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Nov. 29, 2011                                    

Picture Make-up

We will have our make-up picture day this Thursday, December 1 at 8:30 a.m.

Students are to wear their complete uniform for picture day.

Conferences

Parent teacher conferences will be held this Thursday Dec. 1 and Friday Dec. 2. We have 12:30 dismissal for both days. Parents have a 20 minute session for grades K-7 and a 15 minute session for 8^th grade.

On Thursday, Dec. 1, conferences begin at 1:30 and end at 7:30 p.m. On Friday, Dec. 2, conferences begin at 1:30 and end at 4:30 p.m.

Thursday, December 1 and

Friday, December 2

12:30

                        Dismissal

Choicelunch

We will not have lunch at school this Thursday, Dec. 1 and Friday, Dec. 2.  

Mandatory Raffle

Our raffle drawing will take place after Morning Prayer this Friday, Dec. 2.

All raffle stubs and money needs to be tuned to the school office by Thursday, Dec. 1.

Adopt-a-Family

Help others this Advent season! For the next two weeks we are collecting canned and dried foods, as well as toiletries such as toothpaste, toothbrushes, body wash, and diapers, for families who live on Skid Row. Please no glass jars.

See’s Candy Fundraising

 See’s Candy order forms were due in the school office by today Tuesday, November 29.

Orders will be delivered to the students by Monday, Dec. 5.

Christmas Program

Save the date of Dec. 14! Student performances will be at 1:00 and 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 14.

Schoolwide Learning Expectations

These are the Schoolwide Learning Expectations students are expected to review this week.

A graduate of St. Dominic Parish School will be…

A responsible and involved person who:

• understands his or her innate value and value of others as beloved children of God.
• 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 the diversity of all God’s people.

An active and involved student who:

• is a self-motivated, lifelong learner who has the skills and technological knowledge to succeed.

Food for Family Thought

In running a business, you need to stay focused on your basic purpose. Imagine for a moment that raising your child is your “family business.” Take a minute to describe the main purpose of this enterprise. What is the most important step you can take today to ensure success?

If you could start your own business tomorrow, what would it be?

Cookie Dough $10.00 Sale

The following cookie tubs and boxes are on sale for $10.00.
Tubs: 2-Triple Chocolate, 4-Cookie Dough Bites, 4-Peanut Butter, 1-Walnut Chocolate Chunk, 8-Chocolate Chunk, 4-Resse’s Peanut Butter, 1-Sugar.

Boxes: 3-Sugar, 2-Oatmean Raisin, 4-Chocolate Chunk, 1-Snickerdoodle, 3-M & M, 4-Walnut Chocolate Chunk, and 5-Classic Sensation (Chocolate Chunk/White Macadamia).

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Nov. 22, 2011                                    

St. Dominic faculty and staff wishes you a Happy Thanksgivings!

Wednesday, November 23

Noon Dismissal

Daycare Closed

Friday, Nov. 25

Picture Make-up

We will have our picture make-up day on Thursday, December 1. Please wear your complete uniform for picture day.

Teacher Luncheon

We want to thank our fifth grade parents for providing a wonderful pasta lunch for the faculty and staff of our school and parish.

Choicelunch

The month of December is an opportunity for fourth grade parents to earn lunch credit. If you are interested in assisting with lunch please call the school office ASAP at 323-255-5803.

Parents must have attended Virtus training and be fingerprinted to assist with lunch.

Conferences

Parent teacher conferences will be held on Thursday Dec. 1 and Friday Dec. 2. We have 12:30 dismissal for both days. Parents have a 20 minute session for grades K-7 and a 15 session for 8^th grade.

On Thursday, Dec. 1, conferences begin at 1:30 and end at 7:30 p.m. On Friday, Dec. 2, conferences begin at 1:30 and end at 4:30 p.m.

Sign-up sheets times will be posted by teachers on Wednesday morning Nov. 23.

No Lunch

Thursday Dec. 1 & Friday Dec. 2

See’s Candy Fundraising

 See’s Candy order forms are due in the school office by Tuesday, November 29.

Orders will be delivered to the students by Monday, Dec. 5.

Santa’s Workshop

Mr. & Mrs. Jose, the chairpersons, will contact you if you signed up for this event.  Parents that are interested in earning service hours for this event and did not sign up will need to contact Mrs. Jose.

Parents need to be Virtus trained and have been fingerprinted.

Christmas Program

Save the date of Dec. 14! Student performances will be at 1:00 and 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 14.

Food for Family Thought

Make a point of arranging special one-on-one time every month with your child. Create what author Matthew Kelly calls “carefree timelessness,” where just the two of you can talk, laugh, be together, and make memories that last a lifetime.

If you were in charge of creating a brand-new park for your town or city, what would the park feature and what could you do to make it truly different from any other park you’ve seen?

Schoolwide Learning Expectations

These are the Schoolwide Learning Expectations students are expected to review this week.

A graduate of St. Dominic Parish School will be…

A committed Catholic who:

• 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.

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Nov. 15, 2011                                    

School Raffle

Your school raffle letter and raffle tickets were sent home yesterday.  The raffle sale begins on Monday, Nov. 14 and ends Friday, Dec. 2.

This is your first mandatory fundraiser.

Marie Callender’s Family Night

Join us tonight for our first Marie Callender’s Family Night in Glendale from 4 pm to 9 pm.  

Please invite your family, friends, and neighbors to our family night.

Mandatory PTO Meeting

Our second mandatory PTO meeting is tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. in the Parish Hall.

Scrip

Need to buy your scrip for the holidays? Our PTO is selling scrip on Sunday Nov. 20. They will be selling after the 7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m., 10:45 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. Masses.

Please call Eva Matas @ 323-336-2186 if you want to earn service hours and would like to help out on Sunday, Nov. 20.

Discovering Our Faith

Join us tonight at 7:30 for a lecture on Discovering our Faith with Fr. Michael.

The lecture will cover the seven major virtues, the seven major vices, and mortal and venial sin. You are asked to read paragraphs 1803 through 1876 in Catechism of the Catholic Church before coming to the lecture and discussion.

Jeans Day

Friday, November 18 is jeans day. Students may wear jean for $1.00. Additional accessories are $1.00.

Food for Family Thought

Odds are you learned about right and wrong through life rather than lectures. Seek out experiential opportunities that convey your values to your child—by helping others together, by watching how you talk about those who are less fortunate, by treating all people you encounter with respect.

In your opinion, what is the most important thing your kids have taught you to this point?

Cookie Dough Sale

Need cookie for your holiday celebrations?

We have $2.00 off each tub and box.

The following cookie tubs are available for Sale: $12.00: White Oatmeal (1), Sugar (2), Monster (1), Reeses Peanut Butter (4), Chocolate Chuck (10) Peanut Butter (4), and Triple Chocolate (2), White Chocolate Oatmeal Cranberry (1), Walnut Chocolate Chunk (1), and Cookie Dough Bites (4).

Proportioned Boxes for $14.00 are available:

Sugar (3), Oatmeal Raisin (3), White Chocolate Macadamia (5), Walnut Chocolate Chunk (4), Snicker Doodle (1), M & M Candies (3), Sugar

 (3), Chocolate Chunk (4), Classic Sensation (5).

Noon Dismissal

November 23

Schoolwide Learning Expectations

These are the Schoolwide Learning Expectations students are expected to review this week.

A graduate of St. Dominic Parish School will be…

A responsible and respectful person who:

• appreciates the diversity of all God’s people.

An active and involved student who:

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

A committed Catholic who:

• has a firm foundation in, knowledge of, and love of the Faith.

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Nov. 8, 2011                          

School Raffle

Your school raffle letter and raffle tickets will be sent home on Monday, Nov. 14. The raffle sale begins on Monday, Nov. 14 and ends Friday, Dec. 2.

This is your first mandatory fundraiser.

Marie Callender’s Family Night

Join us for our first Marie Callender’s Family Night in Glendale on Tue. Nov. 15 from 4 pm to 9 pm.  Please invite your family, friends, and neighbors to our family night.

Mandatory PTO Meeting

Our second mandatory PTO meeting is next Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 7:30 p.m. in the Parish Hall.

Cookie Dough Sale

Need cookie for your holiday celebrations?

We have $2.00 off each tub and box.

The following cookie tubs are available for Sale: $12.00: White Oatmeal (1), Sugar (2), Monster (1), Reeses Peanut Butter (4), Chocolate Chuck (10) Peanut Butter (4), and Triple Chocolate (2), White Chocolate Oatmeal Cranberry (1), Walnut Chocolate Chunk (1), and Cookie Dough Bites (4).

Proportioned Boxes for $14.00 are available:

Sugar (3), Oatmeal Raisin (3), White Chocolate Macadamia (5), Walnut Chocolate Chunk (4), Snicker Doodle (1), M & M Candies (3), Sugar

 (3), Chocolate Chunk (4), Classic Sensation (5).

Scrip

Need to buy your scrip for the holidays? Our PTO is selling scrip on Sunday Nov. 20. They will be selling after the 7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m., 10:45 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. Masses.

Please call Eva Matas @ 323-336-2186 if you want to earn service hours and would like to help out on Sunday, Nov. 20.

Discovering Our Faith

Join us for a lecture on Discovering our Faith with Fr. Michael on Tues. Nov. 15.

The lecture will cover the seven major virtues, the seven major vices, and mortal and venial sin. You are asked to read paragraphs 1803 through 1876 in Catechism of the Catholic Church before coming to the lecture and discussion.

Schoolwide Learning Expectations

These are the Schoolwide Learning Expectations students are expected to review this week.

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.
• 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 though his or her words and actions.

Food for Family Thought

Quickly make a spiritual timeline that lists the moments and events in your life that had the most impact on your spiritual beliefs. Review the highs and the lows, and list the top three most influential events. Reflect on what God was trying to tell you in these moments.

If you could travel back in time to live through any one year or event in American history, which year or event would you want to experience?

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Nov. 1, 2011                          

Picture Day

Earn service hours for Picture Day!

We need two parents to volunteer tomorrow morning from 8:00 a.m. to noon.

Parents need to be finger printed and have attended a Virtus session to volunteer.

Students should wear their white collared shirts and bring their green St. Dominic crew neck sweatshirt.

First Friday Mass

Join us for our Friday Mass on Nov. 4 at 9:00 a.m. in Church.

Our sixth grade class will host this Mass.

Students should wear their long uniform pants or their skirts/jumpers to Mass.

Students are encouraged to bring a donation for the collection.

Parish Fiesta

Each school family is required to work a minimum of 5 hours for the parish fiesta. Parents can only be given a maximum of 10 hours for service.

Parents may work at the fiesta without having completed the Virtus session or fingerprinting.

Our parish fiesta is the weekend of Fri. Nov. 4^th, Sat. Nov. 5^th, & Sun. Nov. 6^th!

Please donate to our dessert booth. You will receive service hour credit for donating to the dessert booth. The dessert donation does not count toward the required 5 service hours required to work at the fiesta.

Parking Lot

The carnival rides will be arriving soon and setting up in the parking lot.

Starting Monday, October 31 the parking lot will not be available for parking.

Halloween Carnival

Thank you to all the parents who participated in making the event fun for the kids and adults, from selling raffle tickets after school, and  those who donated items.

Thank you to the Halloween Carnival Committee and those who showed up extra early on Friday to set up…Margarita Bass, Irene Tolentino, Emeline Cabagnot, Jasmin Tolentino, Dean Cala, Laura Herrera, Hector Martinez, Annette Manning, Marcos Lujan, John Alarcon, Josh Dauz, Alex Perez, Ralph Ramirez, Rob Tarpey, Jose Galvez and Richard Matas. This was the quickest and smoothest set-up ever! Thank you!

Fresh & Easy

Please continue to save your Fresh & Easy receipts up to Dec. 31, 2011.

Send your receipts for $20.00 or more to the school office ASAP.

Sports Schedule

Our “B” girls’ volleyball team plays against St. Bede on Thurs. Nov. 3.

Academic Decathlon

This Friday, Nov. 4 is the deadline to pay the dues to join the 100 plus Catholic schools participating in the Academic Decathlon.

We have coaches for algebra, religion, science and logic.

We need parent coaches for literature, English, social studies and current events.

Study sessions can be held on week-ends or evenings.

If you are interested in earning service hours and being part of this great experience please call the school ASAP.

Cookie Dough Sale

The following cookie tubs are available for Sale:

$14.00: White Oatmeal (1), Sugar (2), Monster (1), Reeses Peanut Butter (2), Walnut Chocolate Chunk (1), Peanut Butter (5), Oatmeal Raisin (2), and Triple Chocolate (2).

Proportioned Boxes for $16.00 are available:

Oatmeal Raison (2), White Chocolate Macadamia (1), Walnut Chocolate Chunk (4), Snicker Doodle (1), M & M Candies (4), Sugar

 ( 3), Chocolate Chunk (4), Classic Sensation (5).

Schoolwide Learning Expectations

These are the Schoolwide Learning Expectations students are expected to review this week.

A graduate of St. Dominic Parish School will be…

An active and involved student who:

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

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.

Food for Family Thought

One of the most powerful ways to nurture a living faith in your child is to adorn your home with objects that represent your faith---a cross, a family Bible, a statue, a prayer. These objects speak to your child around the clock of the faith that sustains us in this lifetime.

If you had to wear an object around your neck at all times, something that would be attached to a thin chain or string, what would it be? (Don’t choose something too heavy---you have to wear it all the time!