November 8, 2012 - St. Apollinaris
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November 8, 2012 - St. Apollinaris
Nov. 8, 2012 Issue #11 Shamrock Newsletter Important Dates: Nov. 8th Nov. 9th Nov 10th-11th Nov. 12th Nov. 15th Nov 13th-16th First Communion meeting: Students presented with Bible @ 7:00 p.m. Book Fair begins Angel Bazaar in the Parish hall Veteran’s Day Holiday ~ No school First grade field trip to Connolly Ranch Parent/Teacher Conferences (no students- parents only) Early dismissal each day @ 12:40 K-8 Book Fair each day 12:40-5:00 p.m. th Nov. 19 Marin Headlands Field Trip 8th graders - departing @ 7:00 a.m. sharp Il Posto Restaurant “Dine and Donate” St. A’s receive’s 20% __________________________________________________________________________________ Dear St. Apollinaris Families, Next week we will be having parent teacher conferences. It is very important to be on time, as conferences are scheduled back to back. When it is your scheduled time, please knock on the door to alert the teacher of your arrival. Here are some tips for a productive conference in a limited amount of time: Before the conference think about specific questions you might have for your child’s teacher. Talk to your student about any questions or concerns he or she might have. Enjoy hearing the positive aspects of your child, and be open to hear opportunities for growth. With the areas of growth, ask how you can support your child at home. Would you like free nutritional and family recipes? Here is one recipe and website: http://www.goodlifeeats.com/2012/11/fall-mexican-rice-bowls.html If you would like more information on this site, contact Connie Gutterson. If you call the office we can get a message to her. Also St. Apollinaris Catholic Church is organizing a relief effort for the victims of “Sandy”. You can call the Church 707-257-2555 or Catholic Relief Services, 1-877-435-7277 from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Eastern Time to assist in any relief efforts. Next week’s newsletter, November 15, will be the last newsletter before the Thanksgiving holiday. That being said, we have stocked up on scrip, so if you plan to do any shopping or drive anywhere (!) over the Thanksgiving break, we are fully loaded with scrip! Peace Be With You and Your Beautiful Children, Connie Howard 2 Shamrock Newsletter EXTENDED CARE ~ IMPORTANT REMINDER Hourly service is available during regular Extended Care hours. Students must have an application on file in the Extended Care Program. NOTIFICATION is required 24 hours in advance for drop-ins. Parents please contact Mrs. Chouinard @ 224-3639 and speak with her or leave a message on their machine. The daily number of children attending extended care affects the number of employees required. The hourly rate is $4.00 for one child, $6.50 for two children, $8.00 per hour for three children. If a 24 hour notice is not given, the fee is $7.00 per hour Annual Scholastic Book Fair - Friday Nov. 9th Are you unable to attend the book fair? Do you have relatives that live out of the area? You can now participate in the Book Fair Online. Go to scholastic.com/fair. You can place an order, create a wish list for your child or check your teacher's wish list. Your child's wish list can be emailed to friends and relatives for Christmas shopping. The books will be delivered to our school the first week of December and there will be no shipping cost. All sales will count towards our Book Fair goal. The fair runs from November 4-November 26. Thank you for all your support. Liz Gilbert and Theresa Joske Scrip News And the winner is: Congratulations to the Phipps Family! Our October scrip raffle winners and recipients of Game Stop gift cards! Yikes - Thanksgiving is in two weeks! Plan your Thanksgiving meal with scrip. Browns Valley Market, Vallergas, Whole Foods, Safeway, Genova Deli, and Lucky all have full service deli counters to help free up your time in the kitchen so you can spend it with your friends and family! 3 Shamrock Newsletter Scrip Updates: Costco: We are temporarily out of stock until the week of November 12th. You will receive an extra one percent on this stock. There will be no pre-sale on this item. Thanks for your understanding. New Scrip Retailers: You may now special order scrip for American Girl - $25 @ 9% and Oriental Trading Company $25 @9%, Ulta Salon $25 @ 4% and Under Armour $25 @ 11% Target $10’s will be stocked for the Christmas season only. Stock up early for Christmas. Scrip Angels: Interested in selling scrip one Sunday a month? We are beginning to set our schedule for our Spring Selling Schedule. This is a great way to get all of your “A” and “B” hours for the year. Commit to one Sunday a month from February-July. Please contact me if interested – space fills up fast! Raley’s/Nob Hill: If you have a loyalty card for these stores, please go to somethingextra.com to enroll. This program will gradually replace the Quality of Life Cards. These cards will continue to function in the stores until December of 2012. After this date, the cards will be replaced with the Something Extra Cards. You must go online now to the above listed website to convert your card. Please let me know if you have any questions. eScrip: Our group ID is 137105831 Check out what eScrip has to offer. ShopWithScrip.com: enrollment code: E11F627C9L85 – Shop at home, use Presto Pay, download scrip certificates and reload your existing scrip cards all from home – check it out! GEOGRAPHY BEE STUDY SESSIONS: The 5th & 6th Grade Geo Bee is coming up on November 27th, and the 7th & 8th Grades compete on January 15, 2013. Students had the opportunity to sign up for the Geo Bee in their classrooms, but may also sign up at one of the study sessions or by sending me an email. Starting on November 6th, study sessions for the Geography Bee will be held Tuesday and Thursday mornings in the extended care portion of the hall, beginning at 7:40 am. If your child is participating in the morning study sessions, please plan to help at least one morning. Study sessions will be held on 11/6, 11/8, 11/13, 11/15, 11/20, 11/27, and 11/29. Please note that if I have too many children participating in the morning, I might have to restrict the dates before November 27th to 5th and 6th graders, and the remaining dates would be for students in the 7th and 8th grades. Please e-mail me with your available dates, [email protected]. In the meantime, your student can play geography games at home. Websites include www.nationalgeographic.com/geobee, www.kids.nationalgeographic.com/games/geographygames, and www.sheppardsoftware.com. Thanks, Krissy McLoughlin 4 Shamrock Newsletter Congratulations 8th graders!!! Last night, 14 eighth graders took part in the Justin Siena Speech Contest. Students from schools in Sonoma, Solano, and Napa Counties performed speeches in four categories. Our participating eighth graders were Olivia Perata, Joey Devine, Maeve Peace, Garrett Long, Kaitlyn Gardner, Tarantino Pachote, Isabella Hernandez, Isabelle Lemieux, John Eberling, Jori Herman, Kellan Clark, Spencer Wheat, Julia Prager and Paul O’Neill. All of the student speakers did excellent jobs and were terrific representatives for our school. Isabelle Lemieux took 2nd place and Isabella Hernandez took 3rd place in the dramatic interpretation category. Garrett Long took 3rd place in the impromptu category. St. A’s As stated before, all students did outstanding jobs and made me so very proud to be their teacher. I want to say thank you to Sister Philomena for helping these students polish their speeches, and a big thank you to all the parents that came out to support their children last night. I look forward to seeing many of this year’s 7th graders perform next year at the speech contest. Thank you! Ms. Jackson St. A’s alumni ~ 8th gr. More St. A students to be proud of… Inspired by reading in the Sports Section about David Hunt’s unselfishness, it was time for an update of the St. A’s alumni, class of 2009 at Napa High: Diego Aguirre, Student Body President/Garrett Hoffman, Student Body Vice President National Merit Commended Scholars: Anna Lee, Eddie Ruane, Garrett Hoffman (all members of the 2009 State Decathlon Championship Team) Football Team Captain: David Hunt (article in Sports Section regarding his unselfishness Football Team Quarterback (before injury): Dominic Good (also voted Homecoming King) School Newspaper Editor: Anna Lee A Lead Scorer on Water Polo Team: Brigitte McLoughlin Orchestra Concertmaster: Garrett Hoffman Leadership roles in school and basketball team: Emilie Dolan Athletic standouts: Olivia Henderson & Natalie Slavonia Founding member Napa High Cycling Club: Conor Josten 5 Shamrock Newsletter Basketball Bounces into Mid-Season! Our upper-class teams continued to play great basketball this past weekend! 7th grade girls are our Spotlight Team – as they are on a roll with 4 victories and no losses! They played an outstanding game on Saturday against Saint Eugene, dominating the entire game, and ending with a victorious score of 45-15. The key to this team is athletic effort and good fundamentals being applied by every player. They truly do win as a team. 8th grade boys played Blue Oak on Saturday, and once again, kept the score close throughout the game. Only 4 points separated the 2 teams in the end. Our boys brought out a new defensive press and scored multiple points from it. Jacob Wright had a great defensive game, and the team as a whole grows more determined every time they hit the court. Our 8th grade girls looked strong again, even when they had to come from behind. They played Saint Eugene, and never gave up as they played solid basketball in the last quarter. They lost by only a few points, and look forward to getting back on a winning streak this weekend. 7th grade boys had a tough loss this past weekend to Blue Oak. They got behind in the first quarter, and so had to rally back as a team. They did great job staying in the game, and played better as the game went along. They will be ready to play again this weekend. Home games this weekend are: 7th grade girls: 9:00am 11:30am 7th grade boys: 10:15am CANNED FOOD DRIVE FOR THE NAPA VALLEY FOOD BANK Please bring NON-PERISHABLE items to your classroom between Nov. 14th and Nov. 30th. These donations will help with Thanksgiving meals and help supply the food bank. Thank you so much for your support in this worthy cause. Notice: As soon as the school receives the hot lunch menu it will be emailed to all the families. Please watch for this as there is such a short window of time that hot lunches can be ordered. 6 Shamrock Newsletter 18th Annual Holiday Angel Bazaar & Craft Faire Please join us in the church hall this Saturday November 10th, 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. and this Sunday, November 11th, from 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. for our annual angel bazaar and craft faire. There will be beautiful holiday decorations and gifts, folk art, jewelry, stained glass, quilts, and much, much more! Welcome Start your shopping with this unique, fun event; get a jump on your Christmas shopping, gifts for family, friends and neighbors. Find that unique something for the hard to shop for person on your list! Tickets Raffle tickets will be sold at the Angel Bazaar if you have not yet purchased them. Please preview the beautiful, delicious, unique raffle prizes that will be on display. A light lunch will be available on both days and a light supper on Saturday only. Please join us. All proceeds benefit our parish’s after-school Religious Education program. Find us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/StAsEdu THANK YOU so much for your support! – “the place” we celebrate family, friends and life – DINE & DONATE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2012 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM IN SUPPORT OF ST. APOLLINARIS SCHOOL, 20% OF YOUR PURCHASE WILL BE DONATED TO THE SCHOOL WHEN YOU PRESENT THIS FLYER. WE HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE! PLEASE CALL FOR RESERVATIONS 4211 SOLANO AVE NAPA CA. 94558 (707) 251-8600