From the desk of Sister Stella
Fall Festival
PWC President
School News
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Traffic Duty Assignments
Weekly Readings/Reflections
Playground Volunteer
Hot Lunch Volunteers
School Health Office
Stucent Activities
Miscellaneous

“If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted, and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.”

From the Desk of Sister Stella Maria, Principal,

Parents, please carefully read all of the following:

FESTIVAL WEEK

The following information is the student schedule for the week of Festival:

Wednesday, Oct. 10th & Thursday, Oct. 11th

Rides will begin to arrive around 10:30 am on Wednesday.
Recess will be on the school yard.

Class will go on as usual on as usual until the following times:

GRADES 1 & 2:         11:30 – Eat lunch in your homeroom with your class.

               11:50 – Line up in the Church driveway
and walk to the Mormon Field.

 

GRADES 3, 4 & 5:             11:55 – Eat lunch in your homeroom with your class.

                                            12:15 – Walk to the Mormon Field with your class.

GRADES 6, 7 & 8:            12:35 – Eat lunch in your homeroom with your class.

                                            1:00 – Walk to the Mormon Field with your class.

1:00 p.m.:
Grades 1, 2, 3 & 4 return to classrooms to watch a video. (This plan has been worked out among the lower grade teachers).

 2:10 p.m.:
Grades 5, 6, 7 & 8 leave the Mormon Field. Any grade wishing to return earlier is free to do so.

2:30 p.m.:
ALL CLASSES will go to their designated place on the street. All teachers will stay with their class until 3:05. At 3:05, I will take any student who has not been picked up.
***Kindergarten teachers have arranged their own program***

Friday, October 12th

11:45 a.m. (approximately):
Grades 1 – 5 will go to the Festival. I will visit each room and send the best-behaved first.

At Noon:
Grades 6, 7 & 8 return to homerooms.

12:15 p.m. (approximately):
Grades 6, 7 & 8 will go to the Festival by invitation. The most helpful will be the first.

NO BOOK BAGS ARE ALLOWED AT THE FESTIVAL! THERE WILL BE NO WEEKEND HOMEWORK AND NO TESTS ON TUESDAY.

  2:45 p.m.:
Students MUST SIGN OUT with their homeroom teacher.

Thank you for your cooperation and have fun!

As a reminder:
On Monday, Oct. 15th, there is no school as it is a Teacher Inservice Day. The Coaches Program and After School Care will be available and located on the Mormon Field.

Tuesday, Oct. 16th, is a late day. School begins at 10:20 a.m.

FESTIVAL PICK-UP & DROP-OFF

On Wednesday & Thursday Oct. 10th & 11th pick up for all students will be from the street. Dismissal will start at approximately 2:30pm. THERE WILL BE AFTER SCHOOL CARE ON THESE WEDNESDAY ONLY, THERE WILL BE NO AFTER SCHOOL DAY CARE ON THUIRSDAY.The students, supervised by their teachers, will be in the following areas on the street for afternoon pick-up.

8th grade- directly in front of the Church on Ohio Ave.
6th & 7th grades – In front of the Rectory on Ohio Ave
5th grade- directly in front of JCPC (lawn area) on Selby Ave.
3rd & 4ht grades - At the side of the JCPC (lawn area) on Selby Ave
1st & 2nd grades - On Selby (lawn area) south of main entry door
KG - In the driveway where the cars usually enter the school yard

 

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Pirate’s Cove 2007

October 12, 13 & 14

The wind is at our back and we are coming around the final bend.  We are one week away from the festival!!!

Attached to this week’s epistle please find a copy of the schedule for festival weekend.  We have lots of fun live music and entertainment planned throughout the weekend.

The auction book should come home this week so everyone has the weekend to look over the items and prepare their wish lists.  Go crazy.  There are many fantastic silent, progressive and live auction items.

The last date to have donations listed in the addendum is Thursday, October 4th.  Please have all items turned in to auction by Thursday October 4th as well.  Call Barbara Deming or Kathy O’Malley to arrange pickup.

Booth set-up is this Saturday at 9:00 a.m.  Thank you in advance to all our volunteers.

Don’t forget to buy the tuition raffle tickets to win one year SPA tuition.  Only two tickets per family.  Please call Laura Saade for information.

Remember to check out all the grade art projects.  The art docents and children have been working hard to create amazing one of a kind pieces to be auctioned off Saturday at 5:00 PM.  Don’t miss it.

Come have a great weekend at the ‘Cove.

Your Festival Crew

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Pirate’s Cove, Festival 2007

FRIDAY, October 12
	8:00 AM		Complete Booth Set-up and prepare for festival opening
	9:00 AM		Sound System Set Up
	11:30 AM		FESTIVAL OPENS TO SPA CHILDREN
			Book Nook Opens
	2:00 PM		Scavenger Hunt Begins for all Grades--Good Luck!
	3:00 PM		Scavenger Hunt ends
			Apostle's Attic Opens (closes at 8:00 PM)
	3:30 PM		FESTIVAL OPENS TO THE PUBLIC
	4:00 PM		Wine Bar Opens (Last Call at 8:00 PM)
	4:30 PM		Valet Parking Opens (closes at 10:30 PM)
	5:00 PM		Kiddie Korner closes
	6:00 PM		Live Music:  "Surf City Allstars"
	8:00 PM		FESTIVAL CLOSES
SATURDAY, October 13
	8:00 AM		Sound check for Battle of the Bands
	10:00 AM		Festival Set-up
			Valet Parking Opens (Closes at 10:30 PM)
	11:00 AM		Apostle's Attic Opens (Closes at 8:00 PM)
	12:00 PM		FESTIVAL OPENS
			Book Nook Opens
	1:00 PM		Wildlife Wendy's Tropical Bird Show (Center stage)
			"Cinema St. Paul's" opens (closes at 6:00 PM)
	2:00 PM		Live Music "Bobby D and the Mixx"
	4:00 PM		Wine Bar Opens (Last Call at 8:00 PM)
	5:00 PM		GRADE ART LIVE AUCTION!!
			Kiddie Korner closes
	6:00 PM		Battle of the Bands
	8:00 PM		FESTIVAL CLOSES
SUNDAY, October 14
	8:30 AM		Valet Parking Opens (closes at 9:30 PM)
	9:00 AM		Festival Set-up
	10:00 AM		FESTIVAL OPENS
			Bakery Opens after 9:00 AM Mass
			John O'Groats serving breakfast at the festival!!
			Apostle's Attic Opens (closes at 1:00 PM)
	11:00 AM		Beverly Hills Fencing Club Exhibition (Center stage)
	12:00 PM		SILENT AUCTION OPENS (ends at 3:00 PM)
			Beware of Roaming Pirates from Sword Play this afternoon!!
			Live Music:  "DJ Reed and the Libations" (until 3:00 PM)
	1:00 PM		"Cinema St. Paul's" opens (closes at 6:00 PM)
	3:00 PM		RAFFLE TICKET, WINE RAFFLE AND TUITION RAFFLE
			Sister Stella  announces all winners on Center Stage
	4:00 PM		LIVE AUCTION BEGINS
	4:30 PM		Silent Auction check out and item pick up in 6B
	5:00 PM		Kiddie Korner closes
	6:00 PM		Live Auction check out in 6B
	7:00 PM		FESTIVAL CLOSES---ANCHORS AWAY!!!!

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Valet parking passes will be distributed next Wednesday, October 10.  Please check your oldest child's backpack for the passes.

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CHECKMATECAFÉ is back at the Festival!

OCT. 12th, 13th& 14th from 2:00 to 5:00 pm

Look out for “Captain Jack” Peters!

www.spachess.org     

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PWC President

Dear SPA Parents:

            Fall Festival is almost here!!   Jill O’Callahan and her fellow pirates have been busy with the final touches.  If you are interested in helping with the Festival Booth assembly this weekend starting at 9:00  please contact Mayora Hiney.  They also need people to help take down the wine tent on Saturday night after the festival closes and to put up the auction tables for Sunday. Mayora Hiney would love to hear from you.  We are in ned of finding a family who would like to take over the Snow Cone Booth NEXT YEAR-maybe you could “shadow” the Snow cone Booth this year and see how much fun it is and that you would like to take it over from the graduating parents-“food for thought” or should I say, “ice for thought”? 

            Other Business:  Please remember not to park on Selby north of the drop-off driveway in the mornings. we need to keep that area clear so as not to cause congestion. It gets dangerous if cars have to pull out after dropping off and go around cars parked and then there is moving traffic coming north onSelby.  After drop-off is finished that area is a 15 minute parking zone.  Don’t forget the follow the specific pick-up next week for Festival Week.  Sister outlined it very well in the Epistle.

The Directory should be handed out the week of the 8th.  Michelle Boydston, thank you for all of your diligence in putting the Directory together.

Have a great week: thought for the week:
Go to the Lord for help; and worship him continually.  Psalm 105:4

Tina Cathcart, PWC Presiden

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School News

ARCHDIOCESE OF LOS ANGELES

DEPARTMENT OF CATHOLIC SCHOOLS

Elementary Schoo

Nondiscrimination Policy

2007-2008

This Parish Elementary School in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, mindful of its mission to be a witness to the love of Christ for all, admits students regardless of race, color, or national and/or ethnic origin to all rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at this school

This school does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, or national and/or ethnic origin in the administration of educational policies and practices.

Likewise this Catholic School does not discriminate against any applicant for employment on the basis of sex, age, handicap, veteran status, race, color, or national and/or ethnic origin.

This Catholic Elementary School will publish the above policy in the faculty and parent/studenthandbooks, public relations/recruitment brochures, and when appropriate, in other publications, e.g. parish bulletins, school newspaper, etc.  The school will also publish the grievance procedures in the faculty and parent/student handbooks. Faculty and Staff should have copies of these statements.

 

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St. Paul the Apostle School

Tour dates admission school year

2008-2009

Kindergarten

Tour Dates:       October, 22,23, & 2

Times:               8:30am  or 1:45pm

 

Grades  One – Eight

Tour Dates:       January 22,23 & 24

Times:               8:30am or 1:45pm

All inquires contact school registrar – Lindsay Kolve at 310-474-1588 ex 220

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St. Paul the Apostle School Board

2007-2008

The St. Paul the Apostle School Board met on Wednesday, September 19th, 2007.  The School Board is comprised of 10 regular members and 7 advisory members including Sister Stella, Fr. John Ardis, and the current PWC President.  President Janet Feeley called the meeting to order at 4:30pm.  The weekly Gospel was read and the minutes from the June 2007 were presented and approved.  PWC President Tina Cathcart briefed those in attendance on the Back to School activities and Fall Festival planning.  Reports were heard from the Foundation and Parish Finance Council.  Kari Frigulti reported that the parish is committed to providing a comprehensive youth ministry and that recent parish restructuring efforts will not compromise this goal.  Disaster Preparedness remains a priority of the School Board and Debbie Buderwitz will work closely with the parish to create a comprehensive plan. 

Sr. Stella reported that the start of school went well and that the school has full enrollment.  She indicated that the School Board has been mandated by the WASC Accreditation committee to create a written long-range financial plan for the school.  The School Board's Finance sub-committee will begin work on the plan this year.  The Paulists welcome a new priest to our parish, Ivan Tao.  School administration reports that the summer repair work has been completed and that financial aid has been allocated in a fair and compassionate manner.  The Security sub-committee will have a list of proposed recommendations or better securing the school campus by the next meeting.  Sue Bjelajac reported that the school would be working more closely with the parish social justice and outreach committee.  One focus will be outreach programs designed to involve the entire family.  The meeting adjourned on time.  The next meeting will be held October 17, 2007 at 4:30pm.

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An Oasis is Coming!!

 

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ATTENTION!

 

                                          ALL 8th GRADE PARENTS

 

                    MANDATORY MEETING REGARDING GRADUATIO

 

                                        THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2007

 

                                          IN THE UPPER SOCIAL HALL

                                                        JCPC

                                            7:45 A.M.  -  8:30 A.M.

 

Meeting for ALL Eight Grade Parents. Sister Stella and the Eight Grade Teachers will discuss the year and graduation. They will also answer all the questions you may have.

  PLEASE BRING YOUR CHECKBOOK OR CREDIT CARD

  Fees pertaining to graduation will be collected at this time.

 

Thank you

Sithy Farook, Nan Heard, Sheila U'Ren and Marisa Filoseta

8th grade room moms

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Your PWC  2006-07  Historian is asking for your photographs!

In order to create a complete St. Paul the Apostle School Album for our archives I NEED SOME HELP.  Do you have any photos you would like to share?  All PWC sponsored events and general photos of all the activities that go on here at school.

In particular, would like photos of Jump Rope for Heart, Ski Trip, Camp-out, Graduation Brunch and Spring Sings I and II  and Festival. 

How to get them to me:

Shoot them over the internet

Send  them in the mail. I will be happy to duplicate your photos and send the originals back to you.

Paula Clarkson

PWC 2006-07 Historian

Current contact information in last years directory

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SPA DIRECTORY UPDATE

The 2007-2008 Directory is being printed and a copy will be distributed to each St. Paul's family shortly.  Additional copies of the Directory will be for sale in the school office for $10.  A special thank you goes to LindseyKolve, Mark Raineri, Ken Moulton, and Henrietta Green for their invaluable assistance in putting the Directory together.  Their help was very much appreciated.

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Traffic Duty Assignments

Mmonth of October Traffic Duty Assignment 7th Grade Parents
PARENT TRAFFIC RESPONSIBILITIES. 
Note:  Please arrive by 7:20 am or 2:30 pm to complete your assignment.  Should you have questions about your duty do not hesitate to contact your room parents or Liane Schirmer. 

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Weekly Readings/Reflections

Sunday October 7, 2007

Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

Radings I
Hab 1:2-3; 2:2-4

How long, O LORD? I cry for help
but you do not listen!
I cry out to you, "Violence!"
but you do not intervene.
Why do you let me see ruin;
why must I look at misery?
Destruction and violence are before me;
there is strife, and clamorous discord.
Then the LORD answered me and said:
Write down the vision clearly upon the tablets,
so that one can read it readily.
For the vision still has its time,
presses on to fulfillment, and will not disappoint;
if it delays, wait for it,
it will surely come, it will not be late.
The rash one has no integrity;
but the just one, because of his faith, shall live.

Gospel
Lk 17:5-10

The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith."
The Lord replied,
"If you have faith the size of a mustard seed,
you would say to this mulberry tree,
'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.

"Who among you would say to your servant
who has just come in from plowing or tending sheep in the field,
'Come here immediately and take your place at table'?
Would he not rather say to him,
'Prepare something for me to eat.
Put on your apron and wait on me while I eat and drink.
You may eat and drink when I am finished'?
Is he grateful to that servant because he did what was commanded?
So should it be with you.
When you have done all you have been commanded,
say, 'We are unprofitable servants;
we have done what we were obliged to do.'"

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Playgound Volunteer

1st GRADE: 11:45-12:15
October

4th GRADE: 12:10-12:40
October

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Hot Lunch Volunteers

Hot Lunch Volunteer Schedule October, 2007

PARENT HOT LUNCH RESPONSIBILITIES. 

Note:  Please arrive by 11:20AM and your shift ends at 12:50PM. Should you have questions about your duty do not hesitate to contact your room parents or Christi Catalano. 

1st Gradde        11:20 – 11:45
Mondays                               Wednesday                         Thursdays

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