**WEEKLY UPDATE**
HOLY SPIRIT SCHOOL
Edition #28 March 19, 2008
“It’s For the Children”
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Thursday, March 20 |
Holy Thursday Prayer Service 11:00 am in Church Minimum Day 12:00 pm Dismissal |
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Friday, March 21 |
GOOD FRIDAY No School |
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Saturday, March 22 |
Holy Saturday |
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Sunday, March 23 |
EASTER SUNDAY |
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Monday, March 24 |
Easter Break Begins |
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Tuesday, March 25 |
Easter Break |
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Wednesday, March 26 |
Easter Break |
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Monday, March 31 |
School Resumes |
CASH CALENDAR: Our $100.00 Cash Calendar winner for this week is Lolita Carpio, mother of Antoinette in Grade 4. Congratulations! Remember, every ticket purchased is eligible for each drawing, even if it has won before. Remember, all Cash Calendar tickets were 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 on your April statement.
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
RE-REGISTRATION: Packets for re-registration should have been turned into the school office. No payment is due at this time. If your forms have not been returned you must call the office immediately. We will be testing students on our waiting list for the grades 2 through 7 after our Easter break. Without your forms on file in the office we cannot guarantee that a space will be help open for our child. Thank you for your cooperation.
ATTENTION 7TH GRADE FAMILIES: All Yosemite registration forms are due by Thursday, March 20.
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, Claim Jumper, 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.
MEET YOU AT THE PEAK: HS Youth Mass with Father Mathew on top of Mission Peak. Hike the trail with the Holy Spirit Youth Ministry! Meet at Holy Spirit in front of the gym on Saturday, March 29th. We will leave at 7:00 a.m., hike to the peak, celebrate mass, share a snack and hike back. We will return to Holy Spirit around 12:30. Youth are encouraged to bring their adult, but if that's not possible please have your parent fill out the permission form available at the rectory.
FATHER & SON A'S VS. GIANTS GAME: All tickets and BBQ info have been sent to attending families. If you have any questions please call Vanessa Barrett (226-7494). See you Saturday, March 29th at the Coliseum!
FUN RUN 2008: The FUN RUN is only three weeks away, and we need your help. Volunteers are needed before, during, and after the run. We cannot operate this event without your help! If you would be willing to help before, during, or after the event, please send your name and number to Judy Nye by this Friday via the flyer that is included in today's envelope. Thank you!
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. If you have any questions, feel free to contact Bev Angeles at 793-5047.
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.
HOLY SPIRIT ALUMNI NEWS: The following Holy Spirit School students in the graduating class of 2007, who now attend Notre Dame High School, have earned an average g.p.a. of 3.20 or higher: Danielle Brown, Roberta Dousa, Marissa Martin, Julia Ramos, Erica Sciamanna, and Molly Zamora. Congratulations.
NOTES FROM THE PRINCIPAL:
Dear Parents and Students,
As we finish our Lenten journey with this holiest of weeks I found this quote to reflect upon. “When Jesus had received the wine, he said, ‘It is finished.’ Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.” John 19:30
We do not only give ourselves to God at the moment of our death but we trust God with our lives. “Day by day we must surrender our fears, worries, doubts, and discouragements into the Holy One’s hands, with complete hope that God will never forsake us, even though it may at times feel that way.
Think of what causes you the most anxiety, heartache and worry. This is your Calvary-connection, your call to surrender.” Joyce Rupp ~Inviting God In~
“Jesus Crucified, the final moment of your total surrender teaches me how to let go with a trusting heart. I draw strength from you today.
I’d like to thank all of the faculty, parish staff, parents, and students for their cards, kind words and prayers for my brother, Emmett Bremer, who passed away on March 12th and for my brother, Chuck, who had bypass surgery on March 7th and is in the hospital. Please continue to pray for his recovery. I will visit Chuck when I travel to Indianapolis, St. Louis and Chicago over the Easter break.
May you and your family have a blessed Holy Week and Easter.
Susan C. Buchanan