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St. Patrick’s Day Party & Raffle
This year the Archbishop Walsh Academy St. Patrick’s Day Party will be
Saturday, March 24th from 7pm - 11pm at Archbishop Walsh Academy
The St. Patrick’s Day Party and Raffle includes 50/50 drawings, a betting wheel, dinner and open bar, and the
chance to win the grand prize of $20,000.
Tickets on Sale: Sports Locker, Worth W. Smith, STCS/AWA
Main Office and Online at www.stcswalsh.org
For More Information: Like us on Facebook… ArchbishopWalshAcademy
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(716) 372-8122
www.stcswalsh.org
Southern Tier Catholic School Archbishop Walsh Academy 208 North 24th Street Olean, NY 14760
STCS families with students in grades K-8th are welcome to apply for this scholarship for the
2018 - 2019 school year.
For more information go to www.bisonfund.com or contact Mary Beth Garvin, Director of
Admissions at [email protected]
Deadline to apply is February 28th!
Important Dates:
1/8 - 1/12: MAP Assessment K-8th
1/15: No School - MLK Jr. Day
1/16 - 1/19: Homecoming Week
1/19: Alumni Homecoming Game
1/20: Homecoming Dance
1/22 - 1/25: NYS Regents Exams
1/26: No School -PD Day / End of 2nd
Marking Period
1/28 - 2/2: Catholic Schools Week
2/8: STCS/Walsh Science Fair
2/14: Ash Wednesday
2/19: No School - President’s Day
2/19 - 2/23: No School - Winter
Recess
3/2 - 3/4: 5th & 6th gr. Shamrock
Tournament
3/19 - 3/22: IB Mock Exams
3/23: No School - Professional Dev.
3/24: St. Patrick’s Day Party
State of the School Address
Engaging. Disciplined. Inquiring.
In This Issue:
State of the School Address
Cooking with Montessori
Alumni Visit With Stu-
dents
From the Spiritual Director
Social Work Session:
Kindness Matters
Counselor Corner: How
was your day?
Cooking with Montessori:
Dear Alumni, Students, Parents, Faculty and Staff,
My sincere hopes are that you and your families enjoy a blessed New Year in good health and that this school year meets your highest expectations.
I am pleased to share with you that Archbishop Walsh Academy and Southern Tier Catholic School enrollment has been trending upward over the past four years. Currently we educate 190 students, Montessori through the Twelfth Grade. Our elementary faculty has created a K-4 Curriculum Guide that incorporates both NYS Learning Standards and International Baccalaureate Programme concepts. The Middle School and High School are in the second year of International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (MYP) candidacy for grades 5-10. It is anticipated that Archbishop Walsh and Southern Tier Catholic will submit the formal application to the International Baccalaureate Organization in Fall 2018. Our High School International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) for grades 11-12 continues to be robust with fifty percent of our Senior Class pursuing the Diploma while all Senior Class members will take multiple IB Certificate examinations this May 2018 in one or more of the discrete IBDP content areas, i.e. English, Math, Spanish, Art, Science and Humanities.
This year’s Senior Class, Walsh ’18, reports excellent post-secondary education admissions. It is to the credit of our students, their parents, our faculty and staff, and Dr. Leslie Watson that we report the following college acceptances to date:
Allegheny College, Baldwin-Wallace College, Canisius College, Chatham University, Daemen College, Hartwick College, Ithaca College, Keuka College, Mercyhurst University, Niagara University, St. Bonaventure University, and SUNY Fredonia.
Winter 2018
During this past Christmas season, the students in the Montessori program were excited to be helping their families bake cookies and other holiday treats. Even though the recipes are family secrets, the students were happy to share how to bake the perfect cookie.
Ella Schram says her favor ite cookies are sugar cookies. To make sugar cookies, she mixes chocolate, pepper, salt, and cupcakes. She spins the ingredients at her grandma’s house and cooks them for 5 to 22 minutes.
Raegan Gaylor says her favor ite cookies are purple cookies. To make purple cookies, she mixes butter, flour, and sugar, then cooks them for 50 minutes.
Harper Zitnik says her favor ite cookies are sugar cookies. To make sugar cookies, she mixes peanut butter , sugar, and pink. She cuts them with a ring and then likes to lick the batter off the ring.
Axl Bohdanowycz says his favor ite cookies are chocolate chip cookies. To make chocolate chip cookies, he mixes chocolate and applesauce, then cooks them for 5 minutes.
Amelia Bell says her favor ite cookies are chocolate mint cookies. To make chocolate mint cookies, she mixes peanut butter, jelly, milk, and cookies, then cooks them for 30 minutes.
Ava Strauss says her favor ite cookies are banana cookies. To make banana cookies, she mixes cucumbers, strawberries, ice cream, and blueberries, then cooks them for 3 minutes.
Our dedicated professional faculty and staff also reflect our commitment to international education and higher education influences. Two of our faculty hail from Colombia and teach Spanish, religion, and technology, and one coaches soccer. Another faculty is from the St. Bonaventure University Economics Department and teaches our juniors and seniors International Baccalaureate Economics. Our College Placement Counselor holds a doctorate and guides our students and their parents through the college application process with amazing results. Yet another
faculty member is an adjunct professor at Pitt-Bradford and teaches Theory of Knowledge to the International Baccalaureate students while serving as our International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme Director. Indeed, our newest International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme English teacher holds her doctorate in Early English Literature and has taught for many years at the post-secondary level, including at Pitt-Bradford. To all of our faculty and staff, I thank you for a job well done!
Archbishop Walsh Academy and Southern Tier Catholic School appreciate your prayers, best wishes and generous support. The schools look forward to the New Year.
Please know that you are invited to participate in as many school events and initiatives as possible. Please contact me at [email protected] or call 716-372-8122, Extension 1, if I may provide further information about these or any other events.
Your continued support makes a significant difference to each and every one of our students.
Thank you and may God bless you!
Pax et Bonum, Thomas J. Manko School President
Amelia Bell, Harper Zitnik, Jesse Niu, Karlee Runser
Jesse Niu, Chase Collins, Erin Ho,
Eloise Power, Ava Strauss
Alumni Visit High School Students By Mrs. Danielle Michel
From the Spiritual Director
Recent graduates of Archbishop Walsh Academy came home to their alma mater in December to visit with current high schoolers and share tidbits about their lives since graduation.
Five graduates — Christian Daugherty, ‘14, Selena Clemons, ‘15, Christian Churakos, ‘16, Willow Greer, ‘17, and Jade Swick, ‘17 — spoke about their experiences and memories in high school, the differences between high school and college, and the things they missed most about Walsh.
“Everyone here is your fan,” Churakos said of his high school days.
The graduates offered different perspectives on the college experience, though they all noted that students would need to adjust to some changes in both academics and their social lives. To best prepare for college, Daugherty noted, students need to “get out of [their] comfort zones” by participating in different activities and sports in high school.
In particular, the graduates lauded the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme for preparing them for the challenges they would face in college.
“The IB allowed me to learn those soft skills, like time management, and to communicate better. But it also helped me to academically handle a rigorous workload,” Clemons said. “Even now, as a junior in college, I look back and think about how the curriculum prepared me.”
“It pushes your limits,” Swick added.
The graduates were also eager to highlight Walsh’s unique family atmosphere and kind relationships among students and faculty. “When you come back, everyone knows you — you have your connections with your teachers and they still remember you, even when you’ve been graduated for three years,” Greer said.
“You can come back anytime.”
Virtue has been defined as “the quality or practice of moral excellence or righteousness” and “an habitual and firm disposition to the good.” This school year, in order to encourage good practices within our school, STCS/Walsh features a “Virtue of the Week.” Each week’s virtue is mentioned on announcements each morning along with related wisdom concerning the virtue. The virtues are incorporated in lessons, activities, and liturgies during the week. The virtue for Christmas week is Joy. Some of the other virtues highlighted during the fall were Hospitality, Respect, Responsibility, Patience, Friendship, and Forgiveness. The virtues each week are chosen by students and staff and posted on the bulletin board outside of the office.
The students and staff at STCS/Walsh celebrated Masses for the Holy Days of All Saints on November 1 and Immaculate Conception on December 8. Marcus even made a guest appearance and sang some Christmas carols with the students. In the same spirit, students and parents were greeted with caroling on the morning of the last day before Christmas break. Teachers provided music and singing in the lobby for all to enjoy!
By Mrs. Mary Lou Plesac
Christian Daugherty, Christian Churakos, Selena
Clemons, Willow Greer, Jade Swick
Alumni speaking to Walsh High School students
Elementary virtue bulletin board
Father David Tourville celebrates mass
STCS/Walsh staff singing Christmas carols Father Patrick Melfi celebrates mass
Kindness Matters
We live in a world filled with negativity. Society focuses on what is wrong in the world and neglects the good that happens each day. Many expect that if they do something for someone else, they need to get something in return. People are experiencing more stress, anxiety, fear, depression, high blood pressure, pain, lack of motivation, disconnect from others, and much more because of the negative focus in the world. On this journey of life, we all experience struggles, hardships, and challenges, but we must also remember the good that exists. How do we do this? The answer is simple: begin with kindness.
Kindness provides us hope that good exists and things can get better. Kindness heals the suffering and pain we experience so that we can fully love. Kindness teaches us to be grateful for what we have. Kindness teaches us compassion and understanding. Kindness teaches us that we matter. Kindness teaches us that we are not alone. Kindness teaches us to be better people. Kindness connects us to each other. Kindness makes our journey through life a little easier.
Kindness comes from the heart. Kindness does not have to be a big gesture. The small things often have the greatest impact. There are many ways to show kindness: call or text someone to let them know you are thinking of them, smile at someone, hold the door open, say “please” and “thank you,” make someone their favorite dinner, quietly listen to someone who needs to talk, let someone in front of you in line, spend time with someone who is lonely, or offer to help someone with a project. By showing people kindness, we put the good that happens each day back in the forefront and make the world a little better for someone.
“The best portion of a good man’s life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.” – William Wordsworth
If you have any questions about this topic, please contact Mrs. Katie Jodush at [email protected]
By Mr. Nate Farnum, School Counselor
How was your day?
As parents, we want to know how our child’s day was at school. Being engaged and in tune with our student’s education is always encouraged. Research shows that when parents are actively involved in their child’s education, students want to perform better and do perform better. What happens all too often, though, is we get a one word answer (or just a grunt) to the “how was school today?” question. The key is to dig in and find different ways to ask that generic question... “How was your day?” Below is a list of 10 questions designed to help start meaningful conversations about the school day:
1. Tell me about the best part of your day.
2. What was the hardest thing you had to do today?
3. Did any of your classmates do anything funny?
4. Tell me about what you read in class.
5. Who did you play with today? What did you play?
6. Do you think math [or any subject] is too easy or too hard?
7. What's the biggest difference between this year and last year?
8. What rules are different at school than our rules at home? Do you think they're fair? 9. Who did you sit with at lunch? 10. Can you show me something you learned (or did) today?
Hopefully you will find these starters useful in connecting the school day to home. If you would like additional resources on this topic, please contact me at [email protected]
Important Upcoming Dates: January 8 – January 12 MAP Testing (K-8) January 22 – January 25 Regents Exams (9-12 select students)
Counselor Corner
By Mrs. Katie Jodush, School Social Worker
Joe Scordo, Tioga Simpson, Aliyah Tejera,
Samara Lindberg
Maxamillion Kalyan & John Neeson
Adalynn Searles, Kennedy Ewings, Gracelynn Lutes,
Aubrie Newburg, Mia Zinz