From Christina Clem, M.Ed. Principal
Posted on January 26, 2012, by Christina Clem, under Principal's Desk.
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“St. Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic School: Faith, Academics, Service”
Catholic Schools Week 2012-2013
It was great seeing all of our St. Elizabeth children again after the nice Christmas break! Time continues to fly by, and we will already be kicking off our 2012-2013 Catholic Schools Week on Sunday, January 29th, with an Opening Mass at 10 am! It always means so much to us as a community of faith to celebrate Mass with our school families and students as well as with our parish community during this yearly event. This will be followed by an Open House for Prospective Families in the School, to begin after Mass until 1:30 pm. Students who attend Mass at St. Elizabeth of Hungary Parish, wearing their school uniform, this weekend (January 28 & 29) will receive a Dress Down Day on Monday, January 30th.
This year’s Catholic Schools Week Calendar of Activities Events will appear later in this newsletter! We look forward to our families joining us throughout this fun week as we celebrate Catholic education at St. Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic School!
Registration packets and information for the 2012-2013 school year will be going home on Monday, January 30th. St. Elizabeth School will continue to offer Tuesday Tours for prospective families throughout the remainder of the school year as well as the Open House for prospective families on Sunday from 11:30 am-1:30 pm. The most effective means for marketing all the wonderful things St. Elizabeth School has to offer is YOU, the parents, through “word of mouth!” If you know of anyone seeking a quality faith-based education, please encourage them to either attend our Open House or to call the school office to schedule a tour and informational question/answer session with the principal.
On behalf of everyone here at St. Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic School, I would like to extend my sincere appreciation to the following volunteers for going above and beyond the call of duty to help prepare our school for our Open House this past weekend:
- Monica Connelly
- Denise Christian
- Cassidy Christian
- Maurice Aguilar
- Hailey Hunt
- Lisa Hunt
- Terry Bradley
- Flor Barrientos
- Charles Swayzer
- Jacinto Reyes
- Julian Reyes
- Elia Martinez
- Cole Patin, Sr.
- Theresa Patin
- Cole Patin, Jr.
- Steven Thompson
- Mr. & Mrs. Gerardo Acosta
- Russell Jones
- Mr. Cervantes
The contributions of our many volunteers not only contribute to the greatness of our school but also to the community spirit!
St. Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic School
Catholic Schools Week Calendar of Events & Activities
January 29, 2012-February 3, 2012
“Faith, Academics, Service”
Sunday, Jan. 29th: “Gathering in Community”
- Opening Liturgy @ 10 am
- Open House 11:30 am – 1:30 pm
Monday, Jan. 30th: “Sock it To Me!” Day
- Prayer Service @ 9 am
- Crazy Sock Day! All students may wear “crazy” socks!
- Begin “Coat, Blanket, and Sock Drive” to benefit the Marillac Center
- 3rd & 4th Field Trip to the Dogwood Canyon Audubon Center, 9 am-2 pm
- Family Appreciation Spaghetti Dinner, beginning @ 6 pm
- Dress Down Day for those students who attend Mass wearing their St. E. school uniform on Sunday
Tuesday, Jan. 31st: “Twin” Day
- Dress as Twins
- Portable Universe Program Gr. PK3-2, throughout the day
- 3rd & 4th Field Trip to “Body-ology”, 8:30 am-2 pm
- 5th & 6th Field Trip to Dogwood Canyon Audubon Center, 9 am-2 pm
- Diocesan Religion Scholars Competition @ Prince of Peace, 10 am-12 pm
Wednesday, Feb. 1st: “Go Green!” Day
- Dress Down in Green for Science Fair Day
- Pri-Intermediate Spelling Bee-morning, 8:30 am
- Science Fair-all day
- Booster Club Café, 4 pm-6 pm
- Science Fair Awards Ceremony, 6 pm
Thursday, Feb. 2nd: “PBJ Jean” Day
- Buck-a-Jeans Day to Raise Money for PBJ’s to Feed the Homeless
- Sea World In-School Activity for Intermediate Grades, 1 pm
- 7th & 8th Field Trip to the Dogwood Canyon Audubon Center, 9 am-2 pm
Friday, Feb. 3rd: “Recognition” Day
- Mass, 8 am
- Christian Witness Awards
- Awards Ceremony in Gym, 9:45 am
- Volunteers of the Year
- Honor Roll
- Religion Bee
- Spelling Bees
- CSW Art Poster Contest
- Science Fair
- Teacher of the Year
- Athletic Event in Gym, 11 am
- NOON DISMISSAL FOR STUDENTS
- Teacher Luncheon & Staff Development, 12:30 pm
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From Beth Belcher, MTS – Director of Religious Education
Posted on January 27, 2012, by Beth Belcher, under Religious Education.
PrintWelcome back to school after a wonderful Christmas vacation! I hope that your time away from school was as blessed and fulfilling as mine was!
Catholic Schools Week is coming right up, January 29 – February 3. The theme this year is Faith, Academics, Service. We will open the week with 10am Mass on Sunday and have a prayer service on Monday morning at 9am. It is really great to see Academics sandwiched in between the two important aspects of every good Christian, faith and service. Here at St Elizabeth’s we put great emphasis on building our students with a living faith that can sustain the trials of everyday living. They are learning to be a saint right where they are, in their lives as children. This is a very valuable perspective for our students; to realize that faith is something we live, not just something we are tested on in class. We also take the cue from our patroness, St Elizabeth of Hungary, whose church and hospital ruins I was privileged to visit on my recent trip to Marburg, Germany. St Elizabeth put the poor and needy ahead of her own comforts and was desirous of doing the Will of God completely in her life; service was her way of contributing to the community and the Church. We, too, promote service as a way of life and do a great job of instilling this concept in our students. Please talk with your children about the service that they do, and let them know that we are the hands, feet and voice of Christ on earth. We really do make the difference!
As we return to worship together as a community, we turn to the Church calendar to see that we have come again to Ordinary Time, the time that is counted between the Christmas season and the next great season of the Church, Lent. Ordinary Time is a time to allow ourselves to rest in Christ and grow in his grace. The Church color green represents this season and reminds us that growth in good and necessary. We prepare ourselves in this holy season as one who is anticipating the experience of nature in its finest moments. It can be compared to a time when you, perhaps, have taken a nice long walk on a beautiful day and were aware enough of God in nature and you were transformed. Ordinary Time is our time to open ourselves to God and ask for the grace of growth in Him and with our neighbor. In this holy time of the year, before Ash Wednesday and the sacrifices of Lent, help your children to realize the beauty and majesty of God in your everyday life. Whether it is the beauty of your children or talent that God has given them, or something that is delightful and remarkable in nature, God is here presenting us with His goodness in every way!
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Saint’s Finest Chocolate Sale
Posted on January 27, 2012, by Sandy Walkley, under Fundraisers.
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WORLD’S FINEST CHOCOLATE SALE FUNDRAISER
IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER!!
The World’s Finest Chocolate Sale Fundraiser is one of our school’s major fundraisers. The proceeds will go toward the school’s operating budget to meet expansion needs and to provide enhancements to our school’s educational programs. It is important we all do our part to help meet this year’s goal. Every student will benefit from your support!
Top Seller Awards:
1st Place: Registration Fee (up to $350 value)*
2nd Place: Kindle Fire (Wi-Fi) or Nook Color (Wi-Fi)
3rd Place: iPod Touch 8G 4th gen or Nintendo 3DS
4th Place: Kindle Touch (Wi-Fi) or Nook Simple (Wi-Fi)
5th Place: $75 Visa Gift Card
Each family will be responsible for 50 items (25 assorted chocolate bars & 25 boxes of chocolate covered almonds) = $100.00. Chocolate will be sent home next week during Catholic Schools Week.
NEED MORE CHOCOLATE RIGHT AWAY?: Any family who would like additional chocolate sent home with their student on the first day, please email Sandy Walkley at swalkley@saintspride.com or stop in at the school.
* Redeemable only at St. Elizabeth Catholic School for the 2012-2013 school year. Full amount must be applied to one (1) student. Cash will be awarded only to an 8th grade student winner with no sibling(s) registering for the 2012-2013 school year.
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Mrs. Connelly – Library
Posted on November 30, 2011, by Monica Connelly, under Library.
PrintA special thanks to parents who dropped by the library during the recent Parent-Teacher Conference day! I enjoyed meeting and talking with both new and veteran parents.
Library activities and studies during December will revolve around Advent and Christmas. PK and Kinder students will enjoy Christmas and holiday storytelling. 4th and 5th grade class activities and library studies will revolve around Christmas traditions and festivities from around the world. As we celebrate this season of Advent and prepare for the Birth of Jesus, the students will research how Christmas joy takes many forms around the world.
January will be a busy month in the library. As the library prepares for Catholic Schools Week and Open House, new books will be processed and will be placed on the shelves for students’ reading pleasure. Students in Kinder and 1st grade will be able to take their library books home for the first time. They will share their reading experience with other students when they give a brief book review on the book they took home for the first time. 2nd and 3rd grade students will study fairy tales, legends and tall tales. 4th & 5th grades will learn the fundamentals of the Dewey Decimal System.
January is also Science Fair time. A friendly reminder: the library has numerous books, reference materials and project ideas for students to use when setting up their science projects. The library is an excellent source for research, including internet access and is open for their extended use before school, during recess, and after school. Please encourage your student to make use of the library and its resources.
BOOK FAIR NEWS
To the Book Fair and Beyond: Reading is Out of This World! Prepare to Blast Off – attend the library’s Annual Fall Book Fair, December 2-9. Exciting and fun activities such as door prizes, raffles, contests, guessing games, and book scavenger hunts are planned. The fair is a great opportunity for the library to add to its collection, grant teacher’s book wishes and serves as the major fundraiser for our library.
It’s about children, it’s about books and it’s about having fun. From award winners and bestsellers to picture books and favorite series, the Book Fair is filled with hundreds of books that will take your student on adventures they will never forget. Shop the fair for Christmas gifts and stocking stuffers.
If interested in volunteering your time and energy, we’d love to have you join in on the fun! It’s a great fun way to earn those volunteer hours and get a 10% discount on your purchases. Please e-mail Monica Connelly at mconnelly@saintspride.com to volunteer for the Book Fair. The children would love to have you!
See you at the Book Fair!!
Thanks for your continued support and for letting me share my love of reading with your children. I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Blessed Christmas and Happy New Year.
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Ms. Johnson–Middle School ELA and Math
Posted on January 18, 2011, by Susan Johnson, under Middle School Notes.
Print6th Grade English—We continue our study of verbs which includes irregular, the three tenses, special forms, and subject-verb agreement. The test is scheduled for January 19. We will then start a unit on adverbs which will include identifying, time, place, manner, degree, affirmation, and negation. During Catholic Schools Week, we will concentrate on cross-curricular lessons. Spelling for January includes lessons 19, 20, 21, and 22.
6th Grade Math—We have concluded our unit on addition and subtraction of fractions and have moved on to multiplication and division of fractions. This will include the operations with fractions, whole numbers, and mixed as well as estimation, properties, money, and complex fractions. The test is scheduled for January 25. We will then begin a unit on ratio, proportion, and percent which will conclude after Catholic Schools Week.
7th Grade English—The rough draft of the research paper is due to turnitin.com by midnight of January 13. The two procedure paragraphs will be due later in January, before the science fair. We will then begin a unit on pronouns which will include antecedents, demonstrative, interrogative, indefinite, personal cases (nominative, objective, possessive), appositives, compounds, intensive, reflexive, relative, distributive, indefinite, person, number, and gender. During Catholic Schools Week we will concentrate on cross-curricular lessons. Spelling for January will include lessons 20, 21, 22, and 23.
8th Grade English—We continue with the study of pronouns which include antecedents, personal pronouns, demonstrative, relative, interrogative, indefinite, the three cases (nominative, objective, possessive), who/whom, compounds, intensive, and distributive. The test is scheduled for January 26. During Catholic Schools Week we will concentrate on cross-curricular lessons. Spelling for January includes lessons 17, 19, 20, and 21.
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Mrs. Connelly – Library
Posted on January 18, 2011, by Monica Connelly, under Library.
PrintHappy New Year! Hope everyone had a blessed Christmas and a restful holiday. Many thanks for all the wonderful gifts, cards, and well wishes during the holidays. Thank you for your generosity and thoughtfulness.
Our school library will be very busy this month preparing for Catholic Schools Week. New books purchased from the Book Fair are being processed and will be placed on library shelves. Students in Kinder and 1st grade will be able to take their library books home for the first time. All students will study fairy tales, fables, legends, and tall tales.
With the Science Fair coming up, please remember that the library is an excellent source for students’ research including internet access for student use before school, during recess, and after school. Please encourage your student to make use of the library’s numerous books, reference materials, and project ideas for students to use when setting up their science projects.
Six Flags and Weekly Reader are once again pleased to offer the 2010-2011 “Read to Success” Six Hour Reading Program for students in K-6th grades. The goal of the program is to support efforts to educate students and to inspire kids to read on their own. The reward for participating students is a free admission ticket to any Six Flags Park. More information will follow in next week’s Thursday folders.
Fall Book Fair News: Thanks for the wonderful support from parents, students, parent volunteers and school staff. Both the library and classroom teachers added new books. Special thanks to Debbie Gleason for being our Book Fair chairperson once again. We owe so much to the many volunteers who gave of their time, effort and dedication: Delia and Gonzalo Aillon, Rosa Araiza, Toni Aranda, Dolores Beltran, Anna Burciaga, Karen Burdett, Frances Byrd, Angelica Cardoza, Pilar Dominguez, Sonia Duarte, Sandra Escanuela, Lisa Facen, Angelica Fajardo, Linda Gonzales, Andy and Susan Goza, Eric Jackson, Marybeth Jones, Patricia Larkin, Joe Ledesma, Viana Lozano, Delila Macias, Becky Quintanilla, Leticia Rangel, Pati Reyes, Sonya Rose, Donna Sliter, Amy Solis, Laura Stratton, Joan Supan, Sandra Ventura, Isaac Villanueva, and Kenneth Washington. THANKS!
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Mrs. Belcher, MTS – Middle School Religion
Posted on December 8, 2010, by Beth Belcher, under Middle School Notes.
Print6th grade:
The 6th graders are doing a great job with their very first test review for Religion. This review will be due before the test is taken on Wednesday, December 15. They will hand them to me as they walk in the door on that day. Any review not handed in before the test will result in a zero. We are finishing up Unit 1 and will begin Unit 2 after the holidays and will begin to prepare for Catholic Schools Week which will occur in the last week of January. I have enjoyed getting to know your children and look forward to a wonderful second half of the year.
7th grade:
Always bright and quick with answers to questions and information, this class is amazing! I am enjoying them this year! We are finishing up Unit 1 and will have a major project due Thursday, January 13. They will receive the rubric on Wednesday, December 8. We will begin Unit 2 in January as well as prepare for Catholic School’s Week. Service hours can begin being logged by 7th graders on January 4 and will be due on May 11, 2011. The students must do no less than 10 hours of service to be considered for full credit.
8th grade:
What a fantastic trip to The Pines! We had a wonderful time and your children came back closer to God. One student said to me, upon returning to school on Monday morning, “The Pines was great, Mrs. Belcher, I’m a changed person! I wasn’t mean to my brother all weekend. I really feel like I know God better!” I think that this sums up what many of the students felt about their experience – they each came to know God better in one way or another. We will continue preparing for Confirmation in class as we work more closely on the Gifts and Fruits of the Holy Spirit. Also the last Faith Sharing (#4) will be due on Thursday, January 27. As we return from Christmas vacation, we will follow up with Catholic Schools Week and a new service project!
All Middle School students will have a major vocabulary test on Wednesday, December 15. This test is worth two (2) test grades. The test review that they will turn in prior to the test will be worth one (1) test grade. Any test review not turned in before the test will result in a zero. Sorry, but it’s true…
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