Principal's Newsletter
Saint Theresa School is a Catholic community whose staff, parents and parish work cooperatively to:
- educate the whole child: spirit, mind, and body
- develop confident, socially responsible leaders
- teach and show respect for people and the environment
- answer our Christian call to service
March 10, 2010
March 10, 2010
In This Issue
School Notes
Parent Club
Memory Bears
Parish Retreat
2010 Girls CYO Basketball
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Dear St. Theresa Families,
A big thank you to all of our parents grades K-5 who attended the special meeting last night to discuss the issues of student social interaction. The unique quality of a Catholic school is that we can discuss who we are as Christians and use our faith to guide the decisions we make as children and people of faith. Our first step as a school has been to discuss with students and parents in grades K-5 the need to pay attention to what we do and how we do it. And, how our actions can affect others. The student presentation that puts these lessons into a more visual and educational context will be next Wednesday. All students in grades K-5 will be seeing the presentation "Oskar and the Big Bully Battle". This presentation will be at 8:45 a.m. in the Event Center. Thank you to Ms.Jolly, our school counselor, and Mrs. Good, our Service Learning Coordinator, for leading and guiding us in the process of supporting our children in making wise choices.
The 2nd trimester ends this week and report cards will be distributed on Friday. Please review your child's progress as reported. The students in all grades benefit from many opportunities to learn and discover. This 3rd trimester is a "fresh start" for all students!
This third week of Lent is a time to renew our promises and reflect on how we demonstrate our compassion. We, in concert with the parish are focusing on a theme each week of Lent to prepare us for the joy of Easter. The children receive a "Lenten Card" with a challenge word and a reflection for the week. Classroom teachers are using the cards in age appropriate ways to remind students of this season in our church calendar.
Today, the faculty and staff will visit Med Share. It is important for us, as a staff to be of service in the same capacity that we request of our students.
Grade 5 is preparing for our Multi-cultural Liturgy to be celebrated on March 16 at 8:30 a.m. All are welcome.
May we as a school community walk in the path of peace and justice.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Judy KoneffKlatt
Principal
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School Notes....
Calendar Reminders
Please also reference the online school calendar
March 11 Earthquake drill
March 12 Student Council Retreat 12-3:30 Stations of the Cross
March 16 8:30 a.m. Mass
March 17 School Assembly k-5
March 19 Auction Dress Pass Day
March 21 8th Grade Pasta Feed
March 25 Talent Show
April 11 ICF Ravioli Dinner
Fridays during Lent Stations of the Cross
Intent to return forms are past due. Please let us know your intention for next year.
COOKIE DOUGH SALE STARTS TODAY!
The school is selling "ready to bake" cookie dough for our spring fundraiser.
When: Starts today, 3/10 for 2 weeks only.
Orders are due Tuesday 3/23, orders will be delivered one day only on 3/30
How much are they?: Cookies are $15/box (cheesecake $18/box)
Each box contains 3 dz cookie balls ready to bake & eat in 12 minutes! There are also other baked goods to thaw and serve.
St. Theresa makes a 40% profit, and there are prizes for the students, including a raffle with cash prizes of $25 and $50.
Thank you for supporting our Spring fundraiser.
BOX TOPS WINNER!
We have a winner . . . . First Grade collected 179 box tops. Congratulations first graders! All first grade students will receive a prize the week of March 15th. This will conclude our Box Tops Contests for the 2009/2010 school year. However, you can still clip box tops and save them for your child's class next school year.
Thank you for your participation.
YEARBOOK
Reservations for additional yearbooks need to be submitted by March 18th with a check to the red counter. $35 each
We need your help!!
Sports pictures needed for the yearbooks!
· 3rd and 4th sports- volleyball and basketball
· 5th basketball teams
· 6th basketball teams
· 7th basketball teams
· 7th girls volleyball team picture
· 8th basketball teams
Please submit a cd with pictures this week!
8th GRADE PASTA DINNER
Benefiting the St. Theresa Class of 2010.
When: Sunday, March 21st
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Where: St. Theresa Event Center
Questions? Contact Rosanne Piccinini at 891-9840 or piccifam7@sbcglobal.net
Save the Date: FACE AUCTION DINNER
A Gala Evening
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Cathedral of Christ the Light
ICF RAVIOLI DINNER
See the flyer in this week's family envelope.
When: Sunday, April 11th
5:00 p.m. (Doors open at 4:00)
Where: St. Theresa Church Hall
Come and join us for a traditional Sunday Italian family meal. It's the last day of Easter vacation...make your reservations early and enjoy the last day with a relaxing meal, we do the cooking and clean-up!
Cost: Adults $18, 7-17 yrs. $8.00
Reservation deadline is Monday, April 5
Send Reservations to Holly Rainieri, 1074 Annerly Rd., Piedmont, CA 94610
GALILEO SUMMER PROGRAM
Camp Galileo (pre-K - 5th grades):
Voted "Best Camp for Kids" in Bay Area Parent and the San Francisco Bay
Guardian, Camp Galileo is a summer day camp where kids enjoy art,
science and outdoor programming every day. This summer we are offering
four exciting weeks of curriculum: Ocean Expeditions, Mission to the
Moon & Psychedelic '60s, Amusement Park Engineers & Medieval
Art and Adventures in Flight & Egyptian Art.
Galileo Summer Quest (entering 5th - 8th grades):
Summer fun designed with older campers in mind! Design your perfect
summer day, choosing from a selection of Majors, such as Fashion
Design, Go-Karts and Video Game Design. Campers also participate in two
Minors from a variety of topics, including Hip-Hop Dance, Science of
Explosions and Sports.
To learn more about our programs and
locations in your community, visit: www.galileo-learning.com [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=g45ihmdab.0.0.jyrgkwcab.0&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.galileo-learning.com%2F&id=preview]
or call 800-854-3684.
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The St. Theresa Parent Club Needs You!
Have you been wondering how you can support St. Theresa School, teachers and staff, and enhance your child's experience at school?
We have the perfect solution...volunteer to chair a Parent Club committee for the 2010/2011 school year!
SCRIP, Room Parent Coordinators, and Parking Duty Scheduler are a few of the vacancies.
The Parent Club needs you to consider filling one of them.
Interested? Members of the Parent Club Board will be available before and after school this Thursday and Friday with additional details. Parents inquiring at drop-off will be treated to hot Peets coffee! Look for us in the school yard, or in the teachers' lounge in the event of rain. Also feel free to contact the following Parent Club Board members if you have questions about the open positions, or want to volunteer:
MichelleFlynn@sbcglobal.net
Christine.Marke@gmail.com
thompson2z@yahoo.com (Lisa Thompson) and
MariloAceves@sbcglobal.net
Michelle Flynn
Parent Club President
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MEMORY BEARS
Memory Bears offer Friendship, and are created to "soften" feelings of grief.
In need of a hug today ?
A Memory Bear is sewn from your loved one's clothing or other fabric by St Theresa Memory Bear Maker volunteers and returned to you and your family as a keepsake.
To request a Memory Bear, you can ask a St Theresa Grief Ministry Support Group Member, contact one of our Memory Bear Maker volunteers or call Debbie at the Rectory, 547-2777 (x20)
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PARISH RETREAT: TRANSFORMATION
Finding God in unlikely stories of faith, hope, and love
This one-day parish retreat invites you to set aside, for a few hours, all cares and concerns and simply remember how to believe and hope and love in a God who believes and hopes and loves us.
Participants are invited to bring a notebook or journal. Please plan to spend the day. Bring a bag lunch. Drinks will be provided.
Date: Friday, March 12, 2009
Time: Gathering, 9:15 A.M., Presentation, 9:30 A.M.- 3 P.M.
Location: St. Theresa Parish Center
Cost: $30/person
RSVP: By Sunday, March 7
For more information, and to RSVP, please contact Clarice Cummins @ 594-8021 or clarice@homeagain1.com
If you need childcare, please RSVP no later than Friday, March 5, 2010
(1st come, 1st served!)
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2010 Girls CYO Basketball
St. Theresa Girls Basketball teams
are forming now for the 2010 CYO season. For more information contact the head coach for your grade below.
3rd Grade: Larry Walters, lwalters52@hotmail.com
4th Grade: David Ralston, dralston@oaklandnet.com
5th Grade: Nancy McDaniel,nmcdan@berkeley.edu
6th Grade: Tom Brackett, tom.brackett62@yahoo.com
7th Grade: Kevin Kilty, kevin@pvigroup.com
8th Grade: Paul Cotter, p_cotter@comcast.net
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In This Issue
School Notes
Parent Club
Memory Bears
Parish Retreat
2010 Girls CYO Basketball
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dear St. Theresa Families,
A big thank you to all of our parents grades K-5 who attended the special meeting last night to discuss the issues of student social interaction. The unique quality of a Catholic school is that we can discuss who we are as Christians and use our faith to guide the decisions we make as children and people of faith. Our first step as a school has been to discuss with students and parents in grades K-5 the need to pay attention to what we do and how we do it. And, how our actions can affect others. The student presentation that puts these lessons into a more visual and educational context will be next Wednesday. All students in grades K-5 will be seeing the presentation "Oskar and the Big Bully Battle". This presentation will be at 8:45 a.m. in the Event Center. Thank you to Ms.Jolly, our school counselor, and Mrs. Good, our Service Learning Coordinator, for leading and guiding us in the process of supporting our children in making wise choices.
The 2nd trimester ends this week and report cards will be distributed on Friday. Please review your child's progress as reported. The students in all grades benefit from many opportunities to learn and discover. This 3rd trimester is a "fresh start" for all students!
This third week of Lent is a time to renew our promises and reflect on how we demonstrate our compassion. We, in concert with the parish are focusing on a theme each week of Lent to prepare us for the joy of Easter. The children receive a "Lenten Card" with a challenge word and a reflection for the week. Classroom teachers are using the cards in age appropriate ways to remind students of this season in our church calendar.
Today, the faculty and staff will visit Med Share. It is important for us, as a staff to be of service in the same capacity that we request of our students.
Grade 5 is preparing for our Multi-cultural Liturgy to be celebrated on March 16 at 8:30 a.m. All are welcome.
May we as a school community walk in the path of peace and justice.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Judy KoneffKlatt
Principal
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
School Notes....
Calendar Reminders
Please also reference the online school calendar
March 11 Earthquake drill
March 12 Student Council Retreat 12-3:30 Stations of the Cross
March 16 8:30 a.m. Mass
March 17 School Assembly k-5
March 19 Auction Dress Pass Day
March 21 8th Grade Pasta Feed
March 25 Talent Show
April 11 ICF Ravioli Dinner
Fridays during Lent Stations of the Cross
Intent to return forms are past due. Please let us know your intention for next year.
COOKIE DOUGH SALE STARTS TODAY!
The school is selling "ready to bake" cookie dough for our spring fundraiser.
When: Starts today, 3/10 for 2 weeks only.
Orders are due Tuesday 3/23, orders will be delivered one day only on 3/30
How much are they?: Cookies are $15/box (cheesecake $18/box)
Each box contains 3 dz cookie balls ready to bake & eat in 12 minutes! There are also other baked goods to thaw and serve.
St. Theresa makes a 40% profit, and there are prizes for the students, including a raffle with cash prizes of $25 and $50.
Thank you for supporting our Spring fundraiser.
BOX TOPS WINNER!
We have a winner . . . . First Grade collected 179 box tops. Congratulations first graders! All first grade students will receive a prize the week of March 15th. This will conclude our Box Tops Contests for the 2009/2010 school year. However, you can still clip box tops and save them for your child's class next school year.
Thank you for your participation.
YEARBOOK
Reservations for additional yearbooks need to be submitted by March 18th with a check to the red counter. $35 each
We need your help!!
Sports pictures needed for the yearbooks!
· 3rd and 4th sports- volleyball and basketball
· 5th basketball teams
· 6th basketball teams
· 7th basketball teams
· 7th girls volleyball team picture
· 8th basketball teams
Please submit a cd with pictures this week!
8th GRADE PASTA DINNER
Benefiting the St. Theresa Class of 2010.
When: Sunday, March 21st
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Where: St. Theresa Event Center
Questions? Contact Rosanne Piccinini at 891-9840 or piccifam7@sbcglobal.net
Save the Date: FACE AUCTION DINNER
A Gala Evening
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Cathedral of Christ the Light
ICF RAVIOLI DINNER
See the flyer in this week's family envelope.
When: Sunday, April 11th
5:00 p.m. (Doors open at 4:00)
Where: St. Theresa Church Hall
Come and join us for a traditional Sunday Italian family meal. It's the last day of Easter vacation...make your reservations early and enjoy the last day with a relaxing meal, we do the cooking and clean-up!
Cost: Adults $18, 7-17 yrs. $8.00
Reservation deadline is Monday, April 5
Send Reservations to Holly Rainieri, 1074 Annerly Rd., Piedmont, CA 94610
GALILEO SUMMER PROGRAM
Camp Galileo (pre-K - 5th grades):
Voted "Best Camp for Kids" in Bay Area Parent and the San Francisco Bay
Guardian, Camp Galileo is a summer day camp where kids enjoy art,
science and outdoor programming every day. This summer we are offering
four exciting weeks of curriculum: Ocean Expeditions, Mission to the
Moon & Psychedelic '60s, Amusement Park Engineers & Medieval
Art and Adventures in Flight & Egyptian Art.
Galileo Summer Quest (entering 5th - 8th grades):
Summer fun designed with older campers in mind! Design your perfect
summer day, choosing from a selection of Majors, such as Fashion
Design, Go-Karts and Video Game Design. Campers also participate in two
Minors from a variety of topics, including Hip-Hop Dance, Science of
Explosions and Sports.
To learn more about our programs and
locations in your community, visit: www.galileo-learning.com [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=g45ihmdab.0.0.jyrgkwcab.0&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.galileo-learning.com%2F&id=preview]
or call 800-854-3684.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The St. Theresa Parent Club Needs You!
Have you been wondering how you can support St. Theresa School, teachers and staff, and enhance your child's experience at school?
We have the perfect solution...volunteer to chair a Parent Club committee for the 2010/2011 school year!
SCRIP, Room Parent Coordinators, and Parking Duty Scheduler are a few of the vacancies.
The Parent Club needs you to consider filling one of them.
Interested? Members of the Parent Club Board will be available before and after school this Thursday and Friday with additional details. Parents inquiring at drop-off will be treated to hot Peets coffee! Look for us in the school yard, or in the teachers' lounge in the event of rain. Also feel free to contact the following Parent Club Board members if you have questions about the open positions, or want to volunteer:
MichelleFlynn@sbcglobal.net
Christine.Marke@gmail.com
thompson2z@yahoo.com (Lisa Thompson) and
MariloAceves@sbcglobal.net
Michelle Flynn
Parent Club President
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
MEMORY BEARS
Memory Bears offer Friendship, and are created to "soften" feelings of grief.
In need of a hug today ?
A Memory Bear is sewn from your loved one's clothing or other fabric by St Theresa Memory Bear Maker volunteers and returned to you and your family as a keepsake.
To request a Memory Bear, you can ask a St Theresa Grief Ministry Support Group Member, contact one of our Memory Bear Maker volunteers or call Debbie at the Rectory, 547-2777 (x20)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
PARISH RETREAT: TRANSFORMATION
Finding God in unlikely stories of faith, hope, and love
This one-day parish retreat invites you to set aside, for a few hours, all cares and concerns and simply remember how to believe and hope and love in a God who believes and hopes and loves us.
Participants are invited to bring a notebook or journal. Please plan to spend the day. Bring a bag lunch. Drinks will be provided.
Date: Friday, March 12, 2009
Time: Gathering, 9:15 A.M., Presentation, 9:30 A.M.- 3 P.M.
Location: St. Theresa Parish Center
Cost: $30/person
RSVP: By Sunday, March 7
For more information, and to RSVP, please contact Clarice Cummins @ 594-8021 or clarice@homeagain1.com
If you need childcare, please RSVP no later than Friday, March 5, 2010
(1st come, 1st served!)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2010 Girls CYO Basketball
St. Theresa Girls Basketball teams
are forming now for the 2010 CYO season. For more information contact the head coach for your grade below.
3rd Grade: Larry Walters, lwalters52@hotmail.com
4th Grade: David Ralston, dralston@oaklandnet.com
5th Grade: Nancy McDaniel,nmcdan@berkeley.edu
6th Grade: Tom Brackett, tom.brackett62@yahoo.com
7th Grade: Kevin Kilty, kevin@pvigroup.com
8th Grade: Paul Cotter, p_cotter@comcast.net
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