Family Messenger, March 31, 2009

Almighty God,
Everything your Son did proved who he is.
Help us to believe in him more and more
so that we might help others on the path.
We ask this through the same Christ our Lord.
Amen.

A Message from the Principal
Tomorrow Incarnation School will sponsor the soup supper at 6:00 p.m. in the auditorium. We are in need of soups! Please contact Doug Bennett at jugndune@earthlink.net if you are able to bring in soup for this dinner.

The Grail Theater of Britain performed Jesus of Nazareth for all of our students this morning. During this 45-minute program, the students witnessed important moments throughout the life of Jesus—his baptism, the temptation in the desert, the healing of a blind man, the raising of Lazarus, Pilate’s decision, and the crucifixion (symbolically) to name a few. This was a great show and can be nice discussion starter at home as we prepare for Holy Week.

Have a blessed week!

Ms. Olivia Carrillo


Important Dates
• 4/1 – Noon Dismissal – WASC Day; No lunch served; ASP available
• 4/3 – Variety Show
o 10:15 – 11:30: Act I (grades K-4)
o 11:30 – 12:00: Lunch
o 12:00 – 1:15: Act II (grades 5-8)
• 4/9 – Holy Thursday
o Stations of the Cross
o Noon Dismissal; No lunch served; ASP available
• 4/10 – Good Friday – No School; No ASP
• 4/13 – 4/17 – Easter Vacation


Preschool News
Last Sunday after each Mass, parishioners were invited to attend the Open House at the Incarnation annex on Central. Visitors had the opportunity to see the completed rooms and the work-in-progress. Our preschool classrooms look fabulous thanks to our director, Mrs. Rosemarie Muscarella. Once we have our license, we will send out information regarding registration for our tentative grand opening in September. This Wednesday, we are having our first inspection to have the classrooms measured. This inspection will determine how many students we can accommodate in each classroom.

Thank you to all who have donated items for the preschool. We are still in need of gently used books that are appropriate for 3-5 year olds. If you have any books you would like to donate, please bring them to the school office.

Spanish Club
Please find an updated registration form for the Spanish Club in this week’s messenger. Note corrected dates.
Classes begin on Tuesday, April 7.

New Staff Email Addresses
We are now in the trial phase of our new staff email addresses. The new email addresses contain the staff member’s first initial and last name, ending with @ incaschool.org. Please add these addresses to your contact list. These addresses are now active; however staff is still using Gmail as the primary account. Our scheduled date for the full transition is April 20.

Mrs. Angela Neumeier – aneumeier@incaschool.org
Mr. Robert Sanchez – rsanchez@ incaschool.org
Mrs. Diana Girskis – dgirskis@incaschool.org
Mrs. Imelda Rodriguez – irodriguez@ incaschool.org
Mr. Jonathan Tiu – jtiu@ incaschool.org
Ms. Hwala Hong – hhong@ incaschool.org
Mrs. Jean Lomasto – jlomasto@ incaschool.org
Mrs. Juana Salazar – jsalazar@ incaschool.org
Ms. Jennifer Rickert – jrickert@ incaschool.org
Mrs. Susan Theiring – stheiring@ incaschool.org
Ms. Monique Ohanessian – mohanessian@ incaschool.org
Mrs. Nerisha Hihn – nhihn@ incaschool.org
Mrs. Gabrielle O’Sullivan – gosullivan@ incaschool.org
Ms. Janis Massey – jmassey@ incaschool.org
Mr. Roger Briceno – rbriceno@ incaschool.org
Mrs. Leti Fenton – lfenton@ incaschool.org
Mrs. Gwen Rodela – grodela@ incaschool.org
Ms. Olivia Carrillo – ocarrillo@ incaschool.org
For general questions or information: info@incaschool.org

Scrip Update
REMEMBER if you have a SPECIAL ORDER or a large order of ON HAND Scrip, you must give it to me by Thursday, 9:00am in order for me to guarantee that it will be here prior to the Easter Break. We will be selling scrip all next week. No scrip sales on Easter Sunday, but will return on Sunday, April 19th.

SLE Superstars of the Week
Congratulations to last week’s winners of the SLE Superstar drawing!
Olive O (grade 2)
Celeste A (grade 3)
Rebecca G (grade 7)

Special Agent Oso featuring Fiona R, Grade 2
Special Agent Oso is a new preschool show that will air daily on Playhouse Disney on the Disney Channel at 8:00 a.m. Our very own Fiona R does voice acting in an episode called “Dr. Off” that will be on the air on April 18 at 8:00 a.m! It will also air later that week on Earth Day (April 22) because the episode is about conservation. For more information about the show, visit www.playhousedisney.com/oso.
Congratulations, Fiona!

First and Fourth Grade Lenten Project
The first and fourth grade classes are collecting food items to donate to the Salvation Army and the Burbank Temporary Aid Center. Thank you, first and fourth grades, for your spirit of giving during Lent.

WASC Noon Dismissal Days
Please mark your calendars for the following noon dismissal days.
ASP will be available, however hot lunch will not be served.
Wednesday, April 22~ Wednesday, May 6 ~ Friday, May 15

Family Messenger, March 18 2009

God of Mercy,
You forgive us our many sins.
May we forgive one another as you forgive us.
We ask this through Christ the Lord.
Amen.

A Message from the Principal
The Fong family would like to express their sincere gratitude to all of your for supporting Jay with prayers and the purchase of the wristbands. Your generosity is very much appreciated!

Our annual auction is quickly approaching. Please be sure to turn in your RSVP by March 31 to reserve your seats!

Incarnation School staff will be getting new email addresses. Gmail accounts are still active for now, but the new addresses will be released the week of March 30. After Easter vacation, Gmail accounts will be shut down. Look for the new addresses soon, and be sure to add them to your contact list!

Have a great week.

Ms. Olivia Carrillo

Important Dates
• 3/18 - WASC DAY - NOON DISMISSAL; NO LUNCH SERVED; ASP available
• 3/20 – Report Cards
• 3/23 – 3/25 – Science Fair
• 3/27 – Trimester and Science Fair Awards Assembly
• 3/28 – VIRTUS Training at Incarnation 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.

Science Fair
The science fair is less than a week away! On Tuesday, February 24, the auditorium will be open from 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. for parents to view the projects. Please stop by if you can.

Lenten Soup Suppers
Every Wednesday during Lent, various parish groups sponsor a Soup Supper. Soup Suppers are held in the auditorium at 6:00 p.m. All are welcome! The school will sponsor a Soup Supper on Wednesday, April 1.

SLE Superstar of the Week
Congratulations to last week’s winners of the SLE Superstar drawing!
Hannah B (grade 2)
Daniel S (grade 5)
Vanessa C (grade 6)

Scrip Tip from Jennifer Bunt
Target just sent the school a check for $148.98. Thank you to those families who helped contribute.

In your home messenger, there is an updated SPECIAL ORDER form and ON HAND ORDER form. The SPECIAL ORDER has many changes. ON HAND, we no longer will carry Longs Drugs (available on Special Order), but we will carry Rite Aid $25 (4% profit) and CVS $25 (6% profit). For Easter, we will carry ON HAND Honey Baked Ham $10 (12%). After Easter, this will become a Special Order again.

The company that we purchase the scrip from is closed April 6-14. If you would like to place a Special Order before we break for Easter, you must do it by April 2nd. If you need a large amount of On Hand Scrip, please try to let me know prior to April 2nd. Sunday sales will not happen on Sunday, April 12th, but will resume on April 19th.

Try to plan ahead for all your Easter needs and use Scrip. It benefits you and the school. For a limited time, we have Sees Candies for $15.00 (25% profit) a pound. In the store, a pound costs $15.60. You can use the $15.00 scrip for anything in the store and they will give you $15.60 in product. VERY SOON they are increasing our cost to $15.60 (23% profit). Be sure to take advantage of this savings.

Don't forget about your new Easter shoes or outfit. There are many options available. I think the Easter Bunny himself could find something from our list.

Academic Decathlon
Congratulations to our INCA ACADECA Team for giving their best during the Academic Junior High Decathlon held at the Los Angeles Sports Arena last Saturday. They won 7 awards (15 medals and one trophy).

Team Events
1. Deanery 1st Place
2. Super Quiz 10th Place

Individual Events
1. Fine Arts Vivian N 4th Place
2. English Nikko G 6th Place
3. Social Studies Andrew F 6th Place
4. Religion Carra L 8th Place
5. Literature Maura T 9th Place

Children’s Liturgy of the Word
Every Sunday at the 9:00 a.m. there is a Children’s Liturgy of the Word. This is geared to students in grades K-5, but students of any age are invited. Parents may accompany their children.

Box Tops for Education
We are still collecting Box Tops! Please send in your clippings to help earn money for our school!

Family Messenger, March 10, 2009

Lord God,
May we never exalt ourselves,
but humbly serve you and others.
We ask this through Jesus Christ
Amen.

A Message from the Principal
Before coming to Incarnation, I worked at St. Stephen Martyr School in Monterey Park. At St. Stephen School, I taught kindergarten for several years and had the opportunity to meet Jaylon (Jay) Fong; Jay was in my kindergarten class of 2006. Jay was a bright young boy. He was always quiet in the classroom, taking his kindergarten studies quite seriously! On the playground, it was a joy to see him smile and laugh as he played with his classmates. Jay is now in third grade and is quite athletic, enjoying baseball and basketball.

On December 3, 2008, Jay was diagnosed with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia. I went to visit Jay at the City of Hope over Christmas vacation and he was in great spirits, bravely fighting his battle. The Fong family is selling wristbands for Jay with proceeds going to benefit the City of Hope and to offset Jay’s medical expenses. Enclosed in this week’s messenger is a wristband order form. If you would like to support Jay’s journey to recovery, please complete the order form and turn it in to the school office. For more information about Jaylon, please visit www.jaylonfong.blogspot.com. Above all, Jaylon needs prayers! Please remember him and pray for Jay’s continued strength and recovery.

On behalf of the Fong family, thank you for your prayers and support.

Ms. Olivia Carrillo


Important Dates
• 3/12 – ACADECA Pep Rally (1:45 p.m.***note time change***) and free dress with $1 donation
• 3/18 - WASC DAY - NOON DISMISSAL; NO LUNCH SERVED; ASP available
• 3/20 – Report Cards
• 3/23 – 3/25 – Science Fair
• 3/28 – VIRTUS Training at Incarnation 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.

Scrip Tip from Jennifer Bunt
In the home messenger, you will find your Scrip Profit Statement. It goes through March 9th. Hooray!! Many of you have surpassed the $200 profit goal and will be receiving a refund check from the business office shortly. Anything over $200, will be offered at the end of the year for a 50/50 split. MOST IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER....I'm a volunteer who will make mistakes (I know...it's hard for me to believe sometimes). If you see an error or have any questions, please see me ASAP. I'm here to help.

Another important point, if you notice you've not had any earnings from Ralphs or Escrip, perhaps its because you're not signed up. I can help with that. It will be an easy fix and soon you'll be bragging to all your fellow Inca Parents how you've earned $200 and then some.

All those participating are doing an excellent job. We're really making quite a bit of money for the school. I know if every family participates, we can make even more.

Lenten Soup Suppers
Every Wednesday during Lent, various parish groups sponsor a Soup Supper. Soup Suppers are held in the auditorium at 6:00 p.m. All are welcome! The school will sponsor a Soup Supper on Wednesday, April 1.

SLE Superstar of the Week
Congratulations to last week’s winners of the SLE Superstar drawing!
Fiona R, grade 2
Jake G, grade 3
Sophia Ferrer, grade 6

Thank You
Thank you to Mrs. Leni Algiers and all of her assistants for organizing the spaghetti dinner last Saturday. Thank you also to all parents and students who attended the event.

Academic Decathlon

This Saturday, the Academic Decathlon Team will represent Incarnation in the Junior High Academic Decathlon at the Los Angeles Sports Arena. We thank Mrs. Rodriguez, the assistant coaches, and the decathletes for their dedication and fine effort in preparing for this event. Good luck! Our team includes:Bruno A, Jessica A, Michael A, Daniel B, Dani C, Jack F (Math - Algebra), Andrew F (Social Studies – Civil War, Super Quiz Captain), Matthew G, Nick G (Science – Skeletal System), Nikko G (English – Grammar and Writing), Richard H, Carra L (Religion – Second Vatican Council), Max L (Super Quiz and Logic Co-Captain), Vivian N (Fine Arts – American Art and Artists and Nat King Cole), Chris S, Julianna S, John T (Current Events – U.S. and World News), Maura T (Literature – Elijah of Buxton), Joey V (Logic Captain), and Irene U.

Children’s Liturgy of the Word
Every Sunday at the 9:00 a.m. Mass there is a Children’s Liturgy of the Word. This is geared to students in grades K-5, but students of any age are invited. Parents may accompany their children.

Box Tops for Education
We are still collecting Box Tops! Please send in your clippings to help earn money for our school!