March 2, 2010

Dear Parents,
    
We are grateful to Mr. David Mallen who has been one of our excellent Jr. High teachers for the past eight years. He has worked very diligently with his students in order for them to be the best they can be and “Educating them to be World Leaders”. Mr. Mallen and his family are moving to Pennsylvania where his wife will take a position at Penn State. We will miss him and wish him the very best!
    
We are happy to welcome Mr. Kenneth Lockwood to our school and parish community. Mr. Lockwood will take over the eighth grade for Mr. Mallen, teaching Math and Science in the upper grades. We look forward to a smooth transition for Mr. Lockwood, as Mr. Mallen and Mr. Lockwood have been working together to make this transition as easy as possible.
    
May our God continue to guide both men as they assume new beginnings.
                                        
Sister Judy

SOUP, SOUP, SOUP: Beginning Wednesday, March 3, we will be starting our Lenten Wednesday Soup Night Socials to be held in St. Jerome Parish Hall from 5:00 to 7:00pm. Please join us every Wednesday during March for some delicious soup. Hare’s a chance to get to get to know other parishioners and parents and maybe earn some service hours. For more information call Joyce at (310) 649-5586. Students may sign up to work with Mrs. Migneault.

CARTRIDGES:  We are no longer collecting empty ink cartridges. Please do not bring them to the mailroom. Thank you.

SCRIP - Keep those sign ups for RALPHS at ralphs.com and VONS at escrip.com coming!  A small percentage of your purchases will be donated to the school and credited toward your Family Financial Obligation.  Don't lose out on this FREE opportunity to help meet your contribution requirement.  You can also sign up friends, family, co-workers and neighbors.  If you have any questions, please contact Julie Thompson at my3jewelz@yahoo.com.

CARNIVAL - How can YOU contribute to the success of the 2010 Carnival?  You can sponsor a booth, donate an auction item or advertise in the Silent Auction Brochure.  This is an opportunity to promote your business to the St. Jerome Community while fulfilling your participation requirement or Family Contribution requirement.  Let's make this carnival a HUGE success.  Please contact Julie Thompson at my3jewelz@yahoo.com.         

SPECIAL SCRIP In an effort to save paper (and trees) the special scrip forms are now double sided!  Please look at both sides of the paper before placing an order.  Order forms and checks are due back in the main office by Tuesday, March 9, 2010. NO LATE ORDERS WILL BE ACCEPTED!  If you will be placing an order, please fill out the forms, make your check payable to SJSS and drop it off at the main office ATTN: Krista D'Angelo.  If you have any questions please call Krista D'Angelo (310) 293-4405 or Lisa Harris (323) 291-6136.

MARCH CALENDAR
March 3    Soup Night
March 5    Awards Assembly 8am           
March 10    Soup Night                
March 13    Run For Bucks      
3/13-3/18    Book Fair
March 14    Family Mass 9am
March 17    School Mass 11:15am/Soup Night
March 19    NO SCHOOL   RELIGIOUS ED. CONGRESS
March 22    NO SCHOOL                                                                                    

PARENTS: If you are interested in sending your child(ren) to Saint Jerome Summer School this year, please complete the form and return to school ASAP. We want to get an idea of the number of students interested.

XXxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx    Cut Here  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxXX
Family Name _____________________
Remediation (Math/Lang. Arts)   grade ____
Enrichment                  grade ______

COLOR WARS:  Friday, March 5 Student Council is putting on “Color Wars!”
Students can wear non-uniform dress. Each class has a color assigned that they should try to wear. It’s a competition to see which class can be the most spirited in their color!
Pre-K-pink                    
K-red                        
1st-black
2nd-white
3rd-grey
4th-purple
5th- yellow
6th-orange
7th-green
8th-blue

From the P.E. Teachers: We have been asked to remind students & parents that students should wear appropriate athletic style shoes that fit securely on your child’s feet on the days that they have P.E.  Athletic tennis shoes are built to provide support to your foot and ankle during physical activity, and as a result they help reduce the risk of fractures and sprains while active.  Please understand that the necessity of wearing proper shoes is 100% instruction and safety driven.  Although Vans & Converse tennis shoes are appropriate for daily school wear, they do not provide the kind of support we feel is necessary for our P.E. program.  Additionally, we have discovered that these types of shoes do not work well in our new gym.  They do not have any traction on the bottom of the soles & we have seen students slipping & not able to perform basic P.E. tasks as well as they could.  If possible, we would prefer that those types of shoes not be worn on P.E. days.  We appreciate your support and understanding in this matter.

Girls Varsity BB - The Lady Spartans ended their season with a trip to Staples Center in the 3rd Place good.  Another great Spartan fan base cheered the girls on who played well but finished on the short end to Sacred Heart of Covina.  To finish in the top 4 out of 150 schools is quite an achievement.  Congrats to all.

Boys Varsity BB - Coach Will Sheffie reports:  This weekend the  Spartans Boys Varsity Basketball's Teams run for a CYO Championship came to an end. The Spartans lost in the first round to Notre Dame despite a great effort put forth by the Spartans. The Spartans finished second in conference play with a record of 7-1. Overall the Spartans finished with a total record of 17-6. The coaches wish of all of the 8th grade players best of luck and hope that they continue to play in high school. As for the 7th graders, we are looking forward to preparing for next season