**St. Simon Weekly Update**
St. Simon Weekly
St. Simon Parish School
Volume 8, Number 11 --- December 9, 2008
“Serving in the Joy of Jesus”
Wednesday, December 10 No Mass
2:15 Dismissal Grades 1-8
Thursday, December 11 Green and Red Day
Friday, December 12 2nd Grade to Montgomery Theater
Saturday, December 13 MOPS Jesus Story
Sunday, December 14 PLG Christmas Caroling
Monday, December 15 7th Grade to Tech Museum
Parish Reconciliation Service 7pm
Tuesday, December 16 8th Grade Tech Rehearsal 3:15-5:15
Wednesday, December 17 12:25/12:30 Dismissal
Mass 8:30am
Planned by Room 7
Thursday, December 18 Pizza Lunch
Christmas Program 7pm
Friday, December 19 Prayer Service 10:30am
12:25/12:30 Dismissal
St. Simon Parish School Five-Year Plan Survey
Please go to the following link and take the St. Simon Five Year Plan Survey:
http://www.surveyconsole.com/console/TakeSurvey?id=528716
Classes with 80% parent participation rate will earn a free dress day.
ADVENT RECONCILIATION SERVICES
It is our custom to gather as a community during the seasons of Advent and Lent for communal Reconciliation Services.
This year St. Simon’s Advent Reconciliation Service will be:
Monday, December 15 at 7:00pm
If you cannot attend this celebration, we encourage you to attend a service at one of the following parishes:
St. Thomas Aquinas
(Held at St. Albert the Great and Monday, December 15; 7:30pm
Our Lady of the Rosary) Monday, December 22; 7:30pm
St. Athanasius Thursday, December 18; 7:30pm
St. William Wednesday, December 17; 3:30pm
St. Nicholas Wednesday, December 17; 7:00pm
CHRISTMAS GIVING TREE
There are still some angels left on the tree to get you in the Christmas spirit. Please sign your name in one
of the books with the number of the angel you take. Remember, all gifts are due back by next Sunday,
December 14. Please put them in the big box in the back of Church. We need lots of help on Tuesday, December 16 when we sort gifts and put them back into families. We begin at 9:00am by the storage bin. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Just show up and we'll put you to work. We will also need lots of drivers to deliver food and gifts on Saturday, December 20.We start at 7:30am and put the food boxes together then assign you families to deliver to. It is a wonderful family experience to work together and deliver gifts and food to very appreciative families who need some extra help. If you have any questions please call Rose Mary Becker at 650-941-9673 or Staci Erjavec at 650-961-6110. If you would like to help deliver gifts on Saturday, December 20 please call Walt Fant at 650-967-3462. We wish you a wonderful peaceful Christmas.
MOPS BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR JESUS
The St. Simon MOPS group will be having a birthday party for Jesus on Saturday, December 13 from 10:00am-12:00pm in Spooncer Hall. Families of Preschoolers are invited to the party. There will be a reading of the Christmas Story, a Nativity skit, crafts, and cake. Contact Rose Lue at 650-969-7129 for more information.
CHRISTMAS CAROLING
Christmas Caroling is coming on December 14 from 1:00-4:00pm.This is a great activity for the family which costs
nothing, but brings great cheer to many elderly and convalescents. Gather in the Simon Room at 1:15pm for light
refreshments and rehearsal. We will travel to two local facilities to sing and bring Christmas cheer. Get in the true spirit of Christmas! This event costs only your time! For more information, contact Moira Delumpa moira@delumpafamily.com. All are welcome to participate.
Red and Green Day
This Thursday we will have Red and Green / Holiday / Pajama Day. Students are allowed to wear pajamas/sweats that are holiday themed, red and green attire, and/or Advent/Christmas themed accessories. If there is any doubt that the attire is inappropriate then it should not be worn.
Christmas Program and Band Concert – Everywhere, It’s Christmas
The annual St. Simon Christmas Program and Band Concert will be held Thursday, December 18. The 1:15 p.m. show is for friends, siblings, grandparents and other visitors. Because it is difficult for some people to climb the stairs, there will be some chairs available on the floor. The 7:00 p.m. show is for parents only. We hope that you will abide by this request so that all of our parents will have seats and will be able to see. The Parish Center doors will open at 6:15 p.m. Please do not save seats.
Come one, come all, to the St. Simon School Christmas Band Concert to hear them start off our Christmas Program. Holiday tunes will abound, toes will be tapping, and your spirits will be lifted as you listen to our band students perform. The concert will begin at 7:00 p.m. in the Parish Center. For more information, contact the band director, Mr. Craig Hirotsuka, at (650) 430-3800 or trmptplyr@aol.com.
St. Simon Stadium Seats Available For Sale
What better way to sit and watch the Christmas Program or a St. Simon Basketball Game in the very comfort of a St. Simon Stadium Seat. Seats are on display in the school lobby. Come check them out!
Seats are on sale in the school office for $25. Make checks payable to St. Simon.
2009 Father Murray Basketball Tournament
The 5th annual Father Murray Memorial Basketball Tourney t-shirts are now available for pre-order at a cost of $15 each. There will not be a special school t-shirt order following the tournament.
Mr. Clossick has approved the 2009 tourney t-shirts as part of the St. Simon School PE uniform. The white shirts are made of 100% cotton, highlighted with royal blue, orange and yellow. Fr. Murray Order Form
2009 Father Murray Basketball Tournament Sponsorship Form
With the Fr. Murray Memorial Basketball Tournament approaching, January 21st-25th, we are looking for sponsorships to help offset some of the costs of the tournament as well as let us give any profit back to the athletic department. We have 4 different levels and we are hoping that the St. Simon parents can help – either with family businesses or friends’ businesses. This will help underwrite the cost of the spaghetti dinner, trophies and programs. We want this tournament to continue for years and we need your help to make sure it is a success. SPONSORSHIP FORM
Pizza Lunch
Pizza lunch will take place on Thursday, December 18. Please have order forms in by Friday, December 12. PIZZA LUNCH ORDER FORM
What’s Going on in the Science Lab?
Grade 5, Room 12 learned about the excretory system and how your kidneys function. They did an experiment with sugar and water that showed how important water is in the process of diluting/digesting waste.
Grade 4, Room 9 looked at cells, bacteria, diatoms, algae, paramecium, and documented the characteristics. Who knew a microorganism had the capacity to capture, stab and eat other microorganisms? It was an eye opener that one teeny tiny cell could do all that!
Grade 3, Room 5 used created paper models of the Outer Planets and got to see first hand how HUGE Jupiter is in comparison to the others. After creating all the planets, they were able to see that the outer planets got smaller the farther away they got from the sun and its gravitational pull.
Grade 2, Room 2 compared the physical properties of Rocks vs. Minerals and documented some clear differences as well as some similarities.
Posted on
Tue, December 9, 2008
by Steven Clossick