St.

Augustine Academy
130 South Wells Road Ventura California 93004 805-672-0411 Fax 805-672-2365 e-mail StAugAcad@juno.com

www.SaintAugustineAcademy.com
February 17, 2012 Seven Holy Founders of the Order of Servites
Board of Governors President

Thomas Q. Ellis
Secretary Robert R. Orellana, Esq. Treasurer Michael C. Collins Members Abel Montiel Jeff Schuberg Louise Warnert Michael F. McLean, Ph.D.

Last night we had our 2012 Golf-A-thon Kick-off Meeting. It was a fun event! It was especially fun this year thanks to the Huckesteins who donated a fabulous array of prizes for our golfers. Following is a brief summary of our meeting. We hope to hear from each family soon to find out how you will be able to help in this final fundraiser of the year. What it IS A FUNdraiser for St. Augustine Academy. It is also a TOOL to help you SHARE THE STORY about this great school and invite friends, and especially business acquaintances, to share some of their charity dollars with SAA. EVERYBODY givesthe questions is; to whom? Or which organization? Usually they will give to the ones that ask. If you ask in person it is that much better. Give it a try just ask. What it is NOT A golf tournament. As the Jog-A-Thon is not really about the jogging, neither is this really about the golfingthe jogging and golfing are the fun day for those who worked so hard getting pledges. The golf-a-thon is not the typical golf tournament where we have to find 144 golfers to fill a course, charge $150 per person, and walk away with $10-$15,000 in support for the school. This PLEDGE approach, even with the few people who have done it in the past, raises $30,000 $40,000 even $50,000 for the school. We just work the program, and it WORKS FOR US. Many of us are not golfers, which is OK, because it is about the school, not golfing. Who can be involved? ANYONE! The only restrictions are that whoever does it raises/gives the minimum pledge level ($500), and that if your child wants to be involved, they need to golf with you during the day of (course restriction.) THREE ways to help: Most common (and desirable) become a GOLFER a. See Flyer which explains how to be a golfer 3 easy steps. i. Pledge yourself $1 per hole (or $2, $5 or more.) ii. Find another $24 per hole in pledges [Goal is $25 per hole per golfer] iii. Come out and play 100 holes of golf on April 23rd! 2. Be a PLEDGE PARTNER Also see flyerbut instead of golfing, you help be a partner to raise pledges for the school, and someone else will golf your holes. 3. Be an AD DIPLOMAT help procure ads for the Golf-A-Thon Program. Contact Mr. or Mrs. Slaga for more details. Flyer will be in next weeks Blue Letter for this. 1. ******************************************************************* NEW THIS YEAR The Golf Committee has come up with a wonderful incentive program. This whole events success is predicated upon numbersnumbers of participants, that is. To help boost ourselves above the 20-24 participants range, the pot has been sweetened to entice us all to jump in: Every family who collects a minimum of $500 in pledges gets a raffle ticket. From these tickets, FIVE winners will be drawn at the Golf-A-Thon Day Luncheon (another new addition to this years event.) The Prizes are as follows: Grand Prize a full semester of TUITION for one of your SAA Students (at SAA, not Harvard!) Second Prize Three MONTHS TUITION. Third Prize (3 of these!) ONE MONTHs TUITION.

Headmaster Michael J. Van Hecke, M.Ed.

Board of Advisors Mr. John W. Blewett Wanderer Forum Foundation Hon. Jeremiah Denton Former U.S. Senator Mr. Nicholas J. Healy, Jr. President Ave Maria University Dr. Ronald P. McArthur Co-founder Thomas Aquinas College Mr. Roy S. Rohter, S.F.O. Founder St. Augustine Academy Fr. Michael Scanlan, T.O.R. Chancellor Franciscan University Mr. James Stenson Educator and Author

ANNOUNCEMENTS ON BACK

CALENDAR NOTES: Feb. 20th NO SCHOOL Presidents Day Feb. 21st NO MASS Fat Tuesday. Mass on Ash Wednesday instead. nd Feb. 22 Ash Wednesday Mass and Ashes at 11:25 AM. [No Mass on Tuesday, 2/21] March 15th The IDES of MARCH..Classical Day 2012. March 25th -28th WCEA/WASC Visiting Team Visitation Days.

Mr. Van Hecke will be a guest on the Hugh Hewitt Radio Show next Thursday pray he does well!

LIFE CENTERS OF VENTURA COUNTY Annual Dinner Dance and Auction In ONE Week! Please see flyer and register ASAP so we can help this ministry, so important to Ventura County. Please RETURN BABY BOTTLES, with or without coins we need to get them back to the life centersthank you! KUDOS to the OLVERA Family for recovering our dilapidated assembly room chairs they are now beautiful and comfortable!!! A great gift of thrift to the school! YEARBOOKS NOW FOR SALE (Flyer).AND..YEABOOK SPONSORSHIP ADS NOW AVAILABLE!!!! ...full page is $150 and half is $100. Please contact Bernadette Lueck ASAP deadline for printing is looming and we need some more ads. luecks9@msn.com or call 300-0175. WCEA/WASC Focus on Learning Document has been completed and mailed. Two copies of the book will be in the Front School Hall should you want to come in and peruse. Mr. Voogd will also put the final document on the website. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED We need a team of moms to work on hospitality for the Accreditation team. Three members will be here from Sunday through Wednesday, the last week of March. We need to make sure they are well taken care of with drinks, snacks, lunches lots of coffee, chocolate and ????
RARE OPPORTUNITY It is rare to be able to hear all-male choirs, but a 95 voice mens choir will be coming to Ventura this Sunday. It should be a great show. The concert will be at Ventura Baptist Church on Sunday, February 19th at 6:00 PM. BROKEN ROSARIES? Bring them to the school and place in the box in the front hall. Mrs. Raab will take them to her Rosary Makers Club and they will be re-tooled for another life of prayers!

Basketball Galore! Please come out and cheer on our student athletes. High School Boys: Sunday, Feb. 26th at 8:00 Am AND 11:45 AM Ventura High School Tuttle Gym Middle School Boys: Next Game: Wed. Feb. 22nd, v. Sacred Heart (AWAY) 3:30 PM. Middle School Girls: Next Game: Thurs. Feb. 23rd, v. Sacred Heart (AWAY) 3:30 PM.
Ora Pro Nobis: For Mrs. Angel Castillo (Pilars mom who is battling her cancer.) For Gloria Magana, Michael Montiels grandmother, who is having heart troubles. Also for John Hernandez, grandfather to the Enriquezs, Galvans, and Olveras. For Rosie Grimm. For Mr. Van Heckes cousins soul, Jim Miller, who died recently. For Mr. Ed Mills, grandfather of Julie, who is still ill. Let us remember to pray for one another. For a special intention. For all who are suffering illness in the school. For Mario Antignani, Jim Stehly, and Anita Ramirez. Finally, remember to pray for our country, our soldiers, and for all priests and religious, especially our Archbishop Jose Gomez and our Holy Father, Benedict.