Happy Labor Day-No School Monday

Labor Day is a national legal holiday that is over 100 years old. Over the years, it has evolved from a purely labor union celebration into a general “last fling of summer” festival.It grew out of a celebration and parade in honor of the working class by the Knights of Labor in 1882 in New York In 1884, the Knights held a large parade in New York City celebrating the working class. The parade was held on the first Monday in September. The Knights passed a resolution to hold all future parades on the same day, designated by them as Labor Day.

ENJOY THE DAY OFF! DO SOMETHING FUN!

Important Dates & Information

• SCHOOL DAY

School starts at 7:55am when the first bell rings.  Supervision in the school yard begins at 7:30am

Thursday, & Friday (Aug. 28, & 29) the school day will end at 12:30pm.

 

• MORNING DROP-OFF

Same as after school pick-up that was started last school year.  The only way to drop off children in the morning is from McCarty Drive via the alley by the parking structure, proceeding SOUTH down the alley by the school and dropping off your children by the open gate.  Children should exit the car from the passenger side only.

 

If you wish to walk into the school with your children, you may park at the parking lot and accompany them through the alley.  Children will not be allowed to walk in the alley alone.

For safety reasons, the front door and Charleville Boulevard gate will be locked.

 

Pre-school parents:  park in front of school and walk your children through the black gate on South Linden Drive to sign in.

 

After school pick-up:  Same as Morning drop-off.  The children will be lined up by class in the school yard and will be called to your car.

 

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  • Car Name tags – will be passed out next Wednesday (Sept 3, 2008).  The car tag will have the last name of the child and the grade of the child.  One name tag per family.  Extra car tags will be available for $5.00.  Please see Sylvia at the office for additional car tag.

 

• UNIFORMS

You can order by phone, website or drive

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  • Normans Uniforms

310-832-8342

371 West 6^th Street, San Pedro , CA 90731

 

Driving Directions:

405 South

110 South Harbor Freeway

Exit – Gaffey Street (end of freeway)

Left Gaffey

Left – 6^th Street

4 blocks

On right hand of street

 

http://www.normansuniforms.com

School code = 148

 

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  • Brooks Shoes for Kids

310-274-2278

459 North Canon, Beverly Hills , CA 90212

 

• LUNCH TIME
  • Pizza Lunch – 

Every Monday the 7^th grade sponsors a lunch fundraiser for the 8^th grade. 

The cost is $22 per child for the first 4 week

session.

Begins September 8^th

 

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  • Brown Bag Naturals – starts September 2^nd

http://www.brownbagnaturals.com/

               Hot lunches delivered Tuesday – Thursday

              Check out their website to order.

 

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  • No lunch on Friday; because it is always a half day.
    If you do not want to order lunch, your child may bring his or her own.

 

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  • If your child is staying for Homework Club/Tutoring on Friday, he or she should bring lunch and snacks.

 

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  • Emergency Lunches

Emergency lunches are available so that no kid goes hungry.  They are available in the office. 

 

You can earn volunteer hours if you would like to make some Emergency lunches for the School.

 

• AFTER SCHOOL CARE

Changing format to a Homework Club/Tutoring program – begins September 2^nd

More details to come.

 

• SCHOOL DIRECTORIES

Directories will be passed out next Wednesday (Sept 3, 2008).  One School Directory per family.  Extra directories will be available for $5.00 while supplies last.  Please see Sylvia at the office for additional directories.

 

• SCHOOL PICNIC

Save the date:  Sunday, October 4^th

 

• PARENT CLUB MEETING

Wednesday, September 3^rd

O’Ryan Hall after school assembly around 8:15am

WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL

I would like to welcome everyone back to school, the doors to Good Shepherd Catholic School will open on August 27.  School dismissal the first week of school is at 12:30.  Please read the letter below from Ms. Miller, drop off procedures have changed.  I would like to remind you to bring your school supplies the first day of school, I will be checking.  Also, please bring a healthy snack for recess and don’t forget to eat breakfast. I would also like to remind you to bring in your summer reading journal on Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls, this summer reading assignment was mandatory for all 7th grade students.  Mrs. Widmann will collect them the first day of school.  I am looking forward to seeing all of you the first day back.  

Ms. Bhakta

Supply List–

(2) 5 subject notebooks 

Composition Book (3) (literature, religion, science lab) 

Sketch Books (spiral)  

Loose Paper 

Black/Blue/Red pens 

Sharpened pencils 

Highlighters 

Scissors 

Stick Glue 

Markers & Colored Pencils 

Index Cards (5×7) 

Correction Tape 

Pocket dictionary 

Tissue Box (2) 

Book Covers 

 NO LIQUID PAPER 

NO BIG PENCIL BOXES 

         

Welcome Back-Letter from Ms. Miller

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GOOD SHEPHERD CATHOLIC SCHOOL

148 South Linden Drive

Beverly Hills , California  90212

310-275-8601

 

 

 

August 18, 2008

 

Dear Good Shepherd School Community,

 

            On August 27, 2008, we will be opening our doors for a new school year. I am sure you will agree that summer passed faster than ever!! I hope you all had a restful and fun-filled summer vacation and are ready to start the 2008-2009 school year, Good Shepherd’s 79^th year!

           

I know you join me in welcoming back our wonderful teachers. We are especially excited to welcome Ms. Madeline Murphy in Grade 5, Ms. Megan Ciccarello who will share Grade 7 with Ms. Bhakta and also teach Spanish in all grades and Ms. Shelley Shalhoub, PE and After School Sports Co-ordinator. We will have a cleaning service clean the school every afternoon and we are happy to welcome back Mr. Ruddy Garcia from Good Shepherd Church who has done a great job being our “handyman” in the mornings. We are welcoming 35 new families to our school and our enrollment stands at 182 including 18 pre-schoolers. We continue to receive inquiries about the school every day. Keep spreading the good news about Good Shepherd so that we can continue to build our enrollment.

           

Our MORNING DROP OFF procedures have changed. They will now be the same as the AFTER SCHOOL PICK UP procedures. You will no longer be able to drop off your children in front of the school. For safety reasons, we will be keeping the front doors and the gate on Charleville Blvd. locked. Do not try to enter the school via either of those places. The only way to drop off children in the morning is from McCarty Dr. via the alley by the parking structure, proceeding SOUTH down the alley by the school and dropping off your children by the open gate. Have your children exit your car on the passenger side and enter the schoolyard gate. This will eliminate children exiting their car and passing behind or in front of the cars in the alley. If you wish to walk into the school with your children, you may park in the parking lot at the end of the alley and ACCOMPANY your children into the school yard via the alley. Children will NOT be allowed to walk in the alley alone. Please stay in your car and drop your children off by the gate where a teacher or Ruddy will be available to help you. The cars in the alley need to keep moving. This is an incentive for you to avoid the morning rush and get your children to school early.

If you are a pre-school parent, you will need to park in front of the school and walk your children through the black gate on Linden to sign in. You will receive a special parking sign to keep in your car to help us recognize which children belong in your car. The AFTER SCHOOL PICK UP will be the same as last year and the same as the morning drop off. ALL CHILDREN WILL BE PICKED UP FROM THE ALLEY. They will be lined up by class in the school yard and will be called to your car.

The morning drop off and afternoon pick up procedures are to protect your children and keep them safe. No child will be able to leave the school yard except through the gate to your car. Please cooperate and the lines will move smoothly. If you want to stop and wait or if you have business in the school office, you will have to find a place to park in the designated street parking areas (NOT the front of the school as this is for Pre-school parking only). Please make sure you watch the posted signs. Business with the teachers or office can be conducted AFTER 3:15 pm when the dismissal is finished. All school personnel are busy with supervision until that time and cannot have conferences or conduct business until after 3:15.

           

Again, school opens on Wednesday, August 27th at 7:55 am when the first bell rings. Your children are tardy if they are not in line at 8:00 am when the morning assembly begins. Supervision in the school yard begins at 7:30 am. Please do not drop your children off earlier than 7:30 and make every effort to have your children at school on time. Our After School Care program is changing to a Homework Club/Tutoring and that will begin on Tuesday, September 2, 2008. More information will follow.

           

Special thanks to our Parent Club, under the direction of Michelle Lovich, Faith Quabius and Barbara Terry for planning a Back to School Welcome Coffee and NEW PARENT ORIENTATION on the first day of school. Again, remember that the only parking is on the street (watch the signs) or you can use the parking lot on Linden , north of the school.

           

I hope you are looking forward to a wonderful school year. See you on August 27^th at 8:00 am.

 

Sincerely,

 

 

Ms. Terry Miller

Principal