Saint Ann School News

• This week we celebrate National Vocation Awareness Week. Students will be discussing vocations in their classes. This would be a good time for you to discuss with your child what it means to dedicate your life in service to the Lord, as a priest, deacon, religious or lay person.

• No school next Monday, Jan. 18, because it is the holiday remembering Martin Luther King, Jr.

• As I mentioned last week, this month we will have an enrollment drive for Saint Ann School. Our goal is to make Saint Ann School very visible to our parishioners as they are considering where their children will go to school next year. Highlights of the enrollment drive are:
 We are asking students to wear their uniforms to the Sunday Masses at Saint Ann Church* all month. Students who come in uniform at least two weekend Masses in January will be granted a “free dress day” in February. Students must check in with the teacher on duty in the side foyer by the Blessed Sacrament Chapel after Mass to receive credit. The teacher will come out to the foyer as soon as Mass is over. If she is not there, please be patient until she gets there. Do not call the office or send in notes saying your child was at Mass in uniform. Since the point is promotion of the school, we ask students not to cover up their uniforms with non-uniform sweaters and coats while they are inside the church
* If a parent wants to staff all the Masses at All Faith Chapel, please contact Mrs. Little – otherwise, only wearing uniforms to Saint Ann Church will count.
 We would like students to greet parishioners at the church entrances at the Saturday/Sunday Masses for as many Masses this month as possible. Greeters must be in their school uniform. At the Masses opening Catholic Schools Week (Jan. 30-31), greeters will pass out ribbon pins to all adults who have had children attend Saint Ann School. Please take a pin to wear during Mass. We hope that it will be an impressive display to see how many parishioners have belonged to the Saint Ann School family over the years. If your child can be a greeter, please contact your child’s teacher or the school office to let us know which Mass you plan to attend.
 On January 31 (Sunday), we will have an information booth set up outside of church. We want to encourage parish families to learn what Saint Ann School has to offer their children.
 As usual, the final Catholic School Week Masses (Jan. 30-31) will be mostly staffed by Saint Ann students at both Saint Ann and All Faith Chapel. We hope that the 12:30 PM Youth Mass will include many Saint Ann School alumni.
 Open House will be on Thursday of Catholic Schools Week (Feb. 4).
Please support this enrollment drive by speaking with family, friends, co-workers and fellow parishioners about the benefits of a Saint Ann School education. Invite them to Open House on Feb. 4. Also mention that cost should not prevent any family from choosing this option because tuition assistance is available. Don’t forget the $100 Heart Card you will earn for every new family that you refer who enrolls their child. Filling more of the seats will provide financial stability for the school and will benefit everyone by reducing cost per student and making fundraising much easier.

• Congratulations to Ben Stoner, Katherine Heier, Sarah Alnemri, Lindsay Cook and Belle Roquemore who were first place winners from Saint Ann School at the Inyokern Airport Art Contest!

• The PTG meeting is tomorrow, Tuesday, at 7:00 PM in the school library. Please join us!

• Your Car Raffle ticket is available for you to pick up in the School Office. When you pick up your ticket, you are responsible for the cost ($250.00) at that time. If you are planning on selling your ticket, you may give us a post-dated check. When you sell the ticket, your check will be replaced with the money from the person buying your ticket. This money must be turned in to the School Office by Friday, January 22. Otherwise, your check will be deposited. You may also go in with other non-school families to buy your ticket. If your family does not pick up your raffle ticket by Friday, January 22, your ticket will be sold and your family will be billed for the cost of the ticket. So far we have sold 71 out of 200 tickets – and 56 more school families still need to purchase/sell their tickets. Please support the Car Raffle, our largest school fundraiser of the year!

• If you ordered LifeTouch class photos, the packets are in your Monday Envelope today.

• We are trying to put together a slide show of students and school events to show at the Car Raffle. If you have digital photos, you may e-mail them to the school (school@parishofsaintann.org), and we might be able to include them in the presentation.

• Last week’s hot lunch slip mistakenly listed sodas as an option. Rather than try to undo that mistake, we went ahead and offered them. The policy has not changed, and we will not be offering sodas with future lunches.

Upcoming Events:

Tuesday, Jan. 12
PTG Meeting, 7:00 PM, School Library

Thursday, Jan. 14
Middle School basketball games at Jacobson/Tehachapi, 3:45 PM girls, 4:45 PM boys

Friday, Jan. 15
School Mass (1st Grade), 8:15 AM

Saturday, Jan. 16
Middle School girls basketball tournament in El Tejon

Saturday & Sunday
Wear your school uniforms to Masses

Mon., Jan. 18
NO SCHOOL, Martin Luther King Holiday

Have a wonderful week!