From the desk of Sister Stella
SPA Parish News
PWC President
SPA Fall Festival News
SPA School
Traffic Duty Assignments
Weekly Readings/Reflections
Playground Volunteer
Hot Lunch Volunteers
SPA Girl Scout Troop 492
From Coach Eddie and Family
SPA Chess Club News

“Feedback is not something to be endured. It is something to be sought after, because that’s the way we get better.” (Frank Lafasto)

From the Desk of Sister Stella Maria, Principal:

Parents, several weeks ago we asked you to respond to a “wish list” regarding priorities for using this coming festival’s funds. Approximately fifteen families have taken the time to relay their feedback. If you have forgotten about this opportunity, it is not too late to send your top three ideas to me. Your ideas are all very helpful.

Please look for the following important information in this Thursday’s Brown Envelop.

• A sample form that is used by employees of the Archdiocese when reporting suspected child abuse.

• A statement from Cardinal Mahony, titled ARCHDIOCESE BEGINS PROCESS TO FUND FUTURE SETTLEMENTS IN CIVIL CASES.

• Instructional schedule for Protecting God’s Children.

Parents, I can’t begin to thank you enough for the support and cooperation for attending our morning sessions on Protecting God’s Children.

The schedule is as follows:

KA	Thursday Thursday	May 24th May 31st	8:45am-9:15am 8:45am-9:15am
KB	Thursday Thursday	May 24th May 31st	8:45am-9:15am 8:45am-9:15am
1A	Friday Friday	May 25th June 1st	2:00pm-2:30pm 2:00pm-2:30pm
1B	Monday Wednesday	May 21st May 30th	2:00pm-2:30pm 8:30am-9:00am
2A	Tuesday Tuesday	May 22nd May 29th	2:00pm-2:30pm 2:00pm-2:30pm
2B	Friday              Friday	May 25th June 1st	8:10am-8:40am 8:10am-8:40am
3A	Tuesday Tuesday	May 27th May 29th	8:15am-8:45am 8:15am-8:45am
3B	Thursday Thursday	May 24th May 31st	2:00pm-2:30pm 2:00pm-2:30pm
4A	Tuesday Tuesday	May 22nd May 29th	1:15pm-1:45pm 1:15pm-1:45pm
4B	Thursday Wednesday	May 24th May 30th	1:15pm-1:45pm 2:00pm-2:30pm
5A	Day E, Tuesday Day C, Wednesday	May 22nd May 30th	12:45pm-1:30pm 10:30am-11:15am
5B	Day G, Thursday Day B, Tuesday	May 24th May 29th	9:05am-9:45am 9:05am-9:45am
6A	Day E, Tuesday Day C, Wednesday	May 22nd May 30th	11:35am-12:30pm 10:30am-11:15am
6B	Day A, Friday              Day C, Wednesday	May 25th May 30th	11:30am-12:15pm 9:05am-9:50am
7A	Day E, Tuesday Day F, Wednesday	May 22nd May 23rd	8:10am-8:50am 2:00pm-2:40pm
7B	Day E, Tuesday Day G, Thursday	May 22nd May 24th	2:00pm-2:40pm 2:00pm-2:40pm
8A	Day A, Friday              Day C, Wednesday	May 25th May 30th	2:00pm-2:40pm 8:10am-8:50am
8B	Day A, Friday              Day B, Tuesday	May 25th May 29th	8:10am-8:50am 8:10am-8:50am

The instructors are as follows:

KG-4th Grade:                         Dr. King and Mrs. Masterson
5th & 6th Grade:                      Nurse Anderson
7th & 8th Grade:                       Mrs. BJ
Supervisor of all grades:           Sr. Stella

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St. Paul the Apostle Parish Picnic

June 16, 2007 11:00am to 4:00pm

UCLA Sunset Canyon Recreation Center

Fabulous All You Can Eat BBQ Style Menu

Cost $10.00 Adults

$5.00 Children

Toddler 5 and under FREE
_____________________________________________________________________

 

Live DJ                                  All day Buffet                                  Raffle   Swimming                             Water Games                                    Bingo Bouncer                                 Adult Picnic Games                          Games

Ice Cream                               Pie Eating Contest                           Snow Cones

                 Bring your Swimming Suit, Towel, Picnic Blanket, Sun Block & Hat

                                     Parking Entrance at Bellagio/Sunset at Lot 11

                          Limited parking stickers available @ $8.00 per car

         St. Paul the Apostle Parish Picnic

       Tickets on Sale at the Parish Office

SPA School Families – Pre- Order your tickets

                   Fill out the order Form and return to School in the Black Bag with Payment

                             Pick up your tickets at the School Office starting on June 4, 2007

                  Cash & Checks only

Make checks payable to St. Paul the Apostle Church

             

Name of Family __________________________________Phone_______________

Address __________________________________City________Zip____________

           No. of  Adults _______________x $10.00 =________________

           No. of  Children _______________x   $5.00 = _______________

          No. of  Toddlers 5 & Under_____ FREE

             Parking per car_________________$8.00 = __________________

                                                                     Total $  __________________

CHILDREN 12 AND UNDER OR 48” INCHES OR UNDER MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT AT THE SWIMMING POOL.

                             Questions call: Parish office 310-474-1527

 

 

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PWC President

Dear SPA Families:

 

To all you SPA Campers-have a safe and wonderful weekend. Don’t forget to make your family signs. St. Paul’s Pirate’s Cove is the theme for the SPA Campout Family Sign Contest.  Have your sign in place at your cabin/tent/RV by Friday evening. Prizes will be given for outstanding efforts and awarded at the Campfire/Talent Show Saturday night.  See you there!

Fall Festival News-A Friendly Reminder

Those classes with 100% participation of selling one raffle book per student by May 24th win Jamba Juice during recess on May 31st!

Become a Patron of St. Paul’s Pirate’s Cove Festival by Friday, June 1st to guarantee “out-of-uniform” for your children on June 5th.

Special Programs for Moms-Wednesday May 23rd-MPR

Barbara Murphy, SPA Coordinator of Seniors Ministry will be presenting “We Mom’s Go Way Back-Biblical Images of the Real Oldest Profession” at 1:30 to 2:45 PM-repeated 4:00 to 5:15 PM in the Multi-Purpose Room.

8th Grade Liturgy and Potluck
8th Grade Parents, save the date for your Pot Luck, Wednesday, May 23rd.  Food is to be dropped off in the JCPC by 6:15 PM. The prayer service will begin promptly at 6:30 PM in the church. Enjoy your special night with your teenager.

Upcoming Events

May 18-20                            SPA Campout

May 21                            Late Day

May 23                            8th Grade Retreat, Liturgy and Potluck

May 28                            Memorial Day-No School

Mary Kay Lalli

PWC President

 

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SPA Fall Festival News

PIRATES’S COVE

FALL FESTIVAL   RAFFLE UPDATE

The 2007 Pirate's Cove class participation raffle is in full swing and going great! Please be sure to return your raffle stubs and payment via the black bag attn: Laura Saade. The deadline for the class participation raffle is May 24,2007.

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Restricted Festival Funds Update

The scoreboards have arrived! 2 basketball scoreboards and 1 football scoreboard have been received. The cost of all three was $ 3,278.14.

Bathroom updates have begun. Painting and some replacement of fixtures were done over Easter break. The completion of fixture replacement and the ventilation of all bathrooms will be done during summer.

The cost of the ventilation project will be $ 19,880.00. 

The remaining $ 16,841.86 will be used to defray the cost of painting, replacing fixtures, broken tiles, floor boards and repair, mirrors and a few bathroom windows.

Thank you, parents, for your boundless generosity

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Traffic Duty Assignments

Mmonth of MayTraffic Duty Assignment Kindergarten 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 Shirmer. 

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Weekly Readings/Reflections

READINGS FOR ASCENSION SUNDAY MAY 20

Reading 1

Acts 1:1-11
 
In the first book, Theophilus,
I dealt with all that Jesus did and taught
until the day he was taken up,
after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit
to the apostles whom he had chosen.
He presented himself alive to them
by many proofs after he had suffered,
appearing to them during forty days
and speaking about the kingdom of God.
While meeting with them,
he enjoined them not to depart from Jerusalem,
but to wait for “the promise of the Father
about which you have heard me speak;
for John baptized with water,
but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”

When they had gathered together they asked him,
“Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?”
He answered them, “It is not for you to know the times or seasons
that the Father has established by his own authority.
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you,
and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem,
throughout Judea and Samaria,
and to the ends of the earth.”
When he had said this, as they were looking on,
he was lifted up, and a cloud took him from their sight.
While they were looking intently at the sky as he was going,
suddenly two men dressed in white garments stood beside them.
They said, “Men of Galilee,
why are you standing there looking at the sky?
This Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven
will return in the same way as you have seen him going into heaven.”
 
Gospel

Luke 24:45-53
 

Jesus said to his disciples:
“Thus it is written that the Christ would suffer
and rise from the dead on the third day
and that repentance, for the forgiveness of sins,
would be preached in his name
to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
You are witnesses of these things.
And behold I am sending the promise of my Father upon you;
but stay in the city
until you are clothed with power from on high.”

Then he led them out as far as Bethany,
raised his hands, and blessed them.
As he blessed them he parted from them
and was taken up to heaven.
They did him homage
and then returned to Jerusalem with great joy,
and they were continually in the temple praising God.

 

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Playgound Volunteer

Kindergarten: 11:45-12:15
May

3rd GRADE: 12:10-12:40
May

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Hot Lunch Volunteers

Hot Lunch Volunteer Schedule
May, 2007

Kindergarten       11:20 – 11:45
Mondays                               Wednesday                         Thursdays

3rd Grade        11:45 – 12:10
Mondays                                 Wednesday                          Thursdays

6th Grade       12:20 – 12:45
Mondays                                  Wednesday                         Thursdays

5/14	Elizabeth Casey	5/16		5/17	Carroll
5/21	Elizabeth Casey	5/23	Mary Ann McQueen	5/24	Claudia Fox
5/28	NO SCHOOL	5/30	Mary Ann McQueen	5/31	Jessica Yi

 

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A MESSAGE FROM GIRL SCOUT TROOP 492:
“THANK YOU!!”

This past week Girl Scout Troop 492 had a book drive for Ascension School.   The books will fill their growing Library and Early Reading Program. We have collected over 675 books!   Thank you to all who participated, your generosity is greatly appreciated

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On behalf of our whole family, we want to express our gratitude to all who have showered us with their prayers and support before and after my mothers passing.  We are fortunate to have so many people who care and you can count on for anything.  It has been such a comfort for us to have support.  

Peace,

Coach Eddie Rosenberg & Family

 

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St. Paul the Apostle Chess Club:  20 Years of Thinking Ahead, 1987-2007

St. Paul’s Chess Team Overpowers Westwood Charter 19-9

When St. Paul’s Chess Team hosted Westwood Charter in March, WC won in a squeaker, 7.5 to 6.5, and our students knew there would soon be a rematch.  And was there ever!  Westwood Charter hosted teachers Jack Peters, Ivona Jezierska and 28 SPA students this past Friday afternoon and the result proved that St. Paul’s is fast becoming a chess powerhouse.  St. Paul’s notched 16 wins and four draws, resulting in a final score of 19-9.  The majority of wins came from the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Grades, with four wins each.  Congratulations to the winners:  Kindergarten’s Stuart D., Grace M., First Graders Reid W., Connor B., Jordan M. and Sophie W., second graders Stephen B., Patrick M. and Matthew W.,  Ava  H., third graders Stefano W., Graham M., Nicholas R. and Hale T., fifth graders Charlie C. and Anastasia P., and eight grader Sean B.  Thank you to all the students who represented our school with kindness, fair play and an overall sense of good sportsmanship.

Jack Peters was pleased with the performance of all the players and looks at these recent team matches as “the first of the millennium” for St. Paul’s.  John Thomas Dye and Westwood Charter were our first 2007 opponents and more schools will follow in the months ahead.  Happy 20th Anniversary.

Mark your calendarsfor theYear-end Chess Club Awards Ceremony on Monday, June 4th, in the Parish Center, 3:00–4:30 pm.  All are welcome.  And meet our new Chess Club Treasurer, SPA alum Brian Whitney.  

It’s your move!

John Walsh, Program Director

Brigid Heaney, Treasurer

www.spachess.org

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