JUST CHECKING IN ~ MAY 26, 2010
“Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you, Blessed are you among women…”
TECHNOLOGY ISSUES AND YOUR CHILDREN We keep hearing more instances of students using technological opportunities at their disposal in negative and unmonitored ways. If you see a need for your child to have an account on Facebook, MySpace, or whatever else is out there, do you have access? Are you sure that there is only one account or are you seeing the “parent” one? Are you ultimately in control of their computer usage? If you see a need for your child to have a cell phone, do you have access to all the texting taking place? Do you collect cell phones at a certain time each evening and return them in the morning? Do you realize that high schools, colleges, and employers will have future access to what your child posts now? Would you mind if anyone saw some of the messages or photos there? What will you do if your child is accused of cyber-bullying? What would you be able to say about what has already been printed and/or saved whether or not it was later deleted by the sender?
SPECIAL LUNCH CAUTION FOR THOSE WITH PEANUT ALLERGIES We’ve recently been made aware that Chick-Fil-A, this Friday’s special lunch offering, is cooked in peanut oil. If that is an issue for your cherub and you’ve already sent in your envelope, just send a note and your money will be returned to you.
STUDENT COUNCIL 2010-2011 We are pleased to announce the results of this year’s elections. We would think that our student voters in Gr. 5-7 had a difficult time in deciding for whom to vote after hearing the candidates’ speeches. Vote they did though and here are the upcoming officers:
President—Kate Wildonger, VP—Marissa Sylvester, Secretary—Jillian Spicer, and Treasurer—Alexis Johncola.
END OF YEAR REPORT CARDS – To receive final report cards, offertory contributions must have reached $735 by June 7, and TUITION and CARES must be paid in full by June 7. No exceptions can be made to this policy. Applications for monthly payment plan must be on file in parish office by June 30. These applications are available in both our school and parish offices.
SPECIAL REMINDER TO 8TH GRADE PARENTS Your family offertory obligation ($780) for the fiscal year 7/1/09 to 6/30/10 along with tuition must be paid in full by June 7th in order for child to participate in graduation activities.
IMPORTANT MARKET DAY INFORMATION RE-VISITED If you use Market Day, please be sure to fill out the voucher request form last week’s envelope and return it to school as soon as possible. That gives the chair people time to get them ready for you to pick up at the final sale on June 3rd.
NOT ONLY JUNE BUT ALL OF NEXT YEAR Enclosed is the calendar wrapping up this school year with the tentative one for next year on the back of it. Please note that the dates are tentative in the event that we’d have to make a change for any reason. You know, however, that it’d be rare. We need to say that it can’t be written in stone though.—life often interferes with life!
PEOPLE AND EVENTS If you’ve seen Victoria Poggio (2-3) since her First Eucharist,, you’ll realize that she had her hair cut but you might not know that she donated it to Locks of Love. Victoria loves to help other boys and girls and this was a great way to carry Christ to others.
CORA is running a Summer Learning Center at their headquarters on Verree Road from June 28-July 23. To request a registration packet, call Joyce Millar at 215-01-2580.
If your son is between 8 and 16, you might want to send him to the Jack Walsh Basketball Camp from June 28 to July 2 at Archbishop Wood. You can contact Coach Walsh at home 215-489-6438, cell 215-246-2006, or bwalsh22@comcast.net for more information. We also have some flyers in our office.
La Salle HS is running a Future Stars basketball camp that also integrates safety and values along with drug and alcohol prevention. The camp is for boys and girls from 5-9 years old. We have flyers or you can contact director Marty Jackson at 215-233-2911 ext. 3072 or at Jackson@lschs.org.
Vikings Football Registration –Flyers were put in classroom mailboxes for boys in Gr. 5-8.
Quench your thirst and help fight breast cancer next Wednesday, June 2nd from 6-9 PM. You can stop by Rita’s Water Ice at Byberry and Philmont knowing that 15% of the profits will go toward Katelyn McCullough’s fundraising efforts toward the 3 Day Walk in the fall.
CRITICAL THINKING 101 This week’s $10 Gift Card of Choice certificate will go home with Corinne Hughes (4-13) who named all six states-- Minnesota, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Georgia, Connecticut, and Louisiana-- which each have four different vowels in them without counting repeats. Way to go, Corinne! For next week, add together all the numerals from 1 to 9, divide that total by 5, and then tell us the square root of that answer. Let’s be sure that this certificate finds a good home!
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
May 19, 2010
JUST CHECKING IN ~ MAY 19, 2010
“O Mary, we crown you with blossoms today, Queen of the Angels, Queen of the May…”
OUR MAY PROCESSION Not a drop fell from the sky as first our 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th, and Kindergarten processed into Church followed by our 2nd Graders in their Communion garb, our 6th in their Confirmation robes, our 8th in their Graduation robes, and then our 8th Grade liturgical dancers, May Court, and May Queen. The afternoon was a beautiful one from the signing of the Hail Mary by our Kindergarten to the final Act of Consecration to Mary by all of our students after the crowning. This year’s liturgical dance was beautifully executed as the dancers echoed one another in their graceful tribute to the Blessed Mother. We thank all of our students for their reverence and the teachers who spent so much time helping our students prepare for this special occasion.
A MESSAGE FROM JOHN WESTFIELD So many of our people reached out to the Westfield family by pledges of financial support per mile for the family, friends, and neighbors who participated in the Broad St. Run in John’s name. Not only did John make about 100 copies of his beautiful thank you letter, he signed each one and brought them all to school. Since we don’t know here who all the contributors were, we have printed a copy of his letter on the back of this newsletter. The St. Christopher Community is without a doubt one that continues to carry Christ to others in so many ways and Christ comes back to our lives as evidenced here by John’s loving message.
IMPORTANT MARKET DAY INFORMATION If you use Market Day, please be sure to fill out the voucher request form found in today’s envelope and return it to school as soon as possible. That gives the chairpeople time to get them ready for you to pick up at the final sale on June 3rd.
OUR HOME AND SCHOOL IS TIRELESS! Our board and members go from one activity to another on behalf of our children. Look at the two-sided flyer about Special Lunch and Ice Cream Day as well as the one about Dorney Park Day on Friday, June 18th. In addition to events such as these and the very successful Mother’s Day Plant Sale we just had, H&S is hosting some information self-esteem and self-discipline sessions for our young people in 7th and 8th Grade next week. Stay tuned. We know how grateful parents are to the board and its committees. We sure are!
PEOPLE AND EVENTS Looking even cuter than ever is Paige Agster (K-34) after she went for her hair cut and donated her hair to Locks of Love . This organization makes wigs for children undergoing hair loss from cancer or any other disease. We are proud of you, Paige. As a school community over the years our students have been so generous to this cause. It’s another example of SCS reaching out to others.
Guess where the best high school catcher in the area went? You guessed it—SCS! How proud we were to see Greg Olenski ’06 named to this honor in the Philadelphia Inquirer on Friday, May 7th. Both his picture and his amazing baseball stats were there for all the Delaware Valley to see. We congratulate Greg and wish him the best at the University of Maryland.
Last week’s Northeast Times featured a two page spread on SCS alum Alicia Goodchild and her dad. Alicia had a kidney transplant in 2000 and her dad a heart transplant in 2008. Both are looking forward to competing in the U.S. Transplant Games this summer in Madison. They might become the only father-daughter team ever to compete in the history of this biannual event and they go with all our good wishes and prayers. What an example they set for us!
If you’d like more information about the Boyle Recreation Summer Day Camp running from July 6 to August 13, we have some flyers here at school or you can call the center at 215-685-0367 for more information.
Manor College is offering a Secret Agent Lab & Spy Academy as well as a Wonders of Magic camp. For information call them at 215-884-2218 or visit them online at www.manor.edu/coned.
CRITICAL THINKING 101 Okay all you baseball stats people, the Phillies player with the most letters in his first name is Placido Polanco. However, for last names, there are four players who all have last names with 9 letters in them. They are Contreras, Francisco, Schneider, and Victorino. This week’s $10 Gift Card of Choice certificate will be given to Nick Azzarano (1-31) for having his correct entry drawn. For next week, which state(s) has/have the most different vowels in its/their name? Count each different vowel only once in the state. For instance, you’d say that Alabama only had 1 vowel-an A-- even though it’s there three times.
“O Mary, we crown you with blossoms today, Queen of the Angels, Queen of the May…”
OUR MAY PROCESSION Not a drop fell from the sky as first our 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th, and Kindergarten processed into Church followed by our 2nd Graders in their Communion garb, our 6th in their Confirmation robes, our 8th in their Graduation robes, and then our 8th Grade liturgical dancers, May Court, and May Queen. The afternoon was a beautiful one from the signing of the Hail Mary by our Kindergarten to the final Act of Consecration to Mary by all of our students after the crowning. This year’s liturgical dance was beautifully executed as the dancers echoed one another in their graceful tribute to the Blessed Mother. We thank all of our students for their reverence and the teachers who spent so much time helping our students prepare for this special occasion.
A MESSAGE FROM JOHN WESTFIELD So many of our people reached out to the Westfield family by pledges of financial support per mile for the family, friends, and neighbors who participated in the Broad St. Run in John’s name. Not only did John make about 100 copies of his beautiful thank you letter, he signed each one and brought them all to school. Since we don’t know here who all the contributors were, we have printed a copy of his letter on the back of this newsletter. The St. Christopher Community is without a doubt one that continues to carry Christ to others in so many ways and Christ comes back to our lives as evidenced here by John’s loving message.
IMPORTANT MARKET DAY INFORMATION If you use Market Day, please be sure to fill out the voucher request form found in today’s envelope and return it to school as soon as possible. That gives the chairpeople time to get them ready for you to pick up at the final sale on June 3rd.
OUR HOME AND SCHOOL IS TIRELESS! Our board and members go from one activity to another on behalf of our children. Look at the two-sided flyer about Special Lunch and Ice Cream Day as well as the one about Dorney Park Day on Friday, June 18th. In addition to events such as these and the very successful Mother’s Day Plant Sale we just had, H&S is hosting some information self-esteem and self-discipline sessions for our young people in 7th and 8th Grade next week. Stay tuned. We know how grateful parents are to the board and its committees. We sure are!
PEOPLE AND EVENTS Looking even cuter than ever is Paige Agster (K-34) after she went for her hair cut and donated her hair to Locks of Love . This organization makes wigs for children undergoing hair loss from cancer or any other disease. We are proud of you, Paige. As a school community over the years our students have been so generous to this cause. It’s another example of SCS reaching out to others.
Guess where the best high school catcher in the area went? You guessed it—SCS! How proud we were to see Greg Olenski ’06 named to this honor in the Philadelphia Inquirer on Friday, May 7th. Both his picture and his amazing baseball stats were there for all the Delaware Valley to see. We congratulate Greg and wish him the best at the University of Maryland.
Last week’s Northeast Times featured a two page spread on SCS alum Alicia Goodchild and her dad. Alicia had a kidney transplant in 2000 and her dad a heart transplant in 2008. Both are looking forward to competing in the U.S. Transplant Games this summer in Madison. They might become the only father-daughter team ever to compete in the history of this biannual event and they go with all our good wishes and prayers. What an example they set for us!
If you’d like more information about the Boyle Recreation Summer Day Camp running from July 6 to August 13, we have some flyers here at school or you can call the center at 215-685-0367 for more information.
Manor College is offering a Secret Agent Lab & Spy Academy as well as a Wonders of Magic camp. For information call them at 215-884-2218 or visit them online at www.manor.edu/coned.
CRITICAL THINKING 101 Okay all you baseball stats people, the Phillies player with the most letters in his first name is Placido Polanco. However, for last names, there are four players who all have last names with 9 letters in them. They are Contreras, Francisco, Schneider, and Victorino. This week’s $10 Gift Card of Choice certificate will be given to Nick Azzarano (1-31) for having his correct entry drawn. For next week, which state(s) has/have the most different vowels in its/their name? Count each different vowel only once in the state. For instance, you’d say that Alabama only had 1 vowel-an A-- even though it’s there three times.
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
May 5, 2010
JUST CHECKING IN ~ MAY 5, 2010
“God’s blessings on our First Communicants as they receive Jesus for the first time!”
A MOST SPECIAL PRAYER WEEKEND This is a most special weekend on so many levels for St. Christopher people. Let us pray for all the children who will be receiving the Holy Eucharist for the first time this Saturday, for all the mothers we honor in a special way on Mother’s Day this Sunday and for all the women we know who have/had breast cancer, and for all the people who are participating in the Run for the Cure this Sunday in support and celebration of those brave women. Please be sure to find a family who is participating and support them personally or you can send a donation in to our school and we will make one united donation from SCS.
MAY STUDENTS OF THE MONTH Congratulations to the following students: Pre-K-Shannon Hughes; K-Edward Guarnaccia and McKenna Murphy; First- Patrick Dooley, Kaitlyn Bembischew, and Madison Martino; Second-Juliette Citrigno, Caitlin Geiger, and Fibianca LaSpina; Third- Matthew Fagan and Greg Sylvester; Fourth-Alyssa Marino, Regan Hoyt, and Courtney Weller; Fifth-Joseph Meehan and Grace Gervino; Sixth- Nicholas Newbert, Anna Camillo, and Natalie Rizzo; Seventh-Gerald Eck, Elizabeth Schrenk, and Marissa Sylvester; Eighth-, Stephanie Vogelman, Marikate Kidd, and Samantha DiFrancesco.
ATTENTION PLEASE! Summer Reading Books: Titles for all grades are new for this summer. Since we are awaiting delivery of some of the new titles we will accept paid orders for any and all titles and deliver as soon as we receive them. We are selling them at cost, however if you would choose to buy them elsewhere, feel free to do so. Additional order forms can be found on the school's web site under FORMS
THANK YOU, FIFTH GRADE for hosting our tree and shrub planting last Friday. You would have enjoyed being a part of this day. Our 5th Graders worked alongside so many parent and community volunteers to do some native planting out back. They took out invasive plants, put in native trees and shrubs, and prepared the space for the upcoming butterfly garden. Not only would you have enjoyed the day, you would have been so proud of our students and their good upbeat manners with our guests. It was a glorious day from the first shovelful of dirt to the hot dog picnic lunch made possible by parents, to the rain barrel demonstration at Cranaleith.
END OF YEAR REPORT CARDS – To receive final report cards, offertory contributions must have reached $735 by June 7th, and TUITION and CARES must likewise be paid in full by June 7th. No exceptions can be made to this policy.
All applications for monthly payment plan must be on file in the parish office by June 30th. These applications are available in our school and parish offices.
SPECIAL REMINDER TO 8TH GRADE PARENTS Your family offertory obligation ($780) for the fiscal year 7/1/09 to 6/30/10 along with tuition must be paid in full by June 7th in order to participate in graduation activities.
THIS IS IT! Tonight is the closing H&S meeting of this school year and it is one that you won’t want to miss. You’ll be voting for the next board and on a proposed amendment to the bylaws of the association. There’ll be a special time to socialize with other parents as well. We look forward to seeing you this evening. Hope you can make it!
PEOPLE AND EVENTS That really was our own alum John Rizzo in the Inquirer headline, “Rizzo leads way as Ryan edges LaSalle in ninth”. The April 21st article went on to say that “Ryan had John Rizzo in its back pocket for some late-game heroics in a Catholic League Red Division baseball game.” Way to go, John!
CRITICAL THINKING 101 Congratulations to Shawn Tamulis (2-4) whose correct entry was drawn for this week’s $10 Gift Card of Choice certificate. Shawn found the matching synonyms by moving letters. They are: 1.shed/barn 2. rage/blow 3. stable/even 4. spotless/pure. For next week, which Phillies’ current player has the most letters in his first name? Which one in his last name?
“God’s blessings on our First Communicants as they receive Jesus for the first time!”
A MOST SPECIAL PRAYER WEEKEND This is a most special weekend on so many levels for St. Christopher people. Let us pray for all the children who will be receiving the Holy Eucharist for the first time this Saturday, for all the mothers we honor in a special way on Mother’s Day this Sunday and for all the women we know who have/had breast cancer, and for all the people who are participating in the Run for the Cure this Sunday in support and celebration of those brave women. Please be sure to find a family who is participating and support them personally or you can send a donation in to our school and we will make one united donation from SCS.
MAY STUDENTS OF THE MONTH Congratulations to the following students: Pre-K-Shannon Hughes; K-Edward Guarnaccia and McKenna Murphy; First- Patrick Dooley, Kaitlyn Bembischew, and Madison Martino; Second-Juliette Citrigno, Caitlin Geiger, and Fibianca LaSpina; Third- Matthew Fagan and Greg Sylvester; Fourth-Alyssa Marino, Regan Hoyt, and Courtney Weller; Fifth-Joseph Meehan and Grace Gervino; Sixth- Nicholas Newbert, Anna Camillo, and Natalie Rizzo; Seventh-Gerald Eck, Elizabeth Schrenk, and Marissa Sylvester; Eighth-, Stephanie Vogelman, Marikate Kidd, and Samantha DiFrancesco.
ATTENTION PLEASE! Summer Reading Books: Titles for all grades are new for this summer. Since we are awaiting delivery of some of the new titles we will accept paid orders for any and all titles and deliver as soon as we receive them. We are selling them at cost, however if you would choose to buy them elsewhere, feel free to do so. Additional order forms can be found on the school's web site under FORMS
THANK YOU, FIFTH GRADE for hosting our tree and shrub planting last Friday. You would have enjoyed being a part of this day. Our 5th Graders worked alongside so many parent and community volunteers to do some native planting out back. They took out invasive plants, put in native trees and shrubs, and prepared the space for the upcoming butterfly garden. Not only would you have enjoyed the day, you would have been so proud of our students and their good upbeat manners with our guests. It was a glorious day from the first shovelful of dirt to the hot dog picnic lunch made possible by parents, to the rain barrel demonstration at Cranaleith.
END OF YEAR REPORT CARDS – To receive final report cards, offertory contributions must have reached $735 by June 7th, and TUITION and CARES must likewise be paid in full by June 7th. No exceptions can be made to this policy.
All applications for monthly payment plan must be on file in the parish office by June 30th. These applications are available in our school and parish offices.
SPECIAL REMINDER TO 8TH GRADE PARENTS Your family offertory obligation ($780) for the fiscal year 7/1/09 to 6/30/10 along with tuition must be paid in full by June 7th in order to participate in graduation activities.
THIS IS IT! Tonight is the closing H&S meeting of this school year and it is one that you won’t want to miss. You’ll be voting for the next board and on a proposed amendment to the bylaws of the association. There’ll be a special time to socialize with other parents as well. We look forward to seeing you this evening. Hope you can make it!
PEOPLE AND EVENTS That really was our own alum John Rizzo in the Inquirer headline, “Rizzo leads way as Ryan edges LaSalle in ninth”. The April 21st article went on to say that “Ryan had John Rizzo in its back pocket for some late-game heroics in a Catholic League Red Division baseball game.” Way to go, John!
CRITICAL THINKING 101 Congratulations to Shawn Tamulis (2-4) whose correct entry was drawn for this week’s $10 Gift Card of Choice certificate. Shawn found the matching synonyms by moving letters. They are: 1.shed/barn 2. rage/blow 3. stable/even 4. spotless/pure. For next week, which Phillies’ current player has the most letters in his first name? Which one in his last name?
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