St. Anthony's Catholic School

A new measure effective Jan. 1 mandates car seats for children until they are 8, or 4 feet 9 inches tall. Under current law in the state, kids must be in car seats until they are 6 or 60 pounds.

The penalty for violating the new law will be a minimum of $479 for a first offense, according to a spokesman for the California Office of Traffic Safety.

The NHTSA recommends booster seats for 8 to 12-year-olds, or until the child can fit properly into a regular seat belt, with the lap belt across the upper thighs, not the stomach, and the shoulder belt across the chest, not the neck.

• Basic Car Seat Safety
• Booster Seat Basics
• Fitting Stations

As of Thursday, December 1, 2011, His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI has named and appointed His Excellency Bishop Armando X. Ochoa as the new Bishop of the Diocese of Fresno. Bishop Ochoa comes to us from the Diocese of El Paso, Texas. We give thanks to God, through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary and our Patroness, St. Therese, for the answered prayers and for God’s graciousness in giving us a new Shepherd.

• Bishop Armando X. Ochoa – Biography
• Bishop Armando Ochoa Press Conference – Video

• Grades 2,4,6,8B Thursday December 15 @ 6:00pm
• Grades 3,5,7,8S Thursday December 15 @ 7:15pm
• Grades K & 1 Friday December 16 @ 11:00am

All Programs will be held in the Community Center (gym). Doors will open at 5:30pm. Please be seated so the show may begin promptly at scheduled time. See flier in today’s packet to order DVD of all programs.

In today’s online packet please see the fliers to purchase hot lunch for THURSDAY, JAN. 5TH AND FRIDAY, JAN. 6TH.

We will be returning to school on a Thursday, Jan. 5th and we will serve lunch that day so in order for you to order lunch for Thursday and Friday you will find the order form for those days in today’s packet.

PLEASE RETURN THESE FORMS BY FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16TH .

Thursday Lunch – Hot Dogs (K3)

Friday Lunch – Pizza ( Student Govt)

CJSF is sponsoring Toys for Tots this year. As your Holiday shopping begins, please include those less fortunate and purchase a toy.  Bring in a new unwrapped toy.  Boxes can be found in Rooms 20, 8, 3, and 4 as well as one in the school office.  The Marines will be picking up toys on December 15^th. For more information contact Mrs. Baker jbaker@sasfresno.com

In an attempt to provide the safest parking lot to our families, we ask all parents and drivers to follow the parking lot regulations each and every day.

• Pull into the marked stalls and make sure children walk in the marked safety areas ONLY.

• Children should use the marked safety zone.

• Large SUV’s and other Large vehicles should avoid parking in the front row of stalls. Doing so blocks the sight of parents dropping off, children walking and parking lot monitors.

• Students may be dropped off in front of the Community Center during morning drop off.

Thank you for driving safely in the parking lot and expecting your child to leave the car and walk onto campus safely.

The 8th annual Nativity Raffle will begin next Monday and run for the first two weeks of Advent. We have 10 very beautiful and unique Nativity Sets being raffled off by Mrs. Gennock’s 2nd graders. (They will be displayed in the office and on our SAS website.) All proceeds will be donated to the Holy Cross Women’s Shelter. Chances are $1 and $10 buys 12 chances with $20 buying 25 chances. Send in your money in an envelope with your name and phone number on the envelope and write “NATIVITY” on it. There is an envelope in the office marked “Nativity 2G”. We will also be in the courtyard each day after school selling chances. We promise to make you tickets for each dollar donated. The drawing will be Monday, December 12th at our prayer service. The first name drawn will choose the Nativity Set they like best. The second name will choose from the remaining 9 sets and so on.

Thank you for your support. Good Luck!!!!!

Checks are made out to St. Anthony’s

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It’s that time of year again! Our 26th Annual Raider Run will be held Friday, November 18th.  The Raider Run is designated to raise over $10,000 needed to fund our many school field trips throughout the year. Parent helpers are needed from 10:30 am to 2:50 pm. If you would like to earn some Parent Participation Hours or just have some fun watching the kids, please call Mr. Neumeier at 435-0700.

• Sponsor Form

The SAS Golf Tournament Committee invites you to participate in a great event that supports our School. This year’s tournament will again raise money for computers in the classrooms and the athletic programs.

The tournament will take place on Friday October 28, once again at Eagle Springs Golf Club in Friant. Registration begins at 10:00AM with a shotgun start at 11:30AM. Box lunches, as well as refreshments on the course will be provided. In addition to prizes for “closest to the hole” and “long drive,” competitions, this year you will have an opportunity to win a new Infiniti automobile with a hole in one at the number 2 hole.

If you would please, play, sponsor, donate or volunteer. To do so please contact Paul McDougal at 779-3129 or Mike Fitzgerald at 647-1414

• General Information
• Sponsorship Form
• Entry Form

K-8 Teams are forming now! Coaches and team members call Mrs. Martin.

One of the wonderful traditions at St. Anthony’s has been participation in the Odyssey of the Mind competition.  OM is an international educational program that provides creative problem-solving opportunities for students from kindergarten through college. Team members apply their creativity to solve problems that range from building mechanical devices to presenting their own interpretation of literary classics. They then bring their solutions to competition on the local, state, and World level. Thousands of teams from throughout the U.S. and from about 25 other countries participate in the program. For  more information go to the website at odysseyofthemind.com.

Deb Martin-Parent Coordinator (473-8607)

Competition Date:       February 18 @ Hanford HS