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Our Lady of Fatima Parish School |
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Educating students
to become Catholic leaders
for the 21st Century!
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Happy Thanksgiving!!
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Tomorrow we invite our special persons to join us in a Mass of Thanksgiving. Please remember that, although your child may have a very special person who is under 18, we ask that all our Special Person guests be 18 or older for our celebration tomorrow. Students will arrive for school as usual and attendance be taken at 8:00. Special Persons are to go to their student's classroom and accompany them to church. Students may sit anywhere in the church with their special person. If a Special Person has a student in more than one grade, all may sit with the Special Person. Mass will begin at 8:30. After Mass, our Special Persons are invited to a continental breakfast in our Falcon Quad. Depending on the length of Mass, our celebration should be concluded around 10:30. |
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upcoming events: | |
November 17
World Philosophy Day
November 18
Special Persons Day Mass 8:30
& Breakfast to follow
November 18
Ice Cream sale at
lunch recess $1 each
November 21 - 25
Thanksgiving Vacation
December 2
End of 1st Trimester
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Prayers for Mrs. Nguyen's Mother | |
Please keep Mrs. Nguyen's mother in your prayers. She is ill and Mrs. Nguyen is with her in Brussels. |
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Annual Giving Campaign Update
|  Thank you for all the very generous contributions to The Annual Giving Campaign. We have received over $12,000,
but we need more help to reach our goal of $40,000.
Please remember that the Annual Giving Campaign goes straight to YOUR CHILDREN!! Please return your pledge and/or payment as soon as possible. Thanks again!
If you have any questions, please contact Sue Gibbs 283-5986 or suzig@cox.net. |
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ICE CREAM!! ICE CREAM!!
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The 8th grade is having an ice cream sale tomorrow, Friday, Nov. 18 at lunch recess. Bring a dollar for an ice cream bar and help our 8th grade get to Washington DC this spring!!
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**Directory Updates** |
Several more corrections to the directories:
- The Swenson family email should be swenyfam@aol.com.
- Isaksen phone number is 498-8903.
- Maitland zip code is 92672.
- Juan Magra is in 7th grade, Javier Magra is in 2nd.
- Kathy Galletta is also a Vice President of the Parents of Fatima.
If a newsletter envelope did not go home to you last week, you did not receive the directory. Please stop in the school office for your copy. There is a limited supply. EXTRA copies are $5.00. |
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MOVIE TICKETS!!!
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We have Krikorian and Regal movie tickets
for sale!!
Tickets will be sold in the school office on Friday November 18th from 2:00 - 3:00pm ONLY. After the holiday they will continue to be available until the Christmas Break.They are $8.50 each.
***After Thanksgiving: Please fill out an order form in the clinic. Attach your payment made out to OLF and leave in the "movie box" in the clinic. If you have your order in by Monday at 2:30, your order will be ready for pickup on Thursday. Tickets will NOT be sent home in the yellow envelopes. A 10 ticket maximum purchase, please.
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($$ @ work 4 us)³ = Dollars at work for us! | |
www.Cardraising.com
Website is now open for orders! Please be sure to use http://. Do not use https:// or you will not be able to link to our school. Design your own family holiday greeting cards and earn $$$$ for OLF! You, your neighbors and your friends can earn 30% for our school on any greeting card order designated as an OLF order.
Delivery goes to your door! Please order by December 10th!
your ($$ @ work 4 us)³ |
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Physical Education - long sports pants for Grades 4-8th | |
New! Beginning with the month of November, our 7th and 8th graders were allowed to come to school in their PE uniforms on the days they have PE. This alleviates their transition time and eliminates the restroom situation for changing of clothes. When we have Mass on Friday or on Holy Days of Obligation, the students go to church in regular, full school uniform and then use recess time to change. Due to the cooler weather, we have added an optional item to the OLF uniform list at True Grits:
Click here! PE long sports pants
All students must wear their regular PE shorts underneath these new long sports pants. No exceptions! I am pleased with the positive experience in Junior High! Therefore, beginning November 28th after Thanksgiving, all students in Grades 4 - 8 will be allowed to come to school in PE uniforms on their respective PE days. For the winter months, the new PE pants should be worn to avoid getting cold or ill. A special thank you goes to Mr. Mike Dolan, for sourcing the right sports winter attire! The kids love it! Please, feel free to inspect a sample in our clinic! |
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The Road to Bethlehem - December 15th |
Our students will take you on a spiritual Advent journey,
while traveling
"The Road to Bethlehem"
Please join us for our Christmas Program
on Thursday, December 15th
at 6 p.m. in church
All students will participate through song, drama and prayer!
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Advent Wreath Gathering and Blessing | 
Advent Wreath Gathering & Blessing
Sunday, November 27th As a parish and school community, we will light the first of four candles of our Advent wreath.
This is for EVERYONE!! Please join us at 10a.m. to assemble your own Advent wreath. The gathering will conclude prior to the 11 am Mass with a blessing of the wreaths. All materials, including candles, will be available. Suggested wreath donation: $5
3 Children are needed to participate in the blessing ritual. Contact me if you would like your child to read. |
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JSerra Catholic High School
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Christmas Faire & Boutique
Saturday-Sunday, December 3-4 from 8am-4pm
at the JSerra Pavilion
26330 Junipero Serra Road, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675.
All proceeds will benefit JSerra's Shepherd's Financial Aid Program, and the event will be fun for the whole family, featuring dozens of local vendors, food, and entertainment. It's just in time for Christmas Shopping! RSVP online at www.jserra.org/scfbrsvp 
The flyer with your newsletter today says $10 general admission.
We were informed that there is not an admission cost to anyone but a donation would be appreciated.
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OLF AUCTION 2012...SAVE THE DATE!!! | 
OLF's Annual Auction, Dinner, Dance & Gala
Springtime in Paris
Saturday, March 31, 2012
We could use the following assistance please:
Do you have a timeshare, cabin or summer home you would be willing to donate for a long weekend or week? Is your business interested in advertising in our auction booklet? It's great visibility. Do you have access to gift cards, sports and/or performing arts tickets that you could donate to the auction?
Contact Claudine Schulte at claudine.schulte@nielsen.com with questions. Thank you! |
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S.O.A.R
(Study, Organize, Achieve and be Ready)
4 Academic Success!
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IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN YOUR CHILD JOINING S.O.A.R, RESERVE YOUR SPOT NOW! SPACE IS LIMITED!!
***THE S.O.A.R PROGRAM RUNS THROUGH APRIL AND IS RESERVED IN 3 WEEK SESSIONS. PAYMENT IS NOT DUE UNTIL THE FIRST DAY OF THE RESERVED SESSION.
S.O.A.R. is an after school program that provides students 3rd through 8th grade with time, place, and an academic coach to help build skills in time-management, organization, test preparation and creating good habits with individualized academic assistance as needed.
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Click HERE for S.O.A.R flier!
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CONTACT US |
If you have information you would like to be included in the newsletter, email Amy Bronzi at news@olfschool.net Any submissions may be included in the following week's edition.
Information included in the newsletter is at the discretion of the editor.
Final copy is subject to the approval of Mrs. Beate Nguyen. |
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SCRIP FOR CHRISTMAS!!!!! |  Please see the flyer in your yellow envelope today. SCRIP is an easy way to do your Christmas shopping and our school receives credit. You may also receive credit towards next year's tuition. Please call Stefanie Bates for more information (949) 413-0672 or Stefbates@cox.net. |
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Our Lady of Fatima Parish School Mission Statement
Our Lady of Fatima School is a Catholic parish elementary school. Our mission is to nurture individuals to discover their God-given gifts, to encourage them to use these gifts in the service of others and to empower them to be models of integrity and peacemakers who work for justice. We-parents, school staff, and parish community- collaborate in striving for excellence in the education of our children. |
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