From the desk of Sister Stella
PWC President
Traffic Duty Assignments
Weekly Readings/Reflections
Student School Activies
From the School Nurse
Fall Festival
Miscellaneous

"It is amazing how much can be accomplished when no one cares who get the credit" John wooden

From the desk of Sister Stella:

Our reception for new families was truly warm and welcoming. We are most grateful to the Pluger family for hosting us in their beautiful home. Another big thank you to our Paulist Women's club Board for providing delicious food and drink. We appreciate the presentations by John Pluger and Danny Amos clarifying the roles of the Endowment and the Foundation. We are very thankful to our Parish Priests for their presence, Sr. Margaret Mary, DMJ who could not be with us on back to school night.

FESTIVAL--FESTIVAL--FESTIVAL--FESTIVAL--FESTIVAL—FESTIVAL

A million thanks to our wonderful festival leaders and all of their assistants, helpers, and supporters. These are days when all of us- Parents, Teachers all go the extra mile and put up with interruptions and inconveniences. See below the plan for pick-up on Wednesday and Thursday October 8,9. Please be patient and understanding. Keep the big picture in mind and remember that the fruits of your labor are for our children.

On Wednesday & Thursday Oct. 8th & 19h pick up for all students will be from the street- dismissal will start at approximately 2:30pm. NO DAY CARE ON THESE DAYS
Dropoff for Wednesday will be as usual. Thursday will be street dropoff only.

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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ARCHDIOCESE OF LOS ANGELES
DEPARTMENT OF CATHOLIC SCHOOLS

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
NONDISCRIMINATION POLICIES

2003 - 2004This 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 of all race, color and national and/or ethnic origin to all the 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, and national and/or ethnic origin in the administration of educational policies and practices.

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

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PWC President

Dear SPA Families,

New Parent Reception

Friday evening’s reception was a wonderful way to welcome our new parents to the St. Paul the Apostle community. Thank you to Celeste and John Plueger for sharing their beautiful home. Our caterer, Mary Montalbo, did a fabulous job. Jennifer Ruddell and Julie Chait were kind enough to provide all the beverages. We are grateful to all those who attended including Sister Stella, Sister Margaret Mary, Father Tom, Father Paul and Father Brad, PWC Board Members, Endowment Board Members, Foundation Board Members, Room Parents and most importantly the parents of our new St. Paul’s students. Welcome!

Online Epistle and Calendar

If you provided us with your e-mail address, each week you should receive an e-mail message with the link to the online EPISTLE. This e-mail does not provide a link to the CALENDAR. The best way to obtain the online CALENDAR is using Internet Explorer. Here are the steps:
Go to www.sp-apostle.org.
Click on "VISIT OUR SCHOOL"
Then click on "CALENDAR"

The online calendar has the most accurate dates and times for school related events. Please check it regularly. When there are changes to the "printed" calendar, we will make every effort to notify you in this column.

Reminder: Festival Booth Set Up and Painting

Saturday, October 4th, 11:30AM – 4:00PM is booth assembly.
Call Patti Di Tullio or Mary Kay Lalli with questions.
Sunday, October 5th, 1:00PM – 5:00PM is booth painting.
Call George Hunter with questions.

We are only 8 days away!

Karen Knott – PWC President

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Traffic Duty Assignments

October Traffic Duty Assignments (7th grade)

Thank you eight grade for a job well done in September.

Selby Driveway Directors: If the flow of traffic is conducive, let parents with orange St. Paul’s Traffic signs go down the driveway -just for this month. Also, please stop your first car AT the driveway. This way pedestrians are safe from anyone being tempted to enter the school without your permission.

Selby Driveway Door opener #1 and #2: Do not direct cars- this is the job of the director.

Ohio Across from the Church #1 and #2: Some days there may be a space shortage, in this case help with backpacks and things exiting the rear of the car, encourage parents to not let their children out of the car until you open the door.

Substitutions: Bezanilla, Mallari , PM only- Murray, Shepherd(MWF)

Thank you,
Teresa McDugald

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Weekly Readings/Reflections

Next Sunday, October 5, is the Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Please read and reflect on these readings during the week (alone or with family and friends), and come to next Sunday’s liturgy prepared to listen attentively to the proclamation of the Word of God.

READING I Genesis 2:18-24

The LORD God said: "It is not good for the man to be alone.
I will make a suitable partner for him."
So the LORD God formed out of the ground various wild animals and various birds of the air,
and he brought them to the man to see what he would call them;
whatever the man called each of them would be its name.
The man gave names to all the cattle, all the birds of the air, and all wild animals;
but none proved to be the suitable partner for the man.
So the LORD God cast a deep sleep on the man, and while he was asleep,
he took out one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh.
The LORD God then built up into a woman the rib that he had taken from the man.
When he brought her to the man, the man said:
"This one, at last, is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh;
this one shall be called 'woman,' for out of 'her man' this one has been taken."
That is why a man leaves his father and mother and clings to his wife,
and the two of them become one flesh

READING II Hebrews 2:9-11

Brothers and sisters:
He "for a little while" was made "lower than the angels,"
that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.
For it was fitting that he, for whom and through whom all things exist, in bringing many children to glory,
should make the leader to their salvation perfect through suffering.
He who consecrates and those who are being consecrated all have one origin.
Therefore, he is not ashamed to call them "brothers."

GOSPEL Mark 10:2-16

The Pharisees approached Jesus and asked, "Is it lawful for a husband to divorce his wife?"
They were testing him.
He said to them in reply, "What did Moses command you?"
They replied, "Moses permitted a husband to write a bill of divorce and dismiss her."
But Jesus told them,
"Because of the hardness of your hearts he wrote you this commandment.
But from the beginning of creation, God made them male and female.
For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother
and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.
So they are no longer two but one flesh.
Therefore what God has joined together, no human being must separate."
In the house the disciples again questioned Jesus about this.
He said to them,
"Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her;
and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery."
And people were bringing children to him that he might touch them, but the disciples rebuked them.
When Jesus saw this he became indignant and said to them,
"Let the children come to me; do not prevent them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
Amen, I say to you, whoever does not accept the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it."
Then he embraced them and blessed them, placing his hands on them.

Twenty-Seventh Sunday (October 5)

READINGS Man and woman become one flesh; the Savior was made perfect through suffering; Jesus shares his vision of marriage and blesses children.

WHAT I HEAR What do I hear about marriage being sacred?

MY FAITH JOURNEY How do I recognize and respect God in my relationships?

FOR CHILDREN Jesus tells us again how much he loves us and wants to be our friend. When we talk with him, he listens and is with us to help us. What do you want to tell him today?

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Student School Activies

Girls’ Varsity Volleyball
Purple Team

St. Paul’s played an away game at St. Sebastian’s last Thursday and continued their winning streak with a 15-4, 15-1 victory. The team’s record is now 2-0.

St. Timothy’s has joined the CYO League so two new games have been added to our schedule:

Thursday, 10/2 - St. Timothy’s at St. Paul’s (drinks = McCoys and Newmans)
Tuesday, 10/21 – St. Paul’s at St. Timothy’s (driving & drinks = Pages, Ryans and Stitzels)

Upcoming games for next week are:
Monday, 10/6 – St. Paul’s at St. Augustine’s (driving & drinks = Moynaghs, Newmans and Pages)
Tuesday, 10/7 – St. Paul’s at Notre Dame Academy (driving & drinks = Ryans, Stitzels and Zecchettos).

Thanks to all parents for their help.

 

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From the School Nurse

Attention Parents,

If you want your student to have medication (OTC or prescription) during school hours…….YOU MUST complete a medication form ( Dr.’s signature required)! You can get the form at the Health Office.

Thank You,
Miss Van V. Anderson/RN

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Fall Festival

MAKE YOUR NEXT WEEKEND GETAWAY A SHIFT AT THE FALL FESTIVAL!

Where else can you find really fun adults, really polite children, really great food and tons of fun activities?! Only at the Aloha St. Paul’s Festival! And you can spend the whole weekend right here! We have enough booth shifts available to keep you busy for the entire two days! Please call either of us to sign up for a shift in one of the booths that needs your help! Keep in mind that the chairmen of these booths are committing many hours to organize them...please support their effort by working in their booths! We sure do appreciate any time that you can spare!

Your Head Room Parents,
Anne Duerr and Julianne O’Connor

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ALOHA ST. PAUL'S"
Close To The End
FESTIVAL NEWSLETTER

October 2, 2003

ATTENTION! ATTENTION! A giant tsunami might hit the Island of St. Paul's if you don't SIGN UP for an extra shift. PLEASE, new families and old, from the looks of the Booth Schedules, there are many openings. This is your chance to meet people and compare Hula Dances! Your kids need your support to run these booths smoothly or they'll

FLOAT AWAY! Please contact our HEAD HULA MOMS, Julianne O'Connor at or Anne Duerr
Aloha!

QUEEN KAHMEA MEA, Jennifer Kozakowski, is sending fresh flower leis to whoever gets their booth and ride ticket forms in before Friday, October3rd. (JUST KIDDDING!) This is just a friendly reminder as to the importance of this early SAVING! She will be accepting ticket orders up until 12 noon on FRIDAY! Your Aloha Tickets will be distributed to your oldest surfer dude or dudette on Wednesday, October 8th.
Aloha and Mahalo!

The BIG, BIG KAHUNA, John Griffin, needs your help with BOOTH ASSEMBLY
on Saturday, October 4th @ 11:30 am. Come on all you strong wicki, wicki dads. Please make some time for some fun manual labor. There could even be some free food and drink if that's the draw!

On Sunday, October 5th you can come back for some more fun in the sun for BOOTH PAINTING! Painting can be very therapeutic, like surfing or gardening, so skip your surfing and gardening and come help out our very own FAMOUS PIPELINE SURFER, George Hunter. If you can make either of these two labors of love, please contact Mary Kay Lalli.

The Sugar Shack wants to thank everyone who has promised to bring goodies to their booth. Please remember to individually wrap, decorate (Hawaiian décor, please) and label your cookies, brownies, etc. Please send cakes and pies whole.
Mahalo, Mahalo, to all.

The Booki, Nooki team is looking for Best Sellers and Art Books!! The last day for collecting will be Tuesday, October 7th. Please drop off your books, videos and DVD's by the front office in a strong bag!
Mahalo

LAST CALL for the Nui Nui Sponsorship & Coin drive It looks like a close race for the pizza and the priority passes. The Aloha coin bottles will be shipped back to the mainland on Friday, October 3rd. Fill those bottles! Winners to be announced next week. Mahalo to all!

SPONSORSHIP HAS PASSED THE 45K MARK, CAN WE GO FOR 50K???
Deadline for having an ad in the supplemental Silent Auction Book is Friday, October 3rd by blackbag or email to Judy Villablanca (jvillablanca@chla.usc.edu). If you don't need an ad, then sponsorship contributions can be sent anytime through the festival. Any questions,
PLEASE call Judy, Marchelle

THANKS FOR ALL LYOUR GENEROUS GIVING THIS YEAR!!!!!
The Wicki, Wicki Raffle is still going on! Another little birdie told me we are way under this year's goal! Hey, moms and dads, take raffle tickets to work and watch your Mad Maui change GROW into Mad Maui dollars! As of today, 4A are still in the LEAD! BUT!!!! There are 4 classes with only 1 less participant- that is 1B, 2A, 5A & 7A are all right behind. Those Didi Reese cookies are warm and yummy! INDIVIDUAL STUDENT SALES have picked up! Go for the most books sold and win cash prizes… We have a couple of WAHINIS taking a big lead in sales but we can't say who… Keep selling raffle books to win the cash prizes and the
Radio Disney DJ job!!!!

Those girls at the Silent Auction are so grateful for all the donations. If somebody has promised an item and has not dropped it off, please do so ASAP! They are also LOOKING for VOLUNTEERS to work a shift on Sunday. Please contact Monica Fiello!

There are only 2 places to shop on the Island of St. Paul's Festival weekend. One being the Booki Nooki Shack and the other is the Apostle's Attic Boutique! If you need to unload some of your unused lamps, china, tablecloths or even bigger items please contact Meg, Debbie or Eliza and they can arrange to pick them up. They will also be in the
Pavilion on Friday!

ALOHA, MAHALO, GOD BLESS YOU ALL!

Patti, Kelley, Mary Kay, Susan and Jill.

 

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Miscellaneous

BAKE SALE INFORMATION

Monthly bake sales will be returning this year! All school-affiliated organizations are eligible. If you are interested in raising money for your group by holding a bake sale on campus, please contact Debbie Buderwitz.

Application forms are available in the kiosk outside of the school office. Dates are filling up quickly so don't delay in responding!

There will be five or six scheduled sales throughout the school year. No sales will be held during advent or lent so keep that in mind during your planning. Happy snacking!

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ChessClub Classes began this week. you can still sign up. To join, submit a registrration form to "Chess" via the Black Bag. the class scheule is as follows; KPM- 10:30 to 11:20, Church Classroom KAM- 11:00 to 11:50, Church Classroom Beginners-3:05 to 4:00,Multiputpodr Room Intermediate-3:05 to 4:00,Room C-1 (in the Community Bldg) Advance-3;05to4:30,Church Classroom Rmember, October 13th is al late day and there is no Kindergartne chess on late days.

Did You Receive a USCF renewal in the mail? Every year, as part of your membership in the St. Paul Chess Club, your child is automatically registered or renewed as a member of the US Chess Federation (USCF). You will receive a USCF membership card in the mail. Once registered with the USCF, however, they often times will send you a renewal notice directly. Please ignore the renewal notice from the USCF. We will renew your membership for you. If you have any questions on this matter, please contact us.

Last week we delivered over 25 Chess Club t-shirts to those who ordered them. More went home this week. Please check your child’s backpack. If you do not receive your t-shirt within a week of ordering, please let us know. Wear your shirts every Monday with pride. They may be worn to school all day on chess Mondays all year long. You may order shirts at any time by using our website. If anyone is interested in becoming our t-shirt coordinator please contact Mark Raineri. Your duties are few and you can satisfy your volunteering requirement at the same time.

We would like to thank Kathleen Boldy for being our new kindergarten chess coordinator. In addition to volunteering at Monday classes, she will maintain the schedule of other kindergarten parents who would like to volunteer for the kindergarten classes. If you would like to help at the kindergarten classes (10:30 to 11:50), please see Kathleen so she can coordinate the schedule.

The Chess Club is hosting the Fourteenth Annual Fall Classic Chess Tournament. It will be held in the JCPC on Saturday, October 25, 2003. Tournament information and registration forms are now available. Many parent volunteers are needed to make the tournaments fun and safe. Please be generous with your time. Chess parents may be contacted soon to fill a shift on the 25th so we thank you in advance for your cooperation. Should your child play in the tournament? If you are not sure, please speak with Richard Rico, Tournament Director. There is a Novice section (K – 3) as well as JV and Championship sections, so please consider participating. Often, Saturday sports (such as soccer games) can be accommodated with a "bye". Again, see Richard for details.

Find forms and information on the clipboards near Room 1B and on the Chess Club website http://home.earthlink.net/~spachess/ (we have a link on the school website "Links" page). Direct questions to Richard Rico or Mark Raineri by sending a note via the Black Bag to Chess or via email at spachess@earthlink.net.

 

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