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MARCH 4, 2015
Saint Philip the Apostle School
665 Elizabeth Street| San Francisco, CA 94114
P: 415.824.8467 | F: 415.282-0121 |
www.saintphilipschool.org
Principal’s Bulletin
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Events this Week & Important dates……….....1
Dear Parents, Guardians, and Friends,
We are 16 days from the Spring Auction. I know our
committees are all working feverishly for another successful event. If you haven’t purchased your tickets yet,
please do so at your earliest convenience. Be sure to see
the attachment to this newsletter for your all in one
Auction Guide.
Lent Liturgies, Almsgiving, BoxTops, ..……….2
Honor Roll, Financials Update, Safety………..3
Upcoming Events & Pastor’s Day .…….……….4
Art News, Yearbook Designers & Reminders.5
Science Fair, B-days, Auction tidbits……..…..5
Extra Curricular Activities & Birth News..…..6
Don’t forget to spring forward this Saturday night and
set your clocks forward one hour. Enjoy the extra hour
of sunlight in your days.
Have a great week everyone.
Mrs. Remy Everett
UPCOMING ACTIVITIES
March 5 March 6 March 6 March 7 March 9 -
8AM Thursday, Lenten Liturgy (K & 8 grades)
8AM Friday, Lenten Liturgy (3rd & 2nd grades)
1:15PM, Friday Second Quarter Honor Roll Ceremony
Set your clock forward one hour at bedtime for Daylight
Savings Time!
Scrip Orders
ADVANCE CALENDAR
PLANNING
March 9 March 13 March 20 March 21 March 23 March 23 March 27 March 29 -
Scrip Orders
Pastor’s Day, No school nor Ext. Care
First Day of Spring
Spring Auction
8th Grade Confirmation Retreat
Monday, Minimum Day 12:30
Q3 Report Cards
Palm Sunday
April 12 - Sacrament of Confirmation 10:30 a.m.
April 17 - First Communion Luncheon
April 19 - First Communion Date
April 20 - Only April Scrip order date
“For each petal on the
shamrock
This brings a wish your
way Good health, good luck,
and happiness
For today and every
day.
LENTEN SEASON
Our students are attending 8:00 AM Mass
during the Lenten Season on assigned days:
Below is the schedule for your quick reference:
Mon. 7th & 1st grades
Tues. 5th & 6th grades
Wed. 2nd & 4th grades
Thurs. 8th grade & K
Fri. 3rd & 2nd grades
Students should arrive at church at 7:50 am to ensure they are on time
~Author Unknown
Our Lenten Almsgiving
Once again this Lenten Season we ask you to consider making an almsgiving donation of toiletry items
such as: toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap bars, combs,
deodorant, shampoo/conditioner, socks, etc. (cough drops, disposable razors and gently used or new blankets are in particular great
need) for our brothers and sisters who are living on the streets and sleeping on
the pews of St. Boniface Church in the Tenderloin during the day.
Good News Awards
Items can be dropped off in the school lobby and in the church in front of
Mary's shrine. Receptacle are available at both locations.
“Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.”
The Gospel Value for
Galatians 6:2
February is: Friendship
Congratulations to the following students who were
recognized for practicing
Friendship on February 20.
Box Tops and Labels for Education
Don’t forget to keep clipping and saving those box top label.
We will have another collection date soon.
Brenda Dowd (Caitlin, 2)
Anders Ngin-Lindahl
- K
Liam Finnerty
-
1
Owen Morrison
-
2
Aidan Gilligan
-
3
Tuki Havaili
- 4
Alex Fisher
- 5
Marc Vasquez
- 6
Shawn Arnold Kraft
-
7
Alicia Corcuchia
-
8
James Wavro
2
(Science 7th)
[email protected]
WITH MUCH APPRECIATION
Last Saturday, February 28th, Luis and Lola Ortiz
drove Victoria down to La Casa de las Madres to drop
off 12 boxes (1,911 items). These items are welcome
indeed to the families being supported by Las Casa de
las Madres.
Thank you to all families who supported Victoria's service project and this wonderful program.
School Accounts
Update
A financial review of parents’ school accounts for the
first quarter has been completed. We have quite a
number of past due fees for
class arts/resource, Extended
Care, Festival Booth item
fees, Festival Raffle, Physical Ed, registration and tuition.
Second Quarter Honor Roll
Honor roll certificates will be given to the following students in recognition of their hard work in
attaining honor roll status:
Sixth Grade
Principal’s Award:
First Honors:
Noah Cross
Sydney Morgan
Second Honors:
As a reminder, the school is
dependent on these fees;
Seventh Grade
without them we fall short
Principal’s Award:
of meeting our goals.
Please send in payment this First Honors:
week to avoid a $25 late fee
to be assessed the following
Second Honors:
week.
Elise Agi
Rachel Carrasco
Grace Casserly
Fiona Clayton
Hayden Evans
Gavin Howarth
Emily Jones
Sally McCarthy
Liam McGrath
Ethan McMullan
Kaden Medina
Ali O’Dea
Grace O’Reilly
Joshua Puccinelli
Jack Ryan
Oscar Sullivan
Matteo Tevarotto
Naia Urruty
Isabel De Grandi
Timothy Mullins
Liam Clayton
Liam Herbert
Aladdin Wang
Valentina Courrege
Lorenzo Giamello
Timothy Powell
Avery Ulinskas
James Wavro
Eighth Grade
Safety & Accident
Protocol
All accidents must be reported within 72 hours to the
administration. An incident
report must be filed in order
for us to remain compliant
with Archdiocese policies.
These incident reports can
be obtained from Rio Stefanus at
Principal’s Award:
Aine Fullerton
First Honors:
Spencer Goldfein
Eric Hong
Tatiana Jimenez
Jessica Lewis
Nicolas McGee
Evan O”Reilly
Second Honors:
Devon Acosta
Ixchel Boivin
Jalina Colon
Jackson Evans
Ryan Gallagher
Madeline Howell
Taylor Martin
Finn McCarthy
Logan McLaughlin
Megan Mullins
Victoria Ortiz
Conall Pederson
Lauren Spencer
Rio.stefanus@saintphilippar Honor roll certificates will be given to the students on Friday, March
6th, 1:15 p.m. at Church.
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HOMEWORK 911
St. Philip’s Parent Network
Presents -
Upcoming Events
HOMEWORK 911
March 5, 2015
7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Science Room
Spend an hour and learn about the best way to work with
your child and support them in their homework.
Presentation will
include:
1. Tips on how to study for tests.
2. How to use the planner
3. How to organize the homework area.
4. Ways to promote time management.
Pastor’s Day
Father Tony has set a Pastor’s Day for Friday, March
13th. This m eans ther e w ill be no school, nor
Extended Care offered on this day.
We are still meeting the required days of school.
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Don’t
Forget to set
your clock
forward one
hour before
bedtime this
Saturday,
March 7th for
Daylight
Savings Time.
Calling All Art Enthusiasts!
St. Philips is forming a very informal School Arts task force to explore bringing an art program to the school next year. We need ideas and energy - and welcome anyone with an interest in providing
our kids with additional art experiences! FIRST step will be securing a grants that support art or fine arts programs. Come become
part of a super contribution to your child and others! We need anyone who would like to be a part!!
Please email Megan Powers @ [email protected] if you
are interested in hearing more...
IN-HOUSE YEARBOOK DESIGNERS!
Megan Mullins and Tatiana Jimenez won the 2015 yearbook cover design. We thank them for their participation and the efforts on the part of
many students who sent in their designs.
REMINDER
Please send in
your $$$
from candy
sales if not
done already.
Thank you.
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San Francisco Science Fair Awards
*Jessica Lewis: 1st Place (behavior al science)
"Gender Matters"
Finn McCarthy: Honor able Mention (BHS)
"Got Milk?"
Ryan Gallagher/Jack McBride: Honor able Mention (BHS) " Do You
Know Your Cup of Joe?"
Tatiana Jimenez: Honor able Mention (BHS) " Pr oblem Solver s"
*Jessica will move on to the Bay Area Science Fair
4th Year in a row that at least 1 St. Philip Student has received 1st place at
the SFSF
Kid-Sitting
Opportunity For
Auction Night:
For school families
with children 5 years
and up. A pair of 8th
graders will come to
Happy Birthday to the following
Students:
your house 5:3011:30pm to watch
your child(ren). In
March 3
Leah McGarr
Grade K
turn they will receive
March 4
Cillian O’Kelly
Grade K
service hours. This is
March 6
Jensen Bauer
Grade 1
free with gratuities
March 7
Jasmine Sanchez
Grade 5
welcomed in the
form of gift cards.
No cash please. Con-
2015 Spring Auction Guide
Auction Ticket Sales Incentive
Search no more.
Be sure to check the
Spring Auction
Guide attached to
this newsletter. The
attachment has all the information
links you need for purchasing, donating, sponsoring raffle tickets. Enjoy.
The class with
the highest
percentage
sales of auction tickets by March 11 will
get a pizza party post auction!
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tact Kelly Crispen
ASAP for details if
you would like to
sign up:
[email protected]
or 415.225.3373
We offer our heart-felt Congratulations to Art & Laura Oloresisimo
who have been doubly blessed with the birth of twin girls,
Simone & Sophia
Two miracles instead of one,
two little lives have just begun.
Summer Camp News
Kind regards,
Jennifer Atristain
Administrative Director
SPRING ECO-EXPLORERS
Students will explore the relationship between earth, plants and humans while
making terrariums, seed suitcases, rain machines, and more!
Wednesdays: Grades K-1
3:15 to 4:15 p.m. March 4 to May 6 $158/child
Thursdays: Grades 2-4
3:14 to 4:15 p.m. March 5 to May 7 $141/child
Registration Form attached. Checks are to be made payable
to Saint Philip School.
Saturdays, March 14th & April 18th from 10 am-12
pm, we will host a Summer Camp Meet & Greet. 2
hours of free activities for children. It's a great way to sample our camps, meet the teachers and tour our school. We
ask that families RSVP to [email protected]
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Extra Curricular Activities
Saturdays, March 14th & April 18th from 10 am-12 pm, we will
host a Summer Camp Meet & Greet. 2 hours of free activities for
children. It's a great way to sample our camps, meet the teachers
and tour our school. We ask that families RSVP
to [email protected]
Flyer attached to this newsletter too
At KMS we have a great program for athletes for ages 5-11. Our KMS Basketball/Baseball/
Soccer Sports Camps are all about being outside, enjoying the summer weather, exploring
new sports and enjoying old favorites. This year’s sports camps will have a special emphasis on Basketball, Baseball, Soccer and Volleyball. Our sports camps will include enhancing
basic sports skills at KMS as well as taking trips to nearby parks to put new skills into practice. The most important part of sports camp is to HAVE FUN!