Christian Service Projects
What is SEAACA?
Representatives from the Southeast Area of Animal Control Association (SEAACA) will be here on Wednesday, December 5th to share a furry visitor from the shelter with our kindergarteners. Students are instructed about pet care and the responsibilities of being a good pet owner. All students are invited to bring in pet food to help our kindergarten students with their Christian Service project. Parishioners are also welcome to drop-off pet food or pet care items at the school to assist with this worthy cause.
The third grade class is sponsoring Tuna Tuesdays next Tuesday, September 7th Once a month third grade students are asked to bring in a can of tuna that will go to the parish sandwich program. This is the same program that our second graders bake cookies for each month. Students in other grades are also invited to participate by bringing in tuna as well. Providing service to others is great training for our students who will be the church leaders of tomorrow!
Schoolwide Learning Expectations: A. 4, B. 1 & 4, C. 6 and E. 2, 3 & 4
Welcome to the 2010-2011 School Year! It promises to be a wonderful year of sharing learning, worship, prayer and many enjoyable times together. Last week our faculty met for a day of reflection and prayer in our annual retreat. We selected the following theme for this school year:
May you always be the right person
In the right place
At the right time doing the right thing
In the right way
All families are invited to our Welcome Back To School Barbeque, which will be held on Friday, September 10th on the school grounds. Hamburgers and hot dogs will be provided. Each family is asked to bring a salad or dessert to share. All are invited! Please mark your calendars for this date and plan to join us for this fun time of connecting with old friends and welcoming new ones!
What is Scrip? Scrip is just another name for “gift cards.”
As one of our fundraisers, our school sells gift cards for places such as Borders, Best Buy, WalMart/Sams, Macy’s, Arco, Mimi’s Café, Starbuck’s, Albertsons, Stater Bros., and much, much, more.
We buy the cards at a discount, and we sell them to you at face value. For example: Our Macy’s gift cards are $25.00, with a 10% fundraising credit. If you buy two $25.00 Macy’s cards for $50.00 total, your fundraising credit is $5.00 (or $50 x 10%).
Start fulfilling your fundraising obligation now by purchasing Scrip to do your weekly shopping – without spending one penny more.
Scrip can be purchased at the school office during school hours. For a more complete Scrip Order Form, check the weekly school newsletter, or view it on our school website.
NEW CARDS:
Quizno’s gift cards have been added to our Scrip program. They are available for $10.00, with 10% fundraising credit.
LIMITED SUPPLY:
Effective 8-16-10, American Express is no longer affiliated with our supplier Great Lakes Scrip Center. We do have a limited supply right now of $25.00 and $100.00 gift cards.
12:35/12:45 dismissal all week
Hot Lunch will begin on September 7th
Grades K and 1 begin full days on September 7th
No School September 3rd and September 6th
The New OLPH Day Care has a new phone number too! The new number is:
(562)760-1659
All new families are invited to an orientation meeting on Wednesday, August 18th at 6:30 p.m. This meeting is for parents and their children. It will last approximately one hour. This will be a repeat of the New Family Orientation held on Wednesday, August 4th.
The 2010-2011 school year will soon begin. Our first day of school will be on Tuesday, August 24th. All parents are invited to join us for Coffee and Doughnuts in the hall from 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. School will begin at 7:50 a.m. and dismiss at 12:35(Grades K-4 and carpool students/12:45 p.m. (Grades 5-8) all week. Morning and afternoon day care will be available for the first week of school.
This promises to be an exciting and full year for our school community. Our school will undergo accreditation this February. Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles are accredited by WCEA (Western Catholic Educational Association) and WASC( Western Association of Schools and Colleges). Last year the faculty and staff began working on the self study and will continue this process this fall. This new protocol is entitled Improving Student Learning . The basic concepts addressed in this new protocol focus upon assessment of student success in meeting School wide Learning Expectations (SLEs), Arch/diocesan curriculum standards, and other governing authority expectations. These basic concepts are:
To what extent is Catholic Identity infused into the total school program?
To what extent are the students achieving the SLEs?
To what extent are students mastering the essential academic content standards?
To what extent is there evidence of adequate ongoing academic growth for all students?
To what extent does the school support high achievement for all its students?
To what extent is assessment data being collected, disaggregated and analyzed? To what extent are student learning decisions being made based on the analysis of the assessment data?
Last year the faculty and staff revised the School wide Learning Expectations with a focus on making them more measurable. Please review our SLEs—listed on this page. The faculty and staff in conjunction with the Father Mark and the school board, also revised the OLPH Mission statement. The revised statement is listed above. We welcome any parental input on these two foundational documents of the school. We will share more accreditation news as the year progresses.
This year we welcome two new teachers to the OLPH School community: Miss Kathryn Lang—who will be teaching grade 7 homeroom and Mr. Eric Olsen who will be teaching upper grade Language Arts, Social Studies and Math. See a list of all faculty and staff in this newsletter.
During the summer we have done some refurbishing of some of our classrooms. To accommodate our double 5th and 7th grades and enhance our existing programs we have moved locations of some classrooms. The science lab has been relocated near the jr. high classrooms and we will now have an art room (in the former science lab). Our new library is located in the computer lab, which is now our Media Center. The class of 2010 gave a lovely gift of saint Icons to the school. One of these icons will be placed in each room and that classroom will be named accordingly.
This year Day Care will be provided by the school. We are fortunate to have Mrs. Diane Garcia, the former ADESTE supervisor, continue in her role as the OLPH Day Care supervisor. She will be joined by two assistant teachers, Mrs. Lydia Hernandez and Mrs. Laurie Vasquez. The new location for Day Care will be the Parish Center Chapel and adjoining rooms. We are excited about our new OLPH Day Care Program. Day Care will be available beginning on the first day of school at 6:30 a.m.
We congratulate our teachers who were married during the summer months:
Miss Michelle Smith who married Mr. Sammy Torres and Miss Gina Pilloni who married Mr. Sergio Aguilar. We wish them many years of happiness!
Meet the Room Parents & Homeroom Teacher on August 19
posted by Mrs. Davis on Thursday, August 12th, 2010
On August 19th we will have a meeting for classroom teachers and Room Parents to discuss the activities and responsibilities for the 2010-2011 school year. The meeting will be held from 1:30 to 2:30 pm. Please RSVP (call the school office) if you will attend this meeting. All parents are invited to attend. Please see below if you would like to be a room parent.
All parents are invited to sign up as Room Parents for their children’s class. We are hopeful that our new approach will afford more parents the opportunity to serve in their children’s classes. Please contact Mrs. McMains if you have any questions. Please pick up the form in the school office. Complete and return the form to the school office if you would like to be a Room Parent for next year. The following is a list of parents who have already volunteered to be a room parent for next year:
Veronica Zavala Grade K
Angelica Rea Grade K
Elvira Mendoza Grade 1
Blanca Ruiz-Montoya Grade 1
Sylvia Gomez Grade 1
Brigitte Hueyopa Grade 1
Isabel Pizzano Grade 2
Andrea Garcia Escobar Grade 2
Terri Vaca Grade 2
Terry Huezo Grade 3
Mimi Fletcher Grade 1 & 3
Iris Duran Grade 4
Claudia Delgadillo Grade 5
Regina Cabrera Grade 6
Norma McAllister Grade 7
Cathy Fuentes Grade 8