Parent Connection
Wednesday, March 3, 2021
DeSales Announces Second Quarter Academic Achievements
Lockport NY- DeSales Catholic School recognizes 58 middle school students this month for their scholastic achievement in the second marking period of the 2020-2021 school-year.
Students earning First Honors, with a second quarter average of 95 or higher were Grade 8: Morgan Case, Cameron Gilson, Jillian Knuutila, Lydia Lamont, Aubree Parker, Isabella Pearl, Daniel Rahill, and Isabella Watson. Grade 7: Arden Anterline, Nathan Couturier, Edwin Fritz V, Karoline Griffin, Haley Karaszewski, Torryn Kilroy, Dominic Leo, Gabriel McQueen, Ryann Morris, Naomi Schreiner and Alexandra Thurston. Grade 6: Dylan Lamont, Molly McCabe, Mae Sadler, William Vona and Christianna Willett.
Second Honors, given for academic averages between 90 and 94.9, were presented to the following students: Grade 8: Ava Achtyl and Patrick Frank. Grade 7: Kimberly Betsch, Emma Buzak, Carson Ciemny, Jamesyn Fritton, Margaret Galley, Steven Kempf, Mia Masters, Graham Schultz, Colin Sodaro and Nathan Tomaino. Grade 6:, Jordan Kirchberger, Brady Mazurek, Eli Moore, John David Souliske, Kyle Swatsworth and Molly Zimmerman.
Merit Honors, for students with an academic average between 85 and 89.9, were presented to: Grade 8: Ashlyn Beney, Catherine Kearney, Tyler Tomaino & Benjamin Trotter. Grade 7: Noah Bohlman, Colton Doty, Sharon Ehimare, Katherine Firkins, Parker Karaszewski, Keenan Linnan, Brendon Sheldon, Andrew Walker and Brandon Wiepert. Grade 6: Kendris Bell, Levi Henning, Sarah Ross and Cameron Wiepert.
Yearbook Orders
Yearbook orders are due on March 22nd. The cost is $16. (Please note there is an error on the form that went home from Lifetouch. the cost is $16, not $15 as stated on that flyer. We apologize for the inconvenience.
They can be ordered at https://ybpay.lifetouch.com/ and our school code is 1673221.
Bid for Quality Education Auction
The Annual Bid for Quality Education Auction is our biggest fundraiser of the year! This year's event will be held virtually on April 16, 17th & 18th via the Auction Facebook Group. You and your family and friends will be able to bid on items from the comfort of your own home!
On Wednesday, March 17th in the circle at drop off in the morning we will have our annual Auction Rally. Anyone who brings in a basket or donations for the Auction on this day will earn a free dress down coupon (to be used at a date of your choosing). Preschool students will get a DeSales water bottle for bringing in a donation. We will be in the drop off lines to collect donations. We strongly encourage each family to make a donation of some sort to our auction! The proceeds from this fundraiser directly benefits the students and staff of DeSales! We will accept just about any new item you can think of or wine/liquor bottles (please do not send with students), lotto tickets, gift cards, toys, purses, electronics, home items, etc. For students riding the bus that day, please turn in your donation to the main office to receive your dress down pass. Thank you for your support!
Re-Registration Reminder
Last Chance to Save $25! Register by Friday March 5th and pay only $75 per child! After March 5th the registration fee will go to $100 per student.
Each family is asked to re-register their child(ren) to secure their spot for the next school-year. We anticipate another busy year in admissions and strongly encourage all families to register as soon as registration opens. We will be offering an early bird discount on the registration fee again this year.
Our first priority is securing spots for the 2021-2022 school-year for the students of our current families (you!). We will hold all spots until March 5, 2021. Your registration and registration fee secure your child's spot.
If you have questions about registering for the 2021-2022 school-year, please contact Mrs. Kim Knuutila at knuutilak@desalescatholicschool.org. If you have questions about financial aid, please contact, Mrs. Annette Wojcinski at wojcinskia@desalescatholicschool.org.
Thank you for being a part of the DeSales Family!
Friendly Reminder
If your child will be late for school or is not able to attend, please call the school nurse at
(716) 434-4680. You can leave a message if there is no answer. You can also email her at wysochanskit@desalescatholicschool.org. Please let her know the reason for the tardiness or absence. You can also call the Main Office number (716) 433-6422 or email granchellir@desalescatholicschool.org or surdeld@desalescatholicschool.org. Otherwise, someone will be calling you.
Substitute Teachers Needed
DeSales Catholic School is in need of substitute teachers. If you are interested and have a Associates degree and are Virtus trained by the Diocese of Buffalo, please send a resume to granchellir@desalescatholic school.org. For more information, please call Mrs. Granchelli at (716)433-6422.
Fowlers Easter Candy Sale
Easter Candy- Thank to everyone who supported our Easter Candy Sale! We sold over $20,000 in candy for a profit of just over $8,000!!!!!!!! We can't thank you enough for the support. Easter Candy pick up will be on March 17th from 2:30pm until 5:00pm. Please arrange to pick up your items then or have someone pick them up for you. Don't forget your mask!
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: WISHFUL THINKING?
Lots of people make wishes – when they blow out their birthday candles or when they cross their fingers or when they look at shooting stars. They say,” I hope it will happen” or “I hope I will get it”. They are wishing for something but have no confidence that it will happen.
But we don’t have to cross our fingers and hope as hard as we can that God will give us everything he has promised to give us or to do everything he has promise us he will do. We can be completely confident, totally sure, solidly convinced that God is at work in the everyday aspects of our lives. What promises? All his promises, including these: God works everything together for the good for those who love him (Romans 8:28) ; he will follow us with goodness and mercy all our days (Psalm 23:6) ; he will not leave us or forsake us (Hebrews 13:5).
You don’t have to wish and wait, wondering if God will do what he has said he’ll do with his Word. You may not have experienced the fulfillment of some promises yet, but if he has promised something, there is no question it will happen. We can entrust our lives to the One who holds the future, no matter what happens. Because God will do what he has promised to do.
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!
Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see.” HEBREWS 11:1
Discussion Questions (pick a couple or all questions and allow for everyone to 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. What promises have been made to you? What promises have you made to other people?
2. What promises of God do you find it easy to put your faith in? What promises are harder for you to be confident in?
3. How do we know God is trustworthy – that he will follow through on all the promises he has made?
Little Bites from Heaven are excerpts taken from Dinner Table Devotions written by Nancy Guthrie
If you need to report a student absence, please call the school nurse at (716)434-4680.
HSA Meeting - In person or Via Zoom
Our next HSA meeting will be held tonight, Wednesday, March 3rd at 7pm in the school cafeteria! If you are still not wanting to attend in person please join us via the Zoom link below.
Also, don't forget, we are collecting auction donations at this meeting! Bring in an item, or deliver an item to the office (no later than 3pm Wednesday) and earn an extra ticket for our raffle drawing for a $100 tuition credit.
HSA Zoom Meeting
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/5926658011?pwd=NkoxT29DZnhvZnIzMXFiZmY1eFcrUT09
Meeting ID: 592 665 8011
Passcode: HSA
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