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Principal Notes

Dear Parents,

Today and for the rest of the week, the temperature is expected to hit well over 100 degrees.  Although our students went outside for their recess breaks, we kept them inside for lunch and we will be conducting our end of the day dismissal inside.  You will know on any day if it is inside dismissal when you see the orange flag displayed outside.  On inside dismissal days you park your car and walk to your child's classroom to pick them up.  Kindergarten parents are allowed to go to the classroom at 2:30.  First through fifth grade parents are allowed to pick up from the classrooms at 2:45.  Junior High parents are allowed to go to the classrooms at 3:00.  If you have both younger and older children you can wait until the latest time to pick them up.  

The inside dismissal schedule for Mondays is different.  Kindergarten can be picked up at 1:30 and First grade through Eighth grade at 2 pm.  

Thank you and have a wonderful week,
Jennifer
DATES TO REMEMBER
AUG 29, TUESDAY 
No Mass
SEP 12, TUESDAY 
Back to School Night K-4
SEP 14, THURSDAY
Back to School Night 5-8
SEP 17, SUNDAY 
Unity Sunday - 5th grade;
90th Celebration after 9:15 Mass;
New Family Welcome
SEP 21, THURSDAY
Picture Day

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PARENT HANDBOOK REMINDERS
Page 8  
Rainy Day and Extreme Heat Dismissal

Orange flags indicating an "Inside Day Pick Up" will be posted at the driveways. ALL students will remain in their homeroom classrooms. Parents may arrive in the classrooms to pick up their students fifteen minutes before the normal dismissal time.  Parents are to park in the parking lots and NOT IN ANY DRIVEWAYS. Parents will then go to their child's classroom where the children will be waiting to be released by their teacher.  Parents will go to each classroom if they have more than one child. Falcon's Nest students will be sent or delivered there at 3:15 p.m. 
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND EVENTS
AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS
Information about  the after school programs offered at our school is in today's packet. Please check out the flyers below for class criteria and follow registration directions. These are offered by outside vendors and each have their criteria listed on their flyers.
Offered this year: Tae Kwon Do, Spanish Club, Golf, Chess Club, Music Lessons, Crochet Class, Hip Hop/Jazz Class.

For information and registration, please use the following links for each class:

TAE KWON DO
SPANISH CLUB
GOLF
CHESS CLUB
MUSIC LESSONS
CROCHET CLASS
DANCE CLASS
LABEL EVERYTHING!
Please put student's names on all personal items. Lunch boxes and containers should be labeled on the outside of the item.Clothing can be labeled on the inside collar but be sure we can read it!  If there is a legible name on items they are returned to your child's classroom.
SERVICE HOURS REMINDERS AND INFORMATION
Welcome Back to school!  Please remember to review your service hours guidelines for the new year, we have made a few small changes.  Most questions that I get throughout the year can be answered by reading the guidelines. Please take a look there first when you have questions.  You can find the packet by logging into the school website. It will be on the left hand side of the page.  We will be posting the parish hour guidelines in the next few weeks as well.

If you are new to the school, you should have received an email from me with instructions on how to register on the school site.  If you have not, please let me know, you can email me at [email protected] . (Amy Miller). You will want to do this asap so you can access all school related material and log in your service hours.   

SPAS PORTALS
Hello Parents,

Today we will be emailing the activation link for the portals to any parent who has not activated their account. Please make sure to activate your account, and follow the instructions below to review and edit your directory information.

If you have any questions, please email our vice principal, Mr. Yniguez, at  [email protected]


REMINDERS
PTO NEWS
SCRIP SCOOP
Welcome to the 2017-2018 school year! My name is Maite Ramirez and am your Scrip Coordinator for the year. The best way to reach me is via email at [email protected].

Instructions on how to register and order scrip were sent via email on 8/11/17 in the "August Packet". I look forward to working with you and answering any questions you may have regarding the Scrip program.  

***New this year: ONLINE ORDERS for physical gift cards must be placed by 8am Monday morning in order to be received by Thursday afternoon of the same week. Orders placed after 8am will be fulfilled the following week.***

Scrip will be available for purchase in the lobby starting
Wednesday, August 30th, 7:45-8:15am and 2:45-3:15pm.


SERVICE HOUR OPPORTUNITIES
TB AND VIRTUS EXPIRE EVERY 4 YEARS - BE SURE TO RENEW ON TIME SO YOU CAN STAY ON THE TUITION PLANS A OR C. NOT SURE? KATHY ANDRIC CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION: [email protected]
SCHOOL SERVICE HOURS
LUNCH SUPERVISION HELP
Yard supervision help during several lunch periods is needed. We ask parents to commit to at least one lunch period each week for the entire school year. If you would like this service opportunity or have questions please email [email protected] . Thank you!

PICTURE DAY HELP
The photographer will need help with Picture Day on Thursday September 21st starting about 8:15 am. They are usually finished a little before noon.  Please email Kathy Andric, [email protected] if you would like to sign up to help! Thank you!

FROM THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT
Hello All,

My name is Jason Weatherall and I am the new Athletic Director and 5th-8th PE Teacher. As I had the chance to meet some of you all on Meet the Teacher Day, a good number of you expressed interest in helping with the PE and/or volunteering to coach. I want to take this opportunity to put out an interest email in order to garner an idea of the possible volunteers for either capacity.

I value any way in which you can help; yourself, a name of a friend or family member, anything that helps to enrich the St. Philip experience for our young Falcons will be greatly appreciated. I have been made aware of service hours for certain types of volunteering. Please take time to click the blue link and fill out the attached  FORM . I look forward to your response.

All the Best and Go Falcons!
Coach Weatherall


PARISH SERVICE HOURS
CATECHISM CLASSES
Teach a few Catechism classes on Tuesdays 4-5:30pm beginning Sept. 26, please contact Susie Lopez for more info.   626-793-0693 ext. 108 or [email protected] .

PARISH NEWS & EVENTS
COMMUNITY EVENTS
REFLECTION OF THE WEEK
 
" If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders."
 ~Abigail Van Buren