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.

                                                           

February 1, 2011                                                                                 www.stdominicla.us 

Catholic Schools Week Mass

Congratulations on our Celebration!

We are proud of our student council and choir, they were great at Mass. We want to thank students, parents and teachers for attending our Catholic Schools Week Mass.

Choir and teacher performances were enjoyed by parents and students.

Open House was well attended. We thank our teachers and students for their great work during Open House.

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Book Fair sold over $1600.00 in books in about two hours during Open House.

We want to thank the parents that assisted during the celebration.

Marketing Team

We want to thank Mrs. Santoro, Mrs. Alpuerto, Mrs. Francine Oliver and Mrs. Domingo for all their great work on our 85^th anniversary celebration.

Thank you Mr. Lanza for donating 85^th anniversary pencils (2000 pencils for marketing the school).

Our food and dance for our 85^th Celebration were paid by a school parent who wants to be anonymous. We want to express our appreciation.

Thank you Mrs. Noemi Garcia, Mrs. Coco Marino and Mrs. Regina Martinez for helping promote our school by serving as parent tour guides during Open House. You were great!

IN-N-OUT Family Day

In-N-Out Lunch will begin at 11:30 a.m. starting with the lower grade students.  

Casino Night Aiming for the Stars

Your invitation for the Casino Night was in the family envelope last week.  School parents have an obligation to purchase the $75.00. Please confirm if you are attending by February 18^th.

Registration

It’s time for current families with incoming kinder or new students to pick up their applicant for next school year. We need to schedule testing time.

Testing fees are $75.00 for new students.

Applications for Tuition Assistance

Catholic Education Foundation applications are available in the school office. This year’s current and completed income tax return or last year’s completed income tax returns plus this year’s W-2s are needed to complete your application. If a family has not worked anytime during the last 12 months, they must provide the school with a formal

and legal notice/action of layoff status, disability, social security benefits, unemployment benefits, and or welfare benefits and court order of legal separation/divorce for spousal or child support.

Applications are due on Friday, February 25 at 8:00 a.m.  Any incomplete application will not be processed. If you have questions please call the school office.

Catholic Elementary Schools Move to 200-Day School

A letter from our superintendent, Kevin Baxter was given out last Thursday to all school families. The letter explained our Catholic elementary schools moving to a 200 day calendar school year for 2011-2012 or the following school year.

The benefits for students are clear-more time in a quality school setting equal greater academic success. The calendar school year would start by August 16 and school must conclude by June 30. An approximate 10% increase in instructional time will result in a 10% increase in salaries for staff, as well as an anticipated increase in tuition cost.

Enclosed is a survey for your input. Please complete the survey by Friday, February 4. Your input is important for planning our school year. Thank you in advance for your support and understanding.

School Choir

No choir this week. All choirs will begin again NEXT WEEK. Easter music has not arrived yet.

Congratulations on Sunday Mass and Open House song.