June 2, 2008

GENERAL FEES DUE JUNE 1ST

A reminder that general fees of $320 per child for the 2008-2009 school year was due June 1st. We do not bill so this is your reminder. Fees are late if not paid on or before June15th. A late fee of $10 will be assessed if not received by that date. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 2008!

The Class of 2008 will receive their diplomas at their Graduation Mass Sunday, June 8th at 2:30 p.m. We congratulate the following: Holly Avecilla, Sarah Ayala, Mark Balatico, Christian Beltran, Brenna Canelli, Oliver Carlson, Elizabeth Christian, Christopher Corbally, Meagan Dawson, Kyle Dinsmore, Gina Drutz, Veronica Farley, Julieta Girbal, Amanda Goli, David Gutierrez, Ariel Hackney, Vanessa Haygood, Ernest Johnson, Daniel Leal, Alisa Mandanici, Lily Moriarty, Stephanie Nguyen, Samantha Ottavi-Perez, Armand Parajon, Dara Parsi, Angelina Pizzulli, Gopu Premrajan, Eliza Ruthven, Cameron Scott, Chad Scully, Nicholas Velasquez, Skyler Wade, Samuel Warford, and Nicholas Zapatero.

SUPPLY LISTS AND SUMMER READING LISTS

We sent home supply lists and summer reading lists last week. We hope that these lists will be helpful to you at the Book Fair and over the summer months.

UNIFORM ALERT

As in past years, we will require that uniforms be purchased from Michael's Uniforms only. In order to assist you with one stop shopping, Michael's will be here with an array of uniform items on Friday, August 8th in our auditorium from noon till 6:00 p.m. As usual, students will not be permitted to wear oversized or baggy clothes, and girls' skirts should be no shorter than 2 inches above the knee. Campus Uniforms and Land's End may still supply school jackets, school sweatshirts, sweatpants, and polo shirts. This will insure that all students observe the uniform code. Thank you.

SCRIP OVER THE SUMMER

Scrip will be available after Sunday Masses over the summer months. If you wish to purchase scrip over the summer, please do so after Mass on Sundays. As always, we thank you for your support.

NOON DISMISSAL FRIDAY

There will be a noon dismissal this Friday, June 6th because of the monthly faculty meeting. Please mark your calendars for Friday's noon dismissal. Thank you.

BOOK FAIR

Our Spring Book Fair will continue through Wednesday this week. If you haven't had a chance to check out the great selection yet, we encourage you to do so early this week. Thank you.

2008 - 2009 SCHOOL YEAR

For planning purposes, we wanted you to know that classes will begin on Tuesday, September 2nd. There will be a noon dismissal the first shortened week of school. There will be after school care on these days through the ADESTE Program. The school office will reopen on mid August.

FALL FESTIVAL IN SEPTEMBER

St. Monica's new Fall Festival is scheduled this year for Saturday, SEPTEMBER 27th and Sunday, September 28th. You will receive a volunteer flyer the first day of school. Thank you.

SCHEDULE FOR THE LAST DAYS OF SCHOOL/ADESTE INFO

• Monday, June 9 - A "regular" school day
• Tuesday, June 10 - NOON Dismissal/ADESTE at Duval
• Wednesday, June 11 - NOON Dismissal/ADESTE at Duval
• Thursday, June 12 - NOON Dismissal/ADESTE at Duval
• Friday, June 13 - Last Day of School. [See below for more information]

THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

As indicated earlier, we will dismiss at noon on Tuesday, June 10th through Thursday, June 12th. The last day of school is Friday, June 13th. The schedule for this last day is as follows: o8:15 a.m. Morning bell o9:00 a.m. Mass of Thanksgiving in the Church followed by Year-end Assembly [Parents are most welcome to join us and sit among our students], full dress uniform o10:30 a.m. Students return momentarily to their classrooms for distribution of report cards and to gather their belongings. oFinal Dismissal Please note: There will be an ADESTE Program that day; it will be located in Duval, as usual.

SPECIAL NOTE:

Parking will be available the last day of school on the parking lot. You can enter through the Washington gate and you will be directed where you may park.

AUGUST NEWSLETTER

Our informational August newsletter will be mailed August 1st. Please look for it. If you don't receive it within a few days of August 1st, please call and leave a message on the school phone. Thank you.

HIGH SCHOOL SNACK BAR AND TREPP LIBRARY CLOSED THIS WEEK

The High School is closed this week, therefore the Snack Bar and the Trepp Library are closed. Thank you.

CREATIVE WRITING AND ART EXPLORATION IN THE AFTERNOON

Our third grade teacher, Miss Dickerson, is offering a creative writing and art exploration class three days a week after the regular summer school classes. Please see the insert in with today's newsletter for more information. This class is open to incoming 3rd through 8th graders.

ALTAR SERVER SCHEDULE 8 AM

• June 3-Josue Courtey, Sarah Cragin
• June 4-Kimberly Elmann, Joshua Erickson
• June 5-Cari Granados, D'Arcy Gray
• June 6-Nicholas Froelich, Jon Miller
• June 9-Brittany Ivanick, Kyle Paris
• June 10-Melinda Sanchez, Louise Santos
• June 11-Paul Sanchez, Nina Shonka
• June 12-Jacob Shore, Julian Silerio
• June 13-Cameron Summers, Connor Carman

Altar servers must check into the school office by 7:50 a.m. Thank you.

Your prayers are requested for the repose of the soul of Humberto Malpartida, grandfather of Ali Girard, Grade 7, who died recently. May his soul and the souls of all the faithful departed rest in Christ Jesus, our Lord. Amen.

SCRIP SELLER SCHEDULE

• June 8-(Shift #1) Mimi Nguyen, Heather Berg, Scott Berg (Shift #2) Shirley Carvalho, Nilda Santos
• June 15-(Shift #1) Willie Balatico, Chung Tran, Julia Ehlers (Shift #2) Nilda Santos HELP!!!!
• June 22-(Shift #1) Willie Balatico, Chung Tran, Giuliana Manuel (Shift #2) Dania Romano HELP!!!!
• June 29(Shift #1) Willie Balatico, Julia Ehlers, Norb Taylor (Shift #2) George Mansoor HELP!!!!
• July 6-(Shift #1) Willie Balatico, Dan Cragin, Francis Avecilla (Shift #2) HELP!!!!
• July 13-Willie Balatico, Patrick Stickley, Suzie Elmann (Shift #2) HELP!!!!
• July 20-(Shift #1) Willie Balatico, Julia Ehlers, Mimi Nguyen (Shift #2) HELP!!!!
• July 27-(Shift #1) Willie Balatico, Suzie Elmann, Leane Vandeman Shift #2) Jeanne Kukor, Maureen Tomlin HELP!!!!
• August 3-(Shift #1) Julia Ehlers, Franmcis Avecilla HELP!!!! (Shift #2) HELP!!!!
• August 10-(Shift #1) Suzie Elmann, Francis Avecilla HELP!!!! (Shift #2) Jeanne Kukor HELP!!!!
• August 17-(Shift #1) Julia Ehlers , Jeanne Kukor HELP!!!! (Shift #2) HELP!!!!
• August 24-(Shift #1) HELP!!!! (Shift#2 HELP!!!!
• August 31-(Shift #1) HELP!!!! (Shift #2) HELP!!!!
• September 7- HELP!!!!!
• September 14- HELP!!!!
• September 21- HELP!!!!
• September28- HELP!!!!

Please see the schedule on the school website or call Corrina Miller at 310-562-1459 or email her at Corrinam3@gmail.com

SCHOOLPOP

Turn everyday shopping into cash for our school! Schoolpop.com offers a free year-round shopping program designed to help earn money for St. Monica Elementary. It's simple - our school earns contributions every time you make a purchase at Schoolpop merchant websites, select stores, catalogs, or through their gift certificate providers. The more you SHOP, the more we EARN! Visit www.schoolpop.com TODAY!

BOX-TOPS

Thank you to all who have sent in Box-Tops for Education. We are still collecting! Thank you!

BOOSTER WEAR IS HERE!

Support your favorite Seahawk athlete, show your school spirit, and help raise money for SMES with Seahawk Booster Wear! Check out the wide assortment of Seahawk T-shirts, sweatshirts, hats, bags and other spirit wear - which can be worn anytime by parents and friends, or to a game, after school, or on the weekends by our students! Click on the "BoosterWear" link to browse and order. Go 'Hawks!

ST. MONICA / SANTA MONICA PLAYHOUSE PRODUCTION

In conjunction with Santa Monica Playhouse, our very own St. Monica players will be performing in "Are We There Yet?!" - a play crafted & performed by: Holly Avecilla, Brenna Canelli, Crystal Casey, Mariah Fallon, Veronica Froelich, Ilona Horvath, Clarissa Karunaratne, Lucia LaRoche, Mariana LaRoche, Lia Mederos, Megan O'Flaherty, Ethan Robarts, Jacob Shore, Adrianna Silerio, Julian Silerio and Cameron Summers. Performances are Friday, June 6 at 7:30pm, Saturday, June 7 at 2:30pm & 7:30pm at the Santa Monica Playhouse (1211 Fourth Street). See today's parent envelope for ticket order form. Enjoy the show!

Snack Bar

The High School Snack Bar will be open this week.

It will be CLOSED next week, June 9-13. Please make sure your child has a lunch on Monday, June 9th. The 10th, 11th, and 12th are noon dismissal days. The 13th is the last day of school.