Heart to Heart Retreat

Sunday, February 23
8:30 AM - 2:00 PM

Jean Hofmann Center for Innovation

 

Enjoy an evening of food, live music, and fun supporting the programming of the Carondelet Parent Association.

Tickets are on sale now! Get yours today before the event is sold out!

 

Each spring, many high school seniors from around the Bay Area participate in a highly involved tag game called "Assassin." In past years, this game has been played by seniors at Carondelet and De La Salle although it is not sanctioned, supported, or approved by either school.

 

The game involves teams of seniors who are assigned "targets" whom they have to "assassinate" using toy Nerf-type guns that fire foam darts. After several rounds, often taking weeks, the winner is the last person or team standing. According to past rules that we are familiar with, the game cannot be played on either campus or during school hours. There are other rules regarding times and locations subjects may be fired at, as well as rules concerning the type of toy weapon used. Each year the details of the game can vary, but the intent remains the same.

We urge our students to consider how their actions and behavior, related to this game, can be interpreted by community members who see students with potentially dangerous weapons, often chasing each other, and surprising their "targets" in public or in their neighborhoods. 

Non-participants can feel frightened or threatened as only participants are aware that the behavior is part of a game. We do not want the safety of our students, or the safety of those in the greater community, to be compromised during this annual tradition.

We encourage parents to speak with their daughter(s) to ensure that they are not compromising common sense and care for the thrill of the game.

 

The Campus Ministry team would like to share a note of thanks for your generosity in contributing to Carondelet's annual Advent Project. We delivered all of the items we collected to A Friendly Manor in Oakland last week.  Everything will be used to support the women who visit their drop-in shelter.

We also collected $1,800 during our Flannels for Finals fundraiser for the Catholic Charities East Bay Adopt-a-Family program, which met an urgent need they had this year to support local families.

All of this is yet another beautiful example of how meaningful and powerful our work can be when we come together as a community and, in the spirit of the Sisters of St. Joseph, move always towards a profound love of God and love of neighbor without distinction. Blessings in this new year!

 

This summer there are new camp opportunities for younger siblings, family members, and friends of Carondelet!

Session 1 - June 15-19

Session 2 - June 22-26

Session 3 - July 13-17

Session 4 - July 20-24

Camp Carondelet is a fun, enriching, coed summer camp for incoming 3rd-8th graders. Kids explore a balance between creative learning and outdoor play across two campuses.

 

Registration opens in February.

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Register to ensure your daughter is cleared to participate in spring sports by the deadline on Monday, February 3!