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Volume 36 Issue 18 December 2017
FOCUS Epiphany Cathol ic School
Dear Parents,
The mission of Epiphany Catholic School is to educate children to become responsible adults living out Christian values and
Catholic faith. This is achieved by emphasizing excellence in academics, personal growth, and spiritual development in Christ.
The cooperation and participation of both the parish and school communities are essential to this endeavor.
“Again, Jesus spoke to them, saying,
‘I am the light of the world;
he who follows Me will not walk in
darkness, but will have the light of life.’”
As we enter this holy season of Advent let us try to impress upon ourselves and our children that these four weeks before
Christmas are a time of spiritual preparation for the celebration of the birth of Jesus. Let us not forget, Jesus is the reason for the
season!
December 8th is the feast of the Immaculate Conception. It is a Holy Day of Obligation. The Immaculate Conception is also
the feast day for the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Please keep all the IHM Sisters in your prayers, especially
those serving at Epiphany and Lourdes Academy.
The Christmas Holidays will begin at the close of school on Friday, December 22nd. And it is a full day of school. School
will resume on Monday, January 8th. As we prepare with the whole Church to celebrate “the Word made flesh” let us open our
minds and hearts to receive the peace and joy that God wishes to give each one of us through His Son, Jesus.
May we continue to walk in His light and share His light with all we meet. You are remembered in my daily prayer.
God bless you.
Sister Margaret Fagan, IHM
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Parents please remember to label your
children's belongings. You can also look
on the fence outside of room 116,
Mrs. Garcia’s for things your children have
lost.
Handbook- Dress Code on Cold Weather
Days
Girls- in cold weather, the girls are per-
mitted to wear white or blue turtlenecks un-
der their school shirt, and white
or blue tights (must touch the
ankle) or blue sweat pants may
be worn under the skirt or
jumper. Blue sweatpants may
be worn on P.E. days
Boys – In cold weather, the boys are per-
mitted to wear white, navy or blue turtle-
necks under their school shirt and blue
sweat pants on P.E. days.
Happenings at Epiphany
Dec. 8th Mass 9:30am Immaculate Conception– Holy Day of Obligation
December 20th is the Christmas Concert at 7:30pm in the Church
December 22nd Last day before Christmas break—full day of school December 25 -January 5 Christmas Vacation
January 8 —classes resume
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CAR POOL
Thank you to everyone who has their sign on the passenger side of the windshield
for afternoon dismissal.
Sign with last name and station number or color must be visible to teachers. Please place the sign on
the visor so all can see it.
Do not use your cell phone while driving on the school grounds.
All students should be picked up in carpool or singles unless they are designated as a walker.
NO adult should park on campus and walk to carpool or singles to pick up a student.
IMPORTANT SAFETY REMINDERS
No child is permitted to walk to the side parking lots of the church for pick-up. Children must
be picked up in their designated areas of car pool or singles.
Parking or dropping off a child on 84th Street or the teachers’ parking lot is not permitted.
Returning to school after an illness
The child may return to school when he//she has been
afebrile (without a fever) for 24 hours (this means without taking medications such as Tylenol,
Aspirin, Motrin, Advil, and Acetaminophen). Of course, if a child has been diagnosed with the
flu, his /her recovery time may be a longer amount of time.
Vomiting and Diarrhea - the child should be free of symptoms for 24 hours and be able to
hold down soft foods and liquids.
Strep Throat - The child may return to school when they have taken an antibiotic for 24-48
hours and remain without a fever for 24 hours.
Please make sure your child gets plenty of rest, eats a balanced meal and is hydrated.
Please contact the office if your child has any contagious condition such as chicken pox, pink
eye, etc.
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Honor Roll – First Honor 4th Grade John Allen William Allen Camila Alvarez Manuel Anel Juancarlos Antorcha Andres Arguello Nicolas Arguello Riley Avello Lucca Balli Avery Bell Diego Berga Marco Berga Lucas Bonilla Alexandra Brea Sebastian Canto Matthew Carrasco Isabella Cirillo Alexandra Cobas Ella Cordoves Elena Costa Isabella Davis Jack Dechurch Carlos Dorrego Daniela Eljaiek Lucas Mariano Espin Carolina Esterripa David Fernandez Susanna Fernandez Carlos Friguls Natalia Garcia Mestre Nicholas Gobel Carolina Gonzalez Michael Gonzalez Lucas Hernandez Simon Lorenzo Hincapie Fabiola Ibarra Andres Izquierdo Julia Kanold Andrew King Jessica Lee Nicole Lee Ella Linares Peter Lopez Alexander Lowell Isabella Macario Lucas Malabet Marcelo Martel Ava Martinez-DuBouchet Valeria Medina Nadia Mimica Martina Miranda Nicolas Morales Jack Norman Roberto Oyarzun
5th Grade Sophia Rodriguez Jose Rua Cristina Sanchez Hailey Scott Heather Solares Matthew Sotomayor Diego Tejera-Avila Jorge Ignacio Uribe Alexandra Velasco Olivia Vitier Jose Zozaya
Honor Roll –Second Honor 4th Grade Alessandra Alvarez Corina Alvarez David Caban Juan Cardenal Joaquin Carreño Juan-Carlos Carrillo Eligio Cedeno Hunter Connell Julian Fernandez Kevin Fernandez Marko Fernandez Analysse Fraga Alyssa Garcia Jose Garcia Aleksandr Jurado Carlos Marron Eva Moreno Carolina Piña Mateo Siman Sara Solis Clara Trivellato
5th Grade
Andrea Abud Francisco Aleman Ernesto Avino Juan Diego Baquerizo Jonathan Barturen Katherine Broe William Burlein Daniel Castillo Sofia Coronado Armando Cosio Adriana Couto Luis Croes Carlos Cuello Carlos Diez-arguelles Michael Feenane Alec Fernandez Lindsay Fornaris Lucas Francisco Rebecca Garcia Nicholas Garity Juliana Gatto Sebastian Guaqueta Chloe Hanna Alex Knoepffler Elias Lapadula Sebastian Lazaro Matthew Menes Mario Miller Gabriella Montalvo Lucas Ortega Ramon Oyarzun Nicholas Padron Camila Perez Valentina Perez Liana Renfrow Chanse Rivera Matthew Rodriguez Mia Rojo Christian Rosabal Sofia Ruiz Alexandra Salazar Alessia Shedd Nicolas Solis Raul Vidal
4th Grade
Andrea Padron Sebastia Paez-Quintero Andres Parra Michael Pena Jake Reed Rebecca Remedios Brianna Rodriguez Valentina Santin Balen Schlipman Noah Scott Sarah Sherman Abigail Smith Ryan Solares Liane Sotolongo Cassandra Thomas Samantha Torrents Sophia Vadillo Sara Valdes Sebastian Vazquez Gustavo Vega Nataniel Villagra William Zayas
5th Grade Mario Antonaccio Lea Archambault Andrea Cardenal Olivia Carrillo Sophia Cure Jaime Dickinson Natalie Feenane Danielle Fernandez Victoria Fernandez Carlos Garces Lucas Gonzalez Sarah Hincapie Madeline Jennings Luis Lasa Nicolas Majano Mariano Martinez Andres Mas Michael Mederos Isabella Murphy Julio Nunez Lilianna Nunez Dylan Paucar Marc Pentol Andrea Portocarrero Jorge Portocarrero Natalia Pravia Liana Quintero Mia Roca
HONOR ROLL _ FIRST HONORS 6th Grade
Regina Alcobe-Garibay Annelise Alvarez Nicole Barrenechea John-Barry Bertematti Mia Cutino Alexandra De Cardenas Ethan DeChurch Alexandra Diaz Miguel Diaz Bianca Diaz-Silveira Melanie Espinosa Anabella Garcia Andrea Garcia Dominic Gatto Carlos Gobel Sofia Lee Andrea Lopez Daniel Malabet Paulo Medina Sylvia Mendiola Allison Norman Ana-Carolina Ortiz Mia Ortiz Gonzalo Palenzuela Fernando Pascual Ashley Pennie Catalina Quimper Mia-Kristin Rodriguez James Sacher Marco Salazar Lauren Sotolongo Isabel Suarez Camilla Tundidor
7th Grade
Coco Aguilar W. Rowe Allen Nathalie Baboun Sarah Broe Estefania Cardenal Cheila Castro Ana De Cardenas Alejandro Delgado Gabriella Diaz Sofia Eljaiek Christopher Ferrer Marcos Fuertes Juliet Gomez Andie Hernandez Sofia Hernandez Isabella Jordon
7th Grade
Sophie Lamelas Paola Lista Paulina Llorens Carolina Maratos Miranda Martel Stephanie Mederos Elly Molina Gabriella Paredes Gabriela Pinero Claudia Portocarrero Alessia Quiros Ana Silveira Lilia Silveira Sebastian Valdes Gabriela Vega Grace Verde Analuna Villalobos
8th Grade Eva Aguirre Anna Alfano Andres Arguello Annabella Baboun Olivia Borroto Anna Bunge Jessica DaSilva Victoria Graves Amanda Hayes Catherine Hoynack Caroline Isom Chloe Lamas Bettina Legorburu Alexa Martell Isabella Mestre Lexi Molina Isabel Penin Victoria Quimper Noelle Roza Lillian Vizcaino Isabella Zumpano
7th Grade
Tomas Leibkuchler Sofia Lombard Natalia Lopez Gunnar McCormick Anabella Palacio Anthony Pargas Katerina Puig Justin Roca Amanda Rodriguez Cecilia Sabathie Isabella Salvat Rebecca Sampedro Andres Sanchez Andrew Scardina Claudine Schlipman Alexa Torres Enrique Villamil
8th Grade
Daniela Aguilar Veronica Alonso Marcelo Arguello Natalia Arroyo Samantha Bardisa Daniela Barnola Paola Blanco Matthew Candela Grace De Arcos Christina Delgado Liliana Diaz-Silveira Johanna Diez Caroline Garcia Gabriela Garcia Olivia Giganti Emilie Gonzalez Paulina Gonzalez-Brito Caterina Hernandez Caroline Hoynack Felipe Lorie Amanda Martell Aidan Negret Nicole Pentenero Juliana Peredo Mia Puente William Recuset Ricardo Rivera Andres Socarras Daniel Suarez
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HONOR ROLL SECOND HONORS 6th Grade
Hannah Bardisa Nina Karolina Chantres Maria Davila Francesca Del Valle Emma Diaz Lucas Diaz Max Diaz Alejandro Esperante Samantha Fornaris Valentina Fortuny Francesca Galceran Gabriella Garcia Isabelle Green Analucia Hernandez Herbert King Bosco Miranda Kristina Multach Chloe Orrett Samantha Orrett Emrie Pedraza Dylan Phillips Andrew Pozo Roberto Puente Michael Rodriguez Giulia Suarez Mario Sueiras Anne Valcarcel John-Paul Zurfluh 7th Grade
Sabrina Alvarez Sidney Aun Maria-Luisa Del Valle Nicholas Falcon Madeline Feenane Nicholas Garcia Brenda Garza Emilio Garza Erik Gaviria Rowan Griese Gabriel Gurdian Anabella Hernandez Andrea Jimenez Camelia Lazaro
PEACEMAKER
Reflectiveness ( Prayer) – Someone who is reverent and respectful, attentive to God and others. Shows reverence at
mass, prays. Talk less, listens more . Someone who shows compassion and present to
others.
KA Daniel Diaz
KB Luis Delgado
KC Olivia Morera
KD Luke Mofsky
1A Sylvia Torbay
1B Valentina Diaz-Vilarino
1C Miguel Colimodio
1D Camila Gonzalez
2A Ally DeChurch
2B Sofia Renfrow
2C Alison Hernandez-Lombillo
2D Sofia Lagonowicz
3A Camila Martinez
3B Nicholas Scardina
3C Veronica Aguilar
3D Jillian Walden
4A Michael Peña
4B Sebastian Vazquez
4C Lucas Malabet
4D Juan Carlos Carrillo
5A Elias Lapadula
5B Carlos Cuello
5C Chloe Hanna
5D Nicolas Majano
6A Samantha Fornaris
6B Sofia Lee
6C Anne Marie Valcarcel
6D Mia Cutiño
7A Isabella Jordan
7B Gabriela Pinero
7C Christopher Ferrer
7D Cheila Castro
8A Adrian Sanchez
8B Isabel Penin
8C Ricardo Rivera
8D Caroline Isom
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St. Martin de Porres Parish
Once again we are given the opportunity to be generous as we share the Good News of
Christ’s birth with the people from St. Martin de Porres.
We will provide Christmas gifts for the needy children of St. Martine de Porres and make
Christmas a happy event for them.
On Sunday, November 27th the toy tags were distributed after all the masses.
Please remember that this may be the only gift a child receives for Christmas. Make sure the
gifts are age and sex appropriate. If a toy requires batteries, please include them. No used toys
at this time, please! Please DO NOT WRAP the gift and firmly attach the original tag.
Please deliver the toys to the Religious
Education Office no later than Friday, December 15, 2017
If you did not have the opportunity to get a toy tag you may still participate by
purchasing a gift card from Wal-Mart or Target and drop it off at the Religious Education
Office.
THE SCIENCE LAB HIGHLIGHTS
From the first time students walk through the Lab doors, we encourage them to use all of their senses to learn about
science. They learn to work both on individual and group based labs and learning through different teaching styles.
This may include experiments, videos, music, dance, religion and crafts. They may do labs inside the class, or venture
out and about the school to obtain a deeper awareness of things around them.
1st Grade
Starting in first grade, the students are given the opportunity to explore the wonders of Science through many hands
on activities. They are instructed on how to conduct simple labs and record their findings in a science notebook. For
example, they are encouraged to observe live worms, to study the science behind making butter, to ponder about how
polar animals stay warm, and to make Dr. Seuss’ famous “Oobleck. They truly come to the understanding that
Science is all around them!
2nd Grade
In second grade many of last year’s concepts are reinforced. There is a heavy focus on the life sciences. They study
the lifecycle of a ladybug and watch their habitats through a homemade terrarium. The plant lifecycle is also covered
by studying seeds. The students dissect a sprouting seed, observe them under the microscope and then plant a seed in
their own sprout houses. In addition to the life sciences, the second grade students work on units of measurement,
magnets, and properties of matter. Perhaps one of their favorite is the ocean unit which uses chromatography to
create a student’s unique jellyfish.
3rd Grade
Third Grade students focus on STEM activities in the first half of the year. They learn the steps necessary to work
together in small groups to solve a common problem such as saving a gummy worm named “FRED”. In the second
half of the year, these students bring their science class lessons into the lab. For example, when they learn about plants
in class, they dissect flowers in the lab. When they work on their animal projects in class, they learn a little about the
human arm and how it compares to a chicken wing. The lab for this particular lesson will have the children cutting
into a raw chicken wing to identify its major parts such as the skin, muscle, bones, veins ligaments and tendons.
Through these and other lab, the students learn to apply the scientific method and use a variety of science tools.
4th Grade
The fourth grade lessons continue to build upon the skills introduced in the third grade. Many of the lessons are
STEM activities which examine the Engineering Design Process in a series of “Mystery Labs”. These labs require the
students to think “out of the box” with the constraints that have been put on them. For example, the students may
have to build an object with a limited amount of supplies, or they may role play by purchasing their materials and
work within a budget to accomplish the task at hand. Students also enjoy labs that reinforce lessons from their classes
such as the Harry Potter “Magic” Lab and those from their Earth studies. They work on a planet project in class and
then design a spacecraft for launching in the lab.
5th Grade
Fifth Grade Science delves into a wide variety of areas including completing detailed lab reports which prepare them
for the Junior High level. Some of the highlights from this grade include the Owl Pellet Dissection and a project based
on an Ecosystems Unit. The project includes a research paper, animal habitat labs, and PowerPoint presentations.
All of the work is done in their classrooms and the lab. Some of their favorite labs include the STEM Car building,
using the microscopes to view different cells, and a Rollercoaster Challenge which is conducted with their lesson on
Force and Motion.
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