Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Principal's Corner


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Nov. 6, 2012

Cookie Dough
We want to thank the parents who participated in the cookie dough fundraiser. This is one of the most successful fundraisers of the school year.

We have some cookie dough that parents have not picked up. Please call the school office at 323-255-5803 as soon as possible to pick up the cookie dough. We have limited space in the refrigerator to store the cookie dough.

The following $14.00 tubs are available for sale: 4 oatmeal raisin, 4 Reese’s Peanut Butter, 3 Monster, 6 Peanut Butter, 3 M & M, 3 Lemon Drop, 5 White Chocolate Macadamia, 2 White Chocolate Oatmeal Cranberry, 2 Triple Chocolate and 2 Walnut Chocolate Chunk.

The following $16 pre-portioned boxes are available for sale: 3 Chocolate Chunk, 2 M & M, 4 Oatmeal Raisin, 5 Snicker Doodle, 1 Classic Sensation, 1 Walnut Chocolate Chunk, 4 White Chocolate Macadamia, and 4 White Chocolate Oatmeal Cranberry. Please call or stop by the office if you would like to purchase any of these extra tubs.


Mandatory PTO Meeting
The first mandatory preschool meeting on Nov. 14 starts at 6:00 pm. in the Parish Hall.
The mandatory PTO meeting on the same evening starts promptly at 7:30 p.m. in the Parish Hall. We look forward to seeing all parents at the first mandatory meeting.

First Trimester
The first trimester end on Friday, November 16.

Conferences for the first trimester will be held on Thursday, November 29 and Friday, November 30. Parents, including preschooler parents, will have an opportunity to meet with the teacher to discuss grades, behavior, and effort.

Both Nov. 29 and Nov. 30 are noon dismissal for all students, including preschoolers.

School Raffle
Our first mandatory fundraiser for this school year is the school raffle (not to be confused with the parish carnival raffle that occurred last week-end).

Every family is responsible for $75.00 worth of raffle tickets. The raffle sale begins on Monday, November 19 and ends on Friday, Dec. 7.

Raffle tickets will be sent home on Friday, November 16.

Marketing
On Friday, October 26, the SDS Marketing Team hosted approx. 100 preschoolers from Pathways, Lutheran International, and our very own St. Dominic School preschoolers at the annual Halloween mini-carnival.  Fathers Peter and Jerome also joined us on this fun day.  A good time was had by all while the children did arts and crafts, freeze dancing, played Pin the Nose on the Witch, enjoyed Halloween stories, and participated in the many carnival games provided by our school.  Everyone left with a goody bag and was invited to return for the Parish Fiesta.  We express a big THANK YOU to all the volunteers who also helped out with this event.  This is an ongoing effort by the Marketing Team to invite young children to come and visit our school and build a relationship with these preschool centers.  We invite everyone to put in a good word to your friends and family that St. Dominic School is a wonderful place for learning!

Teacher Luncheon
On Thursday, Oct. 25 the eighth grade parents expressed their appreciation to the teachers and staff by providing a luncheon from Dave’s Chillin and Grillin.

We want to thank Mrs. Rowena De Leon and all the eighth grade parents for stepping up to organize the lunch for the teachers, school staff, and parish staff.

8th Grade High School Visits    
Representatives from several local Catholic high schools have visited with the 8th graders.  The following high schools have visited or will visit this month: Tuesday, 11/6 @ 11:00 Pat Henry from La Salle, and Friday 11/9 @ 11:00 Andy Edwards from Bellarmine-Jefferson.
Schoolwide Learning Expectations
These are the Schoolwide Learning Expectations students are expected to review this week.
A student of St. Dominic Parish School will be...
a responsible and respectful person who:
·          understands his/her innate value and the 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/her words and actions.
·          appreciates and values the diversity of all God’s people.