crusader connection week of november 13, 2015
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— Week of November 13-20, 2015 —
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Thirty-five students competed on Friday, November 6 in the LCHS Poetry Out Loud competition.
Julia Cao was awarded first prize for her recitation of The Paradox by Paul Laurence Dunbar. This is Cao’s second consecutive year to win Poetry Out Loud.
Peter Witkowski won second place by reciting Broken Promises by David Kirby and Molly Hackman, reciting My Grandmother’s Love Letters by Hart Crane, and Amanda Martin, reciting What You Have to Get Over by Dick Allen, tied for third place.
Cao will compete in regional finals in February 2016, according to Dana Kinsey, LCHS Poetry Out Loud moderator. State champions compete in the national finals where more than $50,000 in prizes are awarded.
Four judges scored the contestants on physical presence, voice and articulation, dramatic appropriateness, evidence of understanding and overall performance. An accuracy judge also evaluated the competitors.
Julia Cao Shines at Poetry out Loud
11.13 Popcorn shrimp, buttered pasta, steamed vegetable, fruit, tomato soup, egg salad/tuna11.16 Meatball sandwich, oven fries, veggie cup & dip, fruit, turkey sandwich11.17 Thanksgiving meal -- all lines11.18 Walking taco, fiesta rice, fruit, Italian sub11.19 General T’so, fried rice, egg roll, fruit, hot ham and cheese11.20 Pierogies, steamed vegetable, garlic breadstick, fruit, tomato soup, egg salad/tuna
11.16 Winter sports begin11.17 CTC visit - Brownstown11.18 CTC visit - Mount Joy11.19 Fall play in-school preview11.19 CTC visit - Willow Street11.19 Faculty and staff meeting11.19 Fall play: Golden Agers show11.20 Fall play
Administrative Corner
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Athletics
Attention parents! We need your help at the winter sporting events – this includes concessions, gate sales and help in other miscellaneous areas. Check the website for signup link coming soon.
Tickets are still available for a day of shopping and sightseeing in New York City on Sunday, December 6. Trip benefits the LCHS Field Hockey Team. This is NOT a chaperoned trip. Please contact Diana Anater at 717.951.5198 or [email protected] with questions.
Christmas in the Big Apple
Parent Help Needed at Winter Sporting Events
Lancaster Catholic has partnered with gphomestay, an educational service company specializing in providing quality homestays for international students who attend American high schools. We are searching for families who interested in hosting an international student during the 2015-2016 academic year. To learn more about homestays, click HERE for an informational letter from LCHS and gphomestay.
Host Families Needed for International Students
www.gphomestay.com | [email protected] | 781.996.0429
PARTICIPATE in cross-cultural exchange
BUILD a lifelong relationship
RECEIVE a monthly stipend of $1,200
FOSTER diversity in American education
Now partnering with your neighborhood school, Lancaster Catholic High School!
At gphomestay, we know that meaningful cross-cultural relationships foster world harmony across our planet. That’s why we pair dedicated American host families with international high school students who are enthusiastic about living in and learning about the United States.
All gphomestay hosts welcoming students from Lancaster Catholic High School are compensated with an annual $12,000 stipend.
Know someone else from the Lancaster area who might be interested? Refer them to us and receive a $300 referral bonus when they are approved to host!
Learn more at www.gphomestay.com
HOST ANINTERNATIONAL STUDENT
...and open your window to the world!
New Oasis International Education is seeking host families for international students that are arriving in January and in the fall. Host families provide meals, a bedroom and a warm family environment. Hosting a young person from another country is an interesting and rewarding experience. If you would like to learn more about sharing your life with one of these students, please contact Sharon Ganz at 717-272-9565 or 610-659-9641 or email: [email protected]. You can fill out an application on our website. Visit us at www.newoasisedu.com. A financial stipend is provided to offset the cost of hosting.
New Oasis Seeks Host Families
First Quarter Honor Roll Students AnnouncedThe Honor Roll is achieved by students who have a weighted average of 90% with no grades less than 80%. All courses are included in the averaging. Students attaining an average of 93% or greater are recognized as Distinguished Honors.Click HERE to read a full list of the honor roll students.
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Fine & Performing ArtsDrama Department to Present Cash on DeliveryThe Drama Department will present the play Cash on Delivery on November 20 and 21 at 7:30 PM.
This fast paced British farce concerns a con artist who has duped the welfare authorities for years by claiming every type of benefit for the innumerable people he claims live at his address. He’s sent scrambling when welfare investigators show up and he is forced to prove all of his boarders are in fact real. A hilarious comedy full of mistaken identities, slamming doors, and a con that spirals out of control.
Tickets are on sale now: $14 reserved seating, $12 general admission adult and $7 general admission student. Tickets also will be available at the door. For tickets or information, contact Tony Brill, FPA Director, or send payment and a SASE to Mr.
Brill at 650 Juliette Avenue, Lancaster, PA 17601.
Black Friday Shopping to Support Mini-THON!
Click on the flyer and print a copy to take to the register when you shop at Five Below on Black Friday and Saturday (November 27 and 28). You must present the flyer in order for 10 percent of your purchase price to be donated to LCHS Mini-THON.
Breakfast with Santa
LANCASTER CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOLin pa r tne r sh ip w i th St . Anne ’ s Ret i r ement Commun i ty
& Sponso r ed by:
Dr . Albe r t J . Schrede r ‘45 &
Pau l Dav i s RECOVER. RECONSTRUCT. RESTORE.
BENEFITS OUR FRIENDS OF THE FINE & PERFORMING ARTS DEPARTMENT
Saturday, December 12thLCHS CafeteriaBreakfast Served from 8:30-10:30amActivities from 9-10:30am
Buffet Style Breakfast: French Toast Sticks, Sausage, Hash Browns, Scrambled Eggs, Apple & Orange Juice, Milk, Coffee & Tea
Activities: * Performances by LCHS FPA Students & Faculty
* Special Message from Santa!
* Religious Activity with Campus Ministry
* Gift Bags & a Toy for Every Child
*A special opportunity to have your child’s or family’s picture taken with Santa (FREE 5x7 photo included)
Family Name__________________________
Total # of Participants @ $15 each___________
(Adults & Children)
Total # Children under 3 - Free ____________
Total Amount Enclosed $__________________
Please make checks payable to LCHS FPAPlease return forms with payment to:Tony Brill, Director of Fine & Performing ArtsLancaster Catholic High School650 Juliette Avenue Lancaster, PA 17601For more information, please contact:TTony Brill, Director of the Fine & Performing Arts at:TBRILLLCHSYES.ORG or 717.509.0310
Please RSVP before Friday, December 4th
Join Santa for breakfast and activities on Saturday, December 12 at the LCHS Cafeteria.
A buffet style breakfast will be served at 8:30 AM and activities for children will be held from 9-10:30 AM. Activities include a special message from Santa, perfomances by the LCHS FPA faculty and students and a religious activity with Campus Ministry.
Contact Tony Brill, FPA Director, for tickets or more information. Click on the flyer to download the ticket order form. RSVP by December 4.
Breakfast with Santa Tickets Available
Support the Respect Life Club Thanksgiving
food drive and bring your canned food items to either performance.
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Other Announcements
Thank You to Our Platinum Level Sponsors
Catholic Schools Week Kickoff with the Hershey Bears!
January 30, 2016
An important aspect of the academic program at Lancaster Catholic High School is that we are accredited by the Middle States Association of Schools and Colleges. Our first accreditation was awarded in 1936. What does this mean to you? Accreditation by an internationally recognized organization gives an added value to an LCHS diploma. Colleges and universities know that an accredited school has been reviewed by an outside organization and that the school meets certain academic standards.
To be accredited, every seven years Lancaster Catholic must conduct a self-study. This is in preparation for a visiting team of educators coming to the school to evaluate and review our programs. This school year we are conducting our self-study. The projected Evaluation Team visit is fall 2016.
As part of this self-study process we must survey our stakeholders. Our parents and students are our most important stakeholders. Below is a link to a Survey Monkey® parent survey. Please take time to complete the survey. The survey will also be available on the For Parents page of the LCHS website until FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20.
Students may access the student survey from the For Student page of the LC website, beginning Friday, November 6.The results of the survey will give the faculty important information to use in determining our goals and objectives for the next seven years.
If you have any questions about this process please feel free to contact Miss Susan Martin, Middle States Facilitator at [email protected]. Thank you in advance for giving your time to this important task.
Survey Link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZB9X76Y
Middle States Accreditation Parent Survey
The LCHS Respect Life Club is sponsoring its annual Thanksgiving Food Drive. Nonperishable foods, frozen turkeys, supermarket turkey certificates and monetary donations will be collected in homerooms and accepted in the Main Office November 2-23. The collected food will be blessed at the LCHS Thanksgiving Mass on November 24 and then delivered to needy families.
Thanksgiving Food Drive