St. Edward Catholic School Newark, Ca.

End of Year Prayer Service and Moving Up Ceremony - June 3, 2021

Congratulations to St. Edward Alumni who recently graduated high school from Moreau Catholic! Go Spartans! Go Mariners! We are so proud of you! From left to right Antonio Bayucan, Lana Cello, Gabriella Lopez, Kalea Castaneto and Connie Rose Pangan.

Congratulations to our Class of 2021! Through the grace of God, they persevered and made it through a school year in a pandemic. We are proud of all of their accomplishments and wish them more success in high school! #foreverspartans

We are having our 2nd restaurant fundraiser today at Panda Express! 20% of sales will go towards the school. Enjoy a meal with your family today by ordering online or placing an order in person. Read the flyer for more details.

Christmas Throwback... The Christmas Season is not quite over yet. Here is a special message from our faculty and staff to our school community. The video was presented at our first ever Virtual Christmas Program in December. Wishing you and your families a happy and healthy 2021!

Spartan Snippets! 8th Graders Response to Literature they have read using the Padlet app. This app allows users to post notes on a digital wall.

It’s not too late!! You still have a couple more hours to support this fundraiser at Who’s Tea! Come and get your boba drinks and snacks before closing! Mrs. Cruz caught some of our students at Who’s Tea just in time for a quick pic!

Stop by Who’s Tea in Newark on Wed. Dec. 2 to help support our school! Come and sip on your favorite boba drink! Or enjoy some good eats and treats! Lots to choose from! Spread the word to your family and friends... Hope to see you there!

25 Reasons Why I Am Grateful -by Mrs. Miranda

LARRY ITLIONG, National Filipino American History Month Larry Itliong immigrated to the United States in 1929 at the age of 15 where he began working as a farm laborer. He was interested in becoming an attorney one day to help seek justice for the poor. Because he grew up in poverty and faced severe racism his aspirations of becoming an attorney never materialized due to the lack of a higher education. Larry organized agricultural workers starting in the 1930s, where they ...walked off the farms of grape growers to demand minimum wages. Later, Larry Itliong spoke to Cesar Chavez asking him to join him - knowing that all workers had to stand together in their quest for justice. At the time, Chavez did not think his Mexican workers would want to go on strike, but they voted unanimously to join with the Filipino workers. The strike lasted for 5 years but in the end everybody won, the grape growers agreed to increase the pay for workers and also provided medical insurance along with implementing controls over toxic substances that were used in the fields. We have all heard of the wonderful things that Cesar Chavez has done for the farm workers because he was the director of the UFW (United Farm Workers), but Larry Itliong was also instrumental in this historic social justice and economic movement. Mexicans and Filipinos worked together to make this great transition possible. See more

We continue sharing during National Filipino American History Month. Xian says, I am a proud Filipino-American! I’ve learned some details of our history & culture from my family, who were mostly born and raised in the Philippines! I have traveled to different Philippine islands and have learned a lot from the people. I am also a big fan of Filipino cuisine! I eat Kare-Kare, Dinuguan, and Mechado. (Just to name 3 of my favorites.) I fully understand Tagalog, and I am working on trying to speak the language fluently! Here I am pictured in a Barong Tagalog a traditional form of dress in the Philippines."

Working so hard here’s just a little view into the 1st grade classroom while they work on Phonics. Way to stay on task 1st Grade!

1st Holy Communion was celebrated by our current 3rd grade class finally!!! The celebration was postponed twice - the first time was due to the pandemic shelter-in-place and the second time was because of the poor air quality from the fires in our area. Students created a beautiful 1st Holy Communion banner for their own chair and were safely social distanced apart. We were blessed to have the support of Father Mark, Mrs. Cruz, Mrs. Esteves, Mr. Goncalves, Mrs. Miranda and Mrs. Castro who truly made this a very special occasion for our Communicants. - Photos courtesy of David Mufty from Grins to Go.

Mosaics depicting the mystery of God were created by the 6th Grade students. This assignment was from Be My Disciple, ‘Inspiring Art’.

Spartan Snippet! 4th grade reading a play together during class. Just a quick look into the 4th grade’s day. We hope you have a good one!

The Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary was celebrated at morning assembly last week. Here students, families, and faculty joined in praying the rosary to honor our Mother Mary, Queen of Peace. Let us follow in her footsteps to spread peace and love to our world.

Toribio Romo Gonzalez is one of the canonized Saints of the Cristero War.