**WEEKLY UPDATE**
HOLY SPIRIT SCHOOL
Edition #27 March 12, 2008
“It’s For the Children”
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Thursday, March 13 |
Spring Pictures Today Treat Day Grade 3 Field Trip |
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Friday, March 14 |
Re-registration Forms Due Today School Reconciliation 1:00 pm Stations 2:15 pm Filipino Class 3:10 pm |
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Saturday, March 15 |
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Sunday, March 16 |
Palm Sunday Lenten Reflection Series: Distributive Justice |
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Monday, March 17 |
St Patrick’s Day – Green Free Dress w/donation |
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Tuesday, March 18 |
Spanish Class 3:10 pm School Board Meeting 7:00 pm in Science Lab |
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Wednesday, March 19 |
2:20 pm Dismissal 6th Grade parent Meeting 7:00 pm in Science Lab |
CASH CALENDAR: Our $100.00 Cash Calendar winner for this week is Cheryl Mendoza, mother of Andrew in Grade K. Congratulations! Remember, every ticket purchased is eligible for each drawing, even if it has won before. So purchase your Cash Calendar tickets ($10.00 per ticket) and help Holy Spirit School. Remember, all Cash Calendar tickets are due in the office on Friday, March 14th. If your mandatory $300.00 worth of Cash Calendar ticket sales has not been completed, you will be charged for the balance owed.
CASH FOR CLASS: Holy Spirit School is currently in 1st place!! Parents, please fill up your brown sacks with Fremont Hub receipts! At the end of the month, send the receipts to the school office and keep the bag to fill again. There is no need to fill out any envelopes; I will do that for you. Shop at the Hub and send in your receipts within 45 days, anything older that that will not count. Thanks, Lenora Garcia
FACE & BASIC APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE: If you have a new student starting Catholic school for the first time, and you meet the requirements according to the flyer that went home recently, please come to the school office for a BASIC fund application. Renewing families will receive a packet the first week of April. Renewing families adding a new child in the fall must fill out an application for the new child. We also have applications for FACE in the school office as well. FACE applications need to be returned to the school office no later than March 28, 2008. Please call the school office if you have any questions.
RE-REGISTRATION: Packets for re-registration went home last week. Please read all information carefully. Fill out the registration form and return it along with your Tuition Agreement and Parent Talent Profile form. All forms must be returned to the school office by Friday, March 14, 2008. No payment is due at this time.
ST. PATRICK’S DAY FREE DRESS: This Monday, March 17, 2008 is St. Patrick’s Day. The children may wear Green Free Dress if they bring in a donation for the Diocesan Educational Endowment Fund. This endowment will be one way that we can help secure the future of Catholic education in our diocese. Any donation is appreciated.
SCRIP NEWS: Where have all the SCRIP purchasers gone??? Scrip sales are way, way down. Please don’t forget to include SCRIP purchases before you go shopping or when planning gifts. We have a full inventory of gift cards for many, many stores and restaurants. We now carry Mervyn’s, we still have Macy’s, JC Penney’s, Starbuck’s, Peet’s Coffee, Toys R Us, Border’s, Barnes & Noble, Claimjumper, Chili’s, Chevy’s. Olive Garden, and Panera Bread. We carry Food Maxx, Safeway and Lucky and many more stores. Please remember to purchase SCRIP. It is the easiest way to raise funds for Holy Spirit School. Order forms are included in each Family Envelope.
YEARBOOKS: There is still time to order your Holy Spirit School Yearbook. The price is now $20.00. Share in all the fun and memories of this school year.
PARENTS WE WANT YOUR INPUT! TIME IS RUNNING OUT! You spoke loud and clear at the last parent club meeting that you wanted more communication! Now is your chance to assist us with that effort. Please go online -- www.holyspiritfmt.com -- today to complete our parent club survey. To date, only a handful of parents have provided input. Let your voice be heard! A hard copy of the survey was provided in the 2/27/08 envelope, should you prefer sending a paper copy. Thank you for your efforts.
HOLY SPIRIT FUN WALK/RUN: Last Chance to Sponsor the 2008 Catch the Spirit Family Fun Walk/Run!
T-shirts go to print next week so all sponsorship commitments need to be finalized by this Friday, March 14. If your family, your business or employer would like to sponsor the Fun Run, please contact Lucia Pena at 791-2655 or lgpena@earthlink.net right away. There are four sponsorship levels this year: Gold ($1,000+), Silver ($500+), Bronze ($300+) and Spirit ($150+). All sponsorship levels allow for printing of your business, employer or family name on race shirts, listing on pre-race literature and announcements, and will be publicized on race day. This is a growing community event where everybody wins! For sponsorship information, contact Lucia Pena @ 791-2655, lgpena@earthlink.net or Rosey Loaisiga @ 790-8354. A very special thanks to our sponsors! See the Gazette for a complete list.
FATHER & SON EVENT: Final ticket orders have been placed and will be sent out with detailed Tailgate info prior to Easter Break. Any questions please call or email Mrs. Barrett.
FESTIVAL 2008 BOOTH SPONSORS: The annual Holy Spirit Festival will be held on May 17 & 18, 2008. The festival is a parish wide event and serves as the primary fundraiser for parish and school needs. We are currently asking for donations to help defray the cost of an inflatable device, game and food booths. To sponsor a booth the cost is $100.00 and your family name or business name will be printed on a banner and displayed over the inflatable device, game or food booth. Please see the handout in the Wednesday envelope. If you have any questions, feel free to contact Bev Angeles at 793-5047.
SOCK DRIVE: This is the last week for the ‘sock’ drive. We will be collecting new socks on Friday morning to help the homeless in our area. After exploring the needs in our community, it was found that this is how we can really help. So when you are at the mall, please consider picking up an extra pair of socks to help those in need. The socks will be donated to the Tri City Homeless Shelter on behalf of the children at Holy Spirit School. Thank you!
Keep saving those Box Tops for Education. Our school made $500 dollars from all your hard work and we would like to increase that amount next year. Tell your friends and relatives how easy it is to clip them and save them. They really start to accumulate before you know it! Thanks again for your support this year! Student Council.
THE SUMMER SCHOOL BROCHURES ARE HERE! St. Edward School in Newark offers a 2,3, or 5-week summer school program for students entering 1st through 8th grade in the 2008-09 school year. In addition, St. Edward School offers extended care before and after school from 7:00am until early evening for an additional fee. After school sports programs are available as an option too! Sign-up quickly for those popular cooking classes in order to reserve your child’s spot in class. Check out the new classes offered this year! If you have any further questions please call the St. Edward School office at 793-7242.
FACE RAFFLE TICKETS: FACE – Family Aid-Catholic Education – is celebrating its 30th Anniversary Gala Auction and Dinner. Raffle tickets are available in the school lobby. A ticket can be purchased for a $75.00 donation to FACE. The winner will receive $10,000.00 cash!! Good luck and thanks for supporting this wonderful tuition assistance program in the Diocese of Oakland.
NOTES FROM THE PRINCIPAL:
Dear Parents and Students,
This coming Sunday begins Holy Week. It amazes me how long I think Lent is from Ash Wednesday to Easter and then how fast the days go by. Please think about how your family will participate in the Holy Week liturgies from Palm Sunday through the Triduum. The Sacred Triduum is considered to be one continuous celebration of Christ’s dying and rising. It begins on Holy Thursday evening and continues with Good Friday, Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday.
Attending the Holy Thursday liturgy can be a wonderful experience as it recalls the story of the first Eucharist when Jesus had the Last Supper with His Apostles, and closes with the adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. On Good Friday, you would be able to attend the Stations of the Cross and the Veneration of the Cross. There is no Mass on Good Friday.
At the Easter Vigil, new members of the church will be baptized and on Easter morning we hear the story from John 20:1-9, recalling the Resurrection of the Lord.
Whatever you do make this week holy for you and your family.
Prayer for Holy Week
Sing, my tongue, the Savior’s glory:
Tell his triumph far and wide;
Tell aloud the famous story
Of his body crucified;
How upon the cross a victim,
Vanquishing in death, he died.
Faithful cross, O tree all beauteous!
Tree all peerless and divine,
Not a grove on earth can show us
Such a flow’r and leaf as thine.
Sweet the nails, and sweet the wood,
Laden with so sweet a load!
Lofty tree, bend down your branches,
To embrace your sacred load;
Oh, relax the native tension
Of that all too rigid wood;
Gently, gently bear the members
Of your dying King and God.
~Pange Ligua, Venatius Fortunatus, Sixth century
Blessings,
Susan C. Buchanan