SCHOOL NEWS: September 30 - October 6
Typists Needed  Please consider volunteering to type a classroom set of report cards. You will need access to a typewriter. Please email Karen Carberry at kcarberry@stceciliaschool.com or call the school office 731-8400. Thank you very much! Blessing of the Animals On this Friday, October 2, at 3:15, in the schoolyard, we will have the blessing of the animals in honor of the feast of St. Francis of Assisi. Animals (including stuffed ones!) should be brought to school at dismissal time. Please gather in front of the Green Room for this celebration! Sandwiches for the Needy on Wednesdays This year we are again providing the opportunity of making a sandwich for the poor and homeless. In order to avoid Hot Lunch days, the Sandwiches for the Needy collection will be on Wednesdays. Each Wednesday, families can send an extra sandwich to school and put it on the bench outside the office. Members of the St. Vincent de Paul Society pick up the sandwiches by 9:00 A.M. and deliver them to the Multi-Service Center at 5th and Bryant, where 400 people are fed each day. Kindergarten PM parents, please note the early pick-up time! A “Sandwich” reminder is on the calendar for each Wednesday. Some parents/students have included a note with the sandwich that was greatly appreciated! Wednesday, October 7, is the first collection day! School Pictures If you were absent on the original School Picture Day, missed the opportunity to purchase pictures, or need to have pictures re-taken, Make-Up Picture Day will be on Thursday, October 8, at 8:30 A.M. NEW PURCHASES: If your child has not yet had his/her picture taken, now is your opportunity. Call the school office, and we will send home an information packet. RE-TAKES: If you desire a re-take, you must return the complete package to the school office before Monday, October 5. Open House In an effort to accommodate all the prospective parents interested in St. Cecilia School for 2010-2011, we will have six Open Houses for Kindergarten and two times for total school visits. Please invite friends and relatives interested in St. Cecilia School to come. It is not necessary to an appointment for visit the school on these dates. Click here for a schedule. Application packets for families NEW to St. Cecilia School will be available at the school office beginning Monday, January 4. Information for sibling registration will be sent home at the beginning of December. Mandatory Parent Meeting We will have a Mandatory Parent Meeting on Tuesday, October 13, at 7:00 P.M., in the Pavilion. At this time, members of the school Finance Committee will present a school financial report. Please mark this date since at least one parent from each family MUST attend. If at least one parent cannot attend, please contact Sr. Marilyn before the meeting date at mmiller@stceciliaschool.org. Family Mass The school will continue to sponsor a monthly 9:30 Family Mass. Teachers will ask families to participate by reading, bringing up the gifts, and greeting parishioners. The Children’s Choir, conducted by Sister Margaret, will sing at each of these Masses and following Mass there are refreshments in the auditorium hosted by the mothers of the sponsoring class. Please remind your younger children about behavior in the auditorium during the reception. For safety, children should NOT be chasing one another or running in the auditorium. They should not be on the stage or in the McKay Center. Thanks for your help in this matter. Here are the dates for the school Family Masses: October 18 Grade 3 November 15 Grade 6 December 13 Primary Advent Mass January 31 Catholic Schools Week Liturgy February 21 Grade 4 March 7 Grade 7 May 16 Grade 5 Group for Girls in Grades 5 & 6: Rise Above Stress And Worry Topics include: Blue Moods? Down on yourself because of little mistakes? Feeling overlooked or left out? Problems relaxing? Learn new ideas and perspectives on mood and life changes and feel OK and balanced in the midst of difficult things! Date: Fridays, October 2 - December 11 Time: 3:45 -5:15pm Place: 2772 Bush St., San Francisco Cost: $550 Contact: Anne Diedrich, MFT licensed marriage, family, and child therapist with over 16 yrs. experience (415) 673-7597 www.childandadulttherapy.com Click here for more information! Macy’s Shop For A Cause on Saturday, October 17, 2009! With a $5.00 donation you can receive a shopping pass to save 10-20% off most of your Macy’s purchases on Saturday, October 17! You’ll also be eligible for a change to win a $500 shopping spree! 100% of the ticket sale proceeds benefit St. Cecilia School. Please send cash or check made payable to St. Cecilia School. The tickets will be sent home with your child. Buy one or more for family and friends. Thanks to Laura Wallace for coordinating this program. Extended Care Due to preparations for the Parish Festival, Extended Care will be closed all day on Friday, October 23. Counselors This is the twentieth year that Miss Mary McManus (K-4) and Sister Ann Gilchrist (5-8) will be serving as school counselors. The role of both is to work supportively with children to build self-esteem, to teach coping skills, and to increase social skills. While the child is the focus of their work, they are available to talk with a parent to facilitate the child’s well being and to do crisis intervention as needed. Sister Ann, as a school psychologist, can also do educational assessments for those children in any grade who may be experiencing difficulty with their academic work. Sister Ann and Miss McManus may be reached either through the classroom teacher or the school office. Red Ribbon Week  Beginning on October 27 we will celebrate “Red Ribbon Week” sponsored by Californians for Drug Free Youth, Inc. To make the students more aware of the importance of being drug free, the Student Council will give each student a red ribbon to wear. Grants Are you aware of the following matching grants from parents’ workplace? St. Cecilia School has benefited from all of these programs. Funds received have been used to purchase additional laptops for the classrooms! Can you help? Federated Department Stores (Macy’s!)--Employees who also volunteer at school are eligible to apply for “Employee Volunteer Grants-for-Schools Program” Union Bank of California Foundation Wells Fargo PG&E Corporation Campaign for the Community Barclays Global Investor United Way of the Bay Area Campaign VISA Givingstation SF City & County Employees Charities Campaign Community Health Charities of California SBC Employee Giving/United Way Campaign Tetra Tech Em Inc. Microsoft Genentech Sprint City and County of S.F. Combined Charities Campaign Autodesk Halloween  So that you can plan ahead -- all students may wear costumes to school on Friday, October 30. But, remember they must be simple so that the children can sit in their desks and can go to the restrooms. NO VIOLENT CHARACTERS; NO BLOOD AND GORE; NO CROSS DRESSING! ALL COSTUMES MUST BE MODEST (no bare midriffs) and in good taste. No costumes are allowed which: Show disfigurement of the human face or body Depict boys dressed as girls or women Imitate “heavy metal” music groups that advocate violence All must use sensitivity towards people of other cultures and those less fortunate. No students should have “weapons” as part of their costume. Any child who comes to school with an inappropriate costume will be sent home to change. If children choose NOT to wear costumes, they must wear their school uniform. All parents are welcome to the parade of classes at 11:10 A.M. in the schoolyard. Dismissal is at the regular time (3:00). In the afternoon, the eighth grade will sponsor a mini Halloween carnival for Grades K-3 in the Pavilion. No money is necessary for this fun event! MOTHERS' CLUB
Mothers' Club Meeting Join us for a "Julie and Julia" inspired night of gourmet food and wine tonight, Wednesday, September 30, at 7:00 P.M., for our first meeting of the year. We will showcase our culinary talents, taste some good wine, and hear from Ms. Santy and Mrs. Fergus about the Step Up To Writing Program for Grades K-8! Please RSVP to Eddy Harrison and Katherine Ragusa at mothersclubrsvp@gmail.com. Click here to view the invitation. Spirit Items Sweatshirts, T-shirts, and water bottles will be available for purchase at the first Mothers’ Club Meeting tonight at 7:00 P.M. Checks are preferred. Hope to see you all there! Cookbook First of all thanks to everyone for contributing such wonderful recipes to the St. Cecilia Mothers' Club recipe collection. Many of the recipes in the collection are family traditions; some have stories with them. The book is back from the publisher and is beautiful! The collection has approximately 250 recipes. The cookbook will be sold at the upcoming Mothers' Club meeting tonight, September 30. The cookbooks make great gifts and can be used for house warming, bridal showers, and hostess gifts, and the price is right -- 3 for $30 or $15 each. Get a jump start on holiday shopping . . . After tonight, the cookbook won't be sold again until after the Festival. Thanks again and happy cooking. Bon Appetit! Sally Maske Sunshine Newsletter Each month we will include the Sunshine Newsletter, which recognizes the Primary Grades Citizens of the Week and reminds us to pray for those who have died. Click here. SCRIP Scrip Gift Card Program: Remember scrip gift card orders are filled every Thursday, and this is the easiest way for our school to earn money. Click here for the new order form. Please do not use previous order forms as there have been vendor changes for this year. eScrip Renew your grocery and debit cards on eScrip. If you have not yet enrolled, registration is free and easy. For more information or to join eScrip: www.escrip.com or 1-800-592-0942. St. Cecilia Parish group ID #136952501. For current members: You must RENEW your annual membership by NOV. 1, 2009 by visiting www.escrip.com, click "members/supporters", click "myescrip" Lucky S.H.A.R.E.S. Cards Help our school earn 3% when shopping at Lucky Supermarkets. We just recently received a check for $450!). Simply swipe the S.H.A.R.E.S. card before paying for your groceries (whether you pay by cash, check, credit, debit or gift card). If you do not have a Shares Card, contact Elaine Shanahan who will send one to you via your oldest child. Contact scrip coordinator Elaine Shanahan, 269-5562 or Shanfam@pacbell.net, with questions about any of this. Thanks for your support of our school! Save the Date  St. Cecilia’s Mothers’ Club Winter Social Cliff House Saturday, December 5, 2009 11:00 A.M. – 3:00 P.M. FESTIVAL: Parish-Roman holiday OCTOBER 23 - 25
Please complete this form (click here) and return it to the school office. If you have any questions, just contact us-- Elaine Shanahan at Shanfam@pacbell.net or Susan Dal Porto at sdalporto@astound.net or Ann Hildula at annhildula@yahoo.com. OTHER ITEMS...
New Altar Servers Update All paperwork for the new altar servers should have already been turned in to the school or rectory. If your name is on this list, I have received it and will be contacting each of you for your upcoming training dates. If your name is NOT on this list, I did not receive your paperwork and will assume that you no longer want to apply to be a server. If you have any questions, please call Luana Letele at 415-682-3610. Thank you! Marco Barajas, Jack Connolly, Nicholas Downes, Eddie Hagan, Kendra Harvey, Daniel Hazelhofer, Alexa Jadallah, Kevin Kohmann, Bryant Lui, Brittany Masangkay, Liam McFadden, Vincent McGovern, Anthony Miglio, Michael Mikovich, Walter Nicolson, Louis Novicki, Sean O'Donnell, Vinnie Ryan, Sarah Sebers, Caitlin Sullivan, and Claire Sheeran Snack Bar Sign Up Dates The Saint Cecilia Athletic Board fundraising activities help to defray many of the costs for our sports programs. We need your help. We are asking that each volleyball athlete’s parent sign up for ONE THREE HOUR SHIFT serving in our snack bar during volleyball season. A similar sign-up sheet will go out for boys’ and girls’ basketball seasons. It is really fun and serves a great cause. Click here for schedule and sign up sheet. Return the completed form to the school office. Our snack bar coordinator will call you to confirm the date on which you will work. Thank you in advance for your support and time. -John and Janice Calonico Events & RemindersSeptember 30 (Wednesday)
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