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APR 11, TUESDAY
School Mass Canceled
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APR 12, WEDNESDAY
Pie 'n Burger Lunch
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APR 13, THURSDAY
12:30 Dismissal - Easter Vacation begins
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APR 23, SUNDAY
8th Grade leaves for D.C.
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APR 24, MONDAY
School resumes
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APR 25, TUESDAY
Mass sponsored by Family 26.
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APR 28, FRIDAY
Spirit Shirt Day
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PARENT-STUDENT HANDBOOK REMINDERS
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The entire Parent-Handbook is available on our website - > Publications > Forms & Documents)
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FALCON'S NEST (EXTENDED SCHOOL DAY PROGRAM)
Falcon's Nest provides an "extended family" for the children of working parents in Grades K-8. Creative play and crafts, study, rest, snack time, along with prayer, are supplied in a caring atmosphere. A specialized program has been developed for 6th-8th graders to meet their learning and social needs. Falcon's Nest begins at 3:00 p.m., Tuesday through Friday, (2:00 p.m. on Monday) and closes at 6:00 p.m. Falcon's Nest is available from 6:30 - 7:45 a.m. Monday through Friday. Falcon's Nest is available on most days when school has half-day sessions and is also open on some school holidays.
Any student not picked up by 15 minutes after dismissal will be checked into Falcon's Nest. Students may not refuse to go to Falcon's Nest. There is a charge for this program.
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The school mass tomorrow is canceled. Family #26 will sponsor the next school mass on April 25.
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Hot lunch ordering is now open for May. Go to www.orderlunches.com
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The school board is looking for committee members specifically those with talents that would help with finance, Public Relations or technology. Please contact Jennifer Ramirez - jramirez@stphiliptheapostle.org if you are interested or have any questions.
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Congratulations to our new novice speech team! In our tournament last week we had 28- 5th graders participate in duo interpretation and storytelling. Arthur Camara won first place in storytelling.Our middle school speech and debate team had 29 participants and won the following awards:First Place Debate: Vivian Nguyen and Gene SmithFirst Place Duo Interpretation: Lindsey Michelena and Maria Yniguez. Third Place Duo Interpretation: Ashlynn Hurley and Sasha Kalpakof. First Place Storytelling: Luna Ruiz. Second Place Storytelling: Sophia Islas. Fourth Place Storytelling: Bryan TomThank you to all of our judges and parents that supported our teams!
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All St. Philip the Apostle families and friends are invited to preview the art show in Holy Angel Hall, May 11th from 6-8pm. We will be serving a special dessert. A hands on art project will be available that would make the perfect keepsake gift for Mother's Day or a special friend. Last year we had so much fun being able to showcase all of the students art in a relaxed festive atmosphere! Don't miss this fun night!
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The Spring session of Tae Kwan Do has begun. Click here for a registration form.
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Hello K-7 Parents,
As you know the Spring Concert this year, on Friday, May 19 will be "Songs of Peace, Love, and Hope." In keeping with this theme, students are asked to wear shirts or blouses in the calm colors of blue, green, or purple. These can be prints or solids, and in combination. T-shirts are fine as long as they are solid colors without graphics (Michael's is a good source for a solid t-shirt).
8 grade girls will wear a black dress and boys will wear nice slacks and a dress shirt.
K to 7th grade will wear blue jeans - long, short, capri, or skirts. No short-shorts, in keeping with school rules. Boys may substitute navy blue school pants, long or short.
Shoes need to be safe on the risers. Athletic shoes are fine, and no slip-ons please.
If your student(s) will be unable to attend, please let me know as soon as possible. It really does help to know well in advance. Just send an email to ghoman@stphiliptheapostle.org.
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SERVICE HOURS INFORMATION
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PERIOD 2 IS ENDING!
Please note that the service hour period for the current school year will end APRIL 30. You must have all of your hours worked by this date. Events worked on May 1 or after will count for the 2017-18 school year.
DINNER DANCE
Please submit your dinner dance hours by April 7. These often get forgotten and causes unnecessary billing. Note: ALL dinner dance hours will count for the current 2016-17 school year. The ONE exception is clean up. If you work the full clean up shift you will receive double hours and these can be used for the new year.
BE PROACTIVE
Please check your hours online today. Get all of your hours logged before it's too late. You don't want an unnecessary bill!
FEST AND DDA HOURS
Please note that we are having a continual problem with the website. Fall fest and DDA hours are showing up as school hours. As long as you record them under the correct category (fest and DDA), they will be seen that way by billing. You will see them as school hours. We are trying to correct this issue.
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Please follow the directions of the staff and volunteers when dropping off and picking up students and walking on school premises. Our dedicated volunteers and the faculty and staff are positioned to keep everyone safe.
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See the CKW flyer for information about their sale April 1 - April 15.
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GRANDPARENT'S & SPECIAL FRIENDS DAY
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Grandparents & Special Friends Day is Friday May 12
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It's our tradition to send out invitations to guest(s) you would like to invite to attend. Even if you have given us guest names previously, please fill out this form.
Once again we are giving the Grandparents and Special Friends of the students of St. Philip the Apostle School an opportunity to honor their student through a donation to the
Blessed are the Children
Annual Giving Campaign.
On May 12th, we will honor them with our Grandparents and Special Friends Day.
Please submit by Friday, April 11th so we may send out the invitations before Easter.
* We only send invitations and/or BATC solicitations to those names you submit.
The day begins for our guests at 8:30 and concludes at 11:30 a.m. Due to the big crowds expected, we ask parents reserve this day exclusively for Grandparents & Special Friends. Of course, we invite 8
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Grade parents to attend May Crowning and 7
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grade parents who supervise the Bake Sale. We just ask you to reserve campus parking for our guests.
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Register now to for this summer's Camp Falcon! You can access the flyer and registration form on our website or here. Don't miss out on all the fun!
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It's here!! Below, please find the program for our fantastic summer school classes. Enrollment is now open. And students from other schools are welcome to attend.
SUMMER SCHOOL PACKET
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Join us this Lent!
Lent is a great time to enter into a deeper prayer life. Bring your kids to our after school rosary on Mondays in the church - just twenty minutes- and so fruitful. Also, Thursday mornings after drop off, you are encouraged to come to our parent rosary prayer time , especially if you haven't ever been! Rosary guides and extra rosaries are available to make it easy to follow along. Hope to see you there!
Please don't hesitate to contact Julie Schnieders (jjschnieders@yahoo.com, Mimi Stolpe (mimi_collins@yahoo.com)or Tracy Luiso (tracyluiso@gmail.com) with any questions.
Curious about the rosary and our Blessed Mother?
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SCRIP SCOOP
APRIL 10, 2017
If the rebate requirement is not met, a shortfall penalty fee will be applied
to total the $250.00 buy-out fee.
Rebate credits will be applied to your general fees.
If Graduating and leaving the school, your Grad Fees.
VONS RELOAD NEWS
Great Lakes Scrip Center recently reported that VONS reloads will
not be available for the next few weeks. When it is available, you won't be able to reload your previously purchased VONS cards, so
please use up any remaining balance and dispose of the
cards you currently have.
VONS will let you know when reloads become available again, but note, families will have to purchase a new card at that time
on-line, not in the school office.
Please call 800-727-4715 with any questions.
Cynthia Gonzalez-Scrip Coordinator
AMAZON SMILE:
When shopping on Amazon, please use "AMAZON SMILE" (same as Amazon) and click, "St. Philip The Apostle School".
(MANDATORY IF YOU SHOP AMAZON)
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2017 FUND-A-PROJECT FLUSH FUND
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You still have a chance to donate to the Fund-a-Project to renovate our oldest bathrooms and install new drinking fountains that also refill water bottles. The attendees of the Red Tie Ball were able to contribute almost $30,000. However, we still need your help to raise our goal of $40,000.
Give before 9 p.m. on Wednesday, April 12th to be counted in this campaign and have the school match every dollar raised.
There are two ways to give:
You can bring in donations to the school office or give online: GIVE NOW
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NEW FAMILY MENTORING PROGRAM 2017-2018
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It is that time of year again when we will be welcoming new families to the St. Philip the Apostle community!
We are looking for volunteers to be mentors to these new families. Mentors play an important role in helping new families become acquainted with St. Philip the Apostle School. You will also be given school hours throughout the year when you participate.
If you are interested in becoming a mentor please send an email to the 2017-2018 New Family Mentor Co-Chairs :
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GRATITUDE FROM THE PTO PRESIDENTS
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Spring has sprung and our PTO efforts have been in full bloom with lots of activity and fundraising over the past month!
We would like to thank our outstanding Red Tie Ball chairs, Maria Campagna and Renee Norton for hosting an amazing night.
They and their team have been coordinating, planning and working hard over the past several months to make this event a huge success.
Bravo to all involved in the Red Tie Ball:
Maria Campagna & Renee Norton-
Red Tie Ball Chairs
Cindy McCarthy- PTO - VP
Sandra Morales- PTO - VP Fund A Project
Marilyn Dubb- Advertising/Auction Book
Erica Kachmarsky- Advertising
Tami Solomon- Advertising
Leslie Heinz- Auction Book/Graphic Design
Shannon Gleason- Auction Book
Sheri Creger- Basketing & Arrangements
Erin Hillman- Arrangements
Susan Seley- Buy In Parties
Rachel Emmons- Class Ad Photographer
Dolores Gibbs- Clean Up
Holly Bauer- Data Entry
Rebecca Vranes- Data Entry
Stephanie Sepulveda- Decorations
Jill Werden- Auction Coordinator
Penny Wojcik- Auction Coordinator
Gina Cockriel- Gift Gathering Party
Eleni Bicos- Gift Gathering Party
Mark Gunn- Master of Ceremonies
Maggie Young- New to You
Kristin Bautista- On-line Auction Coordinator
Kerri Law- Parish Gift Gathering
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Kathleen Green- Procurement Chair
Shoshana Puccia- Procurment Chair
Suzy Hazel- Live Auction Procurement Chair
Shawna Martin- Registration, Reservations & Cashiers
Jean Overton-
Registration, Reservations & Cashiers
Stacey Pereira-
Registration, Reservations & Cashiers
Julie Smith-
Registration, Reservations & Cashiers
Jenny Rowe- Room Parent Liaison
Camille Abdalla- Service Award Biography Writer
Eric Muntz- Technical Support
Kent Tom
Jill & Patrick LongoT- ransportation (Andy's Transfer & Storage)
Al Madrigal- Video
Chris Marrs- Video
Pepe Serventi- Video
Treacy Casciani- Volunteer Coordinator
The Haven Family- Wine Cellar
Celeste Comi- Wine Lot Inventory
Amy Giardello
- Wine Lot Inventory
Dani Michelena
- Wine Lot Inventory
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We would also like to acknowledge Michelle Ciampa and Ann Kennedy our Sports Booster Chairs for all the hard work they put into the
Falcon Invitational
. Thanks to all the track coaches, parents and parishioners who make this huge meet a success year after year.
And a special thanks to Michelle Mapp our Program Planning Coordinator for another successful Movie Night!
We wish you all a Blessed Easter and a restful Spring Break.
Julie Byrne & Sheridan Link
PTO Co-Presidents
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One of our on-going recycling programs is the collection of donated used eyeglasses. One of our parishioners collects for the Lions Clubs International Recycle for Sight service program. We have a box in the office to collect if you have glasses to donate.
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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:
kandric@stphiliptheapostle.org
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| EXPIRATION OF ANY VOLUNTEER REQUIREMENT |
EXPIRATION OF ANY VOLUNTEER REQUIREMENT (Virtus and/or TB test) page 21 of Parent Handbook.
Once your TB test is expired you may not perform service hours until the TB test is current.
If TB test and/or Virtus remain expired at the end of the school year, your tuition plan will be changed to a Non-Service plan (B or D) effective August 1st of the next school year. June 30th is the deadline to complete these requirements.
Once requirements are met
(by June 30th) your tuition plan will change back to plan A or C effective August 1st, of the next school year.
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Thursday, May 11th. If you can put in the newsletter, we will need a team to set up for the art show, Starting after drop off on Thursday, May 11th to when the set up is complete in Holy Angel Hall. Please contact
mrenn@stphiliptheapostle.org
with questions or better yet, put your name in the list to help, for either set up or the preview night.
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| PIE 'N BURGER PARTY- HELP WANTED |
Volunteers needed to help next Wednesday, April 12th to set-up and assist with Pie 'n Burger Day. We will begin at 8:00 a.m. and conclude no later than 2 p.m. Help needed with set-up, serving and clean-up. Please contact Colleen Welsh @
cwelsh@stphiliptheapostle.org
or (626) 795-9691 x449. Flexible hours...we want you to take time-out to enjoy lunch with your student(s) too!
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| HELP IN THE LEARNING COMMONS AND PLC |
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The Learning Commons and Primary Learning Center is looking for volunteers to help check in and shelve books. No previous experience necessary! Please contact Malissa Balderama or Natalie Ramirez if you are interested. Thank you!
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| VIRTUS RECERTIFICATION CLASS |
Our parish is offering the Virtus recertification class,
Keeping the Promise Alive
on May 12, 7 - 8:30 p.m. Please call the parish center 626-793-0693 to register for this class.
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Help is needed year-around in the kitchen for Hot Lunch and on the yard for added yard supervision.
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See the flyer for more information about the Vacation Bible School.
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HIGH SCHOOL SUMMER SESSIONS
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Many of our Catholic High Schools offer Summer Sessions that are open to students from 6th - 12th grades. Check out websites of the high schools for more information.
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| SANTIAGO RETREAT CENTER - CAMPS FOR ALL AGES |
Family Camp, Blossom Girls Camp, Vacation Bible Camp, El Camino Middle School Camp - for more info go to
www.SantiagoRetreatCenter.org
or 714.649.9800
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REFLECTION OF THE WEEK
"
The story of Easter is the story of God's
wonderful window of divine surprise."
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