Crusader Times February 20, 2019

• CLASS RING CEREMONY on February 22 during the Student Mass.

• MOTHER-SON DATE: Next Saturday, March 2nd! 1st-5th Grades, 10:30-12; 6th

-8th Grades, 12:30-2:00 in the school library (see last pages)

• PICTURE DAY is next Tuesday, March 5th!

• ASH WEDNESDAY: March 6 — Lenten Season Begins

• UPPER SCHOOL GYM NIGHT: March 8th, 6-9

• EARLY DISMISSAL: March 15

PreK3 through Grade 12

15415 Red Robin Road

San Antonio TX 78255

210-695-2240

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Rev. Mark Lewis Pastor

Mr. James Growdon

Head of School

TODAY: The Varsity Men's Basketball team has one final game of the season this Wednesday at 6:00 pm vs. Our Lady of the Hills to prepare for the LSCAA State Tournament this weekend. Come out and show your support and Crusader Spirit! Pizza will be sold! THIS SATURDAY the Varsity Men's Basketball team will be com-peting in the LSCAA State Tournament at The Atonement Acade-my. We have been selected to host the LSCAA State Tournament. This is home court advantage, and we want to see everyone in the stands this weekend to support the Varsity Men's team for making the playoffs and cheer them on to victory! Our Booster club will be grilling out various items for breakfast and lunch. Here is game schedule: 9:00 am vs. River City Christian 12:30 pm vs. SFJMCS 3:30 pm vs. FEAST Depending on how those games go will determine if we make it to the LSCAA Championship also on Saturday at 7:00 pm.

—Mr. Dakotah Vidal,

Interim Athletic Director

THANK YOU We appreciate our contributors of photos and/ or stories. They include: Angelique Lopez, Autumn Taylor, Jesse DeHoyos, Yolanda Joiner, Susana Treviño, Amy Zuberbueler, Deborah Wend-tland, Peter Petroff, Erika Lizama, Ludivina Nelson, Christy Lozano, and anyone from whom I “stole” FB photos and forgot to credit! We appreciate your contributions to the Crusader Times!

One Day Only! A “Book Tasting” is scheduled for all MS and US only. This Book tasting is

an opportunity to preview new B&N books in a quiet and relaxed setting. Quiet conversa-tions about the book is encouraged!

We understand students have very little time to enjoy browsing a book store or library due

to assignments and extracurricular activi-ties. We will display seven new books ac-

quired from Barnes and Noble for review by older students.

Students may purchase a copy of the book on the same day while supplies last. Stu-

dents may pay with cash, debit, credit or bill

We Are Having a Book Tasting!

Tuesday, March 12th

the cost to school account. Mrs. Wend-

tland will provide forms in the next news-letter.

MS Books on display 11:30 – 12:15 pm US Books on display 12:30 – 4:30pm

Keep a look out for the

March Madness 2019

Tournament of Books (4 rounds)

Votes tallied every

Tuesday and Thursday

Voting starts March 19th – April 1st More Information to Come!

Two of the first families to re-enroll! At left, Mrs. Ana Lane with Emma, Mariana, and Mark. At right is our pastor, Fr. Mark Lewis and Mrs. Sommer with son David (daughter Mary not pictured).

Dr. Melba Hutsell was our former princi-pal in the days when The Atonement was just a K through Grade 8 school. Upon her retirement, she received this framed page from an old British Bible (1684). Dr. Hutsell remained interested in our school throughout her life, and she passed away August 1, 2013. Enter Janis Witt, a kind lady who found the framed page at an estate sale. She bought the framed page, read the inscrip-tion and decided to return the gift to the school! This week, Ms. Witt came to the school to present the rare gift. Pictured with Head of School Mr. Growdon and Sister Mary Margaret (who was a good friend of Dr. Hutsell’s).

Gift of Rare 1684 Bible Page

DON’T DELAY — RE-ENROLL TODAY! Be sure to re-enroll your Crusaders for the 2019-202 academic year! Mrs. Yolanda Joiner wants all parents to know that we have telephone calls daily and tours sev-eral times a week. If you have friends or family who are intertester din our school, have them contact Mrs. Joiner at yjoiner@atonementonline.com.

Volunteer Coaches

Needed!

Thanks to parent volunteers Claire Adian, Claudia Phillips, and Mary Bishoy, we have contacted and tested numerous LS and MS students for the up-coming academic competition. We also thank all children who participated in the on-campus competition. Some tried out but didn’t make it because we can only send a certain num-ber of children per grade level per category. We now have 107 participants assigned to 18 dif-ferent PSIA categories. (This does not necessarily mean 107 different students, as some students have entered multiple categories.) The list has been sent to the PSIA region today. The competi-tion is on Saturday, March 23. Our students now have a month to prepare for the competition. Last year, as many of you know, Mrs. Mefrige or-ganized the event and coached our students. Due to funding issues, this has not been possible this year. Therefore, we are asking for faculty and parent volunteers for the categories below. As you will see, some categories have already been assigned. However, if you are interested in that same catego-ry, I am sure the person already assigned would be happy for extra help. I have listed the name of the category, the grades of the students involved, and the number of stu-dents involved. As a VOLUNTEER COACH, you would be asked to read through the materials, meet with the stu-dents and distribute the materials, and then meet with them in tutoring sessions once a week, twice a week, or every other week until March 23. (The coaching can depend on your availability, as well as the specific category.) You will not need to ac-company the children to the competition on March 23. Please let me know as soon as possible, at the latest by Friday, Feb. 22, if you are willing to help. I will then give you the names of the students so you can contact them, arrange meeting times with parents and get them their materials. Thank you for any help you can give. If you know of any parents whom we can contact for specific categories, please let me know that as well.

—Amy Zuberbueler

1. Art Memory – students will work at home 2. Calculator Applications – 6-7-8 – 2 students. RAY RANZAU 3. Creative Writing –1 & 2 – 4 students - 4. Dictionary Skills – 4-8 – 5 students - 5. Impromptu Speaking – 7/8 – 2 students 6. Listening Skills – 4/5 – 4 students: LINDA PASKET 7. Maps, Graphs, Charts – 4-8 – 6 students 8. Math – 3-8 – 17 students: RAY RANZAU 9. Modern Oratory – 7/8 – 2 students - 10. Music Memory – student will work at home 11. Number Sense – 4-8 – 12 students: RAY RANZAU 12. On Site Drawing – 6-7-8 – 7 students - 13. Prose Recitation – 4-6 – 6 students - 14. Ready Writing – 3-8 – 7 students - 15. Science – 6-8 – 5 students: SHAWN WHITE and JENNIFER GRAY 16. Spelling- 2-8 – 13 students: CLAIRE ADIAN 17. Storytelling – 1-3 – 6 students – 18. Vocabulary – 5-8 – 6 students: CLAIRE ADIAN \

At left, Mrs. Taylor’s fifth grade girls conducting a science experiment to see if they could capture the energy of the sun.

St. Valentine’s Day Celebrations

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1. Some of Ms. Pyle’s Parents with their PK-3 children.

2. Ms. Lozano with her PK-4 students. 3. Sixth grade girls with their room

moms. 4. A few of Ms. Pyle’s PK-3 boys.