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2012 - 2013 School Year Falcon News 092012
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Vol I, Issue 5
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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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LITTLE FINGERS - BIG TASKS!
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Dear Parents and OLF Families,
 We know that our Kindergartners are very smart. But did you know that they understand good manners and etiquette and that how they can communicate this by using digital media?
During my routine classroom visits, I noticed the work of our MAP students on the bulletin board in the Tech Lab. These little fingers were given one big task. Our Kindergartners were asked to demonstrate their knowledge about good manners.
Knowing the letters of the alphabet, typing these on a keyboard, using a mouse, watching the interactive board, making the connection between the teacher's iPad and the interactive stylus, all of these are 21st Century skills at a very young age.
Combining these skills with traditional values such as good manners, enables our Kindergartner to express their understanding of social expectations. It's good to witness that some things do not go out of style, even though the digital tools keep changing each year.
Blessing,
Beate Nguyen, M.A.Ed
Principal
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MARK YOUR CALENDAR!
September 2012
Click here for your
September 22
School Picnic @ Camp Pendleton
12 - 4pm
Our traditional school picnic is an event you don't want to miss! Bring the entire family for food, fun and games!
Click Here for the
PLEASE ENSURE YOU COMPLETE ONE WAIVER FORM PER FAMILY AND BRING THIS WITH YOU!
WAIVERS CAN BE FOUND INSIDE YOUR YELLOW ENVELOPE!
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INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE - SEPTEMBER 21
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Football and Volleyball Schedules
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The Falcon Football and Volleyball schedules are now posted on the school's website. Click here to go directly to the schedule. Please come support the OLF teams. |
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8th Grade Fundraiser - Sally Foster Gift Wrap & Cookie Dough
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Our sales are off to a great start! Please remember to turn in your raffle tickets to the clinic for every 5 items you sell. We will call out winners on Monday at line-up. Please return orders by October 1st to the clinic. If you have any questions, please call Sue Gibbs 283-5986.
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OLF Phone Directory
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Our phone directory should be ready in a couple of weeks. There are still a few families who have not turned in their information. If you find an orange information sheet with your newsletter folder today, please fill it in and return it to the office right away.
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OLF Family Directory Advertisements
| We are putting together the OLF Family Directory 2012-13. This vital tool helps everyone stay in touch and communicate with each other. If you wish to advertise on the back pages of our OLF Family Directory, please submit a print-ready copy to Mrs. Clark cclark@olfschool.net by September 21, 2012. Ads are $25 for business card size, $50 for half page and $100 for full page. Space for full page ads will be limited!
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Spirit T-Shirts
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If you would like to order an additional shirt for your child or for yourself (parents like to wear them when they volunteer or for other community events), please use the order form available at the clinic and return it to the office by Sept. 26th. We will be making another order as soon as we have the minimum of 25.
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Hearing Screenings
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Last Friday, Sept. 14th, Southern California Sensory Screening conducted hearing screenings on grades MAP, 1st, 3rd, 5th ,7th and new students. The results are with your newsletter today. If you have any questions, please call SCSS at 888-822-7277.
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International Coastal Cleanup
|  Thank you to our over 80 Ambassadors who helped represent OLF at the International Coastal Clean-Up! You made a difference in the environmental stewardship of God's beautiful creation! |
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OLF School Sunday!
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Beginning this month, the school will be known as Team 5 for Parish Hospitality. We will serve donuts, coffee and more at the 9:00 a.m. Sunday Mass and 11:00 Sunday Mass. Our students will be allowed to wear their school uniforms in order to increase the visibility of the school within the Parish. Please ensure that you participate in this great opportunity to help our Parish!
TEAM 5
Debbie Ritchie, our Consultative Board member is in charge of the Catholic Identity Committee with this area of responsibility. The first opportunity is on Sunday, September 30th. Let us go to Sunday Mass regularly and be engaged in our Parish!
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SCHOOL ACTIVITY PHOTOS WANTED!
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 Our young Yearbook Committee made up of 8th Graders who chose this as their elective, would like you to assist in submitting your pictures to Principal Nguyen and Mrs. Fries, our 6th Grade teacher. Please do not email, but put pictures on a flash drive! Thank you! |
| Cub scouts to reorgnize as Pack 737 | |
We are excited at the school to offer the opportunity for our 1st - 4th Graders to participate in the Cub Scouts Pack 737 that is being brought back to OLF Parish.
CUB SCOUTS PACK 737
Please mark your calendar for Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at 6 p.m. for the first meeting of interested cubs and their parents. We will need parental support to make this a great success! Please contact Fr. Mike, if you would like to get more information or help out!
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Parish Blood Drive
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OLF Parish will be hosting a blood drive on Sunday, September 30, 2012 form 9:30 am to 3:30 pm in the church parking lot. Look for the Bloodmobile! All the blood collected will be designated for Mission Hospital. Identification is required. Walk-ins welcome! To make an online appointment, please go to
Reception volunteers (minimum age is 15 years old or younger if accompanied by a parent) are needed to work hourly increments (welcoming donors, signing in donors, providing reading materials, calling donors that have missed their appointments, and scheduling walk-in donors). Please contact Daisy Nueva at 949-492-5427 for more information.
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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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