing that there is a great need in our community for before- and- after school care, we invite families to get on the BASE Wait List. Our hope is that there might be some movement over the next few months and BASE could accommodate some families who are still in need of care for the next school year.

Please complete the application form to get on the Waitlist: https://forms.gle/wvrUN7F5bHQV9Fgo9

Our BASE (Before and After School Enrichment) is seeking creative, confident, and energetic individuals to assist in its Extended Day Program beginning in September, 2025..

This is a part-time position, 6 -20 hours per week, primarily in the afternoons from 3-6. Additional hours are available on half-days and school closure days. We welcome former HRS students as well and can usually work around their high school schedule.

Interested applicants should send a letter of interest to BASE director, Rachel at base@holyrosaryws.org.

Contact Arlo Idziorek at arlowyn.i@gmail.com to request uniforms in your child's size.

WestFest returns Sept 19th and 20th. This community building event is our fall carnival and takes a lot of volunteer hours. If you are interested in helping over the summer please contact westfest@holyrosaryws.org.

Entertainment

Calling all musicians! Looking ahead to Westfest Sept 2025. If you have a band or talent you'd like to share with us on our big stage, we'd love to have you. Student acts are welcome too! Help us get the stage rocking! Please email Cassandra and Steve Webster at clcw@uw.edu.

Kicks off October 1 and runs the month of October. Make HRS a giving priority for your family. You can earn up to 3 fundraising volunteer hours by participating…details to come.

The Tree Lot will open the day after Thanksgiving on Friday, November 28th and remain open through mid-December. Work a few shifts and get in those 10 required fundraising hours!

Get your bowling shoes ready for Gator Bowl, benefiting the Fr. Mallahan Endowment Fund. Save the date for Friday, January 23.

Save the date for Saturday, March 7 for our largest fundraiser. Watch the efc for additional information on the Auction. Another great way to earn fundraising volunteer hours.

All of the above events will have multiple volunteer shifts available and they will be publicized in the efc in the weeks leading up to the event.

THANKS FOR ALL YOU’VE DONE THIS SCHOOL YEAR!

HAVE A GREAT SUMMER!

Walk with the Holy Rosary float in the WS Grand Parade this summer! Mark your calendars for Saturday, July 19th! We will meet in front of Menchie's at 10:30 am and finish between 1 and 2 pm.

It is so fun and a great way to log some volunteer hours and free dress passes. We will wave and hand out candy. Wagons and strollers welcome! Sign up here!

7th-8th grade volunteers needed!

Do you love organizing and attending classroom parties, parent nights out, and treating teachers to special birthday gifts? If so, this role is perfect for you! Room parents play a vital role in each class, easing some of the workload for our teachers. Plus, the time you spend contributes to your family commitment hours.

If you're interested in becoming a room parent for the 2025-2026 school year or want more information about the responsibilities, please reach out to Nikki Henning at nsantee@gmail.com. In your email, kindly include the grade you're interested in and your child's name.

Who doesn't like to garden in the sunny spring weather? Earn volunteer hours weeding the school campus. Set your own hours. Just check in with the office if it's during the school day.

Volunteer now and help welcome new incoming families for the 2025/26 school year! If you are a current family with an incoming Kindergartener or a current 5th grade family, please consider signing up to be an Ambassador family!

Take a few minutes to log into your Safe Env account and check your status. You may need a 20-minute refresher. Checking your status now will save staff time in contacting you before you can volunteer.

New families: Please complete your background checks and SE training before volunteering! If you haven't set up a volunteer log-in yet to record hours, here is the link! One parent must be the main account user, a 2nd parent can be added to the account as a sub-account. Instructions will be on the main account user’s page on how to add a sub-account.

Congratulations to the following children baptized on June 7, 2025, at Holy Rosary Parish! We welcome you to a life with Christ.

• Aidan James Henneman C.
• Aoife Deirdre Henneman C.
• Emilia Rebecca D.
• Gianluca Rudy D.
• Kaisun Reyes L.

If you are interested in having your child baptized at Holy Rosary, please email Deyette at dswegle@holyrosaryseattle.org.

You may also complete our Holy Rosary Baptism Registration form by using this link, https://archseattle.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/4064/responses/new.

If you are interested in having your child baptized at Holy Rosary, please email Deyette atdswegle@holyrosaryseattle.org.

You may also complete our Holy Rosary Baptism Registration form by using this link,https://archseattle.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/4064/responses/new.

Are you interested in assisting us in our Soup Kitchen? Please contact Chris Dormaier.

https://holyrosaryseattle.org/infant-baptism-registration

See our Flyer for more information.

srstella@holyrosaryseattle.org

srstella@holyrosaryseattle.org

https://holyrosaryseattle.org/rcia-adults.

We offer Children’s Liturgy of the Word year round at Sunday 10:30am Mass.

• Parish Children’s Choir YouthChoir! (Grades 3-6) | Holy Rosary Catholic Church | Seattle, WA (holyrosaryseattle.org)
• Altar Serving (5th -High school)–email Paul Dolejsi at Pdolejsi@holyrosaryseattle.org for more information.

https://holyrosaryseattle.org/adult-confirmation-1

Private soccer training for young players to help with their development and just a fun summer activity!

Lucy Minnig graduated from Holy Rosary in 2023. She has been attending Holy Names Academy and plays on their varsity soccer team. See her flier for information on her summer sessions.

Summer Athletic and Enrichment Camps available at O'Dea High School. For more information, click here.

Visit https://www.holynames-sea.org/admissions/2025-summer-camps/ to sign up for a camp this summer.

St Therese is offering a 5 week academic summer school program with certificated teachers and

Instructional Assistants. It is not a summer camp. It’s an all or none program in order for

students to make the most gains academically.

June 30 - August 1 (no class July 4)

8am-12pm $650

8am-5:30pm $1200

St Therese Catholic Academy

900 35th Ave Seattle, WA 98112

For more information 206-324-0460 or mnelson@stcaseattle.org

Cake decorating lessons, walking distance from HRS! Available for age 6+! More information and sign ups click here.

Visit https://www.holynames-sea.org/admissions/walk-talk-tuesdays-7th-grade-parents/

Summer Camps At Bishop Blanchet High School - More information can be found here.

Blanchet Buddies - Please visit bishopblanchet.org/buddies for more information.

Blanchet Spring Musical - Tickets will be available soon on the BBHS website.

Blanchet Multicultural Event - For more information website.

www.seaprep.org/summer-learning

Summer Prep is for rising 5th-8th grade students

Registration Link: https://campscui.active.com/orgs/SeattlePreparatorySchool?orglink=camps-registration

Summer athletic & enrichment camps may be found here.

Camps range in age for incoming 5th-9th graders. Enrichment camps are for both boys and girls.

The mission of Holy Rosary School is to help each child discover and fully develop their God-given talents. As a Catholic School community, we strive for excellence in our students’ spiritual, academic, physical, mental, aesthetic, and social-emotional growth. It is our intention that those who attend this institution mature into active citizens leading a committed faith life and reaching out to help others locally, nationally, and internationally with their wisdom, time, talent, and financial resources.