Weekly Notes – August 13, 2009

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Welcome back! We hope that you have had a good summer and that everyone is ready to get back to work!  This will be a great year!

“God Makes our School a Family” sheet -As a school family, we will stress using good manners throughout the year and we ask families to also reinforce these behaviors of the month at home.

Handbook – Please read with your children, sign, and return to school.  Remember to insert revisions and keep.  You will only be given revisions each year.  The handbook is also available online.student-handbook  Click on this link and it will take you to a page where you will see student handbook (underlined).  Once you click on this you should be able to view the handbook.

Dress Code Reminder – Boys are to wear pants and girls are to wear skirts or jumpers – no shorts on Tuesdays, Fridays and Holy Days of Obligation when we attend mass.

SES Bullying Class – Coach Hebert will be starting the bullying classes Monday, August 17th. 

     S.E.S. Bullying Policies – 2009-10

       1st Offense – A warning will be given to the student

       2nd Offense – A phone call to the parents

       3rd offense – Detention for the student

       After the 3rd offense, the student will automatically go to detention every time he or she is caught bullying.

Tuition Assistance – Contact the office if you would like to apply for financial assistance for the ’09-’10 school year.

Thank you - Thanks to Mr. Dwayne Sanchez and Mr. Jude Fernandez who transported gym lockers donated by St. Michael the Archangel High School in Baton Rouge.  We are very grateful to St. Michael’s who also donated a storage building to S.E.S.  Please keep them in your prayers.

Open House – Monday, August 24th at 6:00 p.m.  please make plans to attend.

Handy Men & Women Needed – There are quite a few items on the S.E.S. “honey-do” list.  Please contact the office or Dwayne Sanchez, School Board maintenance committee chairperson, if you can help with painting, electrical, school beautification, etc.  Together we can do great things!

Scrip News -Scrip is an excellent way for our families to earn money towards their tuition and in turn help our school.  Families purchase gift cards from school for their normal everyday purchases and in turn the merchants sell the school the gift cards at a discounted price.  The discount is then placed in a special account – half of the discount is credited to the school and half is credited to the parents’ tuition account for the following school year.

Scrip agreement forms are being sent home to each family today.  If you would like to participate in the program, please sign and return the form to the office.  Once we receive your signed agreement form in the office, an order form will be sent home with your child.  Scrip orders must be in the office on Tuesdays before 9:00 a.m. and will be distributed on Fridays.

Congratulations to our families for earning $3,650.00 towards their tuition for the 2009-10 school year and for earning the same amount for our school.  We had approximately 35 regular participating families in our Scrip program last year.

Accelerated Reader – Testing begins on Monday, August 17th.  Students will use last year’s AR level until Star testing is completed.

       Requirements:

       Level I – minimum requirement for AR grade :

 1st-3rd – Successfully complete 1 book/week on student’s AR level

4th-8th – Successfully complete 2 novels/Chapter books on student’s AR level 

        minimum pts. – 4th – 4 pt. books

                                              5th & 6th -5 pt. books

                                              7th & 8th – 6 pt. books     

          Level II – Students meet the AR points for their reading level – Field trip for 1st semester; party for 2nd semester.

           Level III – Students who reach 125%, 150% and above will receive gift cards.

Pre-K playground -We are accepting donations of outdoor playground toys appropriate for our 4 year old Pre-K students.  (Little Tykes or Step 2 – type playhouses, climbers, cars, tricycles, pails and shovels, hula hoops, balls …).  Please contact the office before delivering items.

Cub Pride -  SES car decals are available for $5.00.  Send money in a sealed envelope with child’s name and labeled “Decal”.

Labels, Box Tops- Just a reminder!! SES is still collecting box tops, community coffee labels, & cartridges.

After Care - Students who attend after care are encouraged to keep a coloring book, activity book, or puzzle book in their school bags to use on inclement weather days.  We are also accepting donations of puzzles, jump ropes, board games, blocks, legos, books, balls, etc. for children.