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August 30, 2011                                

Choicelunch 

Parents with children in seventh grade it’s your turn to volunteer for lunch. If you are interested in volunteering for lunch credit please call the school ASAP.

Parents need to be fingerprinted and attend the Virtus session before volunteering to serve hot lunch for the children.    

Mandatory Virtus Session

We have a mandatory 3 hour parent meeting for Virtus training on Wed. Oct. 12. The session will start promptly at 6 and end at 9:00 p.m.

Parents that have attended the 3 hour session for Virtus training are not required to attend.

We need your certificate of training in our school office ASAP.

Painting the St. Dominic Lettering

We appreciate the beautiful work Mr. Fernando Martinez and Mr. Dionisio Mendoza accomplished painting the St. Dominic letters in front of our school.

GREAT JOB!

Emergency and Medication Forms

We are missing many emergency and medication forms in the school office.

Please return these important forms ASAP.

Event Sign-ups

We want to thank parents for signing up to volunteer or chair the following events:

Hospitality, Halloween Carnival, Santa’s Workshop, Book Fair, Casino/Dinner Night, Daughter/Family Day, Son/Family Day, and Walk-a-thon.

We have our room parents for kinder, first, third, fourth, sixth, and eighth grades. We are in need of second, fifth and seventh grade room parents. If you were a room parent last year we ask that you wait to sign up until parents that have been waiting for an opportunity to serve as room parents sign-up.

Schoolwide Learning Expectations

These are our Schoolwide Learning Expectations that students are expected to review for this week.

A graduate of St. Dominic Parish School is an active and involved student who:

• Communicates effectively, thinks critically, and is a creative problem solver.

A graduate of St. Dominic Parish School will be a committed Catholic who:

• has a firm foundation in, knowledge of, and love of the Faith.
• actively participates in the Mass, sacraments and traditions of the Church.
• is a truthful and respectful person who tries to be like Jesus.
• willingly shares his or her gifts to serve others in the Church and global community.

Daycare

Daycare hours from Monday to Friday are 6:30 to 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 to 6:30 p.m.

Our Daycare phone number is 323-255-9360.

Our office door will be unlocked from 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. for students and parents that drop off and pick up students in day care.

Parents will sign in and sign out their child/ren on a daily basis for safety precautions.

Our school office hours are 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday to Friday.

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August 23, 2011                                

Back to School Night

Our Back to School Night for kinder to

fourth grade is this Wednesday, Aug. 24.

The meeting will start promptly

at 7:30 p.m. in the Parish Hall.

Back to School Night for fifth to eighth grade is this Thursday, Aug. 25. The meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the school lunch area.

Uniform Exchange & Sale

Bring your out

grown uniforms and

exchange them for a larger size on Back to

School Night. Our gray sweatshirts and gray

P.E. t-shirts will be sold.

Future Uniform Exchange & Sale

Thursday, Sept. 15: 3:00-3:30 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 20: 3:00-3:30 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 31 during the Halloween

Carnival

      

Library

We appreciate all the work that Mrs. Cecilia Gamboa and Mrs. Tulika Aich accomplished in our library. The library is now bright and clean.  They checked in library books, placed books on correct shelves, cleaned the shelves, and cleaned our computers.

A special thanks to Mrs. Cabagnot for assisting with the clean-up in the library. GREAT JOB! GREAT JOB!

Painting the front of the School

We appreciate the beautiful work Mr. Fernando Martinez accomplished on the front of our school. He cleaned our windows, removed the old window screens, sealed windows and painted. A special thanks to Mr. Ponce and Mr. Perez for assisting with the final paint job.

Preschool Gate

We want to thank Mr. Miguel Rodriguez for

the black gates that he donated and

had installed in the preschool area.

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Parent Handbooks

Annually we have questions on uniforms and dress code, homework, extra curricular participation and party invitations. Please read your parent handbook carefully and review the handbook with your child. Please return the signed acceptance of the handbook form to the school office.

Sample forms that parents will need to become familiar with are:

Appendix A: Conduct for student volunteers

Appendix B: Non-commercial use of student image, voice, or work

Appendix C: Field Trip

Appendix D: Medication Form

Schoolwide Learning Expectations

These are our Schoolwide Learning Expectations that students are expected to review for this week.

A graduate of St. Dominic Parish School is a responsible and respectful person who:

• is self-confident and self-motivated and has the inner strength to make moral, compassionate, and healthy choices.
• is prepared to make a positive difference in the world through his or her words and actions
• appreciates and values the diversity of all God’s people.
• is a self-motivated, lifelong learner who has the skills and technological knowledge to succeed.
• has a solid foundation in the academic subjects and appreciation of the Arts.

Math Tutor

Need a Math Tutor? Tutoring is available on Saturdays in Eagle Rock Public Library between the hours of 10:00 to 5:00 p.m. Please call Joseph Carreon, alumni, at 323-259-9454 if you are interested and want to make an appointment to receive math tutoring.

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                                                                                                       August 16, 2011                                                                                        

Welcome Back to School

It was wonderful to have so many parents during our morning prayer. We want to thank you for joining us during coffee and catching up with all the summer activities.

Medical Forms  

We have new medication authorization and permission forms. We need physician’s authorization for your student to take medication during school hours. Please ask for the medication form in the school office.

Emergency-Earthquake-Disaster Information Form

Students are to return this form ASAP. We use this form on a daily basis to serve your child and contact parents. Please complete the front and back of the card. The card needs to be signed.

Mass

Please join us for our first student body Mass this Friday, August 19 at 9:00 a.m. Student Council will host Mass.

Teachers for 2011-2012 School Year

Kinder: Mrs. Butler

First: Ms. Thornton

Second: Ms. Wiese

Third: Miss Heintz

Fourth: Ms. Craughwell

Fifth: Mrs. Marte

Sixth: Sister Jane

Seventh: Mrs. Nabavi

Eighth: Mrs. Hunt

ChoiceLunch

Our choice lunch program begins Monday, August 22.

Please visit choicelunch.com  to create an account and register to order lunch for your student. The registration code is DOMINIC.

Our eighth grade parents have the opportunity to volunteer and earn lunch credit for their child. Call the school office ASAP if you are interested. We only need one parent volunteer for lunch so the first parent to call will have the opportunity to work. You will start at 11:30 and end at 12:30.

You must be fingerprinted and attend the Virtus session before you volunteer for the lunch program.  

School Uniform

Physical Education days are Tuesday and Thursday.

Please have your child wear the white t-shirt from Dennis Uniform, gray t-shirt purchased from PTO or white t-shirt received during our walk-a-thon event with their shorts or sweat pants. Students may wear their Dennis shorts or sweat pants only. Students are not to wear their basketball shorts or academic decathlon t-shirt on P.E. days.  

Students may only wear their green crew neck sweatshirt purchased from Dennis Uniform or the gray sweatshirt purchased from PTO with their school uniform. 

Uniform Exchange

Mrs. Stephanie Galarion is our uniform chairperson this school year.

Uniform exchange and sales are only available on the dates that she is available.

Schoolwide Learning Expectations

These are our Schoolwide Learning Expectations that students are expected to review for this week.

A graduate of St. Dominic Parish School is a committed Catholic who:

• has a firm foundation in, knowledge of and love of the Faith.
• actively participates in the Mass, sacraments and traditions of the Church.
• is a truthful and respectful person who tries to be like Jesus.
• willingly shares his or her gifts to serve others in the Church and global community.

A graduate of St. Dominic Parish School will be a responsible and respectful person who:

• understands his or her innate value and value of others as beloved children of God.