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Dear Saint Francis Dads,Happy Holidays to each of you and your families!Our November events were both well attended. A specialthanks to Gene Sinclair for obtaining our November Men’sClub Speaker, Todd E. Dawes, Director of Research atAdvisorport. We should all be looking into Hedge Funds!The Father Son Event was a lot of fun for all the dads andsons. The morning started with Mass and a great breakfast.We all enjoyed the special coffee drinks provided by EricBunje. Thanks to Carney Lansford for entertaining us withstories about his professional career in baseball, growing upin Santa Clara and fielding questions from the audience.Congratulations to the Women’s Club for another successfulChristmas At Our House. Linda Graham andMichelle Barsanti did an outstanding job coordinating theevent. I would also like to thank all the men who helpedout in any way.Thanks to Bob Kamenski for chairing the concessionsfor the girls basketball season. As I mentioned last month,Steve Benedetti and Jeff McKinley will be doing boys basketball.Don't hesitate to call them if you would like to helpout. The season runs through February. If your New Year’sresolution is to be more active at Saint Francis, feel free tocontact me at dbudelli@aol.com.Our next meeting will be a joint one with theWomen’s Club on Wednesday, February 16 at 6:30PM.We will have a speaker from “Common Sense Media.”Make it a date night!Wishing all of you good health, happiness and peacefor 2005!See you around campus,Dick BudelliMen’s Club PresidentLancer LockerHappy New Year!The new year and chilly weather is upon us, and whatbetter way to stay warm than our Saint Francis blanketsthat come in their own multi-pocketed carry bag. Theseblankets are a perfect complement to our new double cupholder canvas chairs. This is a great way to show the Lancerspirit at games and other events!In addition, our “Burberry-like” p.j. bottoms and boxerscontinue to be one of our most popular items. Be sure to stopby in the new year to see our ever changing stock. Remember,gift certificates are always available.Hours: Tuesday 10:00-2:30Thursday anf Friday 10:00-1:00Parent ClubsDear Saint Francis Moms,Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! At this timeof year when we celebrate life, friendships and the birth ofJesus, I am constantly amazed at the generosity of the SaintFrancis community. Thank you all for your contributionstowards helping our organization this year and specificallyfor being you – a joy to your families and an integral part ofmaking your children’s experience at Saint Francis successful.You are phenomenal!Christmas At Our House was an enormous success!Linda Graham, Michelle Barsanti and hundreds of volunteersworked for a year to bring the community the best CAOHever! Thank you Linda and Michelle plus all the SaintFrancis parents, students and alumni who worked on thiswonderful holiday kick-off!Looking forward into the New Year, we have some funevents planned for you. The Faculty/Staff appreciationluncheon is January 3. Please note that the Mother/SonDinner & Casino date has been changed (Super BowlConflict!) from February 6 to February 13. This event is verypopular, so look for your invitation in the mail and RSVPearly. If you have any questions, please call Janet Garcia @650-579-0437 or Debbie Bianchi @ 650-941-2116.Our next women’s club meeting is on February 16 at6:30P.M. This meeting will be combined with the Men’sClub and will feature a speaker from Common Sense Media, anonpartisan, nonprofit organization committed to helpingparents make healthy media choices for their children. Wewill serve delicious food; have a special presentation fromCAOH, and the conversation and company promises to beenjoyable – so please join us. The Mother/Daughter Massand Brunch is scheduled for February 27. If you are interestedin helping with this event, please call Karen Brown @408-358-6532 or Cynthia Zirpolo @ 650-941-1828.I wish you good health, contentment, happiness andpeace in 2005! Enjoy your friends!“The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way tohave a friend is to be one.”-Ralph Waldo EmersonKaty KellyWomen’s Club President
SAINT FRANCISHIGH S CHOOLJANUARY 2005DISCUSSIONDEPARTMENTS SHARE THOUGHTS WITH PARENTSBy Patricia TennantThe Year of RespectMix It Up!For me, it’s hard to hear the word respect without hearingit in Aretha Franklin’s voice: R-E-S-P-E-C-T...Find outwhat it means to me…What does it mean? Well, as Aretha tells it:We all seem to want it-We all know when we didn’t get it-And we all believe that we deserve it- if just a little bit!Over the course of this year, we have been talking aboutrespect and what it means to us as a Catholic, Holy Crosscommunity. While we often struggle with the priorities andneeds of our students, we have discovered that more thananything else, what our children want is to be respected. Givingrespect is the most affirming thing we do as human beings.It is also our biggest challenge. Nothing we do athome, in the classroom, the field or the court is as importantas the respect we give or withhold from each other. Thegreat prayer of modern man are words right out of Aretha’ssong: “Show me, just a little respect.”How are we living out respect at Saint Francis? Webegan the year with an assembly where we defined respect asthe basic human nee to feel worthy and to be loved. Moresimply, for people of faith, respect is what God commands usto do when He tells us to love one another, and giving respectis the most tangible way that we show our love for others.Over the course of the semester, we asked students todiscuss and develop some ideas about peer to peer respecthowthey treat one another on a daily basis. They discoveredthat the most difficult barrier to respect was a lack of knowledgeor understanding of each other, especially those who“look, think, and act differently than we do.” The conversationsoften ended like this: “I want to meet new people,but how do I do it? No one just goes up to talk to someonethey don’t know. I have my group of friends and they havetheirs. I wish it were different, but what can one person do?”We believe that one person, one by one, can change acommunity. One first step at Saint Francis will be a Mix-It-Up day in January when we challenge our students to“mix it up” at lunchtime and sit with someone new. This isa national program that has been used by other schools, andsome of our senior teachers have been discussing it in theirclasses. We will be promoting Mix-It-Up during the firstweek of January, then following up the lunchtime experiencewith a discussion in class. While we know that one daycannot break down all of the boundaries of social groups,we also know that cultures can be changed “one day at atime.” Our goal is to continue these conversations aboutsocial groups and demographic diversity on campus. We willbe following up in religious studies classes and in futurehomeroom activities. In May, we are planning another allschooldiscussion on appreciating our diversity with both ourfaculty and students. Our goal, as a Holy Cross school, is to notonly learn to appreciate our differences but to embrace them.Parents often ask us how they can become involved inour work here at Saint Francis. As partners in the educationof our students, we can have a great impact on our childrenif we work together toward common goals. I would like toshare with you our five principles of respect so that you mightfind ways to continue this conversation at home with yourchildren.The Holy Cross vision of respect includes these fivesimple Christian principles:1) The key to respect is to see the face of God in others.This idea comes from our belief that we are made in theimage and likeness of God. Thus we must search for the faceof God in everyone we meet—our friends, our teachers, ourparents, our brothers and sisters, our teammates, and ourclassmates. Respect for others is rooted in the belief thatChrist is present in everyone, and if we see Jesus in everyone,then we must approach them with a sense of awe in theirgreatness.How does this translate to teaching and parenting?Truly good teachers build their vocation on respect forothers. As teachers we approach each of our students, ourparents, and our colleagues with a sense of awe in theirgreatness. As good parents, we approach our children, theirteachers and their coaches with this same sense of awe. Wecan accomplish all of this when we are able to see Christ ineveryone, and we act accordingly with love and respect.2) The commandment to love and respect others doesnot depend on whether we like them or not or whetherwe know them or not; respect is something we give tostrangers and enemies alike.
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