Dear Students, Parents/Guardians,
What a wonderful All Hallow’s Eve Celebration we had last week Friday. Thank you to Sr. Tho, our Student Government, and all our amazing parent volunteers for making sure our Halloween Festivities did not disappoint! The whole school had a fun and memorable time. Special thanks to our parents for decorating their trunks for Trunk or Treat and to our PLC leads Leah Nakayama, Angelic Nunez-Scott, and Lorena Lakey for helping us coordinate. I am so grateful to our whole faculty and staff for making it a huge success!
Pacific Toxicology is scheduled to be on campus today, 11/1, for the weekly on campus COVID-testing. Please sign up for testing online each Thursday, using the link sent to you, and type in 1890 for our school code. The technician will be on campus every Monday from 7:30-8:30am for COVID-testing when school is in session. This is optional, but we ask that those students and staff who are unvaccinated get tested more often, at least once or twice a week. You must sign up every Thursday, in advance. Pacific Toxicology testing is for students and staff or parent volunteers who work on campus. If we don’t get 40 people to sign up by Thursday of each week, this on campus service will be canceled. You can still get free testing at the local YMCA in Gardena or Torrance or you can visit your medical provider.
This week we have NO ALL SCHOOL Mass because we have 2 Masses for All Saints’ Day today, Nov 1 (to keep with our annual school tradition, students will come to school wearing Saint costumes and will process in from the back of the church before 8am Mass) and on Friday, November 5 for our Blue Mass, where we invite ALL families to attend, especially our first responders.
This week, students will present their saint reports and saint projects before All Saints’ Day on November 1. We pray for all our loved ones who have passed away and remember them especially tomorrow, Nov 2, All Souls’ Day.
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.)
- Wednesday, October 27: Students wear RED tops and uniform bottoms for RED RIBBON WEEK
- Friday, October 29: Halloween Celebration – Noon Dismissal, Halloween activities and Trunk or Treat (students and parent volunteers only), Daycare till 3pm
- Monday, November 1: All Saints’ Day: (all school saint dress up, K-8 process into church at 8am Mass)
- Tuesday, November 2: All Souls’ Day
- Friday, November 5: Blue Mass (for first responders), Continental Breakfast hosted by 8th grade and Student Government for special guests in Hall
- Saturday, November 6: Healing of the Family Tree Workshop in Church 10:30-4:30pm (SAVE THE DATE and register early!) Earn 2 service hours for attendance
- November 7: 7th grade Class Social
- November 9: Virtus Certificate Training in English at SAP in Hall 7-9pm, Call Religious Ed to register: 310-323-0860 M/W/Th/Fr 2-5pm
- November 9: Virtus Certificate Training in Spanish at SAP in Old Church 7-9pm, Call Religious Ed to register: 310-323-0860 M/W/Th/Fr 2-5pm
- November 11-12: VETERANS’ DAY HOLIDAY observed, NO SCHOOL
- November 12: 1st Trimester ends
- Friday, November 19:First Trimester Awards Ceremony, Junior High Family Retreat
- November 23: All School Mass/Student Teacher Volleyball Game/Parish Thanksgiving Drive in the Hall
- November 24-26: Thanksgiving Holiday
- December 13: All School Advent Penance Service
- December 15: School Christmas Show in the Church and Cash Opportunity Drawing (Winners Announced)
- December 16: Noon Dismissal, last day of school before Christmas break, Staff Luncheon at 12:30
SCHOOL DONATIONS AND SERVICE HOURS
For families looking to pay off their service hour commitment, our school gives the option to buy Scrip/gift cards and donate them to the school. We buy a lot of materials and supplies from Office Depot, Walmart, and Target for much needed supplies, so if you buy Scrip valued at $10/hour and donate it to the school to offset costs, we will credit your service hour account. 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! The next 2 dates are Saturday, 11/6 and 12/4 from 12:30-3:30pm at the school.
Please post pictures of our school events on your social media pages (like Instagram, Facebook, Twitter) and tag us at #sapschoolgardena!
MONTHLY EMERGENCY DRILLS
We continue to have emergency safety drills regularly, at least one per month. Please discuss procedures and your family’s plan with your children in the event of a fire, lockdown/intruder alert, or earthquake.
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.
St. Anthony of Padua – Pray for us
Leave a Reply