GLVN Bulletin
News for GLVN Volunteers (Thông Tin GLVN Cho Quý Thầy Cô)
Welcome Back GLVN Volunteers!!
Hello everyone!
Hope you are enjoying your last days of summer! I know life is getting busy for many of us as school starts again for ourselves or for our kids. We are just about 3 weeks away from GLVN starting as well, and so there are many important updates to share with you, as well as many things we need to do in preparation for an awesome GLVN year. Please be patient with us as we send many detailed updates in the next couple of weeks! We appreciate your time to read and respond as appropriate.
We are launching this new communications newsletter for our GLVN volunteers as a way to organize our news and info so that it's easy and convenient for you to read and stay updated on important GLVN things. Our hope is that with a lot of open communications from Ban Dieu Hanh to all of you, it will help us unite together as one GLVN team to bring Christ to the kids in meaningful and special ways.
Thank you for your dedication to our GLVN program! We are so blessed to have you part of this team, and look forward to a great year together!
In Christ,
Chi
First Day of School
- 10 a.m. -- First Class Session
- 11:15 a.m. -- Lunch Break
- 11:45 a.m. -- Second Class Session
- 1:00 p.m. -- Go to church to prepare for Mass
- 1:30 p.m. -- Mass
Sunday, Sep 11, 2016, 10:00 AM
St. Anne & St. Joseph Hien
School Renovation Update
Thank you to those of you who have been coming to help with the renovations!! The school is looking beautiful!!
Ta On Chua!
God has poured blessing upon blessing on us these past few weeks with the school renovations:
- Our priests and parish staff have been 110% supportive and leading the entire renovation project
- Dozens of volunteers from all over the parish have been at the school daily to clean and paint
- Painting of all our GLVN rooms are completed -- 19 classrooms + GLVN offices + teacher's lounge + teacher's meeting room + student lounge + 1 library + 2 resource centers + 3 reflection rooms + 1 storage room :-)
- New carpet!!!! The parish is investing in replacement of carpet in all the classrooms. If you’ve seen the condition of the current carpet, I think you would agree that this will be so good for our kids to have a clean place to learn and sinh hoat in.
- Parish gift to GLVN for decorations -- the parish has given us a small budget to purchase religious posters and decorations to make our school environment look more inspiring and fun for the students. See more details about the decorations in the article below.
- Projectors for every classroom!!! We have received a donation of 17 projectors for our parish. While they are used projectors from a corporate business, they are still in great condition and probably only need a light bulb change soon.
Please continue to say prayers of thanksgiving and prayers for a successful completion of the project.
Classroom Setup Timeline
The re-carpeting is a big and messy project, so the parish has asked GLVN to be flexible and patient with it. It is a wonderful gift the parish is giving to our students, and so I’m looking at it all as a big blessing despite the tight timing that puts us under.
Based on the timing of the carpet completion, here's the updated schedule for GLVN for final setup. Please block your schedules to come help us these days. School starts on 9/11 so timing is super tight, and that means we will need as many hands on deck as possible these days. There will be a lot of sanitizing, organizing and decorating these days.
We will update you if there are any changes to this schedule.
- Friday 9/2 after 6 pm
- Saturday 9/3 from 10 am to 8 pm
- Sunday 9/4 from 11:30 until 4 pm
- Friday 9/9 after 6 pm
- Saturday 9/10 from 10 am until completed
Come Help Us Decorate!!
The parish gave GLVN a little gift of a small budget to purchase religious decor for the classrooms and hallways. We have purchased a number of religious posters, bulletin board borders, etc., for each grade to match the theme of the Giao Ly topic that you teach in that grade. We also have a bunch of other random decor items that you can pick and choose from to use for your classrooms. These will all be available in the Teacher's Lounge on the weekend of 9/2-9/4.Please come grab some stuff and have fun decorating your rooms!!
In addition to the decor items that văn phòng GLVN has already purchased, you can feel free to use your $100 classroom budget for any decor that you might want as well. (Don't forget to keep your receipts and fill out the reimbursement form and turn it in with your receipts right away to c.Nga in văn phòng GLVN if you do purchase your own things.)
BĐH will be at the school on the classroom setup dates noted above. Please come one of these days to get your class decorated and setup to your liking before classes start.
If by 9/10 your room is still bare/empty, we will have a team of volunteers in there to decorate it on 9/10 so that all rooms feel welcoming and inspiring. But we want to give you the opportunity to make it your own!
Teacher & Assistant Prep
We know that time is short and there's much to do to prepare for a new school year! Things will be getting a little chaotic and hectic for all of us, but please know that all of you are in our prayers as you continue your preparations to make it a fruitful year for your students. We appreciate all that you sacrifice to serve God through the GLVN program!
A few reminders:
- Books: If you need to still pick up a copy of your books for yourself to prepare for lessons, please do so soon by contacting a.Bao for GL books and c.Nuong for VN books.
- One united GLVN team: This year we ask that you work together as one teacher team for your classes. We've had a lot of feedback from teachers, students, parents that there isn't consistency between GL & VN teachers in the same class. As much as you can, please try to work together to be one voice to the students and families about GLVN things. For example, if both teachers provide students a handout that indicates what homework assignments are due, please be consistent and use the same form as one class (or even better, make one handout that includes both GL & VN info).
- VN teacher meeting: c.Nuong would like to remind VN teachers that you all have a meeting this Sunday 8/28 at 11:30 (after mass) in the Church basement.
- Teacher Name Tags: Lots of feedback from last year that we need teacher name tags that look different from student name tags, so we are going to go all out and include your photo on it this year :-) After Mass this Sunday 8/28 from 11:30-12:30, please come to the church basement to have your photo taken!
Teacher/TA Meeting
It's a busy time of year for everyone, but we would like to squeeze in a teacher meeting prior to school starting. This teacher meeting on 9/10 will cover the following information:
- Attendance policy reminders & update on new procedures
- First day of school logistics
- Open house plans/expectations
- Handout final class danh sach (we will try our best to get you a draft danh sach before then, but registrations are still coming in, so appreciate your patience with us on this!)
- Provide all GL & VN books for classes so that you can bring to your classrooms
- Tour the school (lots of new spaces and organization to show you!)
- Classroom setup for those who still need to do so
Thank you for arranging your schedules to be with us for this important meeting!
Saturday, Sep 10, 2016, 04:00 PM
St. Anne & St. Joseph Hien (School Building: Teacher Meeting Room 103)
ACTION ITEM!
Please respond by 8/31
This year, we really want our kids and families to get to know who we are as a GLVN team, so that they can understand us and our perspectives and experiences to support us and pray for us in our efforts to catechize their kids. Faith formation is strengthened when relationships are strong, and this is one way to help our students grow in their faith by sharing our own journeys, interests, experiences and hopes!
We plan to create a "Meet Our Volunteers" bulletin board near the GLVN office. Please see the info request below and share with us a little bit about yourselves!
Năm nay chương trình GLVN muốn quý phụ huynh và các em biết thêm về những volunteers trong GLVN để hiểu biết, nâng đỡ và cầu nguyện cho nhau nhiều hơn. Để đạt được việc này văn phòng GLVN sẽ có một cái bảng trong trường học gọi là "Meet Our Volunteers". Xin quý thầy cô giúp chia sẻ một ít về đời sống của quý thầy cô theo những information dưới đây. Quý thầy cô có thể viết bằng tiếng Việt hoặc tiếng Anh.
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MEET OUR VOLUNTEERS (See sample)
Please send the below information to Thảo (ttlam089@gmail.com) by 8/31 and she will put it all together for us to display. Don't worry about formatting or designing your page. We will take care of that. Just send us the info and photos!
Background: Please write a few sentences to tell us....
- Why you like to volunteer in the GLVN program (Tại sao quý vị thích phục vụ trong chương trình GLVN)
- (Optional) a little bit about your family, school/work life (gia đình, việc làm, vv.)
- (Optional) your own hopes and dreams, especially related to your volunteerism in the GLVN program :-) (Những ước mong của quý vị cho cá nhân, các em, chương trình GLVN, vv)
Your Favorite:
- Saint (Thánh):
- Bible Verse (Câu Kinh Thánh):
- Food (Thức Ăn):
- Hobby (Sở thích giải lao):
Photo(s): Please come to the church basement this Sunday 8/28 from 11:30-12:30 p.m. to have your photo taken. Or send us a photo (or photos) of yourself to share!
Important GLVN Documents & Forms
Chuong Trinh Giao Ly Viet Ngu
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Email: chipham.sasjhparish@gmail.com
Website: www.gxannagiusehien.net
Phone: 00000000