Holy Rosary Saints www.hrsaints.com November 4, 2019

November Virtue - Modesty

To Live, Love, and Learn with Jesus Christ as our Model

Mark Your

Calendar

• Nov. 4

Field Trip to

Woodland Li-

brary, 1/2

• Nov. 5

STEM Squad,

3:00 pm

• Nov. 6

Music Classes

Float Planning

Mtg, 6:00 pm

• Nov. 7

Last Day of 1st

Trimester

Faith Family Ac-

tivity

Choir, 3:00 pm

CSAC Mtg, 4:00

pm

• Nov. 8

NO SCHOOL,

Teacher Workday

Christian Broth-

ers Shadow Day

• Nov. 10

Family Mass,

10:00 am

• Nov. 11

NO SCHOOL

Veterans Day

UCD STEM Squad

We welcome back the STEM Squad as they

will be facilitating fun, hands on, project and

problem based engaging and enriching STEM

activities for our 4th-8th graders. The STEM

Squad is part of the UC

Davis graduate student

organization; Equity in

Science, Technology, Engi-

neering, Math, and Entre-

preneurship (ESTEME). Prior to Christmas

break, they will be joining us Nov. 5, 19 and

Dec. 3 from 3:00-4:00 pm. Please encourage

your 4th-8th grade children to avail themselves

of this enrichment program. For more infor-

mation please see the ESTEME website at

https://estemestemsquad.weebly.com .

Halloween Trunk or Treat Thank You

Thank you to all the parents and grand par-

ents who came out and supported our Hal-

loween activities by opening their vehicles

and generously passing out candies. We are

blessed to have such great support at events

like this.

Virtue of the Month—Modesty

Congratulations to students who exemplified

the Virtue of Magnanimity this past month.

Students will be focusing on the Virtue of

Modesty this month. A virtue is the habit of

doing good, making life easy and delightful. A

virtuous person is free! The Christian virtues

give us freedom from being overpowered by

temptations or our vices. Everyone is born

with a capacity for virtue, but we need edu-

cation and practice to attain the freedom,

harmony, and balance of the virtuous, excel-

lent human being. Modesty falls under the

Cardinal Virtue of Temperance.

HRS 17th Annual Holiday Crafts &

Gifts Boutique and DeVine Pre-Show

Event Nov. 15-16

Bringing the light back into the Season is the

theme of this year’s event. Friday’s DeVine

Pre-Show will include shopping, wine tasting

and hors d’oeuvres, and it runs from 6:00-

8:00pm at the Parish Community Center.

HRS alumnus Casey Van Note will be the

pianist providing a nice touch to the evening.

The cost to attend the DeVine Pre-Show is

$15, tickets are available for purchase in ad-

vance in the school office, or $20 on the day

of the event. The Boutique on Saturday, No-

vember 16 is free and will begin with the

Knights of Columbus serving breakfast with

Santa from 8:00-10:00 am. The Boutique

opens for shopping at 8:30 am and lasts until

2:00 pm, with over fifty local crafters and

vendors showcasing their one-of-a-kind

items such as local honey, hand-made jewel-

ry and rosaries, olive oil, glassware, wooden

toys, hand-made textiles and home-made spa

and body products. Please let any alumni that

we would love to have them participate in

the event. Young Ladies Institute (YLI) and

the Knights of Columbus as well as other

ministries will also be helping out in various

capacities. New this year is the participation

of more local businesses, Cracchiolo’s Mar-

ket & Catering will provide items for the

Wine-tasting, joined by Simas Family Vine-

yard and Bogle Vineyards. Fr. Paddy’s Irish

Public House is on board to provide deli-

cious lunch items of soup and sandwiches.

Dessert options will include items from

alumna Michelle Paschke’s Carousel’s Cob-

blers and Woodland’s new bakery, Zest

Cont. Holiday Crafts & Gifts

West. Rainbow Sales has also provided generous

support to put on the event. For more information,

please e-mail hrsholidayboutique@yahoo.com,

check their Facebook page (Holy Rosary School

Holiday Craft and Gifts Boutique), or call the school

office at 662-3494.

Activities in the Classrooms

3/4– Students discussed the importance of water

in farm lands. They learned about wells and irriga-

tion. Then Josh Lanneo from Durham Pump came

to class and explained how farmers irrigate crops,

as

well as how wells were dug in the 1800's versus

how they are dug now. They had many questions

and many ideas on how to conserve water.

1/2– Both first and second graders have been

working on new vocabulary lessons that are engag-

ing the students as they enjoy learning new words,

and words with multiple-meanings. Second graders

were reading about magnets, force and motion in

their Wonders Text Books. They were so interest-

ed, we decided to integrate these topics with our

Science lessons. First graders worked on doubles,

practiced making 10 on ten-frames, and worked on

their math facts using flash cards in math. Second

graders worked on place value using manipulatives

for tens and ones, and practiced using symbols for

greater than, less than and equal to, by using a math

dice game.

5/6– Students did a great

job in hosting last Friday’s bi

-lingual mass. They also

learned about the Dia de

los Muertos or Day of the

Dead and how people

celebrate it all around the

world. They participated

in an art activity coloring

skull and catrina puppets.

Both fifth and sixth are at

the endo of thier math

topics and are preparing

for their tests this week.

Keep up the great work

students!

TK/K-During Spirit Week the class met at the be-

ginning of each day in our Friendship Circle to dis-

cuss dress. We talked about what we were and/or

the colors and the types of designs and fabrics we

were wearing. Students looked great all week but

especially on Friday for Dress for Success! On Sci-

ence Friday, we set up some experiments with

sweet potatoes, carrot tops, and lima beans to

watch, measure, and record growth over time in

the students’ Science Journals. In Math, students are

sorting numbers 0-5 into groups of the same num-

ber. We explored October’s virtue of Magnanimity,

along with All Saint’s Day and All Soul’s Day. We

also are studying God’s rules and understanding

how rules help our lives in a positive way.

7/8– Students practiced solving equations using the

multiplication property of equality in Algebra. In

History, students have been working on their coun-

try research reports. They will be presenting this

coming Thursday. Students took 1st place in the

scarecrow competition, congratulations! Thank you

to all parents who provided support last week mak-

ing the Halloween celebration special.

Fleur de Lis Dinner & Auction

Planning Meeting

Our next Auction planning meeting will be Nov. 18

at 6:00 pm and we need you. This is our largest

fundraiser of the year and proceeds directly impact

tuition costs. Without this event, at a minimum, tui-

tion would increase by over $1,000/year per stu-

dent. Janet Ruggiero and Jeanne Locatelli have been

Co-chairing the event for the past few years and

they are both willing to help, mentor and support

others, but are not able to chair this year. Neither

one of them have students attending the school and

have been serving in this capacity out of the good-

ness of their hearts—thank you ladies! We need

parents to step up and help with this event especial-

ly in leadership capacities. All of the roles needed

can be split into co-chair positions so as no one per-

son has to take on a large burden. Please plan on

attending this very important Nov. 18 planning meet-

ing.

Library/ Maker Space Update

A huge thank you goes out to Kari and Deron

Cordero who have transformed our library into a

great area for all of us to use. Our next steps are to

add STEM maker space projects

and equipment, and recruit vol-

unteers to work in the area. If

you can help in either capacity,

please let us know in the office.

Fall Festival Raffle Winners

Thank you again to all of those who supported our

school by donating to or participating in the Fall Fes-

tival. Our three Raffle Prize winners were:

3rd Place, $100 winner Irene Ybarbo

2nd Place, $300 winner Mijo Ramos

1st Place, $500 winner Anita Madrigal

End of First Trimester and Report Cards

The end of the first trimester is this Thursday, Nov.

7th. No late or missing work will be given credit

past that date. Report cards will be sent home on

Nov. 14th.

In the near future…

Veterans Day, NO SCHOOL, Nov. 11

Grades go home, Nov. 14

Holiday Crafts & Gifts Boutique, Nov. 15 & 16

Fleur de Lis Auction Planning Mtg, Nov. 13, 6:30 pm

Dine to Donate at Pete’s Restaurant, Nov. 19

UCD Field Trip for 1/2, Nov. 20

Speech Contest, Nov. 21

Crab Feed Planning Mtg, Nov. 21, 6:00 pm

Faith Family Feast, Nov. 26

Thanksgiving Holiday, Nov. 27-29

First Sunday of Advent, Dec. 1

Jesuit Shadow Day, Dec. 2

CSAC, Dec. 5, 4:00 pm

Mindset Presentation for Parents, Dec. 5, 6-7:30 pm

Min. Day, Dec. 6

Family Mass, Dec. 8, 10:00 am

Christmas Pageant in Parish CC, Dec. 18

Christmas Holiday, Dec. 23– Jan.

3, 2020

Crab Feed, Jan. 11, 2020