DeSales Parent Connection
December 14, 2022
Buffalo Bills Dress Down
Buffalo Bills Dress Down Day
Friday, December 16th
Bills Dress Down Day for all students! Students may wear their Buffalo Bills gear or red, white and blue.
Lets go Knights! Let's go Bills!
Optional Sister Helen Food Pantry Donations
We will continue to collect non-perishable food items for Sister Helen's Food Pantry on our Buffalo Bills Dress Down Days. A food donation on Buffalo Bills dress down days is completely optional.
Christmas Week at DeSales
Tuesday, Dec. 20th, Christmas Sweater Day - Silly, festive or sparkly wear your favorite Christmas sweater to school!
Wednesday, Dec. 21st, Pajama Day - Wear your comfiest pajamas to school!
Thursday, Dec. 22nd, Dress UP for Christmas Mass - Wear your Christmas best as we celebrate Holy Mass together and sing our favorite Christmas carols.
Regular uniform is always fine as well.
Rahil named Distinguished Principal!
Congratulations Mrs. Rahill!
Dr. Tim Uhl, the Superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Diocese of Buffalo visited DeSales yesterday to present a special award. With all of the students and faculty present in a school assembly, Dr. Uhl announced Mrs. Karen Rahill has been selected as the Distinguished Principal of the Year for the Diocese of Buffalo. This is the very first year this award is being presented.
Please join us in congratulating Mrs. Rahill on this notable award!
Preschool & Kindergarten Fall 2023
We anticipate a busy year in admissions. We want to ensure that you, our current families, secure the spots you want for the upcoming school-year in our Preschool and Kindergarten. Please take a moment and indicate your classroom preference for the Fall 2023. We will reserve spots in these classrooms based on your responses.
If you will be adding a sibling to the preschool and need a spot reserved, please submit this survey twice (once for each child). For families with 2 or more children in preschool now, please submit the form twice (once for each child). We will ask you to formally register your child in January, this survey is just to ensure we reserve your first choice spot for your child.
If you will have a Preschool or Kindergarten student in the Fall of 2023, please Take the Survey & Reserve your Spot Now (click here)
Questions? Please contact Director of Admissions, Mrs. Kim Knuutila at knuutilak@desalescatholicschool.org or at (716)433-6422 ext 407.
OPT IN for messages from DeSales
OPT IN for messages from DeSales - You can agree to receive texts from DeSales by sending a text message of “Y” or “Yes” to our school’s short code number, 67587. If you do not Opt In, you will not receive text notifications (you would still receive emergency phone call notifications).
You may opt out of text notifications from DeSales at any time by simply replying to one of our messages with “Stop”. If you have any questions, please email Mrs. Knuutila at knuutilak@desalescatholicschool.org.
Cafeteria Lunch Accounts
K-12 Payment Center, the website which processes DeSales student lunch accounts, is back up and running.
Tune into Hope Rises
Three DeSales Students were guests on WIVB Buffalo on the Hope Rises segment this last Friday. Julianna Pearl, Mila DiGiacomo and Katie Kreger were featured for the kindness movement they have started at DeSales. The group of young ladies, self-named Writer's Block, talked about what inspired them to start a campaign of writing positive notes to DeSales faculty and staff. Way to go Knights!
Christmas Middle School Dance
There will be a Christmas Middle School Dance (grades 6-8) on Friday, December 16th from 7:00pm - 9:00pm. Admission cost is $5.00
December 22nd - Early Dismissal
On Thursday, December 22nd we will celebrate together with our Annual Christmas Mass & Sing-Along beginning at 9:00am. All are welcome!
All students will have early dismissal on this day.
Early dismissal times:
- K-8 dismiss at 10:50am
- Preschool dismiss at 11:30am
Christmas Break
School will be closed for Christmas Break from December 23rd through January 2nd.
Congratulations Honor Roll Students!
Congratulations to the following students for their scholastic achievement in the first marking period of the 2022-2023 school-year.
Students earning First Honors, with a second quarter average of 95 or higher were presented to the following students: Grade 8: Jordan Kirchberger, Dylan Lamont, Mae Sadler, William Vona & Molly Zimmerman Grade 7: Siri Betsch, Emily Brown, Isabela DeFlippo, Connor Frank, Quinn Hackmer, Weston Henning, Courtney Parent, Anneliese Rupp & Dominic Scapelliti. Grade 6: Oliva Baker, Madison Burns, Mila DiGiacomo, Julianna Pearl, Mary Kate Souliske, Eoin Stodolka, Emma Visger.
Second Honors, given for academic averages between 90 and 94.9, were presented to the following students: Grade 8: Addyson Becken-Doyle, Bethany Case, Molly McCabe, Kyle Swatsworth & Christianna Willett. Grade 7: Parker Bancroft, Samantha Fox, Ke’ara Hausler & Addison Pursel. Grade 6: Mason Boggs, Grace Keppler, Kaitlyn Kreger, Julianna Lambert & Noah Toale.
Merit Honors, for students with an academic average between 85 and 89.9, were presented to:
Grade 8: Jacob Hale, Owen Kathke, Brady Mazurek, Eli Moore & Cameron Wiepert. Grade 7: Samuel Bohlman, Sean Cotrange, Ethan Fritz, Lucas McCabe, Alison Pynn & Vivian Reibel. Grade 6: Dellah Anterline, Luke Giansante, Robert Hathaway, Trenton Kaminski, Xzander Mesi, Alayna Schutt & Lyric Starks.
January HSA Meeting
Join us for the January HSA Meeting on Tuesday, January 10th at 7:00pm in the DeSales Cafeteria. All parents, grandparents and caregivers are invited and encouraged to attend.
Just for attending, your name will be put in a drawing to win a great prize! Your student will also earn a free dress down day.