Dear Parents/Guardians,
As we celebrate Catholic Schools Week we are blessed at All Souls to have a wonderful staff who are supportive of the Catholic ethos and are so supportive of the children we serve. I wish to thank all the families who send their children to All Souls for the sacrifices they make so that their children will receive an excellent Catholic education. God Bless.
I wish to thank all those parents who have expressed sentiments for my mum and my family at this time. She had a massive heart attack followed by two strokes. By the time you read this I should be landing in Australia to spend time with her. It has been difficult for her as she has been an active person for close to 90 years. It is difficult for her to be bedridden at the moment, and with the assistance of doctors we hope she will regain movement with her right leg and arm.
Ash Wednesday
We will be celebrating Ash Wednesday on Wednesday, February 10th with Mass at 9am. (Full School Uniform)
On that day the cafeteria will not be serving meat as part of the menu. During Lent the students from grades 3 to 8 will pray the Stations of the Cross each Monday afternoon. Classes will attend a daily 8am Mass, and we ask that those students meet their teacher in the Church at 7.55am. We would encourage families to join in at Mass on those days. Please see the Lenten Schedule included with this newsletter.
Congratulations
Congratulations to the member of our Speech Team who have been performing in recent speech competitions. The following results attest to the talents of our students.
Dramatic Interpretation -1st Place- Lia DeLemos (8th Grade);
Humorous Interpretation -3rd Place- Shaun Parinas (8th Grade) - 4th Place- Michelle Alvidrez (8th Grade);
Original Oratory 1st Place- Rozet Parinas (7th Grade) - 3rd Place- Devin Kaya (8th
Grade).
The Speech Club members are:
Humorous Interpretation:
Vincent Pena
Shaun Parinas
Michelle Alvidrez
Dramatic Interpretation
Lia De Lemos
Adriana Juricic
Sophia Chun
Original Oratory
Nico Alimarong
Rozet Parinas
Devin Kaya
Jeffrey Aldon
Nadine French
Diana Gutierrez
Impromptu
Olivia Williams
Aidan San Juan-Lam
Congratulations, also, to all our basketball players who are performing well this season. Keep up the good sportspersonship.
Crab Feed
Thanks to the Athletic Board for organizing the Crab Feed again this year. If you have not signed up please do so, as it is a great night. Its an adult only affair and lots of fun is had by all.
Enrollment 2016-17
We are in the midst of enrollment for next school year, and we do need your assistance if you are not returning. Please let Mrs. Cierra know now so that we can offer any available places to those families on the wait list. In those classes that are over 35, if students leave we will be keeping the class size at 35. There are times when we do have to go over due to sibling enrollment; we do not want to split families up. Our school budget is enrollment driven. If we do not have high enrollment, then services will have to be cut back. As you know we have many services that many other schools do not provide.
I am happy to announce that we will be splitting math classes in grades 7 and 8 next year. We will have an additional teacher in the junior high, so we are in a position to split some classes.
Re-enrollment will begin March 1st and will conclude by March 15th. After March 15th, if families have not re-enrolled, those places will be given to students on the wait list. Therefore please complete the re-enrollment process as soon as it opens. We will be re-enrolling with our new school Information system, School Speak. You will notice some changes with the re-enrollment process especially when it comes to completing the activities for participation. There will be automatic cut offs for the various activities. So if there is an activity you wish to do, it is nest to sign up as soon as possible.
God Bless,
Vincent Riener
Principal
