August 18, 2017
St. Vincent de Paul Faculty & Staff Spend 3 Days in Orientation & Formation as Centennial Year Begins
With the guidance and inspiration from St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Schools President, Tom Coughlan, Tillman Hall was filled with faculty and staff from the high school and elementary school for nearly three days in preparation for the school year in the last days of summer.

On Wednesday, Sister Chris Maggi from the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul spoke of faith formation and the life of St. Vincent de Paul who through his example, we can find inspiration as Catholic educators in the Vincentian tradition. 

Thursday was filled with the very smart and witty direction of Dr. Jane Bleasdale who guided our community to create Professional Learning Communities, a framework for how we can collaborate to best meet the needs of our students.

Friday was a full day of invigorating and challenging work, led by Carol Enright of Enright & Associates. She guided the faculty and staff in strategies to capitalize on opportunities for positive change. 
Carol has partnered with senior leaders in organizations ranging from emerging family businesses to Fortune 100 companies, to help them build and lead extraordinary organizations. Carol has facilitated strategic planning, leadership transition and team-building for over a dozen Bay Area Catholic Schools. 

Overall, the orientation days provided a great atmosphere to learn, collaborate and share together. It was a wonderful way to begin, focused on our students and ready for the new school year! 

    IMPORTANT DATES CONTINUE:
AUGUST
Friday 8/18   No School, In-service for Teachers.
Friday 8/25   Mass @ Saint Vincent de Paul Church,  Liturgy Dress Required .
                           Arrive at school 8:15am. Walk to Mass, Bagels are served afterward.
Thursday 8/31 Back to School Night, 5:30-7:30

SEPTEMBER
Monday 9/4     Labor Day - SCHOOL CLOSED
Friday 9/8        Freshmen All day Retreat at School, 8:15am - 2:50pm
                          10th, 11th and 12th have an "A" Day
                           PLEASE NOTE THIS NEW DATE DUE TO FOOTBALL
Friday 9/8         Last Day to Drop Classes.
 Monday 9/11 Faculty Meeting, Students leave for the day at 12:30pm.
Thursday 9/14 Care and Feeding of Freshmen at 7pm.
Friday 9/15 Senior Sunrise, more details to follow.
Thursday 9/21 College Senior Night at 7pm
Friday 9/22 Jog-A-Thon, save the date!
Saturday 9/30 Centennial Homecoming

   For the School Calendar, Click Here
Football
Athletic Clearance Packets

The 2017-2018 Athletic Clearance Packets may be turned into the front office. You must have a Doctor's Certification dated after
July 1, 2017.    

Questions answered at: 763-1032 ext 112
Too Much Fun Coming UP!
SAVE THE DATE!!
Combined JOG-A-THON
Friday, September 22


Let's get ready for a great day of community and fundraising as the students of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Schools hold their inaugural combined Jog-A-Thon!
SVHS Website Refresh will Continue Refinement over the coming months.

Our website refresh which went live last week focused on streamlined and improved functionality. Key Items are SVHS Community and Quick Links to our most used pages; a much-improved Academic Site with all classes and descriptions in each department; a sophisticated Live Calendar which can also connect to your own; and a series of Blogs on the landing page which will keep you up
to date.
 
More improvements coming in the next few months include further quick links, color coding and systems to edit and download the calendar version YOU WANT; updated Board of Regents page, and new photographs!
Saturday, September 9, 2017

BEST- EVER...  
PROJECT GRAD FUNDRAISER IN LAGUNITAS LOFT!

Have a great time AND help raise funds for Project Graduation, a safe and exciting night for St. Vincent de Paul High's 100th graduating class. Dinner and fun in the Lagunitas Loft!

6:00 - 8:00 PM, $25 per person
 
For more details please contact
Carrie Pierson at cpierson49@comcast.net
Hallelujah! The (slow to get started) but ever so SMART TRAIN will start SMARTly on August 25!

It's SMART, our students are SMART, let's be SMART together and ride the SMART train! We’ve coordinated with the Petaluma Transit and we will have an Express Bus picking up and dropping off your student from the transit center. We will also have a representative here at Back-to-School Night to answer your questions and we will work to keep our transportation page up to date with the latest information.


Contact Kristi Kavanuagh, kkavanaugh@svhs-pet.org with questions.

Connect with our Transportation and Carpool Facebook group  HERE .

Do you love BURRITOS (YUM!) KIDS (absolutely!) or CLEANING (sometimes...)
We Need You!
Volunteers in the Mustang Kitchen for Snack & Lunchtime


Shifts are:
1 day per week,
every other week,
for the entire school year.
Openings:
9:30–12 noon (1 person per day) or 12-2:30 (2 people per day).
This will fulfill all of your volunteer hours for the entire 2017-18 year! 
Burrito Chef
Needed 1 time each week for 2-3 hrs.
No previous burrito making experience is necessary. ;-) Burrito loving is a plus.
Kitchen Cosmonaut
1 person needed 1x a month to help deep clean the SVHS kitchen for approx. 4 hours. All supplies except elbow grease will be provided!

Contact Jerolyn Dolan at: jerolyn@dolanweb.com or call 415-898-7339.