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April 24, 2012

Yearbook

Order your yearbook now for $30.00! Starting Tuesday, May 1^st, the price of a yearbook will go up to $35.00.

We have only 31 yearbooks left to sell. Buy now before we sell out!

Casino Night

We encourage all parents to make an effort to join us for the Casino Night on Saturday, May 5.

Walk-a-Thon

All children will receive a free Walk-a-Thon

t-shirt. The school office will order your child a t-shirt. Please call the school office if you want to change your child’s t-shirt size.

All children who attend the walk-a-thon will receive a free lunch on Saturday, May 19. Pre-order lunches will be taken in the school office.

Walk-a-Thon Meeting

The Walk-a-Thon committee will meeting this Wednesday, April 25 at 6:30 p.m. in the school library. All school parents are invited to attend.

Service Hour Update

Parent updates for service hours, fiesta hours, mandatory fundraisers (raffle, casino night, and Walk-a-Thon), PTO meetings, graduation fees, and tuition will go home in the family envelope on Tuesday, May 22.

All eighth grade families must clear all obligations by Thursday, May 31.

Graduation gowns will be given after all accounts are cleared.

 

School Choir

Thank you for singing so well on Easter Sunday!

Our Knotts Berry Farm choir “field trip” is on Tuesday, June 12. We will need chaperones.  

Choir rehearsals will start again next week on Tuesday, May 1 and Thursday, May 3. We are waiting for the music paperwork to arrive.

Talent Show

Our talent show date has been changed to Thursday, May 24 at 6:00 p.m. 

St. Dominic Parish School Annual Talent Show

Important Dates:

Wednesday, April 25: Sign up in classroom Thursday, April 26: First round of tryouts for students who have already begun practicing.  Wednesday/Thursday, May 2/May 3:

First Round of Tryouts!

Wednesday/Thursday, May 9/May 10: Final Tryouts!

* Talent Show: Thursday, May 24 at 6:00 pm

Preschool Registration

We are now reserving seats for next school year preschool. Registration fees are $25 plus $250 education fee. A non-refundable deposit of $100 is due by May 25^th.

We will be opening two additional classrooms starting on August 13^th, 2012. The three year olds will stay in the northwest classrooms and the four year olds will be in the southwest classrooms.

Each section will have a teacher and an aide.

Food for Family Thought

Prayer changes things. It may not automatically change the circumstances I am struggling with, but it does change me. It makes me more willing to seek the will of God and pursue it in my life. When that happens, I find that what really needed to change were not my circumstances, but myself.

If you could change the ending to any movie you’ve ever seen, what movie would it be and how would you change the ending?

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.

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April 17, 2012

Discovering Our Faith

Join us tonight for our lecture on Meditation and Contemplative Prayer.  Fr. Michael request that we read CCC 2700-2719 in our Catechism of the Catholic Church.  Our meeting will be held in the Religious Education classroom, beginning at 7:30 p.m.

Tuition

Tuition rates for the coming 2012-2013 school year are the following:

One child $4,441.12 + $200 scrip =$4641.12

Two children $6,432.24 + $200 scrip =$6,632.34

Three children $8,809.55 + $200 scrip =$9,009.55

These tuition fees include a physical education and music teacher.

                                   

Registration Fees

We are now reserving seats for next school year.  Registration fees are $350 for each child. A non-refundable deposit of $100.00 is due by Mon., April 30^th.

Please return the enclosed fee information form ASAP.

Preschool Tuition and Registration

2012-2013

Registration Fee: $25.00 per student

Education Fee: $250.00 per student

Monthly Tuition Options

Full Day Monday-Friday $400.00

Half Day Monday-Friday $343.00

Full Day M/W/F $250.00

Half Day M/W/F $220.00

Full Day T/Th $200.00

Half Day T/Th $160.00

New Student Testing

Saturday testing is now over. Testing for kinder and students in 1st-8th grades is after school from 3:30 to 4:30 by appointment.

Casino Night

We encourage all parents to make an effort to join us for the Casino Night on Saturday, May 5. We have additional form to RSVP.

Your tickets are mandatory so come out and enjoy a fun filled night with your St. Dominic Parish School Family.

The mandatory $75 Casino Night fee for preschool families is now due.

Walk-a-Thon Drawing Contest

Congratulations to 8^th grader Kaitlyn Quitiquit. Her winning drawing will be printed on the Walk-a-Thon t-shirt. Thank you to all the students who entered the contest – there were many great designs.

Walk-a-Thon Donations

If you or a family member owns a business, please consider advertising your business name on the back of our Walk-a-Thon t-shirt.

Advertisement forms are available in the school office or call Mr. Ponce at (323) 630-9324.

Family Day

Tickets have arrived for the Family Dodger Day!

Tickets will be sent home on Wednesday or Thursday with the children. We look forward to having a great time!

Easter Egg Relay

A fun time was had by all at the Easter Egg Relay Race just before vacation. A "Thank You" to Room Parents for providing treats, parents who helped out, and the Marketing Team for organizing this event.  Everyone enjoyed themselves, especially the kids!

St. Dominic Mascot & Logo

Our school has won a valuable grant from the Taproot Foundation, an organization which specializes in marketing, design, and visual branding. Taproot is helping us create a school logo, mascot, and tagline using consistent design and color. When this project is complete, we will have a stock of professional print-ready files for our uniforms, sports team uniforms, etc.

Taproot will also provide the school with analysis about our school, community, and neighboring schools. This project will take about 6 months to complete and we will communicate on this exciting project regularly.

Thank you to the parents and teachers who have been interviewed by Taproot.

Food for Family Thought

I recall how long it took to learn how to hit a baseball. As he pitched ball after ball my way, my father would chant, “Keep your eye on the ball.” But fear had me closing my eyes and swinging blindly. In your life, what does fear prevent you from seeing?

When you consider our amazing and complex earth, in what particular aspect of it do you find it easiest to “see” God?

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:

• 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.
• has a solid foundation in the academic subjects and appreciation of the Arts.

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April 3, 2012

Have a Blessed, Joyful Easter!

Holy Thursday

Noon Dismissal

eScrip

We want to thank all the parents that shop at Vons and Super A Foods. Thank you, as always, for your participation. You have earned $1019.28 for St. Dominic School for the 2010-2011 school year.

Tuition

We want to thank the 42 families who completed the survey. Of the families that completed the survey, 81% of the families are satisfied with the current music program, 42.9% think it is highly effective, 35.7% think it is effective, and 88.1% are willing to pay an increase in tuition to keep our music program.

92% of the families are satisfied with our current physical education program, 66.7% say the program is highly effective, 26.2% effective and 92.7% are willing to pay an increase in tuition to keep our physical education program.

For the introduction of a foreign language 26.8% think it is highly important to introduce a foreign language to our program., 36.6% think it is important, 69.2% are willing to pay an increase in tuition for a foreign language, 30.8% are not willingly to pay an increase to introduce a foreign language. Of those families that want a foreign language, 66.7% are willing to fundraise for a foreign language and 33.3% are not willing to fundraise for the introduction of a foreign language. 57.5% are willing to pay for an after school foreign language program and 42.5% are not willing to pay for an after school language program.

We will include an update on tuition increase, P.E. and music decision in the family envelope for April 17. 

                                   

Walk-a-thon Meeting

Please join the walk-a-thon committee this Wednesday, April 4 at 6:30 p.m. in the library. All parents are welcome to attend. We ask the parents who attended the last meeting to join us again. The agenda will be the business donations, drawing contest for t-shirts and more.

Thank you! Mr. Ponce

Food for Family Thought

We parents greatly influence how our children define success. You may not be the fastest swimmer, best gymnast, most creative author, or most popular movie star, but you can always be the person God created you to be. In God’s eyes, that’s how you spell success.

If, for just one day, you could be the most talented in the world at something—just to experience what it’s like to be so incredibly skilled at it—what would you choose?

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.

A responsible and respectful person who:

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