Dear 8th Grade Families,
I pray and hope this email finds you well. Please read the following important information.
Friendsgiving
A BIG thank you to all parents who planned and set-up for this event. Our 8th graders are blessed and grateful to have supportive parents like you.
I, myself, is truly blessed and grateful too, to be in partnership with you all. You are all amazing parents! May God continue to bless your hearts and homes with grace, love, and peace. Happy and Blessed Thanksgiving to you all!
8th Grade Bake Sales – CORRECTION
Please be informed that Sunday, January 26, 2025 is our 8th Grade Mandatory Bake Sale NOT December 8, 2024. This is our Open House / Family Mass as well. My apologies for the confusion.
8th Grade Bake Sale Fundraiser is on Sunday, December 8, 2024, and we need to get the sign ups going. A $25 monetary donation will be collected to cover the expenses and run this fundraiser. Families who donates and participates can have a piece of the proceeds.
Kindly sign up on/ before Friday, November 29. Sign up genius https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E084CAEAD22A2FC1-53219072-8thgrade. Mrs. Lakey will post a poll in BAND to see how many families would like to participate in this fundraiser. If you have questions regarding this fundraiser, please do not hesitate to ask.
The 8th grade Poinsettia sale pick up day is this Friday 12/6 from 8-10am and from 2-6pm at the front Hall entrance on 163rd St. On Sunday, 12/8, the 8th grade has a Bake sale and you can also pick up your poinsettias there.
8th Grade Christmas Party (Wednesday, December 11)
Our class Christmas party is on December 11 from 9:30AM – 1:30PM in the Hall. Students have decided to do Secret Santa. I will be sending out more information regarding this party soon.
Date of the gift exchange:
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Gift amount:
US$25 – $30
We encourage everyone to participate and have fun!
NatureBridge’s Yosemite Trip
The total cost per student for this trip is $690. Participating students and chaperones are required to pay the deposit fee of $115 by Monday, September 30, 2024.
The remaining balance of $575 is due by Friday, December 13, 2024. Please submit all payments to Mr. Aguilar on/before the due date.
Yearbook Dedication Page
HONOR GRADUATING STUDENTS BY… telling them how proud you are of their accomplishments and wishing them well in high school! Placed in the back of the yearbook, these dedication pages are forever keepsakes of your graduate’s time at Saint Anthony of Padua.
Attached below is the Yearbook Dedication Page form. The flyer and money should only be turned into the office after you have emailed Ms. Alejandre your dedication page as a jpeg. See flyer for details.
SCHOOL CALENDAR 2024-2025
(Be sure to always check www.stanthonygardena.org , your child’s teacher’s blog, and the Parish website at www.saintanthonygardena.org/parish-bulletin/ for the most current information.)
- December 6 and 8 – Poinsettia 8th grade fundraiser (pick up plants on 12/6 at the front Hall entrance on 163rd St. from 8am-10am and 2-6pm (Priscilla Sapanza is our lead) or on Sunday, 12/8 at the 8th grade bake sale at church)
- December 6 – Feast of St. Nicholas, Kindergarten Ornament Sale
- Dec 7 – Feast of Santa Maria Kamalen (led by Guamanian community): Novena at 11:30am, Mass in Church at 12 noon, and potluck in Hall, all families welcome!
- Dec 9 – Kinder and 4th grade Las Posadas and 8am Mass for Holy Day of Obligation (Feast of the Immaculate Conception observed today)
- December 11 – Christmas sweater day, $1 fundraiser for StuGo to wear Jeans, hot chocolate day (presale 12/2-12/9 for $2 each)
- December 13 – NOON Dismissal, Christmas Program, Market, Tree Lighting: Holiday Cash Raffle Winners announced outside on blacktop, OUTSIDE, dress accordingly, bring lawn chairs and blankets (more info to come from Mrs. Garcia)
- Dec 16 and 17 – Noon Dismissal on both days, 12/16 Daycare till 6pm, 12/17 NO DAYCARE due to last day of school before Christmas break, Staff Luncheon off campus at 12:15, please pick up kids on time
- Dec 18-Jan 3–Christmas Break
- Jan 6 –Classes Resume
Thanksgiving Readings and Reflection
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/112824-thanksgiving.cfm
A prayer for Thanksgiving
“Dear Lord, we thank you for the goodness of our people and for the spirit of justice that fills this nation. We thank you for the beauty and fullness of the land and the challenge of the cities. We thank you for our work and our rest, for one another, and for our homes. We thank you, Lord: accept our thanksgiving on this day. We pray and give thanks through Jesus Christ our Lord. ” Amen.
Thank you and God Bless,
Ms. Garcia
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