October 29, 2024



A Prayer for Our Election

Dear St. Philip Neri School Families and Friends,

With the Presidential Election just one week away, I share this prayer with you.

A Prayer for Leadership

    By Sr. Joan Chittister

Give us, O God,

leaders whose hearts are large enough 

to match the breadth of our own souls 

and give us souls strong enough

to follow leaders of vision and wisdom.

In seeking a leader, let us seek 

more than development for ourselves—

though development we hope for—

more than security for our own land—

though security we need—

more than satisfaction for our wants—

though many things we desire.

We beg you, Great God,

give us the vision as a people

to know where global leadership truly lies, 

to pursue it diligently,

to require it to protect human rights 

for everyone everywhere.

Amen.

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.

October 2024

Oct 21 - Nov 15 Annual Fund Drive

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

Halloween is a special day at SPN. Students will come to school dressed in costumes with only appropriate make-up and accessories for school (i.e. NO gory, violent, excessively bloody masks or costumes; NO weapon accessories). Students may wear masks only during the Parade which will begin at 8:15 a.m., after Morning Assembly, and includes Preschool through Grade 8 walking around the neighborhood. Then students will return to the classrooms for the morning, and during that time each grade level will be assigned time to enjoy the Halloween Carnival with games and candy prizes prepared by our Student Leadership Council (SLC). All grade levels will also enjoy a Halloween party prepared by room parents, and it is a Minimum Day with Noon Dismissal for all. Share & Care will be available in the afternoon.

Our 7th grade is hosting our first All School Mass for All Saints Day, 9:30 a.m. in Church, featuring our Student Choir and our Middle School Elective Choir. All are welcome. We also invite our students to dress up as a saint of his/her choice for our procession at the beginning of the Mass. We will interview those who dress up like saints to learn which saint they represent and what that saint is best known for or for what they are patrons.

Please join us this Sunday at 9:00 a.m. at St. Philip Neri Church for Family Mass hosted by the 5th and 6th Grades, featuring our Student Choir: the Knights of Columbus will serve donuts following the Mass.

Thank you to the Belonging & Inclusion volunteers for setting up our Ofrenda.

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.

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

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Spartan Spirit Store

Go Spartans!

Jeff Croft

jcroft@csdo.org

Volleyball Tournament

The 7th grade girls volleyball team won the St. Bede's Volley for a Cure Tournament with a 2-1 victory over St. Bede in the Championship Match.

Thank you,

Matt

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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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!

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