Jaywalking
As a follow-up to last week’s notice, a concerned parent wrote, ”The biggest offenders are those who use Jose as their personal crossing guard. Even this morning during drive-through, many people continued to cross in the middle of 18th Ave, having Jose stop traffic for them. This behavior also interferes with the flow of drive-through. It is bothersome that many people don't see this as jaywalking or don't feel that the rules apply to them.” Please, let’s stop jaywalking!

Scrip!
Orders received:
August 28: 6 orders
September 4: 5 orders
September 11: 16 orders
This week we will send home a small stack of Scrip order forms! Purchase your scrip now and get a head start on holiday shopping while supporting our school at the same time. All of your old favorites including Safeway, Guerra's, Starbucks, Borders and more are available. In addition, there are some cool new items including I-tunes, Best Buy, Gamestop, Lowe's Home Improvement, and Walmart. You can also donate Scrip directly to our upcoming Parish Festival.
To download Scrip order forms (click here)

Eucharistic Ministers
Would you like to be a Eucharistic Minister at our school Masses?  Please email Sr. Marilyn if you want to continue serving as a Eucharistic minister, or if you would like to be trained as a Eucharistic Minister for this school year. mmiller@stceciliaschool.org

Emergency Kits
Each family received a brown bag at Back To School Night. Click here for a suggested list of items to fill the brown bag. Seal the bag with tape, and on the front print in large letters your child’s name, grade and room number. Please send to school with your child by Tuesday, September 30.

Birthday Book Club
Thank you to all of our Birthday Book Club Members. An amazing 60 books have been donated to the school library since August 21! Congratulations to Miss Santy's class, Grade 4 Room 17, who have already won a free dress pass AND ice cream party for their donation of 26 books! Way to go Room 17! For a full list of available book titles (click here) Thank you all very much for your generosity!

Mothers' Club Meeting
Join us for an Italian dinner Wednesday, October 1, at 7:00 pm for our first meeting of the year. Mrs. Marian Connelly, 6th grade teacher, will give a presentation on the new math program for Grades K-8 which was purchased with Mothers’ Club funds! Click here to view the invitation. Please RSVP to Jeanne Connolly and Susie Buckley at mothersclubrsvp@earthlink.net

Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship
Are you concerned about the upcoming November election? Looking for some guidelines as you make decisions? Come to a Faithful Citizenship Workshop for a discussion about “Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship”, a compelling document prepared by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. For more info (click here).

Festival Returns 
Responses for the raffles, volunteers, and donors has been slow coming in. To encourage more involvement and response, we will send home a Festival Packet. Please support our Festival!

Festival Website
See all the latest raffles, auction items, games, spirit booth items and donor board at www.scfestival.com

Festival Volunteers Needed! 
It's that time of year again when we ask for all of you to volunteer to work a shift, or two, or three at the St. Cecilia Festival. The Festival is a three day, fun and exciting event. It benefits all the children of the parish but won't be a success without your help! (click here) to download the volunteer form.
*Reminder: Children are not allowed behind the booths, so please choose your shifts appropriately.

Grand Awards Cash Raffle...Big Changes = BIG Bucks
Get your tickets in early! Over $5,000 in cash prizes. Don't miss out on our new Grand Awards Daily Cash Drawing. In addition to the Sunday Grand Awards drawing, we will be pulling winning tickets each evening of the festival. If you wait until Sunday at 5pm to submit your tickets, you'll miss out on winning cash prizes. You need not be present to win. If you need more ticket books, please pick them up at the rectory.

Stuffed Animals
Siobhan Orford, chairperson of the Stuffed Animal Booth at the Festival asks for donations of old and new stuffed animals /toys. Please bring them to school office through September 19. She will take care of getting them cleaned. This booth is one of the children’s favorite, so we need lots of donations.

Win Free Rides On ALL Inflatables In Our New Outdoor Games Raffle
For only $1, you can win free rides on ALL of our outdoor inflatables, including the Giant Slide, Joust, and the new Adrenaline Rush...all weekend long. We will pull the winning ticket on Friday, October 10th, at school, during afternoon announcements. Download your tickets today (click here) and return to the school office. Don't delay! These tickets cannot be bought at the festival!

Booth Sponsors
One of the easiest ways you can get involved is to become a Booth Sponsor. The contribution you make today will help defray the cost of booth set up and maintenance, decorations and prizes. Your contribution is essential to the success of the festival.

You can contribute at the Oyster Level for $200, at the Scallop Level for $150 or at the Clam Level for $100. All donations are graciously accepted.  Please fill out the Booth Sponsor form (click here) and return it to the school office in an envelope marked "festival" or mail it to the rectory.
 
Please note our new Starfish Level for corporate/business sponsorship. Your donation of $400 will get your company’s name displayed prominently on your favorite booth for the entire weekend.

Silent Auction Quiz Question #2
Besides vacation rentals what are the two other highest bid items at the Silent Auction? The answer is restaurant certificates and tickets to sporting events. Restaurant gift certificates and sporting event tickets end up selling for full cash value and sometimes higher which means they raise a ton of money for our school and parish! If anyone would like to donate a restaurant gift certificate or tickets to a sporting event please see our donor form (click here). Thanks!

Don’t Forget To Tell The Kiddies!
The Silent Auction has a new item that will thrill the kids, so be sure to tell them: VIP passes to the Halloween haunted house at the rectory. Each of the four passes will let one person go to the front of the line! If you have ever seen how long the line can get, you know how great that is. Be sure to look for it at the Silent Auction! Silent Auction Quiz Question #1 Of all the bid items at the Silent Auction which item gets the highest winning bid? The answer is vacation rentals! Vacation homes earn up to four times the average auction item! If you would like to donate your vacation rental please see our donor form (click here). Thanks!

Baskets, Baskets, Baskets!
We need more baskets for the Silent Auction, we need big ones preferably; small ones are not too useful. Drop them off to the rectory if you have them. Thanks!

iPod Touch Raffle
Be the first to own the newest iPod from Apple. With its revolutionary Multi-Touch interface, 3.5-inch widescreen color display, the new iPod Touch handles music, videos, photos, Wi-Fi, Safari, Mail and YouTube. This iPod Touch has 8 GB of storage and is sure to be a hit. Download the raffle tickets (click here) and return to the school office.

Cake Booth
The response that we’ve received for the Cake Booth has been good – THANK YOU!
But we really want to have a tremendous variety of yummy baked goods and so we still need more! For anyone who missed our last request, we’re still looking for donations of baked or purchased items. We’re asking each family to donate 3 items. These may be home baked items or purchased items (no items that require refrigeration, please).
Please fill out the cake booth donation form (click here) and return it to the school office, attention Elaine Shanahan/Cake Booth. Thank you so much for your support!

Books/DVD’s
The book booth for the Parish Festival is in need of your used (or new!) books and DVD's. Please make sure the books are in good condition with their covers attached. We will not be accepting any VHS videos this year! You can leave the books on the bench in front of the school office. The last day for donated books and DVD's will be Thursday, October 2. If you have any questions, please email Luana Letele at lletele@sbcglobal.net, or call 415-682-3610. Thanks for your help!"

American Girl Doll Raffle
Show your school spirit! Win Kit Kittredge star of this summer's American Girl movie. Kit shows her blue and gold pride by wearing her SC School uniform. Download and return your tickets today! (click here)

Pavilion Raffle
The Durocher Pavilion can be your for a Saturday night party. Winner also receives pizza and a $50 Safeway gift card. Click for tickets (click here)

Irish Blanket Raffle
Stay warm this winter with a beautiful wool Irish knit blanket. Gorgeously handcrafted, this blanket can be yours by purchasing raffle tickets today.(click here)

Free Dress For A Week Raffle
What St. Cecilia child would not love a free dress pass for a full week? Well, here is your chance to win your child that honor. The winner of this raffle will be able to wear whatever they like for a full week (must follow St. Cecilia free dress guidelines). (click here)

S.I. Pool Party Raffle
Attention moms and dads…..We will be raffling off a pool party at St. Ignatius again this year. This is a great spot for birthday parties. You can't win if you don't buy a ticket, so download your form today! (click here)

Ring Toss Booth
The Wii Fit & Fun Bundle includes 3 popular Wii games. Wii Fit: Get fit with over forty activities & exercises, including yoga, strength training, aerobics & balance games. Includes balance board (like skateboarding) & game. Wii Dance, Dance Revolution – Hottest Party: Bring your family & friends out to the hottest revolution & interactive experience on Wii. Fifty songs including smash hits from the last 4 decades of music. Includes dance pad & game. Wii High School Musical, Sing It: Sing karaoke to all the songs from both High School Musical movies. Includes Longitech microphone! Download the raffle tickets (click here)

Candy Booth Contest
It’s time again to start collecting donations for the Chocolate & Candy Booth for festival this year. Once again we will be having a Contest for the class who donates the most Chocolate & Candy. The winning class will receive a wonderful pizza party with all the trimmings.
Here’s how the Contest will work:
Each class will be given a bag with their Grade and Room Number on it. Bags will be collected each week and replaced with new ones. The Chocolate and Candy will be collected, counted and tracked each week. Points will be earned by each class as follows;
Bags of Chocolate/Candy 3 Points
Large Bars of Chocolate & Boxes of Chocolates 3 Points
Medium Bars of Chocolate 2 Points
Small Bars of Chocolate 1 Point
Thanks so much for your support in making this years’ festival the best one yet! Any questions, please contact Jacinta Hurley at (415) 665-3592 or Mary Laffey at (650) 994-4798.