Parent Connection
Wednesday, May 5, 2021
Summer Uniform
Summer Uniform:
Navy or white short-sleeve polo shirt with the DeSales logo.
Navy blue walking shorts.
Solid white socks may be worn with sneakers. Socks are required. No sandals.
Crocs are not permitted with the school uniform.
HSA Meeting - Wednesday, May 12th
Next HSA Meeting- Our next HSA meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, May 12th at 7pm one week later than (normal). This meeting will be virtual, Zoom details will be available next week. Just for attending this month's meeting your child will earn a free dress down day and you will earn an entry into a raffle for a $50 tuition credit!
PARP Month at DeSales
Parents as Reading Partners month at DeSales!
PARP Events & Themed Dress Down Days:
Friday, May 14th: Hats Off to Reading! Students may wear a favorite hat in school all day.
Thursday, May 27th: We “Red” All Month! Everyone may wear red, white, and blue to celebrate reading and the Memorial Day holiday.
Thursday, May 27th: Reading Bingo Boards are due.
Don't forget to fill our your PARP Reading Bingo Card! Follow this link to print one now.
Thanks for your help in encouraging a love of reading for your child!
Congratulations to our Top Sellers
Ryleigh's class celebrated with a pizza party. Jack's class chose donuts for their celebration.
Thank you to all who sold Reading Raffle tickets for our Annual Bid for Quality Education Auction!
DeSales HSA 'Virtual' Race for Fitness 2021
The 2021 VIRTUAL Race for Fitness in memory of Tim Chesko will be held on Saturday, June 5th. This event is sponsored by our friends at Niagara County Produce and NetPlus Alliance. While we cannot be together to celebrate this fun DeSales tradition, it is important we still celebrate together as a community!
How do we participate? We are challenging you to run or walk following safe social distancing rules on or before June 5th. Safety is top priority! So, whether you run on a treadmill, jog around the neighborhood or walk around the block - how you RACE is up to you! Will you run your first 5k? Will you take your children for a bike ride? Share your RACE with us -send us your pictures - we want to see how you chose to RACE! (knuutilak@desalescatholicschool.org)
If you would like a 2021 Race t-shirt, hoodie or performance tee follow this link: DeSales Tim Chesko Race For Fitness 2021 | D&T Graphics (itemorder.com) Shirts are sold at printer cost and are completely optional! The deadline to order is May 14th. Orders will be sent home with your student by the end of May.
Spiritual Life - Little Bites from Heaven
What are Little Bites from Heaven? The Spiritual Life Committee knows how important faith is to our families at DeSales. However, we also know families lead busy lives and finding time to sit down to foster that faith, read the Bible together and answer the questions our children have about God sometimes takes a back seat to other things. That’s why we think Little Bites from Heaven is a great tool to do just this. Dinnertime allows an opportunity to connect over food while having fun, joyful and meaningful faith-building conversations with your children. Little Bites from Heaven provides devotional time for all family members that includes scripture, questions to discuss and a short devotional. It’s as simple as read the scripture and devotion and discuss the questions together. We believe Little Bites from Heaven will help to prioritize what is most important and at the same time, foster and grow a deeper understanding of your family’s faith rooted in Jesus Christ.
Devotional: God Hears
Have you ever tried to tell a family member or friend something important, but you could tell that person really wasn’t listening to you? Maybe he or she nodded and said “uh-huh”, but you knew you weren’t really getting through.
Sometimes we feel that way when we pray. We wonder if God is listening. We don’t just wonder if he hears the words we say; we also wonder if he sees how we hurt, what we want, what we need.
God is never too busy to listen to you. He’s never too distracted to really hear you. And he’s always able to truly understand what we say to him – when we’re real about our sin, our needs, and our struggles to share our concerns with him – he bends down to listen to us.
So when it feels like God is not listening to your prayer, you have to tell yourself that it is just a feeling that isn’t true. You can always be confident that God can hear you, even when it doesn’t feel like it.
Scripture:
You can have a Bible close to the dinner table to use during devotions. The kids can take turns reading the scripture each week out of the Bible!
“Don’t worry about anything; instead pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.”
Philippians 4:6
Discussion Questions (pick a couple or all questions and allow for everyone to answer. There’s no answer key! As parents, we sometimes think we have to have all the answers, but we don’t. It’s ok to sometimes not have all the answers! But God does and it’s good to let our kids know when tough questions arise that some things only God knows, and we can’t always understand, but we can always trust Him )
1. How do you know when someone is really listening to you?
2. Do you think there is anything that could cause God not to hear our prayers?
3. What do you think God wants to hear most from his children?
Little Bites from Heaven are excerpts taken from Dinner Table Devotions written by Nancy Guthrie
Breakfast & Lunch Menus
**Update: Breakfast and Lunch will be a provided FREE to ALL DeSales students through June 2021.**
DeSales Catholic School
Email: knuutilak@desalescatholicschool.org
Website: www.DeSalesCatholicSchool.org
Location: 6914 Chestnut Ridge Road, Lockport, NY, USA
Phone: (716)433-6422
Cornerstone Arena
Register Online Now For Spring 2 Learn To Skate Classes! Classes begin the week of May 3rd!
Cornerstone Arena offers Learn to Skate programs for ages 3 and up. Classes are 50 minutes - 25 minute instruction and 25 minute practice time. Registration is now available for our Spring session. Learn to Skate and Learn To Skate Hockey Classes are offered Mondays at 6:30pm and Thursdays at 4pm. Learn to Skate For Adults is offered Tuesdays at 11am. Parents & Tots and Home School classes are offered Tuesdays at 12pm. Spring 2 classes begin May 3rd. Register online now to save your spot. If interested contact Dawn Ahlers.
Classes are for beginner through advanced level skaters. Learn to Skate Hockey and Power Hockey are taught without sticks and pucks with the focus on hockey skating skills. Private skating lessons are also being offered 5 days a week. Rental Skates are free for Learn To Skate participants during class sessions only. There are no Make-ups for missed classes or refunds.
Love to skate, love to dance? Join our new Future Stars On Ice Figure Skating class! The spring 2 session begins Thursday, May 13th.
Want to brush up on your hockey skills? Join our Power Hockey Class on Friday's at 5:50pm. Classes start May, 14th.
If you have any questions about our classes or Figure Skating ice time feel free to call the figure skating director Dawn. You can reach her by phone at (716)-438-7698 ext. 513 or by email at dahlers@cornerstoneicearena.com
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PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON OUR LEARN TO SKATE PROGRAMS