LOOKING AHEAD THIS WEEK NOVEMBER 25TH-29TH

***We have early dismissals all three days this week due to parent-teacher conferences.  MAKE SURE YOU HAVE MADE YOUR AFTER SCHOOL PLANS BEFORE YOU ARE DROPPED OFF IN THE MORNING!

Monday:  Early dismissal and regular uniform.  For classes, we will have a Friday early dismissal schedule

Tuesday:  Early dismissal and full dress uniform.  For classes, we will have a Friday early dismissal schedule

Wednesday:  Early dismissal and regular uniform.  For classes, we will have a Friday early dismissal schedule

Thursday:  No School-Happy Thanksgiving!

Friday:  No School-Thanksgiving vacation

SAVE THE DATE FOR OUR CHRISTMAS BOOK FAIR AT THE GROVE!!!  FRIDAY DECEMBER 13TH AT 5:30.  COME OUT TO HEAR OUR SCHOOL CHOIR SING ON THE BARNES AND NOBLE BALCONY!!!  THERE WILL BE A GUITAR ENSEMBLE TOO!!!  Christmas book fair

LOOKING AHEAD THIS WEEK-NOV. 18-22 CORRECTION!

 

*CORRECTION… THERE IS NO SCHOOL MASS TOMORROW, BUT THERE WILL BE MASS NEXT TUESDAY.  REGULAR CLASS SCHEDULE TOMORROW

REMEMBER YOUR $2 FOR NACHO NOVEMBER TO HELP THE TORNADO VICTIMS IN THE MIDWEST AND #1 FOR JAR JAMS FOR TYPHOON VICTIMS IN THE PHILIPPINES

***FRIDAY MARKS THE END OF THE SEMESTER!  DO YOU HAVE ALL YOUR MISSING WORK IN?  BE SURE TO CHECK GRADELINK AND TURN IT IN!

***PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT STARTING NEXT WEEK ALL 6TH GRADE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND JUNIOR HIGH ENGLISH HOMEWORK WILL BE ON SEPARATE EDMODO GROUPS.  THE MISS BARNHILL BLOG WILL BE DISCONTINUED.

Monday:  Regular day and regular uniform.  Student Council meeting after school

Tuesday:  NOSchool Mass so regular schedule and full dress uniform-bring your PE close for Fitness

Wednesday:  regular day and regular uniform

Thursday:  regular day and regular uniform

Friday:  Early dismissal and spirit wear.  End of the semester and all work must be turned in

LOOKING AHEAD THIS WEEK NOVEMBER 11TH-15TH

Monday:  No school due to Veterans Day.  Pray in gratitude for the veterans who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom.  Make a special card for the soldiers who are currently serving and thank them for all that they do.  Cards will be given to Ms. Bender and our 1st Grade buddies to include with all the Operation Gratitude candy we are donating as a school.

Tuesday:  regular day and full dress uniform

Wednesday:  regular day and regular uniform.  Last day to bring in your “Patriot Candy” for Operation Gratitude.  Mandatory yearbook meeting after school from 3:15-4:00.

Thursday:  regular day and regular uniform.

Friday:  First Friday Fundraiser for Nacho November.  Bring $2 to support your Student Council and have some delicious cheesy 😉 nachos!

LOOKING AHEAD THIS WEEK-NOV. 4TH THROUGH NOV. 8TH

 

Have you sorted through and bagged-up the Halloween candy you are going to donate to Operation Gratitude yet?  Be sure to bring it in to help support our schoolwide Christian service project and show your gratitude to our troops!

Monday:  Regular day and regular uniform.  Student Council meeting after school

Tuesday:  School Mass and full dress uniform

Wednesday:  PICTURE RETAKES.  Students may wear the regular or dress uniform.  No gym/PE uniforms please.  Bring in your photo packet that you want to replace.

Thursday:  regular day and regular schedule

Friday:  no school due to teacher inservice

 

LOOKING AHEAD THIS WEEK-OCT. 27TH-NOV. 1ST

Be sure to set aside some of your savory Halloween candy for our troops and support Operation Gratitude via our Christian Service project for November sponsored by our First Grade Little Buddies!

As we all get into the Halloween spirit this week, it is important to remember the Christian significance behind this holiday.  On Friday, I strongly encourage all of you to attend Mass for what our Church calls All Saints Day and considers to be a holy day of obligation.  Following is an excerpt from http://www.catholicism/about:

“Halloween” is a name that means nothing by itself. It is a contraction of “All Hallows Eve,” and it designates the vigil of All Hallows Day, more commonly known today as All Saints Day. (“Hallow,” as a noun, is an old English word for saint. As a verb, it means to make something holy or to honor it as holy.) All Saints Day, November 1, is a Holy Day of Obligation, and both the feast and the vigil have been celebrated since the early eighth century, when they were instituted by Pope Gregory III in Rome.

Here is a Halloween blessing that you can share with your family and friends as you light your jack ‘o lantern.  😉  Please remember to stay safe and make smart choices while celebrating this fun holiday that we all look forward to each autumn:

God who created pumpkins and people, bless our beautiful Halloween light.  This light reminds us that Jesus is the light of the world.  Jesus shines through the darkness and turns the night into day, sadness into joy, hate into love, and tears into smiles.  Bless the jack ‘o lanterns that we have in our homes.  Let them be a reminder that we are your lights that light up the smiles and hearts of our friends and family.  Bless the happy pumpkins we have carved for our candles.  We pray that everyone who sees them might never be afraid of the darkness because your wonderful light is with us.  Amen.

Monday:  regular schedule and regular uniform.  Student Council meeting after school

Tuesday:  regular schedule and full dress uniform.  Bring your PE clothes to change into for fitness.

Wednesday: regular day and regular schedule

Thursday:  costume parade after morning assembly.  (Please make sure your costumes are in good taste and do not include gore or anything that could be found disturbing by our younger students and our “little First Grade Buddies.”) Special student-guided Halloween art lesson and then buddy activity at 1:45… “it’s gonna be great!” 🙂

Friday:  no school–All Souls Day Holy Day of Obligation

LOOKING AHEAD THIS WEEK OF OCTOBER 21ST-25TH

Have you brought in your gently used coats of gift cards to support the Good Shepherd’s women’s shelter yet?  This is our schoolwide Christian Service project, and we need every family to participate to support such a worthy cause.  The deadline is this Friday.

Also, as soon as all permission slips are in, we will be discontinuing this blog and switching over to Edmodo.  Edmodo is a teacher-monitored site that will allow students to have more privacy on the internet.

Please support our Student Council by purchasing Halloween grams for $1 each.  They will be on sale throughout lunch this week and next.

Monday:  regular schedule and regular uniform.  Student Council meeting after school

Tuesday:  school Mass and full dress uniform

Wednesday:  regular schedule and regular uniform

Thursday:  regular schedule and regular uniform

Friday:  early dismissal and spirit wear

Looking Ahead This Week: October 14th-18th

GOOD SHEPHERD’S FIRST ANNUAL “PINK” DAY! Friday October 18, 2013 On Friday, all students will be able to wear PINK in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  Pre-K will also be hosting a bake sale from 11:30am-12:15pm.  All items will be sold for $1 and all proceeds go to the Breast Cancer Prevention Institute. (*if your child does not have or does not want to wear pink, please come in your normal, Fridayspirit uniform.) Monday: No School–Columbus Day Tuesday: regular schedule with full dress uniform and bring PE clothes for Fitness Wednesday: regular schedule Thursday:  regular schedule Friday:  early dismissal and special “pink spirit wear”–bring $1 for baked goods to support the Breast Cancer Prevention Institute

LOOKING AHEAD THIS WEEK: OCTOBER 7TH-11TH

We continue our Respect Life Lessons in Religion and want to send prayers and good wishes to the group of students who will be accompanying Mrs. Widmann to the special Respect Life Youth Day on Wednesday.  We are very proud of you, and know that you will represent Good Shepherd in a wonderful way while you celebrate life in all its stages of  God’s creation!  Crusaders for Life!

OCTOBER SCHOOLWIDE CHRISTIAN SERVICE PROJECT: The 5^th grade class is sponsoring our October Christian Service Project.  They are collecting new or gently used coats and jackets for the Good Shepherd Center for Homeless Women and Children. They will also accept gift cards for the shelter to purchase coats.  Some examples include the following:  Target, Ross, or Marshalls. All items due to Mrs. Phillips on 10/28. 

Monday:  regular schedule and regular uniform.  Student Council meeting after school

Tuesday:  School Mass and full dress uniform

Wednesday: regular day and regular uniform.

Thursday: regular day and regular uniform

Friday:  spirit wear and early dismissal.  Don’t forget your $4 for Friday Fundraisers Italian Ice!

LOOKING AHEAD THIS WEEK SEPT. 30TH-OCT.4

Respect Life Week

Monday:  regular schedule and regular uniform

Tuesday:  regular schedule and full dress uniform.  Bring PE uniform to change into for Fitness

Wednesday:  regular schedule and regular uniform

Thursday:  regular schedule and regular uniform

Friday:  spirit wear and early dismissal

This week, Catholic schools within the Archdiocese will be celebrating Respect Life Week.  For more information from the Department of Catholic Schools, see below:

September 30 – October 4, 2013

Respect Life Week (RLW) is a joint project of the Department of Catholic Schools and the Office of Life, Justice and Peace to immerse Catholic middle and high school students in the understanding of the dignity of every human person and our call to proclaim the Gospel of Life in our community.

RLW 2013 looks at the most critical human rights issues of our time through the lens of Catholic Social Teaching and the infinite love of Christ for each and every person.  Middle and high school students are challenged to wrestle with these issues in every academic area and through hands-on service.  We need the innovation and creativity of our future leaders as together we build a culture of life, justice and peace in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles!

LOOKING AHEAD THIS WEEK-SEPT. 23RD-27TH

Patriot pillowcases flyer

Our first schoolwide Christian service project for the school year is being sponsored by our Student Council.  We will be decorating “Patriot Pillowcases” for soldiers recovering at Walter Reed Memorial Hospital.  On the cases, we will be writing prayers and get well wishes as well as decorating them with symbols such as crosses, flags, and yellow ribbons. Please bring in white pillowcases and fabric markers (these are sold at most arts and crafts stores) by Tuesday of this week.

Monday:  regular uniform and ITBS testing continues

Tuesday: regular schedule and full dress uniform.  Remember to bring your PE uniform for Fitness class.

Wednesday:  regular day and regular uniform

Thursday:  regular uniform buddy activity with our 1st Grade Buddies in the afternoon 🙂

Friday: spirit wear, early dismissal, and Friday Fundraiser-Italian Ice for $4