T h e L i g h t St. Luke Catholic School

April 15, 2015

“Let your gentleness be evident to all; the Lord is near.” PHILIPPIANS 4:5

Fiesta! Gala 2015

If you were there, you know what a great evening it was! Nothing but compliments all around for an evening of fun, fellowship, and fundraising for St. Luke Catholic School. There are so many persons to thank for giving of their time, treasure, and skills at coordinat-ing this major event. The funds raised will expand and enhance our technology program for our middle school and upper elementary students. You have made a difference in the education of our children.

My heartfelt thanks to the following individuals who served on the Gala committee and gave joyfully of themselves:

Lisa Eddy, Chairperson; you deserve time off to bask in the glow of success.

Mike Davila, Emcee; what energy, enthusiasm and loyalty to St. Luke’s!

Gladys Appelt, decorations, place cards, bid paddles Dixie Arndt, silent auction Jason Arndt, gaming Christina Bocanegra-Perez, social media and silent auction Erika Bowen, program and PPT show Lena Camarillo, raffle table Adam Eddy, silent auction Rebecca Hernandez, grand raffle poster

Lisa Holguin, School Council President, raffles and silent auction

Kristin Miranda, silent auction Marivel Ojeda, silent auction Gina Olivares, silent auction Angela Ray, check-in and silent auction Gabriela Rodriguez, silent auction Yolanda Rodriguez, silent auction Elva Rubio, candy station, silent auction, decorating Martin Vasquez, raffle table Tracey Whelan, PR chair, all communication

PTC Board Members and friends: Valerie Martinez, President Sara Iliff, Andrew Iliff, auction baskets,

check-in, check out Monica Tapia, check-out Jeannie Castillo, check-out

St. Luke administration and staff who assisted in a variety of ways: Thomas Meyer, Assistant Principal,

check-in, check-out Julie Dannhardt, art, student auction

items Teresa Pena and Luz McDaniel, Fiesta

hat Claudia Vasquez, finance, reconcilia-

tion, check-in, check-out Debbie Rodriguez, support, ticket sales,

website, rsvp tally Dora Calderon, support, ticket sales

A Special Thank you to our Sponsors: Community Family Medicine, Dr.

Javier Bocanegra, Platinum Holy Cross Middle and High School,

San Antonio, Platinum Parker School Uniforms, Gold Mr. and Mrs. Larry Cordell, Silver Miracle Body and Paint, Green and

Gold The Henarie Family, designers of the

Fiesta Gala logo, Green and Gold FM Human Performance, Paco

Miranda, Green and Gold

To all the room parents who collected and designed the Class Baskets for the silent auction. Thank You. $3,015.00 was raised from the PTC Class Baskets Silent Auction. Proceeds will go to fund scholarships for 8th grade students attending a Catholic high school.

To all the parents who contributed to the class baskets, thank you.

A special thanks to all those who sponsored a teacher or staff member.

Our Donors were so very generous. There were literally dozens of persons and organizations who donated silent and live auction items. Please click here for a complete list of donors.

May each and every one of you receive the blessings that you so deserve. It is in giving that we, in part, fulfill our mission as children of God. My heartfelt thanks for giving so much of yourself to this endeavor. It was an extraordinary event.

We look forward to celebrating with you 2016.

Marcella Salazar Principal

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Counselor’s Corner...Counselor’s Corner...

Grand Raffle Tickets

Congratulations to Deanee Mejia, winner of the Tuition Grand Raffle.

Summer 2015 Extended Day

Please click here for information and the registration form for this sum-mer’s Extended Day program. Registration forms are also available in the school office. Please contact Ms. Linda Flores, program director, a t 2 1 0 - 3 8 6 - 4 9 1 0 o r linda.flores@stlukecatholic.org with any questions.

Upcoming Dates to Note: Friday, April 24, Battle of Flowers Holiday

- No school

Friday, May 1, Field Day, Noon Dis-

missal, after-school care available until 6:00

p.m.

www.stlukecatholic.org

Summer 2015 Building Skills Program

Registration for the St. Luke Sum-

mer Fun Building Skills program

registration continues. Please click

on this link for more information and

the registration form. There are lim-

ited spaces available. If you have

any questions, email Mrs. Buhrman

at: Nadine.buhrman@stlukecatholic.org

Virtue of the Month for

April: Gentleness

PTC Lunch Friday, April 17

St. Luke’s PTC will be serving Chick-fil-A for lunch on Friday, April 17th. If you did not place an order for Friday’s PTC lunch, please pack a sack lunch for your child. Should you have any ques-tions please contact Monica Tapia at 210-722-9601. If you can volunteer to help with this Friday’s PTC lunch con-tact Sara Iliff at smeiliff@gmail.com or 210-669-6241.

Medications in the Clinic

Please stop by the clinic and pick up any medications that your child is no longer being given by the nurse on an ongoing/regular basis. Please note that any medications (including over-the-counter) that have not been picked up will be discarded at the end of the school year.

Thank you.

DUKE TIP

STATE RECOGNITION

Congratulations to Jacob Schneider, 7th

grade student, for his outstanding per-

formance on the ACT college entrance

exam offered through participation in

the Duke TIP 7th Grade Talent Search.

Jacob’s scores have qualified him for

state recognition and for participation in

summer studies sponsored by the TIP

program. These honors were earned by

scoring at or above the national average

of recent high school graduates on at

least one part of the ACT exam.

15 Beginner

Strings, 3:30-4:30

16 Mass led by Bl.

Mother Teresa Soc.

Advanced Strings, 3:30-4:30 Scrabble Tourna-ment Softball vs. Provi-dence HipHop Dance Class Open House 4-6 p.m.

17 PTC Lunch 18

19 20 Talent Show

Auditions

21 Softball &

Baseball vs. Holy Cross Choir, 3:30-4:15 Talent Show Auditions

22 2nd Gr. Field

Trip Beginner Strings, 3:30-4:30 Talent Show Auditions

23 Mass led by 2nd

Gr. Advanced Strings, 3:30-4:30 HipHop Dance Class

24

NO SCHOOL

Battle of Flowers

25

St. Luke Catholic School

Field Day T-shirt Colors

PKA & PKB: violet KA: lime KB: red 1A: Irish green 1B: ash 2A: caro blue 2B: gold 3A: tropical blue 3B: electric green 4A: navy 4B: neon green 5A: sky 5B: mint green 6A: Texas orange 6B: neon blue 7A: sapphire 7B: safety pink 8A: safety green 8B: coral silk

Field Day - Friday, May 1st

Field Day is quickly approaching. Vol-unteers are needed (must have a cur-rent background check on file)! Contact Coach Loza or Coach Morales if you are interested in volunteering. Thank you!

www.stlukecatholic.org

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Blue Honor Roll: 6A: Daniela Arenas; 6B: Emily Gianotti, James Nanthikattu, Alyssa Orozco, Nicholas Whelan; 7A: Franco Alonso, Cade Chisum, Vivian Fernandez, Alexis Jairala, Victoria Palacios; 7B: Victoria Meeks, Jacob Schneider; 8A: Michelle Enciso; 8B: Hannah Albor, Giselle Garcia, Celia Jairala Red Honor Roll: 6A: David Aguilar, Laurel Alonzo, Carolina Alvarez, Layne-Grace Armstrong, Liliana Barrientos,

Itza Martinez, Gabriel Mejia, Diegos Ramos, Olivia Schneider, Laura Silva 6B: Mia Chavez, Victoria Dominguez, Ian Doran, Elysa Flores, Adriana Garza, Sofia Hampton, Madylin

Mercado, Justin Rodriguez, Elva Rubio, Jaden Velasquez 7A: Julia Buhrman, Delaney Carrillo, Kirstiene Victoriano, Zachary Yount 7B: Christian Caldwell, Javier Camarillo, Elizabeth Cuta, Alfredo Gonzalez, Brandon Hernandez, Nicholas

Martinez, Jakob Mayorga, Pepe Moncada, Emmett Pena, Hannah Phelt, Conor Salinas, Diana Villarreal 8A: Lauren Casas, Paul Elbayeh, Nicolas Garza, Christina Ke, Alexandria Leija, Solei Luna, Taylor Novak,

Alana Rivera, Natalie Sweeden 8B: Maria Aguilar, Deirdre Duffy, Fernando Farias, Miguel Martinez, Faye Ortiz-Smith

6A: David Aguilar, Jason Albor, Laurel Alonzo, Carolina Alvarez, Daniela Arenas, Layne-Grace Armstrong, Sara Arndt, Liliana Barrientos, Anjelica Cantu, Julia Garcia, Katrina Garcia, Carla Hernandez, Easi Luna, Itza Martinez, Gabriel Mejia, Diego Ramos, Corryne Tidwell

6B: Sianna Ayala, Mia Chavez, Victoria Dominguez, Ian Doran, Elysa Flores, Emily Gianotti, Sofia Hampton, Arabella Holguin, Madylin Mercado, James Nanthikattu, Alyssa Orozco, Adam Rodriguez, Elva Rubio, Devin Schwan, Catherine Silva, Madison Trevino, Jaden Velasquez, Nicholas Whelan

7A: Franco Alonso, Erika Beatty, Delaney Carrillo, Vivian Fernandez, Patrick Garcia, Alexis Jairala, Francisco Lopez, Nicholas Montoto, Victoria Palacios, Yesenia Perez, R J Sanchez, Sarah Selner, Kirstiene Victoriano, Julianna Zamora

7B: Christian Caldwell, Javier Camarillo, Elizabeth Cuta, Alfredo Gonzalez, Nicholas Martinez, Tory Meeks, Emmett Pena, Hannah Phelt, Jacob Schneider, Dianna Villarreal

8A: Lauren Casas, Zachary Davidsmeyer, Paul Elbayeh, Michelle Enciso, Christina Ke, Park Lamm, Solei Luna, Emily Schelstrate

8B: Maria Aguilar, Hannah Albor, Jianna Castillo, Deirdre Duffy, Heather Figueroa, Giselle Garcia, Juan Angel Hinojosa, Celia Jairala, Miguel Martinez, Victoria Reyes

6th Grade: Sianna Ayala and Arabella Holguin

7th Grade: Bella Beltran and Patrick Garcia

8th Grade: Giselle Gutierrez and Brooke Montez

Third Quarter Honor Roll Congratulations

Third Quarter Citizenship

Third Quarter Effort

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Technology Corner John Vara, Technology Teacher

We are entering the last quarter of school. The time has flown by! There is still much to cover over these last few weeks of school.

Kinder and 1st grade continue to improve their basic understanding of technology by using various online activities. 2nd grade will

use desktop publishing skills to create various flyers. The 3rd through 5th grade elementary tech students will transition from word

processing functions to desktop publishing. Also, 5th will continue to explore basic spreadsheet software features. Middle school will

practice using various tools for spreadsheets.

All grade levels continue to practice their touch typing skills. They are steadily improving! Remind students to practice at home.

Please email me if you have any questions, suggestions, comments, or concerns.

April 2015:

Kinder:

Review/add basic terminology ▪ mouse control activities ▪ online navigation ▪ practice math & reading skill with online activi-

ties ▪ Introduce Keyboarding / Touch typing basics- home row keys ▪ using delete, backspace, shift, caps & num lock, and insert

keys.

1st grade:

Keyboarding – review & practice touch typing - home row keys, emphasis on posture, hand & finger placement ▪ review/add

basic terminology ▪ online math & reading activities ▪ continue with desk top publishing software and link with other programs

such as the paint program ▪ review saving & retrieving files.

2nd grade:

Keyboarding – review & practice touch typing - home row keys, emphasis on posture, hand & finger placement ▪ saving & re-

trieving files ▪ Discuss types & use of software ▪ desktop publishing – text boxes & pictures.

3rd grade:

Keyboarding - review & practice touch typing - home row and selected non-home row keys, emphasis on posture, hand & fin-

ger placement & reach ▪ save & retrieve files ▪ word processing typed assignments ▪ creating flyers using desktop publishing

software.

4th grade:

Keyboarding practice emphasizing proper techniques ▪ Desktop publishing functions – creating various documents.

5th grade:

Keyboarding – quick review & practice ▪ accessing network resources ▪ Review/add computer terminology ▪ continue with

spreadsheet introduction.

6th grade:

Keyboarding- quick practice with emphasis on proper technique ▪ Review spreadsheets functions – counting, filtering, sorting,

product & sum functions, conditional formatting.

7th grade:

Keyboarding - quick practice with emphasis on proper technique ▪ review spreadsheets – using tables, charts & graphs.

8th grade:

Keyboarding - quick practice with emphasis on proper technique ▪ review spreadsheets – using tables, charting & graphing,

database searching.