PRINCIPAL’S PAGE

MAY, 2008

 

Italian Culture Week is in full swing!  So far, our students have experienced a chef, a mime, puppeteer, a world class accordianist, and a rousing tarentella lesson.  Ask for a demonstration tonight.  They will finish the week with bocce ball, and will have learned a great deal about Italian culture.  Quiz them!

 

During the month of May, the children will be reciting a decade of the rosary in their religion classes in honor of the Blessed Mother.

 

Monday, May 5, our visitors from Olevano arrive.  They will spend the morning at school, and then depart for various locations for some touring.  We expect them to attend our May Procession on Wednesday, May 7.

 

Saturday, May 3, is a big day for our second graders.  They will be receiving Eucharist for the first time at the 9:00 A.M. liturgy.  We will all be praying for them on this special day.

 

Our superintendent, Mrs. Cathy Weaver, was fortunate enough to hear the Holy Father speak on Catholic education in Washington during his visit.  Following are some of her notes which she shared with the principals:


Catholic schools are places where the Good News is proclaimed,

where Jesus Christ reveals his transforming love,

where students are invited to lead a new life, inspired by the Gospel.

 

Catholic schools are a particularly powerful instrument of God’s truth.

They are an outstanding apostolate of hope, seeking to address the educational needs of students and families.

 

Everything possible needs to be done to ensure that Catholic schools continue to be available and accessible to all who want this education.

 

Only in faith can truth become incarnate.  Catholic schools have the privilege of helping students to discover the joy of entering in to the life of Christ. The loving truth of the Gospel is creative and life changing, both for young people and for those educators who share this truth with others.

 

Catholic educators must have high expectations and they must teach excellence.

They have the honor of intellectual charity – that is, to lead the young to truth – the truth of Jesus Christ and the Gospel.

 

Please do not abandon your apostolate of faith!  Live the truths which you propose to your students and be joyful in the Good News of Jesus Christ.

 

My e-mail has been a problem for the last week, and in many cases, I haven’t been able to respond within 24 hours.  I expect to have it cleared up soon; meanwhile, I’m answering mail as I’m able to open them.  Thank you for your patience.

 

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

·        The Parish and Family Life Committee will sponsor the last Monthly First Sunday Social for the school year in the Ballad Room on May 4th, 2008, after both the 9:00 A.M. and 11:00 A.M. Masses.  Coffee, tea, juice, donuts, bagels, and tomato pie will be served.

·        Shoe drive: Salesianum Rotary Club will be collecting  “used but not abused” athletic shoes Sunday, May 4, in the back of church.  This drive will help villagers in Ghana become independent farmers by providing them with technology and training in regenerative farming practices.  Please donate sneakers, athletic shoes, size 7 or larger, or soccer cleats ANY SIZE.

 

·        St. Anthony’s track meet Saturday, May 10 at Dickinson High School.  Gates open at 8:00 A.M..

 

·        Amanda DeFilippis, 5B, will be performing in Les Miserables School Edition on June 21 and 28 at 8:00 P.M.  Tickets $15-$35 at the DuPont Theatre.

 

·        St. Mark third quarter honor roll: Michael DiOssi, Christine Roach, Daniel Ryan, Adam Holubinka, Alexander Lano, Ricardo Nieves, all received second honors.                     

 

·        Salesianum third quarter honor roll:

    Principal’s List: Anthony Kokoszka, Michael Moreno, Dante DiSimplico

                First Honors: Marco Alberti, Paul Ciancia, Ryan Cuga, Vincent Olivere,   

                      Matthew Casale, Eric Crowell, Jerry Temple, Anthony Cicamore,

                       Patrick Imburgia, Stephen Olivere, Julian Piane, Edward Borowski,

                        Joseph Borowski, Robert LeSieur, Joseph Turk

    Second Honors: Anthony Onesi, Hunter Hrivnak, Andrew Madanat, Anthony 

                       Serio, Joshua Byrne, Joseph Caserta, Gabriel DelleDonne, Zachary

                       Truitt, Christopher McCreary, Sean McGrory

·        TUTORING BY MRS. WHITE: all subjects, K-12.  E-mail jwhite@stanthonynet.org for more information.

 

·        APRIL STUDENTS OF THE MONTH:

Pre-school: Jaidon Godlewski and Breya Scarlett

Kindergarten: Ana Mazalewski

Grade 1: Samantha DiVirgilio

2A: Justin Brooks

2B: James Mazalewski, Honorable Mention Alexis Winslow

3A: Matthew Everman, Honorable Mention Melanie Setting

3B: Margaret Banker, Honorable Mention Daniel Adams

4A: Kyle Brown

4B: Matthew Lochstoer, Honorable Mention Andrew Freerksen

5A: Jacob Weyer

5B: Nicole Scalessa

6A: Margaret Lizzi, Honorable Mention James Rook

6B: Nicole Martone, Honorable Mention Connor Crompton

7A: Shakira Johnson

7B: Maria Cuga

8A: Samantha Hrivnak

8B: Danielle Langston

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR STUDENTS OF THE MONTH!  KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.

 

·        MEETING FOR FESTIVAL VOLUNTEERS, Tuesday May 6, 7:00 P.M. in Fournier Hall.

·        SAINT ANTHONY OF PADUA SUMMER ENRICHMENT PROGRAM(S)

Information will be sent home with the children on Friday, May 2

·        FORMS FOR ADVANCE RIDE FESTIVAL TICKET AND 8-DAY ADMISSION PASS  will be sent home with the children on Friday, May 2.

·        REQUESTING FLOWERS FOR THE MAY PROCESSION.  It has been a custom here at St. Anthony’s that families send in bouquets of flowers for the May shrine.  If you have some flowers in your garden that you’d like to share, we would be very grateful.  If you don’t have a green thumb, the supermarkets have economically priced bouquets.  Thanks for whatever you can do to help us honor the Blessed Mother on May 7.

·        RUMORS that Saint Anthony will not have a kindergarten next year are unfounded. We have already registered students for the 2008-2009 school year.

 

UPCOMING:

5/6 Home and School social for board nominees in school library 7:00 P.M.

      Festival Volunteer meeting in Fournier 7:00 P.M

5/12 Finals begin

        Christian Formation Committee 6:00 P.M.

5/16 Band Concert 1:00 P.M.

5/19 Planning Day; no school for students

5/20 Field Day begins with 9:00 A.M. liturgy

5/22 Kindergarten Prayer Service  6:30 P.M.

5/26 Memorial Day; no school

5/29 Eighth Grade Communion Breakfast following 8:30 liturgy

                        Invitations will be coming home.

5/30 Last day for PreSchool, Kindergarten and 8th grade

 

6/2 Noon dismissal

6/3 Noon dismissal; 8th grade closing ceremony 7:00 P.M.

6/4 Last day; dismissal after closing liturgy.

6/8 Festival begins

 

God’s blessings on you and your families.

Ms. O’Donnell