Dear Bosco Family,

 

This week we celebrate St. John Bosco, the founder of one of the largest religious orders in the Catholic church. Over 14,000 Salesians of Don Bosco serve all over the world. 10,103 priests, 1,658 brothers, 2,584 seminarians, and 432 novices operate Salesian works across 132 countries in 88 provinces with 1,892 locations. In addition to the Salesians of Don Bosco, there are additional branches of the Salesian Family such as the Association of Salesian Cooperators, Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, and Association of Devotees of Mary Help of Christians. St. John Bosco High School is one the most significant works in the Western Province. Click here to learn about the great life of our founder. Click here to view weekly updates from our provincial. This Thursday we will celebrate Don Bosco's feast day with a special mass.  

 

Pupil Free Day - February 4, 2019

Next Monday, our faculty and staff will be joining together with several other Catholic schools in the area for a day of formation.  Our theme this year will be "Faith Across the Curriculum," led by Bishop Robert Barron, followed by smaller breakout sessions.  There will be no classes in session.  

Visual Arts

Thank you to all who came out to celebrate the amazing art our students created this past Sunday at Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral.  Their artwork will be on display with about 100 other works for the next six weeks. You will not regret taking a trip to downtown Los Angeles to experience this amazing exhibit!

Student-Parent Guide Highlight

Every week we will share a highlight of from the school handbook. This week we share our uniform dress code in efforts to partner with you in guiding our young men in keeping in compliance. We recognizes that the presentation of our students in the school contributes to a professional environment and the public image that has contributed to the success of the St. John Bosco High School. We are proud of how sharp our young men look on campus. Thank you! 

Student Email Accounts Activated

Student email accounts were activated over the weekend.  They are now able to access their new email accounts and start to take advantage of the Google Apps platform.  We will announce this to all students this week and guide them along accessing and setting up their devices.  You can find your son's account info here.  They can us their school assigned password for PowerSchool and Moodle to login. 

 

Below are links to the self-paced training. I recommend reviewing at least the Gmail and Calendar links this week with your son in order to get started. 

 

Gmail: Click here to complete the Gmail self paced training.With Gmail. Student emails are stored safely in the cloud where you can get to them from any computer or device with a web browser. 
 

Calendar: Click here to complete the Google Calendar self-paced training.With Google Calendar, students can quickly schedule meetings and events, and get reminders about upcoming activities, so they always know what's next. They can subscribe to the school's Bell Schedule calendar so they always know the daily schedule. Calendar is designed for teams, so it's easy for them to share their schedule with others and create multiple calendars that students can use together.
 

Google Drive: Click here to complete the Google Drive self-paced training.With Google Drive, students can upload and store all of their files online. They can then share these files with their team or teachers and access them from any computer, smartphone, or tablet.
  

Click here to view how to add the Google Apps account to your Android device.

 

Click here to view how to add the Google Apps account to your IPhone device.

 

As you can see, there are a ton of resources to explore now that Bosco is utilizing Google Apps.  Several more such as Google Docs, Google Slides, Google Sheets, Google Classroom, YouTube, Hangouts, Chat, and Google forms are available to use.

Academic Decathlon Storms the Competition

After just one year, our academic decathletes are making history.  Not only did we grow in numbers, we grew in competitiveness. It is typical for 2nd year teams to move up one division after a winning their division.  However, this year, for the first time in the competition's history, St. John Bosco was moved up TWO divisions. We are now competing in Division 2 for the title.  We need everyone to come support the team this Saturday at 3:00pm for the Super Quiz.  The Super Quiz is the culminating event that is open to the public in the gymnasium at Bishop Alemany High School.  It gets intense! Hope to see you there!

Athletics

 

Winter Sports

Come out to support Bosco winter sports! Check out our upcoming games/matches:

• January 30
  • Soccer @Servite - 3:15pm
• January 31
  • Basketball @Servite - 7pm
• February 1
  • Wrestling Trinity League Finals in Gym - 2:00pm
• February 2
  
  • Rugby vs. La Costa - 3pm

For detailed schedules for all levels click here. 

 

Successful Poker Tournament!

Thank you to all who supported the annual Texas Hold Em' Fundraiser for our baseball and aquatics programs.  Great times were had by the almost 200 people in attendance.  Great way to have a good time and raise some funds for our students!

Thank you again for your support and trust in us. Have a great week!

 

In the Spirit of Don Bosco,

St. John Bosco High School

13640 Bellflower Blvd. • Bellflower, CA 90706 • (562) 920-1734

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