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We Light the Way to Jesus
This Sunday, December 2nd, is the beginning of
the season of
Advent.
During these coming weeks we try to establish an atmosphere
of hope and anticipation in school. This is hard
because of the media and the merchants who put great emphasis on Christmas
shopping. We begin a “new year” on Sunday, a new
liturgical year. Our theme for this year is
We Light the Way to
Jesus as He
comes to fill our hearts with peace, hope, joy and love.
You will find an “at home” activity included in this packet.
Also, attached is an Advent table centerpiece. All you
need to do is put a tea light in the middle and have the
light glow through.
Virtue of the Month
Going hand-in-hand with the Advent of waiting and
anticipation is the
Virtue of Patience.
PATIENCE
is quiet hope and trust, expecting things to turn out all
right. Patience is being calm and tolerant when difficult
things happen. It means showing acceptance when you or
others make mistakes. Patience is the ability to wait for
something you want.
What better time to
practice patience than when we are awaiting the Birth of
Christ Jesus!
Your Cooperation Needed
Lately there has been some confusion regarding Field Trips
and the Thanksgiving Feast. Parents have said they have
paid; teachers don’t have a record of this. I wrote the
following in a newsletter on November 16, 2006 and I expect
that this procedure will be followed:
When sending in money
or forms or permission slips for class trips, parties,
activities, etc. it is essential that you send these in an
envelope labeled with your child’s name, the event, the
contents of the envelope.
These are to be sent in with your child who will then give
it to the homeroom teacher.
The homeroom
teacher is the one who keeps a record
of which students pay and submit forms, etc. for these
occasions.
These
payments will no longer be accepted in the office.
Tuition Raffle,
tuition payments, Extended Day payments may be brought
directly to the office, if you wish. All other payments are
to go through the homeroom teacher. We want to make sure
everything you send in is accounted for so that no confusion
results. Thank you.
I am
counting on your cooperation. If you leave these payments
in the office where there is much paperwork “floating
around” it may not make it to the homeroom teacher and you
may have to pay again. I really don’t want to see this
happen – so please do your part. Thanks |
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 Dates
to Remember
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Next Friday, December 7th is the
First Friday
of the month with
11:15 Dismissal
so that we may have our monthly Faculty Meeting.
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Although we return to school after Christmas Vacation on
January 3, 2008, the Archdiocese of New York has scheduled
a
teacher Conference Day
for the afternoon of Friday, January 4th.
Therefore, we will have 11:15 Dismissal on Friday, January 4th
as well as on Friday, January 11th which was
previously scheduled.
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Worth
Repeating
 As
I mentioned a few weeks ago, here at Sacred Heart Private
School we will celebrate
St. Nicholas Day
on Thursday, December 6th. Each child is asked
to bring a slipper or an extra shoe to school
and leave it in their classroom
on
Wednesday, December 5th.
St. Nicholas promised to come and visit and leave
something in each shoe! The children will find the treat on
Thursday morning. Please mark this event on your calendar
so your child isn’t left out! |
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