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www.hfgsglendale.org
Newsletter 9.9.2013
Important for the Week of September 9th
through the 16th
, 2013
Mon. Sept. 9 – RECYCLING DAY
7:00 a.m. – Algebra 1 Class for 8th
Grade begins in Room 15.
Bring all recyclable materials such as plastic bottles, soda cans and ink cartridges which
you have from home. The members of the Kiwanis Builders Club moderated by Mrs.
Rogers and assisted by Mr. Gerovac will be at the Gate to receive these on Monday as
you unload and hand over these bags to us. Mr. Sal Gurrola, parent, helps us with our
recycling program.Thank you for taking care of Mother Earth!
Religion & Social Studies: Sharing of Sunday readings and Gospel in the classrooms
10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. – WCEA 2014 Schools‟ Training #5, GSA – Four of our teachers
will be attending the 3 hour training on school accreditation in our GS Auditorium. There
will be substitute teachers in Kindergarten (Mrs. S. Christensen), 4th
(Mrs. K. Thomas),
5th
(Mrs. G. Jones) and 8th
grade (Mrs. O. Ruta).
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3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Sports and Band
Tues. Sept. 10 – BOOK FAIR DAY 3
8:00 a.m. School Mass
Induction of the GS Student Council right after Mass at HFCC Church
FACTS Tuition and ASC due.
HFCC Pastoral Staff Retreat Day 1
3:30 p.m. – Faculty Meeting / Chapter 4 Questions
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Sports and Concert Chorus
Wed. Sept. 11 – Patriot Day: Remembering 9/11 & BOOK FAIR DAY 4
8:00 a.m. – Student Assembly, GSA – Remembering 9/11
HFCC Pastoral Staff Retreat Day 2
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Sports and Band
Thurs. Sept. 12
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Sports, Concert Chorus & Guitar Class
Fri. Sept. 13
4th
Graders‟ Walking Field Trip to Glendale Public Library
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Sports and Band
Sat. Sept. 14
Happy 88th
Anniversary Holy Family Grade School!
HW: Please read the History of our Elementary School from the website and pray for
more school years to come to serve more families, be one with us, and pass along
successful graduates.
Sun. Sept. 15
9:30 a.m. Catechetical Sunday Mass
All our teachers will be present and I encourage all our families to be join us during this
Mass. The teachers are commissioned as Catechists. „See you ALL on Sunday.
Mon. Sept. 16 – NO SCHOOL
WCEA/WASC Accreditation Session for All Faculty & Staff
VIRTUS Training/Safeguarding the Children We are having a “Protecting God’s Children” Workshop for all parents of both the Grade
School and High School on Sat., Sept. 28 from 9AM-12PM in the Grade School Auditorium.
This is an important mandated workshop by the Archdiocese of LA. If you have gone through
this VIRTUS training and have a certificate, please bring a copy to the front office. Parents who
have not received this training are strongly encouraged to sign up and register if you plan on
volunteering your services at the school for ANY of our events. Please register with Beth Jareno
at (818) 640-5412 or [email protected]. More details are on the last page of this
Newsletter.
Livescan Fingerprinting Schedule
Please see the schedule and addresses of parishes where you can do your livescan as a volunteer.
Aside from yourself, you can bring your spouse or any other guardian who may render your
required Service Hours starting with the GS Fiesta in October. Please remember:
1. If you choose to be fingerprinted in any of the parishes from the archdiocesan list, the
operator will give you a form for you to fill out.
2. If you choose to be fingerprinted in any nearby police station, you need to request a form
from the Office Secretary.
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3. Both VIRTUS Training Certificate and the Livesan 3rd
Copy Receipt should be submitted to the
Main Office.
All names in the list with valid VIRTUS Training certificates and Fingerprints will receive their
confirmed volunteer hours for the Fiesta in early October.
Genevieve Catalogue Selling
We are now on our 2nd
weekend of the Catalogue fundraiser. I hope that you are able to give your
maximum support here as well. Please don‟t forget to:
1. Present the catalogue to your target buyer / participant.
2. Complete all the requested information on the Order Form.
3. See the sample for ordering.
4. Make checks payable to Holy Family Grade School and Memo it with: Catalogue 2013 with
your Child(ren)’s name(s). 5. Keep your PINK copy to distribute orders.
6. Return YELLOW and WHITE copies.
A minimum of 10 sales per student will help us reach our desired goal. The proceeds of this fundraising
event will go directly and primarily to our educational programs such as Robotics, Science and Sports
activities. Thank you!
Student Council 2013-2014 leading the student body on a Wednesday Morning Assembly – Abram
Bautista, Xavier Sosa, Andre Santiago, Marylu Eapen, Christine Alejo, Alyssa Edu, Aliyah Camcam,
Lawrence Kim, Jessica Purino, Isabella Lencse, Amy Zelaya, Erika Consebido, Alethea De Jesus, Samuel
Avila and Miara Chua (Not in the picture).
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Algebra I Class
Holy Family Grade School is conducting an Algebra I class with Ms. Linda Aceret, High
School teacher from Holy Family High School College Preparatory, for selected elementary
students. We have identified a total of 15 students based from their acquired National Percentile
Ranks, NPRs of Math, Computation and Math Totals of the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills ITBS
Standardized Tests; Grade Equivalents, GEs and Percentile Ranks, PRs of STAR Tests and
Gradelink 4 quarter grades from the previous academic year.
The course will follow the high school Algebra I curriculum and this means receiving a high
school credit for the class. With the selected students‟ attendance, participation and anticipated
high placement score in Math, they will be automatically placed in Geometry class at their high
school.
Day: Monday through Friday
Time: 7:00 a.m. – 7:40 a.m.
Venue: Science Room (Room #15)
All of our school constituents are grateful for the accomplishment of this school year‟s electrical
upgrade and HVAC, Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning installation. Please see the
Perpetual Plaque formally presented and unveiled by Fr. Jim Bevacqua during our Back-to-
School Night Assembly.
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This Plaque is in Recognition and Appreciation of the contributions of the following people
for the funding and installation of the New Electrical Generator and HVAC Units at Holy Family
Grade School, August, 2013 presented on September 4, 2013 General Parent Assembly - Back-
to-School Night Grade School Auditorium Holy Family Grade School 400 S. Louise St.,
Glendale, CA 91205
We greatly appreciate everyone's contributions but that we could make individual mention only
of those (individuals and class/groups combined) who gave $2000 or more. Dr. Rey Pangilinan
CSB President
Class of 2013
Rolando & Francia
Mungues
HFGS Alumni
HFCC Keep on Truckin‟
Fidela Suelto
Principal
Jeff Chung & Annie Chen
HFGS Families and
Students
SY „12-„13 & SY „13-‟14
Fr. Jim Bevacqua
Pastor
John and Nelly Eapen
Foster Dennis
Consultative School Board
SY „12-„13
Bill Evans
Facilities Manager
Michael O‟Brien
CSB Secretary
The Walters Family
Friends of HFGS
Phil and Mary Avila
PTO Presidents (3 Years)
Matthew Gerovac
PTO Board & GS Families
SY 2012-2013
Class of 2012
Emilio and Aimee Cueto
Faculty & Staff
SY „12-„13 & SY „13-‟14
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Sending our Sincerest Gratitude to the following:
Phil Avila, Mark Geraci and PTO Volunteers for our Mass on the Grass
Ralph Shovlin for VIRTUS Training and Safeguarding the Children Initiatives
Abbe Joel Estrada and Brother Marinelo Saguin, both Seminarians, for their school visit
and blessings
Parent Volunteers for our Fall Book Fair 2013
Muchas Gracias!
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Required VIRTUS Training and Fingerprints
Dear Holy Family Grade School Parents,
All volunteers (parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, friends, etc.) at Holy Family Grade School (HFGS)
need to have VIRTUS training in order to serve as a volunteer on the HFGS site or for other tasks in
which you have close contact with HFGS students (ex. driving HFGS students to and from school
events).This VIRTUS training will help you to protect our HFGS students.
If you have never attended any VIRTUS training, you will need to attend the 3-hour “Protecting God‟s
Children” VIRTUS certification training. A “Protecting God‟s Children” VIRTUS certification training
will be conducted at the HFGS Auditorium on Saturday, September 28, 2013 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00
noon. If you want to attend this VIRTUS certification training, you will need to register, in advance, by
contacting Ms. Elizabeth Jareno by telephone at (818)640-5412 or by e-mail at [email protected].
Because any VIRTUS training is valid for four years, you will need to attend another 3-hour VIRTUS
certification training class or a 1.5-hour “Keeping the Promise Alive” VIRTUS recertification training
within four years of your initial VIRTUS certification training. At the end of any VIRTUS training, you
will receive a VIRTUS certificate, which is valid for four years. You can find more information on
VIRTUS certification training and VIRTUS recertification training in nearby parishes by going online to
http://www.virtusonline.org/virtus/, click “Registration”, click “View a list of sessions”, and then select
your geographic area.
After you receive your VIRTUS training, you will need to be fingerprinted at a VIRTUS sanctioned
session. Immediately after you have been fingerprinted, you will be given a fingerprint document. You
only need to be fingerprinted once. You can find information on the date, time, and location of the
various VIRTUS sanctioned fingerprinting sessions by going on line to www.la-
archdiocese.org/org/ore/Pages/default.aspx, click “Fingerprinting & VPIN” under the “Protecting
Children” menu, and then click a fingerprinting schedule.
You will need to forward a copy of your latest VIRTUS certificate and fingerprint document to the HFGS
Office. If the HFGS Office does not have a copy of both of your VIRTUS documents, you may not have
many opportunities to perform your service hours. Unfortunately, you will be billed an hourly rate for
any service hours below the minimum value at the end of the school year. Because we want you to serve
as an HFGS volunteer while keeping our HFGS students safe, please submit your required VIRTUS
documents (i.e. latest VIRTUS certificate and fingerprint document) to the HFGS Office if you have not
done so already. Note that all VIRTUS certification training, VIRTUS recertification training, and
VIRTUS sanctioned fingerprinting sessions are free.
If you have any questions in regards to VIRTUS training and fingerprints, such as when your VIRTUS
training will expire or if you submitted all of your required VIRTUS documents to the HFGS Office,
please call Mrs. Marirose Martinez at 818.243.9239 Extension 110.
Thank you for your prompt cooperation on this important matter.
Miss Fidela B. Suelto Principal