Faculty Staff Memo
St. Gabriel School ....... May 15, 2016
WEEKLY LITURGICAL READING AND REFLECTION
Pentecost Sunday
Sacred Scripture 1 COR 12:12
As a body is one though it has many parts, and all the parts of the body, though many, are one body, so also Christ.Message of Mercy
No One Can Remain Indifferent
All who accept the life of Christ and live in him acknowledge God as Father and give themselves completely to Him, loving Him above all things. The reconciled person sees in God the Father of all, and, as a consequence, is spurred on to live a life of fraternity open to all…This is the reason why no one can remain indifferent before the lot of our brothers and sisters.
— World Day of Peace Message, Janua
Reflection
Do you view others as brothers and sisters, or do you remain indifferent before their needs?
This message of mercy and reflection material is generously provided by Our Sunday Visitor, publisher of A Year of Mercy With Pope Francis: Daily Reflections.
Faculty Meetings
TOMORROW, MONDAY, MAY 16th, We will have our next Principal Faculty Circle. We will be working on our schedule for next year, and discussing feedback from the evaluations of Marcy Raymond's in-service, and next steps in our STEM/RTI process and other concerns.
TUESDAY MAY 24th, we will have our closing of the year Faculty Meeting. This will be an important meeting in which we examine, study and plan around all current data about our students. So as we determine the nuts and bolts of what needs to be done to close this year, we will also be planning goals and mission for next year.
We will be opening the meeting with Kristen Cozart, Wellness Coordinator for the The Wellness Champions, speaking to us briefly with a special presentation focused on "Sleep" for us as educators for healthier lives. Kristen will also be providing a healthful little meal for us at the meeting!
Crossroads Drug and Alcohol Abuse Prevention Program
These lessons will be one class period long, during the Science classes. Crossroads instructors will come to present on the following 5 days, and will teach the classes of all 3 grades throughout the day. Following is the schedule.
Monday, April 18 (completed)
Thursday, April 28 (completed)
Thursday, May 5 (completed)
Thursday, May 12
Thursday, May 19
May 16--June 7, 2016
May 16 -
- Principal Faculty Circle, 2:45pm, GLD
- Grades 4-5 Music Program, 7:00pm, Pahler Center
May 18
- 8:05am All School Liturgy
- 10:00 am - 12:00pm Learning Loft Graduation
May 19 - Gr 5, 6, and 7 Crossroads Drug and Alcohol Abuse Prevention in Science
MAY 20 -- WALKATHON and FIELD DAY
- NO CAFETERIA COOKED HOT LUNCH
May 24
- Gr 2 Holden Arboretum
- Closing of Year Faculty Meeting 2:45pm
May 25
- 8:05 am All School Liturgy
- ARTS DAY III, Afternoon "Trashion Fashion" Recyle Show assembly
May 26
- Grade 3 Holden Arboretum
- Young Authors, Young Artists Night, 6:30--8:00pm
May 27 -- Rain date for Walkathon and Field Day
- Power of the Pen State Tournament
- LAST DAY FOR CAFETERIA COOKED HOT LUNCH
May 28
- Power of the Pen, State Tournament
June 1 - Grade 8 Cleveland Tour class day trip
June 2 - Grade 8 Niagara Falls Tour class day trip
June 3
- Kdg Graduation, 9:00am, In Church
- Gr 4 Holden Arboretum
- LAST DAY OF CUBCARE
June 6 - Grade 8 Graduation Day
- NO CUBCARE
- 8:30am Grade 8 Baccalaureate Mass
- 9:30 Grade 8 Breakfast, Church CR
- 7:00pm Grade 8 Graduation Ceremony, church
- Reception following in MPR
June 7 -- Last day of school
- NO CUBCARE
- 8:30am Blessing of Children, Church
- 11:00am Early Dismissal, there will be buses
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS
Snow (Calamity) Days Reminders
Our goal for snow/calamity days this year is to greatly simplify and be consistent in our work requirements for our students.
"THE SNOW DAY 3"
- Students are expected to do work that was already assigned for the day that became a snow day. if a quiz or test was scheduled on the snow day, please post a reminder on your Snow Day page that it will be taken on the day back after the snow day. If you wish to extend that further, that is up to you, but please post that.
- No new instruction or new work or new assignments will be given. For work or homework that was already assigned, if students have questions or problems, they can ask you when they get back to school.
- Teachers post on their web pages by noon on each snow day, any news, information, instructions or changes that students and/or parents need to know about classwork, homework, or other assignments or events. Please post something that either encourages everyone to have a good day, or reminds about regular work already assigned! (Students and parents must check teacher web pages each snow day.)
- NOTE: Blizzard Bags are for new work to be assigned if our snow days are used up.
- We'll discuss as staff ahead of time how to create and use Blizzard Bags if needed.
Our PPC
Please pray for Tom Link, our outside morning arrival director, for his wife who is in recovery just suffering from a stroke.
Please pray for Mrs. Swetel one of our parents who is suffering from cancer and her daughter Noella in our Kindergarten, and her whole family.
Please pray for Andrea Karpuszka's daughter who will be having oral surgery this week.
Please pray for Mamie Glunt still in recovery from her shoulder surgery.
Please pray for Christine Horne, for comfort in the death of her grandmother, Agnes Zarack.
Please pray for Lauren Caruso for blessings of health in her pregnancy.
Let us continue to pray also for each other, as colleagues and friends, and as companions on the discipleship journey of our mission in Christ. We all in various ways have unspoken needs, cares and tribulations in our families, needing big and little prayers.
"Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle."
Please continue praying also for parents and families in our school community needing prayers. Remember those who are suffering through loss in any way in their families. Please especially pray for the children, those who are ill or suffering or are impacted by the cares and tribulations in their families, and those who are suffering their own cares and tribulations. Let them all touch our hearts.
Hope you all had a good weekend in spite of that white stuff that was floating in the air!
Peace and trust in the Father, love and kindness in Jesus, and courage and wisdom and patience in the Spirit,
Blessings,
Donna Lee
St. Gabriel Catholic Elementary School
Email: donnalee.saladino@st-gabrielschool.org
Website: www.st-gabrielschool.org
Location: 9935 Johnnycake Ridge Road, Mentor, OH, United States
Phone: 440-352-6169
Twitter: @stgabrielschoo1