MISSION STATEMENT St. Bernard Catholic School creates a learning community in the rich tradition of the Catholic faith that nourishes each student’s faith, intellectual curiosity and commitment to service. Weekly Bulletin * October 13-17, 2014 SLE of the Month: Active Individuals who follow the example of Christ in their outreach and service to others. This Week: Monday October 13 2014 Tuesday October 14, 2014 Wednesday October 15, 2014 Thursday October 16, 2014 First Friday October 17, 2014 Family Folders go home $1.00 JEANS DAY Collection for Missionary Childhood Association Student Folders go home High School Night at St. Bede’s Hall Dress Uniform ● 7:35 AM--Classrooms Open ● 7:50 AM--Morning Prayer ● Virtus Recertification Spanish- St. Joseph located in Parish Center ● 7:35 AM--Classrooms Open ● 7:50 AM--Morning Prayer ● 7:35 AM--Classrooms open ● 7:50 AM--Morning Prayer ● 8:30 AM- MCA Youth Appreciation Mass Grades 3- 4-5 ● 1:00 PM-6:00 PM Parent Conferences ● 7:35 AM--Classrooms open ● 7:50 AM--Morning Prayer ● 5:00 PM La Salle Dinner 7:35 AM—Classrooms open 8:00 AM Mass Dismissal 2:55 PM Dismissal 2:55 PM Dismissal 12:30PM Dismissal 2:55 PM Dismissal 2:55 Upcoming Dates October 22, 29: 12:30 PM dismissal for Parent Conferences. Wednesday, October 15 MCA Mass Grades 3-5 Thursday, October 16, Great Shake Out Drill Tuesday, October 21: Fire Drill Wednesday, October 22:Living Rosary Grade 11:30 AM Wednesday, October 22, 2014:12:00 PM- 9:00 PM Panda Fundraiser Monday, October 27: Red Ribbon Week Thursday, October 30: Dress Uniform 8 AM Mass Friday, October 31: Halloween Parade and Carnival Sunday, November 2: School Mass 9:30 AM Grade 5 Friday, November 7: First Friday 12:30 Dismissal Students May Wear WALK- A-THON SHIRT and Khakis today! Saturday, November 8: Walk-A-Thon Cathedral High School Monday, November 10: Chuck E Cheese Fundraiser 3-9 PM Tuesday, November 11: Veteran’s Day Observed No School From the Principal Dear Parents, St. Bernard Catholic School will participate in the Great ShakeOut Earthquake Drill on Thursday, October 16 at 10:16 AM. Please find resources for this event or how to prepare for an earthquake at home here: http://www.earthquakecountry.info/downloads/ShakeOut_Recommended_Earthquake_Safety_Actions.pdf On Tuesday, students may wear their polo with jeans for $1.00. We will collect the money and send it to the Missionary Childhood Association. The 3 rd -4 th and 5 th Grade will represent St. Bernard at the MCA Mass at the Cathedral on Wednesday. Thank you to Ms. Casanova and Ms. Daze for organizing this service opportunity for our students. It is a tradition on Halloween that the 7 th and 8 th Graders put on a carnival for the younger students. Students arrive in costume and the entire school participates in a parade around the volleyball courts. Awards are given in three categories for each class. This is followed by games, a haunted house and lunch. There will be more information in next week’s bulletin. Please remember when helping your child select on a costume for Halloween, not to have your child in overly violent or suggestive clothing. Students should wear safe shoes, also and not have any weapons with their costume. This is a fun day and all are invited to participate. The carnival runs from 10 AM- 1:00 PM and students in TK-6 may leave with their parents after the carnival at 1 PM. The 7 th and 8 th Grade will stay until 3 PM to help clean up the campus. The money raised is used to offset the cost of the yearbook. The teachers and I look forward to Parent Teacher Conferences over the next few weeks. Here are some tips from the Harvard Family Research Project http://www.westmichiganaviation.org/system/assets/189/original/Parent-Teacher-ConferenceTipSheet-Parents.pdf God Bless, Mrs. Samaniego Student Leadership This Friday, October 17th, we will celebrate our first spirit rally of the year at 2:00pm. We will be recognizing our numerous faith, academic and athletic groups including boys football, girls volleyball, our speech team, 5th-8th grade altar servers, choir and Student Leadership. We hope to provide each member with encouragement and support to fulfill their academic, spiritual and athletic roles to the best of their abilities while proudly representing St. Bernard.
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MISSION STATEMENT St. Bernard Catholic School creates a learning community in the rich tradition of the Catholic faith that nourishes each student’s faith, intellectual curiosity and commitment to service.
Weekly Bulletin * October 13-17, 2014 SLE of the Month: Active Individuals who follow the example of Christ in their outreach and service to others. This Week:
Monday October 13 2014
Tuesday October 14, 2014
Wednesday October 15, 2014
Thursday October 16, 2014
First Friday October 17, 2014
Family Folders go home $1.00 JEANS DAY
Collection for Missionary Childhood Association
Student Folders go home
High School Night at St. Bede’s Hall Dress Uniform
October 22, 29: 12:30 PM dismissal for Parent Conferences. Wednesday, October 15 MCA Mass Grades 3-5 Thursday, October 16, Great Shake Out Drill Tuesday, October 21: Fire Drill Wednesday, October 22:Living Rosary Grade 11:30 AM Wednesday, October 22, 2014:12:00 PM- 9:00 PM Panda Fundraiser Monday, October 27: Red Ribbon Week
Thursday, October 30: Dress Uniform 8 AM Mass Friday, October 31: Halloween Parade and Carnival Sunday, November 2: School Mass 9:30 AM Grade 5 Friday, November 7: First Friday 12:30 Dismissal Students May Wear WALK-A-THON SHIRT and Khakis today! Saturday, November 8: Walk-A-Thon Cathedral High School Monday, November 10: Chuck E Cheese Fundraiser 3-9 PM Tuesday, November 11: Veteran’s Day Observed No School
From the Principal
Dear Parents, St. Bernard Catholic School will participate in the Great ShakeOut Earthquake Drill on Thursday, October 16 at 10:16 AM. Please find resources for this event or how to prepare for an earthquake at home here: http://www.earthquakecountry.info/downloads/ShakeOut_Recommended_Earthquake_Safety_Actions.pdf On Tuesday, students may wear their polo with jeans for $1.00. We will collect the money and send it to the Missionary Childhood Association. The 3rd-4th and 5th Grade will represent St. Bernard at the MCA Mass at the Cathedral on Wednesday. Thank you to Ms. Casanova and Ms. Daze for organizing this service opportunity for our students. It is a tradition on Halloween that the 7th and 8th Graders put on a carnival for the younger students. Students arrive in costume and the entire school participates in a parade around the volleyball courts. Awards are given in three categories for each class. This is followed by games, a haunted house and lunch. There will be more information in next week’s bulletin. Please remember when helping your child select on a costume for Halloween, not to have your child in overly violent or suggestive clothing. Students should wear safe shoes, also and not have any weapons with their costume. This is a fun day and all are invited to participate. The carnival runs from 10 AM- 1:00 PM and students in TK-6 may leave with their parents after the carnival at 1 PM. The 7th and 8th Grade will stay until 3 PM to help clean up the campus. The money raised is used to offset the cost of the yearbook. The teachers and I look forward to Parent Teacher Conferences over the next few weeks. Here are some tips from the Harvard Family Research Project http://www.westmichiganaviation.org/system/assets/189/original/Parent-Teacher-ConferenceTipSheet-Parents.pdf God Bless, Mrs. Samaniego
Student Leadership
This Friday, October 17th, we will celebrate our first spirit rally of the year at 2:00pm. We will be recognizing our numerous faith, academic and athletic groups including boys football, girls volleyball, our speech team, 5th-8th grade altar servers, choir and Student Leadership. We hope to provide each member with encouragement and support to fulfill their academic, spiritual and athletic roles to the best of their abilities while proudly representing St. Bernard.
MISSION STATEMENT St. Bernard Catholic School creates a learning community in the rich tradition of the Catholic faith that nourishes each student’s faith, intellectual curiosity and commitment to service.
Sports
Sports Information: Week of October 13 - October 17 Football Game: Tuesday, St. Bernard verse Incarnation at Glassell Park, 3:45 PM Football Practice: Thursday, 3:15 - 5:00 PM JV Volleyball Game: Monday, Saint Bernard verse Incarnation at Saint Bernard, 3:45 PM Varsity Volleyball Games: Tuesday, St. Bernard verse OL Lourdes at OL Lourdes, 3:45 PM Thursday, St. Bernard verse Incarnation at Saint Bernard, 3:45 PM Varsity & JV Optional Skills Clinic: Parent-teacher-student conferences begin this week and will take priority for those who have them scheduled during Wednesday afternoon. Therefore, on Wednesday afternoon there will be an optional volleyball skills clinic from 12:45-3:00 PM for the athletes to have additional practice time. Volleyball Tournament: The girls Varsity Volleyball team will compete in the 4th Annual St. Sebastian Cup on Saturday, October 18. Good luck & go Trojans! Cross Country Practices: Tuesday, Thursday & Friday, 3:15 - 4:30 PM Spirit Rally on Friday! There will be a Spirit Rally on Friday, October 17, 2014 at 2:00 PM. This rally will recognize several groups including our sports teams. The student athletes will wear dress uniform to school and may change into their uniform top at recess time to wear for the celebration at the end of the day. Thank you! Announcements: Congratulations to the Cross Country Team who competed in the CYO Cross Country Invitational on Sunday! Great job! Request: If you have taken any photographs of the sports teams, please email them to me to compile and use for the yearbook. I would greatly appreciate it! Please contact the office or [email protected] if you have any questions. We look forward to continuing sports this year! Go Trojans!
Fundraising
WALK-A-THON 2014!
November 8, 2014 at Cathedral High School--The link to registration and donations is: www.stbernard-school.com Help Needed to work the kitchen- Making Breakfast Burritos! Contact Mr. Vela! If you want to help with Walk-A-Thon, please contact Ray Vela at [email protected]. Here are the class total monies raised by families as of Thursday, October 10! On Friday, October 17, we will announce the participation percentage per class and that class will receive a free homework pass! Our Goal this year is to raise $30,000! Get your pledges and donations by October 15!
Class Grade Total
TK $1,090.00
K $1,175.00
1 $300.00
2 $330.00
3 $60.00
4 $330.00
5 $1,165.00
6 $0.00
7 $105.00
8 $30.00
Community
The St. Bernard Parish Bulletin can be found here: http://www.stbernardla.cc/
Looking for a place for the children to do their homework? Check out the resources at Cypress Park Library: http://www.lapl.org/branches/cypress-park Please find attached a bilingual flyer announcing an upcoming Community Dialogue with Captain Jeff Bert on Monday, October 20 from 6-8:00pm at Divine Savior Catholic Church. The event is being coordinated by parent leadership group, Padres Activos, Jovenes con Futuro (PAJF) and being
MISSION STATEMENT St. Bernard Catholic School creates a learning community in the rich tradition of the Catholic faith that nourishes each student’s faith, intellectual curiosity and commitment to service.
supported by the Northeast Community Collaborative composed of community stakeholders and leaders. The Bilingual Bulletin is here: http://www.westmichiganaviation.org/system/assets/189/original/Parent-Teacher-ConferenceTipSheet-Parents.pdf
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Announcements
8TH GRADE NEWS There are two Regional High School Nights this year:
October 16th 7 PM at St. Bede’s Hall November 18th 7 PM at Holy Family SPEECH: The St. Bernard Speech Team has their first tournament coming up this Saturday, October 18 at St. Bernadine of Sienna in Woodland Hills. In this speech tournament 5th-8th graders are preparing to compete in categories such as Storytelling, Oratorical, Thematic, TV Dual, Poetry and Dramatic Interpretation. St. Bernard is sending eleven 5th-8th graders to the competition including: Crystal Bonilla, Eric Cabato, Josclyne Dizon, Abigail Mallo, Alexis Marquez, Kimberly Marquez, Gabriel Morales, Vivian Orozco, Joseph Quinoneza, Alejandro Sanchez and Jesse Vela. Best of luck Speech Team!
