SPN Weekly Newsletter #34

May 10, 2022

Kindergarteners running in today's FUN RUN!

Principal's Message

Dear SPN Families,

Safety is our top priority here at SPN. We have all been especially focused on our health and safety these past two years due to the COVID pandemic, however, we cannot overlook safety in other areas of our life. At school, the majority of our procedures and rules are designed to ensure physical and/or emotional safety for all. A great way to model safety to our students is with our cars during drop off and pick up.

It is imperative that all of our families and anyone who drops off or picks up students at our campus follow these rules of safety AT ALL TIMES, NO EXCEPTIONS.

Pull up to the curb to drop off/pick up students.

NO DOUBLE PARKING
NO MOMENTARY STOPPING AT RED CURBS OR IN NEIGHBORS’ DRIVEWAYS
NEVER STOP CARS IN CROSSWALKS
NEVER LET STUDENTS JAYWALK

Gates are open on Fountain and Jackson Streets for both drop off and pick up. Cones, signage, and staff supervision will also be on Van Buren and Fountain to ensure safety. Please be sure to follow these guidelines for the safety of everyone. Thank you.

Our Fun Run event today was enjoyable not just for the students but for the parent volunteers and SPN staff as well (see photos below). We appreciate all of your support including asking friends and family to contribute with donations. Remember that donations can still be made with your link through this week.

Thursday is another wonderful event here at SPN, Celebration of the Arts and Open House (5:30-6:30 p.m.) and Spring Concert (7:00-8:00 p.m.).

Celebration of the Arts and Open House (5:30-6:30p.m.) Classrooms will be open for visiting and for viewing student artwork our Art Docents facilitated with our students this year. O'Brien Hall will also be open for the traditional Student Art Card sale. Come purchase your child's card for $5 and see all grades' creative greeting cards. If you are interested in pre-purchasing your student's card, please contact Mrs. Schmitz in the office.
Spring Concert (7:00-8:00 p.m.) All students need to be in their classrooms by 6:30pm. The concert will begin at 7p.m. This year's theme is A Song for Peace. Cash donations for Ukraine Relief will be collected after the concert.
For evening concerts, students typically wear "Nice Free Dress" (description on p. 45 of the Handbook), and for this concert, bright spring colors are the theme! Students may also dress in the theme of "peace and love" (ie clothing with tie dye, flowers, peace signs, or rainbows), but please no jeans or shorts.
During the performance, students may or may not wear masks based on their personal or family preference.
In order to limit the number of people in the church, students will be in their classrooms during the performances and come in and out of the church for their specific musical pieces.
Students will not be released to go home until the Spring Concert is complete. It will run for about one hour.
Parking: Please plan ahead as the basketball will not be available for parking.

We look forward to seeing everyone on Thursday!

Warmly,

Julie Thomas

Principal

Updates and Information

COVID Update: We have had 0 school cases since April 26th. We ask that you continue to follow the Daily Health Screening DHS and contact the office to report symptoms and/or exposure outside of school.
Spring Concert + Celebration of the Arts + Open House: See schedule and information above.
Rice Bowl Total: SPN collected $2778 for this year's Rice Bowl campaign. Thank you all so much for your donations!
SPN Uniform Exchange in O'Brien Hall, Monday May 16th: PTG will be hosting a morning uniform exchange for "gently used" items on Monday, May 16th from 8am - 12pm. Contact spn.ptg.alameda@gmail.com if you are interested in helping out that day.
PTG Opportunities for Next Year!: Are you interested in being nominated for a PTG position for the 2022-2023 school year? Are you interested in working with a fun group of team-oriented parents to plan get-togethers and events for the SPN community? Are you interested in service hours? Contact SPN.PTG.Alameda@gmail.com with questions or to express your interest!!
Record your SPN volunteer hours: SPN Volunteer Hours Form. Need your total? Just contact our friendly office staff to inquire.
Need to fulfill your volunteer hours? Look for open slots on this sign up sheet for Choice Lunch servers. Mon. - Fri. slots, 11:30a.m. - 12:30p.m.

Sports News!

Track meet news

Over the weekend Track and field held it’s Diocesan meet and the following athletes participated:

Cole Castelaz (running up as 3rd grader), Michael Sean Brunetti, Helen Clausnitzer, Ella Jacobs (running up as 3rd grader), Katelyn Condez, Anais Tse, Scarlett Anderson, Lina Lynch, Henry Fisher, Grace Fisher, Danny McNair, Ronan Sturlini, Ikaika Bevett, Tom Nguyen, Declan McGinty, Amelia Countryman and Giana Henneman

Of these athletes the following placed:

Cole, Ella, Michael Sean, Scarlett, Henry, Amelia, Lina, and parish athlete Rory Brunetti

Special recognition to Ikaika who got 1st in 3 events -- 100M, 200M and long jump!

Go Spartans!

School Happenings

SPN Olympics

The SPN Olympics are back! On May 27th at 10:45 we will have our very own Olympics. Students in grades Kindergarten through Eighth have practiced and participated in our three events and are ready to take on all other grades in the spirited competition. The events are: Ring Toss, Cart Race and Relay Race.

All Grades will be out on the yard at once cheering on their representatives to see who the medal winners will be. Along with the three events each grade will have a winner for the sportsmanship award. Each Grade will have their own designated color to wear on the day of the Olympics. Parents are welcome to come and enjoy but we ask that you stay outside the fence.

Class Colors:

8th - Red

7th - Blue

6th - Green

5th - Orange

4th - Black

3rd - White

2nd - Yellow

1st - Purple

K - Gray

Class Representatives:

8th - Brendan, Sydney, Lauren, Hannah, Avery, Tiburon, Matei, Tiernan, Lucas, Katie and Mihir

7th - Brandon, Hannah, Wyatt, Olivia, Ikaika, Declan, Kiana, Parker, Dahlia and Tej

6th - Carter, Kaleb, Jack, Loenn, Ronan, Clara, Alyssa, Emmett, Conrad, Fiona and Ava

5th - Harper, Grace, Vincent, Jonas, Vivian, Lawrence, Alondra, Delilah, Joy, and Chiara

4th - Emily C, Jestyn, Jaden, Amelia, Malcolm, Quinn, Aria, Adeline, Valentina, Quinn and Grace

3rd - Carl, William, Jacob, Max, Michael-Sean, Caroline, Victor, Christine and Isabella

2nd - Eliana, Ulysses, Landon G, Hudson, Cole, Landon V, William, Maze, Mariela, Francisco and Myles

1st - Desi, Alice, Kalia, Edie, Colton, Cameron, Samuel, Patrick, Longwen and Wyla

K - Samantha F, Jack, Nathan, Bennett S, Anthony, Maxwell, Nate, Samantha R and Kalina

Go Spartans!

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Today was the SPN Fun Run! A high energy playlist tried to keep up with our sprinting Spartans. Here are some of them on today's course.

Annual Pumpkin Trash Project in 1st grade: With the help of Ms. Kristen, 1st grade buried a pumpkin with our lunch scraps in October. We included organic scraps, recyclable wrappings and non recyclable wrappings. We dug it up for Earth Day. The pumpkin was gone except for the stem! We found all of the wrappings still in the ground.

4th Grade students reflect on their moms for Mother's day.

Parish Happenings

Spring Concert I by the Golden Gate Boys Choir and Bellringers at Saint Albert the Great Church on Sunday, May 22nd, at 2:30 p.m. Come see and hear the singing boys and bellringers perform sacred, folk and Broadway choral music, and the fantastic bellringers, "Ringmasters of San Francisco Bay." Freewill offering accepted at the door; families welcome! A special invitation to boys, age 7 - 12 with unchanged voices and their parents, who may like to consider membership.

Regular rehearsals in Alameda; GGBC is a Catholic based, regional boys choir. GGBC will participate in the Pueri Cantores Festival next March in San Francisco, and the International Pueri Cantores Congress in Rome at the Vatican, culminating in the Papal Mass, January 1st, 2024. "Building Bridges of Understanding for Bay Area Youth Through Music ~ the GGBC!

St. Albert the Great Catholic Church - 1022 Holly St, Alameda, CA 94502