As we look forward to a New Year with new hope and energy, we look back and give thanks for our blessings in the last year. Most recently, we had a beautiful Christmas message given by our entire school at the Annual Christmas Program on December 20th. We are grateful to Ms. Pazanin for coordinating the program and for the students and faculty/staff for the efforts to perform. It was an enjoyable event for all.
We also review the first half of the year and give thanks to our Family and School and all who have volunteered. The Family and School Organization has been very active this year and has provided several activities for all the school families (adults and children). Board members coordinating the events are: Kathy Swanson, Mary Reblin, Kristy Kelly and Claudia Polovina. For the adults, they have sponsored the "Back to School Night" in September with gifts and speaker, Dr. Ray Guarendi, and the speaker, Ms. Jan Irwin, in November. Those that attended spoke highly of the wealth of information and the value of the practical applications. In fact, many want to hear both speakers again. The Organization also put together an Annunciata Cook Book. In addition, Family and School has organized the Halloween lunch for all of your children with games and prizes, the Pancake Breakfast for the whole family; a visit from St. Nick with treats on December 6th, events during Catholic Schools Week; and others yet to happen. In order to fund these events and other treats for you and your children, Family and School has various fund raisers (i.e. Market Day Catalog Sale, Wreath Sale, Pancake Breakfast, Candy Sale, and others). Proceeds for all of these activities go directly to the children and families first. If anything is left at the end of the school year, the profits go to the school. So far this year, the fund raising was mostly supported by the parishioners (for whom we are very grateful). Even though, the Family and School fund raising is optional, please support it when you can since all proceeds are used for your children and you. Another way to participate is to volunteer for the various events and activities. It takes a lot of effort to accomplish all of these activities. An hour would be helpful. So when the requests for helpers are sent to you, sign up!
Halloween Lunch--The Halloween lunch was a "blast". All of the Moms, Dads, friends and family that came to help had more fun than the children. Many thanks to the following families: Benavente, Benavidez, Campos, Cikulin, Downs, Evans, Galindo, Gee, Gonzales, Ledesma, Maciel-Haygood, Mendoza, Merchant, Mican, Milhouse, Nieves, Ochoa, Palacios, Plebanski, Quinlan, Quiroz, Ramos, J. Rivera, Ruiz, Sellers, Torres, Valasquez, Vanna, Vargas, Vega, Wedryk, Ybarra and anyone who may not have signed the sheet including the Family and School Board members.
Pancake Breakfast--Many thanks to the entire Family and School Committee and their families and all those (including students) who cooked, served and helped make this year's Pancake Breakfast on November 4th a success. We appreciate the help from the following: Dawn Cikulin, Elsy Vanna, Roger Prskalo, Laura Miller, Tricia Quinlan, Natalie Vargas, Ana Salazar, Dawn Bartkiewicz, Lisa Downs, Valida Milhouse, Shirley Dickens and anyone who did not sign the sheet. The food was delicious, the decorations and atmosphere were terrific and the company was pleasant. Out thanks also to the over 300 guests most of whom are our parishioners who came to enjoy the event. Everyone's hard work brought a profit of $1,000.00 to the school. THANK YOU!
Upcoming Events include Worlds Finest Candy Sale beginning January 25th and Catholic Schools Week from January 27th to February 1st.
After a Family Mass at 11 a.m. on Sunday, January 27th, Annunciata School will hold an Open House showcasing the children's work, especially, the science department's Science Expo.
All are welcome to tour our school, meet our faculty/staff, and register for the next school year.
We are proud to announce by popular demand that Dr. Ray Guarendi will return on January 28th at 7 p.m. in our Church to speak to all parents of the parish. Everyone is invited. Those parents of second graders and eighth graders are required to attend as the evening fulfills a requirement for a Sacramental meeting for Communion and Confirmation.
