Thanks to those parents and friends who have helped this week:
● Coaching the Pioneer Baseball to CIF victory: Mr. Ralph Martin
● For providing luncheon for our faculty and students Mrs. Joan Dimen, Mrs. Mariam Schardt, Mrs. Virginia Schoenfeld, and Mrs. Elizabeth Tractenberg
● For hosting a hot dog grill during Thursday’s baseball game: Rudy and Roxanna Aguilar
Future Events
● School dismisses on Thursday, May 26th at 12:30 for the Memorial Day weekend. Seniors stay at school until Friday afternoon.
● Graduation is on Monday, May 30th at 7:00 p.m. All parents and students are invited to attend our Graduation Ceremony. A reception will follow.
Volunteer Opportunities
● We are in need of parents who can help with the reception following our Graduation Ceremony. If you can help by donating an appetizer, a dessert or a beverage, please call Cathy Porretta at 951-940-1852.
● Annual Bucket Brigade!! Come help us clean the school on June 11th at 8:30 a.m. We need several work teams to help clean after school is out for the summer. All volunteers are welcome. Snacks and beverages provided by Fr. Gabriel. To sign-up contact Mrs. Christian in the school office.
Parent/Student Handbook: Chapter 3, Section 15
SECTION 15: HONOR ROLL PRIVILEGES
Rewards and privileges at St. Michael’s are aligned with academic success.
Students who enjoy First Honors (94%-100% grade point average) will be treated by the administration to an off campus dinner once a quarter.
They may also bring their own computer and printer to school to use at their own desk. Personal computers are stored in the school office, checked out by the
room-leader at 6:00 pm, and returned at 9:45 pm.
During the evening recreation period from 6:00 to 7:00, students on First Honors may play games on their computers, as long as the content of the game does not offend Catholic moral teaching. Watching films or any entertainment shows on one’s computer is strictly forbidden to all students at all times.
If a student plays computer games after the evening recreation, that computer will be confiscated for two weeks with a donation to the mission funds of $100. If any student assumes computer privileges that are not his, that computer will be confiscated for two weeks with a donation to the mission funds of $100. If any student watches a film or any other entertainment show on a computer, that computer will be confiscated for two weeks with a donation to the mission funds of $100. For this reason, students are strongly encouraged to place passwords on their computers to prevent others from unauthorized use. IPods used as movie-watching devices on campus will be confiscated for two weeks and may only be redeemed with donation to the mission funds of $100. All these infractions negatively impact the student’s conduct grade, 10 points “off the top.”
Room-leaders may also enjoy this privilege throughout the week at the First Honors level if they have maintained at least an 88% with no “D” or “F”. Recreational use of the computer (games, etc.) is likewise determined by this scale.
At no time does the school assume liability for loss and/or damage of the computer (hardware, software, information) or the radio (CD player, iPod™).
● Coaching the Pioneer Baseball to CIF victory: Mr. Ralph Martin
● For providing luncheon for our faculty and students Mrs. Joan Dimen, Mrs. Mariam Schardt, Mrs. Virginia Schoenfeld, and Mrs. Elizabeth Tractenberg
● For hosting a hot dog grill during Thursday’s baseball game: Rudy and Roxanna Aguilar
Future Events
● School dismisses on Thursday, May 26th at 12:30 for the Memorial Day weekend. Seniors stay at school until Friday afternoon.
● Graduation is on Monday, May 30th at 7:00 p.m. All parents and students are invited to attend our Graduation Ceremony. A reception will follow.
Volunteer Opportunities
● We are in need of parents who can help with the reception following our Graduation Ceremony. If you can help by donating an appetizer, a dessert or a beverage, please call Cathy Porretta at 951-940-1852.
● Annual Bucket Brigade!! Come help us clean the school on June 11th at 8:30 a.m. We need several work teams to help clean after school is out for the summer. All volunteers are welcome. Snacks and beverages provided by Fr. Gabriel. To sign-up contact Mrs. Christian in the school office.
Parent/Student Handbook: Chapter 3, Section 15
SECTION 15: HONOR ROLL PRIVILEGES
Rewards and privileges at St. Michael’s are aligned with academic success.
Students who enjoy First Honors (94%-100% grade point average) will be treated by the administration to an off campus dinner once a quarter.
They may also bring their own computer and printer to school to use at their own desk. Personal computers are stored in the school office, checked out by the
room-leader at 6:00 pm, and returned at 9:45 pm.During the evening recreation period from 6:00 to 7:00, students on First Honors may play games on their computers, as long as the content of the game does not offend Catholic moral teaching. Watching films or any entertainment shows on one’s computer is strictly forbidden to all students at all times.
If a student plays computer games after the evening recreation, that computer will be confiscated for two weeks with a donation to the mission funds of $100. If any student assumes computer privileges that are not his, that computer will be confiscated for two weeks with a donation to the mission funds of $100. If any student watches a film or any other entertainment show on a computer, that computer will be confiscated for two weeks with a donation to the mission funds of $100. For this reason, students are strongly encouraged to place passwords on their computers to prevent others from unauthorized use. IPods used as movie-watching devices on campus will be confiscated for two weeks and may only be redeemed with donation to the mission funds of $100. All these infractions negatively impact the student’s conduct grade, 10 points “off the top.”
Room-leaders may also enjoy this privilege throughout the week at the First Honors level if they have maintained at least an 88% with no “D” or “F”. Recreational use of the computer (games, etc.) is likewise determined by this scale.
At no time does the school assume liability for loss and/or damage of the computer (hardware, software, information) or the radio (CD player, iPod™).
This Week’s Photos:
Pioneer Baseball Team, Freshman ambassadors helping with Living History.
Etiquette Point of the Week
A gentleman knows that a cell phone is a luxury and a privilege. He does not engage in loud conversations nor does he use foul or vulgar language while using a cell phone.
50 Things Every Young Gentleman Should Know, John Bridges and Bryan Curtis; Rutledge Hill Press
Birthdays
May 19th Jonathan Bonello
Athletics
The Pioneer baseball team has won the Express League Championship and now moves on to the CIF Division 7 playoffs. Playoffs begin Monday May 16th. For game details, please check the school’s online calendar. Congratulations to our team, their coach, Mr. Ralph Martin.
Homily preached by Fr. Victor Szczurek, O. Praem. Among other things, Fr. Victor is the Assistant Headmaster and teaches Latin.
When one of the confreres here used to teach religion at the prep school, he used to tell the students that, when taking a test, if you don’t know the answer to a question you can always just write “God” in the blank and you’ll have a pretty good chance of getting it right, seeing that it is a religion course after all. Not bad advice. Let’s see how well it would work if we had a test on today’s readings.
Question #1: Why was Philip able to make sense out of the same scripture
passage that left the Ethiopian completely perplexed. Answer: God.
Question #2: How was Philip suddenly snatched up and transported to a different
town? Answer: God.
Question #3: How can eating Jesus’ flesh give us eternal life? Answer: God.
O.k., now let’s throw in an extra credit question: How can today’s saints,
Nereus and Achilleus, two simple chamberlains, endure the harshest punishments
without denying their faith and so win a martyr’s crown. Answer: God
Well, hopefully our students and all the rest of us will learn more about our faith than that, but it certainly is a very good start. God is the answer—the answer to more problems than we might think. Let’s try another quiz.
If you are confused, if the road of life seems dark at times, if you are unhappy
with your life, your school, your vocation, your fellow students, confreres,
your family or spouse, what’s the solution? God.
If you would like to see every person in the world transported not into a
different town but into the Church, how can it be done? God.
If you would like to have eternal life and unending happiness, how is it
possible? God.
And finally, how can you possibly persevere through all the trials which this
life has to offer? God.
See, when it comes down to it, it really is that
simple. We only have to memorize one answer, one word, the Word, the Word Incarnate. Only we shouldn’t try every other possible answer first and only then see if God fits; God should be the One we go to first when filling in all those empty blanks in our life.
So, study your faith, your catechism and good catholic theology—no matter who you are; but when it comes to the test which we call life, don’t bother racking your brain over it, just use the cheat-sheet and for all your problems go with God as your answer.
In publishing this homily, we hope to share a portion of the spiritual treasure by which the students are enriched every day. However, this homily may not be reproduced without written permission of the author.
Question #1: Why was Philip able to make sense out of the same scripture
passage that left the Ethiopian completely perplexed. Answer: God.
Question #2: How was Philip suddenly snatched up and transported to a different
town? Answer: God.
Question #3: How can eating Jesus’ flesh give us eternal life? Answer: God.
O.k., now let’s throw in an extra credit question: How can today’s saints,
Nereus and Achilleus, two simple chamberlains, endure the harshest punishments
without denying their faith and so win a martyr’s crown. Answer: God
Well, hopefully our students and all the rest of us will learn more about our faith than that, but it certainly is a very good start. God is the answer—the answer to more problems than we might think. Let’s try another quiz.
If you are confused, if the road of life seems dark at times, if you are unhappy
with your life, your school, your vocation, your fellow students, confreres,
your family or spouse, what’s the solution? God.
If you would like to see every person in the world transported not into a
different town but into the Church, how can it be done? God.
If you would like to have eternal life and unending happiness, how is it
possible? God.
And finally, how can you possibly persevere through all the trials which this
life has to offer? God.
See, when it comes down to it, it really is that
simple. We only have to memorize one answer, one word, the Word, the Word Incarnate. Only we shouldn’t try every other possible answer first and only then see if God fits; God should be the One we go to first when filling in all those empty blanks in our life.So, study your faith, your catechism and good catholic theology—no matter who you are; but when it comes to the test which we call life, don’t bother racking your brain over it, just use the cheat-sheet and for all your problems go with God as your answer.
In publishing this homily, we hope to share a portion of the spiritual treasure by which the students are enriched every day. However, this homily may not be reproduced without written permission of the author.
Prayer Requests
● For Mrs. Jodi Meschuk’s safe pregnancy.
●Those who are in the armed forces.
● St. Michael’s older priests and those who care for them
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