This message was generated by the GA News mailing list, for members of Guardian Angels School and Parish. =========================================================================== Dear GA Parents and Friends: Welcome to the first week of school for the 2003-2004 school year! It is hard to believe that school begins in just three days. I hope that you and your family had a great summer and are excited about beginning a new school year. I know that the teachers, staff members and I are looking very forward to this Thursday. It will be great to see the children again and to begin a new school year with them. I'm sure that the 2003-2004 School Year will be a great year for GA! It will also be the year that we watch the building of the new offices, the new parking lot/ playground and the Sr. Dolores Parish Center. What an exciting year this will be! We will be watching the future of GA happening right here-and-now! Calendar of Events for Week of August 17, 2003: Tuesday, August 19 -- First Grade Open House First Grade Open House begins at 9:00 a.m. Parents and students are invited to come to school and meet their first grade teacher and see their classroom. Please feel free to take a walk around the school, too. Wednesday, August 20 -- GA Staff In-Service Day 8:30 am -- Mass 9:15 am -- P.T.A. Coffee and Donuts 9:30 am -- Faculty In-Service A. Faculty Meeting B. Golden Rule Program 1. Viewing of the film "Last One Picked...First One Picked On" 12:00 pm -- PTA Luncheon 12:45 pm -- Technology Training: Edline Thursday, August 21 -- FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL! Good luck and God's blessings on this first day of school and throughout the entire school year! I hope that this is a most successful school year for you and your family! Friday, August 22 -- SECOND DAY OF SCHOOL! 8:15 am -- Mass Please feel free to join us in prayer as we celebrate our Beginning-of-the-School Year Mass. We begin the school year by asking the Holy Spirit to bless us and to be our guide during the year. Important Dates for Next Week: Wednesday, August 27 -- School Pictures Day Thursday, August 28 -- 6:30 p.m. PTA Open House GA parents, you are most cordially invited to attend the the P.T.A. Open House and to meet your children's teachers. ____________________________________________________________ A great quote for the beginning of school. It tells us how to have a succcessful life and how to look at ourselves and each other. This is a terrific way for all school personnel to look upon each child God has given them to work with this year. Quote: "He will keep his agreement of love for a thousand lifetimes for people who love him and keep his commandments." Deuteronomy 7:9 Thought: "We are God's hands. We are his. His face. His hands. His touch. We are him. Look deeply into the face of every human being on earth, and you will see his likeness. Though some appear to be distant relatives, they are not. God has no cousins, only children. "We are incredibly the body of Christ. And though we may not act like our Father, there is not greater truth than this. We are his. Unalterably He loves us. Undyingly. Nothing can separate us from the love of Christ." By Max Lucado ____________________________________________________________ Once again, have a great school year. God's blessings, David A. Reker Principal ========================================================================== To unsubscribe from this list send a blank message to: ganews-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Include the word "unsubscribe" in the Subject line (without the quotes). To subscribe to this list send a blank message to: ganews-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Include the word "subscribe" in the Subject line (without the quotes). =========================================================================== Previous messages: //www.freelists.org/archives/ganews/ Guardian Angels School website: http://www.gaschool.org Guardian Angels Parish website: http://www.gaparish.org