Dear Students, Parents/Guardians,
Last Friday was our 1st Trimester Mass and Awards Ceremony. We enjoyed seeing you all at Mass, celebrating your children’s accomplishments!
Thanksgiving break is coming up this week. Please note that this Monday, 11/22 is a full school day. On Tuesday, 11/23, we have a NOON DISMISSAL. Daycare is offered till 6pm on Monday and Tuesday, 11/22 and 11/23. This Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday 11/24-11/26 is NO SCHOOL, in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. School resumes Monday, 11/29. I am so grateful for all our families at St. Anthony, as well as our faculty and staff. It is a blessing to be a part of this beautiful community! Happy Thanksgiving to you and your loved ones! Enjoy the much-needed break together.
When we return from the Thanksgiving holiday, we will begin to send out Kinder applications for next school year to the St. Anthony Preschool families, and we also invite the siblings of all current SAP families to turn in their Early Bird Kindergarten applications, if you have a qualifying sibling that wants to attend our Kindergarten next year. Open enrollment is in March, but we are pleased to offer this for our St. Anthony families first.
If current families have a close personal referral for our Kindergarten class next year, we will give them preference as well.
Last week we sent tickets home for our Cash Raffle Fundraiser. Tickets will be sold between now and Friday, December 10, when all monies are due. Our drawing will take place after the annual Christmas Program on Wednesday, 12/15 at 6pm at the church. Call time for students is 5:30pm that day. Tastyblock will be on campus from 3-6pm on 12/15. We invite families (ages 18 and over) to give feedback for our EFG Fundraiser in the Hall between 3 and 5:30pm. We encourage you to promote our school EFG fundraiser and sell our raffle tickets at $1 apiece to family and friends during the Thanksgiving break to give them a chance to win the Grand Prize of $2000! If we reach our $25,000 goal we will have an All-School Pizza Party!
Mrs. Grey, Principal
SCHOOL CALENDAR 2021-2022
(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.)
- November 23: All School Mass/Student Teacher Volleyball Game (noon dismissal, Daycare offered till 6pm)
- November 24-26: Thanksgiving Holiday (NO SCHOOL/DAYCARE), school resumes Monday, 11/29
- December 1: Kindergarten applications available for St. Anthony preschool students (Early Bird Registration)
- December 1-30: Express Feedback for Good (EFG) Fundraiser
- December 9: 10:30am Futboleros show on campus for families who qualified from Fall Chocolate Sale
- December 10: Winter Raffle fundraising money due (Grand Prize: $2000 Cash/credit towards tuition)
- December 13: All School Advent Penance Service for grades 3-8 in church
- December 15: School Christmas Show in the Church and Final Cash Opportunity Drawing (Winners Announced) Tastyblock on campus from 3-6pm (Bring money!) Tentative EFG Feedback Party in the Hall with families from 3-5:30pm
- December 16: Noon Dismissal, last day of school before Christmas break, Staff Luncheon at 12:30 off campus (NO DAYCARE OFFERED TODAY!)
- January 10, 2022: School Resumes after Christmas Break
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 dates are Saturday, 12/4 and 1/8 from 12:30-3:30pm at the school.
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! Work smarter, not harder! We have Scrip for Starbucks, Vons, Albertsons, Sam’s Club, Home Depot, Gardena Supermarket, and so much more! The Student Government is doing a service project to Adopt a Family in Need. Please purchase Scrip and donate it to this cause. More info to come from our Student Government!
KINDERGARTEN EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION IN DECEMBER
Starting December 1, we will be offering EARLY BIRD applications to St. Anthony Day Nursery Families and siblings of current SAP School families for incoming Kinder students for the 2022-2023 SY! Open Enrollment for other families begins 3/1/22. Please spread the word!
EFG December 1-30, 2021
Our school has been asked to do another fundraiser during the month of December for Express Feedback for Good! We can earn up to $25,000 from HundredX in one short month! Last year we earned $50,000, and this money was used to buy air purifiers for all classrooms and touchless water bottle fillers, which are now installed throughout our school. More info on this exciting opportunity is forthcoming. We won’t need to ask anyone for MONEY for this fundraiser, only for TIME. Thank you for your continued support of SAP! Mark your calendars for 12/15 from 3-5:30pm. We would like to open up our Hall for a holiday Feedback party for families to work on their brand opinions for EFG. Every 1 minute survey could earn our school $2! Students must be at school by 5:30pm for the Christmas show. Tastyblock will also be on campus from 3-6pm pm 12/15, so plan accordingly with your family.
AmazonSmile to benefit SAP School
With the holidays fast approaching I wanted to share with you a simple way for you to support your favorite charity, St Anthony of Padua School Gardena, every time you shop – at absolutely no cost to you! AmazonSmile is a program that donates 0.5% of your purchases on Amazon to the charity of your choice. All you need to do is place: smile.amazon.com in your browser, select St Anthony of Padua School Gardena and start shopping! The donation will then be made for you directly to St Anthony of Padua School Gardena and used for tuition aid to families in need.We ask that you share with your colleagues, family, friends, whomever you are electronically connected to and ask them to post our St Anthony of Padua School Garden AmazonSmile link found below:https://smile.amazon.com/ch/95-3030646 Please also post on your Facebook page, Twitter, Instagram, Linked In, company website – email to your address book!! The more we push the word out that supporting SAP is as simple as clicking the link https://smile.amazon.com/ch/95-3030646 the more our scholarships for families will grow. This truly is a great way for you, your family, work colleagues and friends to support our efforts by making their purchases count for a great cause.
St. Anthony of Padua – Pray for us
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