Mission St. Dominic, a Catholic faith-filled community, is a parish school that provides quality education which fosters the development of the whole child in a safe, caring, and academically stimulating environment.

                                                           

January 24, 2011                                                                                www.stdominicla.us 

Parking Lot

The parking lot will be rented out on Wednesday, January 26 from 5:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. They will also be using both sides of the street.

No valet drop-off Wednesday, January 26. The barriers will not open at 7:30 a.m.

Parents are to drop their student on Maywood or

Casper Avenue

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Progress Reports

Students with a “C” in a core subject or below will receive a progress report this Wednesday, January 26. Progress reports were due to go out this Monday, January 24. Our internet was out for over a week and we needed a few days to input grades. Thank you for your support and understanding.

Beautification Day

We want to thank the ten Oxy students, Mrs. Tiomico, Mr. Campos, Mrs. Palacios, Mr. & Mrs. Ruiz, and Mr. & Mrs. Koenig,  for volunteering to clean and paint in our school Saturday, January 22. All restrooms, corridor, student store, and physical education office doors were beautifully painted. Flowers were planted and trees trimmed by Mary’s grotto and by the front office.

Teacher Luncheon

We want to thank the fourth grade parents for providing a delicious Italian lunch for the teachers and staff. Teachers are delighted to be appreciated.

School Choir

School Choirs are asked to sing at the 9:00 a.m. Sunday Mass on January 30, the start of Catholic Schools Week. We will also sing a song right after Mass in the school yard.

Choir attire: school uniforms

No Thursday choirs this week (January 20). From now on, choirs are just Tuesdays 7:30-8:00 a.m. & 3:10-4:00 p.m. or Thursdays 7:30-8:00 a.m. No after-school Thursday any more.

Catholic Schools Week Mass

Join us for the 9:00 a.m. Mass. Our student council and school choir will participate in Mass. All our students are asked to attend the 9:00 a.m. Mass and wear their complete uniform.

85^th Anniversary celebration begins at 10:15 a.m. in the school yard. Performance by our choir and faculty will be part of our presentation.

Open House starts at 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

We invite all current and new incoming students to our Open House.

Book Fair will be open during Open House.

IN-N-OUT Family Day

Please join us for Family Day and order your IN-N-OUT meals by Friday, January 28. Lunch will begin at 11:30 a.m. starting with the lower grade students.  

Parish Nurse

Nurse Mary Ann Laurente and Vanessa Fierro are finished with vision and hearing screening. All students in kinder, second, fifth, eighth and referrals passed the hearing screening. Many students in kinder, second, fifth, seventh, and referrals received letters for follow-up with their own eye doctors. If

you do not have health insurance please call the school office for the Queen Care number.

Casino Night Aiming for the Stars

Your invitation for the Casino Night is enclosed. School parents have an obligation to purchase the $75.00 whether you attend or not able to attend. Please confirm to the school office by February 18^th.

Jeans Day

Students are allowed to wear jeans this Friday, January 28 and pay $1.00. Any extra accessory is $1.00. Proceeds go to our marketing efforts of St. Dominic School.

Need Service Hours

Our stage needs to be set-up on Saturday afternoon for our 85^th anniversary celebration. If you are able to help with set- up please call the school office ASAP.

Lunch Program

We need third grade parents that are interested in volunteering to serve for February to call the school ASAP. You need to be finger printed and attend Virtus training.

Mission St. Dominic, a Catholic faith-filled community, is a parish school that provides quality education which fosters the development of the whole child in a safe, caring, and academically stimulating environment.

                                                           

January 17, 2011                                                                                www.stdominicla.us 

PTO Mandatory Meeting

Parents, it was wonderful to have participation during our meeting. Parents had questions regarding tuition increase, service hours and scrip. The dropping of non-Catholic rates was well received. Parents were reminded to please follow-up vision letters from parish nurse. Ms. Lujan mentioned possibility of offering counseling for children. Parents shared great ideas for improving our mandatory $225 mandatory fundraisers obligations. Results of pre-school survey were shared. Ms. Lujan asked that parents bring one new family to our open house to help increase enrollment. Some parents offered to be tour guides during open house. Thank you to parents for attending the meeting, sharing, and expressing the importance to form community.  

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School Choir

School Choirs are asked to sing at the 9:00 a.m. Sunday Mass on January 30, the start of Catholic Schools Week. We will also sing a song right after Mass in the school yard.

Choir attire: school uniforms

No Thursday choirs this week (January 20). From now on, choirs are just Tuesdays 7:30-8:00 a.m. & 3:10-4:00 p.m. or Thursdays 7:30-8:00 a.m. No after-school Thursday any more.

Beautification Day

Oxy students will volunteer to clean and paint in our school this Saturday,

January 22 from 10:00 to 4:00 p.m. Parents can earn service hours by helping us plant flowers and paint. If you are available

to help on Saturday, January 22 please call the office ASAP.

St. Dominic 85^th Anniversary  

Please join us on January 30^th at 9 a.m. Mass. Followed with presentation and entertainment from our children and faculty. 

Help us celebrate 85 years of Quality Catholic education.

Catholic Schools Week

Monday: D.E.A.R. and beginning of service projects (K & 1 will clean up on Caspar Ave, Gr. 3 & 5 are contacting the St. Vincent de Paul Society to inquire if they can host a clothing drive on a Sunday and Kindness Club write a positive note for a class or teacher, Gr. 4 is writing monthly messages to the homebound of the parish, Gr. 8 will make scarves for the homeless).

Tuesday: Crazy Sock Day and Academic Bowl (each class must select a four person team to participate in an academic bowl) test of knowledge for all subjects.

Wednesday: Patriotic Hat Day and 9:00 a.m. flag ceremony involving the Scouts.

Thursday: Spiritual Bouquet for our pastor and Field Day activities all afternoon.

Friday: All school Mass at 9:00 am. Write thank you letters to the parents showing the gratitude of the children for the gift of a Catholic education and present them to the parents either at Family Lunch time with the In & Out luncheon or give them to parents after school. End of Catholic School Week will end with a spirit rally at 1:00.

Book Faire

Our tradition book faire will be open during Catholic Schools Week. Sunday, January 30 our book will open at 11:00-1:00 p.m. Starting Monday to Friday students will have an opportunity to attend during their scheduled class times. The book faire will be open during recess and lunch. St. Dominic School will receive 40%-50% of all books sold.

Mission
St. Dominic, a Catholic faith-filled community, is a parish school that provides quality education which fosters the development of the whole child in a safe, caring, and

academically stimulating environment.

     
January 4, 2011                                     http://www.stdominicla.us/ 

Choice Lunch ProgramFourth grade parents it’s your turn to assist with our lunch program. If you are interested in earning lunch credit for your child please call the school office ASAP. You need to be fingerprinted and attend the Virtus class.

Reconciliation WorkshopSecond grade students and their parents are required to attend a reconciliation workshop on Saturday, January 15. Please meet us in the church promptly at 9:15 a.m.
PTO Mandatory Meeting
Our third general parent mandatory meeting is next Wednesday, January 12. The meeting starts at 7:30 p.m. in the parish hall.

Parent Updates Up-dates for parent obligations will be given by the end of January. Up-dates will include parent service hours, parish fiesta hours, PTO mandatory meetings, raffle, and tuition & scrip up to the end of December will be included in the up-dates.

Pertussis Immunization RequirementEnclosed is a flyer from the State of California immunization requirements for students that are 10 years and older.

Teacher Luncheon We would like to thank Mrs. Hogan, Mrs. Garcia and all the 5th grade parents for providing the wonderful Mexican lunch. The teachers and staff enjoyed the lunch.

School BookkeeperJoin us in welcoming our new part-time school bookkeeper, Sister Loretta Hubl, BVM.
Sister Loretta will start this Wednesday, January 5. She will only work on Wednesdays.

Catholic Schools Week This year’s theme is “Catholic Schools: A+ For America,” which celebrates the fact that Catholic schools are an added value for our nation. Because of their traditionally high academic stands and high graduation rates, all supported by strong moral values, Catholic schools and their graduates make a significant contribution to American society.
We begin our Catholic School Week celebrations at the 9:00 a.m. Mass on Sunday, January 30.
Followed by entertainment after the 9:00 a.m. Mass.
Open House will start a12:00 Noon. Our Scholastic Book Fair will be open during the Open House.

Santa’s Workshop We would like to thank Mrs. Jose and her committee of parents that did a great job at the workshop. We extend a special thank
you to Mr. & Mrs. Duke for the donations to the event.

Discovering Our Faith Please join us for our fifth lecture on Discovering our Faith. The lecture will be on The Identity and Mission of the Holy Spirit and The Holy Spirit in History. The lecture will be held on Tuesday, January 11 in the parish hall from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m.

e-ScripSt. Dominic School will be participating in the January Edition of the 10% Goes Back to School promotion. This is an easy opportunity for us to earn thousands of dollars. It’s really simple but you have to know when to shop! We have a short video on our website that will explain everything. Go to stdominicla.us and
you will see an icon that says escrip. Click on that icon to view the video.
Our goal this year is $10,000. With your help, we can DO IT! We appreciate your eScrip participation and everything you do to help St. Dominic School.

Amazon Reward ProgramHelp us earn 15% rewards by shopping on Amazon. Visit our website at http://www.stdominicla.us/ and click on the Amazon school reward icon. By shopping on amazon.com you can help our school earn 15% on all purchases.

Center for the ArtDon’t forget to sign up for our Art & Dance Class. Our next classes start the week of February 7 to April 11, 2011.