Volume 3 | Issue 9
Weekly View
Wednesday 10/17- 8:15 Mass (Formal Uniform Required); Dismissal 3pm;

Thursday 10/18- Great Shakeout Earthquake Drill; Dismissal 3pm; Blaze Pizza Fundraiser 4-9pm (on Fair Oaks)

Friday 10/19- Dismissal 3pm;

Saturday 10/20 - SI Mass 5pm

Sunday 10/21 - SI Mass (English 9am or 11am-with Children's Liturgy of the Word, Spanish 7am or 1pm)

Monday 10/22 -Environmental Defenders Assembly 1:30pm (Grades K-6); Dismissal 3pm;

Tuesday 10/23 - Dismissal 1:45 (Faculty Meeting)

Please click below for a school calendar, but remember that it is subject to change. The most updated information, dismissal times, and sports schedules can be found on the school website at stignatiusla.org. Click the link below to take you there!

Sharing Our Faith - A New Saint!
Saint Oscar Romero
Oscar Romero, the bishop of El Salvador, was elevated to Sainthood this past Sunday. In 1980, Bishop Oscar Romero was murdered while celebrating Mass for speaking out against the military oppression that the people of El Salvador were experiencing. Be sure to stop by and see this statue at St. Ignatius.
Several others were also named saints on Sunday, including Pope Paul VI who continued the meetings of Second Vatican Council and encouraged positive communication among other Christian groups.
May we follow the example of these two new saints and have the courage to live our faith and speak out against injustice.
CANDY SALE NEWS
Our Candy Sale over! Thank you to all families for participating! All money was due on 10/16. Please send in any candy money you still have at home as soon as possible. Our school goal is $18,000 this year and so far, nearly $12,000 has been turned in. Please remember that the goal is part of our annual budget and that money is vital to the operation of the school.

St. Ignatius Parish Festival
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The Parish Oktoberfest is over and we thank all those who helped as well as all who came to support and participate.
Fr. Edwin and I offer very special thanks to parents Sonia Cabrera, David Rodriguez, and Bayardo Calderon for giving so generously of their time to this event.
Thank you to all families who were able to fulfill their contract commitment of 4 hours of service to the festival.
Families who did not sign up to serve their four hours at the festival will be billed at the usual rate of $15 per hour. This money will go to offset the day laborers who had to be hired to help because there were not enough parent volunteers.

Parent Guild Meeting

Our first trimester Parent Guild Meeting will be held on Thursday, October 25 at 7pm. 8th grade parents are asked to arrive at 6pm to go over high school application procedures.

ARE YOU RECEIVING 'REMIND' TEXT MESSAGES?

All parents/guardians are asked to make sure to sign up for 'Remind' text messages. It is very vital that each parent or guardian sign up to receive important information that is sent out from school. Please don't miss any messages! Sign up info is found near the door of your child's classroom.

VIRTUS TRAINING

Parents who plan to volunteer at school during the coming school year must be Virtus trained. Virtus is the child safety training program that all adults who work and volunteer around children at church or school must complete. It focuses on appropriate interactions with children. There is no cost to you. Virtus certification must be updated every four years through a 1 1/2 hour re-certification class. You must complete Virtus 1 before doing a re-certification. The safety of our children is extremely important to all. Please be sure to attend a training if you plan on volunteering/helping out at school.

To find locations for Virtus training please click on the link below and scroll to (Archdiocese of) Los Angeles location. St. Ignatius falls under the San Fernando Region, but you may attend a Virtus class in any of the five Regions in LA County.


Please be sure to obtain a certificate and bring it to the school office so we can make a copy for our files. All Staff, Parent Board, Room Parents, and Volunteers must be Virtus trained for the safety of our students.
Financial Responsibilities

A friendly reminder to all families who are making tuition payments on the 20th of the month that payment is soon due.
Thank you to those who have submitted their SmartTuition payments, or stopped by to take care of their payments.
Our program cannot run with out everyone's cooperation in paying the tuition payments that were agreed upon in the family contract. We are so grateful that you value your child's Catholic education and make your consistent payments so that our teachers and staff can receive their salaries. Our teachers are paid well under what public school teachers make, and work just as hard (or harder). They are truly an example of living out the ministry of education. We are blessed to have them.
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In N Out Fundraiser Coming Soon

Be on the look-out for In N Out order forms. The In N Out truck will be at our school on Monday, October 29th to cook delicious burgers for our students and their family members. See you there!
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Did You Know? ... Student Learning Expectations/
Graduate Profile
Student Learning Expectations (SLE)
Our school mascot, the falcon, helps students know and remember what they are meant to be. Students reflect on these expectations regularly throughout the year. By the time they are 8th grader graduates, they are truly FALCONS!

I Am A(n)…

F​aith-filled Christian
A​rticulate communicator
L​ife-long learner
C​reative thinker
O​utstanding citizen
N​urturing individual

-From the Parent Student Handbook online at www.stignatiusla.org


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