| PRINCIPAL'S
LETTER
1 February 2012
Dear Parents and Guardians:
PRAYERS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Prayers:
Please pray for Edward Muller, father of Ms. Carol Muller, our science and P.E. teacher, who is under medical care. Please pray for the family of Jim and Amy Cecil (Katie, 7 and 09 graduate Kevin), on the sudden passing of Jim's brother Tony this week. Special blessings to all our grandparents and specials persons as we honor them this week.
Acknowledgments:
Thank you for supporting our annual chocolate sale which started yesterday and ends February 16. Thank you to coordinator Mrs. Leta Labson (Ethan, 6th & Rylee, 3rd) and parent volunteer Kris Cruz (Alyanna, K) for helping distribute the candy on Tuesday. Thank for the efforts of faculty members Ms Irma Pacheco and Ms Carol Muller for overseeing our fine arts performance and to all the student performers.
FROM THE SCHOOL OFFICE
Grandparents' and Special Person's Day, Thursday, February 2 Schedule
- 8:15am: Go to Classrooms
- 9:00am: Reception in Parish Center (Coffee @ Pastries)
- 9:30am: Sit for performances
- 9:45am: Performance Commences
- 11:15: am Walk to Church
- 11:30: Mass
- 12:35: Dismissal
Grandparents' Day is a minimum day and dismissal is at 12:35. Extended Care will be open. If you plan to send your child to extended care make sure you send them their lunch.
No School on Friday, February 3.
This is a professional development day for our faculty and staff. However, the school office will be open from 9:00am to 2:00pm.
Room Parent Meeting
The next room parent meeting is scheduled for next Wednesday, February 8 at 6:30 pm in the Library.
School Directories
If you have not already, please pick up your family directory in the school office.
Annual Candy Sale
Our annual candy sale will run from January 31 to February 16. Our school receives 50% of all sales. This fundraiser supports our operating budget, helps pay our bills, and keeps tuition down. However, as a further incentive any money raised over $7,000. will go directly into our textbook purchases of new reading books for our middle and upper grades. This follows our K-3 new reading book purchase last year. Your active support is appreciated. An information flyer is included in today's communication. There will be a student assembly on Tuesday, January 31 with one case of candy going home with each families oldest child. For families choosing to buy out: The case of chocolate that you received plus a $30.00 check (to St. Dunstan School) must be returned no later than Wednesday, February 1. Class and individual sales incentives will be extended to students. Mrs. Leta Labson will be coordinating this fundraiser.
Advisory Board Openings
We have following openings on the Advisory Board for the 2012-2013 school year: Communications, Fundraising (2x), and Safety/Maintenance. We hope to have the job descriptions posted in our communication today, or by the end of the week. Please consider applying for the Advisory Board. Letters of interest are to be addressed to Fr. Casey and to the principal.
Kiss the Frog
Save the date: March 16. Bring in coins to vote for your favorite teacher. The teacher with the highest total will have to kiss the frog. This is sponsored by the St. Dunstan School Student Council. Dr. Colville and Mr. Abrams have been added to the kiss the frog list along with teachers.
Lobster Feed Update
At press time we are working on reservations forms, raffle information, and other items related to the March 31st event. We hope to send them out in an email blast to all our families by Friday.
Art in Action
Our eighth grade artists have their projects inspired by Flo Oy Wong displayed in the Millbrae Library. Please stop by to check out their beautiful works of art.
Attention: Teams that Practice in the Parish Center
Please be mindful that practices commence at 6:00 pm. Players may be dropped off at 6:00 pm and NOT EARLIER than 6:00 pm; AND ONLY when there is a coach present. Players are not allowed to wait for 6:00 pm in the parish center nor wait for the coach in the parish center.
Yearbook Request
Yearbook coordinator Mrs. Natasha Mosqueda (Sofia 3rd, Troy Jr. 1st) reminds everyone to take and save photos of school related events. We need Turkey Trot photos, Thanksgiving Feast photos, and any field trip photos. Also, please note the deadline for photo's this year is Monday, February 6th. If you would like to help her out this year's yearbook, please contact her at natashamosqueda@hotmail.com.
MSC Newsletter
It's the beginning of a New Year and let's not forget about all those holiday receipts that you've collected from The Shops at Tanforan. Turn-in your shopping receipts from any store at Tanforan (except Target, JCPenny's and Sear's) and earn points for our school. Movie ticket receipts with the total sales amount, restaurants, food courts, and services at Tanforan also earns points!
Do we have any talented Hip Hop Dancers at our school? If yes, then you should enter Tanforan's Hip Hop Contest for a chance to win $1000 Mall Gift Card and 500 points for our school! All groups must have a minimum of 3 members and dancers must be younger than 18 years old. All entries must be received by Monday, February 6th.
For more information about the Hip Hop Contest or other events and specials at Tanforan, look for the My School's Cool Newsletter on our school's website or the posting on our school's bulletin board.
And don't forget about our own school's contest.... the class that turns in the most receipts with the most qualifying points will win a SNOW CONE party at the end of the school year. Don't forget to turn-in your receipts and encourage your friends and family to save their receipts for our school too!
OTHER IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Financial Aid Application for 2012-2013 School Year
Families who are interested in applying for an Archdiocesan Grant and/or school scholarship for 2012-2013 must apply through TADS which is exclusively an on-line application process. To apply go to: www.mytads.com then click on Financial Aid Assessment. The cost is $27.00 per family and the deadline is March 15, 2012. Please call Louise Cordova if you have any questions.
Sincerely in Christ,
Dr. Bruce Colville
Principal
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