Paul Capra of John Paul Pet is pictured with student Peacebuilder winners for October.
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Paul Capra of John Paul Pet with upper grade award winners from San Cayetano for the month of October.
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On Monday, October 4, 2009, San Cayetano School recognized good citizenship and character at their Peacebuilder Assembly for the month of October. Mr.Paul Capra, who represented John Paul Pet which sponser the Character Counts Award each month for San Cayetano, came to speak to the students about what a good citizen is and how being good citizens can help students in school and in their outside lives. Each teacher chose a student from his or her class whom showed excellent character and respect in the month of October. ASB President, Cali Wyand,and Vice President, Lizzie Castaneda assisted Mr.Capra in handing out the Peacebuilder Awards. The Peacebuilders for October are Christopher Hernandez, Julisa Lopez, Elisabeth Mercado, Juan Martinez, Elissa Johnson, Jasmine Vega, Emilia Magdaleno, Cesar Magana, Ty Wyand, Kayla Priebe, Andreah McElroy, Noah Stoessel, Adrian Hernandez, Josiah Bernal, Roberto Magana, Rolando Cabrera, Cali Wyand, Victoria Pace, Zachary Tipton, and Diego Garcia. Mr.Capra then announced the San Cayetano Character Counts Award of a $100.00 savings bond sponsored by John Paul Pet. Mr.Capra presented the Character Counts Award to a deserving second-grade student. Justine Pacheco from Mrs.Elliot’s class was chosen by the second grade teachers as a model of kindness and respectfulness to the other students and school community. To conclude the assembly, students were reminded to turn in their Perfect Attendance tickets. Each month all students who come to school, each day, on time, are given a purple raffle ticket. The students place their tickets in a box and one ticket is drawn. The student whose ticket is drawn is given a NASA backpack with the book Max Goes to the Moon in it. Each month, the tickets will be put into a larger box that will be kept until the end of the year. In June, Mrs. Marholin, the principal, will draw from the tickets to give away two new bicycles. Aaron Carranza won the Perfect Attendance Award for October. Kinders had a morning assembly with guest speaker Mrs. Carol Barringer, Director of Student Support at FUSD.

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On Monday, September 13, 2010, San Cayetano School kicked off its citizenship assemblies with Captain Tim Hagel, Chief of Police. Students were recognized for good citizenship and character. Captain Hagel spoke to the students about what a good citizen is and how being a good citizen can help the students in their everyday lives as well as highlighting the positive character traits. Each teacher chose a student from his or her class whom showed excellent character and peace-building skills. ASB President, Cali Wyand, and Vice President, Lizzie Castaneda , assisted Capt. Hagel in handing out the Peacebuilder certificates. The Peacebuilders for September are: Jennifer Melchor, Jesus Salgado, Johnny Cardenas, Alyssa Andrade, Leo Venegas, Julio Negrete, Jose Elias Leon, Taiz Razo, Angelina Delgadillo, Juan Galindo, Evan Alamillo, Lilian Diaz, Julia Pace, Mariah Garcia, Alexis Tovar, Andrea Magana Murillo, Veronica Valdivia, Gisselle De La Paz, Johanna Garcia and Dominique Alamillio-Diaz. Cali then introduced the Character Counts Award at the fourth/fifth grade assembly. John Paul Pet sponsors one deserving student each month with a one hundred dollar savings bond. The award went to a responsible, kind, and hard-working fourth grade student. Alexis Tovar, from Mrs.Goldner’s class, was chosen by the fourth grade teachers as a model of outstanding behavior and kindness to the other students.