Dear Students, Parents/Guardians,
We have had a great start to our Fall Fundraiser, thanks to Mrs. Nakayama! Please check the calendar for our 2 upcoming Trojan Drawing dates, starting this Wednesday, 9/23 during our virtual morning assembly. Please join us! PAYMENT DEADLINE is MONDAY 10/05/2020, end of the business day to qualify for final prizes. 10/09 is the deadline for all chocolate monies in order to avoid late charges.Just a reminder that all money needs to be submitted each Monday before the school office closes at 4pm to qualify for Trojan Drawing and prizes.
To recap:
Trojan Drawing #1 takes place on Wed 9/23 at our 8:30AM morning Assembly. To be included in drawing $ due Mon, 9/21
Trojan Drawing #2 takes place on Wed 10/07 at our 8:30AM morning Assembly. To be included drawing, $ due Mon 10/5
PAYMENT DEADLINE is MONDAY 10/05/2020 end of business to qualify for final prizes and Virtual Magic Show.
All chocolate monies are due by Friday 10/9 to avoid late charges.
Last year we raised over $20,000 for our school selling chocolates. Even during the pandemic, let’s keep selling and break this record by 10/5! Keep selling! As a reminder, in 2 weeks we have our Parent Conference Week. We will have NOON DISMISSALS from October 5-October 8, 2020. Friday, 10/9 is a STUDENT FREE DAY from classes, but teachers will continue to schedule a full day of parent conferences.
Next week we welcome October, which is the month of the Rosary. A devotion to Our Blessed Mother is a tradition that has long been embraced here at St. Anthony’s and all of our teachers and students will be doing various activities this month in order to help instill this special prayer and relationship with Our Lady to our children. I invite you as well to spend time praying the Rosary this month and to keep in mind the many special intentions of our school families. We also want to wish our Music and Theater teacher, Mrs. Garcia a very happy birthday on 9/25!
SCHOOL CALENDAR 2020-2021
(Be sure to always check www.stanthonygardena.org and your child’s teacher’s blog, along with our SAP School app for the most current information.)
August
● Monday, September 28: STUDENT FREE Day, Faculty retreat: teachers only
● Monday, October 5 – Friday October 9 : Parent Conference Week -Progress Reports and STAR results for Window 1 go out at Conferences – Chocolate money due to qualify for prizes
● Friday, October 9: Student Free Day – Parent Conferences continue – Chocolate money due to not incur a late fee
● Monday, October 12 : No School – Student Free Day (Columbus Day) Teacher PD
● Saturday, October 24: Mandatory Formation Retreat in the Hall run by Ms. Gomez 9am – 12pm (2nd graders)
● Friday, October 30: Halloween – Noon Dismissal, Halloween activities TBD (possible Trunk or Treat, Room parents to coordinate)
● All Saints’ Day on Saturday, November 1
● All Souls’ Day on Sunday, November 2
HANDBOOK AND IMPORTANT FORMS
Parents, please read the latest Parent Student Handbook online at our website to be up to date on our policies: http://handbook.la-archdiocese.org/schools/08820 Some rules and
procedures have slightly changed, so please pay special attention to those changes. We have also sent out a COVID-19 addendum to the handbook and some distance learning guidelines in an email from our Secretary, Maria Grimaldo. In light of our current pandemic, we created the attached addendum: http://www.stanthonygardena.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/SAP-COVID-Handbook.pdf
And finally, in an effort to aid parents with their role in Distance Learning and lay out clear expectations for Students and their families, please see the Distance Learning
Handbook: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wSVmnqrhDlCtWjnoDqSCgJOU6KXaXs4W/view?usp=sharing We hope these documents prove useful to you as we continue in our 2020-2021 school year.
SCHEDULED APPOINTMENTS
Effective communication is key, and I do my best to make myself available to meet with students, teachers and parents to ensure the proper educational and social development of your children. To efficiently do this, I ask that you EMAIL me at agrey@stanthonygardena.org to schedule an in-person or Zoom meeting or I can schedule a time to call you. Please allow at least a 24- hour turnaround time for responses, excluding weekends and holidays. Especially during this time, self-care is strongly encouraged to our teachers, so they will not be able to respond during their non-work hours.
MATCHING FUNDS
If any parents work at a company that offers matching funds to your child’s school (like Boeing, Wells Fargo, etc.) please do keep St. Anthony of Padua in mind to be beneficiaries of these matching programs which many companies offer. . Thank you for your kind consideration! Every little bit helps and we are so grateful for your help.
RALPH’S AND FOOD 4 LESS COMMUNITY REWARDS PROGRAM
Just a reminder that our school is a member of the Community Rewards Programs for both Ralphs and Food 4 Less stores. For the Ralphs & the Food 4 Less Programs, you can opt in for the Community Rewards Program using your Ralphs or Food 4 Less Club Card, by following the directions to the email sent recently by Ms. Grimaldo. Please note that there is a different enrollment code for each of these stores. It is very important that you register the cards as soon as possible prior to the next time you use them, or the school will not receive benefits. Then please have the cashier scan the card or enter your ALT ID every time you make a purchase at Ralphs or Food 4 Less and we will receive a small percentage of each sale! We invite any parents or guardians who shop at Food 4 Less or Ralphs, even occasionally, to consider enrolling as this is an easy way to benefit the school without it costing you anything extra. We thank you in advance for your participation and thoughtfulness!
EARN ONE SERVICE HOUR FROM HOME!
Parents who review our school online on Yelp, Google, AND greatschools.org will earn up to one service hour after you send me your screenshots of all 3 sites as proof: to agrey@stanthonygardena.org.
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St. Anthony – Pray for us
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