Saint Joseph Weekly
October 12, 2018
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SLE of the Week: Saint Joseph students are academically confident. They are capable of working both independently and cooperatively.
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Dear Saint Joseph Elementary School Parents,
They say, “Rome wasn’t built in a day,” but do you know what was? El Rancho! Every year I am in awe of how our school yard is transformed from a plain blacktop into a full carnival. As I have said, it is my favorite day of the year!
I would like to give a VERY big thank you to Mrs. Celia Orozco-Lopez for being our El Rancho Chairperson. She makes it seem like an easy process, but it takes hours and hours to organize people, vendors, city permits and students. I cannot thank you enough for your commitment to our students and to our school.
Of course every successful leader has amazing partners. Thank you to our booth area chairs: Suzanne Holley and Jenny Jaber (Food), Kristy Gray (Adult Booths), and Joycie Shinzato (Children’s Booths.) And, an unsung hero for sure, thank you to Mr. Brock Grunt. Mr. Grunt has organized the set up of the booths and grounds for well over 20 years. His younger children are graduating this year, but we hope he and his family will continue to come to El Rancho for many more years. And finally a thank you to all of our parents and students who showed, once again, that Saint Joseph Elementary School truly stands out as an OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY!!!
God’s Blessing on Each of Us,
Dr. Marquita Yriarte
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- Fri. Oct. 12- Cross Country Meet at Joaquin Miller Park 5:00pm
- Tues, Oct. 16-Picture Make Up Day
- Tues. Oct. 16- PTG General Meeting 7:00pm
- Wed. Oct. 17- October Birthday Free Dress
- Fri. Oct. 19- DRILL DAY Student pick up between 1:30pm-3:00pm- NO Extended Care!
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What's Happening at SJES?
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Congratulations to this week's Super Kids!
TK/K- Ramielle Obligacion
1st Grade- Julietta Lopez
2nd Grade- Ava Bonacci
3rd Grade- Gabby Dominguez
4th Grade- Zarayacob Teklemariam
5th Grade- Makena Lawson
5th Grade- Jameson Palmer
6th Grade- Samantha Mercado
6th Grade- Declan McFarland
7th Grade- Owen Merritt
8th Grade- Katelin Thompson
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Middle School Service Hour Opportunities
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Message from a SJES Alum... Abigail Gonzalez
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Are any of you middle schoolers looking for some community service hours or just an excuse to get out and support a great cause???
If the answer is yes, then save the date on
October 27, 2018
to participate in the
Lung Force Walk 2018
at Lake Merced in San Francisco. This is a walk hosted by the American Lung Association to raise awareness for lung cancer. It will be an event full of music, games, and opportunities to celebrate lung heroes and their families.
Volunteers are needed to help at the event in two shifts: 7:00am-11:00am and 11:00am-3:00pm. Volunteers need to register beforehand
here
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If you can't volunteer and you would like to walk, I am hosting a team and would love to have as many fellow walkers as possible. The walk occurs between 9:30 and 12. Those walking have to register as walkers and "Join a team." My team is named "Attacking Asthma."
Walkers need to register beforehand
here
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If you are interested in volunteering or walking for the cause, please get in touch with
Abigail
Gonzalez at
abigail@attackingasthma.org
or call
510-846-0054
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Calling all 5th-8th Graders!! Come audition for the Christmas Program! This year we will be taking a new approach to the Christmas Program and will be putting on a whole show so we need you to come out and audition for a part. We are looking for Actors & Actresses, pianist and set movers! Auditions will be held on Tuesday October 16th from 3:15pm-Everyone is seen. To audition please fill out the audition form (coming from your room parents) and those who would like to audition can pick up an audition script from the back table outside the office starting this morning! Rehearsals will be on Mondays from 4:30pm-5:30pm starting Monday October 29th. We are looking forward to putting on a great show! If you have any questions please contact Mrs. D at
sjesdrama@gmail.com.
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Congratulations to our raffle winners:
1st Place: $3000.00- Dede Cunningham
2nd Place: $1500.00- Ed Kassing
3rd Place: $500.00- Tony Chung
4th Place: $300.00- Soco Avitia
5th Place- $200.00- Samantha Gomez
6th Place- $100.00- Nelson Zhang
The El Rancho Raffle made $31,000.00!!!!
Way to SJES students and families!
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El Rancho Family Commitments
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El Rancho hours, donations and raffle ticket collection are being audited over the next two weeks. Letters will be sent out to those families missing their requirements before FACTS accounts are charged with penalties.
Penalites are:
- $25.00 for every raffle book not sold (requirement was to sell $100 in raffle tickets)
- $50.00 for every cake, wine or alcohol donation not received.
- $100.00 for every missed El Rancho volunteer hour. (Requirement was 2 hours per parent per child.)
Thank you to everyone for making El Rancho a great success!
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Calling all parents!
PTG General Meeting on Tuesday, October 16 at 7:00pm in the Learning Center!
Special guest speaker, Francisco Nieto, EdTech Program Manager/Alameda County Office of Education, is coming to inform parents about Cyber Bullying and the prevention of mis-used social media.
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The registration portal for SJES sports is now OPEN. Please register for all sports your child plans to participate in at one time.
Due to liability issues, your child will not be able to practice until they are signed up on the registration site.
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Congratulations to the SJES Cross Country Team!
We had some really great results in the blue division. In the K-2 race, Elliott Chiu finished first in the boys race, while Ava Bonacci finished second.
For the 3-5 girls race, Daniela Lopez finished 5th. Reyn Llewelyn-Mackay finished 7th and Malika McKinney pulled off a 10th place finish. In the boys 3-5 race, Mateo Guimet-Keeney, River Stautzenberger and Jake Chiu finished 10th, 11th and 13th respectively.
In the girls 6-8 race, Lexi Olsen placed 5th.
For the 6-8 boys, Ethan Gonzalez finished 4th while Nicholas Pirrotta finished 7th. Max Olsen came in strong in 14th position securing the 6-8 boys a 2nd place division finish.
3-5 boys secured a 3rd place division finish and the 3-5 girls took home a 2nd place overall finish.
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Basilica Newsletter
Each week the Basilica puts out an informative newsletter of all the latest news and events happening at the Basilica. Don't miss out!
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October- Month of the Holy Rosary
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This Saturday, October 13th, we celebrate Our Lady's final apparition at Fatima. We will begin the celebration at the 5:00 pm Mass. Immediately following Mass, together we will process around the block to pray the Holy Rosary and sing Marian hymns. At the culmination of the procession, the Blessed Sacrament will be exposed for Benediction and the Eucharistic Blessing.
We invite all our ministers and parishioners to join us in responding to Our Lady's call to pray the Rosary for peace in the world, justice for all and healing within the Church. Sister Lucia of Fatima reminds us that, "There is no problem, I tell you, no matter how difficult it is, that we cannot solve by the prayer of the Holy Rosary."
Also, we hold daily praying of the Holy Rosary from Monday to Friday, 7:30am and 7:00 pm in the Basilica; and Saturday and Sunday 20 minutes before all Masses.
Please share this invitation with your family, friends and ministry members. We need to pray, and we need to pray together. Your presence and cumulative prayers bond and strengthen our community.
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Want your child to get more out of Mass? Get involved in the monthly Family Mass! Strong, confident readers can offer the welcome, proclaim the readings and lead the Prayers of the Faithful (maybe parent and child together!), families can serve as greeters handing out the worship aids before Mass, and we always welcome more children to sing in the
Children's Choir
. If your family is interested in helping with the November 4 Family Mass please contact SJES parent Kitchie Tanaka at
kitchie@gmail.com
or Anne Marie at the Parish Office, at
afourre@sjbalameda.org.
Click
here for the schedule of Family Masses.
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You're Invited! SJND Open House
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Sunday, October 21, 2018 at 3:00 p.m.
Families interested in learning more about Saint Joseph Notre Dame High School are invited to attend our Open House on Sunday, October 21! Tour campus, meet members of the SJND community and learn what sets us apart from other college preparatory high schools.
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Parent To Do List:
- Order your Scrip Gift Cards
- Collect and turn in BoxTops
- Order your Royal Wear
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St. Joseph Elementary School
510 522 4456
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St. Joseph Elementary School Mission Statement
Serving Alameda and neighboring cities since 1881, St. Joseph Elementary School embraces the principles of learning, loving and living God's word as Jesus taught us. We are dedicated to educating and nurturing the whole child by offering a time-honored and challenging Catholic education. Inspired by the teachings of the Catholic Church and driven by the spirit of effective collaboration, we join together as a diverse community to know Jesus and to make Him known.
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