Dear Parents and Guardians,
This week marks the midpoint of our 3rd trimester! Correction from last week: Progress reports will be sent home via email Friday, 4/30/21. If you would like a hard copy of the snapshot interim report, please email your child’s teacher. You will still also have access to grades via Gradelink this and next week.
Our 3rd and final mandatory General Parent Meeting is scheduled for May 5 on Zoom. A link will be sent to you ahead of our meeting that week. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to email me at agrey@stanthonygardena.org.
We want to congratulate all our Spelling Bee winners last week: 3rd Place: Jonah Grey, 2nd Place: Avery Santos, and 1st Place: Jheylen De Leon! Thank you to Mrs. Dyogi, our whole staff, and Mrs. Patel for your help! We also want to send a special intention for our 2nd graders who are receiving the sacrament of their First Reconciliation tonight at 6:30pm in the Church.. We continue to keep them in our prayers, as they prepare for their First Holy Communion on May 1. Thank you to Ms. Gomez and Mrs. Islas for preparing our students for the sacraments!
Thank you to Ms. Guzman and Ms. Ortiz, our Interior Maintenance PLC Chairs and parent volunteers for cleaning our school this weekend. We appreciate you!
Finally, Get your school yearbook for $40! You won’t want to miss this year’s edition, thanks to Sr. Tho and the Yearbook committee!
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.)
- Monday, April 19: First Reconciliation at 6:30pm (2nd graders)
- Friday, April 23: Mr. Perry AHA Makeup Balloon Toss 12-1:30pm
- Friday, April 30: Progress Reports go out
- Saturday, May 1: First Holy Communion Mass at 10:30am (2nd graders), 8th grade Graduation Photos (Keys Photography) 11:30am in Rm 7
- Monday, May 3: STAR Window 3 begins/National Teacher Appreciation Week
- Wednesday, May 5: 3rd and Final Mandatory Zoom General Parent Meeting ($50 fine for non-participation, must attend the whole meeting)
- Friday, May 6: Scrip Money due today
- Monday, May 10: Student Gov. Campaigns begin
- Thursday, May 13: May Crowning led by 8th grade (culmination of Marian Consecration) Feast of Our Lady of Fatima
- Wednesday, May 19: Student Government Speeches and voting (Google Classroom/in-person)
- Monday, May 24: Last School Penance Service
- Wednesday May 26: New Parent Orientation (Zoom/Slide shows)
- Friday, May 28: Parent Service Hours Due and Service Hours on Gradelink cutoff date, Inauguration of New Student Government, Gradelink Blocked. End of 3rd trimester for 8th grade
- Monday, May 31: NO SCHOOL Memorial Day
- Thursday, June 3: Crossover Day
- Friday, June 11: 8th Grade Graduation at 10am in Church
- Monday, June 14: Kindergarten Promotion
- Thursday, June 17: Last Day of School, Summer break!
SERVICE HOUR OPPORTUNITIES
We have some upcoming opportunities to earn service hours. 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.
SCRIP
One easy way to help you reach your $500 financial commitment is to purchase Scrip throughout the year. We accept credit cards in the office for your orders making it easier than ever! It’s basically buying gift cards to purchase things like groceries, gas, gifts, or things you need and want on a daily basis, but you can get fundraising credit for a portion of every gift card you buy! We have Scrip for Starbucks, Vons, Albertsons, Sam’s Club, Home Depot, Gardena Supermarket, and so much more.
AMAZON/OFFICE DEPOT/OFFICE MAX – GIVE BACK TO SCHOOLS (EASY FUNDRAISING YEAR ROUND)
St. Anthony of Padua School is a member of these 2 great programs. By simply shopping on smiles.Amazon.com and selecting to support St. Anthony of Padua parents can generate funds for our school. Our Office Depot/Office Max ID is: 70008388. This is another easy way to generate extra funds for our school. We invite all parents to participate by registering to support the school with every purchase you make, as this is an easy way to benefit the school without it costing you anything extra. Once the school hits $10, the school receives a certificate in that amount! We thank you in advance for your participation and thoughtfulness.
DAILY BREEZE VOTING ENDS MAY 2!
It’s that time again to vote for our school as the BEST PRIVATE SCHOOL in the South Bay. The Daily Breeze is hosting this contest and all entries and votes are due by May 2! Please ask all your friends and family (who supported you in the EFG Campaign) to vote for our school as well. They need at least 10 entries in total for their votes to count. The link is below. Please share it on social media and make sure to vote yourselves! Click on: https://www.gazettes.com/southbay/ Please write in: “St. Anthony of Padua School, Gardena”, Under both the EDUCATION and PLACES Categories. Please vote for or write-in at least 9 others companies for your vote to count. You can always go back to vote for more if you can’t do it in one sitting. I encourage you to spread the word! Thanks in advance.
St. Anthony – Pray for Us
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