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ST. PHILIP PAGES AND BLOGS
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Principal Notes
Dear Parents,
On Friday we have our Spring Concert. The students should arrive by 5:45 pm and the concert will begin at six. The classrooms will open at 5:30 for students to gather and get ready.
If you wish to purchase dinner from the Assisting Children's Ministry it will be available at 5 pm. The 4th grade girls scout troop will be selling cupcakes for the Jessie Rees Foundation before the concert for $1. You can also bring your own dinner and picnic in the yard before the concert.
The gates to the yard will open at 5 p.m. If you bring tall picnic chairs you will be asked to sit behind the yellow tape. Blankets only and low beach chairs are allowed in front of the yellow tape. Because this is an elementary school concert with students present, there is no alcohol allowed. All students return to their classroom after singing, just like at the Christmas Worship Service. After the concert, we will open the doors to the school so that you can sign your child out from the classroom.
Mrs. Homan, our music teacher, is excited to showcase our students' music education program. I look forward to hearing their beautiful voices under the May sky.
Have a beautiful week,
Jennifer
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MAY 16, TUESDAY
Mass sponsored by Ms. Joyce's Family #28
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MAY 17, WEDNESDAY
Dollar Dress Day;
Soles 4 Souls shoe collection
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MAY 19, FRIDAY
Spring Concert 6pm; Spirit Shirt Day
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MAY 22, MONDAY
Principal of the Day
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MAY 23, TUESDAY
Mass sponsored by Ms. Jenny's Family #29
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MAY 25, THURSDAY
New Parent Orientation 6pm
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MAY 26, FRIDAY
Jog a Thon & Health Fair
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MAY 29, MONDAY
No School - Memorial 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)
Page 14
As part of graduation the eighth grade class participates in Graduation Activities. These activities include:
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The Graduation Ceremony
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The Baccalaureate Mass
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The Graduation Luncheon
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Disneyland
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The Eighth Grade Retreat
- The Luncheon with the Pastor and Service Day.
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DOLLAR DRESS DAY FOR PREGNANCY HELP CENTER
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The next dollar dress day proceeds will be donated to the Pregnancy Help Center of San Gabriel Valley. Our donation helps the center . provide support to those experiencing a crisis pregnancy with tools and counseling, offering pregnancy testing, ultrasounds, counseling, referrals, material assistance and hotline services.
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2017-2018 SCHOOL CALENDAR
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The school calendar is here now!
2017-2018 School Calendar
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STUDENT COUNCIL ELECTIONS
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Below is the schedule for 2017-18 Student Council elections:
Monday, May 22nd- Student Council will announce the upcoming elections during morning assembly.
Students who want to run for Student Council may come to Ms. Perez or Mrs. Currin for forms.
Friday, May 26th- Forms due to Ms. Perez or Mrs. Currin
Friday, June 2nd- Elections at 8:30 am in Holy Angel Hall
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The discounted registration fee ($50.00) ends this Friday, May 19th! Be sure to turn in your registration and payment by this Friday. After Friday the the fee is $75.00.
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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Ordering is now open for June. Please reconcile any outstanding emergency lunch charges.
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SUMMER SCHOOL ENROLLMENT DEADLINE IS APPROACHING
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June 2 is the last day to enroll. A few classes are almost full, and we may have to cancel a few classes due to low enrollment, especially the awesome language arts and math classes! These are great classes right in the middle of the summer designed to keep your children's skills up during the summer.
Summer School Information and Registration
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ASSISTING CHILDREN MINISTRY - DINNER AT SPRING CONCERT
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The Assisting Children Ministry will be selling dinner during the Spring Concert. Please view the menu here.
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Earn your hours doing what you love...
The success of our school depends on parents like you donating your time and talents. If you can spend that time doing something you love, then we all win. Take a look below and see if one of these School Board opportunities brings a smile to your heart.
Do you take your own Christmas card pictures?Did you write for your school newspaper?Do you have a background in sales or public relations?
Join the Public Relations committee
Did the Flush Fund excite you?Have you studied architecture or property management?Do you have a background in developing or managing commercial properties?
Join the Facilities committee
Are parties your thing?Can you be creative on a budget?Do you like working with a fun group of people?
Join the Special Events committee
Contact SaraAlexanderVanis@gmail.com for more details
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SPORTS AWARDS 2017 SLIDESHOW
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If you took any sports pictures this year please forward them onto Coach Cowie scowie@stphiliptheapostle.org. or dropbox https://www.dropbox.com/sh/q1n2znxr1jm9d9l/AABTkHU8p84A9OU-OSSFjJtra?dl=0Sports awards just around the corner Tuesday June 6th!
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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).
8TH GRADE PARENTS:
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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FALL FEST HOURS ARE SHOWING AS SCHOOL HOURS
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This is not an issue that will be resolved this year. If you were not billed for fest hours already, then you can assume that they are in the system.
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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
MAY 15, 2017
Welcome to our new Scrip Year!
Thank you for supporting the Scrip Program.
VONS/SAFEWAY
Great Lakes Scrip Center recently announced that VONS
reloads will not be available for the next month.
VONS is merging with Albertsons.
Your previously purchased VONS cards will not be reloadable.
A new VONS card will need to be purchased when our new
cards arrive next month.
Please take a moment to browse the Shopwithscrip.com website.
Our families are purchasing so much more than just gas and grocery.
Families have purchased cruises, air travel, hotels, car rentals, construction, appliances, Spas, Floral, Auto, Disney, Nordstrom and many more to meet their
Scrip rebate needs simply and efficiently throughout the year.
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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ROOM PARENTS WANTED FOR THE 2017-2018 SCHOOL YEAR
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We are looking for enthusiastic parents to assist our teachers in planning events for each classroom for the 2017-2018 school year. This is a great way to get involved, earn service hours, get to know your student's teacher and meet your class parents! If you are interested please fill out the attached flyer and put it in the Room parent's box no later than June 9th.
SEE FLYER
Thank you so much!
Tina Alietti and Cortney Vanis
2017-2018 Room Parent Chairs
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JOG-A-THON MAY 26TH 8:00-11:00 AM
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It's time to lace up your running shoes for St. Philip's 3rd Annual Jogathon! This is a fun event that really gets the kids moving! Sponsor forms went home last week. Please collect donations and turn them in by Friday 6/2. Sponsors can also donate online on the school website using this
Donation Page
. Make sure sponsors include family names so students can get credit for their donations. Parents are welcome to be spectators, but we really need volunteers so come out and watch while earning service hours.
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Stop by the Falcon Spirit Shop! T-Shirts, hats, mini Falcons, water bottles, coffee tumblers & more!
Upcoming Falcon Wear Sale Days:
Thursday, May 18 from 7:30-8:15am before school, in our
Falcon Spirit Shop
, at the Ministry Center
Thursday, May 18 from 2:30-3:15pm after school, in our
Falcon Spirit Shop
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(in the small north church parking lot)
Sunday, June 4 from 9:30-10:45am, UNITY SUNDAY
Friday, May 19 is SPIRIT SHIRT DAY
You can also use the school website
order form
anytime under the Publications drop-down menu (in Forms and Documents) and drop it off with your payment to the school office front desk. We will deliver the order to your youngest child's classroom for them to take home. Contact: Cherlene Jehue-Stones at
cjehue30@yahoo.com
or Colleen Gates at
colleenandsteve@sbcglobal.net
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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.
There are two ways to give:
You can bring in donations to the school office
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Get Your School Hours For 2017-18 Off to a Great Start!
Sign-up to help collect shoes during our upcoming Souls for Souls shoe drive! The drive starts Wednesday, May 17th and continues through Tuesday, May 23rd. During the school week, volunteers will bring out the collection bins by7:30am and then help sort the donated shoes for distribution to the receiving charities from 8:00-8:25am.
We will also have collections at Friday's Spring Concert and during all morning masses on Sunday, May 21st. Volunteers will be needed on Sunday from 12:30-1:30pm and additional volunteer time is needed on Monday and Tuesday to help finish the sorting and boxing.
Can't make the volunteer hours but want to help the cause? Don't forget to donate your shoes! We're also collecting donations of medium-sized cardboard boxes in good condition.
Thanks for supporting Souls for Souls 2017!
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ONE SHOE, TWO SHOES, RED SHOES, BLUE SHOES!
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Save your shoes for the annual Soles for Souls shoe drive coming up May 17-23. We accept all kinds of shoes including single shoes, tennis shoes, dress shoes, etc. They are given to Soles 4 Souls which distributes them domestically and internationally to people in need.
Stay tuned for more info...
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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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| FRIDAY CONCERT SERVICE HOURS |
4-5 dads are needed for 30 minutes after the Spring Concert on Friday to help break down the risers. If you would like to earn an hour of volunteer service time for this task, please contact music teacher, Gail Homan, at
ghoman@stphiliptheapostle.org
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| EXPIRATION OF ANY VOLUNTEER REQUIREMENT |
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SERVICE HOURS START NOW FOR 2017-2018 SCHOOL YEAR!
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The school service hour "year" started May 1st! Hours you're working from this point on are counting toward the next school year.
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Please be sure your TB test result and VIRTUS certification are current
or your plan will be switched to a non-service plan and due to budgeting the plan will not be changed back until the following school year!
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Notices were mailed to parents before Easter if either of these were due or coming due. The list of those notified has been sent to our tuition coordinator Diane Carreon.
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If you have kept up with the on-line Virtus bulletins on the Virtus On-Line website you are able to print your certificate yourself.
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If you would like to earn hours by helping on the yard during lunch, contact Kathy Andric
kandric@stphiliptheapostle.org
This is a 30 to 60 minute commitment one day a week every week for the school year.
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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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Troop 14864- the 4th Grade Junior Girl Scout Troop is having a Joy Drive the week of May 15-19th. We are collecting new small toys to donate to the Jessie Rees Foundation- NEGU (Never Ever Give Up). NEGU collects small toys (such as card games, stress balls, small games or puzzles) to place in Joy Jars to give to children who are in the hospital with cancer. We will be at drop off and pick up during the week. Please see our flyer for more information, or ask any of our Girl Scouts. We thank you for your support.
We will also be selling cupcakes for $1 at the Spring Concert on May 19th to help support our Joy Drive for NEGU. Please allow us to supply your dessert while enjoying the concert!
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See
this flyer for more information and to register for the Parish Vacation Bible School.
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| SUMMER BASKETBALL CAMP AT ST. PHILIP |
Registration form is here to sign up for Summer Basketball Camp run by two alumni of St. Philip, Tomas Seager and Jack Dakan. Check it out here!
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| SPEND YOUR SUMMER AT THE BEACH |
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Summer of Surf is a beach activity camp that provides transportation from Pasadena and neighboring cities to Santa Monica all summer long. We offer a wide array of beach activities including surfing and bodyboarding. Our focus is on providing a safe and supportive atmosphere for your child to grow and develop their skills in the ocean, whether they are brand new to the ocean or they are an experienced surfer. Ages 7-15, flexible scheduling options available.
Phone: (818)433-2694
Email: info@summerofsurf.com
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REFLECTION OF THE WEEK
"Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life." ~Berthold Auerbach
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