October 16, 2024



There is UNITY in Community

Dear St. Philip Neri School Families and Friends,

Our St. Philip Neri School community is an extension of our St. Philip Neri-St. Albert the Great Parish. The school supports the parish in its mission, events, and activities, and similarly the parish supports the school. In fact, it is this reciprocal relationship that has allowed the school to thrive for the past 60 years.

After last week’s Newsletter appeal for volunteers to make Breakfast with Santa a reality, three former parents and SPN-SA parishioners came forward to offer their time and talents to shop for and prepare the food for this treasured event. Many thanks to these dedicated, experienced, and generous friends of SPN School– Peter Ohno, Carlos Olson, and Tim Wilhelm. We also had a number of parent volunteers step up to help with this endeavor. Many thanks to Helen Wang, Thad Frentzel, Stephanie and Robin Greenspan, Wing Ho Lee, Margot Kemp, and Laura Zanzi. We still need help with decorations, set up and clean up, and a well organized manager to oversee the event as a whole. Please register here  https://bit.ly/3Ya5DQu    

PTG will be reaching out to you soon to help you get organized and offer resources and assistance. Our entire community, both parish and school, will again enjoy a very festive and memorable Breakfast with Santa because of you. Thank you in advance! Mark your calendars for Sunday, December 8 for Breakfast with Santa.

Thank you all for your participation in our Parent-Teacher-Student Conferences last week. We know the power and success that result from parents and teachers working together to help students overcome challenges and thrive in school. This partnership is on-going throughout this academic year, so please email teachers when you have questions or concerns so they can be addressed right away, and teachers will do the same.

Peace & Blessings,

Ms. Thomas

This is a reminder to stay vigilant in keeping sick students home and informing the Office of symptoms so we can guide a safe return to school. We have had 0 cases of COVID since September 4, 2024.

Residential households in the U.S. are now eligible to order four (4) free at-home COVID tests from the US Postal Service. Orders will ship free, starting September 30, 2024.  Some of the tests shipped may show “expired” dates on the box, please note the FDA has extended the expiration dates of the tests being distributed through this program. You can find the full list of extended test expiration dates here.

Order COVID Tests - https://special.usps.com/testkits 

October 2024

Oct 21 - Nov 15 Annual Fund Drive

Oct 22 Re-take pictures

Oct 25 8th Grade Bingo Fundraiser

Oct 28 School Board Meeting, 6:30 p.m.

Oct 31 Noon Dismissal. Halloween Parade 8:15 a.m.

November 2024

Nov 1 All School Mass: All Saints Day, 9:30 a.m.

Nov 3 Family Mass, 9:00 a.m., Hosted by grades 5 & 6th

Nov 4 PTG Meeting, 6:30 p.m.

Nov 4-8 Caritas Creek, 8th Grade

Nov 8 End of 1st Trimester

Nov 11 NO SCHOOL: Veterans Day Observed - No Share and Care

Nov 12 Trimester 2 begins

Nov 15 Minion & Friends Day

Nov 15 T1 Report Cards Distributed

Nov 18 - Dec 13 Adopt-a-Family

Nov 18 School Board Meeting, 6:30 p.m.

Nov 19 Free Dress for November B-days

Nov 20 Noon Dismissal / Professional Development Day

Nov 21 National Catholic School Principal Appreciation Day

Nov 25-29 Thanksgiving Break - NO SCHOOL/ No Share and Care

Thank you for taking the time to fill out the family directory. Your contact information will be shared with the St. Philip Neri School community. Please ONLY include information you want shared. If you don't fill out the family directory by October 18 we will assume that you want all your information to be shared.



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Lifetouch will take make up school photos on Tuesday, October 22 for any students that missed the original photos or are not pleased with the photos taken. Pre-order today on mylifetouch.com using Picture Day ID: CQBZGXTVE

https://bit.ly/3AzWbN7

Please continue to follow parking and traffic rules– NO PARKING IN RED ZONES, NO JAYWALKING, NO DOUBLE-PARKING– during morning drop off and afternoon pick up to maintain safety for our students as well as to not be cited by law enforcement.

Friday, October 18, O’Brien Hall, 7:00-8:30 p.m. Discover God’s plan as it is expressed through the Bible and the Mass. Built around three of Dr. Scott Hahn’s foundational talks: “The Lamb’s Supper,” The Fourth Cup,” and “Consuming the Word.” The Eucharist in Scripture examines the biblical foundations of the Eucharist and explores the Church’s liturgy as the original context for the books of the Bible. Presented by OCIA and Fr. Joseph. Registration Information at the Parish Office with Lee Romero (510-373-5200)



The SPN PTG is selling delicious See's candies as an on-going fundraiser. To help support the PTG, simply visit one of our two virtual stores, make your purchases, and your orders will be shipped directly to you. It’s that easy! Our main store is open for orders now, and will remain open until the end of the year.

See's Candies Yum-Raising - Saint Philip Neri School - St. Philip Neri PTG

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This year, we will also feature a Winter Store. This storefront will feature some additional items to choose from. Items from this store can be purchased now and will be available to ship from 11/11/2024 to 12/06/2024. Items will be sent directly to the customer. Please use this link for the Winter Store. 

See's Candies Yum-Raising - Saint Philip Neri School - St. Philip Neri PTG Winter

yumraising.com

The PTG thanks you in advance for your support! If you have any questions, please reach out to spn.ptg@csdo.org

Our Volleyball and Boys Basketball teams have started practice with much anticipation for the upcoming season. Our Spirit Store is open 24/7 for your convenience and we have our first hosting date set for the opening weekend of games. For our hosting dates we have three games being played every hour with both teams from our school and teams from our league. Two Volleyball and one Basketball game happen at the same time and as you can imagine it takes a lot of help to have these days be a success.

We are asking parents to please volunteer for pen shifts to work. Jobs include, running a scoreboard, keeping score, selling entrance tickets, snack bar and set up/clean up. We really can not pull off these hosting days without the help of our community. It is a fantastic way to show our Spartan Spirit, see our teams in action and knock off some of those parent volunteer hours! Let's not forget families involved with sports have an additional FIVE hours to complete. So please sign up and we will see you out there! As always, any questions I am happy to help!

SPN Athletics Hosting Nov 2nd, 2024

volunteersignup.org

Spartan Spirit Store

Go Spartans!

Jeff Croft

jcroft@csdo.org

Earn Volunteer Hours & Link to Log Hours

Families can now get volunteer hours for buying items from Grade Level and Department Amazon Wishlists. You will get 1 volunteer hour for every $20 spent. If the class does not have any items available on their list, Amazon gift cards are welcome, too!

Please include a gift receipt so we know who to thank!

Please contact Ms. Trujillo with any questions.

Log your Volunteer hours Here

https://forms.gle/3VhHDCEhxiPa5YXg9

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Share & Care

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Choice Lunch Calendar for Volunteer

Thank you so much to Needlyn D'Mello for creating the calendar this year.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1O9RBOBiRFZ-ngev5lHPL0nL718i0_IakbZwIL0t2i4w/edit?usp=sharing

PTG - Sign Up Form

https://bit.ly/3MTGSlg

Annual Auction + Gala

Math Kangaroo Competition 2025

A Better Way to Buy Scrip

Do you want to get a head start on your Scrip purchases for the 2024-2025 school year? We now have an easier way to start earning!  Order your gift cards to be delivered to the school or your home. Raise Right also features an app that allows you to purchase egift cards delivered to your ewallet within seconds. There are hundreds of stores available including gas stations, grocery stores, clothing & shoe stores, hotels and more. Check it out today!

Enter enrollment code 432BQIZ543ML at RaiseRight.com/Enroll 

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