This message was generated by the GA News mailing list, for members of Guardian Angels School and Parish. =========================================================================== Dear G.A. Parents: It is 2:15 on the Friday afternoon of a very busy week! Last week I wrote to you about all the meetings that were scheduled for this week, and all of them went very well. We were able to accomplish a lot at the meetings. The Golden Rule Committee has planned the theme of the month of December to be "self-discipline," and they have prepared an Advent Calendar for the students to complete during the month. The activities on the calendar range from leading your family in prayer, to doing something nice for dad, to no fighting day, to pray the rosary day, etc. These activities will assist the children in preparing themselves for Jesus' coming this Christmas. We will also send an Advent Prayer for all the families to say during the Season of Advent, which will be here in two weeks. The Education Council Meeting went very well. Some of the topics we discussed were: fostering religious education and commitment; the process for reviewing new religion and family life textbooks; progress and ability grouping, and the mathematics program. The Education Council assists the administrators in establishing the philosophy and guidelines for the programs of the school and religious education program. The Crises Planning Committee have discussed many great ideas to help improve our present Crises Plan. This week we looked at: general principles concerning how to react to a crises, our fire plan, our tornado plan, and our environmental hazards plan. We have made great progress, but have a way to go yet. Wish us luck! I can't believe that next week Parent-Teacher Conferences and Thanksgiving will take place. The month of November is certainly going by very quickly! I hope that you and your family have a very Happy Thanksgiving and enjoy your Thanksgiving Break. Remember an angel might say: "... each day is a gift -- open and use it well." "... deal with the faults of others as gently as you deal with your own." "... peace is seeing a sunrise or sunset and knowing whom to thank." God's blessings to you this Thanksgiving, David 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). =========================================================================== Archived messages: //www.freelists.org/archives/ganews/ Guardian Angels School website: http://www.gaschool.org Guardian Angels Parish website: http://www.gaparish.org