Open House

Now is the time to apply to St. Philip the Apostle School! If you know anyone looking for a school, please encourage them to come to our Open House on Sunday, January 22, 2023, 9:30-11:00AM. Send them this flyer.

Planned Giving

Have you considered your planned giving? Please read this article to learn how you can keep St. Philip the Apostle in your plans. Planned Giving Article

Blessed are the Children

Thank you to all those who have contributed to this year’s Blessed Are the Children campaign! All donations go towards filling the gap of what it costs to educate each child and what we charge in tuition. This year, the gap is $1500 per student and we have a goal of raising $365,000. Every single student benefits from this in the current school year.

Please check your mailboxes for pledge reminders this week!

Matching Gifts

Check with your employer if they have a matching gift program. Many companies do and will help us meet our goal! Or email Tricia Ortega to find out if your company will 

Gift of Prayer

For those who have pledged a Gift of Prayer, and to all our parents, we ask that you continuously keep us in your prayers so that we meet our goal of $365,000. 

“Eternal God, You are worthy to be praised because You are able to bless others abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that they need, they will abound in every good work! I thank You in advance for blessing Your children and uplifting them, for in doing so their time on earth has become more endurable. I thank You for being gracious to Your people by allowing them to experience joy in You, Amen.”

2 Corinthians 9:8

If you have any questions or still need to make a pledge, please contact Tricia Ortega at tortega@stphiliptheapostle.org.

BATC Received Donations

Do some holiday shopping while also supporting our local bookstore and St. Philip the Apostle School!

Shop at Vroman’s this week (December 5-December 11) and SPAS will receive 20% of the proceeds from your entire purchase online or in-store! Please see attached flyer for details. Don't forget to print out and bring the shopping voucher with you when you shop. 

Flyer and Voucher Linked Here

Support the 8th Grade Washington D.C. Trip! 

Blaze Pizza

December 5 (5pm - 8pm)

Click Flyer for more information

The Stand - Pasadena

December 7th (11am-9pm)

20% of the sales will be donated to the D.C. Trip. 

Bring in the flyer below or show it on your phone.

Click here for the flyer

Ordering for January opens December 10, and closes on Christmas Day. Please order early so you don't forget!

Hey Falcon Fans! Order a Jogathon shirt to wear while your little falcons run! Please note that these are pre-sale only and the last day to order will be January 11th. Checks can be made out to St. Philip the Apostle School and should be given to the front office, along with the order form. If you would like to pay via credit card, the PTO presidents will take orders after Monday morning assembly on 12/5 and 12/12. Click here to order.

Our Fall Drama performance of Miracle on 34th Street will take place December 8th-10th at 6pm in Holy Angel Hall. The ticket order form is attached here. Priority seating will be given to preordered tickets.

Period 1 service hours were due 11/30. Any shortfalls will be billed via FACTS.

Sibling applications for the 2023-24 school year are due Friday, January 6! Please go to our website under the Admissions tab and click on SPAS Online Application to start the process. Contact Karen Conley with any questions. Application Link

We will publish corrections to the physical directory in this section. Please make a note of them in your directory. Changes are noted in bold:

Directory Update:

Rubke Family

1195 Afton St.

Pasadena 91103

A huge thank you to Cherlene Stones, and all who volunteered and contributed, to the Parish Christmas Tree Lighting on Saturday! It was such a festive and beautiful event kicking off the Christmas Season with the St. Philip’s community. If you haven’t seen it yet, be sure to check out the Parish tree in the courtyard, decorated with ornaments made by our students!

LAST CHANCE TO HELP: Please help our PTO Cater the Annual Teacher & Staff Christmas Luncheon on Wednesday Dec.14. We will be catering the Luncheon with Gus’s BBQ. We are looking for Volunteers to purchase $25 Gift Cards in exchange for 1 School Service Hour NOW due Dec.9th. Gift Card purchasing instructions are included in the Signup Genius. 

Please sign up on the below Signup Genius.  

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E4AADAE29A2FFC70-teacher 

Looking for a few more uniforms? The Used Uniform Committee has your back, and we have lots of new inventory! We have monthly used uniform pick up/drop off from 7:45 am to 8:30 am by the PTO Closet, outside of the Ministry Center (at the TK parking lot), the 1st Friday of every month resuming in December. If you have any questions, please reach out to the Used Uniform Committee at uniforms@stphiliptheapostle.org

If your family is on tuition plan A or C, volunteer requirements must be up to date for both parents before service hours can be earned. If you are on a non-service plan but would like to volunteer you must satisfy all volunteer requirements.

We must have the following on file : 

• Current TB 
• Virtus
• LiveScan

Proof of covid vaccination and/or negative covid test is not currently required to volunteer on campus. 

As a reminder, you must be feeling 100% healthy to volunteer on campus. We thank you for your efforts in helping keep our campus safe and healthy. 

The service hour requirement has been reduced by 4 hours. Tuition plans A and C are no longer required to perform parish service hours. Instead, we encourage you to volunteer at the parish and a maximum of 4 hours will count towards regular school service hours. 

30 hours school + 4 hours Fall Fest + 2 Red Tie Benefit hours (when applicable) = 36 service hours total per school year. 

Want to get your Volunteer Hours in a quiet, low-key setting? Come help us in the PLC (TK-2nd library)! Sign Up Genius below.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c094dadaa28abfac61-plclibrary

Here is an opportunity to earn a maximum of 4 school service hours by helping the parish! I am in need of 4-6 parents to help serve dinner on December 10^th from 5-9 PM. The dinner will be held in the Landa room in the Parish Center. If you are available please contact me via email: marybloebaum@yahoo.com

or phone: 626 398 4575.

Thank you

Mary Bloebaum

Please note: A maximum of 4 hours of parish service may be applied towards school service hours per year.

Interested in coming out to help Ms. Malorie with Playworks? Looking for volunteers to assist with lunchtime games and recess. This is a fun way to get out there and play with the kids, making sure that all are included on the playground and teaching kindness. Please see the sign up genius below. When submitting hours, please submit under Playworks- Kelly Paulus. 

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080F4FADAD29A02-playworks

Any questions, please reach out to me at kellypaulus@gmail.com

The health department has recently updated their health requirements, please refer to the flow chart below. Questions regarding Covid please email our Health Aide - Dorene Flores dflores@stphiliptheapostle.org

Click here to view the Quarantine Pathway Flow Chart

St. Philip the Apostle School is proud to be the largest ministry of St. Philip the Apostle Parish. As the largest active ministry of the parish, our students have been invited to have a regular, active role in our Sunday 9:00 AM Mass. Students in grades 4th-8th have been invited to be the Lectors for the first reading and to be greeters and ushers during the mass. We feel this is a wonderful opportunity for our students to experience being active participants in our Parish Mass.

Click here for Sign Up Genius link. We would like to ensure that every 9:00 AM mass has our students participation.

Please note - families will be expected to attend the mass with the student. When you sign up, you will receive a confirmation email with instructions. Students who sign up will practice during the week before their scheduled mass.

Thank you and we look forward to having an active presence at the 9:00 AM Liturgy!

Do you know anyone who may be interested in St. Philip the Apostle School? Encourage them to join us on a tour! The available tour dates are listed below. All tours start at 9am. To sign up, they can contact Tricia Ortega at tortega@stphiliptheapostle.org.

2022-2023 Tour Dates: December 13.

If your child is late because of a doctor or dental appointment, please bring a note to the office from the professional for an excused tardy. 

If you pick up your child early, please sign them out at the front desk. If someone other than the parent picks up a child during the school day, we need a note signed and dated by a parent giving that adult permission to take the child out early. This is the case even if they are on the carpool and/or the emergency list. Thank you for understanding that this is to keep your child safe!

Be sure to send your child to school with $1.00 for a cold treat that will benefit the 8th grade fundraising efforts for the DC trip.

When reporting your child out, please state the reason for the absence. Thank you for being a partner in keeping everyone safe!

You can report your attendance to Karen Conley at kcconley@stphiliptheapostle.org.

St. Philip is excited to announce that we will soon host families that are a part of the Family Promise Program.  Our next host week is February 12th- February 19th.  We are looking for dedicated and passionate volunteers ready to help! Please contact Erin O’Toole-Delawari at edelawari@gmail.com to sign up to help or for more information. Click here for more information about Family Promise.

Toy Collection to benefit Assisting Children Ministry – November 22-December 8: Please bring joy to many children in need this season by donating unwrapped toys and cash donations to the school office, parish office or church. Flyer with more details and Amazon list linked here. Click here for more information.

Make authentic connections with other women refuel and refresh & learn more about God. Click here for more information.