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Jan. 28, 2015
East Catholic Monthly
Volume
Upcoming Events
Notes from the Principal
The Season of Lent begins on Ash
Wednesday, which this year is on February 13. The students will be attending the
9:00 a.m. Mass on that day. We hope
you will join us. If you are not able to
join us for Mass, try to go at another time
that day.
During Lent we are asked to pray, fast
and give alms. We should pray daily but
during Lent make an effort to pray as a
family or make a commitment to attend
Mass each weekend with your children.
At the end of the newsletter are questions
for each day of Lent that are taken from
Catholic School
May IEastHave
This Dance by Joyce Rupp.
Hopefully these questions will draw you
closer to God.
Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of fast and abstinence. What other ways can you
fast during Lent? You could
give up something or you could
do something extra.
Make a donation to a special charity during Lent as a way of giving alms.
REMINDER:
Students should plan to arrive at school by 7:50 a.m. If your child is
absent please remember to call the school before 8:30 a.m. If you wish to pick up homework for your child you must request it by 8:00 a.m. so that the teachers can assign someone to gather it for your child. Many of the teachers do not return to their mailboxes until
lunch time and then half of the day is gone.
If you wish to talk to a teacher please make an appointment. It is very difficult when a
parent “drops in” on a teacher “for just a few minutes”. The teacher is usually busy with
the rest of the students.
Pre School Story Time-February
Wednesday, February 11, 2015 will be
the next Story time at East Catholic
School. This is a free rhyme, song and
craft program designed to entertain and
engage young children. The program is
for children 2 ½ to 5 years old and should
give them a positive introduction to
books and the habit of reading.
We invite all children along with their
parents or guardian to come and visit Sto-
Issue
ry time at East Catholic Library. Registration is required on or
before February 10th by calling the East
Catholic School Office (412-351-5403)
during the hours 8:30 am until 2:00 pm.
The theme of our story time will be
"Fairytales." Join us! East Catholic follows the Woodland Hills schedule for
cancellation due to severe weather.
Feb. 3—6th gr Science
Fair
Feb. 4—Magazine sale
begins
Feb. 18—Ash Wednesday—Mass for all; fish
fry
Mar. 7—Gala
Mar. 21—
Confirmation for Word
of God/Good Shepherd/Madonna parishes
at 10:30 a.m. at Good
Shepherd
Apr.13-Apr. 22—
Terra Nova Testing—
DO NOT schedule
any time off during
these days.
Apr. 14—
Confirmation for St.
Maurice & St. Colman
Parishes at St. Maurice
at 7:00 p.m.
Apr. 19—Fashion
Show
Apr. 24-25—
Shakespeare Play
May 3 – First Eucharist
at St. Maurice
Classroom Update—Kindergarten, Room 201
What a frigid start to our new year! Ms. J, who wears a
“jingle, jingle jacket” arrived at the start of January.
Together Ms. J and the children continued the Christmas season with the story of Jesus’ birth, the arrival of
the Three Kings, and the baptism of Jesus by John.
Some of the children were readers at a school mass this
month and all of the children learned a responsorial
psalm that they sang at this mass. They all did a wonderful job. I was very proud of my students.
The children enjoyed a “jean” day in Ms. J’s honor and
created a book on what they like to do best
in their jeans. Mr. D, who is a “dazzling
dancer” arrived about mid-month and shared
his interest in dinosaurs with the class. The
children took part in many types of evaluations in preparation for their first report card.
They worked very hard to demonstrate the skills they
have acquired on these evaluations during January . I
am impressed by their accomplishments.
All year long the children have been counting their days of school and we should reach
our 100th day in early February (hopefullyno snow days). This past month the children
worked on counting patterns; counting by
2’s, 5’s and 10’s as well as counting consecutively to 100. Near the end of January they began
working on the concepts and skills of measurement.
Mr. I, who measures in inches, is happy about this!
Greta Trautman was our first Star Student of
2015. Moonbeam Moose had a fun time being
with her for 2 weeks. On Greta’s sharing day
we learned that Moonbeam was a well behaved guest. He next traveled to Grayden Tkach’s
home for the rest of January. Grayden will bring
St. John Fisher Preschool:
Registration is on-going for
the 2015-2016 school year.
Classes available are Toddler 2 (T/TH 9:30-11:30 a.m.); 3 day for 3s (M/W/F 911:30 a.m.) and 5 day 4s (M-F 12:30-3:00 p.m). All 3
and 4 year old children must be potty trained. To register bring a $40 deposit and the first months tuition
(for Toddler 2—$85; for 3 day 3’s $120; and for 5 day
4’s $175). All payment is non-refundable. Registration forms are available at East Catholic School. For
more information, call Ms. Lynn Dominijanni at
412/977-0183.
Moonbeam back on Friday, Jan. 30th and share their
adventures together with the class.
Happy Birthday to Greta Trautman who turned 6 on
Jan. 29th. She was our 1st and only January birthday.
We had a Show ‘N Tell day just after we returned so
that each child could share something special that he or
she received or did during Christmas. It was interesting
to see and hear about their gifts.
St. John Fisher’s 4-yr preschool students came to visit
us at East Catholic for a little “snowy afternoon fun.”
on Jan. 16th. Mrs. D (Dominijanni) the preschool
teacher and Mrs. Brown (the aide) had the children create a snowman out of mini-marshmallow after hearing
a few snow stories read by Mrs. McDaniel, the kindergarten teacher. The children enjoyed a delicious snowman cookie and drink, and then had fun
playing a winter-theme relay game before it was time to go home. We hope to
get together with our preschool friends
again and even better to see many of
them here next year for kindergarten.
At the end of the month we celebrated Catholic
Schools Week with many different activities and
events. The children were reminded throughout the
week that what makes our school so special is that we
can speak about our Catholic faith, display our faith
through our actions such as prayer and attending mass
and live our faith by following Jesus’ life, His examples every day.
Project Linus: In December we had a gr eat tur nout
of children from grades 6 and 7 for preparing the blankets to be tied. We prepared 13 blankets for tying that
day. Mrs. Ward has been having her 7th grade students
tie them as time permits during January. They have
made good use of our delayed mornings. Before long
we’ll have all of them done. Then
we can send them to people who
need a warm blanket to wrap up
in or just to hug as Linus does.
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Classroom Update—Second Grade, Room 206
Second grade has been busy since coming back from
our Holiday break. We have completed our third unit in
Reading. The children are learning how to read better
and with expression.
We finished up our third chapter in
Math by successfully learning our
coins and bills as well as counting
money and making the correct
change. We have begun our next
chapter, Mental Math, and we are learning how to
solve addition, subtraction, place value, money and
more using our Mental Math.
In Religion, second grade is beginning to get ready for
our First Reconciliations. In our Reconciliation books,
we will be learning how to examine our consciences,
decision making, avoiding sin, being sorry and how to
ask for forgiveness and learning a little
more about the 10 Commandments. The
parent meeting regarding Reconciliation
will take place on February 5th. St. Maurice’s Reconciliation is scheduled for
March 12th.
There are many exciting things that will happen during
Catholic School’s Week. The children will enjoy travelling through the Living Library and learning about
many authors along the way! Ask your child what they
learned. Second grade learned about Tomie dePaola
and even had their own Strega Nona in the classroom!
One of his famous quotes states: “Reading is important
because, if you read, you can learn anything about everything and everything about anything.” This truly
covers the aspect of being a good reader. We will learn
about the mission in Chimbote, Peru from Mr. Mike
Clark and how we can do little things to help out. The
Ice Cream social is always the biggest hit among the
students. We want to thank all the parents that helped
us during this week and for all the parents who chose to
send their children to a Catholic school.
We continue to receive many cards and
packages from our grandparents. The
children look forward to receiving their
mail as much as they like creating special
cards for their grandparents. We will begin making our
Valentine’s soon.
We celebrated Anna Farkasovsky and Cassandra
Laux’s birthdays in January. Jenna
Dougherty, Anna Farkasovsky and Rocco
Sinciline were our Star Students and we
enjoyed learning a little bit more about
them and hearing about their adventures
with Honey our classroom mascot.
In February, we look forward to celebrating our 100th
Day of school, Valentine’s Day and Black History
month
BOOK CLUBS—American Girl and Magic Tree House
3rd and 4th Grade
Our next American Girl meeting will be, Tuesday, February 10, 2015 at lunchtime in the After School Room. The
girls chose to read from the History Series of American Girl, Voices at Whisper Bend. There will be a fun project for
us to do during the meeting. Girls may bring their dolls to the meeting.
2nd Grade
Our next American Girl meeting will be Monday, February 2, 2015 at lunchtime in the After School Room. The girls
chose to read Meet Samantha. There will be a fun project for us to do during the meeting. Girls may bring their dolls
to the meeting.
3rd 4th and 5thGrades
Our next Magic Tree House meeting will be Tuesday, February 17, 2015 during lunch period in the After School
Room. Please remember to have your child read the book prior to taking it with them to the meeting. They chose to
read Haunted Castle on Hallows Eve. There will be a fun project for us to do during the meeting.
2nd Grade
Our next Magic Tree House meeting will be Monday, February 9, 2015 during lunch period in the After School
Room. Please remember to have your child read the book prior to bringing it with them to the meeting. The book
they chose to read is Sunset of the Sabertooth. There will be a fun project for us to do during the meeting.
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Classroom Update—Third Grade, Room 205
We are very busy in third grade! Other than doing the
usual things in reading, we will be celebrating the author, Mary Pope Osborne who wrote the Magic Treehouse Series. We will be reading several of
her books, and at our Library Live Day celebration, we will do activities that will relate to the book, Dinosaurs Before Dark.
We will make a dinosaur with our own
handprint and lots of other fun things!
school”. We will write letters back very soon. Through
this activity, we hope to learn a lot about the way of life
in Tanzania!
In Religion, we are learning about the
Liturgical Seasons and how important
they are, as well as Ordinary Time.
We will continue to pray for everyone
and keep you in our thoughts!
We were very excited to receive pen pal letters from a
school in Tanzania. They call this school our “sister
East Catholic Handbook—now on-line
Be sure to read it!
*****Be sure to look at the mailed-home monthly Calendar for activities
and the lunch menu for February food choices*****
Tours: Walking tours of East Catholic School are
scheduled for the following dates: Feb. 9, Feb. 23,
Mar. 9, Mar. 23. All tours will begin at 9:30 a.m.
Additional tours may be scheduled later. Please
call the school with any requests or for information.
If you know of any family who is interested in a quality, faith-based education for their child/children, please
tell them about East Catholic
School.
Lost and Found: If your childr en have lost anything, please have them check the Lost and Found
area. We have many, many sweatshirts, gloves,
lunchboxes, etc. just waiting to find their owners!
Stop by this area the next time you visit the school
or volunteer. The Lost and Found area is on the
bookshelves just past the cafeteria. Help us find a home for these
lost items. Don’t replace—just
recycle!
Grants
East Catholic School has been privileged to receive several grants recently. The Kate M. Kelly Foundation
donated $2000 to East Catholic School and we also received a donation from Junior Achievement of South-
western PA. We are very grateful to these
patrons for their generosity.
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Classroom Update—Mrs. Ward, Language Arts
The students at East Catholic School really look forward to the last week in January, Catholic Schools
Week. Academic excellence, service to others, and a
celebration of our faith are all part of this week embraced by the entire East Catholic School community.
From the opening of CSW in the parishes of the Consortium on January 25th to vocations and service day on
January 30th, the students enjoy dressing up, learning
about our Chimbote mission from Mike Clark and becoming more aware of the environment.
Not wearing uniforms everyday is a highlight for the 7th
graders. They will wear their “Wipe Out Bullying”
shirts with jeans and summer wear, dress as their favorite book characters, and even “adorn” their uniforms
with recycled materials. Mix /Match Day and Red/
White Day round out the week. Dressing in these ways
enhances the scheduled activities throughout the week.
helped the students recognize the importance of community service. All in all,
it was a great week in 7th grade.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Essays
All English students in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade wrote essays on Dr. Martin Luther King, responding to what
message would Dr. King give today. The Race and
Reconciliation Dialogue Group of St. Paul’s Cathedral awarded the first place award for the 6th grade
entry to Adrianna Sacramento. Adr ianna attended a celebration at St. Paul’s Cathedral where she read her essay and received a certificate and monetary prize.
Gently used books and peanut butter/jelly donations
Student Council News
The Student Council will be sponsoring a Middle
School Dance on Friday, February 6, 2015 from 7
– 10 PM in Keane Hall. The theme is Winter Luau and the dress is casual. Parent chaperones will
be needed, so if any middle school parent is inter-
ested in volunteering, please contact Mrs. Koszka in Room 209.
The dance is only for the 6th, 7th,
and 8th grade students.
National Geographic Geography Bee
In January, students in Grades 4-8 participated in the National Geographic Geography Bee. Mrs. Koszka and Miss Galla
conducted the contests in each Social Studies class. The students answered questions
concerning United States and World Geography. The highest scorers in each class
were: 4th Grade – Aidan Draxinger and Livia Freiwald,
5th Grade – Mia Verdini and Carly Reitter, 6th Grade –
Jackson Hahn and Hannah Simak, 7th Grade – Alexan-
der Nese and Richard Feczko, and 8th Grade – Antonio
Fulciniti and Tre Morris.
The class winners each took a 100 point question test to
determine who would be the school winner. The school
winner was Alexander Nese. Alexander has taken a
lengthy written test in hopes of advancing to the State
competition in Harrisburg. Congratulations and good
luck Alexander!
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Shakespeare —Mrs. Zitelli
Time for Shakespeare at East Catholic has arrived! Mrs.
Zitelli has coached five eighth grade students and four
seventh grade students who will perform and compete in
the 2015 Shakespeare Monologue and Scene Contest on
Friday February 6th at the O’Rielly Theater. Bella Enfield, Harley Scherrbaum, and Brady Swanson will perform a five character scene from The Taming of the
Shrew. Owen Fink and Konstantine Haritos will create
great laughter with their comic scene from The Comedy
of Errors. Alexander Nese will engage in a monologue
becoming Robin Goodfellow from A Midsummer
Night’s Dream, and Hailey Reitter, Joshua Reder, and
Van Scaglione will create the comic love and death scene from the same play. The Pittsburgh Public Theater
will award each student a T- shirt and a free ticket to a
play for participating in this annual Shakespearean fest.
Finalists will be showcased on February 16 in an evening performance in the O’Rielly Theater. The Showcase
performance is free and open to the public.
The Taming of the Shrew will be this year’s production
which has caught the attention of thirty-two students in
6th, 7th, and 8th grades. Friday, April 24 and Saturday,
April 25 are the dates for the 31st annual play on the
stage in Keane Hall. Reading sessions begin Monday
Jan. 26th after school and students will be rehearsing
every day that there is a full day of school until the end
of April. This controversial comedy will be delightful to
watch, so if you have never seen one of our plays,
please make this one your first. If you have enjoyed our
play in the past we welcome you again! Admission will
be $4.00 for adults and $3.00 for seniors and students.
You will be able to bid on SIX FRONT ROW SEATS
and a voucher for refreshments at
this year’s Gala. Mark your calendar!
Upper Grades, Science News—Mr. Lamanti
Mr. Lamanti is very pleased to announce that nine of
our seventh and eighth grade students will be participating in the Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science Fair
(PJAS) on February 7, 2015 held at Duquesne University. PJAS is a statewide organization of junior and senior high school students designed to stimulate and promote interest in science among its members through the
development of research projects and investigations.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is divided into 12
PJAS regions. Each region consists of two or more
counties. East Catholic School is part of Region 7
which consists of Allegheny and Washington County.
Our Science teacher Mr. Lamanti has been a part of
PJAS for 29 years and has also been one of the many
professionals that judges the science presentations annually not only at the Regionals but also at the State level.
The students who will be representing East Catholic at
this year’s Regionals are seventh graders Riley Doyle
(Chemistry), Kendall Gomez (Behavioral Science),
Emily Graham (Behavioral Science), Alexander Nese
(Botany), Jessica Pekor (Behavioral Science), Hailey
Reitter (Behavioral Science),
Vincent Scaglione (Biology),
Mallory Sherman (Physics), and
eighth grader Bella Enfield
(Chemistry). Good luck East
Catholic Students!
Forensics—Mrs. Killmeyer
East Catholic School proudly hosted a public speaking
tournament for 11 of our diocesan schools on Saturday,
January 17, 2015. Every school acknowledged the
friendliness and professional attitudes displayed in the
halls and classrooms. Needless to say that placing
fourth for our team added to our pride.
The students competing were: POETRY— Lizzie Fite,
Krista Keene and Amelia Bogovich ; PROSE— Bella
Enfield, Lily McLaughlin, Jessica Pekor and Kendall
Gomez; DECLAMATION— Carly Reitter and Haley
Reitter; DRAMA— Vincent Scaglione, Lucia Melocchi, Emma McLaughlin and Owen Fink.
These students represented our school
proudly and their coach Betty Killmeyer is
equally as proud of them. A big THANK
YOU is extended to all of the parents who
gave of their time and Saturday morning so
unselfishly on that day.
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Library News—Mrs. Lipchick
January
January comes with icy feet, Snowy breath on
every street.
Its winter joys can’t be denied; Skiing, skating,
or a bobsled ride!
1st Grade - Library Shelves and Fairytales
The Library Shelves and Fairytales were features this
month. We also discussed how to address an envelope,
so a mail person knows how to deliver a letter to the
right place. Then we shared the book The Jolly Postman. In a similar way, librarians also act like a mail
person by getting books to the right place. Instead of a
street address, librarians use the Call Number on the spine label as the address for the
book. We know that the address of a house
is on the front of the envelope, so the mail
person knows where to take the mail. Likewise the call number is used to tell where it
belongs, so that the librarian knows where to
put the book. To demonstrate this process, we constructed a special mailbox in the library for just books.
The students became the mail carriers and had to deliver
the mail that was in the mailbox. They looked at the
call number address on each book and delivered the
book to its proper place on the shelf.
Summary of The Jolly Postman or Other People’s Letters: The Jolly Postman comes one day with letters for
the residents of a certain fairy tale countryside. As the
postman rides through the countryside, he delivers letters, postcards, and catalogues to characters such as Red
Riding Hood, B.B. Wolf, Esq., and Goldilocks. Each
envelope holds a special surprise. This started the journey of fairytales. We learned the recipe for what makes
a fairytale a fairytale, as we read Jack and the Beanstalk,
Cinderella and Little Red Riding Hood.
2nd Grade - The Secret Codes of Call
Numbers:
We are making shelving easy and exciting
for students by introducing them to the
secret code of call numbers! Students are
learning to correctly identify how fiction
and easy read books are shelved in the library.
In the land of make believe anything can happen! Fairy
Tales do make us believe just that. It also makes children use their imagination. Fairy Tales take us to many
places that we otherwise wouldn’t be able to visit since
kids love magical-mystical happenings;
some children will be able to make connections in their own lives with that of
the fairy tale. Second grade is exploring
this wonderful fairy tale land by reading
the story of Cinderella and Jack and the
Beanstalk.
3rd Grade - Genre: Mystery
Mysteries have the ability to get reluctant readers and
writers enthusiastic about reading, thinking, and writing. Mysteries often contain intriguing characters and are often
able to hold a student’s interest with
their suspenseful and dynamic plots.
Mysteries are wonderful vehicles for teaching critical
and deductive reasoning skills in an exciting and enjoyable way.
This unit is a study of mystery genre in which students
will act as reading detectives. They will discover the
elements of a mystery including the typical characters,
the common plot structure, and the vocabulary that they
will likely encounter in mystery writing, They will work
in small detective groups to solve cases.
4th Grade – Pennsylvania Mini-Research
4th grade is discovering the role of the encyclopedias.
This set of lessons is an introduction to studying the
State of Pennsylvania. The skills and
knowledge gained will help students
with later instructions about State history and geography.
A differentiated lesson is designed to teach a group of
student’s similar skills and concepts while ensuring that
each student is challenged at his or her own level of instruction.
In addition to covering State history and geography
standards, these lessons address a variety of research
and literacy standards:
Forest Hills Nursery School: Registr ation for the 2015-2016 school year will be held on Sat. Feb. 7 from 9-11 a.m.
at the Forest Hills Presbyterian Church, 1840 Ardmore Blvd. Three classes will be offered: Monday/Wednesday/
Friday class; a Tuesday/Thursday class; and a five day a week class. To register a copy of your child’s birth certificate
and a $50 non-refundable registration fee will be required. For more information, call Sally Sabino at 412/351-5054 or
Betsy Wolfe at 412/241-9414 or 724/744-1061.
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Library News—Mrs. Lipchick (continued)
*Accessing information efficiently and effectively
*Locating information using an index and a table of
contents.
*Evaluating information critically and competently
*Writing a bibliography
*Using the encyclopedia as a resource
*Using a variety of resources
*Using information accurately and creatively
*Reading to locate, select, and use relevant information
from a variety of media, reference, and technological
sources
*Creating a beginning PowerPoint presentation.
5th Grade - Mysteries
One of my roles as a library specialist is to help students recognize, understand, read, and appreciate a variety of literary genres. This is driven by teacher requests
for collaborative lessons or our own philosophy on the
importance of exposing students to different kinds of
literature. The teaching of genre is a critical element of
the library curriculum. For the 5th grade students, the
study of genre is a review and expansion of what has
been taught in the earlier grades. Teachers often assign
book reports from a particular genre such as mystery,
fantasy, or historical fiction. This is a wonderful opportunity to work cooperatively with the teachers by
providing book talks in support of assignments.
The 5th grade is exploring the “Mystery”. Students discovered the traits of this genre by reading “mysteries” in groups.
6th Grade—Let’s Do Dewey!
6th grade was introduced to the Dewey Decimal System. They learned that the system breaks non-fiction
books into different subjects, assigning a range of numbers to specific subjects. Each book is labeled with a
specific call number according to a subject. When
items are put on the shelves in Dewey Decimal order,
all the books on one subject will be together. This
makes it easier for us to organize the shelves and to find
individual books when needed.
Students also learned that non-fiction books are divided
into 10 groups. Each group begins with a different
number and contains a different
type of book. They utilized the
Dewey Decimal System posters to
explain the 10 Dewey groups and
what types of books are found in
each category.
Gala Information
Save the Date:
East Catholic Gala
Saturday March 7, 2015
Stratigos Banquet Facility, North
Huntingdon
Doors open at 5:30, Wine at tables
and Complimentary Beer (while
supplies last)
Ticket Price $85 per ticket (Earn $50 per ticket up to
TWO tickets towards your fundraising fee). SemiFormal Attire
Live and Silent Auction, Chinese Auction, Games of
Chance and much more. We are in need of auction
items, health and beauty products, crystal, fine jewelry,
so if you have any items to donate, please contact Janet
Estocin.
Look for more information about the Gala in the
Wednesday envelopes. For more information about the
Gala, please contact Janet Estocin at 412.260.1430 or email Janet at [email protected]. We appreciate
your support of all things Gala!!
RECYCLING:
We continue to help save the earth and earn money for the school by filling the
recycling bins in the upper lot with paper. Our current vendor has returned to the policy of paying for
our used paper so we anticipate once again doing our part in recycling, saving landfill space by collecting tons of paper and converting this to cash!
Remember that cardboard and phone books cannot be recycled. But any newspapers, magazines and
junk mail can be put in the bins which are in the upper lot near Centurion Commons.
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Fish Fry
For us at East Catholic, Lent also means that
the Fish Fry will be starting on Wednesday, February
18. You will be receiving information about volunteering to help with the Fish Fry and also with the making
of the Pierogies and sending in baked goods for the bake
sale. We hope that you will support the fish fry either
here or at your own Parish since part of the money
raised is for the school.
High school students can also help with
the fish fry. So start lining up members
of your family to help us make this event
a big success.
Forty Questions from God
FORTY QUESTIONS GOD ASKS
(You might take one question each day
of Lent)
1. Will you believe that I love you
without any reservations?
2. Will you trust me?
3. Will you let me be your strength?
4. Will you let go of your own strong control?
5. Will you believe in your own giftedness?
6. Will you walk with insecurity for a while?
7. Will you believe that I am inviting you to a greater
wholeness?
8. Will you allow my grace to move within you?
9. Will you open up your heart?
10. Will you come to me in prayer so I can empower
you?
11. Will you be vulnerable with me?
12. Will you look long at my love for you?
13. Will you place your hand in mine?
14. Will you give me your life?
15. Will you take me to the places in your heart where
you hide out?
16. Will you drink of the living waters I bring to your?
17. Will you unburden your heart to me?
18. Will you take refuge in the shadow of my wings?
19. Will you talk with me about what is really difficult
for you?
20. Will you thank me for always being there for you?
21. Will you recognize your own weak areas?
22. Will you take shelter in the home of my love?
23. Will you wait patiently for me to revive your spirit?
24. Will you say yes to the growth I offer you?
25. Will you be there for someone to lean on today?
26. Will you allow me to walk with you?
27. Will your spirit open up to my consolations?
28. Will you rest your weariness on me?
29. Will you give me your ache so that I can heal you?
30. Will you bring me your anxieties and concerns?
31. Will you accept my compassion?
32. Will you share the strength I’ve given you with
someone else?
33. Will you receive my love?
34. Will you taste the nourishment I have for you?
35. Will you be quiet enough to hear me?
36. Will you trust me to raise up the good things in you
that have died?
37. Will you accept my mercy?
38. Will you listen closely as the story of my suffering
is proclaimed?
39. Will you stand close to Calvary and learn from me?
40. Will you believe in the power of my resurrection?
Stations of the Cross
One of the very important ways that we pray during
Lent is by praying the Stations of the Cross. The students in grades 5-8 will attend Stations each Friday during Lent at 1 p.m. Students in grades K-4 will attend
Stations on Feb. 27, Mar. 13 and 27 at 1:45 p.m.
Please join us in this special prayer of
the Church as we commemorate the
Passion and Death of Jesus.
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East Catholic School
United as a Faith Community
East Catholic School
2001 Ardmore Blvd.
Phone: 412/351-5403
Fax: 412/273-9114
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.eastcatholicschool.org
We’re on the web at
www.eastcatholicschool.org
Nite at the
Races—
Sat.,Jan. 31
at 6pm
Save the date!
Gala—Mar. 7
Be sure to get your
tickets early!
Can Tabs
Thank you to everyone who collected
can tabs for Ronald McDonald
House. This month, we delivered 131 lbs. of can tabs!
As a parish and school, we have donated 1,987,290
can tabs since 2005! These can tabs help offset the
cost of families who have to live in the Ronald
McDonald House while their children receive lifesaving treatments at Children’s Hospital.
BOX TOPS
Thanks to everyone who has been sending in the Boxtops for Education. We r eceived a check in the
amount of $1,439.70 for the Boxtops we submitted.
Remember that we receive ten cents for each box top
so continue saving them. Thanks to Maureen Murphy
who is collecting and submitting the boxtops.
Congratulations!!
The St. Paul Cathedral Race and Reconciliation
Dialogue Group, in conjunction with the Office
for Cultural Diversity & Persons with Disabilities
of the Diocese of Pittsburgh, recently held a poster and essay contest for students in grades 3-8.
The students in grades 3-5 were to draw a poster
using the theme, “What would Martin Luther
King do if he were alive today.” The students in
grades 6-8 were to write an essay using
the same theme.
There were 8 winners and 4 of them
were from East Catholic:
Rayne Schalles – Gr. 3 Poster
Livia Freiwald – Gr. 4 Poster
Hannah Niklason – Gr. 5 Poster
Adrianna Sacramento – Gr. 6 Essay
The students attended a ceremony on January 18
and received their certificates and cash awards.