Building
Confident Catholic Leaders Through Faith, Community,
and Education
April 23, 2013
Jeans Day
This coming Friday, April 26,
the students have an opportunity to wear jeans for $1.00. Any other accessories
will cost an additional $1.00 each.
Walk-a-Thon Meeting
There will be a Walk-a-Thon planning meeting this Thursday at 6:30 p.m.
in the school library. This is your last chance to earn service hours if
you are short of hours.
Walk-a-Thon
T-Shirt Design Winners
Congratulations to 8th graders John Durano and Gabriel Manabat
for winning the Walk-a-Thon
t-shirt design contest. There were many
great submissions this year. Thank you to all
the students who submitted designs.
We will take sizes for all students this week as we need to order the t-shirts
by this Wednesday. We will call each student to the school office and ask if
they would like to change their shirt size. If a student is absent or does not
know what size they want, we will use last year’s size. Please advise your child
if you want them to order a different size.
iPad Program!
We are so excited to announce
that with the funds raised by the Friday Pizza Lunches and the occasional parking
lot rentals, St. Dominic School
has been able to purchase 20 iPads!
The iPads will be in a rolling
cart to be used by the teachers.
This week, four teachers and
I will meet to establish an Electronic Communication and Usage policy. These
rules will be reviewed with the students and parents and students will be asked
to read, agree and sign in order to use the school iPads.
SchoolStore.com
St. Dominic will receive CASH
from over 200 of America’s
best online retail merchants by joining schoolstore.com.
Companies like Sears, Target, Kohl’s, Walmart, Walgreens, and Office Depot all
participate in schoolstore.com.
Each student will receive a
paper to “spread the news.” Students who participate have the chance to win
awesome prizes!
VIP Casino Winners
The 5th grade
class is the lucky winner of an ice cream party on Friday compliments of Mrs.
Duke.
The 8th grade
class is another lucky winner. They will receive a pizza party and may also
wear free dress this Friday. The party was a silent auction bid won by the 8th
grade parents.
Choicelunch
Choicelunch has provided lunch service for St. Dominic’s for 3 years. While pricing didn’t increase for the current school year,
pricing will increase for the 2013-2014 school year. Choicelunch will increase the lunches $0.10 (an increase of less than 2.5%).
The LunchMaster
The LunchMaster has approached our school to provide lunch service for the coming school year. The lunches and prices seem
to be similar to our current lunch service. Please visit www.thelunchmaster.combefore the May 15th mandatory PTO meeting.
LunchMaster is willing to provide samples for the parents. The staff has already sampled some the healthy lunches.
Wacky Week
The students look forward to this crazy, spirited week. Students are allowed to wear wacky socks with their school uniform on Tue.
April 23. On Wed. April 24, students may wear their uniforms backwards or inside out or. On Thu. April 25, students are allowed to
wear a crazy hair style or different colored hair (although their hair must be shampooed and back to its normal color by Friday).
School Choir
The Tuesday and Thursday 7:30
a.m. morning rehearsals will continue through Tuesday, May 14. Thursday
after-school rehearsal will continue through Thursday, May 9.
The School Choir will sing at
Pentecost Mass, on Saturday, May 18, at 5 p.m.
Choir Field Trip
The choir will have their
field trip on Friday, June 7. A survey asking parents’ preference of venue (Universal
Studios or Knott’s Berry Farm) will be sent out this week. Please return by this
form by Thu., April 25th so we can make a decision.
Schoolwide Learning Expectations
These are the Schoolwide Learning Expectations that students
are reviewing this week.
A student of St. Dominic
Parish School will be...
a responsible and respectful
person who:
·
appreciates and
values the diversity of all God’s people.
an active and involved
student who:
·
is a
self-motivated learner who demonstrates the skills and technological knowledge
to succeed.
·
builds a solid
foundation in the academic subjects and an appreciation of the arts.
·
communicates
effectively, thinks critically, and is a creative problem solver.
a committed Catholic who:
·
builds a firm
foundation in, knowledge of, and love of the Faith.