Dear Parents and Guardians,
I hope you all had a Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year 2020! The staff and I truly appreciated all the outpouring of love and gifts from all of you. Many thanks! I’d also like to thank Mrs. Jessica Garcia and all the students and teachers for putting on an incredible Christmas Program. Special thanks also goes to Mr. Erick Rubalcava for his musical accompaniment during the show, and to Tastyblock for providing us with a delicious concession afterwards! Congratulations to our Hawaiian Raffle Winners: the 3rd place winner of $250 was Fernando Marin, Joan Aler was our 2nd place winner for the $500 prize, and Abel Kabiling was our Hawaii trip winner! Thank you all for participating.
We have an amazing community here at St. Anthony’s, and I feel so blessed to be here. It’s always exciting for our faculty and staff to return from the break and see students ready to learn with renewed enthusiasm and energy! Our entire faculty and staff are ready to hit the ground running. We have many exciting events coming up such as Open House, National Catholic Schools’ Week, Jog-A-Thon, Frozen (our school play), class spring musicals, graduation, and much more. We will be in contact with more committees as these events approach. Once again, I want to wish all of you a very happy and healthy 2020, and we pray that God continues to shower us with many blessings!
Kindergarten registration is coming up, and Kindergarten Roundup Testing is 8:00am-4:15pm. Testing continues after school for families unable to attend the round up on January 13 and 14. If you don’t meet the deadlines, you may be waitlisted. All other general applicants must wait until March 1, 2020 to be considered. Only those accepted will be able to attend the Early Bird Kindergarten Registration Night on January 21 at 6:30pm in the Hall. For families who know other families that would love to attend our Kindergarten next year, please refer our school to them for a referral incentive. Thank you!
Mrs. Grey, Principal
SCHOOL CALENDAR 2019 – 2020
(Be sure to always check www.stanthonygardena.org and your child’s teacher’s blog for the most current information.)
- Jan 6 – Feast of the Three Kings/Epiphany
- Jan 6-26 – STAR Window 2
- Jan 8 – Ned’s New Mindset Mission assembly 8-8:45am
- Jan 11 – Kinder Roundup: Testing for Siblings and SAP Preschool Students, 1/13 and 1/14 additional Kinder testing after school
- Jan 18 – 2nd grade Parent Formation Retreat in Hall with Ms. Gomez 9:15-11am
- Jan 20 – No School, MLK Holiday!
- Jan 21 – Early Kinder Registration for accepted students at 6:30 pm in the Hall for Preschool Students and Current SAP Families ONLY, Open Enrollment is March 1, 2020, childcare provided
- Jan 23 – Kindergarten Parent Meeting 6:00pm
- Jan 26– Family Mass at 11am, Open House 12-2, Vicki Marsha Uniform in Rm 5, Catholic Schools’ Week begins!
- Jan27- Student Appreciation Day, School Choir performs at Pius Matthias Academy in Downey
- Jan 28- Teacher Appreciation Day
- Jan 29 – Administration Appreciation Day, Student Teacher Volleyball Game
- Jan 30– Parent Appreciation Day
- Jan 31– Special Person’s Day Mass at 10 am, 8th grade lunch fundraiser, Noon Dismissal, Daycare Provided
- Feb 5– 3rd Gr. Ocean Institute Field Trip
- Feb 6 – 100th day of School and General Parent Meeting #2
- Feb 7 – School Mass with Bishop Trudeau
- Feb 8 – Stateline Trip Fundraiser for 8th grade Class
- Feb 21 – Junior High CA Science Center Field Trip
- March 2 – NO SCHOOL OR DAYCARE for STUDENTS for Professional Development Days for Teachers (mark your calendars!)
TEACHING TOUCHING SAFETY (TTS FORMS DUE BY 1/10/20)
Although you are all your child’s first teachers, we are very happy each year to conduct the “Teaching Touching Safety” Classes to our students. This is a course that covers an age-appropriate curriculum to bring awareness to students regarding issues of sexual abuse and dangers. It teaches them the lines of “appropriateness” within particular contexts and how to avoid and respond to possible situations that could endanger them. *PERMISSIONS SLIPS WILL BE SENT HOME AND MUST BE RETURNED TO YOUR CHILD’S TEACHER BY FRIDAY, January 10. PLEASE FILL OUT ONE FORM PER STUDENT. Lessons begin this month. If you have any questions or concerns about the form/TTS program, please email me. Lessons will be completed by 2/15/19 and if you opt out, please notify Mrs. Grey ASAP.
IMPORTANT EARLY KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION!
If you have a child that will be entering Kindergarten next year and is NOT at St. Anthony’s Day Nursery – please contact me right away to let me know so I can include him/her on the early registration list. If your child is already at the Nursery School, you have already received info and should have turned in all applications. Kinder Testing takes place January 11.
OPEN HOUSE 1/26/20
Our annual Open House will be held on January 26, 2020 from 12-2pm, starting with our School Family Mass at 11am. Please save the date and plan on joining us for a fun day!
SCHOOL UNIFORM REMINDERS
Please remember that ONLY uniform sweaters and jackets are allowed at school. Colors/prints that detract from our private school uniform look are not allowed. Teachers may send home uniform infractions for your child if there is a violation. 3 infractions will equal a detention. Please see the section on uniforms in the Parent/Student Handbook found online to get reacquainted with the school policy. Random checks school wide will begin this trimester.
St. Anthony – Pray for us
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