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April 13 - 21
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Easter Break |
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May 29
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Memorial Day |
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June 16
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Last Day of School |
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March 1, 2017
Dear St. Francis of Assisi Catholic School Families,
It was a busy weekend for St. Francis of Assisi faculty, administration, and parents.
Last Friday, the faculty and administration attended the Religious Education Congress at the Anaheim Convention Center. The Religious Education Congress is the largest event of its kind in the world, attracting over 40,000 catechists, religious educators, and teachers from every state and dozens of countries. The Congress offers workshops covering a vast range of topics providing an excellent opportunity for dialogue, education, and fellowship. For many, the four day event is like a retreat, filled with activities to help renew, nourish, and energize our efforts to continue our faith journey and root others in our schools and parishes to, what our Holy Father has called, a "Culture of Encounter" with the Lord Jesus.
This year's theme, "Embrace Trust" takes its inspiration from our need to trust in God's plan for our lives. The theme comes from the Gospel readings wherein we hear that in all things we must trust in God. The theme encourages us to trust in his providence and love and reminds us to be agents of God's message of hope with whom we serve.
This year, Congress offered 200 speakers who presented 282 workshops designed to engage, enrich, and challenge us to to meet the needs of our educational ministry and personal faith journey. The Religious Education Congress offers a rewarding and enriching experience for the faculty through a variety of workshops, liturgies, entertainment and resources. The experience provides a great opportunity to grow in knowledge and understanding of the role we serve in our ministry as Catholic school educators.
Thank you for the sacrifices you make that allow the faculty and administration to participate in this wonderful event.
On Saturday night, over 300 people attended the 19th annual Auction Gala at the Hilton Waterfront Beach Resort in Huntington Beach. Thank you parents and staff for supporting the event by attending and generously donating your time and resources. The gathering of parents, guests, and staff was a fantastic evening of fundraising, fellowship, and fun that continued long into the night. The evening's success was made possible by the hard work of dozens of volunteer parents and administrators who planned and executed the event. In particular, I wish to thank our auction co-chairs, Michelle Manzella and Cristen Durham, and Vice Principal, Jeannette Lambert, for their hard work and leadership to provide an evening of fun and financial support for our educational mission. I will talk more about the evening as information becomes available.
Principal
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2017/2018 Intent to Return
Kindergarten - 7th Grade
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If you have not turned in your Intent to Return Forms, please do so as soon as possible!
2017/2018 Tuition and Fees will be announced on
Thursday, March 30, at the General Parent Meeting. Registration information will be distributed to all Preschool-7th Grade families at the end of March. Online registration will be available from
March 31 until April 10. Registration and class fees will be due either
April 10 if paid by cash or check or
April 25 if paid through FACTS.
Thank you,
Tammy Clarida
Director of Admissions
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| Kindergarten Readiness Screenings |
Kindergarten Readiness Screening as well as other important dates are listed below and are held in the Fr. Seamus Glynn Center:
Thursday, March 9 at 7:00 pm
Post Screening Results Meeting
Thursday, May 18 at 6:30 pm
Kindergarten Orientation
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All volunteer hours for the 2016-17 school year must be entered into Sycamore by
March 31, 2017. Each family has a 20 hour commitment. Any unfulfilled hours will be billed to your FACTS account in April at the rate of
$12.50 per hour.
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Used Uniform Exchange
March 7, 2017 |
The Uniform Exchange is organized entirely by volunteers. We need YOUR HELP to make this program work. Please click the here to donate your time by helping to set up, work a shift, or clean up after the Exchange is over.
Thank you for your support! |
Auditions:
| Friday, March 3 |
K - 3 |
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm |
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4 - 8 |
2:15 pm - 3:45 pm |
During auditions, small groups of the same grade students will be asked to dance and sing the song taught at the pre-audition workshop. Once the group is finished, each child will be given a slip of paper thanking them for auditioning. If the director would like to consider a student for a specific part, she will indicate on the paper with a "CALL BACK".
Call Backs:
| Monday, March 6 |
Call Backs |
3:00 pm - 4:15 p |
The students who received a slip of paper which said "Call Back" should attend. During call backs, students will be asked to sing, read from the script, and/or dance.
*Reminder: Payments for participation in the Seussical Jr. production are due no later than Friday, March 3.
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After School Enrichment Classes - Session Three
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Session Three
(Two 4 week blocks with Easter Break in between):
March 13 - April 7
April 24 - May 19
Registration is due by Monday, March 6.
To encourage students to explore new concepts, develop new skills, and advance current abilities and interests St. Francis of Assisi Catholic School will be offering the following after school enrichment classes:
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Grades
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Day
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| Art |
4 - 8
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Monday
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| Chess |
1 - 6 |
Monday |
| Guitar Ukulele |
K - 8 |
Tuesday / Friday |
| Origami |
1 - 6 |
Tuesday |
| Speech |
5-8 |
Wednesday |
| Soccer Shots |
K - 2 |
Friday |
Registration information for each class can be downloaded from our website by clicking on
Parents>Documents
or
Enrichment
. Hard copies of each flyer will be sent home in Thursday Folders this week.
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Pre-K will be celebrating Crazy Hat Day tomorrow, Thursday, March 2 and Funky Friday, March 3 for Dr. Seuss' Birthday.
Early Dismissal on Friday is:
11:30 am-11:50 am.
Next
Thursday March 9 is the Chancy Bruce Post Screening Results meeting at
7:00 pm in Seamus Glynn Center.
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The annual PAL Track Meet is coming up soon in May. If you child is interested in participating in Track this Spring, please take a moment to complete a short
survey to help us determine how many coaches will be needed and which events we will compete in.
You will need to fill out a survey for each child in your family who wishes to be a part of the #SFAYL Track team.
Please contact Coach Blake at
bwarye@sfayl.org if you are interested in coaching this season.
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DC Dining - March 8
Raising Cane's |
As part of the fundraising efforts for our Annual 8th Grade East Coast Study Trip, St. Francis offers lunch from a variety of local food vendors each Wednesday. Next week our vendor is Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers.
Orders are due
8:00 am on Monday, March 6 in order to accurately tally the number of meals needed.
Thank you for your support!
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Last Chance Online Auction
March 2 and 3 |
The Last Chance Online Auction benefitting St. Francis of Assisi Catholic School will run from Thursday, March 2 at 7:00 am, through Friday, March 3 at 11:00 am. Don't miss this opportunity to bid on some amazing items for a great cause. Any item not sold online will be available for sale at a "buy it now" amount during car line on Friday from 11:30 am - 1:00 pm.
Directions for online bidding:
- Go to the Auction website .
- Login or create a login.
- Click on Catalog or Highlights.
- Click Bid Now.
- Add bid amount (be sure to check the must bid amount below the box).
- Click Bid!
With our Last Chance Online Auction you can score the items you have had your eye on, but missed at our Auction Gala! Don't wait any longer. Get your bid in all from the comfort of your home or office. Simply click here to browse items available.
This great initiative is possible thanks to the many items donated by local families and businesses.
Thank you for your support!
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If you supported our Auction Gala by purchasing a mask for our Mardi Gras Mall in the St. Francis Courtyard, you may take that mask home now. Simply pull your mask from the display. Thank you!
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 We are still in need of carline volunteers in the morning. We need help on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and most especially Thursdays.
Please contact Karen Carlos at karenccarlos@yahoo.com
if you would like to help. Thank you!
Check out a full list of school opportunities available on our SignUp.com page or visit our website for more details about volunteering.
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Chairpersons Needed!
Carline Crew |
Karen Carlos has been the head of the St. Francis of Assisi Catholic School Carline Crew for nearly 15 years now. With the graduation of her youngest son, Christopher, in June, Karen will be retiring her parking lot wave. We will need a new Chairperson to fill her shoes for the 2017-2018 school year (and beyond). Ideally this new Chair would have the opportunity to shadow Karen as she carries out her role for the remainder of the school year.
Please contact Karen Carlos at karenccarlos@yahoo.com if you are interested in learning more about becoming the St. Francis Carline Chairperson.
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Diocese of Orange
Subscription Drive - OC Register / OC Catholic |
In an effort to support the critical mission of our schools to educate and form young Catholics - the Orange County Catholic newspaper is launching a special subscription program in honor of Catholic Schools Week, January 29 - February 4, 2017. This program will enable individual students or classes to raise needed funds for their Catholic school and enable highly engaged schools to generate significant in-kind advertising support on Catholic radio, in the OC Catholic newspaper, and on the OC Catholic website and mobile application network. The monies generated will support the educational ministry of your school.
Order forms will be sent home in Thursday Folders this week and additional forms are available in the front office. If you would like to subscribe online, simply click here.
DETAILS:
- For every one year subscription
(52 weeks/Sunday only)
$5.00 will be contributed to your school
- Subscriptions will cost the subscriber
$1.00 for the year (52 weeks/Sunday only)
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| Upcoming Events at Mater Dei High School |
Mater Dei High School Admissions
Entrance Exam:
Monday, March 13, 2017, 4:00 pm - 7:45 pm
(Mater Dei applicants only - registration required).
Saturday, March 18, 2017, 7:45 am - 11:30 am
Athletic Camps
Sign up for Youth and High School Camps
More camps will be added in Spring.
Performing Arts Camps
The Mater Dei Academy invites you to be a part of the band! This program is open to any student learning an instrument in grades 5-8 and of all levels of ability. Students are given the opportunity to participate in a number of performances with the great Mater Dei Band! The Academy is
Mondays and
Thursdays, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm in the Mater Dei Band Room. For more information, please contact Associate Director, Taylor Smith at
tsmith@materdei.org.
Save the Date! The Mater Dei Junior High Honor Choir will be performing on
Thursday, March 17, 2017 from
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm at Segerstrom Hall. For more information on the Junior High Honor Choir and for rehearsals visit
materdei.org/performingarts.
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| Upcoming Activities at Servite High School |
| Weight Training at Santa Margarita High School |
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