SPB Family Newsletter
March 23, 2023
Mission Statement
The Eucharistic community of Saint Paschal Baylon Catholic School
focuses on Christ-centered values and develops the unique potential of each student
through a rigorous and engaging curriculum.
Calendar of Events
Monday, March 27
Grade 5 Honor & Harmony Program--9:40 am & 10:20 am
Art & Soul Club--2:30-3:30 pm
Rugrats Track--2:30-3:45 pm
Tuesday, March 28
Student Council Meeting--2:30-3:30pm
School Advisory Council Meeting--6:30 pm
Wednesday, March 29
All School Mass--9:00 am
Thursday, March 30
Children's Choir Rehearsal--3:30-4:30 pm
Rugrats Track at MHS--5:45-6:45 pm
Friday, March 31
Sunday, April 2
Palm Sunday
A Note from the Principal
Dear SPB Families,
The excitement is building as our eighth graders are putting in the final hours of rehearsal as they prepare for opening night of Disney's Frozen Jr. this evening, Thursday, at 7:00 p.m. Don't worry if you can't make it tonight because there are additional performances on Friday and Saturday at 7:00 p.m. The students have put in hours of practice after school, and I can guarantee you won't be disappointed. I would be remiss not to thank the director, Mrs. Kelly Monaghan, and the team of parent volunteers who have made this all happen. To put on a musical such as this truly takes a team effort--THANK YOU to all those involved! Break a leg, eighth graders!
Also, next week is our Harvest for Hunger campaign led by our Student Council. The theme this year is "Letting Go of Hunger." This campaign typically raises hundreds of dollars for the Cleveland Food Bank in addition to gathering a large collection of "super six" food items to donate to the food bank. Be sure to review the schedule for an exciting week of events that benefit a great cause!
Peace and blessings,
Diane Raguz, Principal
Pastoral Staff Change
Dear Parents, Students, Faculty, Staff and Friends of Saint Paschal Baylon:
With so much mixed emotion, we announce that our Maintenance Supervisor, Jon Detzel has taken a new position with Seal Tech, a position created just for him! After almost 14 years, with Saint Paschal Baylon, he has this great new opportunity for himself and his family. WE WILL MISS HIM GREATLY! He will begin his new position later in April. His last day officially on staff will be Friday, April 14, 2023.
I have offered Scott Rutti an interim promotion to be our new Maintenance Supervisor. Scott has worked “from the ground up” here at Saint Paschal Baylon since he began here 7 years ago. Scott has been Assistant Maintenance Supervisor for over a year now and has learned every aspect of our campus through his work with us.
During the next few months, we are assessing our maintenance needs, what we are able to do, what we may hire out for our other services, such as we did with snow removal. Scott is grateful for this opportunity to lead and we will be looking for someone to replace eone position. We will finalize our staff by September 1 due to the many upcoming major projects that we have from May 1 thru September 1. (Think Spring Fling – please volunteer - and the summer cleaning of the school building!)
We pray for Jon and his family during this transition in his life. We have had a wonderful team working so well together under Jon’s leadership. We are grateful to Chris Rutti, Chris Mutillo, Peter Mutillo, Angelo Spadaro and George Glasney for their outstanding support. Jon did a great job of putting together a team to support the mission of Saint Paschal Baylon. We are forever grateful to him for his outstanding gifts of service to us. I know you will join with me in expressing your thankfulness during the next month and during his visit to his home parish.
Thank you, too, for your dedication to Saint Paschal Baylon. Let us continue to pray for each other. See you at our Sunday Masses!
In Christ our Eucharist,
Very Reverend John Thomas J. Lane, SSS
Pastor & Provincial Superior
Science Olympiad Success
Aerodynamics
1st Place: Zachary Ockenden and Matthew Zalik
4th Place: Brandon Kopas and Gio Parrotta
Water Bottle Rockets
1st place: Emilie Cotturo and Scarlett Ziemnik
Chain Reaction
3rd place: Riley Kane and Emily Wujnovich
4th place: Lyla Quagliata and Miranda Andru
Circuit Wizardry
1st place: Zachary Ockenden and Matthew Zalik
2nd place: Brandon Kopas and Gio Parrotta
Deep Blue Sea
1st place: Penny Patyk and Valena Washington
Egg Drop
1st place: Patricia Mance and Avery Krebs
Lego Robotics
2nd place: Oliver Koeberer and Blake Duqum
4th place: Tristan Lee and Grayson Frcho
Rubber Band Catapult
1st place: Emilie Cotturo and Scarlett Ziemnik
3rd place: Lyla Quagliata and Miranda Andru
4th place: Oliver Koeberer and Blake Duqum
Space Cadette
2nd place: Olivia Still and Lillian Powell
Tower Building
2nd place: Nora Scurec and Lilly Metz
What Went By
1st place: Kaylin Barnes and Elaine Hettel
2nd place: Kailyn Uzzo and Sarah Kerns
Write It, Do It
1st place: Rosie Orlando and Sarah Kerns
Ohio Academy of Science District Science Day
School Advisory Council
Spring Fling Art Contest
Picture it...your child's artwork featured on the cover of the Spring Fling booklet! The deadline for the Spring Fling Booklet Cover Contest is Monday, March 27. Click HERE to read what it is all about. Two free ride tickets will be awarded to the winner who is featured on the front cover, and any finalists who have artwork included inside the booklet will receive one free ride ticket. Good luck!
Spirit Wear Sale!
SPB has a new online spiritwear shop! There is a spring sale right now with 25% all items thru March 27th. Free shipping on orders over $75," or $5 shipping on orders under $75.
All spiritwear can purchased through this link https://1stplace.sale/71270 or through the SPB website under quick links, PTO Spiritwear.
Our store will be up & running all year but don't wait & miss out on these sales.
Ladies Guild Family Service Night-Tuesday, April 4
Ladies Guild Family Service Night – Tuesday, April 4 at 6:30 in the Eymard Room
Join us as we actively engage in serving others in and outside our parish community.
Together, we will complete the following service projects: 250 Breakfast Bags for
Ronald McDonald House families, fleece blankets for dogs and cats at local pet shelters,
SPB spring clean up, kindness rocks and cards for community members in need of positive and caring messages. Items for the service projects will be provided by the Ladies Guild.
In addition, we are collecting books for Kids’ Book Bank and critical need items for Rescue Village and Euclid Pet Pals. Please consider donating one or more of the following items:
Kids' Book Bank: new or gently used children’s books.
Rescue Village and Euclid Pet Pals: new or gently used towels, blankets, or sheets to help make cages cozy, any brand canned dog, cat, puppy, kitten food, Purina Cat Chow (blue bag) and Purina Kitten Chow (yellow bag) Purina Dog Chow, Purina Puppy Chow, Purina small bites, soft cat and dog treats, cat, dog, and puppy safe toys.
If you cannot attend, but would like to support these organizations, donations can be dropped off after 8:00am on April 4 in the Eymard Room.
New Altar Server Training
From the Pastor's Perspective
Brainstorming for the Future of Father O'Brien Hall
PREPARING FOR PALM SUNDAY & THE SACRED TRIDUUM: Over the last thirteen years I have given an extensive history and reflection on the celebrations of the special liturgies of the church and why are presence is necessary. I invite you again to participate and witness, experience and enjoy the highlights of liturgy and the church’s worship from Palm Sunday through Easter Sunday. We are blessed to have Father John Keenan being a retreat/Triduum preacher this year. Here are a few highlights that you cannot miss on each of the days:
PALM SUNDAY:
· Procession with palms in the church. We gather around the baptismal font to receive our palms, bless them, hear a special gospel.
· We proclaim another gospel, the Passion of Christ according to Matthew (this cycle A year).
HOLY THURSDAY:
· Our special Morning Prayer starts the day and retreat for the Sacred Triduum.
· Agapé Meal joins the parish together to live what the Corinthian community did before celebrating the Lord’s Supper. Have you called in your order for chicken or eggplant dinner?
· We wash feet! What an act of service from Christ to us living Christ today
· We share our Paschal Bread and Blessing Cup to celebrate what Christ gave us and we faithfully remember for thousands of years
· We process and adore the Blessed Sacrament through our church into the Blessed Sacrament Chapel
· We stay, keep watch, and pray from 8:30 pm until Midnight: come for a visit between these hours.
GOOD FRIDAY:
· Morning Prayer begins the starkness of the day; what great way to spend time in the day
· Our Youth Group shares the stations of the cross at Noon. Our youth make us proud about living out these last moments of Christ’s life. The Rossi Family is so wonderful to provide a soup meal after.
· Bring your Rice Bowl back and a highlight in venerating the cross is leaving our rice bowl in the baskets provided and relieving the hunger cross of others.
EASTER VIGIL: (If you have never come – make this the year! The Super Bowl of Liturgy!)
· We prepare the new Paschal Candle with an outdoor bonfire.
· We hear 3 of the most important Hebrew Scriptures and sing psalms to match them.
· IMAGES ARE UNCOVERED DURING THE SINGING OF THE GLORIA, bells rung, candles and church lit as we sing praises to God
· We hear the Matthew Resurrection Gospel this year. Our maintenance staff creates the tomb that became the symbol of hope and new life.
· We welcome the following in the Initiation Sacraments:
o Catechumens, Keilani Honeycutt, Maxwell Selock & Cameron Fuller
o Candidates: Genevieve Carey, Joanne Formica, Tasha Stanley & Dave Seline
· We renew our baptismal promises and share in the blessed, new Holy Water, reminding ourselves how much “God deeply loves us,” and we wish to recommit to our discipleship
EASTER SUNDAY:
· We renew our baptismal promises and share in the blessed, new Holy Water, reminding ourselves how much “God deeply loves us,” and we wish to recommit to our discipleship
· We sing the solemn Sequence, the poem that summarizes the importance of the Easter mystery
A lot will happen, with great singing, enthusiastic liturgical ministers and the joy of all of us being together. We also wish to note our Children’s Choir, led by Michelle Kitko, will lead us at the 10:30 am Easter Sunday Mass this year once again. In advance, I thank all who help this become a grand event of worship – that you cannot miss.
Let's continue to pray for each other. Just a few days until Palm Sunday, April 2! Last year a whole delegation from Saint Bonaventure University came here to experience our wonderful liturgies. We hope you’ll bring your friends too!
In Christ our Eucharist,
Father Lane
Family Kindness Festival
SPB is Now Hiring for the 2023-2024 School Year!
Preschool Extended Day Coordinator
Playground Volunteers Needed-Kindergarten to Grade 2
We are asking that each family (mom, dad, grandma, etc.) choose at least two days to volunteer each time slot being 11:10 am-12:55 pm. There are many, many time slots open! We are so grateful for the help!
Grade 2 families are asked to volunteer in March, Grade 1 in April, Kindergarten and anyone who would like to help in May/June.
This is a great way for you to interact with your child and his/her classmates during the school day! Recess Volunteers should arrive to school at 11:10 and check in at the office. Duties will include supervising students at recess, escorting the students to and from the school doors. Volunteers will be with one school staff member each day to help direct.
Remember that after your two volunteer time slots, you are done for the year, as each month is assigned to a different grade.
Thank you again for your time and service to the students and teachers of SPB! Simply click on the following links to sign up: Grade 2, Grade 1, Kindergarten
Extended Day Announcement
Please mark your calendars with the following dates when Extended Day WILL NOT be in session.
NO EXTENDED DAY:
April 6, 2023 (last day before Easter break)
June 2, 2023 (last day of school)
Camp Invention 2023
Bus Transportation for 2023-2024 School Year
Mayfield Transportation (Saint Paschal Baylon Catholic School will provide a list of enrolled students to MAY; however parents MUST request transportation using the link.)
Richmond Heights Transportation (Saint Paschal Baylon Catholic School will provide a list of enrolled students to RH; however, parents MUST request transportation using the link.)
South Euclid-Lyndhurst (Saint Paschal Baylon Catholic School will provide a list of enrolled students to SEL.)
Willoughby-Eastlake Transportation (Saint Paschal Baylon Catholic School will provide a list of enrolled students to W-E; however, parents MUST request transportation using the link.)
Tuition Assistance Applications
Community News
St. Vitus Palm Sunday Benefit Dinner for Helping Hands Ministry
Beaumont Summer Enrichment & Athletics Camps
Mayfield Rookie Sports Baseball
Mayfield Baseball Flyer & Registration
Classroom Antics Summer Program
Mayfield Lady Wildcats Sports Camp
Mayfield Fundamental Basketball Camp
Mayfield Stroke Clinic for Swimmers
Mayfield Summer Volleyball Camp
Mayfield Wildcat Football Camp
Saint Paschal Baylon Catholic School
Email: office@saintpaschal.com
Website: www.saintpaschal.com
Location: 5360 Wilson Mills Road, Highland Heights, OH, USA
Phone: (440) 442-6766
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