JUST CHECKING IN ~ JUNE 9, 2010
God’s blessings to the St. Christopher School Community now and always!
RITES OF PASSAGE We congratulate our Pre-K and Kindergarten students who will celebrate moving up at their closing ceremonies tomorrow. These ceremonies are always special ones and as usual, any siblings are welcome to leave class to attend. Next Tuesday evening, the Class of 2010 will be honored at a special liturgy followed by the awarding of diplomas and honors to them. It is always a very special evening marking the end of their years in elementary school and the start of the next part of their life journey. Then on that Thursday we will celebrate our 1st to 7th Graders when we come together at Mass and honor them for their accomplishments.
NEW GRANT OPPORTUNITY FOR SCS FAMILIES We just received word from State Senator Mike Stack’s office that $1500 in EITC funds have been designated to our school through the Bravo Foundation. We will distribute this in three $500 tuition grants. Families who already had applied for the Bridge Foundation lottery but did not have their names pulled should call Mrs. Junod in the Parish Office to confirm whether or not you’d like to be included in this lottery. Families who did not enter that earlier Bridge lottery should call if you’d like to be included in this one. Unlike Bridge, qualified families who names are drawn and who accept will need to send a $21 processing check along with the application.
END OF YEAR REPORT CARDS – To receive final report cards, offertory contributions must have reached $735 by June 7, and TUITION and CARES must be paid in full by June 7. No exceptions can be made to this policy. Applications for monthly payment plan must be on file in parish office by June 30. These applications are available in both our school and parish offices.
SPECIAL REMINDER TO 8TH GRADE PARENTS Your family offertory obligation ($780) for the fiscal year 7/1/09 to 6/30/10 along with tuition must be paid in full by June 7th in order for child to participate in graduation activities
YOU CAN CHANGE THE FUTURE—BY BECOMING A FOSTER PARENT Foster families provide temporary homes to children of all ages, races, and religions whose families are in crisis. The love and commitment that Catholic Social Services foster parents provide has a lasting and positive effect on the children whose lives they touch. For more information on how you can become a foster parent, call 215-587-3960.
PEOPLE AND EVENTS Ryan will be hosting a Boys’ Basketball Camp June 28-July 2nd and July 12-16. All boys 7-14 are welcome. We have flyers in the main office or you can contact Bernie Rogers at rogersryan11@yahoo.com.
In addition to the Pre-7th and Pre-8th Summer Enrichment Camp at St. Basil Academy, they are also offering Grade School Summer Athletic Camps. Please call their Admissions Office at 215-885-6952 for brochures and information.
CRITICAL THINKING 101 Congratulations to Tyler Dackow (4-11) for having his correct entry drawn and there were tons of them Tyler will receive the final $10 Gift Card of Choice certificate for this school year. We hope that our families will continue to find opportunities over the summer to have everyone thinking critically. There are so many fun ways even while you’re driving in the car. Who can get through the alphabet first by spotting words that have the letter of the alphabet they need right then? Who can find the sum of the license number on the car in front of you? Playing family board games provides lots of time for critical thinking as people find ways to win? How about all that you can do with a deck of cards from the simple games of Memory or Solitaire?
JUST CHECKING IN is exactly what I’ll be doing from time to time to see how you all are and how your families are growing. I have been blessed to share so much with you over the years and I will look forward to checking in now and again to see how you’re doing. Thank you for making my principalship such an awesome one with all the partnership we shared. Your children are truly our future. We are blessed.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
June 2, 2010
JUST CHECKING IN ~ JUNE 2, 2010
“Glory be to the Father, to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be world without end. Amen”
NEXT WEEK IS IT—FOR OUR WEDNESDAY ENVELOPES ANYWAY! Please note that as our year draws to a close, so does our envelope communication. However, you should continue to check your teacher’s web pages from now to the close of the year. We will likewise post information on our school website throughout the summer as well as putting information in the parish bulletin as needed. Know that you may contact us through the website or call us with any questions or concerns that you may have—or you might just want to say hello and ask how many days are left until school begins!
TITLE I SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM If your child is signed up for this program, please ask them for the parent information letter they received today to bring home to you.
WHAT DOES A FACULTY DO IN THE SUMMER? Some of our teachers will help with SCS Bible School, some will participate in a Summer Institute Workshop the next week at Holy Family University, some will teach in our Summer Program, some will take courses on-site and on-line, and some will relax. Knowing our faculty, you can imagine that :some” will do all of the above. That’s just the kind of faculty we have. Aren’t you glad?.
…AND WE FORGOT TO MENTION that some of them will be working to update both our faculty and parent-student handbooks. After we finish the parent-student handbook, we’ll be inviting some parents in to read it for clarity and to see if we’ve included everything that we should. For instance, we know that we’ll be including what we’ll do if a student doesn’t look like an SCS student should such as calling for the student to be picked up by a parent if a girl’s skort is too short, or if a boy’s hair is too long, just to name two examples. We’d been counting on parents helping us with this but realize that these parents probably need our input to back them up too. Look for changes.
PEOPLE AND EVENTS Today was a very special day for Madison Coyne (2-4) when she was honored at a special Philadelphia Fire Department presentation here at school. Madison was the winner of the Department’s Spring Contest and we had special guests from the Department right up to the Commissioner on hand to celebrate the day and share some fire safety tips with our Kindergarten to 4th Grade In addition to the celebration itself, Madison will also receive a savings bond from the Fire Department.
Our secretary Gina Lombardi will have a lot to share with us about what it’s like at the Henley Rowing Competition in Merry Old England. The Lombardis will be flying over this summer to watch their son Louis, a St. Joseph Prep Junior, in his role as coxswain for the V-8 boat.
Holy Ghost Prep Forensics Team Wins Two Individual National Championships - Team Named Top Five in Nation The forensics team won two individual national championships at the NCFL Grand National Tournament in Omaha, NE over Memorial Day weekend and the team was named one of the top five schools in the country.. Individual national champions were Junior Dan Marcel and Senior Joe Geoghan in duo interpretation. Junior Joe Gallagher won an individual national championship in oral interp of prose and poetry. Rory Gledhill’s debate team won 4-1 as well moving the team to the trophy. Both Joe G.’s and Rory are SCS alums and we are very proud of them. They certainly are fine role models for our own forensics team. It shows our students that the sky’s the limit.
CRITICAL THINKING 101 Congratulations to Amanda Bowman (6-17) for having her correct answer pulled for this week’s $10 Gift Card of Choice Certificate. Amanda knew that by adding the numerals from 1-9, dividing that total by 5, and then finding the square root of that answer, she’d have 3. For our final critical thinking of this school year, “If you assign a number to each letter of the alphabet, a=1, b=2, c=3, etc., what is the grand total of the entire alphabet from a to z when you add them together? Let’s hope it’s as easy as abc for you to find the answer.”
“Glory be to the Father, to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be world without end. Amen”
NEXT WEEK IS IT—FOR OUR WEDNESDAY ENVELOPES ANYWAY! Please note that as our year draws to a close, so does our envelope communication. However, you should continue to check your teacher’s web pages from now to the close of the year. We will likewise post information on our school website throughout the summer as well as putting information in the parish bulletin as needed. Know that you may contact us through the website or call us with any questions or concerns that you may have—or you might just want to say hello and ask how many days are left until school begins!
TITLE I SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM If your child is signed up for this program, please ask them for the parent information letter they received today to bring home to you.
WHAT DOES A FACULTY DO IN THE SUMMER? Some of our teachers will help with SCS Bible School, some will participate in a Summer Institute Workshop the next week at Holy Family University, some will teach in our Summer Program, some will take courses on-site and on-line, and some will relax. Knowing our faculty, you can imagine that :some” will do all of the above. That’s just the kind of faculty we have. Aren’t you glad?.
…AND WE FORGOT TO MENTION that some of them will be working to update both our faculty and parent-student handbooks. After we finish the parent-student handbook, we’ll be inviting some parents in to read it for clarity and to see if we’ve included everything that we should. For instance, we know that we’ll be including what we’ll do if a student doesn’t look like an SCS student should such as calling for the student to be picked up by a parent if a girl’s skort is too short, or if a boy’s hair is too long, just to name two examples. We’d been counting on parents helping us with this but realize that these parents probably need our input to back them up too. Look for changes.
PEOPLE AND EVENTS Today was a very special day for Madison Coyne (2-4) when she was honored at a special Philadelphia Fire Department presentation here at school. Madison was the winner of the Department’s Spring Contest and we had special guests from the Department right up to the Commissioner on hand to celebrate the day and share some fire safety tips with our Kindergarten to 4th Grade In addition to the celebration itself, Madison will also receive a savings bond from the Fire Department.
Our secretary Gina Lombardi will have a lot to share with us about what it’s like at the Henley Rowing Competition in Merry Old England. The Lombardis will be flying over this summer to watch their son Louis, a St. Joseph Prep Junior, in his role as coxswain for the V-8 boat.
Holy Ghost Prep Forensics Team Wins Two Individual National Championships - Team Named Top Five in Nation The forensics team won two individual national championships at the NCFL Grand National Tournament in Omaha, NE over Memorial Day weekend and the team was named one of the top five schools in the country.. Individual national champions were Junior Dan Marcel and Senior Joe Geoghan in duo interpretation. Junior Joe Gallagher won an individual national championship in oral interp of prose and poetry. Rory Gledhill’s debate team won 4-1 as well moving the team to the trophy. Both Joe G.’s and Rory are SCS alums and we are very proud of them. They certainly are fine role models for our own forensics team. It shows our students that the sky’s the limit.
CRITICAL THINKING 101 Congratulations to Amanda Bowman (6-17) for having her correct answer pulled for this week’s $10 Gift Card of Choice Certificate. Amanda knew that by adding the numerals from 1-9, dividing that total by 5, and then finding the square root of that answer, she’d have 3. For our final critical thinking of this school year, “If you assign a number to each letter of the alphabet, a=1, b=2, c=3, etc., what is the grand total of the entire alphabet from a to z when you add them together? Let’s hope it’s as easy as abc for you to find the answer.”
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
June 1, 2010
Daily Announcements
- Letter Day: D
- Altar Servers: Rachael Foley and Amanda Jordan
- Okay to wear Flyers T-Shirts over uniform tomorrow
- Cheerleading Registration tonight from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. in T.H. for 4th thru 7th grades
- CYO Soccor Registrastion from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in H.F.H. for grades 4 throu 7
- All summer reading books are sold out...any money received will be returned
- All studnts who have out a library book must return their books on Wednesday morning
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