St.

Augustine Academy
130 South Wells Road Ventura California 93004 805-672-0411 Fax 805-672-2365 e-mail StAugAcad@juno.com www.SaintAugustineAcademy.com
Board of Governors President Thomas Q. Ellis Secretary Robert R. Orellana, Esq. Treasurer Michael C. Collins Members Abel Montiel Jeff Schuberg Michael F. McLean, Ph.D. Louise Warnert

September 7, 2012 St. Regina Dear Families: Short week short blue letter. First off, thanks for the 90% attendance on Wednesday Nights BACK-TO-SCHOOL Night. It is going to be a great year! 1. Blue Letter This weekly missive serves two purposes: a. Educational, cultural and theological narrative to give us some common ideas to think about, talk about, meditate upon and to form us as a true community of learners students, parents, siblings, friends and faculty alike. b. Announcements, mostly school related, but some community events which our families might find helpful, enjoyable and interesting. 2. Blue Envelope The weekly (except before holidays) communication packet is the principal tool for communicating between school and home, and vice versa. It will contain the Blue Letter as well as flyers, school forms, and often teacher notes to families. We have instructed the students that notes addressed to parents (especially progress reports or financial info) are addressed to parents, thus should only be opened by parents. You are welcome to, in turn, use it as a simple way to send notes, tuition, or other items back to the school, weekly. 3. Direct Mail Letter several times per year we send out our fundraising letters to help keep an ongoing level of support to the school from hundreds of long-time friends of the school, as well as many new friends. Especially good for these letters are grandparents, friends and relatives who do not have regular contact with the school. These letters, each itself, and more fully in aggregate, share the story of St. Augustine Academy so others can become a satellite part of our community. They can then join us as prayer benefactors and/or financial supporters we need all we can get, of both! We are just sending our first of the year this week, so please feel free to stop in and pick some up to send to your relatives and friends, or maybe a nice neighbor who would love to support our school if they knew about it Maybe you can use it for your child in conjunction with their trying to get jog-a-thon pledges. Lets build the list together! [You can also call the office any time and ask that any number of letters you would like to be put in your blue envelope.] 4. Next week a NORMAL full week. It is good to be back in the swing of the routine. Blessings,

Headmaster Michael J. Van Hecke, M.Ed.

Board of Advisors Mr. John W. Blewett Wanderer Forum Foundation Hon. Jeremiah Denton Former U.S. Senator Mr. Nicholas J. Healy, Jr. President Ave Maria University Dr. Ronald P. McArthur Co-founder Thomas Aquinas College Mr. Roy S. Rohter, S.F.O. Founder St. Augustine Academy Fr. Michael Scanlan, T.O.R. Chancellor Franciscan University Mr. James Stenson Educator and Author

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Sept. 11th MASS A new priest will join us for second first of many masses (2nd Tuesday of the month), Fr. Illo, a new chaplain at Thomas Aquinas College and good friend of Fr. Paul Donlan. Also, PIZZA DAY for Yearbook - $1.50 per slice Most Tuesdays. PRAYERS - Finally we pray for America on this anniversary of the terrorist attacks. th Sept. 18 School Pictures PLEASE CHECK ENVELOPE to see if there are any forms or notes. If you are missing forms or payments, we have put these into your envelope. If there are none enclosed, you are all up to date thank you! CONFIRMATION CLASSES STARTING Attn. 8th Graders parents. Sign up for Confirmation at St. Sebastian will be September 9th at 3:00 PM on the Church Patio, followed by the first class. Many SAA students attend this program even if from other parishes because it is run by one of our parents. Additionally, this program is backed by great priests, and is known for substantive teaching and great speakers. Fee $100. Bring a copy of their baptismal certificate. Questions Call Mary Orellana 525-4551 All classes are held on the second Sunday of the month at 3:00 PM. WEBSITE Please make sure to visit our website and sign up for the automatic notifier so that you get notice of all new postings as they happen. SUPER OPPORTUNITY Hear Dennis Prager speak in Thousand Oaks! Fr. Dave Heney at St. Paschal Baylon Catholic Church in Thousand Oaks wants to extend an invitation to you and anyone interested to attend Dennis Prager's talk on Religious Freedom and American Values at the Church on Tuesday, September 11, 7:30 pm. If you are interested, see the facebook page and link to purchase tickets tinyurl.com/prageronfreedom or $25 per ticket at parish office805-496-0222 BROKEN ROSARIES Mrs. Raab takes broken rosaries, so drop any unwanted rosary parts off in the school office and we will get them over to her weekly. GALA Auction Item info enclosed - feel free to make copies to use if you are searching out donations from your local friendly merchants. PICTURE DAY ORDER FORM Enclosed. Ora Pro Nobis: This weekly section provides us with a list of prayer intentions which gives us the important opportunity to help members of our school family in their need. Let us remember to pray for one another. We add to our prayer list this week, Mr. Pat Ramirez, grandfather of the Sandoval girls, who was just diagnosed with lung cancer. Let us pray for the souls of Miss Borchards brother and aunt, Thomas Borchard and Angel Lipari, and Mr. Van Heckes aunt, Theresa, who all died recently. Let us pray for the health of Rosie Grimm, Angel Castillo and Paul Warnert. Prayer of thanksgiving for a successful surgery on Tuesday for Helen Van Hecke. Finally, remember to pray for our country, our soldiers, and, for all priests and religious, especially our Archbishop Jose Gomez and Holy Father, Benedict.
Post Office Box 4506 Ventura California 93007 805-672-0411 Fax 805-672-2365 e-mail staugacad@juno.com