ParentNewsletter THE LA SALLE
FOR PARENTS AND FRIENDS OF LA SALLE HIGH SCHOOL • PASADENA • CA • DECEMBER / JANUARY 2014
Principal Ideas Learn•Serve•Lead
A most happy midDecember to you! Our classroom time, events, and activities have moved with great speed in bringing the first part of our academic year to a rapid conclusion. Before we depart for a well-deserved break later this month we have some serious business to tend too. Of utmost importance for each student is to finish each class well by completing all assignments and projects in a timely fashion and then properly preparing well for those much anticipated semester examinations beginning on Tuesday, December 17 and finishing on Friday, December 20. As a note of information, teachers are not required to administer early semester examinations because of planned family travel. I would encourage families not to seek early semester examinations for you may receive an unfortunate response. Please remember that PowerSchool will be unavailable for access from Monday evening, December 16 until the afternoon of January 9, 2014. The reason is to give teachers the opportunity to work on grades and not be disturbed by questions/special concerns.
Open House On Sunday, November 3, La Salle opened its doors to prospective students and
families who are in search of a college preparatory high school experience. I wish to express my thanks to the countless parents, boosters, and students, who along with the entire faculty and staff made for such a welcoming experience for our visitors. It was another proud day for the Lancer community!
Taking Notice Our first four months of school have been filled with many successes both inside and outside the classroom. I want to acknowledge some of our activities that are not “big ticket” events and may go unnoticed by the larger school population. The Visual and Performing Arts Department staged the production of Metamorphoses eight times at the Portico Theatre in Pasadena. Continued on page 2
The words of St. John Baptist de La Salle to the first Brothers “Your faith must be your constant light and guide as well as a beacon for your students. You must be a model for them so that they will see Christ in you.” Saint John Baptist de La Salle c.1703 Meditations for Sudays
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