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Nativity School
1250 Laurel Street
Menlo Park, CA 94025-3204
650-325-7304
email:  info@nativityschool.com

February 17, 2010


Dear Parents:

1.  ASH WEDNESDAY:  We celebrated the beginning of Lent today at our school Mass.  The message of Lent is one of joyous hope. Through inner change and penance, true freedom and new life, Lent offers a new beginning.  As  a reflection of our Lenten commitment, please give generously to the Gifts of the Heart Haiti Relief Fund.  Containers are in each classroom through March 10.

2.  FAMILY MASS:  This Sunday, February 21, Grade 4 will be coordinating our monthly Family Mass, 9:30 a.m. at Church of the Nativity.  Thank you to the Grade 4 parents for hosting and cleaning up the refreshments after Mass.

3.  A NIGHT WITH THE STARS!:  We are all anxiously looking forward to our Night With the Stars Auction Dinner Dance this Saturday evening, February 20, at 5:30 p.m. in the Sobrato Pavilion.  There are some fabulous opportunities to bid for everything from a Kauai Getaway to tickets and transportation to the Notre Dame vs. Stanford game.  Please familiarize yourself with all of the items in your auction catalog so you can raise that paddle and Bid, Bid, Bid!  (Please note that Item #152  Flip Flops and Lemon Drops Party does not have a limit of 20 people.  the more the merrier!)  Enclosed is an Absentee Bid Contract in the event that you are unable to attend the auction. 

4.  AUCTION RAFFLE TICKETS ON SALE NOW:  Help support our Nativity School Auction by purchasing raffle tickets.  Winners will be chosen the night of the auction, but you don't need to be present to win!  Tickets cost $20 each or 3 for $50.  This year's prizes are:  Grand Prize:  $1,000 cash; 2nd Prize:  42" LG LCD TV; 3rd Prize:  xBox with Rock Band.  Purchase tickets by filling out the form below and return it to the school office with your payment.  We can submit the tickets for you or you can fill them out yourself and turn them in.

5. PTG COFFEE:  Our Parent Teacher Group Executive Board will be hosting  a Coffee on Friday, February 19, from 7:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. in the courtyard area outside Sobrato Pavilion.  Please be sure to stop by.

6.  ARCHDIOCESE:  Thank you to those parents who submitted their Background Check Authorization forms.  If you have not done so, the return date is today, February 17.  Please submit tomorrow.  If you have already been fingerprinted for the Archdiocese, it is not necessary to fill out the Background Check form.

7.  LUNCH YARD DUTY:  Over the next few weeks we will be sending home fingeprinting forms for those people who volunteer for lunch yard duty.  Instructions will be included.

8.  SERVICE HOURS FOR 09/10:  For families who have not completed their service hour commitment as of today, February 17, a letter is being sent home showing the amount of hours on file in the office.  This is just a reminder that service hours for this school year must be completed by April 30, 2010.

9. GO PANTHERS!:  The JV girls lost by just one point to St. Matt's on Sunday.  Here is this week's schedule;  most teams play IHM:

Girls:  Training, 9 am @ IHM; Lions 5 BYE; Cubs11 am @ IHM; Eagles, 1 pm @ IHM; JV, 3 pm @ IHM;
Varsity, 5 pm @ St. Veronica's

Boys: Training White, 10 am @ IHM; Training Blue BYE; Lions 5 BYE; Cubs, Noon @ IHM; Lions 6 BYE;
Eagles, 2 pm @ IHM; JV, 4 pm @ IHM; Sharks 8 BYE; Varsity BYE

Blessings,



Mrs. Trelut
Principal


NATIVITY SCHOOL AUCTION RAFFLE TICKETS (Please return order and check made payable to Nativity School to the school office.)

Name ___________________________________   Number of Tickets ______________

Phone Number ____________________________    Child's Grade:  _____________

Check Enclosed in the amount of  $__________

Circle one:  Submit tickets for me.                               Return tickets to me and I will return them.