April 2009 Forcus
Mr. Clossick’s Corner - Volunteer Appreciation
Volunteer Thank You Mass and Brunch on May 1.
Calling
all yard duty supervisors, Health Office heroes, field trip chaperones,
library aides, classroom guest speakers, room parents, and other
volunteers! Our annual Volunteer Thank You Mass and Brunch will be
held on Friday, May 1. If you have volunteered in any way at St. Simon
School, we would like to honor you. At this Mass, we also thank the
“graduating” volunteer parents, so we hope that many parents of the
Class of 2009 will be able to attend. Save the date! Please send an
RSVP to Mrs. Regina Shirey if you are planning on attending:
RShirey@stsimon.com
2009 St. Simon Walkathon on May 17th
Save
the Date! Our annual Walkathon will be on May 17th 12-3pm at St.
Francis HS Track. Benefitting the St. Simon PAG Teacher Fund, this is
a fun school spirit event. Let's come together as a parish school
community and show our support for academic excellence at St. Simon. We
are lowering the participation fee to $40 per student this year in
light of the economic times. Please read the attached flyer for more
details. See you there! http://school.stsimon.org/walkathon
Walkathon Flyer
St. Simon Used Uniform Exchange
St. Simon will collect
uniforms in the school breezeway on Tuesday, April 21 and Wednesday,
April 22. On Thursday, April 23 and Friday, April 24 the uniforms will
be available for purchase in the breezeway. After these dates the
remaining uniforms will be donated to a local non-profit organization.
PAG Meeting
PAG Meeting at 7pm on Wednesday, April 1 in the school library.
Girl Talk
Last week's Girl Talk has been rescheduled for Tuesday, March 31 from 7:00-8:30.
St. Simon April Yard Duty Sign Up
http://school.stsimon.org/yard-duties
Summer School Program
Please go to http://school.stsimon.org/summer to register.
Tardies – Excused and Unexcused
The word tardy means late. A student’s tardy may be excused for any of the following reasons:
• Medical or dental appointment
• Family medical emergency
Any
tardy not described above is unexcused. A student may receive 3
tardies per trimester without consequence. Consequences for subsequent
tardies is as follows:
Tardy 4: School detention
Tardy 5: Two school detentions and parent meeting with vice principal
Tardy 6: Five consecutive morning detentions or one out of school suspension with the determination made by administration
Relay for Life
Support the American Cancer Society at the “Relay for Life Los Altos/Hills”
St. Simon's School Secretary, Regina Shirey, would like to invite
you to join her on the "St. Simon’s Community and Friends Care" relay
team. Each team member is asked to raise $100. You can walk at any
time that works for you during this 24-hour relay. Children are
welcome. The relay is on Saturday June 20th 10am-Sunday June 21st 10am
at Los Altos High School. It is such a convenient, yet rewarding way to
help the fight against cancer. Please consider joining Regina and other
parish members in this worthwhile cause.
You are invited to become either a team member, or make a
contribution by credit card on www.main.acsevents.org/goto/reginashirey
You may also send a donation made out to the AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY
to Regina Shirey, St. Simon School, 1840 Grant Road, Los Altos 94024.
Cancer touches us all, family, friends, co-workers. Regina will be
happy to answer any questions you may have about Relay for Life.
Please call her at school at 650-968-9952, Ext. 10 or email her at
rshirey@stsimon.org <mailto:rshirey@stsimon.org> .
Catholic Scouting News
Congratulations to all the St. Simon Girl
Scouts who completed their religious medals this year. Our 2nd Grade
and 4th Grade Scouts were honored at St. Joseph Basilica on Sunday,
March 29th. Girl Scout Troop 60369 earned their Family of God medal:
Alexandra Attard, Sarah Bettendorf, Anna Bodo, Rachel Clark, Ailis
Connor, Maia Dau, Andrea Delfino, Shannon Fairlee, Bailey Ghashghai,
Annie Goulart, Mia Grizeli, Elizabeth Hong, Jessica Kain, Grace Karic,
Ashley Maselli, Kalena Moreira, Stephanie Munday, Jessica Philpot,
Natalie Robles, Emily Song, Tressa Stearns, Katie Sturtevant, Victoria
Verceles, Megan Wilson and Danielle Yau. Girl Scout Troop 60344 earned
their I Live My Faith medal: Elena Andrada, Elizabeth Cook, Deirdre
Delumpa, Cristina Dobbelaere, Natalie Erjavec, Emily Gremett, Juliet
Henderson, Grace Hopkins, Paulina Robles, Halle Sousa, Megan
Swearingen, Gabriela Wiborn, Madeleine Wright, and Caroline Young.
FREMONT BASKETBALL CAMP 2009
The Fremont Basketball Camp (Held at Fremont High School in
Sunnyvale) is entering its 28th year of existence. The camp director
is former Fremont High School Basketball Coach Phil Kelly.
Co-Directors are Jason Townsend and Craig Ellegood. The camp
emphasizes fun and fundamentals for both boys and girls ages 6-15.
E-mail address: fb-camp@pacbell.net
Camp Dates: Week One June 15-19, Week Two June 22-26
Time: 9:00am-4:00pm
Cost: One Week $173.00
Mini Camps during the month of July at Fremont High School
Registration Info: Call Phil Kelly at 408-253-8779
Website: http//home.pacbell.net/fb-camp
Prayer Corner
Eileen Denzel, beloved Grandmother to Bridget, Colin, Brennan,
Rachael, and Molly (Class of 2007) Denzel, passed away at the age of 84
on Wednesday, March 11th. Please keep the Denzel family in your
prayers.
Please keep Natalie Bostrom’s brother(uncle of Erin and Sarah), John
Franco, in your prayers. He underwent brain surgery in September to
remove a tumor and after his follow up appointment 4 months after
surgery, had to undergo a biopsy on a new tumor that developed.
Posted on
Mon, March 30, 2009
by Steven Clossick