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Newsletter - May 17, 2012
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Our Lady of Fatima Parish School
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Educating students
to become Catholic leaders
of the 21st Century!
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"Come to the table of plenty!"
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Dear Parents and OLF Families,
On a splendid Saturday morning last week, nineteen of our students gathered nervously in the foyer of the church to prepare for mass and their First Eucharist.
 
Hands folded, they queued up to process in with Father Jack to the "table of plenty". The beautiful mass touched everyone present with a spiritual depth. Many family members experienced an inner peace, when during the homily our Pastor sat surrounded around by all the little children.
It was apparent that our faith permeates all of what we do at home and in school. The fruits of our faith formation were visible as our First Communicants prayed and received the Holy Eucharist.
As parents and catechists, we are moved when we realize the huge responsibility we have to share our faith and guide our children to become engaged in God's beautiful family.
A special "thank you" to you, our parents for your preparation and dedication, to Mr. Rick Hardy and Mrs. Rosa Rama from our Parish, and to Ms. Nelson.
Blessings,
Mrs. Beate Nguyen, M.A. Ed.,
Principal
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UPCOMING EVENTS
| Click here for May calendar!
May 18
Mass 8:30 am 
MAY CROWNING
OLF GOLF TOURNAMENT
Orange County Young Author's Fair May 22 Early Dismissal
2:00 pm
3rd Grade Play
11:00 am
Free Dress
for Golf Ball Contest Winners (Grade 1)!
May 23 Walk - Through
5th and 6th Grades
**LIP SYNC** 4th Grade
San Juan Capistrano
Student Council Speeches
& Elections
10:00 am
Service Hour Task Force Meeting #2
2:00 pm
MONDAY, MAY 28 MEMORIAL DAY NO SCHOOL!! |
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May Crowning
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Please join us for May Crowning
Friday, May 18, 2012
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after 8:30 a.m. School Mass |
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Young Author's Faire
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This year's theme is: "Writing in the 21st Century" Saturday, May 19, 2012 8:00 am - 12:00 noon OCDE 200 Kalmus Drive Costa Mesa, CA 92626 The following students from OLF have their "masterpieces" displayed at the Faire: "A Tree can be" by Grade 1 "Limericks" by Grade 4 "Spike goes on an Adventure" by Julia Tanner "The Zombie Apocalypse" by Olivia Williams "The Infantile Potion TIP" by Claire Griffin "The Cat that had Nine Lives" ny Lauren Vissman "Police Boy" by Louise Griffin "Where the Sea Ends" by Caroline Bronzi "Toucan's Beak" by conlan Taylor "The blue jay that had no Friends" by Catalina Barnes, Erin Lustado and Christina Von Urff Please ensure that you do not remove these items from the Faire. They will be returned to us! |
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LIP SYNC 2012
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Please purchase your tickets ahead of time for
Wednesday's Lip Sync!
$7 if prepaid! $8 at the door!
Foods, refreshments, fun and more!
Ticket order forms are also in your yellow envelope!
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Sports Awards Dinner
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The Sports Awards Dinner will be held on
Thursday, May 30th, at 6:00pm, in McGowan Hall.
This dinner is for various sports teams:
A and B Football, A and B Girls Volleyball, A and B Boys and Girls Basketball, and A and B Coed Soccer.
Invitations to our athletes and their families are going home in this week's yellow envelopes. Paid RSVP must be received by May 17th.
- Athletes and coaches are free.
- Athletes' parents and siblings are $5.00 each.
- The dinner will include pizza, salad, and ice cream sundaes.
- There will also be a slide show.
- Medals for each sport played will be handed out at the dinner along with this year's sports booklet.
If you have any photos of the teams please send them to Carol Sheaks at
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Summer Reading Bookfair
|  Save the Date!
Our Summer Reading Bookfair will be held Monday June 2 through Friday June 8 in the library. Stock up on books for the whole family to read this summer.
We are also looking for volunteers to help in the bookfair. It's fun!
Please contact Jill Granite at smithjill101@hotmail.com .
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SCRIP = $$@work4us!
|  SCRIP is an easy way for you to support our school! By planning a little ahead with your grocery shopping or other purchases, your strategic effort can really help our students! Simply make your dollars work for us! ...
Or you may choose to 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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Newsletter Submissions:
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If you have information for the newsletter, please send your written information as you would like to see it published to news@olfschool.net Your item will be reviewed/approved by the principal & included in the newsletter. Please do NOT send items to the school office or staff! To guarantee inclusion, items are due by the Tuesday for Thursday publication.
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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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