February 24, 2010

JUST CHECKING IN ~ FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Dear Lord, please let me walk with you these forty days of Lent.

“GOOD MORNING BISHOP!” was the greeting heard in the classrooms in which Bishop McFadden could stop by yesterday before leaving for a day full of appointments. Although he had a full schedule, after our meeting the Bishop couldn’t make himself leave without visiting at least a few classrooms. How proud we were of our students and how proud of our school!

SNOW AND MORE SNOW means that we have to do some re-scheduling to adjust our school year. We will do this in a way that is, we hope, the least inconvenient for you. There are some dates on the calendar which can’t be changed though. The end of this week sounds like another snow question mark, doesn’t it? Because of that, we’ll hold off the March calendar until next Wednesday. There is a trip for K-1-2 on Monday, the 1st, as a reminder to those parents and no school on Thursday, the 4th.
Snow brought a change of date for our H&S Casino Night and so we’ll get to enjoy it this Saturday the 27th. The committee has done even more to make this a special evening of fun.
Although the last H&S/CYO Children’s Bingo was cancelled due to you-know-what, there is another one scheduled for Wednesday, March 3rd, as it is the night before the teachers’ Archdiocesan Inservice.

REPORT CARD REMINDER - Second trimester report cards will be distributed on Thursday, March 18. We will be holding report cards if offertory contributions for stewardship families are at a very low level, if monthly tuition is not paid through February or if there is an open balance on any other payment plan. These payments must reach the parish office no later than Monday, March 15. Please speak with Maryann Junod if you have questions or concerns.
To insure an accurate record of your Sunday offertory contributions
always use the Sunday collection envelopes provided and clearly mark the amount enclosed; i.e. $100.00 or $200.00 so the amount is not recorded as $1.00 or $2.00 .
For the purpose of recording church attendance, only one envelope per week is posted and all amounts totaled as one unless envelope has notation indicating church attendance elsewhere.

PEOPLE AND EVENTS Our Basketball Teams have been on a roll. Our Girls Varsity B Team won the Region 1 Championships last weekend, our Boys JV won their Region Championship and Boys Varsity B were runners-up in their championships. Going into the Archdiocesan-wide Championships as 2nd Seeds, our Girls Varsity A has already advanced to the Elite Eight. They will be playing in the Quarterfinals they Saturday at Archbishop Carroll in Radnor at 2:30 PM. Tickets are $3 for students and $5 for adults. If your day is open, come and cheer them on Saturday and hopefully on Sunday again same time/same place in the Semifinals. Knowing how much our end-of-day pep rallies spark our teams on, we will be holding one for the girls this Thursday (safety net).
Speaking of basketball, for the second year in a row Jessica Sylvester, SCS ’07, has been named to the AACA Team for the High School Catholic League. Jessica is now a junior at Nazareth Academy and you might also remember reading about her in the Catholic Standard in the fall as Athlete of the Week.
Jared Celona, SCS ‘08, was recently awarded All Catholic honors for Concert Band and for Orchestra. Although he is only a sophomore, who attends Archbishop Ryan High School he ranked 3rd out of all archdiocesan percussionists who competed. He will perform along with the Archdiocesan All Catholic Concert Band in a concert scheduled for 2/6 and is joined by one other student from AR that will perform in the Archdiocesan All Catholic Orchestra performance the following month. In his free time he also plays in AR’s Jazz Band, in AR’s Concert Band and for AR’s plays, open houses and other special school events.
CRITICAL THINKING 101 Congratulations to Nicholas Azzarano (1-31) for having his correct entry drawn. Nick knew that the five Olympic rings represent the following regions: Africa, America, Asia, Europe, and Oceania and he will receive this week’s $10 Gift Card of Choice certificate. A few students anticipated our question for this week and so I’ve kept their entries. Why are the colors of the Olympic rings what they are?