Dear Students, Parents/Guardians,
It was great seeing you all at our Friday Family Drive-In Mass last week, celebrating the Feast of the Guardian Angels! We warmly welcome our new Associate Pastor, Fr. Joseph McShane, to our school. October is the month of the Rosary, and this Wednesday we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Rosary, so we will be meeting on our All-School weekly Zoom Morning Assembly at 8:30am on Wednesday, 10/7 to pray the rosary as a school. Then we will have our 2nd and Final Trojan Drawings online. We hope you will join us.
I would like to thank our Interior Maintenance PLC. Last week they met to clean our school (upstairs, downstairs, and our Learning Lab and Library. Claudia Guzman and Priscilla Ortiz, the PLC leads of this group did an amazing job with all our family volunteers! What a great way to earn your family service hours for the year and help keep our school safe and clean.
The Interior Maintenance PLC has more dates coming up, so mark your calendars and let them know if you are able to help out! All dates land on Wednesday evenings or Saturday afternoons. This is convenient for parents who work during the day. Space is limited. Please email Claudia Guzman at cm.guzman@sbcglobal.net, or Priscilla Ortiz at ortizpriscilla39@yahoo.com or send Claudia a text message to 310-415-5290 if you wish to be added to the schedule. In the near future, be on the lookout for a Sign up Genius for upcoming cleaning days.
This week is Parent-Teacher Conferences. We want to work with you in partnership to ensure that your child is met where they are, and that they are receiving the best possible education that St. Anthony’s can provide. If you ever have any concerns, please bring it up to your child’s teacher first, and if something needs more attention, I am happy to join the conversation as well, to resolve any issues. We are partners in education, but you as parents are your child’s first teacher. We are here to help you in your goal to raise your children to be totally healthy in mind, body and spirit, and Followers of Jesus. These are also our School-wide Learning Expectations, also known as our SLEs. Just a friendly reminder that there is Noon Dismissal all week and this Friday and next Monday are Student Free Days (10/9 and 10/12).
Mrs. Grey, Principal
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
- Wednesday, October 7: 2nd and final Trojan Drawing
- Monday, October 5 – Friday October 9 : Parent Conference Week (Sign Up Genius) – 12 NOON Dismissal Daily, Progress Reports and STAR results for Window 1 go out at Conferences – Chocolate money due to qualify for prizes and Virtual Magic Show
- Friday, October 9: Student Free Day – Parent Conferences continue for teachers – Chocolate money due to not incur a late fee
- Monday, October 12 : NO SCHOOL – Student Free Day (Columbus Day) Teacher PD
- Friday, October 16: Virtual Magic Show for qualifying families 6:30pm
- Tuesday, October 20: NED Assembly
- Saturday, October 24: Mandatory Formation Retreat run virtually by Ms. Gomez 9am – 12pm (2nd graders)
- Friday, October 30: Halloween – Noon Dismissal, Halloween activities TBD
- All Saints’ Day on Saturday, November 1
- All Souls’ Day on Sunday, November 2
- Friday, November 6: Gradelink blocked, 8am Drive-in All School Mass
- Monday, November 9: NO SCHOOL Veteran’s Day Holiday observed
- Thursday, November 12: School Parent retreat with Msgr. Sal 6:00-8:00pm (earn up to 2 service hours for attendance)
- Friday, November 13: 1st Trimester ends
- Saturday, November 14: 2nd Trimester begins
- Friday, November 20: First Trimester Awards Ceremony
- Thursday, November 26-29 Thanksgiving Holiday
- Friday, December 4: 8am Drive-in All School Mass
- Monday, December 14: School Penance Service
- Thursday, December 17: Virtual All-School Christmas Show
- Friday, December 18: Last day of school before Christmas Break (Faculty luncheon at 12:30)
FAMILY INCOME SURVEY
Parents, please turn in your updated Family Income Survey Forms . All families are asked to complete this annually. We will be sending out fillable PDF forms. Please check your email so you can fill it out electronically this year. These numbers are important for us to be able to see our eligibility to receive federal and state programs and funds and grants from donors. Thank you in advance 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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MORE SERVICE HOUR OPPORTUNITIES
Parents who volunteer on Saturdays (every 2-3 weeks) can earn service hours cleaning our school with the Interior Maintenance PLC. Please join the group! Please see the email blast that was sent out re: the dates when the Interior Maintenance PLC will meet. Thanks in advance!
St. Anthony – Pray for us
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