www.stdorothyschool.com 215 South Valley Center Avenue Glendora, CA 91741 (626) 335-0772 FAX (626) 335-0059 St. Dorothy School Parent Letter SCHOOL INFORMATION Wednesday, January 21, 2015 gsfJUNIOR HIGH DANCE Grades 6, 7 and 8 will be having a dance on Friday, February 6th from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in the hall. The cost is LET’S MAKE $10,000.00 OUT OF $5 per student. Tickets will THE $5,000.00 WE WON AT THE be sold at the door. Fit4Fall 5K RUN A questionnaire was sent home in December to get your ideas for what we should buy/do with our $5000 winnings. Please send it to the school office. SCHOOL MASS Our next student led mass is Sunday, January 25th. at 9:30 a.m. Future masses will be PROGRESS REPORTS held on February 22, April 5 You will receive the student and May 31. Progress Reports today! Please INFORM ATIVE M ANDATORY PARENT MIXER ABOUT OUR SCHOOL We are planning a special mixer during Catholic Schools Week. It will be a fun and an informative way to learn about all the good things going on in our school. The mixer will be held during Catholic Schools Week, Wednesday evening, January 28, 2015. Please plan to attend as this entertaining mixer replaces our yearly mandatory parent meeting. See the flyer for more information. sign and return them. STUDENT COUNCIL BUCK-AJEAN$ Thursday, January 22 is the next Student Council Buck-A-Jean$ Day. Bring $1 if you wear jeans. PRAYERS Please pray for Jack Cissell who is in home hospice. He is the grandfather if Bronwyn Sorensen in grade 5. FATHER/DAUGHTER DANCE The PTO is planning a Father/ Daughter dance for Saturday, February 28th. More information will be coming soon. ANTI-BULLYING ASSEMBLY JANUARY 27 The entire school will have an Anti-Bullying Assembly on Tuesday, January 27. Grades TK-4 will see the assembly at 1:00 p.m. and grades 5-8 will see it at 2:00 p.m.. Page 2 St. Dorothy School P.T.O. NEWS FAMILY FUN NIGHT Our next Family Fun Night is Thursday, January 29th at Shogun Restaurant in La Verne. This is also Student Appreciation Day. SAVE THE DATE! Our Pala Casino Bus Turnaround is planned for Sunday, March 22nd. The bus will leave St. Dorothy at 9:00 a.m. and return at 5:00 p.m.. The cost is $35 per person or $60 per couple. The first 52 will receive playing card lucky winner get gift card. Our Scholastic Book Fair will run from January 25th-30th in the school library. Stop in to see our great selection. Please sign up in the office to work a shift. 2123 Foothill Blvd., La Verne 909-596-9393 participants to sign up a playing card. One will be chosen and the will receive a $50 Tar- OAK TREE FESTIVAL BOOKFAIR FOOTBALL MANIA WEEKS 14—17 TO ALL PARENTS AND STUDENTS David Venti—$25 We are planning for our Oak Tree Adrian Perez—$25 Festival in 2015! We need your Veronica Galindo—$25 help to make this a fun and exciting Luis Barnfield—$400 Festival for all! Chris Herrera—$25 What rides and game booths Delores Noonan—$25 would you like to see? Becky Agnew—$25 Please email your answer to Gina Fessler—$50 gutierrez_isela@hotmail.com or Jeffrey Magsino—$25 text it to 909.802.4424. Nicole Kent—$25 Danny Farrel—$25 Angela Gates—$25 BINGO NEWS Our next Bingo Night is Saturday, February 21st at 6:00 p.m. Join the fun! The class with the most participation wins $100.00! We had a tie for January. Grade 1 and grade 2 will each receive $50. A sign up sheet is in the office for set up, floor workers, and clean up help. Get your volunteer requirement done early! . 5th ANNUAL DAMIEN MATHEMATICS COMPETITION—MORE AWARDS! The 5th Annual Damien Math Competition for 7th and 8th grade students to compete against students from other schools was held on Saturday, January 10th at Damien High School. We are very proud to announce that we had more awards at this competition. Seventh graders Kayla Parayno and Jason Trujillo received the highest medley scores for our seventh grade school teams. Eighth graders Anthony Carrano and Jonathan Ortega received the highest medley scores for our eighth grade school teams. Half of the total number of students who participated in the competition scored in the top ten. Thank you to all our students in this competition for their hard work and dedication. Page 3 DID YOU KNOW? Instagram: Photo and Video Posting Dangers for Young People Teens and tweens frequently post photos online using their cell phones. One of the most popular mobile applications (apps) for photo sharing is called Instagram…Instagram allows members to digitally edit, upload and share photos and short videos with other members through the Instagram website, email, and other social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, Tumbler, and Flickr—all with a single click. The biggest danger for young people is that the photos and videos that they are posting on Instagram are accessible to countless unintended viewers…which means the images can be viewed by anyone in the world. For complete VIRTUS® Article with helpful tips email: jvienna@la -archdiocese.org. ABSENT STUDENTS Please call the office by 9:00 a.m. to report absent children. Leave a message to let us know the reason for the absence. The Health Room ‘s extension is 203. Please be specific about illness and indicate whether it is a cough, cold, flu, fever or something else. This will save us from making numerous calls to determine the reason for an absence. PARENT VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES **Bingo—Help set up on Saturday, February 21st. Sign up in the office. Room 9—Clean and tidy Room 9—earn hours Family Letter—Help fill the Family Envelopes Wednesdays at noon—call first. Recess/Lunch Duty—Help watch the students at recess or lunch. MUST BE VIRTUS TRAINED. Remember to sign in at the office each day you work. Snack Bar—Work in the Snack Bar during sporting events and games Help with the Scholastic Bookfair January 25-30. Sign up in the office. **(These are great jobs for working parents) DATES TO REMEMBER CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK Catholic Schools week is January 25—30. We have an exciting week of events planned. January 21 Progress Reports go home 7:00 p.m. Endowment Meeting January 22 Student Council Buck-a-Jeans January 23 8:30 a.m. 4th Grade Liturgy Louise M. Kilty Art Contest Judging January 24 Catholic High School Placement Exam January 28—Staff Appreciation Day 7:00 p.m. Parent Mixer Event January 25 9:30 a.m. Student Mass 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Open House CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK BEGINS! January 29—Student Appreciation Day January 25—Open House from10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. January 27—Parent Appreciation Day January 30- Religious Appreciation Day ST. DOROTHY SCHOOL A Catholic Education is an Advantage for Life SCRIP - JANUARY NEWS SUBWAY has increased their percentage to 6%. Shutterfly increased from 9% to 11% for January 26. BOX TOPS INKJET RECYCLING Save your Box Tops from all General Mills Products,. Bring them to Monday morning Flag Salute. Students with the most Box Tops turned in will receive a prize at the end of the year. Each Box Top is worth ten cents. Our Statue that we purchased with our Box Tops Funds!!! Bring in your used ink cartridges and old cell phones (working or not) to our school office. They will be recycled by the Funding Factory Program. Our school receives points that can be converted to cash!!! CAMPBELLS Please save the Campbell Soup Labels and turn them into the school office.