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Updated
Thursday, February 2
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Financial
Aid
Application
packets for Financial Aid for the 2012-13 school year
are available on our website and in the
office. The
application deadline for mailing is April 21,
2012.
Annual
Giving
Campaign video
Thank you to the Good Shepherd Digital
Yearbook class for demonstrating the benefits
of our Annual Giving Campaign in this short video
clip. We are exactly half way to this
year's $40,000 goal! Watch the video to see
how students are benefiting every day from
your generous contributions.
Announcements
Paint
your tiles for the new play structure
The new play structure is now complete and you
can help beautify it by purchasing and
painting a 6-inch by 6-inch ceramic tile that
will be inlaid into the concrete footing that
surrounds the play structure area. Tiles will
be for sale for $25 each and payable via cash
or check only at Family Fun Night on Friday,
February 3rd. If you cannot make it for that
event, please leave a check in the office “Tuition”
box made out to: Good Shepherd School, and
write in the memo line, “Playground tiles.”
We are able to offer only 260 tiles and they
are available on a first-come, first-served
basis, so take advantage of this opportunity
while available.
New
microwave Does anyone have a gently
used microwave that they would like to donate
to our kitchen? The Hot Lunch program is
looking to replace the one that is currently
in there. If you would like to donate, please
contact the office or bring to the kitchen
after school. Spelling
Bee The 2012 Spelling Bee finalists
for Good Shepherd Catholic School are:
Grades 4-6: Jacob Shipley,
Clare Tershy, (alternate) Paulina
Shearer, (alternate) Ryann
Liljenstolpe.
Grades 7-8: Nate Armstrong,
Emily DeFrancesco,
(alternate) Emily Knapp,
(alternate) Chloe Tschirky.
The Santa Cruz County Spelling Bee will take
place at UCSC on Saturday, February 25, from
noon to 3:30 p.m. Good Shepherd is able to
send two spellers in each category. Mark
you calendars You are Invited to
the Good Shepherd Catholic School Spring
Auction, Saturday, March 3, 2012, at Seascape
Golf Course. 5 p.m., Silent and Live Auction.
Formal Cocktails & Hors D' Oeuvres.
Evening Cocktail Attire.
Parent Service Hours
Please
login to RenWeb
and view the number of Parent Service Hours
you have completed and how many are left to
complete between now and May 1. Thank you for
getting your completed hours into the office
at least once per month so that these can be
updated.
Tentative 2012-13 Calendar Included
in the January 17 eRam is a tentative draft of
the school
calendar for 2012-2013. If you have any
questions, please contact the office.
Enrollment for 2012-13 In
order to receive a contract for the 2012-13
school year, your account must be in good
standing. Please resolve outstanding balances
no later than February 14.
Registration fees and
tuition contracts will be due for the 2012-13
school by April 2, 2012. Remember that tuition
will be due in March this year for those on an
11-month payment plan. Kindergarten currently
has only 11 available spots for 2012-13, so if
you want to enroll a sibling in Kindergarten
who is not currently in the Good Shepherd
Pre-K, please let us know as soon as possible
to receive priority registration.
2011-2012
Good Shepherd
Catholic School
Annual Report
Click here
to view PDF
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A
time to play

Eighth-graders Allen and Nico
(from left in center of top photo) help break
in the new playground structure -- not
literally, of course -- during a recent sunny
January day.
In
the photo at right, fifth-graders Sophia,
Sierra, Charlie
and Devin are loving life at the
top of the spider's web.
As
for everyone else on this sun-drenched day,
well, they were just hanging around and taking
it all in. (See the photo below of Peter,
Rory, Vince, Travis,
Sierra, Alex
and the always-entertaining Jordan.)
-- Greg Lathrop
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The school's 50th anniversary is coming in
2013. We want to update your information in
our
graduates database so that you can receive
correspondence and invitations from Good
Shepherd.
Good Shepherd graduates, please email
your contact information. In the subject
line, write "Attention David
Teherani." In the body of the email
include your email address, current address
and phone number, years you attended Good
Shepherd and the year you were graduated
from Good Shepherd.
We would also appreciate if you know
other alumni graduates to pass this information along to
them.
Look for a special invite to an event we
will have just for alumni graduates this spring!
Shepherd
Spotlight
Maddison
is friendly and outgoing. She is well liked by
teachers and fellow students. Her bright smile
lights up the classroom and the playground.
She works well in small groups, supporting and
assisting her classmates. Maddison is an
inquisitive and persistent student. She asks
articulate questions, while learning new
concepts. She is a prepared and successful
fifth grader who works hard, cares for others
and enjoys life. Maddison models the ideal
Good Shepherd Catholic School student. Thank
you and Congratulations, Maddison!
Newsletters

For
insight into the happenings at Good Shepherd,
read the latest edition of our weekly
newsletter, the Ram
Review. And to
stay current with the sports program, check out the Coach's
Corner.
January 31 |
Ram
| Corner
January 24 | Ram
| Corner
January 17 | Ram
| Corner
January 10
| Ram
| Corner
Ram
Review Archive
Coach's
Corner Archive
Family
Handbook
To
access the 2011-12 Good Shepherd Catholic
School Family Handbook, click here.
You may print it
(40 pages) or save it to your
computer.
Paper
copies of the handbook are available from the
school office for $5.
Sports
schedules
Schedules for the 2011-12 late winter/early
spring sports season are
now available on the Athletics
page. Please check the roster of your
child's team; if their name is listed, their
forms have been submitted.
Forms
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Click
on the button below to enter the RenWeb
Parents Site. The School ID for Good Shepherd
Catholic School is gscs-ca.

Need
help?
Kudos
...
to
all the parents and students who made Catholic
Schools Sunday a huge success at each of our
three parishes: singers, readers,
gift-bearers, ushers, and all in uniform. We
extend a special thank you to the adults and
students who had the courage to speak or
lector at each of the masses: Carolina
Letamendi, Martha Bernal,
Ryann Liljenstolpe,
Brian Airoldi, Bella
Airoldi, Tom Nelson,
Jack Watson, and Katie
Tripp.
Please
note that “Kudos” may be written and
submitted by any parent, staff, student, or
community member to recognize the outstanding
service that so many give to our community. If
you’d like to submit recognition to be
written in the Ram at any time during the
year, please send an email to Arefa
Chavarria and write “Kudos for Ram” in
the subject line.
Mid-Year Parent
Survey Results
November 2011
Click here
to view PDF
School
calendar
February
3
Mass at 11
a.m. with Fr. Patrick Dooling
Minimum Day
with NO SEP
Staff
Appreciation Day
Family
Fun Night will
not be February 10 as originally planned. It
was moved from February 10 because of a
scheduling conflict with the Junior High
Dance.
February
7
Science
Fair for Grades 5 through 8
After-school
choir begins for all students in grades 2
through 8, 2:45 to 3:30 p.m. every Tuesday
through the end of May. Sign up with Ms.
Conley by emailing her.
February
8
Science
Fair visitation for all community and family
members, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
February
8
Free
Dress Day for students who wore their uniforms
on Catholic Schools Sunday.
Remember
to check the calendar and announcements on RenWeb.com
2011-12
calendar
Liturgy calendar
Rental
facilities
Good
Shepherd's gym and soccer fields are available
for non-profit youth and adult groups to rent.
For
more information, call 476-4000.
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Welcome
to Good Shepherd

Good
Shepherd Catholic School, a fully accredited
PS through 8th grade, is located in the heart
of Santa Cruz County. Within the context of
Christian values, parents and teachers, like a
family, work together towards a common goal.
By striving for excellence, Good Shepherd
gives students the life-long skills of mind
and heart required for self-esteem and service
to others. Good Shepherd is supported by the
parishes of Our Lady Star of the Sea,
Resurrection, and St. Joseph’s and falls
under the auspices of the Catholic Diocese of
Monterey.
Prospective
families may visit the school on Thursdays
from 8 to 10 a.m. This time includes our
school-wide assembly and the chance to observe
specialty classes such as music, Spanish, and
computers.
Tuition
is made affordable through the efforts of
fundraising and community contributions.
To see ways that you can give to the
school, please visit the “Fundraising”
link on the school’s homepage.
The entire community of Good Shepherd
Catholic School thanks you for your support as
we work towards educating the whole child with
faith in the future. To read about Principal
Dan Anderson,
click here.)
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Need
information?
Families may
inquire about Good Shepherd Catholic School by
filling out a Web Student Inquiry Form. Click here
to be taken to the form.
Contact
us
Email,
phone numbers and extension numbers of the Good
Shepherd Catholic School staff
members.

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