Crusader Connection; February 20, 2020

Important News: Taking a Sick Student Home Although we live in a world where most students have a cell phone with them, it is vital that when they are not feeling well that they go to the school nurse.

We have discovered a trend where students are texting their parents when they are feeling under the weather and the parent just showing up to come pick them up.

If your child is not feeling well, please advise them to visit the school nurse! We do not wish for a medical emergency to happen in a classroom or hallways or not knowing that your child was not feeling well, prior to a parent picking the student up.

Students who call or text parents and ask to be picked up without going to the nurse could incur disciplinary consequences.

Upcoming Events Sadie Hawkins Dance

February 22

Ash Wednesday Mass

February 26

Spring Blood Drive

February 27

Mini-THON

Bishop’s Visit

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Sadies Dance- Saturday, February 22nd The Sir Valentine’s Sadies Dance will be held on Saturday, February 22nd in Lancaster Catholic’s Cafeteria from 7-10 PM. The final day of ticket sales is tomorrow, Friday, February 21 for $12.

Guest forms are available in the Main Office.

Grandparents’ Day Our Annual Grandparents’ Day at Lancaster Catholic High School will be held on Thursday, March 19th.

The event begins at 8 AM with a continental breakfast, Fine & Performing Arts entertainment and ends after the Feast of St. Joseph Mass around 11 AM.

Ash Wednesday Mass Lancaster Catholic would like to invite you and your family to attend Ash Wednesday Mass on Wednesday, February 26th with the student community.

Mass starts at 9:30 AM. Seats will be reserved for guests in the front of the gym.

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Spring Blood Drive- Donors Wanted Blood is needed every 2 seconds. Your blood can give life to a cancer patient, a trauma victim or a burn patient, just to name a few who would benefit from your donation. It is a safe and easy process which takes approximately 45 minutes. The drive will be held Thursday, February 27 from 8:00 to 2:00 in the Old Gym. The Blood Drive is sponsored by our National Honor Society and Central Pennsylvania Blood Bank.

Anyone age 16 or older, weighing at least 110 pounds and in good health on the day of the drive may donate. Pennsylvania law requires a parent consent form for students who are 16 years old. Permission forms are available in the Library and must be returned by Tuesday, February 25. Unfortunately, International students may not donate since they have not been in the U.S. for 1 complete year.

All donors must present a photo ID at the time of donation. Beginning Monday, February 10 sign-up sheets for donating will be available in the Library.

Please encourage your son or daughter to donate.

If you would like to donate please email Miss Susan Martin at smartin@lchsyes.org with your preferred time.

2020 LLMEA Private Music Teacher of the Year Congratulations to our very own Mr. Paul Murr for being selected as the recipient of the 2020 Lancaster- Lebanon Music Educators Association “Private Music Teacher of the Year� award.

This is a well deserved award received by Mr. Murr, who not only teaches our students here at Lancaster Catholic, but also maintains a private studio, and is an adjunct Professor of Percussion Studies at Millersville University.

The award was voted on by his peers in the LLMEA organization and will be officially presented in the Spring.

Online Raffle Baskets Tickets Lancaster Catholic is hosting an online raffle for 7 themed raffle baskets donated by the Freshman, Sophomore, Junior and Senior classes.

The profits from the baskets support Lancaster Catholic’s mission.

Tickets are 1 for $5, 5 for $10, 10 for $20, 25 for $50 & 50 for $100. Tickets can be purchased at www. accelevents.com/e/2020PurpleGoldGalaRaffle.

Winners will be drawn this Friday, February 21st, 2020 and notified via email.

Art Sale & Dinner- March 7, 2020

Click here for more information!

Amazon Smile You can now shop on Amazon and with just a click of a button, the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price to support Lancaster Catholic!

Just be sure to use the www.smile.amazon.com website when you are checking out to make sure your donation counts!

Important Business Office Updates!

With changes in the Financial Aid Application and the Neumann Scholarship, it is crucial that if you wish to re-register your child at Lancaster Catholic High School for the 2020-21 school year, a Registration Fee of $150 is due by March 1st.

Also, the Financial Aid Applications are due March 1st. This is an earlier date than last year. You may use your 1040 form from 2018 to complete this application.

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If you have any questions, please contact the Business Office at 717-509-0307.

Parent Referral Program!

There is no better way to encourage prospective students and their families to consider all that Lancaster Catholic has to offer than to extend a personal invitation! We know first hand that your recommendation moves people to take the first step in exploring Lancaster Catholic for their family.

Our Referral Program is meant to thank families who have added new members to the Crusader family. For each new family that enrolls, the referring family will receive a $500 discount on tuition!

Please contact Kyla Hockley, Admissions Director, for more information on this new program at 717-509-0313 or by emailing khockley@lchsyes.org.

Lancaster Catholic Mini-THON (February 29-March 1) Lancaster Catholic’s Mini-THON is right around the corner and we need your help!

If you are unfamiliar with Mini-THON, it’s a 12hour event held at our school from 6 pm February 29, to 6 am March 1st where we will all stand in solidarity for the many kids who fight childhood cancer every day.

Lancaster Catholic’s Mini-THON started about nine years ago and has raised thousands of dollars for the Four Diamonds Fund, which allows families fighting pediatric cancer to never see a bill of the medical expenses.

Last year, our total was over $46,000. This money allows Four Diamonds families to designate all of their time and attention to their child in the fight to beat this dreadful disease. Mini-THON’s all around Pennsylvania and neighboring states are in conjunction to Penn State’s THON—the stem of all Mini-THONs. We are all united in this fight, and someday we will find a cure for cancer!

Your child has heard about the event throughout the year; now is the time that we really need to have one final push for signups and fundraising. We are asking you to please help us to remind your child to sign up for this event. Students can easily sign up here!

Every student who wishes to stay for the full 12-hour event must raise a minimum of $80, but we always encourage them not to limit themselves to that.

Please check in with your child and see if they are interested in signing up, and please help support him/her in their efforts. In the coming weeks we will hold meetings in school for dancers in order for them to prepare for this commitment and confirm that they receive a permission form—which will need to be signed by parents/guardians, so please be on the lookout for that. While the entire night is extremely enjoyable, it does get very challenging to stay awake and stay standing once we hit the early hours of the morning.

Mini-THON Care Packages To help make the night even better, we ask the parents to create a care package for their child. This care package should be personalized and full of fun items. Here are some ideas for what to include: • Gatorade • Candy/Granola Bars • Bouncy Balls

• Bubbles • Socks • Letters of Encouragement

The care packages can be composed of boxes or gift bags, and they can be as large or as small as you see fit.

Please do not include any medications or health items- all of those items should be checked in with the dancer at registration, and-moderator--Miss Newill should be informed that the student needs such items with them at the event prior to February 29th.

We also ask that you do not include “messy” items such as silly string or slime.

These items will be confiscated if seen, as they have the potential to ruin school property which we aim to avoid at all costs.

The dancers do not know when they will be receiving their care packages during the night, and we encourage you to keep the contents of their care package a secret to maintain the surprise factor. Please send in the package to school with your child or personally drop it off in the main office no later than Thursday, February 27th.

Make sure to mark the package clearly with your students’ name so we can ensure they receive the gift.

This year we are offering a care package that you can pre-order. This package will cost $20, and must be ordered by Friday the 21st. Send a check (made payable to LCHS) or cash to school with your son or daughter for $20 to the main office. The care packages will include things like: • Water/ Gatorade • Sweet snack - rice crispy/ cookies • Chips

• Stress ball/bouncy ball • Bubbles • Socks

Mini-THON Community Hour Each year we hold a Community Hour portion of the night in which we welcome all families and community members to come in and get a look into our event to get a first-hand experience as to what it involves and support the cause.

This will be held from 6-11pm on February 29th with Mass being held before, at 5pm, which everyone is encouraged to join us for. All dancers will be required to attend Mass prior to the event. If you would like to come experience our event and are willing to help us as a parent volunteer we would be very thankful for any amount of help you’re willing to offer.

Below is a link to a sign-up genius which will be used to sign up as a volunteer for however long you’re willing to stay during the night. Please consider giving of your time, we cannot do this without you! If you have a diocesan clearance please include that when you sign up. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080c48aeaf2ca7f94-minithon Lastly, if you would still like to support our Mini-THON, and are looking for other ways of doing so here are some other options: • Donate money directly through the link above that dancers use to sign up. Simply hit the “Donate To This Event” button.

• Purchase a luminary to remember or honor a loved one which will be used during our Midnight Luminaria Ceremony. Simply fill out the form attached and send it to the school with the money ($10 per luminary). They can be returned to the main office, Mrs. Hamer or Ms. Newill.

If you have any questions or would like to donate in a way not mentioned above, feel free to reach out to us at minithonlchs@gmail.com .

To volunteer, submit your child’s medical release form or submit a luminary form, click here. To donate to Lancaster Catholic’s Mini-THON, click here.

School Counseling Corner Attention all Seniors!

Millersville University is offering an Instant Decision Day for any senior who wishes to apply to Millersville. So, if you would like to apply risk free and get a decision right away, visit https://www.millersville.edu/admissions/undergrad/apply/indexphp and use the fee waiver code FR2020!

Ms. Naydia Bonner, Admissions Counselor from Millersville will be at LCHS on February 21 at 11:00 a.m. Please sign up through Naviance.

Course Selection 2020-21 Tips Course selection information was distributed in homeroom on Wednesday morning. Please read through the instructions thoroughly.

While students do not need signatures for core classes this year, they do need signatures for elective classes. Please do not wait until the last minute to start this process. Your School Counselors and teachers are ready to answer any questions you may have!

Juniors- There are two programs that you may wish to involved with: Villanova University offers a “Discover Nursing Program” for students interested in Nursing on March 27, 2020. Interested students must have a 3.5 GPA or better.

See you School Counselor before March 10, 2020!

Lancaster General Hospital continues to offer excellent volunteer opportunities this summer for students who show a genuine interest in Health Care. This program is competitive as there are scholarships available after a student completes their hours. Please visit: www.LancasterGeneralHealth.org and download the current application. Hurry, applications are only accepted from March 2-March 11th!

Registering for the SAT this Spring?

Please note that the Prom is the day before the May, 2020 SAT date! Other testing dates include June 6, 2020 and August 29, 2020 and Naviance has a direct link to those websites for registration from the student home page.

Lifeguard Job Opportunities Ages 15+

Looking for a summer job? Do you want to spend the day at the pool while earning money? Look no further! Conestoga Pines Pool is now recruiting lifeguards for the 2020 pool season! Applicants must be 15 years old to apply. No certification is required and you will be provided with paid training and guaranteed job placement for the Summer of 2020. Applications are available at the Lancaster Rec Center or online at www.LancasterRec.org. Please bring your completed application to interview.

Contact Jack at jbingeman@LancasterRec.org or 717-392-2115 x129 to schedule an interview or complete an online application.

Lancaster Catholic High School

Teacher Spotlight

Mandy Miller

Loyal, Honest, Empathetic

Instructional Support Teacher BSE Special Education and MEd Language & Literacy: Reading Specialist

What is an item on your bucket list?

Visit the Canary Islands in Italy

Tell us about your family!

My husband Scott and I have 3 boys. . .Owen, Maxwell, and Tobias.

We also have our fur kids; our rescue dog named Stella, and our 2 rats, Lucy and Phoebe.

What would be your teacher super power?

When did you realize you wanted to become an educator?

I would give all kids the ability to read and to love it!

After initially majoring in business as an undergrad, my first statistics course quickly changed my mind!

If you could have any other career, what would it be?

Veterinarian

Favorite hobby?

Watching horror movies

It was not long after this that my love for working with children in the community with special needs opened my eyes to the field of education and exceptional students!

What is your favorite thing about Lancaster Catholic?

The students, hands down. They are some of the brightest and kindest young minds I have ever had the pleasure of teaching!

SAVE THE DATE Diocese of Harrisburg Men’s Conference March 28, 2020 Bishop McDevitt High School 1 Crusader Way, Harrisburg

Catholic Men: Defenders of the Faith Keynote Speaker

The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass

Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights. He holds a Ph.D. in sociology from New York University and is the author of several books on civil liberties, social issues, and Catholicism.

Principal Celebrant and Homilist The Most Reverend Ronald W. Gainer, DD, JCL Bishop of Harrisburg

Conference includes: Keynote, Mass, 40+ Workshops, Confession, Eucharistic Adoration, plus fellowship with up to 1000 men.

There will also be 3 adapted workshops for men living with an intellectual disability and their caregivers.

Registration available soon at www.hbgdiocese.org/men

For information, please contact Jim Gontis, Director of Evangelization and Catechesis (717) 657 – 4804, ext. 227, or jgontis@hbgdiocese.org