| | | | Dear Parents Students are learning that Lent is a time for preparation for the Resurrection of Jesus. Throughout the Lenten season, students discover how forgiveness, charity, and faith can help them participate in the sacrifice of Jesus. Please work along with us as we help your children explore how they can prepare their hearts for Easter. Discuss with them some of the changes they are hoping to make in their lives during the season of Lent. Share with them some of the changes you hope to make. Together we can help the children understand the significance of this important time in our church calendar. Check out this site for activities you can do with your children. FAMILY MASS Please join us this Sunday, March 4 for our next Family Mass. Thank you to our sixth grade families for taking the lead in this Mass beginning at 10:00am. See you there! | | Our 26th Cioppino celebration is history! What a wonderful event. This is our largest fundraiser of the year and we are grateful to all who supported the event in any way. There were over 350 diners and countless volunteers for set up, the event itself, and clean up. A special thank you goes out to our fantastic clean-up crew.
Thank you also to the cioppino committee made up of Linda Shah, Zodine Spiegel, Anarose Schelstrate, Jessica Ramirez, Valerie Willsea, Judy Silva, Trilce Farrugia, April Dominguez and Shelley White, for all their hard work. A special thank you to the three honorary committee members: David Joy (especially for his generous wine contribution), Jim Schelstrate (for the ambient lighting) and to our fantastic DJ, Herb Felina.
Congratulations to head chef, Robert Maldonado and his wonderful crew made up of Don Brenes, Anthony Bustos, Jason Bustos, Joe Goncalves, Grant Jung, Benny Sablad, Pete Martinez for catering such a scrumptious meal again this year. A special thank you also to our 7th grade students and Boy Scout Troop 343 for donating their time to assist with parking and serving dinner. | | | | It appears that someone mistakenly took the wrong basket home from Cioppino Saturday night. Our Blue Plate Special basket couldn't be found for the winner. She was extremely disappointed. We hope that if you or someone you know brought it home by mistake that you will return it to school. The winner would greatly appreciate it. | | |  | During the Cioppino fundraising dinner, we launched a FUND-A-NEED to raise some funds to purchase new desks and chairs for our classrooms. Some of the classroom furniture has not been replaced since the 1950's!! We raised $1,420 at the dinner. If you were not in attendance and did not have a chance to participate, we are including an envelope today for your convenience.
Thank you for your ongoing support. | | PARENTS' CLUB MEETING
Please join us for our next Parents' Club meeting tomorrow night at 7:00pm in the library. | | | INTRODUCTION TO CODING WORKSHOP
We are delighted to be again offering the 5 week Coding Workshop, which will begin next week on March 9, to our 6th, 7th and 8th graders. Please sign up immediately using THIS FLYER as spots are limited. Sessions meet every Friday after school from 2:30-4:00pm in the science lab.
MANDATORY PARENT MEETING
We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday, March 13 for a mandatory parent meeting for all families of kindergarten through 8th grade. This is a mandatory meeting for all parents. At least one parent from each family is required to attend. Please click HERE to make a reservation for childcare. Doors open at 6:00pm for hospitality and light refreshments. We will begin the meeting in the gym promptly at 6:45pm. Be on time for your chance to win one of two free re-registration fees (a winning 8th grade parent will have their graduation fees waived)! | | | MERCY HIGH SCHOOL - SEUSSICAL THE MUSICAL
Mercy High School is looking for 4th, 5th and 6th graders interested in playing a role in their production of Seussical the Musical! If you have an interested child, please see the information below. |  | | Does your child have a March Birthday?
Please click HERE to schedule a birthday party for your child and complete a birthday book request. | | | | Finally, while our school calendar for 2018-2019 has not yet been approved by the Archdiocese, and we want to let you know that we have requested to begin the new school year on Thursday, August 16, 2018. Hopefully this will help those of you who are planning your vacations now. An official 2018-2019 school calendar will be sent home as soon as it has been approved. The new school year for Utopia, our preschool, will begin on August 15, 2018.
Sincerely,
Marie Fitzpatrick
Principal
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