The Chatterbox - St. Nicholas School

St. Nicholas School
October 16, 2009
The Chatterbox
Volume 2, Issue 2
Special points of
interest:
Halloween Festivities 1
Oct. Calendar
2
Nov. Calendar
3
Booster Club News
4
Haunting We Will Go
5
2 Saints
The
6
Open House
School Tour
Contest Winners
6
Study Workshop
Cold & Flu
Panda Express
7
Artwork
8
Upcoming Events
9
$250 Referral Flyer 10
Gold Club Winners 11
Brigette Anderson serves
hor d’oeuvres at the
Coconut Grove Dinner.
Princes and princesses, police officers, firefighters, famous athletes, and movie
characters will join us Friday, October 30 as the teachers and children of St. Nicholas
School dress up for Halloween and become part of our Halloween Parade in their
colorful costumes.
Our Halloween Parade will take place at 8:30 a.m on our upper driveway
followed by a Halloween contest, where the children will be able to walk around and
show off their great costumes! There will be three winners for each level. The
festivities will also include food, as well as games set up in the gym for our Halloween
Fair later in the day.
Coconut Grove Dinner Dance
Father Anthony (left) with Presbytera
Savas and Damian at the Coconut Grove
Dinner, which kicked off our fundraising
campaign to renovate the Grande Ballroom
and Gym. So far, over $500,000 was
raised in donations and pledges.
From left to right, Eilish Melick, Eleni
Maglaris, and Georgia Perris hand out
flowers to entering guests.
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October 2009
SUN.
4
11
MONDAY
5
TUESDAY
6
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SAT.
1
2 Football at
Westmark
3:30 PM
3
7
8
9
Girls’ Basketball
At St. Nicholas
3:30 PM
Girls’
Basketball @
Grace Comm.
3:30 PM
10
Coconut
Grove
Dinner
Dance
6:30-12:00
14
15
12
13
School Pictures
8:00 am -3:00 pm
Girls’ Basketball
@ St. Nicholas
3:30 PM
Football @
Northridge
Park 3:30 PM
20 Football
21 Kindergarten 1st
Progress
Reports
Mailed
16 Girls’
17
Basketball @
St. Nicholas
3:30 PM
Savalas Room
18
19
Preschool and
Prekindergarten
Field Trip
Lombardi Ranch
8:00 AM-1:00 PM
25
26
Football at
Westmark 3:30 PM
@ Northridge
Park
3:30PM
grade
Field Trip
Underwood Family
Farms
8:45AM-2:00PM
22
Shakeout Drill
Girls’
Basketball
At St. Nicholas
3:30 PM
Football
@ Northridge
Park
3:30 PM
Girls’ Basketball
At W.V.C.
3:45 PM
27
28 2nd & 5th Grade
29
Field Trip
California Science
Center
Football at
Northridge Park
3:30 PM
23
24
6:30 pm
7th & 8th gr.
Halloween
Dance
(Savalas Room)
30
8:30 am
Halloween
Parade
& 1:00 pm Fair
(Gym)
31
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November 2009
SUN.
1
MONDAY
2
TUESDAY
3
WEDNESDAY
4
Boy’s Football
3:30 p.m.
Northridge
Yearbook Sales
Begin
Girl’s Basketball
3:30 pm Home
Boy’s Football
3:30 pm
THURSDAY
5
Girl’s Basketball
3:45 pm @ Home
FRIDAY
6
SAT.
7
Report Cards
1st Quarter
Boy’s Football
3:45 pm (W.V.C)
Girl’s Basketball
3:30 pm
8
9
10
Picture Make-Up Day
8:00 am-1:00 pm
Savalas Room
Boy’s Football (Playoffs
T.B.A)
3:30 pm Northridge
Girl’s Basketball
(Playoffs TBA)
3:30 pm Home
15
16
17
12
11
Veteran’s Day
NO SCHOOL
Boy’s Football
(Finals T.B.A)
3:30 pm Northridge
Girl’s Basketball
(Finals TBA)
3:30 pm Home
18
19
Open House For
New 2010 Students
23
24
25
26
11:30 am Vespers
Thanksgiving
NO SCHOOL
12:00 NOON
DISMISSAL
No Daycare
29
30
14
20
Yearbook Sales End
21
Father/Daughter
Dance
6:30 pm (Ballroom)
10:30 am & 6:30 pm
Savalas Room
22
13
8th Grade
Conferences
5:30-7:30 pm
(Auditorium)
27
28
NO SCHOOL
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HALLOWEEN FAIR
MAGAZINE DRIVE
Calling all ghosts, goblins, witches, fairies, superheros and
all other things magical, fantastic and otherwise….the
Halloween Fair will take place on October 30th. Get ready for
“fang”tastic fun, ghoulish games and haunting adventures!
Start planning what you’ll wear to spook or delight your friends
and teachers! See you on the 30th for a frightful afternoon filled
with “spook”tacular fun and ghoulish good times! Happy
haunting!
Many thanks to Jane Daily for all her
efforts in making this year’s magazine
drive a success. A special thank you goes
to all parents, family members and friends
who signed up for subscriptions.
BOOSTER CLUB MEMBERSHIP
The Booster Club would like to extend a very warm
welcome to the parents that joined this year. Your willingness
to get involved is much appreciated. Your membership fees
help to offset the costs of the Booster Club events.
BOOK FAIR
A special thank you goes to Booster Club Vice
President Marcelle Wahba for organizing this event and to
Maria Matar, Tina Maglaris, Dana Palmer, Jackie Pappas,
Michelle Nassif, Anthony Guidi, Alma Lopez, Consuelo
Quintero and Ezise Halim for all their help in making this
event so successful. All the kids were able to tour the
beautifully set up Savalas Room where they were able to
choose books to put on their wish lists. Many parents obliged
and lots of lucky kids got great new books to read!
Additionally, many generous parents graciously purchased
books for their children’s classrooms and/or the new library.
A big, big thank you goes to all the parents who made book
purchases.
Not only are you providing a fantastic enrichment
opportunity for your children, you are helping St. Nicholas
towards our goal of supplying our Library with new books.
The Library/Computer Lab is planned to open by the end of
November. This event was so successful that another book
fair will be held at the beginning of next year. Stay tuned for
further details!
FIRST DAY WELCOME
A heart full of appreciation goes out to
Booster Club member Mireya Soskos for
all her efforts in obtaining delectable
pastries from Portos Bakery and for the
beautiful and elegant set up of the welcome
table. We were delighted to spend a few
minutes with all the parents who stopped
by to say hello. Please keep this yearly
event in the back of your minds for next
year. This is a lovely opportunity to meet
and mingle with other parents and to calm
down any parental first day back to school
jitters! Please plan to stop by next year to
say hello and have a cup of coffee.
Pre-kindergarteners Noah Hurney and Daniel
Gongora learn about safety during an assembly
organized by Paramedic Dan Kost, who is also
one of our parents.
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By Marina Milicevic
By Maksym Wasylyn
A long time ago, my sister,
Nina, and I were trick or
treating and we came to a
black house where the wind
was blowing really hard. Then
the door opened by itself. We
saw a light in the window and
saw a shadow move. We went
inside with a lantern. It looked
like someone was recently in
it. A pan was still on the stove.
It had blood, and it was still
warm. Then I turned for two
seconds and Nina was gone! In
the hall, I heard screaming
sounds. The thing that grabbed
her was a ghost that looked
like a pirate and an Indian. He
had a sword, but I found one
over the fireplace. We fought
for 15 minutes. Then he got so
tired he surrendered. I got the
key he was holding, unlocked
the door and ran all the way
home. Nina was so happy and
so was I.
By Athena Rethis
Once upon a time, there
was a boy named Ted. For
Ted,
it
was
almost
Halloween. Ted was so
excited. He was going to
dress up as Power Ranger.
On Halloween night, while
Ted was trick or treating,
he saw a haunted house. He
decided to go in it. Inside
there were ghosts, witches
and vampires. Ted was so
scared! He ran so fast that
he didn’t even get any
candy. Later that night, Ted
had dreams about the
haunted house. When he
woke up, his mom told him
nothing he had seen was
real, so Ted was no longer
scared!
Once upon a time, there was a family
of 5 people: Mommy, Daddy, Tommie,
Kelly and Carlo. They loved Halloween.
It was their favorite time of the year. “I’m
so excited,” said Kelly happily. “Me too,”
said Carlo. “I can’t wait,” said Tommie.
Tommie was 8 years old, Kelly was 5,
and Carlo was 2. While they were eating
dinner, they couldn’t stop talking about
Halloween. That night they started getting
their Halloween costumes ready for the
big day. The next day was Halloween so
when they woke up, they all flew
downstairs. When they were eating
breakfast, they heard a voice outside and
it was a ghost! The family was shocked.
They always wanted to see a ghost. The
ghost offered them a ride. When the kids
all responded “Yes”, the ghost took them
to see the scariest things they had ever
seen. The kids were so happy. Then Kelly
remembered that they had to go to school.
The ghost was very nice; he took them
back home and said, “It was nice meeting
you”. When the children got to school
that morning, they told their friends all
about their trip.
By John Melick
By Nicole Collins
Once upon a time, there were two children, named Jack and
Annie, who were hunting for ghosts, witches, and scary
monsters. They searched everywhere, but they couldn’t find
one single thing. All of a sudden they heard a creepy noise.
They thought it was just a person, but it was a monster! Jack
and Annie were so happy. They decided to set up a trap. The
trap was a big net so that if the monster walked under it, it
would trap it and that’s exactly what happened; the net fell on
the monster. They were so happy that they had gotten what they
were looking for!
Once upon a time, my friends and I went
trick treating on Halloween night and saw a
haunted house and we all went inside. In the
house, we saw a zombie walking down the
hall. Then we saw a werewolf by the stairs and
lastly we saw a mummy coming towards us!!
It was chasing us! We all ran out of the house
and as we were running we looked up and saw
a witch on her broom in the sky. We ran all
the way back to my house. We closed the door
and finally were safe.
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Open House and School Tour
Basketball and Flag Football Teams
Off to a Winning Start
The members of the 2009 Boy’s Flag
Football Team are Matthew Aguilar, John Alex,
Damian Delgado, Alexander Dinsmore, Anthony
Fam, Matthew Hoffman, Athanasios Kaplanis,
Jonathan Legg, Brandon Limeres, Gerard Matar,
Michael Messiah, Alexandros Mikrakis, Jeffrey
Palmer, Justin Palmer, William Stasinis, and Mina
Tawfick. Our team is off to a great start with 3
wins and no losses, so far. Last year, our boys
were only one game away from League
Championship. Coach Gus Sapon hopes to go all
the way this year.
The members of the 2009 Girl’s Basketball
Team are Sabrina Azzuz, Soula Bacoulis, Abigail
Baires, Marissa Hoffman, Alexandra Pappas,
Georgia Perris, Sophia Perris, Lauren Safady, Lily
Spirtos, and Chantal Wahba. Last year, our girls
were undefeated and won the League
Championship! Coach Jessica Bethke hopes to
repeat.
Early enrollment for new students entering Preschool through Grade 8 in September 2010 has begun. Come and learn more about St. Nicholas School at our first Open House and School Tour, which will be held Tuesday, November 17 at 10:30 a.m. and again at 6:30 p.m. in the Savalas Room. Classroom observations and a school tour can also be scheduled at your convenience Call the school office at (818) 886‐6751 for reservations or for more information. Our preschool program is designed to be developmental by allowing each child an opportunity to experience learning when they show interest and readiness, while at the same time encouraging social awareness. Our prekindergarten curriculum includes academic, as well as developmental activities. Some activities include arts and crafts, story time, music, dramatic role‐playing, building reconstructing puzzles, and movement through outdoor play. By the time our four‐year‐olds complete the preschool program they have the necessary skills to quickly begin developing their reading skills in kindergarten.
Contest Winners
One of our preschoolers, Hannah Sinnema, sold the most
Coconut Grove raffle tickets to win one month’s free tuition. Mrs.
Carpiac’s prekindergarten class took first place to win a class
pizza party. There was a tie for 2nd place between PS-2 (Miss
Gonzalez), 1-1 (Mrs. Mormanis), and 5-1 (Mrs. Vogeley).
The top seller for the Magazine Drive was Alex Saroukas PK1. Alex will be going to lunch in a limousine, along with the other
top sellers: Jana Palmer K-1, Alexandra Turley 1-1, Gabriella
Guidi 3-1, Yakira Webb 3-1, Alexa Atkinson 5-1, Theo Duran 5-1,
Anastasia Guidi 5-1, Steven Nassif 6-2, and Peter Maglaris 8-1.
Mrs. Vogeley’s class 5-1 won the pizza party!
Hannah Sinnema
(PS-2) sold the
most raffle tickets.
Alexander Saroukos
(PK-1) was our top
seller for the Magazine
Drive.
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Winter is here, and as you all know it’s
cold and flu season! At St. Nicholas School
we try our best to remind our children the
proper preventative measures to help them
avoid getting any type of illnesses during
these seasons. Here are a few below:
By Angela Theodosiou
Learning Modalities
Out of all the different kinds of
modalities, I thought I would be an auditory and
kinesthetic learner. After I took the test I figured
out that I was a visual and auditory learner. As a
visual learner, I usually doodle, remember faces,
notice details, have good handwriting and I
always use advanced planning. As an auditory
learner I enjoy talking, get easily distracted,
enjoy music, and I always hum and sing.
As we all know, we use all modalities of
learning. When I study I like to do it
kinesthetically, I like to dance, exercise and take
notes. Auditorily, I like to sound out words,
make up rhymes and listen to music.
•
•
•
•
Wash Hands Often with warm water
Cover coughs and sneezes with a
tissue
If sick with a fever, stay home until
24 hours after fever ends
Drink lots of fluids like water or
broth to keep from dehydration.
Keeping our children healthy is very
important to us, as it is for all of you!
By Brandon Limeres
Learning Modalities
I am a closely balanced learner. I am a kinesthetic learner, a
visual learner and an auditory learner. I circled nine numbers for my
right brain ability and seventeen numbers for my left-brain ability. I
learned a lot about myself on this test.
My study techniques work really well. For spelling, I have
someone tell me the words and I spell it out. For reading, I go over
the story and vocabulary a lot. For math, I go over each lesson. For
science, I study the chapter and the vocabulary words and for history,
I do the same thing. These are all my study techniques and they work
very well.
By Soula Bacoulis
We want to thank all the parents and
students who came and supported the 5th
Grade Fundraising that held at the Panda
Express Restaurant on Wednesday, October
21. The food was yummy, the children
were happy, and most of all, it was so good
to see so many of you there! The event was
a big success. As always, we couldn’t have
done it without you all! Thank you!
Learning Modalities
I think these study skills papers we got are so useful. I really like them because now I know how I can better
remember things before and after tests. I usually study really hard before a test and two days later I don’t remember
anything and that isn’t good.
Now, I learned that my right brain and left-brain traits are both equally balanced. I think its cool that I have
both. I am both a visual and auditory learner. I love music and enjoy talking. I’ve learned a lot from this and I thought
it was so cool.
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Athena Rethis (3-1)
Natalie Muzsnai (4-1)
Dimitri Schulyer (4-1)
Christina Stravropoulos (2-1)
The above pictures drawn are known as
blind contour line drawings using a
crayon resist technique with watercolor.
Genean Jue’s picture is a blind contour
line drawing using a pencil.
Genean Jue (6-1)
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YEARBOOK SALES
2009 Yearbooks will be on sale starting November 2th all the way through the 20th from Monday-Friday. The
yearbook will be entirely in full color!
This is your only
opportunity to own a book filled with photographs that
document childhood memories. The price is $45.00 per
out. Remember this
copy and the order form has been sent
is the only time orders can be placed!
Advertisers who buy space in the yearbook help to keep
the continual rising cost of printing to a minimum. Any
advertisements from parents or businesses that wish to
advertise in our yearbook would be greatly welcomed and
appreciated. Further details will be forthcoming.
REPORT CARDS
Report cards will be coming home with the students on
Friday, November 6. Watch for them! Please return your
child's signed report card with the envelope to school on
Monday, November 9.
NO SCHOOL VETERANS' DAY – Wednesday,
November 11
GRADE 8 CONFERENCE NIGHT
Thursday, NOVEMBER 12, 5:30 P.M.
An information letter regarding this important
opportunity will be enclosed with the 8th grade report card.
SCHOOL PICTURE "MAKE-UP" DAY
We are scheduled for picture re-takes
Tuesday, November 10.
on
THANKSGIVING VACATION
School will be dismissed at 12:00 NOON Wednesday,
November 25. THERE WILL BE NO DAYCARE.
Classes will resume on Monday, November 30. Have a
wonderful family holiday!
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Toy Drive for P.A.L.S.
December 11: Our annual toy drive is always a success
by any measure both for those who give and those who
receive. A new, unwrapped toy valued at $10.00 is to be
brought to school on Thursday, December 10. Join us on
Friday, December 11 at 2:15 p.m. to witness the
procession of all the children carrying their gifts to place
before the altar for blessings during Vespers. You will be
especially glad you did.
Christmas Program
December 18: We look forward to seeing you at our
annual, all-school Christmas program directed by Mrs.
Barefoot, which will take place Friday, December 18,
9:00a.m. in the Grande Ballroom. Students are to come
to school dressed in FULL costume on Friday morning.
We invite you to join us for a wonderful program, which
is sure to fill the air with holiday spirit and your heart
with holiday warmth. The Booster Club will also sponsor
a Bake Sale beginning at 8:00 a.m. in the Savalas Room.
Christmas Vacation Begins
- Noon Dismissal
December 18: Christmas vacation officially begins at
dismissal after the program Friday, December 18.
THERE IS NO DAYCARE. The office staff will be
most appreciative to see a safe, on-time dismissal.
School will resume on Monday,
January 4, 2010.
The faculty and staff of Saint Nicholas School wish you
and your family a very Merry and Holy Christmas. We
look forward to beginning 2010 together, renewed in
hope and bright in spirit.
May God grant you abundant blessings,
Ms. Kamenos, Saint Nicholas Faculty and Staff,
and the St. Nicholas School Board.
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Tuesday, November 17
10:30 am and 6:30 pm
www.stnicholaseducation.com
Refer a friend and earn $250 per family
enrolled as credit toward tuition.
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Gold Club Winners
September
Class
Student
K-1
K-2
1-1
Hailey Huffman
1-2
Nicholas Peters
Ryan Wielage
Sophia Pineda
2-1
3-1
Nicholas Andrews
Marina Milicevic
Maksym Wasylyn
Yakira Webb
4-1
Cory Safady
5-1
Alexandra Pappas
6-1
Anthony Fam
6-2
Marina Elkess
7-1
Alyssa Deobler
7-2
Brigette Anderson
Samantha Pascual
8-1
John Alex
Michelle Jue
Andrew Vasile
If you have any questions or comments regarding anything written in The
Chatterbox, please use the following email address:
[email protected].
It would be greatly appreciated if you could send us any pictures you take
at the various school events. You can put them on a disc and drop them off at
the office. We use photos for our yearbook, our Chatterbox, our church bulletin
(The Wonder Worker), as well as for our archives.