Sending love to victims of the Paradise fire
Paradise is in our thoughts and prayers. After the tragedy of the fires in Northern and Southern California, students and faculty have been discussing ways we can support the many families affected by this devastation and loss. Read more.
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Announcements
School News
PreK Admission Event
Invite your friends and family to our first ever PreK admission event, "Parents in PreK," on January 10 from 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. for interactive lessons, food and beverages. Childcare is provided! For more information, click here or call 831.655.9351.
Grade 8 collecting items for veterans
Grade 8 is collecting supplies for the Veterans Transition Center in Marina. We will bring your contributions to the center in mid-January. All items can be delivered to the Tech Lab. Click here to see a full list of needed items.
Christmas Concert
This year's Christmas Concert is on Wednesday, December 19, at 7:00 p.m. in the PAC. All students should come in appropriate concert attire.
- Girls: Appropriate party dress with dress shoes. Because students are moving on stage and seated playing instruments, dresses should be modest in length—no formals, rompers, strapless, or spaghetti straps. Flats or heels should be no more than 2 inches in height.
- Boys: White or solid colored dress shirt, tie or bow tie, slacks, and dress shoes. Jackets are optional.
Download an order form for a recording of the concert.
Christmas Caroling
On Thursday, December 20, each Compass house will go Christmas caroling at local residential care facilities. Students are to be in Chapel Dress. We look forward to a wonderful morning!
After caroling, classes are dismissed for Christmas vacation! Please note the following class dismissal times; there will be no hot lunch, no after-school library, and no after-school enrichment that day:
- PreK and Kindergarten at 11:45 a.m.
- Grades 1–5 at 12:00 p.m.
- Grades 6–8 at 12:15 p.m.
- Classes resume on Monday, January 7.
Grades 6 and 7 visit Congregation Beth Israel
In a new field trip for Catalina students, sixth- and seventh-graders visited Congregation Beth Israel, where Rabbi Greenbaum talked to them about Judaism, read from the Torah scroll, and blessed them in Hebrew.
Parents Association
Coffee with Christy
8:00 a.m. on Thursday, January 24
Enjoy Coffee with Christy Pollacci and hear about the current events happening in the Lower and Middle School.
Giving News
Annual Benefit Celebration seeks auction items
The focus of this year's Benefit Celebration is environmental sustainability, inspired by student-driven initiatives. Last year, proceeds from the Benefit provided tuition assistance awards, enhanced bus security, helped transform the Rosary Chapel landscaping to be environmentally sustainable, provided equipment for girls' middle school sports, allowed improvements to the dorms, and added supplies for grades 1, 2, and 3.
Do you have connections with businesses that would consider supporting our event? We are looking for items for our silent, live, and wine auctions as well as our drawing. Please contact our Benefit Chairperson, Aisha Maroon, for more information.
Are you interested in volunteering? Join us at our next meeting on January 8, 2019. We meet in the Upper School Dining Room at 8:00 a.m.
Thank you for helping to make this year's Benefit Celebration the best yet!
Important Dates
January Mass
11:00 a.m. Wednesday, January 16, Rosary Chapel
Check our online calendars for the latest information
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Photo of the Week
We had the honor of being the release site for a red-tailed hawk rehabilitated by the SPCA for Monterey County on December 12. Read more about it here!
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