La Salle Academy's School Newsletter - Family Connections 02/02/2020

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02/02/2020

UPCOMING EVENTS

Monday, 2/3: National speaker, Jodee Blanco is coming to La Salle Academy's gym to speak to families on Bullying, its effects on students and families, ways to identify it and to help it to STOP. La Salle gymnasium from 6:00pm-7:30pm.
Tuesday, 2/4: PTO Meeting, 7pm
Wednesday, 2/5: Student Council Meeting, 2:45 - 3:30 pm; CYO Meeting, 7pm
Thursday, 2/6: Grade 2 BC Bonding; World Drumming; St. Benedict's 1st Penance, 6pm
Saturday, 2/8: Pierogi Making#1 - La Salle Cafeteria, 8am - noon; Math Counts, PSU Berks, 8:30am
Monday, 2/10: Uniform Exchange, 5pm - 7pm
Tuesday, 2/11: Grade 3 Bake Sale
Wednesday, 2/12: Grade 8 Field Trip to the National Constitution Center
Friday, 2/14: Valentine's Day Dress Down Day
Saturday, 2/15: Cub Scouts Pinewood Derby, 2pm - 6pm
Monday, 2/17: School Closed for President's Day
Tuesday, 2/18: Monday's Schedule
Saturday, 2/22: 6pm Night at the Races at St. Benedict's.
Sunday, 2/23: Pierogi Making #2, La Salle Cafeteria, 9:30am - 12:30 pm
Wednesday, 2/26: Parish Mass & Ashes, 9am
Tuesday, 3/3: Spring Pictures
Wednesday, 3/11 - Friday, 3/13: COGAT Testing
Sunday, 3/22: CYO Cash & Prize BINGO, doors open at 12:30pm and games start at 2pm
Monday, 3/23 - Friday, 3/27: IOWA Testing
SAVE THE DATE: Taste of La Salle, April 4th & April 5th

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Dear La Salle Academy Families,

National speaker, Jodee Blanco is coming to La Salle Academy this coming Monday, February 3rd. She speaks at schools and other venues all over the country about Bullying, its effects on students and families, ways to identify it and to help it to STOP. We will have a K-4th grade presentation and a separate 5th-8th grade presentation for the students of La Salle Academy during school on Monday. There will also be an Evening Family Seminar that evening in the school gymnasium from 6:00pm-7:30pm for you to attend.

The Parent/Family seminar is described as an enlightening interactive workshop for parents and their children to attend together. It aims to deepen their understanding of each other and actively improve the way they communicate. Mrs. Blanco will describe: the warning signs that a child may be a bully or a victim, how to intervene successfully, how to deal with the parents of the bullies or victims, how to work productively with the school, why some students are targeted by bullies more than others, how to spot the warning signs that a child may be contemplating suicide or aggressive behavior due to bullying, and other critical information. Children MUST be accompanied by an adult or guardian in order to attend the evening family presentation. This presentation will be suited for all parents and 5th-8th grade students. Parents may choose to bring your 3d grader or younger child at your discretion as you know your child’s need best and how they may absorb this sort of information and maintain attention at a 1.5 hour long interactive presentation.

We are opening this evening program to you and your children and the parents and children in the St. Benedict’s and St. John Baptist de la Salle parish religious education programs. Grandparents and other family members of yours are also welcome to attend with you. We hope this program is an enriching experience full of practical information for the whole family as well as our school administration and faculty. We hope our entire community can use what comes from this presentation to continue dialogue to make positive change and to help our students live the fullest and happiest lives God planned for each one of them.

There is no need to preregister for this event. We hope you can join us.

Sincerely,

Mr. Stephen Mickulik, M.Ed.

Principal

Jodee Blanco - Survivor Turned Activist & Advocate for the Bullied

I want you to know that I’m not just a face in cyberspace. Since the release of my first book, The New York Times Best-seller, Please Stop Laughing At Me… One Woman’s Inspirational Story, I’ve been touring the nation’s schools sharing my experiences with students, teachers and parents to motivate change. My anti-bullying program is called INJJA (It’s NOT Just Joking Around!™) and it consists of live presentations and optional long-term follow-up.

Visit https://www.jodeeblanco.com/

CONGRATULATIONS

PTO

Learn more about La Salle's Parent-Teacher Organization

Box Top Flyer here.
Coke Give Program Flyer here.

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Taste of La Salle Cooking Competition!

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Download your Pre-Order form here.

CYO

Catholic Youth Organization

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

Visit the La Salle CYO website here .

Upcoming Events:

Saturday, 2/22: 6pm Night at the Races at St. Benedict's.

Sunday, 3/22: CYO Cash & Prize BINGO, doors open at 12:30pm and games start at 2pm. Tickets will be available after all masses beginning 2/22 or contact Denise Leininger.

Download Cash & Prize BINGO flyer here.

This week our virtue theme is EXCELLENCE - The strength to achieve objectives with perfection and skill. EXCELLENCE is necessary for everything in life! We need EXCELLENCE in our relationships with our teammates, with our attitudes, with our skills and abilities, etc.. We will never be a successful team until we embrace the virtue of EXCELLENCE.

For more details on this week's CYO virtue of the week, click here .