From the desk of Sister Stella
Festival Information
PWC President
Parish News
PWC Function
Traffic Duty Assignments
Weekly Readings/Reflections
Boy Scout Information
Hot Lunch Volunteers
SPA Chess Club

“A child is not a vessel to be filled, but a lamp to be lit.”

From the Desk of Sister Stella Maria, Principal:

We are delighted to welcome all of our Parents, Students, Faculty and Staff to the new school year. May this year of 2007-2008 be filled with many blessings for each of us. As we approach this coming year, let us move with thoughtfulness, reflection and always allow ourselves a little more time than we need for each activity and project. See to it that your child arrives in school on-time and prepared for a very productive day. If you allow ten extra minutes for the drive to school, it is a great gift to give your child.

We offer our most sincere thanks to the Parents Working for Children Board, our Room Parents, Festival Chairs, Heads of various committees for their organization, hard work and thoughtfulness throughout the summer months. All of your dedication has ensured a smooth entry to our new school year.

We look forward to seeing all of our parents at Back to School Night on Monday, September 17th. Parking on the school yard will be available that evening, and the program will begin promptly at 7:00 p.m. In the Church, please sit according to your child’s grade level.

At 7:40 p.m. all parents and teachers will move to their respective areas. Please follow the flow chart in the packet that you will receive upon arrival. The classroom presentations will be followed by a reception in the Pavilion at approximately 9:15 p.m.

Parents, if your child was required to participate in an academic program during the summer, please send us a record of the work. Once evidence has been received, we will send your end of the year report card. Thank you to those who have already sent us their records.

Grades Two through Eight will take the Iowa Test of Basic Skills on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday the week of September 24th and the week of October 1st. Testing will always take place in the morning hours. If your child is ill, please do not send him/her to school to take the test. It is not the end of the world to miss a section of the test. These tests are given every year mostly to let us know the strengths and weakness of our curriculum.

Instrumental Music Program

1. The St. Paul the Apostle School Music Program is open to all students in grades one through eight.

2. The program is directed by Larry Newman. Marisa Kuney is the violin and cello specialist.

3. Weekly classes are offered for 30 to 40 minutes after school each Wednesday.

4. Instruction is available on violin and cello. (Students must be in at least third grade to choose the cello.)

5. The exact time of your child’s class will be determined when enrollment is complete. Please reserve the time block of 3:10 p.m. – 5:10 p.m. on Wednesday s. The 30 to 40 minute lesson may be scheduled anytime during that period based on the ages and playing experiences of the applicants. To help you plan, beginning players will be scheduled closer to 3:10 p.m. and experienced players will be later in the afternoon. Exact lesson times will be e-mailed to all applicants when registration is complete. Classes are available for students with no prior experience as well as experienced players.

6. Instruction begins on Wednesday, October 3rd and runs through the school year, culminating with a school concert in May 2008.

7. A music fee of $250.00 per semester (October through January & February through May) is requested from each participant. This fee includes all music, books and basic supplies which your child is given. The only other expense will be the lease, rental or purchase of the instrument.

8. Instruments can be rented or purchased from our online instrument dealer and will be delivered free to school for the first lesson. The website is www.stringseason.com

9. Questions? Please call Larry Newman at 310-459-5539 or visit www.ChildrensMusicWorkshop.com

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Pirate’s Cove:  October 12, 13 & 14, 2007

Welcome back and welcome to all the new SPA families!!!  We hope you all had a great summer and are relaxed and ready to get excited and involved in the fall festival.  Over the summer everyone should have received our Pirate’s Log Number III.  Every family also should have received the new raffle mailing offering one year SPA tuition for one lucky winner.  If you did not receive it, please call Laura Saade to get these special raffle tickets.

We will be sending out our last Pirate’s Log IV next week.  Please look for it coming home next Thursday. 

Booth Captain meeting is set for Thursday, September 27th at 7:45 a.m.  Please mark your calendars.

Coin drive will only run through this week.  Please have your children bring in their cups full of coins and pour them into the giant water bottles outside their classroom.  Pizza party for the class that brings in the most money.

The Auction book goes to the printer next week so please take care of all your donations for the auction, festival sponsorship, ride sponsorship, corporate sponsorship, etc. so the book is as complete as possible.  We want to thank everyone who has worked so hard and given so much so far to make this another fantastic, fun-filled festival.  Of course, there will be an addendum to follow.

Your Pirate’s Cove Crew

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YO-HO-HO AND A BOTTLE OF WINE

The 3rd Annual Wine Raffle at the

St. Paul‚s Pirate Cove Fall Festival

WE STILL NEED YOUR WINE DONATIONS

(bottles valued @ $20 or more)

Drop off your bottles of wine either in the Main Office or look for us at pick-up in the Pavilion.

BUY YOUR RAFFLE TICKETS NOW

Only 100 tickets will be sold which increases your chance to be one of our 10 lucky winners.

THANK YOU
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Festival Patrons – Thanks to you we are in ship shape!!

The following families are already on board at Patrons for our Festival. Thank you so much.

Aimee and Ed Hookstratten	The Heaney Family
Allison Stambaugh	The Hilger Family
Andrew Molina	The Hilliard Family
Avalon, Michael and Connor Harold	The Hiney Family
Babette and Christian Royere	The Horton Family
Ben and Sarah Gemperle	The Hronek Family - Paul, Lisa, Cole & Grant
Ben Wang and Family	The In Family
Billy, Justine, Wil & Travis Martin	The Johangten Family
Brian Lepak and Lori Loo	The Johnson Girls
Caitlin and Jimmy Loeffler	The Jones Family
Cassidy Carman	The Kanter Family
Cathy and Tim Murphy	The Karimi Family
Chelsea Barker	The Karkafi Family
Chris and Nancy Cooper; Charlie and Clare	The Keane Family
Christopher and Morgan Lewis	The Keckeisen Family
Crystal Tjoa Family	The Kelly-Martin Family
Dan & Julie Murphy	The Kelsey Family
Davis & Hadraba Family	The Kennedy's
Devin and Carson Davis	The Kevin C. Harrigan Family
Diane Anderson and Family	The Kilroy Family
Emmee and Symphanie Sarmiento	The Kim Family
Eric Colwell & Dr. Robert Shiepe	The Konrad Family
Fischer Construction, Inc.	The Kozakowski Family
Giulia and Matteo Palermo	The Krogstad Family
Janan, Kayla and Wendy Perkins	The Kruse Family
Joe & Vicky Curtis	The Lalli Family
John, Toshiko, Patrick and Yurika Boyd	The Laurin Family
Joyce and Jeffrey Keeler	The Li Family
Kelly and Larry Thompson	The Linfesty Family
Kelsey and Kyle Foster	The Loo Family
Kevin and Lily Crummy	The Loscalzo Family
Liane Schirmer and Christopher James	The Lucitt Family
Marijic-Buljubasic Family	The Luini Family
Matthew Karyadi's Family	The Marshall Family
McDugald/Kovacs Family	The Martinez Family
Mr and Mrs Stephen Yee	The Masi Family
Nancy and Lawrence Wolf	The McAllister Family
Nancy and Lawrence Wolf	The McMillan Family
Nicholas Alvarado	The McQueen Family
Nicolas and Duna Filoseta	The Meisler Family
Nyla Rawjee	The Meyer-Whalley and Dumont Family
Olivia Palermo Family	The Mieszala Family
Paul and Denise Freese	The Moffet Family
Paul Mitchell and Mary Eaves Mitchell	The Molinari Family
Robert and Lisa Brown	The Morgan Family
Robert H. Kerrigan Jr	The Moulton Family
Sabrina and Paul Wazzan	The Munoz-Flores Family
Sara Spring	The Newby Family
Sarah Clark	The Nugent Family
Sebastien and Olivia Seigels	The O'Callahan Family
The Abaunza-Peltola Family	The Olson Family - Tom, Doreen and Olivia
The Abe Family	The O'Malley Family
The Ahn Family	The Ossanlo Family
The Altshule Family	The Ostrin Family
The Ashton Family	The Paul Tyler Family
The Assaf Family	The Pazos Family
The Balfe Family	The Perrin Family
The Beaven Family: Claudia, Haley, Laura and Scott	The Perry Family
The Bennett Family	The Phelps Family
The Bill Butler Family	The Pierce Family
The Bird Family	The Pineschi Family
The Borkovich Family	The Plumb Family - George, Jill, Bennett, Gibson, Aidan
The Boydston Family	The Plunkett Family
The Braga Family	The Policella Family
The Bruce Russell Family	The Porterfield Family
The Buderwitz Family	The Posin Family
The Burgess Family	The Pregler Family
The Burke Family	The Price Family
The Campbell Family	The Reed Family
The Carbone Famile	The Ricci Family
The Carmen Voskuhl Family	The Rick Lewis Family
The Carmichael Family	The Rogers Family
The Catalano Family	The Rosenberg Family
The Cathcart Family	The Ruddell Family
The Chait Family	The Saade Family
The Chalmers Family	The Sanford Family: Al, Kim & Alexandra
The Clarkson Family	The Scher Family
The Cohen Family	The Scibelli Family
The Cole Family	The Shalloe Family
The Crosby-Carroll Family	The Shepherd Family
The Crotta-Cox Family	The Shin Family
The Crowley Family	The Shirley Family
The Curtin Family: Greg, Terry, Joe, Nadine, Charlie	The Smith-Hastie Family
The Daley Family	The Stretesky Family
The de Oliveira Street	The Swashbuckling Spencer Family
The Del Rivo Family	The Talamas Family
The Deming Family	The Thé Family
The Deutsch Family	The Theodore Family
The Di Meglio Family	The Thomas Harper Family
The Dixon Family	The Thorne Family
The Doyle Family	The Thornhill-Wilson Family
The Duncan Family	The Tilles Family
The Dunn Family	The Tomaszewicz Family
The Edson Family	The Torres Family
The Egan Family	The Valade Family
The Fearn Family	The Villablanca Family
The Feeley Family	The von Siemens Family
The Felesina Family	The Wafer Crew
The Ferris Family	The Walsh Family
The Figueroa Family	The Watchi Family
The Forrester Family	The Weed Family
The Gaffney Family	The Whitney Family
The Gil Ostrick Family	The Wilkerson Family
The Grant Family	The Williams Family
The Griner Family	The Yi Family: Michael, Jessica, Calvin & Janice
The Guarraia Family	The Zarco Family
The Hall Family	Theresa and Matt Kiene
The Haller Family	Tom and Lisa Nichols
The Hankinson Family	Yves and Libby Galea
The Hardy Family

 

 

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PWC President

Dear SPA Parents,

          Welcome back!!  I hope everyone had a wonderful summer and that you are ready and rested for the 2007-2008 school year.  Thank you to the faculty and staff who have been working hard to prepare for a great school year.  The PWC has been busy planning events for you and your children for this upcoming year.

          Thank you, Molly Harrigan, Denise Kilroy, and Stephanie Yunker for making us all feel welcome at the “piratey” Back to School Coffee.  Joyce Keeler, you did a great job for organizing and running the uniform exchange.  Christi Catalano, our Hot Lunch Representative, has been busy.  Don’t forget to place or modify your hot lunch orders by the Wednesday prior at their  NEW website: <http://www.campuskitchen.net/>www.campuskitchen.net.  There are still volunteer spots which need to be filled for hot lunch and playground duty-please sign up at your respective grade coffees.  If your group is interested in having a bake sale this year, please contact Cindy Deutsch.

          Well… that time is almost here…Festival!!.  Jill O’Callahan and her amazing crew have been busy at work- in case you forgot…the dates are October 12,-14th. Be prepared to have the best time ever!

Mark your calendars for Back to School Night-Monday, September 17th.  If you are thinking of joining Racquettes- please note-the address was  printed incorrectly on the sheet sent out..  It should read: Jennifer Ruddell at 3330 NOT 330 Club Drive. It was great seeing all of you at the grade coffees.  Thank you to our Head Room Parent Chairs, Agnes Kenworthy, Kruse and Marchell Hilliard and their wonderful group of room parents for a job well done!!                     

                            

Until Next Week…

Tina Cathcart- PWC President

 

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Parish News

Older Children Needing Baptism or First Communion?

Parents, do you have a child in Third through Eighth Grade who is in need of the Sacrament(s) of Baptism and/or Eucharist?  If so, the parish program that will help your child and you move toward these important spiritual opportunities is called the "RCIA Adapted for Children." This is  the normative way a child of this age receives these sacraments, and you  will find it a wonderful experience for yourself, your child and, even, the  rest of your family.

To inquire or register, please call the Coordinator, Irene Holly, in the Parish Office at (310) 474-1527, ext.  212.

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BAKE SALE

APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE

Contact Cindy Deutsch if your organization is interested in having a Bake Sale

to raise money. Deadline for applications is Friday, October 12th 2007

Only Date Still Available: May 23

 

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Traffic Duty Assignments

Mmonth of September Traffic Duty Assignment 8th 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

Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Psalm: Sunday 34

Reading 1
Ex 32:7-11, 13-14

The LORD said to Moses,
“Go down at once to your people,
whom you brought out of the land of Egypt,
for they have become depraved.
They have soon turned aside from the way I pointed out to them,
making for themselves a molten calf and worshiping it,
sacrificing to it and crying out,
‘This is your God, O Israel,
who brought you out of the land of Egypt!’
“I see how stiff-necked this people is, ” continued the LORD to Moses.
Let me alone, then,
that my wrath may blaze up against them to consume them.
Then I will make of you a great nation.”

But Moses implored the LORD, his God, saying,
“Why, O LORD, should your wrath blaze up against your own people,
whom you brought out of the land of Egypt
with such great power and with so strong a hand?
Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel,
and how you swore to them by your own self, saying,
‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky;
and all this land that I promised,
I will give your descendants as their perpetual heritage.’”
So the LORD relented in the punishment
he had threatened to inflict on his people.


Gospel
Lk 15:1-32 or 15:1-10

Tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to listen to Jesus,
but the Pharisees and scribes began to complain, saying,
“This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
So to them he addressed this parable.
“What man among you having a hundred sheep and losing one of them
would not leave the ninety-nine in the desert
and go after the lost one until he finds it?
And when he does find it,
he sets it on his shoulders with great joy
and, upon his arrival home,
he calls together his friends and neighbors and says to them,
‘Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep.’
I tell you, in just the same way
there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents
than over ninety-nine righteous people
who have no need of repentance.

“Or what woman having ten coins and losing one
would not light a lamp and sweep the house,
searching carefully until she finds it?
And when she does find it,
she calls together her friends and neighbors
and says to them,
‘Rejoice with me because I have found the coin that I lost.’
In just the same way, I tell you,
there will be rejoicing among the angels of God
over one sinner who repents.”

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Boy Scout Information

NEW AND RETURNING BOY SCOUTS!

WHAT: THE SCOUT ORIENTATION MEETING

WHEN:  SUNDAY, SEPT. 16TH

WHERE: THE JOHN CARROLL PARISH CENTER

TIME: AFTER THE 9:00 AM MASS

WHY:  TO  LEARN ABOUT 2007-2008 SCOUT UPDATES AND

TO PICK UP YOUR 2007-2008 REGISTRATION PACKETS

ALL NEW AND RETURNING BOY SCOUTS WELCOME!!

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Hot Lunch Volunteers

Hot Lunch Volunteer Schedule
September, 2007

8th Grade       
Mondays                                  Wednesday                         Thursdays

9/10	Villablanca Cathcart	9/12	Harold Curry	9/13	Filoseta U’Ren
9/17	Carmichael	9/19	Horton	9/20	Filoseta Heard
9/24	Cathcart Kracoff	9/26	Curry	9/27	Filoseta Perry

 

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