Heartbeat
February 1999

A Publication of Sacred Heart Academy
A Premier Core Knowledge Academy

FROM THE PRINCIPALâS DESK...

I know it is hard to believe, but during this month we enter the season of Lent. Each year the Church sets aside forty days of special time we call Lent. During Lent we try often to think of how Jesus carried a heavy cross and died for us. Jesus lived more than thirty years on earth without suffering special pains and sorrows, but just before He died, He suffered much because He wanted to bring new life to all men and women - and He knew there was no way to do that without pain.

Each day of Lent is something like a stepping stone along a path, a path that leads to Easter. During this season we want to get to know Jesus a little better and to understand His suffering on Good Friday and celebrate His rising on Easter Sunday.

During Lent we can step aside and look inside! Inside where? Inside each of us! Lent can be a time to be quiet and think about God and Godâs goodness...a time to stop, look, and listen...an opportunity to plan how we can use our minds and our hearts to know God, love God, and be friends with God.

Let us all use this Lenten season to examine our lives, and to grow spiritually every day, to be one with Christ and to be one with each person we meet.

The Church suggests that we set aside some regular time each day for prayer, especially during the Lenten season. I offer you the following prayer for Lent.

BEING A RESPONSIBLE PARENT

As parents we are always expecting our children to be responsible, to be thoughtful, and to be respectful. In order for us to expect this from our children, we must first set the example to them of these important character traits.

If your child is involved in an activity after school, whether it be being a part of a school sports team, enrolled in an after school class, or in extended day care; it is your responsibility as a parent to make sure that you are on time to pick up your child from the activity. It is very presumptuous of you to expect the instructor, the coach, or the extended care director to stay until you finally come pick up your child.

I strongly urge you to always be punctual, responsible, and respectful. You can do this by always picking up your child on time.

Bob Hamm
 
 
 
 

NOTES FROM THE OFFICE

• Taxpayer ID for daycare: 95-1644613
• When you send your hot lunch order in for each month, please make sure you mark your calendar at home the days that you have ordered for your child. Several children each day come to school without lunch and do not receive hot lunch. Hot lunches are available only to those children who ordered them. We do not order extra.
• Emergency Info: Please make sure emergency card information is updated at school if you move, change jobs, your home or work phone number, your pager/cell phone number, and/or change your childâs doctor. ?

PARENTS: DO YOU KNOW?

Oftentimes when school is dismissed at noon, many of the students in the upper grades leave the campus and go places in Ocean Beach for lunch. After lunch, many of them return to school and go into Extended Day Care.

You should be aware that if your student leaves the campus after noon dismissal, the school is not responsible for your child. Make sure that you are aware of where your child is going, with whom, and for what period of time.
 
 
 
 
 
 

Big Event Date Change Please Note the Big Event date change. The auction night will take place on May 8th, 1999 Smuggler's Inn Naval Sub Base, Point Loma Please mark your calendars for the next scheduled meeting - February 24, 1999

 

GCP RETURNS NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS Moskitis home (Kathy & Rich) 4436 Leon Street 224-9221 Cromer home (Debby & Bruce) 4327 Santa Cruz Ave. 222-3573 Ferreira home (Angie & John) 3027 Poinsettia 223-9937 Thaxton home (Van & Bill) 825 Silver Gate Ave 222-5604 WHO TO CALL General Info: Patty DiMasi 223-8619 or Van Thaxton 222-5604 Convenience Orders Pam Collins 223-6132 or Georgia Deitz 224-0001 ScripExtra: Heide Macbeth 226-2349 Church Sales: Patty DiMasi 223-8619 Tuition Credit: Janet Sanford 222-6725 CERTIFICATES AVAILABLE Luckyâs Peopleâs Food Store Ralphâs Smart & Final Vons

TO THE POINT Volunteer Service Opportunitiy As we kick off another school year, now is a good time to think about how best to contribute to the Academyâs "Commitment to Excellence". Review the list below to see where your help is needed. Decide whether you can help after hours, in the classroom or around the school. AFTER HOURS VOLUNTEER NOW: Remember to keep track of your points throughout the year by using the handy form in the back of your 1998-1999 School Directory SUNDAY DONUTS: Serve donuts after Mass. Call Christy Middleton @ 223-5932 AFTER-MASS GCP SALES Sell certificates, no accounting. Times available at the 10:30 am & 5:30 pm Sunday Masses. Call Patty Dimasi @ 223-8619 ADOPT-A-STUDENT: Donate to provide tuition assistance. Make checks payable to the Adopt-a-Student program and send them to Bob Hamm. PTG MEETING: Attend the PTG general meetings and earn 2 points. AUCTION EVENT: Get involved in the planning of this yearâs FUNdraiser. Call Mary Jane Warren @ 223-2263 or Heide Macbeth @ 226-2349 IN THE CLASSROOM CRAFTS, READING AND FIELD TRIPS: Help with these class activities. Call your childâs room parent for times and dates needed. O.B. REC CENTER LUNCH: Join your child, their classmates and teacher for a special lunch hour. Call your room parent for times and dates. AROUND THE SCHOOL LIBRARY: Lend a hand in our fabulous library. Call librarian Mary Zapata @ 222-7252 COMPUTER LAB: Share your knowledge or just lend a helping hand. Call Rich Grosch @ 222-7252 LUNCH-TIME PLAYGROUND HELPERS: Earn 5 points and help keep lunch time orderly and fun. Daily from 11:45 to 1:00. Call Connie Johnson @ 222-7252 HOT LUNCHES: Join in the fun on these special days. Call Teresa Dennehy @ 224-9049

 
 
 

LIBRARY LINES by Mary Zapata, Librarian

Library Technology Fund

We are in the 3rd year of or library technology fund to update and computerize the library catalog, barcode the books, and have a scanning checkout system. This will enable the librarian to spend more time helping students and teachers and less time with an outdated time-consuming paper system. Also, the students will have a system in use at most other libraries. Proceeds from the aluminum can drive, the book fair and the Lions Club Spaghetti Dinner go towards this fund. We will be able to get at least a part of the system this year.

Spaghetti Dinner

Come to the Lions Club Spaghetti Dinner on Saturday, February 6 from 4-6 PM. This is an annual event and we are so lucky that they have generously offered the proceeds to the library. Take the whole family to the dinner and eat with other school families. It will help our library and save you a night of cooking and washing dishes. See the flyers sent home for further information.

New iMac

The library has a new iMac internet computer. Thank you to Mr. Grosch, our computer teacher, who saw a great deal on a 2nd iMac for the school and to our principal who agreed to buy it and a color printer for the library. It is fast, fun, and easy to use! ?

BIRTHDAY BOOK CLUB

A big "Thank You" to the following children who have donated books to our library. Happy Birthday!!
 
 
 

SHARK SPORTS REPORT

Final schedules are out for girls JV and Varsity soccer. Look for the calendar in the glass case this week for times and locations of games. I will put a box downstairs in the closet next to the teachers lounge for "used" equipment/athletic wear. There is always a need for used soccer shoes and shin guards. If you have something that you no longer need and would like to donate it, place it in the box.

Thanks to all of you who support the sports at Sacred Heart. ?

Laura Hoban

SHARK BYTES by Mr. Grosch

This the time of the year when the computer lab really gets a workout. Itâs Science Fair time and the middle school students are spending a great deal of time in the lab. The lab is often open in the evenings as the project deadline approaches. This year we have some wonderful projects, and I anticipate that we will again do well in the Greater San Diego Science Fair. The students have put a great deal of time and effort into their projects and they all should be commended.

This time of year the Kindergarten and first grade are working on math programs. The lower grades have been working on such word processing skills as cut, copy, paste, spell check, font selection and enhancement, and text wrapping imported clip art.

Of course, middle school students are working with several different charts and graphs and other functions using computers. A new search feature now used with the iMacs in the lab and the library is called Sherlock. It is able to search many different sites and use several different search engines to assist with student research.

As always, if any of you have any old Macintosh computers and are planning to upgrade, how about thinking of giving Sacred Heart Academy a tax deductible donation. We can also use any old memory chips that you may have lying around as well.

Coming soon to our web site will be a picture of the students of the Month and the Science Fair Hall of Fame.

Until next time, happy computing.?