Palma School Newsletter A monthly newsletter for the parents of Palma NOVEMBER 2019 Giving thanks Where boys of promise become men of character What’s Inside: schedule highlights • Letters from the President and Principal See pages 4-6 for more details • November Calendars No Shave November Begins Friday, November 1 • No Shave November Fund Raiser All Saints Day: Mass periods 1-3 in the Blessed Edmund Rice Chapel • Honor Roll: First Quarter 2019-2020 Sunday, November 3 • Campus Ministry Open House at 12pm Monday, November 4 • Chieftain Athletics All Souls Day • Guidance Department Tuesday, November 5 Free Flu Vaccination Clinic; 4:00-7:00pm • Palma Fund in the MPB • Parents’ Club Thursday, November 7 AM Assembly Schedule • Youth Prevention on Marijuana Summit Friday, November 8 • See’s Candies Fundraiser PM Assembly Schedule • Holiday Cookie Decorating Social Monday, November 11 Veteran’s Day – No Classes • Coming Events / Reminders Wednesday, November 13 • Lunch Menu Mid-Quarter Progress Reports Emailed Thursday, November 14 AM Assembly Schedule You can help Palma School by following, liking and sharing our social media. Wednesday, November 20 Red Day Schedule Questions, comments or suggestions: please email [email protected] Thursday, November 21 Gold Day Schedule Monday, November 25-Friday, November 29 Thanksgiving Week Vacation – No Classes Thursday, November 28-Friday, November 29 Thanksgiving Holiday– School Closed 919 Iverson Street, Salinas, CA 93901 | 831.422.6391 | palmaschool.org 1 Dear People of Palma, My greetings go out to each of you as we begin this new month of November. There certainly is a feel of the change of seasons as the early mornings certainly are much cooler; with the changing of the clocks this weekend, nightfall will be upon us as most of us head home for the day for these next two or so months. From the The month of November is, in my view, a pretty special time as we enjoy the public President opportunity to remember and give thanks. We remember in early November, on Monday the 4th this year, the passing of Palma students and graduates who walked the halls of Palma since the very beginning back in 1951. Our own Mr. Willie Beesley has put together Each of us a nice slide presentation of each student and graduate we know has passed to their has been heavenly reward; this program runs throughout the entire day in the MPB; please feel blessed by our free to stop in and witness the faces and names of those who have gone before us. loving Creator November is best known as the time of year we, as a nation, celebrate Thanksgiving. Even with gifts and as divided as we appear to be as a nation at this time, we have so much more that allows opportunities us to come together, to give thanks for what we enjoy as a nation, still the envy of the world of which as we come together for all the right reasons. Those reasons are certainly more than a delicious dinner and non-stop athletic contests. Each of us has been blessed by our loving others may Creator with gifts and opportunities of which others may only dream. Collectively as a only dream. nation, we are over-achievers who continue to set the bar high for each following generation. In the event you would want to stop-in for a short visit to bring me up to date on your relationship with your son’s school — what is working well, or not, as we prepare your son(s) for college and beyond, please feel welcome to stop-in on Thursday, November 21, between the hours of 4:00-6:00pm. I’ll be here in my offi ce to welcome any and all so please feel welcome to bring me up to date on your view of how Palma is doing at this point in time or to talk about Palma’s growth plans. My lights will be on here in my offi ce; no appointment needed. Please make time during the month of November to remember those who have gone before us. Be assured of a remembrance in my prayers of gratitude and thanksgiving during this month. Best wishes to each of you for the blessings of November — and a Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family. Sincerely, Brother Patrick D. Dunne, C.F.C. President Palma School Newsletter 2 November 2019 Dear People of Palma, I am grateful for so much, but I must not forget to show it more often. One can never be fi lled with too much gratitude. A natural or even unnatural disposition to gratitude has enormous implications for the way we express ourselves and the relationships we cultivate in community. A simple note of gratitude has tremendous power to infl uence the fl ow of a From the person’s day. A smile of gratitude can disarm all defenses premeditated by a person wallowing in self-deprecating frustrations of being under appreciated. The very notion of Principal disciplining the self to be more grateful is capable of changing a person’s tendency of response to confl ict and sudden disappointments, even changing a person’s entire attitude and relationship with others. School principals could learn much from gratitude. As the season of Thanksgiving Humbled with gratitude, I want to thank you — faculty, staff , parents, and students — is upon us, we for your support of our mission here at Palma. I share my gratitude for the community we work hard to build together here for tomorrow’s leaders of the Church and society. are mindful of We have highly committed teachers and staff who care — even in spite of the diffi culties the many gifts we often face throughout the day. We have parents who love, support and value their for which we sons and quality education of the mind, body and soul. We have a safe and nurturing environment here where Christ is the reason for who we are and what we do. I am grateful! are abundantly grateful. As the season of Thanksgiving is upon us, we are mindful of the many gifts for which we are abundantly grateful. We must also be mindful of the many needs throughout our world fi lled with inequality. Hunger exists everywhere. People are hungry for nourishment, for spiritual fulfi llment, and even for love. Let us be reminded of those, perhaps, even among our own families, who need more of our gratitude; who need more of our love. The holidays can be awfully diffi cult on those who are starved of such good things we often take for granted. In gratitude for you all this Thanksgiving, go Chieftains! Yours in Blessed Edmund Rice, David J. Sullivan Principal palmaschool.org 3 Palma School Newsletter November 2019 Calendar No Shave November Kick-off 7 — AM Assembly Schedule — 9:01am DigiPen Inst. of Tech in CSC @ per. 2 1 8:10am Mass @ per. 1-3 in Blessed Edmund Rice 3:00pm HS Yearbook-CLab Chapel: All Saints Day 4:30pm Football: JV team dinner in Cafeteria 10:48am Game Club in B3 @ per. 4, 5 5:00pm Football: Varsity team dinner @ picnic 11:39am Soccer Club in D2 @ per. 5 tables 3:00pm Robotics Club in D5, CLab 5:00pm Football: Varsity team dinner @ picnic 8 10:24am Game Club in B3 @ per. 4, 5 tables 3:00pm Football v Hollister (3-RB Stadium) 5:00pm Jr. High soccer v. Pacific Grove (here) 3:00pm Robotics Club in D5, CLab 2 8:30am Football v. Aptos @ Rabobank Stadium 10 8:30am Next Level Basketball in Gym Frosh @ 8:30am / JV @ 10:30am Varsity @ 1:00pm 11 — Veteran’s Day – No Classes — 11:00am Latin Jazz Band Rehearsal in E5 3:15pm Palma Football: Varsity film in MPB 12:00pm Cross Country PCAL Championships @ 12 10:48am Bl. ER Society Mtg. JHS in B3, HS in C1 Toro Park 11:39am Ecology Club in D4 @ per. 5 Daylight Savings Ends: Fall Back 11:39am Know That You Matter Club in A1 @ per. 5 3:00pm HS Yearbook-CLab 3 12:00pm PALMA SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE 3:15pm Service @ Sunrise Villa: Alzheimer’s Care Unit 4 8:10am Memorial of Deceased Alumni in MPB @ 6:00pm Film Studies in B1 Theology Classes 6:00pm Intro. to Engineering in D5 10:48am E-Sports Club in CLab @ per. 4, 5 6:00pm Java Honors in CLab (E1) 11:40am Mock Trial Club in A2 @ per. 5 — Parents’ Club: See’s Candies Orders Due — 3:15pm Palma Football: Varsity film in MPB 13 7:20am Math Olympiad Prep in C4 5:00pm Band Boosters Meeting in E5 9:01am Religion 7 in Chapel @ per. 2, 6 5:30pm Athletic Council Meeting in CSC 2:12pm Chess Club in B2 begins @ per. 8 6:00pm Film Studies in B1 3:00pm HS Yearbook-CLab 6:00pm Intro. to Engineering in D5 3:10pm Service to Prison (Soledad) 6:00pm Java Honors in CLab (E1) 6:00pm Mock Trial in CSC 7:00pm PSI Basketball Training in Gym — Mid-Quarter Progress Reports Emailed — 5 11:39am Ecology Club in D4 @ per. 5 14 — AM Assembly Schedule — 3:00pm HS Yearbook @ CLab 3:00pm HS Yearbook-CLab 3:15pm Service @ Sunrise Villa: Alzheimer’s Care Unit 4:00pm Free Flu Shots in MPB until 7:00pm 15 10:48am Game Club in B3 @ per. 4, 5 3:00pm Robotics Club in D5, CLab 9:01am Religion 7 in Chapel @ per. 2, 6 6 — Football: CCS Playoffs Begin — 2:10pm Culinary Club in C4 @ per. 8 2:12pm Chess Club in B2 begins @ per.