Dear Parents and Guardians,
I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving break! This past Sunday marked the first week of Advent! As we prepare for Christ’s birth, we want to remind you to check the parish bulletin for information on the Sacrament of Confession for adults. Our School Penance Service will take place for students in grades 3-8 on campus on Monday, 12/13.
Please join us this Friday, 12/3 for our All-School Mass at 8am in the church. If you pre-ordered poinsettia plants from our 8th grade fundraiser (orders are due by 11/30), you will be able to pick them up this Friday, 12/3 after school. Thank you for all your support!
We will begin to send out Kinder applications for next school year to the St. Anthony Preschool families this week, and we also invite the siblings of all current SAP families to turn in their Early Bird Kindergarten applications, if they have a qualifying sibling that wants to attend our Kindergarten next year. Open enrollment is in March 2021 to the public, but we are pleased to offer this for our St. Anthony families first. If you have a family member or friend you would like to refer to our school, please let us know and we can consider early bird registration for them as well.
Our Cash Raffle Fundraiser is well underway. Tickets will continue to 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 Express Feedback for Good (EFG) Fundraiser in the Hall between 3 and 5:30pm. Our Cash Raffle has a Grand Prize of $2000! For EFG, we can earn $2 for every brand opinion survey you do online. If we reach our $25,000 goal we will have an All-School Pizza Party! I know we can do this, because we earned $50,000 last year in 2 weeks!
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.)
- 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!
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 HundredX fundraiser during the month of December for Express Feedback for Good (EFG)! 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 Christmas fast approaching, I want 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.
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!
St. Anthony of Padua – Pray for us
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