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#11 Weekly Update ~ October 30, 2013
Peanut and Tree Nut-Free Candy List
“The End of Bullying Begins With Me” Contest
Safeway eScrip Renewal
“Partners In Faith” Newsletter ~ November 2013
Also, be sure to visit Holy Spirit School at
www.holyspiritfmt.com
Holy Spirit School
3930 Parish Ave.
Fremont, CA 94536
510.793.3553
OCTOBER 30, 2013
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Saturday, 11/2/13
Monday 11/4/13
Wednesday 11/6/13
HALLOWEEN - Minimum Day
Holy Spirit Church - One Day
Regular School Day
2:20 pm Dismissal
8:30 am Student Council Safety
Congress
Assembly & Costume Parade
Mass - 5:00 pm
Tuesday 11/5/13
9:15 am Haunted House & games
in Gym
Sunday, 11/3/13
TEACHER IN-SERVICE
10:35 am Trunk or Treat
DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME
NO SCHOOL
12:00 pm Dismissal
ENDS
Friday 11/1/13
Cafe Espiritu 7:30 am
All Saint’s Day - Mass 11:00
am (Formal Uniform Only)
REMINDER: 5 MPH HOUR SPEED LIMIT IN
SCHOOL PARKING LOT AT ALL TIMES!!
CASH CALENDAR 2013/14 - The winner of the $100.00 drawing this week is M.
Endaya. Congratulations! Our next drawing for $100.00 will be held on Monday,
November 4th. Good luck.
CASH FOR CLASS - Remember, save all receipts from any store or restaurant in the
Fremont Hub (including Safeway and Trader Joe’s) and Holy Spirit School receives 5
points for every $1.00 spent. The contest runs through May. If we have the most points at
the end of the contest, our school will win $2,000.00. Watch for more information about
special events at the Hub where we can earn bonus points. There will be a special
Halloween event coming soon. Drop your receipts in the Cash for Class collection box in
the school lobby. Thanks for all your help.
HALLOWEEN AT THE HUB - Take your children Halloween Trick or Treating at the
Fremont Hub tomorrow from 3 pm - 5 pm, and Holy Spirit School will receive 500 points
per child (with a flyer) in the Cash for Class Contest. This is a great and easy way to really
earn a lot of bonus points for our school! Your child received a flyer today at school, so
please ask them about it. Turn in your flyers tomorrow at the Hub in the main courtyard
by the Balloonist and really help our school earn that top prize of $2,000.00 in June.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED - Two volunteers are needed on Friday, November 8th, to help
with the Scoliosis Screening. We will begin at 9:00 am until all the 5th grade students, 7th
grade girls and 8th grade boys are screened. We will also need one volunteer the same day
to help with picture re-takes. Please call the office if you have some time to help out.
Thank you.
THE BULLY FREE ACTION TEAM - invites you to visit our page on the Holy Spirit
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School website under the Community tab or at www.holyspiritfmt.com/bully-free-action-team.html. We offer a list of wonderful
resources for parents and students, which are full facts and problem solving tools. As always our goal is to continue to keep our
school a safe and caring environment.
WE WANT YOUR FEEDBACK! The Bully Free Action Team (BFAT) would like your feedback on the 10/22 Bullying Prevention
Workshop conducted by Soulshoppe. Would you like more trainings like this? Do you have ideas for future parent education
trainings or speakers? Please send your feedback or comments to BFAT Chair Lucia Pena at [email protected]. Thank
you.
THE END OF BULLYING BEGINS WITH ME CONTEST - Please see the flyer explaining the new “The End of Bullying Begins
with Me” Contest in today’s attachments following this Update. All entries must be received in the office by Friday, November 8th.
HALLOWEEN - On the morning of Halloween, each family is asked to send in a large bag of candy, pencils, rings, or stickers,
that will be passed out when the children play the games in the gym. Please remember that the candy MUST BE NUT-FREE.
Please check labels carefully. Small bags of pretzels, or other individually-wrapped nut-free treats, are an acceptable alternative, too. The Wednesday envelope also has a list of safe and nut-free candy. Please keep this a safe holiday for everyone. Any candy the
children bring to school after Halloween must also be nut-free. Thank you.
http://www.allergysf.com/safety/candy/nuts/
LUNCH TIME EXPECTATIONS - Students are asked to use the bathroom on the way out to lunch. Please no buddy system for
bathroom or water at recess and lunch as the whole student body may use them at this time. Students should sit and begin eating
promptly. Students needing assistance should remain seated, raise their hand and wait for yard duty supervision. Students should
maintain at a reasonable noise level as they stay seated while eating. Students are asked to hold their garbage and recyclables until
they are dismissed to play.
Students who are finished eating, are packed up, have a clean area (this includes the ground under/near them), and are quiet will be
dismissed by yard duty to go play more promptly. Walk to the end of the green porch after you are dismissed.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION
KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE LUNCH TIME - Students are asked to use the bathroom on the way out to lunch (leaving
their lunch boxes outside against the wall) as they pass the bathrooms on the way out. Please no buddy system for bathroom or
water at this time as the whole school may use the bathroom at this time.
Students are to be seated and stay seated, and begin eating their lunch right away. Students are to eat lunch at a reasonably quiet
level as it is not safe to talk/yell while eating. Students raise their hand and remain seated if they need help. A student needs to have
adult/yard duty permission to leave their seat at any point during lunch.
Most students should be finished with their lunch by 12:25. Students not finished with their lunch will move to snack bench inside
gated area to finish with adult supervision before students that are finished eating are dismissed.
Students who are finished eating, and have packed up and cleaned up their area, must remain seated and wait to be dismissed by
yard duty to go play. Students may not chase yard duty around asking to go play, please.
The goal is to have all students and yard duty supervision in the play yard safely by 12:35.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION
SOPAS - FESTIVAL HOURS - Please use the link below to sign up for Sopas. Signups will remain open until 5 pm on
Wednesday 11/13/2013. Signups will close at 5 pm on 11/13/2013. If you need to make any changes after this deadline, please
contact Phyllis Bright on 510-206-2806. http://www.mysignup.com/2013_holy_spirit_sopas
CAFE ESPIRITU - The Café has reopened. We will be focusing on our Hot Chocolate bar! Each hot chocolate will be $1.50 per
cup. You may choose from various toppings such as marshmallows, whipped cream, Ghirardelli chocolate sauce, Ghirardelli
caramel sauce, and sprinkles! We are also introducing a hot chocolate stamp/punch card available for purchase in the amount of
$15.00 (10 drinks). We will also have snacks to choose from for purchase based on parent donations. We'd also love some parent
volunteers. Donations are greatly appreciated. One parent hour may be earned for each $25.00 donation/supplies (unlimited with
receipt) or 1/2 hour per dozen baked treats (maximum 2 dozen/week please!). Treats must arrive before 7:30am in Small Hall on
Friday. All proceeds from the cafe (minus costs) go back to our classrooms. Contact Team Chair Joy Pastor @ 510-378-4521 or via
e-mail [email protected] for more details on how you can earn parent hours. See you Friday and thank you for your support!
ONE DAY PARISH CONGRESS - To wrap up this Year of Faith, Holy Spirit Church is hosting a One Day Congress - Faith
Formation Convention on Saturday, November 2, 2013 from 8:30 to 5:00 p.m. on our church campus. The focus of this event is to
help all the faithful spread the Good News of Jesus Christ to the world: the business world, political world, our streets and our
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homes. We begin the day in prayer at 8:30 a.m. with the Liturgy of the Hours. At 9:15 we will be addressed by our keynote speaker,
Dr. Susan Mahan. Register online here. Download registration form here and return to parish office with the appropriate fee.
Register in person by stopping by the rectory office or on the day of the event beginning at 7:30 a.m. outside of Parish Church.(this
option will not guarantee getting your speakers of choice) CHOICE LUNCH NEWS - KNOW YOUR ROOTS - As the fall season blows in, cooler weather, warmer recipes, and various staple
foods follow suit. Root vegetables, for example, tend to become more prominent on produce shelves this time of year. At
Choicelunch, this always brings a smile to our faces because we have the ability to bring further variety to our fruit and veggie
offering. Jicama is a root vegetable that we love to offer this time of year. This root, similar to its root veggie relatives, is rich in
complex carbohydrates which give the body energy (especially the brain and nervous system). Root vegetables are wonderful
because they actually absorb water and nutrients as they grow, and they store the energy that the plant acquires by photosynthesis.
Other than Jicama, Choicelunch also likes to utilize other root veggies such as rutabaga, turnips, and parsnips. These veggies are
pureed and added to our homemade bagel dough used to wrap our nitrate-free Dynomite Bagel Dogs.
The next time you’re in the market for some root veggies of your own, keep your eyes peeled for firm, smooth, round options. Avoid those with bruises or spots. And if you’re not using right away, be sure to store in a cool dry place, as these nutrient-packed
veggies can store for up to four months in an optimal environment!
FACEBOOK: Please join our ‘Holy Spirit School – Fremont’ Facebook page to help the HSS community stay updated and current
on events happening in the school community. Thanks!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/168246763254745/#!/groups/HolySpiritSchoolFremont/
Principal’s Update 10/30/13
Dear Parents,
As always I hope this message finds you in good spirits and health. I love how you give so much for your child/ren's
education and this community.
I calling for your help once again by asking you to bring your children in uniform to the 5:00pm Mass this
Saturday if you possibly can. This is not an ordinary Saturday evening Mass. First it is the closing piece to an
extraordinary day of spiritual learning and reflection hosted by our Parish, the One Day Congress. This day is an
expression of Holy Spirit Community's dedication to nurturing the faith of all. It is so special that our new bishop,
Michael Barber, is coming to preside over the Mass!!
We would like to see the children of Holy Spirit School join in this day by attending this special Mass. So to encourage
their participation I am offering each student who attends Saturday evening's Mass in uniform 2 free dress passes next
week on specified dates. They may get the chance to meet our new bishop of Oakland and to serve this community
in a unique way.
So please if you are able, come to Mass on Saturday evening at 5:00 pm with children in uniform in order to be part
of a special day in the parish's life, meet the new bishop (and don't forget those free dress passes!)
As always,
May God bless,
Mr. B
holy spirit school 3930 Parish avenue
Fremont, ca 94536
510-793-3553
Peanut and Tree-Nut Free Candy List
We are so glad to see you are concerned about food allergy issues! Here
is a 2013 list of peanut and tree-nut free candies and other sweets that
we developed for use in elementary schools. Remember: to check
ingredient lists each & every time as recipes and manufacturing practices
change from time to time!
Peanut and Tree-Nut Free Candy
♦ DIVVIES (anything made by Divvies) – www.divvies.com
♦ Haribo Gummi Candies (anything made by Haribo)
♦ Surf Sweets Natural gummies & jelly beans – www.surfsweets.com
♦ Vermont Nut Free Chocolates
♦ Skittles
♦ Peeps
♦ Swedish Fish
♦ Altoids Mints, Original & Cinnamon (not Chocolate variety)
♦ Mike and Ikes
♦ Hershey (plain) chocolate bars, personal size only (not King size, not Minis)
♦ Hershey (plain) chocolate Kisses (not King Size, not Holiday/Seasonal Bags)
♦ Wonka’s Nerds & Nerds Rope
♦ Laffy Taffy
♦ Runts
♦ Dubble Bubble gum
♦ Tootsie Pops & Tootsie Rolls (anything made by Tootsie)
♦ Junior Mints
♦ Lifesaver Gummies
♦ Smarties
♦ Sour Patch Kids – all varieties
♦ Whoppers
♦ Sweet Tarts
♦ Dum Dum lollipops click here for their interactive website with Halloween games
♦ Bottle Caps
♦ Pop Rocks
♦ Now and Laters
♦ Zours
♦ Hot Tamales
♦ Red Vines
♦ Jolly Rancher hard candy, lollipops and gummi candy
♦ York Peppermint Patties
♦ Twizzlers
♦ Rolos
♦ Starburst fruit chew, lollipops and jelly beans
♦ Kraft Marshmallows
♦ Trader Joe’s Milk Chocolate Chips, Trader Joe’s Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips
Peanut and Tree Nut Free Ice Creams & Baked Goods
♦ Sweet Alexis Cookies & Breads
♦ Haagen Dazs Ice Creams – which do not contain nuts as ingredient
♦ Dreyer’s Ice Creams – which do not contain nuts as ingredient
♦ Strauss Family Creamery Ice Creams
♦ Safeway ICEE frozen fruit pops
♦ Cake mixes and frostings from Pillsbury, but check labels: some contain nuts but are
manufactured separately.
Please consult your physician if you have concerns about how these products may relate to
you or your family member’s specific condition.
Thank you for being a P.A.L. (Protecting a Life) to allergic children and helping them
celebrate the holidays too.
The End of Bullying Begins with Me Contest
Empower the Bystander
WHO: Grades K-8 (families can help too!)
WHAT: Create an original art or written project representing how a
bystander can make a difference to someone who is bullied.
HOW: You could create an original
• Poster
• Video
• Graphic novel
• Prayer
• Short story
• Song
• Poem
• The ideas are limitless!
WHY: This is one way you can encourage others to help in a hurtful
situation.
Plus, prizes for art and writing will be awarded for each level: K-2, 35, 6-8
Grand Prize in ART will be made into a T-shirt!
Grand Prize in WRITING will be read at morning announcements!
PLUS both will be featured on our Holy Spirit School website
for all the world to enjoy!
WHEN: Make sure your name and grade is on your project, and turn
it in to the office by November 8, 2013.
Shop at Safeway to
earn money for our group
Renew or sign up with your Safeway Club Card today!
Sign Up
Your participation can mean hundreds of dollars for our group.
Go to escrip.com
Click on “1-Sign Up”
Enter your Club Card number
Renew Today*
If you participated last year, renew so our group continues to earn contributions.
Go to escrip.com
Click on “YES RENEW!”
Enter either your phone number, email or Club Card number
*For uninterrupted contributions, you must renew annually by November 1. After November 1 you can still
renew to begin earning again!
What’s New
Effective November 1, in order for your Safeway purchases to generate contributions for our
group you must pay using one of the following methods:
Debit Card
Check
Cash
Fast Forward Debit Card
SmartCheck
Safeway Gift Card
WIC
CalFresh
Helping our children grow in their Catholic faith.
November 2013
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Take time to teach thankfulness
Venerable Fulton Sheen
The last Year of Faith saint is Peter
“Fulton” John Sheen whose dream
was to become a priest.
Each day during his
priesthood he
spent an hour in
Eucharistic
Adoration.
Although born
before television,
he won an Emmy for “Most
Outstanding Television Personality”
for his TV series “Life is Worth
Living,” the first by a Catholic
priest. Pope John Paul II said, “You
have written and spoken well of the
Lord Jesus. You are a loyal son of
the Church!”
A golden rule
“So whatever you wish that men
would do to you, do so to them; for this
is the law and the prophets”
(Matthew 7:12).
Children are self-centered by nature,
so gratitude doesn’t come naturally. Yet
grateful people have higher levels of
happiness and lower levels of
depression and stress. Fortunately,
gratitude is a skill anyone can learn,
especially at this thankful time
of year.
Say “no”
often. The
current
barrage of
Christmas
commercials
spur children
to ask for
endless toys,
video games, and
other goodies.
Long lists to Santa
make it tough to feel thankful if not
everything is received. Saying “no” often
to a child’s whims makes the rarer “yes”
much sweeter.
Flip the phrase. When you catch your
youngster complaining, stop her
What is Original Sin?
Care in speech
“You shall not bear false witness
against your
neighbor” means
more than just not
accusing others of
false deeds. It
means speaking
the truth always.
Teach children
that our words are
our greatest ally
and sharpest
weapon.
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immediately and ask her to name
something for which she is grateful. For
example, if she complains because her
friend has a better video game, ask her
to name her favorite doll or toy instead.
Push thank-you notes. No matter
how young, encourage children to write
or draw thank-you
notes. Deciding why
the gift was
appreciated will
help him feel more
grateful.
Help children
shop. Help them
buy gifts for
other family
members. Give
them chances to earn money and
insist they spend it on gifts for others.
Children love giving gifts and seeing
others appreciate them.
Let youngsters help. There’s no better
way for children to realize how much
effort adults around them put forth on
their behalf.
Original Sin is a loss of the
original holiness and
righteousness with which our
first parents were created.
When God made Adam and
Eve, he gave them all the
grace and virtue they would
ever need, and they had a
close relationship with God.
When they turned from
him, they lost those
gifts.
We inherit the sin
of our first parents.
Through Baptism, we are
freed from Original Sin
and are made members of
God’s holy people, the Church.
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Encouraging children to care
Empathy is the ability to feel concern for other people.
As followers of Christ, we are called not only to feel
empathy but to respond to others’ needs with
concern. This can be challenging for children
and adolescence whose social skills are still
developing.
Role play. Take advantage of difficult
situations – bullying, for example –
children encounter at school, either their
own experiences or those they observe, and
ask, “What would you have wanted your friends
to do to help?”
Switch roles. Encourage youngsters to see others’
perspectives by discussing current events with them. Talk
about how the people involved must have felt.
For example, how does the victim of a house
fire feel when the home is lost? Ask, “If that
had been you, what would you have wanted
others to do for you?”
Take action. Helping others is the best way
to encourage empathy. Look for opportunities
to be a good friend, to contribute to someone in
need, or help the needy. Then ask children
afterwards, “How did it feel?”
Luke 23:35-42,
Christ the King
This Gospel reading, which portrays
Jesus just moments from his death on the
Cross, seems at first to contradict the
solemnity on which it is read
in Mass – the Solemnity of
Christ the King. Jesus was
deserted by his friends,
condemned by the
more powerful,
and subjected to
torture of the worst
kind. That is not our
traditional view of a king.
Yet it is at that moment when Jesus is,
in fact, at his strongest. It is at that
moment when he is shouldering the
sins of the entire human race and
Nov. 1 – All Saints Day. In the early
Church, saints and martyrs were each
assigned a feast day. However, the
extreme persecution of the Christians
meant there weren’t enough days in
the calendar for individual
commemorations. Eventually Pope
Gregory IV designated Nov.1 as All
Saints Day.
Nov. 2 – All Souls Day. On this day
we pray for the dead, especially our
loved ones and souls in Purgatory to
help them get to Heaven faster.
Nov. 12 – St. Josaphat (1623).
Born in the Ukraine to Orthodox
parents, St. Josaphat converted to
restoring God’s grace to each one of us
then and now. No king on earth could
do that except Jesus.
At that moment on Calvary, Jesus
opens the gates of Heaven and
grants forgiveness, beginning
with the man beside him
who led a life of sin but
recognized the true
King.
What can a parent
do? Place a crucifix in a
prominent place in your
home to remind your family of
the great strength that came from the
Cross. Make Jesus the true king of
your hearts.
Catholicism, became a Basilian
monk, then a priest, and was named
Bishop of Vitebsk (now in Russia).
He worked for unity in the Church
and was martyred for his efforts.
Nov. 13 – St. Frances Xavier
Cabrini (1917). Mother Cabrini
started the Missionary Sisters of the
Sacred Heart in Italy and founded 67
institutions to care for the sick and
forgotten in Europe and the
Americas. She was the
first U.S. citizen to be
canonized.
When Tessa moved from Catholic
school to a public middle school, there
was a change in her behavior. We
started arguing about the clothes she
wanted to wear to
school and the
language she was
using. But the
worst changes
came around
the holidays.
All of a
sudden, Tessa
started asking for lots of expensive gifts
which had never been her way.
Apparently kids in school already had
cell phones and iPods and she wanted
to fit in. I spent evenings saying, “no.”
Fortunately, my monthly soup
kitchen duty came up the day before
Thanksgiving, and I took Tessa to help.
Lots of families streamed in, and Tessa
even found herself serving kids from
her school. It threw her to see kids her
age sitting at the tables quietly eating
the turkey we served them.
The good news? We didn’t hear
anything more about Christmas gifts
from Tessa after that.
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