Jan 13, 2015

Attendance Hot Line: 424-327-9650

Please call when your child is going to be absent.

Up-Coming Dates

This Week (and Next) at AMS

- Lower School Parent Teacher Conferences - Jan 13-15 (Wed - Fri)
- Grades Pony - 4th have Minimum Day schedule (dismissal is at 12:35PM, all other grades are on normal schedule)

- Due to this early dismissal for the lower grades, Art to Grow On and Watch Me Sculpt will not be in session tomorrow (1/14) but will be extended one more week.- Kinder/Pony Applications Due - Fri, Jan 15 by 3PM

- MLK Day - Mon, Jan 18 (No School!)
- Spirit Day - Fri, Jan 22 (wear your AMS spirit wear T-shirt with your uniform)

Rain or shine we will have BBQ Lunch at the gym this Friday after school

Calendar These Dates

Sun, Jan 31 - Catholic Schools Week begins (Get Ready!)
Fri, Feb 5 - School Mass 8AM
- Our Annual AMPA Ice Skating Party 2:15 - 5 PM at Toyota Sports Center.

Wed, Feb 10 - Ash Wednesday!

9AM School Mass (Bring in last years palms anytime BEFORE Fri, Feb 5th to the school office or to the Parish Welcome Center)

Mon, Feb 15 - Presidents' Day (No School!)
Sat, Feb 20 - AMS 5K Race Day
May 13, 14 & 15 - Sophisticated Snoop

General Announcements

Rainy Days, Dismissals, Arrivals, etc.

Parents - The prospect of an El Nino winter and much needed rainfall is upon us! Carpool is the perfect solution for both arrivals and drop-offs. On rainy mornings, students may exit their vehicles and report directly to class. On rainy afternoons, Carpool is conducted from the School Hall where your student/s will be safe, warm and dry until you arrive! Try it!

Have You Donated to the 2015 AMS Annual Giving Campaign??

Our goal this year is 100% participation from all AMS families. Your gift, at whatever level is comfortable for you and your family, will provide immediate, unrestricted support to AMS and help us to contain tuition costs as well as fund strategic initiatives.

DONATE NOW

Student Art & Photography Contest

The Neptunian Woman's Club of Manhattan Beach is sponsoring its 38th Student Art and Photography Contest for grades K-5 (art) and 6-12 (art and photography). Deadline for submission to the school office is February 22, 2016 before 3pm. An awards ceremony will be held on Sunday March 6th, 2016 1pm in the Neptunian clubhouse.

Please print put these forms to be attached to your submitted artwork:
Grades K-5 (Art only)
Grades 6-8 (Art & Photography)

Lower School Parent/Teacher Conferences Jan 13,14 and 15

Attention Parents of Students in Grades Pony thru 4th:

You will have 15 minutes for the conference with your teacher(s). The schedule is tight so please be on time. You will meet the teachers in their classrooms.

If you have any questions or your slip is misplaced, please contact Dawn Cooper and she will be happy to help you.

Mustang Players (Session 2)

Please look for information regarding Mustang Players in January 27th Weekly Bulletin. Registration for children in grades 1 -8 will be open from January 27th - February 5th. Classes will meet on Tuesdays and start February 9th.

Got Uniforms? AMS Uniform Recycle Program

Have your kids outgrown their school uniforms? If so, please consider donating them NOW to our AMS Uniform Recycle Program.

Our Uniform Recycle Program takes gently used donated uniforms and we wash, dye and spruce them up and resell them at great prices!! Many items are like new but at half the price! All proceeds from this program go to our school library!

Donations can be left in the bin in the school office or in the Library

OUR NEXT SALE: Sun, Feb. 7th after the 7:00, 8:00 & 9:30 Masses in O'Donnell Hall

Questions? contact Debbi Drewry or 310-488-1265.
Thanks in advance for supporting this worthy cause!

Lost and Found

Now that the colder weather has arrived, please make sure your children are checking the lost and found for their missing items. Also, please be advised that lunch boxes/bags left behind will be disposed of at the end of each week to avoid any critters they may attract. So make sure you are keeping track of your stuff!

Our Yearbook Needs Your Photos!

Do you have pictures we can use for the yearbook? Use this link to upload them for the Yearbook! And keep them coming all year long!

Thank you.

Sharon Suarez

Sports

Girls Basketball

Varsity: Thurs. Jan. 14th (4pm) Home vs Nativity,Tues. Jan. 19th (4pm) Home vs Mary Star

JV: Tues. Jan. 19th (3:45) Home vs St. James, Wed. Jan. 20th (3:45) @ St. Lawrence Martyr

6th: Practice only this week

5th: Tues. Jan. 19th (4pm) White vs St. Paul and (5pm) Blue vs St. Catherine both games at St. Anthony

Boys Basketball

Varsity: Fri. Jan. 15th (2pm) @ St. John Fisher, Wed. Jan. 20th (3:45) Home vs St. James

JV:

6th: Thurs. Jan. 14th (3:45) @ St. Anthony vs Visitation

5th: Thurs. Jan. 14th (5:30) White vs Holy Trinity (6:30) Blue vs St. Paul both games at St. Anthony

Track:

I am looking for interested parents that would like to help with the track program. Please email me @ lselsky@americanmartyrs.org

Soccer:

Varsity Girls and Boys Soccer is open to 6th-8th graders. The Girls season starts in Feb 27th and ends April 20th. The Boys season starts March 12th and ends May 25th. Tryouts will be announced soon.

Softball:

Girls softball starts March 7th and ends May 19th. The softball team is open to 6th-8th graders. Tryouts will be announced soon.

Please note: Girls Soccer and Girls Softball overlap - if a student would like to play both and makes both teams we work it out so they can play.

See you at the gym for BBQ $5 Lunch

Go Mustangs

Lou Ann Selsky

Parish & Community

American Martyrs Preschool Open House

Where: The Preschool yard and classrooms

When: Sat, Jan 16th - 10AM to 12PM, come by anytime during these hours.

Who: Parents of children who will be turning 3 by Dec 2, 2016

Adults Only Please

click here for flyer

The next Heal the Bay / Matthew 25 Beach Clean-Up is Sat, Jan 16 at 10am. Meet us at the Manhattan Beach Pier every third Saturday of the Month during the school year. Please join us!

Faith * Service * Integrity * Excellence