We encourage our parents to get involved

This past weekend we celebrated the Feast of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. For most of us basic food such as bread and water is not a problem. However, it is a problem for many people in the world. The poor and needy of the world can understand better than we do that it is a real sign of love and care when God intervenes to feed His people. For them, water and bread are a question of life and death. But, we are often hungry and thirsty for other values than sustenance of physical life. In a de-personalized society we suffer from absence where there should be presence. We hunger and thirst for companionship, love, concern, mercy, respect which are no problems in the great family of primitive people. Whose need is greater? Where we suffer from absence, the Lord Jesus wants to be present to us with all the concern and love of a friend for a friend. In the signs of plain daily food, water, bread, and wine Jesus indicates what He intends by being present to us. He wants to share life. He wants to strengthen. He wants to mean something to you and me. When we celebrate the Eucharist, we celebrate this mysterious presence of the Lord Jesus with the community. Open up to make “Communion” possible. “Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood will live in me and I in him says the Lord.”

It is difficult to believe – this is the final Wednesday Letter for this school year!

Please remember that today, Wednesday, 6/9 and tomorrow, Thursday, 6/10 are full days of school with regular dismissal at 2:35 p.m. Friday of this week, 6/11 is a half day with dismissal at 11:30 a.m. Monday of next week, 6/14 is a half day also with dismissal at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday of next week – June 15th – is our final day of school with dismissal at 11:00 a.m. There will be two (2) Awards Assemblies on Tuesday, 6/15 – the first at 9:00 a.m. for grades 3 – 5 and the second at 10:00 a.m. for grades 6 and 7.

On Friday of this week, 6/11, Mrs. Gooljar and Mr. Green will host the Annual Auction Student Signup event – Pizza and a Movie (“Alvin and the Chipmunks – The Squeakquel”) - the event runs from 11:30 a.m. until 2:35 p.m. and the cost is $25.00 per student and is open to grades 3 – 7 with the proceeds going to Iona Grammar, since this was a signup event from our Auction. Sounds like a great afternoon for gr. 3 – 7 students.

Our 2009 – 2010 Yearbook has been distributed to students whose parents purchased one at the beginning of the school year. There are still some yearbooks available for sale if you wish to purchase one for your son at $85 each. Please contact Mrs. Powers, our Business Manager.
We are very proud of this year’s Yearbook and are pleased and honored to have it dedicated to Mrs. Barbara Shattenkirk – our fourth grade teacher. Congratulations to her on this well-deserved Dedication. I also wish to thank Mrs. Powers and Mrs. Gerosa for their hard work and dedication in producing this fine Yearbook.

Tomorrow evening, Thursday, 6/10 our Sports Awards Dinner will take place in our gym and cafeteria. The response has been overwhelming! The dinner begins at 7:00 p.m.

If you are here for the Sports Awards Dinner – please check out the “Lost and Found” items in the main hallway near the statue of Jesus. The items that are not claimed by Tuesday of next week will be sent to the Missions. We have quite a large collection of uniform and clothing items.

As we begin to close out this year – we begin to turn our thoughts to the summer and to next year. You will find enclosed in today’s mail packet a Save the Dates flyer with the dates for the beginning of school in September, 2010. Some of the dates shown are New Student Orientation and the New Parent Welcome on Wednesday, September 1st – the Uniform Sale also on September 1st. The first day of school for grades 1 – 8 (which is an Orientation) with dismissal at 11:30 a.m. and the first FULL day of school is on Thursday, September 9th. I have also attached the Save the Dates flyer to my e-mail and this letter. Please download the flyer and keep it for reference. The new school year calendar will be out mid to end of July.

You will also find the “Summer Reading List” for each grade enclosed as well.

I wish to make one final request to those who have not had the opportunity to donate to our Annual Fund Appeal for this year. If you are able and haven’t made a donation to date your contribution is most welcome to help us as we come to the end of our fiscal year. To date our Annual Fund Appeal has taken in a net of $37,450. Once again, I wish to thank all who have donated and ask those who haven’t to consider making a donation as your means will allow. Thank you.

To our current 7th grade – soon to be eighth grade – parents – we will hold a brief meeting on Monday of next week, June 14th at 11:45 a.m. (immediately after dismissal) to hand out and explain the TACHS High School Admission Test eighth graders will take in November of the next school year. We will also go over the High School Admission Process. The TACHS information will also be mailed to our current 7th graders soon to be eighth graders. The meeting will be held in one of our 8th grade homerooms upstairs.

Last but not least – I am still waiting for some of you to return your Enrollment Contracts for next year. Please – it makes it very difficult to plan for next year. Thank you.

May you have a wonderful Summer filled with joy and relaxation.

Yours in the Risen Christ,

Peter M. Borchetta

President/Headmaster 

Yours in Christ,

Peter M. Borchetta