Music Recital Behavior
On Monday we began a series of May recitals! We know that our student musicians have practiced very hard for these performances, and so we need to ensure that we have the audience’s silent, respectful attention. The following gentle reminders are listed because they have been issues in previous years:

Well-behaved siblings are welcome at the concerts. However, the recitals are in the evening and if younger siblings cannot sit through a recital quietly at this hour, please arrange for childcare.

If a younger child starts to run around or cry, please leave the auditorium with him or her.

Cell phones should be turned off, and video games are not allowed.

Student musicians should be seated quietly on the bench and should be respectful of each performer.

Student musicians should not be in other parts of the school or running in and out of the restrooms.

Sister Marilyn will be meeting with each group of student musicians before the recitals and making general announcements to the entire student body about polite behavior.

We look forward to wonderful evenings of music that reflect the talents of our students and teachers! Thank you for your cooperation!

Information Packets
Today we sent home three informational letters with your oldest child. Please ask him/her for this information.

Tuition Agreements for 2010-2011
The Tuition Agreement needs to be completed and returned to the school office by Friday, May 14.

Monsignor Collins Endowment Fund Tuition Assistance Program
The deadline for submitting an application for tuition assistance is Friday, May 21.

Mandatory Student Planner Order Form
We will be introducing mandatory student planners to students in Grs. 4-8 for the 2010-2011 school year. They will be used to manage homework assignments, test dates, and project due dates. These will take the place of homework notebooks. The cost of a student planner is $6.00 each. Students will receive their planners at the beginning of the new school year. Please complete the order form and submit it with your payment to the school office marked Student Planners by Monday, May 24.

Summer 2010 Music Lessons Information

Each year, on May 10, the Sisters of the Holy Names celebrate Strawberry Day or Founders’ Day. The community archives recount the story of six Sisters of the Holy Names from Hocheloga, Canada who were destined for Oakland, California and who boarded the “Ocean Queen” in New York. After a long ocean voyage they reached the Isthmus of Panama on the Atlantic side and crossed the Isthmus in a little train. They boarded another ship in the Pacific Ocean and after another long voyage entered San Francisco harbor on Sunday, May 10, 1868. The Mercy Sisters from St. Mary’s Hospital took them home and served luscious strawberries, the first of the season. This year we will celebrate this special day by having strawberry ice cream on Monday, May 10. Earlier in the year we asked about children’s allergies. We will follow that list and have vanilla ice cream for those students who are allergic to strawberries.

Registration Volunteers Needed
The Mothers’ Club needs volunteers to help with the collection of the Mothers’ Club family dues on registration day, Tuesday, August 24, 2010. Volunteers will be assigned to a classroom from 9:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. Volunteers will be able to register in their children’s classrooms at 8:30A.M. before the beginning of general registration at 9:00 A.M. and will be given enough time during the morning to register for the various activities in the auditorium. Please note that you may not be assigned to your child’s classroom.

Volunteers are asked to be in the library at 8:15 A.M. to receive their assignments and instructions.

Thank you for helping the Mothers’ Club start off an exciting new school year. Click here for the form and return it to the school office c/o Membership and Volunteers. Any questions? Please contact Ann Baglin at 415/682-7759 or Anne Kiernan at 415-664-4707.

Box Tops: Keep 'Em Coming!
Keep those box tops coming in, and we will have one last contest for this year! The winning class will have a "surprise treat" during the last week of school. Please turn in your box tops to your teachers by Friday, May 28, at the latest. For a full list of the hundreds of products which carry box tops, please visit click here.

Spirit Items Fire Sale
Stock up on spirit items for next year and help clean out the old inventory. Stop by the Spirit Items table in the schoolyard following the Primary Mothers’ Day Mass on Friday, May 7. All remaining t-shirts and water bottles will be priced at $5. Sweatshirts will be sold at a discount as well. Don’t miss out on the bargains. Limited quantities and sizes are available.

Scrip Update
Here is our inventory for the rest of the school year! These are the only items is stock! So if it is not listed below, it is sold out. We are not taking any more orders for items that are out of stock now. To order any of these items, please email Elaine Shanahan at Shanfam@pacbell.net Please include the following information: Family Name, Oldest Child, Grade/Room, Method of delivery (school office or with child). Send your check in an envelope to the school office (payable to St. Cecilia). Include necessary information on the front of the envelope.

Please do not use any prior order forms! They need to be discarded. Use email only to place an order for any of these items for the remainder of this school year. Elaine will update this weekly thru May 20 which is the last day to order scrip for this year. Questions - contact Elaine Shanahan at Shanfam@pacbell.net or cell 415-269-5562

REMAINING INVENTORY - only these items are available for ordering:

BARNES & NOBLE (4)	$ 10.00
BLOCKBUSTER VIDEO (3)	$ 10.00
CLASSIC DESIGNS (9)	$ 100.00
GAMESTOP (6)	$ 25.00
GUERRA (7)	$ 100.00
HOME DEPOT (1)	$ 100.00
HONEY BAKED HAM (13)	$ 10.00
KFC (17)	$ 5.00
MOLLIE STONES (20)	$ 20.00
PEETS COFFEE (1)	$ 20.00
PIZZA HUT (21)	$ 10.00
RADIO SHACK (9)	$ 25.00
REGIS SALON (3)	$ 25.00
SAFEWAY (1)	$ 100.00
SF WINE TRADING CO (4)	$ 25.00
SHELL GAS (3)	$ 25.00
SHELL GAS (3)	$ 50.00
SMART & FINAL (2)	$ 50.00
STARBUCKS (1)	$ 10.00

St. Cecilia 16th Annual Walk & Jog-a-thon Friday, May 14, 2010
Mark your calendar today! We need your support to make this a fun and successful fundraiser for St. Cecilia’s athletic programs. Funds raised from this event are used to buy new equipment for girls’ and boys’ sports programs including volleyballs, basketballs, uniforms, and other items that need to be replaced due to wear and tear.

How it works
Click here for your sponsor sheet. Sign up as many sponsors as you can, based on the number of laps you think you can run/walk. Donations should be collected at the time of the pledge. Fill out your sponsor sheet and prize tickets and return them to the school office with the money you collected.

Listen to the morning announcements, starting Monday, May 10, for your raffle ticket to be pulled. There will be 3 winners per day and the prizes vary. Prizes include professional team jerseys, jackets, t-shirts, hats, balls and equipment.

Walk, jog, or run and have some fun at the Jog-a-thon on Friday, May 14. Grades Kindergarten-4 will walk/jog around the schoolyard. Grades 5-8 will walk/jog around Larsen Park. Once finished, all grades will enjoy a chilly treat.

Volunteers
Parents can help on the day of the Jog-a-thon by volunteering to count laps, tie shoelaces, and hand out treats. Click here for the volunteer form and return it to the office as soon as possible to get the time and grade you want.

Individual Prizes
The student that brings in the most money wins $100.
The student that brings in the 2nd highest amount of money wins $75.
The student that brings in the 3rd highest amount of money wins $50.

Class Prizes
Ice-cream parties to the top 3 classes that bring in the most money!
Free dress passes to every class that has 100% participation (Every student in the classroom has collected money from at least 1 sponsor!)

Raffle Prizes
Each $10 you collect gets you a prize ticket for the daily raffle. Be sure to fill out, cut out, and submit one prize ticket for each $10 you turn in. Winning prize tickets will be pulled each morning from Monday, May 10, until Friday, May 14. To be eligible for the prizes awarded on Monday, May 10t, your money and prize tickets must be turned in by Friday, May 7. To be eligible for the prizes awarded on Tuesday, May 11, your money and prize tickets must be turned in by Monday, May 10th. And so forth. All of your prize tickets will remain in the pool of eligible tickets for the rest of the week. The more money you collect, the more prize tickets you have, and the more chances you have to win! Let’s make this the best Jog-a-thon yet!