Principal’s Newsletter
St. Leander School
Volume 4, Issue #28, April 14, 2010
Faith, Academics, Service . . . We Make A World of Difference
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Lynne Kennedy Mullen, Principal |
lmullen@csdo.org |
School Phone: (510) 351-4144 |
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Ms. Amy Cross, Vice Principal |
across@csdo.org |
School Fax: (510) 483-6060 |
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Mrs. Dutra/Ms. Egan |
SLED (Extended Care) |
(510) 351-4147 |
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Mrs. Pat Rosa |
Tuition Accounts |
(510) 351-3654 |
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Michael Lewis |
Hot Lunch Program |
(925) 876-3150 |
Dates to Remember
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Saturday, April 17 |
Festival Meeting – 9:30 AM in Parish Center Chapel |
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Tuesday, April 20 |
School board 6:30 PM in Computer Lab. |
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Saturday, April 24 |
First Communion Retreat |
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Wednesday, April 28 |
Progress Reports come home. 1:45 PM “March” Madness Championship game in the gym! Students may wear sports jersey of their favorite team!. Please note: We will not open the gates at the primary campus until we are finished at 2:30 PM! |
From the Principal’s Office
April’s CLEAR Focus: We Are Effective Communicators.
Dear Families,
Welcome back after the Easter vacation. I hope everyone had a restful and enjoyable break. It is so hard to believe we are in our last half of the third trimester—the year has flown by!
Congratulations to Charles Lukan who won First Place in a Stickfighting competition. Stickfighting is similar to Karate in its movements and includes manipulating sticks at the same time. Charles will be competing at the “Worlds” level in Mexico this summer. We’ll keep you posted on his progress! Good luck, Charles!
Congratulations to Ava Arroy in Second Grade who was baptized on Easter and celebrated her First Communion! We are so happy for you and bless you as you continue to grow in your faith.
We are getting all the materials ready for registration for the upcoming year. This year, we will be sending all the paperwork with the Family Envelope in the latter part of May rather than mailing it in the summer to save postage. We will inform you of tuition rates, registration information, and other important information in next week’s newsletter.
Have a great week!
Sincerely,
Lynne Kennedy Mullen
Principal
Financial Obligations
You are reminded that tuition and SLED payments are due in a timely manner. Late payments will result in late fees and your right to participate in school or in our after-school program will be in jeopardy. Notices will be sent to parents behind in their accounts who have not made arrangements with Mrs. Rosas or who have not honored the arrangements they already made and payment is expected before your child will be allowed back to school or to SLED. No child may return to school in the fall if the family owes a balance of tuition, fees, service hours, or fundraising. We sincerely want all our families to stay in our school, but we all must be responsible about our commitments. I am responsible for the budget of the school and must pay our staff and provide the supplies and services necessary for the quality education your children receive. I cannot do this if our families do not make their commitments to the school a priority. I also know that these are difficult times—they affect all of us, and all of us have to make choices that reflect our priorities, even when these choices are difficult. Please join me in doing our very best to keep our school strong. We need everyone to do everything they can to be on time with your payments and fulfill your commitments. Thank you very much. OUR KIDS ARE COUNTING ON YOU!
Star Student Assemblies will resume next Tuesday.
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VP Corner – Ms. Amy Cross
Summer School:
Summer school will be held June 21st –July 23rd. All current students and parishioners have first priority for signing up for summer school before we open enrollment to our neighboring Catholic schools and our neighboring community. If you would like to secure a space in our summer school program, please submit your application with a $50.00 deposit no later than Friday March 26th. The final tuition payment will be due by Thursday, May 27th. |
Enrollment Information
Enrollment Information is available in the School Office for new students and incoming Prekindergarten Students. Application packets can also be downloaded from our web site - http://www.stleandercatholicschool.org.
Easter Outreach
Thank you for your generosity in donating Easter baskets, grass, and candies to our St. Vincent De Paul Society’s Easter food basket program. Your generous donations helped brighten the holiday for many families. It was our largest collection in recent years, and we are very grateful!
Important Notices:
Spring Fundraiser:
All monies due on Thursday. Non-participation/Opt-out bills will be sent out next week to families who have not participated in these mandatory fundraisers.
Service Hours
Hours are still being updated. Thank you for submitting your corrections to Mrs. Heisick.
Festival:
There will be a short meeting this Saturday at 9:30 AM in the Parish Office. If you are a booth or committee chair or are interested in helping plan the festival, please attend.
PTG Activities:
Mark your calendars for May 6th for Grandparents/Special Persons Day. Parents are needed to help set up, serve, and clean up. We will send more information next week.
Family BBQ will be held on May 15th at Washington Manor Park. Stay tuned for more info!