Week of May 23, 2022
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Announcements and Events
2022-23 Calendar Snapshot
Meet the Teacher Day will be Tuesday, August 23rd and the last day of school will be June 15th. The complete calendar will be released at a later date. You can find the calendar snapshot for the 2022-23 school year here.
Hot Lunch
Ordering for June ends on Wednesday, May 25th.
Spring Musical Tickets
Our Spring Musical performance of Legally Blonde Jr. will take place June 3-5 in Holy Angel Hall. The ticket order form is attached here. Priority seating will be given to preordered tickets.
SPAS Book Drive
As you do your Spring Cleaning, please gather books for our upcoming Book Drive on May 25, 26 and 27. Gently used books for readers of all ages will be given as gifts through Homeboy Industries. Click here for more information.
Procare
Please remember to check your child(ren) into Procare every morning.
PTO News
2022-2023 Room Parents Needed
We are looking for room parents for the upcoming school year!

This is a great opportunity to get involved in your child's class! Serving as a room parent fulfills the regular service hour requirement for Tuition Plans A & C (Red Tie Bash, Fall Fest, and Parish Hours are separate from regular service hours).

If interested, please fill out this form: Room Parent Form

Please don't hesitate to reach out to us if you have any questions about the form or room parents duties at mlhmastro1315@gmail.com.

Thank you so much!
Megan and Elline
PTO Room Parent Co-Chairs
Sports Recognition Night
Sports Recognition Night is June 6th, at 6:00 p.m. in Holy Angel Hall. Please join us to celebrate all our athletes and thank our wonderful coaches. All students who participated in SPAS's sports program will receive a certificate (and a popsicle!), and specific awards will be presented. 

If you have any photos from SPAS sports this year - football, basketball, volleyball, track, or cross county, please send them to sportsphotos@stphiliptheapostle.org ASAP so they can be included in the slideshow.

If you have any questions about volunteer opportunities, please reach out to us at pto@stphiliptheapostle.org.
Summer Activities
Summer Crochet Session
It's time for the summer session of crochet! Click here for more information and to register.
Health
Surveillance Testing
We encourage everyone to test this week. However, if tested positive for covid within the last 90 days, please do not test unless advised to do so by a healthcare professional. Recently positive persons may continue testing positive for up to 90 days.

Make sure to send your child with the completed lab form and include your email address to receive results. Click here for the lab form.

Do not email your lab forms without first speaking with someone in the front office.

Testing Dates

  • Thursday: TK-5th Grade
  • Friday: Jr. High

Please email exposure required testing to PCRtest@stphiliptheapostle.org
Updated Quarantine Pathway Flow Chart 5/2
The health department has recently updated their health requirements, please refer to the flow chart below.

IMPORTANT UPDATE REGARDING COVID TESTING FOR UNINSURED PERSONS
Onsite Covid testing for uninsured persons will no longer be covered. Please click the link below for additional information. 

Covid Vaccination
Please send a copy of your child's covid vaccination card to the following email address once your child is fully vaccinated (14 days from last dose):

Travel Plans
If you plan to travel during the school year, please contact Maite Ramirez at mramirez@stphiliptheapostle.org.
Reminders
Altar Server Training
Do you have a child going into 5th-8th grade who has received their First Holy Communion and would like to minister to our parish as an altar server? If so, please click on the form to register your child. Please note that there are a total of three altar server trainings required. 

To register your child for the next set of trainings on May 19th and May 26th from 6pm-7:30pm and June 4th from 9am-10:30am in the church, please sign up at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F4CABA922ABF58-altar2

For additional information please contact Beatrice LeDuff at bleduff@sbcglobal.net or Carmen Partida at cpartida@stphliptheapostle.org.
Summer School
We are excited to announce that Summer school will be offered again this year for incoming K - 5 students! Classes will take place during the weeks of June 20th-24th and June 27th -July 1st. Click here for classes and registration information.
Dodger Baseball!
SPAS has partnered with the Los Angeles Dodgers for the 2022 season to help us raise funds and enjoy Dodger Baseball! For each ticket purchased using the special link below, a portion of the ticket proceeds will go to our school.

To participate, use this link to purchase tickets:

Feel free to share this link with as many people as you would like. For more information and dates for games available, click the link. 
Popsicle Sales
Our current 7th grade class is bringing back popsicles! All proceeds will go towards their 8th grade Washington DC trip. Click here for flyer.
Reporting Absences
When reporting your child out, please state the reason for the absence. Thank you for being a partner in keeping everyone safe!

You can report your attendance to Karen Conley at kcconley@stphiliptheapostle.org.
Amazon Smile
Need another reason to shop? Support St. Philip the Apostle School! Use Amazon Smile while shopping on Amazon. You will still get all the same prices, Prime deals, and free shipping, but through Amazon Smile, St. Philip can benefit from your purchases!! 

Use the link below to get started!
Volunteer Requirement Update Effective 2/15/22
All volunteer requirements must be up to date in order to volunteer on campus:

  • Virtus
  • TB
  • LiveScan Fingerprinting
  • Fully vaccinated against Covid-19 (14 days after second dose of a 2-dose regimen, and boosted if booster-eligible) or negative covid test within 24 hours of your volunteer time. Either a PCR or an antigen test is fine for this proof.

You will not be allowed to volunteer on campus for school or PTO events if anything is missing. If you are not sure, contact Estela Deocampo at (626)795-9691.

Please send a copy of vaccination cards including booster shot information for parents and students to vaccination@stphiliptheapostle.org

If you need school hours, but do not meet all requirements, please contact pto@stphiliptheapostle.org, and we will help to find off campus alternatives. 

You are required to complete service hours for Tuition Plans A/C regardless of vaccination status. 
Parish- Call to Renew Campaign
Call to Renew
We are so excited to announce the projects we are working on that will launch St Philips into the next 100 years so that we can continue to be a Sacramental community alive in worship that inspires each parishioner to grow closer to God, become Christ-like disciples, and to go forth to serve others.

This is the 3rd of 5 newsletters because we have 5 projects! Remember if you want to get an overview of all 5 projects in one shot, you can click here to access a short You-Tube video recapping all of our projects.

https://youtu.be/g57x_0G_WUY

Project 3 is Relocating the Tabernacle to the Altar
The Eucharist is the core of our Catholic Faith. And the Tabernacle holds our Consecrated Communion Hosts so this is where Christ dwells in the Eucharist. We would like to relocate the Tabernacle to behind the Altar so it is the central focus of our worship. It is currently by the South side exit and is all too often overlooked as people enter and exit the church. In fact, the original design of the church had the Tabernacle behind the Altar. We are restoring this to the original design.

HOW CAN YOU HELP?
On behalf of Fr Tony, please be open to the calls and emails from our ambassadors. We will be calling to set up appointments to share the good news on our projects and discuss how you can support us. Please prayerfully consider your financial support.
Even better – you can request an appointment by calling the parish office or by emailing the Parish Finance Council at PFC@stphiliptheapostle.org
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Parish
Join Us for de Paul in de Park!
Kick off summer and enjoy food and games with the St. Vincent de Paul team and your parish community at Pasadena’s Hahamonga Park, Saturday 18 June from 9 am through noon.
- Games! Bingo, bocce ball, horseshoes, corn hole, frisbee, and disc golf putting lessons –
at the nation’s first disc golf course!
- Finger food from Porto’s Bakery + fruit, juice, & coffee, or bring your own!
- Make a friend, bring a friend — all ages welcome — and chat up the St. Vincent de Paul
team. A great way to start Father’s Day weekend.
- Tickets $10 for all those 12 and up.
- Tickets are for sale on the patio after most Masses this weekend and next. Sorry, no
tickets on day of event.
Vacation Bible School
Vacation Bible School (VBS) Enrollment is now open: 

Payment may be dropped off at Parish Center ; Care of RE or Susie Lopez
T-shirt & Snack is included with registration. 

Check out the Theme release video: https://youtu.be/FO7VjWfudLE
Reflection of the Week
“Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.”Princess Diana