St. Agatha Catholic School, Miami, Florida Mrs. Glass, Principal    Mrs. Hernandez, Asst. Principal Principal's Note
	"Few souls understand what God would accomplish in them if they were to abandon themselves unreservedly to Him and if they were to allow His grace to mold them accordingly." -- St. Ignatius Loyola Sirach 3:18

Our Mission: To help mold and educate responsible catholic citizens for a diverse and dynamic society

 

Now is the time to mobilize for our upcoming Parish Festival.  Remember this year we must be in FULL COMPLIANCE with the regulations as it pertains to volunteers. We need your help!   In order to volunteer for the Parish Festival you MUST have cleared fingerprints, completed the Virtus training and read your bulletins.  Most of you have worked very diligently to make sure that you have completed all that has been required. Well done.

For all of the other parents that would like to volunteer----------there is still time. On January 28th there will be two other Virtus sessions, one at St. Catherine of Siena and the other at St. Augustine. If you need to complete this training, just go to www.virtus.org and register online for a session. If you need information as to the fingerprinting process, please see Mari in the office and she will be happy to explain it to you. Appointments can be made online to facilitate the fingerprinting process.

 

Your Home and School Association has been working diligently to plan the BEST family picnic ever. Mark your calendars now for March 3, 2012 at Indian Hammocks Park. This is definitely an event that you do not want to miss!!!!

 

Check out the story about our online textbooks in middle school. You can do this by going to the website for WFOR, Miami. On the right hand side you will see the video of many of the news stories covered.  Look for ONLINE TEXTBOOKS, there we are!  Additionally, you can check out the publicity on the Archdiocese of Miami website.  Our story made the first page. You can also look for the article in the upcoming publication of the Florida Catholic.

 The teachers and students are super excited about having access to their textbooks by using their mini-laptops. The interactivity, makes the curriculum come alive.

 

                                 

I am very grateful to the parents that stepped-up to assume leadership roles in next year's Home and School Association:

President:    Eduardo Nunez and Iggy Tonarely

VP: Elizabeth Torricella and Virginia Sanchez

Secretary: Yamile Medina and Carmen Roca

Treasurer: Claudia Orozco and Estela McDougal

 Remember parents, you do receive 2 parent participation points by attending each Home and School meeting. See you at the next one !

                                                                     

                    

The School Advisory Council is just that, a group of individuals that meet regularly to advise Father Garcia and myself, Mrs. Glass as to issues pertaining to the operation of the school.

The purpose of the School Advisory Council is to:

• promote the practice and development of the Catholic faith

• act as advisory board to the administration

• respond to policy proposals and recommendations initiated by the administration

• assist in developing the annual budget

• determine sources of funding

• approve proposed expenditures

• reflect major concerns of parents

• report valid concerns/procedures/proposals of the council to parents

• assist in implementing diocesan policies and procedures

• recruiting students

• implementing public relations programs

A special thank you to this year's School Advisory Council, they are:

Martin Rodriguez - Chairperson

Orlando Farinas

Nery Valdes - Secretary

Jose-Adan Gutierrez

Marilys Guerrero

Remember, EACH family is REQUIRED to gather 20 parent participation points EACH year. Points are only given for approved activities.

Approved Activities at this time are:

• *Serving as an official chaperone for the middle school     community   service hours (see Mrs. Veciana)

•   Serving as a Home and School Officer

•   Working at Home and School Events

•   Serving as a member of SAC

• *Serving as a homeroom parent  

* (must complete fingerprinting process - described below, and the 3 hour Virtus training program)

If you would like to participate directly with our children, in our school activities, you will need to complete the 3 hour Virtus training, please go to www.virtus.org and register for another upcoming session.

 

Here is what's happening...

MASS ATTENDANCE - Remember every child is expected to ATTEND MASS. If you are St. Agatha parishioners you will need to turn in the EMPTY envelope EACH Sunday.  This envelope will be used to document your attendance. If your are parishioners at another Catholic Church you are expected to bring in a SIGNED bulletin by the presiding priest at the catholic church you attended. The homeroom teacher will collect your child's bulletin each Monday morning during homeroom. If attending St. Agatha Catholic Church, contributions are to be paid in the rectory on a monthly basis. If attending at another Catholic parish, letters indicating contributions must be presented to the accounting office in order to receive our tuition discount. These letters will be requested regularly.

DATES TO REMEMBER  January 21, 2012 - High School Entrance Exam January 27, 2012 - Festival Raffle Ticket stubs due January 28, 2012 - Knights of Columbus Free Throw contest February 2,3,4,5 - Parish Festival..............Come and Have some Fun!!!!! February 3, 2012 - 8:30am All School Mass (Kick-off to Catholic Schools week) Februrary 6, 2012 - No School - Festival Clean up February 7-10, 2012 - Catholic School Activities February 13, 2012 - Fashion Show Registration, Parish Hall - 7pm February 20, 2012 - President's Day Holiday - No School February 22, 2012 - Ash Wednesday - 8:30am All School Mass February 23, 2012- Science Fair - Parish hall February 24, 2012 - Stations of the Cross - 1pm February 25, 2012 - New Student Testing

 

"YOU MUST BELIEVE TO ACHIEVE!"   Mrs. Glass  and Mrs. Hernandez