From the desk of Sister Stella
PWC President
School Office News
PWC Function
Traffic Duty Assignments
Weekly Readings/Reflections
Playground Volunteer
Golf Club News

"Prayer, patience, and perseverance have a magical effect before which
difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish."

From the desk of Sister Stella Maria, Principal:

Currently, the Religion Department is looking with a critical eye at our religion texts. We are having some excellent conversations and are in search of a better text than the one we have. It is a new edition and is very watered-down compared with the old edition by the same publisher.

In our discussions, we are saying that all we teach in school about Christ and the Christian way of living bears no fruit unless the child goes home to:

         A family who has encountered Christ
         Goes home to a house where Faith is cherished
         Is a regular part of the Sunday assembly for Mass
         Is encouraged to live his/her faith on a daily basis at home
         That the home has reverence for religious symbolism and language
         That the child witnesses the faith of his/her own parents/guardians

During Lent is perhaps an appropriate time to reflect on how you are, in concert with the school, nurturing the gift of faith in your children.

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PWC President

Dear SPA Families:

The 7th Grade had a wonderful potluck several weeks ago and were brought up-to-date on their responsibilities regarding this year’s graduation festivities. The graduation committee is counting on each 7th grade family to bring their assigned food items for the brunch in June. Many of the attendees inadvertently left their assignment sheets at the potluck. If you do not have your graduation assignment, contact either the graduation committee or your room parents to find out what your responsibility will be. On behalf of the entire 8th grade, thank you for your participation in this valuable service!

Have a terrific short week!

Debbie Buderwitz
PWC President

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School Office News

FINANCIAL AID FOR 2005-2006

Financial aid packets for the 2005-2006 school year will be available in the front office starting February 21, 2005. It is necessary for anyone wishing to receive financial aid next year to complete all the paperwork and return no later than March 23rd. Even if you are currently receiving financial aid you will need to reapply.

Financial Aid is offered to active parishioners who have had a child in St. Paul the Apostle School for at least 1 full year.

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TUITION ENROLLMENT FOR 2005-2006

FACTs tuition re-enrollment process will begin for returning students in March. If you need to make any changes to your existing accounts for next school year, please contact Missy Stevens at extension 221 before March 25th. Otherwise the current payment schedule will be honored in 2005-2006.

Tuition deductions for the 2005 - 2006 school year will begin in June. By starting in June St. Paul’s is able to offer a 12 payment option.

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PWC Funtion News

PWC NOMINATING COMMITTEE and BOARD NOMINATIONS

Sign up NOW to serve on the PWC Nominating Committee as a member of the SPA Community at large. Additionally, nominations for all PWC Board positions for next school year are currently being accepted and we encourage you to self-nominate and/or exercise your right to nominate others. Please fill out the form sent home with your child, obtain the form from the round file by the Main Office, or find it attached to the Epistle from February 2nd. The Nominating Committee will meet on Monday, March 14th at 1:30 p.m. All Nominating Committee and Nomination forms must be received at school no later than the morning of March 4th. If you have any questions, please contact Joanne Drake, PWC Parliamentarian.
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Grandparents Day
Grandparent’s/Special Friend Day is Friday June 3rd.
As a reminder this event is for Grandparents
and Special Friends only.
Sorry, there simply is not enough space for parents too.
Forms went home last week. If you did not get one,
we attached a copy to this epistle.
They will be also be available outside the office
in the form slot by 1B.
It should be a great event. Details to follow.
Questions/Issues…Call Susan Reed.

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Traffic Duty Assignments

For the month of March (Second Grade Parents)

Parents: Please arrive by 7:20 a.m. for morning duty and 2:30 p.m. for afternoon duty. Those on afternoon duty need to set up the cones to form a lane approaching the driveway entrance. If you need a substitute you must secure one yourself and then let one of the room parents know. Should you have any questions contact room parents Denise Kilroy and Kelly Moulton. Should you have questions about your particular traffic duty contact Mary Ann McQueen.
Substitutes: Deborah Hayes

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Weekly Readings/Reflections

February 27, 2005
Third Sunday of Lent
Psalm: Sunday 12

Reading I
Ex 17:3-7

In those days, in their thirst for water,
the people grumbled against Moses,
saying, "Why did you ever make us leave Egypt?
Was it just to have us die here of thirst
with our children and our livestock?"
So Moses cried out to the LORD,
"What shall I do with this people?
a little more and they will stone me!"
The LORD answered Moses,
"Go over there in front of the people,
along with some of the elders of Israel,
holding in your hand, as you go,
the staff with which you struck the river.
I will be standing there in front of you on the rock in Horeb.
Strike the rock, and the water will flow from it
for the people to drink."
This Moses did, in the presence of the elders of Israel.
The place was called Massah and Meribah,
because the Israelites quarreled there
and tested the LORD, saying,
"Is the LORD in our midst or not?"

Reading II
Rom 5:1-2, 5-8

Brothers and sisters:
Since we have been justified by faith,
we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
through whom we have gained access by faith
to this grace in which we stand,
and we boast in hope of the glory of God.

And hope does not disappoint,
because the love of God has been poured out into our hearts
through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
For Christ, while we were still helpless,
died at the appointed time for the ungodly.
Indeed, only with difficulty does one die for a just person,
though perhaps for a good person one might even find courage to die.
But God proves his love for us
in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us.

Gospel
Jn 4:5-42 or 4:5-15, 19b-26, 39a, 40-42

Jesus came to a town of Samaria called Sychar,
near the plot of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.
Jacob's well was there.
Jesus, tired from his journey, sat down there at the well.
It was about noon.

A woman of Samaria came to draw water.
Jesus said to her,
"Give me a drink."
His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.
The Samaritan woman said to him,
"How can you, a Jew, ask me, a Samaritan woman, for a drink?"
--For Jews use nothing in common with Samaritans.--
Jesus answered and said to her,
"If you knew the gift of God
and who is saying to you, 'Give me a drink,'
you would have asked him
and he would have given you living water."
The woman said to him,
"Sir, you do not even have a bucket and the cistern is deep;
where then can you get this living water?
Are you greater than our father Jacob,
who gave us this cistern and drank from it himself
with his children and his flocks?"
Jesus answered and said to her,
"Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again;
but whoever drinks the water I shall give will never thirst;
the water I shall give will become in him
a spring of water welling up to eternal life."
The woman said to him,
"Sir, give me this water, so that I may not be thirsty
or have to keep coming here to draw water."

Jesus said to her,
"Go call your husband and come back."
The woman answered and said to him,
"I do not have a husband."
Jesus answered her,
"You are right in saying, 'I do not have a husband.'
For you have had five husbands,
and the one you have now is not your husband.
What you have said is true."
The woman said to him,
"Sir, I can see that you are a prophet.
Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain;
but you people say that the place to worship is in Jerusalem."
Jesus said to her,
"Believe me, woman, the hour is coming
when you will worship the Father
neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
You people worship what you do not understand;
we worship what we understand,
because salvation is from the Jews.
But the hour is coming, and is now here,
when true worshipers will worship the Father in Spirit and truth;
and indeed the Father seeks such people to worship him.
God is Spirit, and those who worship him
must worship in Spirit and truth."
The woman said to him,
"I know that the Messiah is coming, the one called the Christ;
when he comes, he will tell us everything."
Jesus said to her,
"I am he, the one speaking with you."

At that moment his disciples returned,
and were amazed that he was talking with a woman,
but still no one said, "What are you looking for?"
or "Why are you talking with her?"
The woman left her water jar
and went into the town and said to the people,
"Come see a man who told me everything I have done.
Could he possibly be the Christ?"
They went out of the town and came to him.
Meanwhile, the disciples urged him, "Rabbi, eat."
But he said to them,
"I have food to eat of which you do not know."
So the disciples said to one another,
"Could someone have brought him something to eat?"
Jesus said to them,
"My food is to do the will of the one who sent me
and to finish his work.
Do you not say, 'In four months the harvest will be here'?
I tell you, look up and see the fields ripe for the harvest.
The reaper is already receiving payment
and gathering crops for eternal life,
so that the sower and reaper can rejoice together.
For here the saying is verified that 'One sows and another reaps.'
I sent you to reap what you have not worked for;
others have done the work,
and you are sharing the fruits of their work."

Many of the Samaritans of that town began to believe in him
because of the word of the woman who testified,
"He told me everything I have done."
When the Samaritans came to him,
they invited him to stay with them;
and he stayed there two days.
Many more began to believe in him because of his word,
and they said to the woman,
"We no longer believe because of your word;
for we have heard for ourselves,
and we know that this is truly the savior of the world."

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Playgound Volunteer

PLAYGROUND VOLUNTEER PROGRAM

Help our coaches supervise our children during lunchtime recess! We need two parents each day. Each grade is responsible for two months per year. Parents commit for one day, i.e. Mondays, for that particular month. Questions? Contact Kathleen Felesina.

SHIFT IS FROM 12:00-12:30.
SECOND GRADE- MARCH

SHIFT IS FROM 12:00-12:30.
SIXTH GRADE - MARCH

Help our coaches supervise our children during lunchtime recess! Our PLAYGROUND VOLUNTEER PROGRAM needs two parents each day from 11:15-12:00. Questions, contact Kathleen Felesina in the school directory.

Kindergarten- Year Round
11:15-10:00

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
1.	Lewis,K.	Gaines,	O'Malley,K.	Burke,K.	Burke/ Harrigan( alternating week)
2	Kilroy	Gemperle	Seigle/ Weed (alternating week)	Fox / Gaffney/ Carroll (allertnating week)
Sub	Aguero Harrigan	Lightbourn	Burger / Harrigan	Murphy / Harrigan / Borkovich/ Weed	Millikan

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Golf Club News

Golf Anyone?
When? – SPA Golf Club first match April 4th
April 11, 18, 25 and May 2, 9, 16, 23, 2005

Where? – Ranch Park Par 3 Course

What? – Just a City of LA Golf Certification Card and your own equipment

Who? – All SPA Students with an interest in golf- Not a Competition
Get some friends in your grade and become a regular golf group

Please request your Registration information packet via telephone
to Mark McDonald, see directory for number.

Include your mailing address and a packet will be sent to you.

See you on the course!!!

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