This past Saturday night, the St. Serra community gathered at Anchor Ball to help raise funds for the school in many areas.  One of the most important areas that needs support is Tuition Assistance. CLICK HERE  to watch a video about this program.

 

Despite efforts in keeping tuition down, including not raising tuition at all for the 2017-2018 school year, the need for tuition assistance continues to rise.  In the past 3 years, the number of families and students in need has increased by 12%.  Last year almost 10% of the SJSC student body received financial assistance in some capacity. 

 

Through our continued fundraising efforts, we strive to raise the necessary funds - but the need is always greater.  We raised over $118,000 on Saturday, but we are not done.    If you were not at Anchor Ball, please join with us in trying to reach our goal of $145,000 by June 1 to secure the necessary level of funding for this year's applicants.

   

You CAN make a difference! Every dollar raised helps a child stay here at St. Serra next year.

 

YOU CAN DONATE ONLINE NOW!

If you prefer, you may send in a check to the Advancement Department with Tuition Assistance written in the memo.

 

Thank you in advance for your support of those in need within our community.   

 

Congratulations to the Karimi family who won the Anchor Ball Tuition Assistance incentive raffle.  They will enjoy a week-long stay in a beautiful beach house in Newport Beach compliments of the O'Brien family!  

Congratulations to this year's 4th-grade scholarship winners, S. Angelos and E. Kacer. This annual scholarship is given to the two most outstanding essays written about the life of Saint Junipero Serra, as chosen by members of the William H. Hannon Foundation.

Principal's Corner 

Mrs. Carol Reiss, Principal, Preschool - Grade 2 & Mrs. Julie Tipton, Principal, Grades 3-8

The SJSC Library would like to invite incoming fourth & fifth grade students for the 2017-18 school year to participate in our first annual Battle of the Books (BOB) Book Club, Competition Team and Summer Reading Program. Students will be able to earn medals for READING!!! You will find all participation requirements and the list of books by  CLICKING HERE.

 

Each year St. Serra offers the Memorial Ornament program to our families.  Ornaments can now be purchased to memorialize your loved ones that have gone home to our Lord. 

 

The artwork is always provided by one of our current Seventh-grade students. Each student submits a drawing and an essay of their vision of Heaven. A winner is selected by our President, Mrs. Trudell and the Memorial Committee. We are happy to announce that C. Gasper's beautiful design was selected for our 2017 Memorial Ornament.   

 

At the end of October, all ornaments purchased this year will be hung on a Tree of Remembrance, displayed in the entry lobby, and blessed prior to the Memorial Mass held on All Saints Day, November 1. The ornaments remain on the tree for the entire month of November. All ornaments will then be sent home with your student prior to Christmas break should you wish to hang them on your Christmas tree at home. 

 

The ornaments are $30 each. Ornaments must be ordered by September 15 for participation in the November 2017 Mass of Remembrance. Please contact Cindy Carpino at ext. 239 with any questions.

 

Purchase ornaments on-line to pay via credit card, or download the pdf order form and send it in to the Advancement Office with your check made payable to Serra Catholic School.

   

   

 

On behalf of the St. Serra PTO, we would like to congratulate and thank our Anchor Ball Event Chairs Mrs. Mary Broomfield, Mrs. Sarah Doyle, Mrs. Gabrielle Peloquin and Mrs. Aimee Stevenson, along with their COMMITTEE MEMBERS   and PTO VP-Anchor Ball, Mrs. Meredith Giraudi, for helping to make our 22nd annual Anchor Ball celebration such a great success. In addition, we are very grateful to all of our St. Serra Families and friends who attended Anchor Ball last Saturday night.    We especially want to thank the   outstanding team of volunteers who helped make this year's event possible. You truly make a difference! We are blessed to have such dedicated men and women supporting our school and students.  Also, we would like to acknowledge all of the wonderful  DONORS, UNDERWRITERS AND SUPPORTERS who so generously contributed to this year's Anchor Ball.

 

St. Serra School Highlight Film
St. Serra families are invited to watch our amazing St. Serra School highlight film that was shown at this year's Anchor Ball. You can view the video by CLICKING HERE. This film was assembled by  PTO President-Elect, Dana Maas - it reflects the St. Serra spirit and enthusiasm of our amazing students!

 

Buy-It Now Opportunities
There are numerous items from Anchor Ball still available for immediate purchase online, including silent auction packages, class projects, and tickets to the Moms & Margaritas Buy In Party. First come, first served.  No bidding required. 

Our BUY-IT-NOW  opportunities are available online until Tuesday, May 30, at 8:00 p.m.

As we prepare for the end of the year, here is some important information on how we will be collecting the student iPads from our students. If you have purchased your student's iPad, additional information will be forwarded to you directly on how to prepare for its removal from our management software and when to expect delivery of the iPad.

 

Backing up the iPad

Student iPads will be wiped before they are turned in, so it is important to ensure the iPad has been backed-up to iCloud, Google Drive archived (if not returning), and files transferred if desired before their collection date. Students will not have the opportunity to retrieve data from an iPad after it is wiped if they have not backed up their device. 

Students will be responsible for returning the following items:

If an item is not returned when the iPad is collected, or the incorrect item is returned, an invoice will be sent home to the parents through our Business Office. We will also be evaluating the condition of the iPads when they are returned. Families will be responsible for the repair of any iPad which has a cracked screen or is not in a condition to be returned to the leasing company without penalty.

 

Please email iPads@serraschool.org  if you have any questions.

SerraVision is now accepting Applications for the 2016-2017 school year. Students who are entering 7th and 8th grade next year are eligible to apply. Applications are to be completed and returned to Mr. Overton or Mrs. Enyeart by  June 2 .

Please  CLICK HERE for a copy of the Guidelines and Application.

Congrats to the class of 2017!  Make their moment special with a thoughtful gift purchased through Scripsense. Gift items, eGift cards, travel, etc. can all be purchased using Scripsense.  

 

In an effort to streamline the sports application process, we have recently made some updates on our after school sports program webpage. Please follow the two links below for our after school sports program page and tryout permission form page on our website.

 

Families who did not fulfill or record their 2016-17 online service hours will be mailed an invoice tomorrow, Friday, May 26, 2017.  Payment and/or a tally of missing hours are due by Friday,  June 2, 2017.

 

HOW DO I RECORD MY MISSING REGULAR SERVICE HOURS?

 

1. If the service hours reporting with your invoice does not agree with your records, please manually record and tally any missing regular service hours.

 

2. Return a copy of your manual tally to the Business Office along with your revised payment by Friday, June 2, 2017.  If paying online, you still need to send in your regular service hours revisions to the Business Office.

 

3. Please note that this is your FINAL opportunity to record any missing regular service hours for the 2016-2017 school year and that families will be responsible for full payment of any unrecorded hours at the rate of $15.00 per hour.

 

2017-2018 Recording of Service Hours Tracking - (5/1/17 to 4/30/18)

As the 2017-2018 service hour commitment began on May 1, 2017, please keep track of your hours as we await the availability of the 2017-18 Service Hours Parent Portal.  We will keep you informed via the SerraDIPITY as soon as the 2017-18 Service Hours Parent Portal is made available.

 

For questions regarding your Recording of Service Hours, please contact Vera Nitinthorn in the Business Office at vnitinthorn@serraschool.org or ext. 183.

Used Uniform Update:

Student Store Update:

• Regular hours till July 31:
  Tuesday-Thursday 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
  Friday 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
  Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
• Special Event for St. Junipero Serra families - July 31, 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
• Special Event for St. Junipero Serra families - August 9, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
• Summer Hours, August 1 till September 1
  Monday-Thursday 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
  Friday 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
  Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m

Questions? Contact Catherine Tirado, Student Store Coordinator at ctirado@serraschool.org

San Franciso Solano VBS 2017 

Vacation Bible School

Who: Kindergarten - 8th Grade

Where: San Francisco Solano Church

Time: 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

CLICK HERE to register today! Contact Marjorie Kollen elemre@sfsolano.org or (949) 589-1709 for more information.

JSerra High School

JSerra Catholic High School will be sponsoring its annual Girls Basketball Summer Camp on  July 17 - 19, 2017  from  9-11 AM . 

JSerra coaches will be conducting the camp, with assistance from current and former players.  All girls from grades 1-8 are eligible to attend. CLICK HERE for more information

Mater Dei High School 

SummerCamps - Sign up for Youth and High School Camps at Materdei.org/camps

Summer School - Incoming Freshmen can sign up today! materdei.org/summerschool 

Mater Dei High School, 1202 West Edinger Ave., Santa Ana, 92707

  Materdei.org/admissions  Admissions: (714) 754-1175