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3040 Walton Road Office: 610-825-0160
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http://holyrosaryregional.com School Closing # 1385
May/June 2019
Holy Rosar y Review May Important
Dates:
May 3rd —
First Friday Mass 10:30
May 4th —
Epiphany First Commun-
ion
May 5th —
St. Paul, St. Titus, Holy
Saviour First Commun-
ions
May 6th —
4th Grade Field Trip
May 8th —
Kdg. Field Trip; 2nd
Grade Field Trip
May 10th—
8th Grade Pictures
May 12th—
Mother's Day
May 15th—
May Procession at St.
Paul 7 PM
May 19th—
Parish Singers at Holy
Saviour 11:30 Mass
May 20th—
8th Grade Trip to NY
May 22nd—
Field Day; CYO Banquet
at St. Titus 6 PM
May 23rd-27th—
No School
May 29th—
"Oliver" Performance 7
PM
May 30th—
Ascension Thursday Mass
10 AM
May 31st—
Walkathon 1 PM; Reli-
gion Exams Grades 1-8
ONE FAITH,
ONE FAMILY,
ONE SCHOOL!
Picture Page Page 2
June Important
Dates:
June 3rd—
ELA Exams (Grade ap-
propriate)
June 4th—
Math Exams (Grade ap-
propriate)
June 5th—
Science Exams (Grade
appropriate)
June 6th—
Social Studies Exams
(Grade appropriate)
Kdg. Closing Ceremonies
7 PM
June 7th—
Pre-K Closing Ceremo-
nies 9:30 AM; CYO Tail-
gate Party 6-8 PM
June 11th—
2nd Grade Field Trip;
First Grade Field Trip
June 12th—
No CARES; 8th Grade
Graduation at EOL at 4
PM
June 14th—
Closing Mass and Awards
10:30 AM; Noon Dismis-
sal
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From the Principal’s Desk...
Dear Holy Rosary Families,
As the busy days of spring lead into the anticipated fun and often lazy days of
summer, I want to look back with you at our school year. There were some
bumpy days, but your patience and God’s graces guided us through those times.
With dedicated teachers in place and a solid registration and re-registration, I
anticipate continued growth for Holy Rosary for our future.
I want to thank our parents and guardians for your support of our students
both at school and at home. You have prayed, loved, volunteered, chaperoned,
organized, generously donated, celebrated sacraments, studied, read with chil-
dren and supported sports events. The Holy Rosary Community and the com-
munity at large has been the beneficiary of your efforts.
We have a new website, Twitter and Instagram accounts, scoreboard, softball
field, eleven new laptops for the teachers, twenty four new iPads for the stu-
dents, four new air conditioners, four walkie talkies and additional security fea-
tures in the gym and music room. Much of this is a result of the forward think-
ing of HASA and CYO and generous benefactors. Our Board of Limited Juris-
diction is underway. The Board will help promote and advance the mission of
the school and extend the base of support which will ensure a long and pros-
perous future for Holy Rosary.
Thank you again for your faith and support. Have a safe summer. See you in
September!
God’s Graces to You!
Mary Ann
Letter from The Governing Board of Pastors
Monsignor Sangermano, Holy Saviour Church
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APRIL SHOWERS BRING MAY FLOWERS
In reading the title of this article, you may be thinking to yourself: “Monsignor Sangermano isn’t
being very original or very deep with the title!” I hope I can show you otherwise.
We have, hopefully, just come out of a period of great rain and unpleasant weather. Invari-
ably, our conversation during those times turns to the unpleasant atmosphere and generally
somewhat depressing feeling that goes along with this kind of weather. You may have commented
to someone on the miserable conditions and, from time to time, you may hear the response:
“Well, we need the rain,” or “That’s what makes the flowers grow.” As you are standing there
soaking wet or as you feel down from days on end without sunshine, you may want to swat that
person with your umbrella! Yes, we know the facts but we just don’t want to be reminded of
them.
As we enter the Easter Season, we do so in a part of the world where this season coin-
cides with spring. In our more reflective moments, as we look at the beauty of nature coming in-
to bloom and the bright colors of the flowers, we may force ourselves to admit that the rains had
their purpose and we are seeing that purpose before our eyes. So it is with the suffering and
death of Jesus, which we have recalled during Holy Week, and our own participation in that suf-
fering. The Old Testament Prophet wrote, referring to the coming Messiah: “There was no beau-
ty in him.” This referred to the appearance Jesus would have after His condemnation, unjust pun-
ishment and death. Most of those who had followed Him, and had even seen His miracles, ran
away from this sight. Only His Mother, His faithful Apostle John and Mary Magdalene remained
faithful at the foot of the Cross. Just three days after this event, the purpose of it all became
clear! The great Easter victory of Jesus would not have been the victory it was if He had not
overcome suffering and death in order to show forth His power and His glory. The greater the
suffering, the greater the victory.
So it is with you and I. Jesus pays us the compliment of allowing us to unite our own suf-
ferings, which, for us, are the results of our fallen nature, to His own. He allows us to sanctify our
own sufferings and disappointments by uniting them to His. He even tells us that this is indispen-
sable for His followers. “Unless you take up your cross and follow me, you cannot be my disci-
ple.” He also allows us to glimpse the victory that will be ours if we are faithful. The victory over
suffering and death that Jesus won was won for us. If we follow His teachings, if we tell Him that
we are sorry when we fail Him by sin, if we worship Him faithfully on His day and if we communi-
cate with Him through prayer, we are sharing His life here on earth. As a result, He will give us,
even now, a great share in His peace, which is His great Easter gift.
So let us take the “April showers” of suffering and pain and join them faithfully to those of
Jesus. If we do, we will also share the “May flowers” of His victory, in this life by the interior
peace He gives us and in the life to come by the eternal happiness He has prepared in Heaven for
those who are faithful.
With prayers always,
Monsignor Sangermano
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Did You Know...
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Mrs. Luthy’s Classes
Grade 5 continues their focus on writing, creating tall tales in the process. As the class learns about diffi-
culties faced by children their age in different countries, the class completed the reading of A Long Walk to
Water. The class realizes how lucky they are to have water come so easily to them, and understands the
importance of social justice and helping out those less fortunate.
Grade 6 completed the reading of The Staircase, and are comparing two types of media. The book and
movie are completely different, though both focus on the miracle staircase of the Loretto Chapel in Santa
Fe, New Mexico. A compelling story, it was entertaining to see the students wish for more class time so
they could advance in the book.
Grade 7 has been taken back to the time of Jesus’ death, in the book Awakening. This time travel book
brings new and relevant meaning to Jesus’ Passion and Death. Though our Pre-Easter schedule did not
permit us all the time we needed to complete the book, we are finishing up the book, in conjunction with
our studies.
Grade 8 presented a beautiful depiction of the Last Supper and Living Stations of the Cross. We are
grateful to our daily Mass friends who attended our presentation. Their reverence put us in the mindset
to experience Jesus’ last days just prior to Easter.
—Mrs. Luthy
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Honors Math
7th and 8th Grade Honors Math classes completed a 3D creation project using cylinders, cones, and
spheres. They built a structure and then had to find the volume of every shape that they used. Pictures
are attached!
—Mrs. Higgins
1st Grade
The first grade has been busy talking and writing about spring and the signs of new life. They have learned a
poem called "Little Bees" and everyone presented it to their classmates. They have also chosen an insect
that they wanted to learn about and researched it and wrote their own report and drew a picture of their
insect. It was so much fun sharing our information with each other. Thanks to Mya and her family we now
have caterpillars in our classroom and we can' wait to watch them turn into butterflies right before our
eyes. We have also met a new friend named Flat Stanley. Each first grader sent him to a family member or
friend and asked them to take him on an adventure. At the end of May, all the Flat Stanleys will be return-
ing to Holy Rosary and we will be so excited to read about and share all the adventures that Flat Stanley
went on and how many different places he visited. We will end our year with an awesome class trip to the
DaVinci Science Center in Allentown. What a great year we had!
—Mrs. Koneski
2nd Grade
The 2nd graders have been flexing their creative minds this past month as they have been working on cre-
ating their own Poetry Portfolios. The students are studying and writing a variety of different types of po-
ems: couplets, cinquains, diamantes, and bio-poems. Our little poets should be so proud of the creative lan-
guage they are learning to express!
—Christina Reale and Renee Prieto
Pre-K
Along with all of their busy learning, Pre-K had their first annual Grand-Friend Day this past month. The
class was allowed to invite a grandparent or special friend to attend a presentation about Grand-
Friends. They opened their presentation with a special prayer just for Grand-Friends. The class recited
two songs to go along with their lines: sharing why they love their Grand-Friend. For weeks, the class
worked hard as they anxiously anticipated their performance of the songs and recital of their lines. To
conclude their presentation the class joyfully presented their Grand-Friends with a hand-print flower spe-
cially made for them. The center of the flower contained a picture of them with their Grand-Friend. The
Grand-Friends were then asked to stay and enjoy a snack with the class. Pre-K was very excited to put on
a presentation for their Grand-Friends and have them partake in a special snack time with them. It was a
great experience for the Pre-K class and their Grand-Friends!
—Mrs. Gill
Did You Know (continued)...
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Kindergarten
Kindergarten has been busy learning all about the season of Lent and the Easter season. We learned about the
Stations of the Cross and made our own little booklets so we could remember everything Jesus did for us. We
enjoyed watching the 8th Grade perform the Living Stations! We enjoyed listening to the Bible and were happy
to learn that Jesus rose again to New Life on Easter Sunday! In ELA, we have been working hard to learn more
and more sight words. We love listening to stories and recalling story details! One of our favorite stories we
listened to was The Good Egg by Jory John. We discussed ways we could all be "good eggs." We drew our an-
swers and shared our work with our classmates. We decided to hang up our egg decorations and writing out-
side our classroom for the whole school to see and read. Kindergarten is really FILLED with a bunch of "good
eggs!" We can't believe how fast our kindergarten year has flown by! We look forward to enjoying our last
few weeks of school and preparing for our special Kindergarten Closing Ceremony on Thursday, June 6!
—Mrs. Pickering
3rd Grade
Third grade has been working hard as usual. In math, we have had some students reach their math fact fluency
in multiplication. Gemma Salamone, Tara Monahan, and Angelina Szostek have reached 100% fluency for facts 0
-10 and Kevin Mansfield, Molly Rupprecht, Michael Vernacchio, and Keely Wink have reached 100% fluency in 0-
12 facts! So many other students are also very close to reaching their goals! A big project that third grade
worked on this past month was the Women Heroes Project. Each student researched a women who has made
a big impact. Some of these women included Elenore Roosevelt, Ellen Ochoa, Florence Nightengale, and Clara
Barton. The students learned a lot and really got into the project! In Religion, we have been working on re-
searching St. Philip Neri. 3rd grade is in charge of the bulletin board for "Saint of the Month" for May, so we
are learning all we can about St. Philip Neri so that we can share with the whole school.
— Mrs. Fitzpatrick
Computers While grades 2 through 7 have been coding in various block programming languages. Our 8th grade is coding in
JavaScript, a programming language used often on the internet. The students are leaning the syntax, logic, and
data flow of the language. When finished the students will be able to draw, color, and animate coding in JavaS-
cript.
—Mr. Graham
Science
The sixth and seventh grade STEM students are participating in the PECO Innovative Challenge. The PECO
Innovative Challenge is a collaborative educational initiative designed to empower students to explore opportu-
nities in STEM. The students engage in science, engineering, technology, and mathematics activities while learn-
ing about the fundamental principles of energy use and conservation. It was held on March 28, 2019 at the
Franklin Institute. The students had to create and present a project, in which they explore energy. The sev-
enth grade students are learning about microgrids and have to build a model of one.
The seventh grade STEM students include: Zaara Abraham, Sarah Barrera-Cruz, Annalise Bilardo, Matthew
Christopher, Elijah Colson, Andrew Doorly, Amy Garcia, Brianna Petruccelli, and Aidan Tomeo. The sixth
grade have designed a house out of Legos that runs on solar energy. The sixth grade STEM students include:
Bridget Archbold, Azariah Barracks, Emmett Baxter, Jillian Couchara, Sommer Davis, Kenneth Denzler, Keara
Fish, Lauren Lamina and Marina Muldoon. All the students will also participate in the STEM Career Symposium,
in which the students will meet people currently working in a variety of STEM careers. They will listen to them
talk about their jobs and be able to ask questions.
—Ms. Morrow
Did You Know (continued)...
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Hello there faithful Holy Rosary CYO Families!
Please come join us for the end of year CYO Banquet on St. Titus 6 PM,
We will have announcements soon for Summer BB workouts and also Fall registration.
1st Annual Holy Rosary JV Softball tournament will be held the week of May 13th. 6 teams will be in the tourna-
ment. Games will be played all week.
Did You Know (continued)...
Spanish
The week before Easter, we talked about religious words in Spanish and discussed how Latin America cel-
ebrates Semana Santa (Holy Week) with a focus on the country of the Dominican Republic. The students
learned that although in Latin America people speak another language, Semana Santa is also focused on
celebrating the life and teachings of our Lord Jesus (Nuestro Señor Jesús) while spending time together
with our family and close friends. The students made jigsaw puzzles using religious Spanish words. Each
piece of the puzzle signified different languages, races and countries. We discussed how putting the pieces
together makes a whole. It leads to a unified world bonded by paz y amor (peace and love) like our Lord
Jesus Christ has taught us.
— Mrs. Febrillet
BOX TOPS
HASA Happenings…
From all of us at HASA, we just wanted to send a big THANK YOU for all of your help and support
throughout the school year! It is much appreciated. We will be sending out periodic updates through the
end of school year, as well as when we get closer to the end of summer. Enjoy the remainder of the
school year, and have a beautiful summer!
Attention all Box Top clippers!
Thanks to all who have submitted Box Tops in the 2018/2019 school year. With your help, we have
earned $738.60 for our school this year!
Please keep clipping over the summer so we will be off to a good start when the new school year be-
gins in September. The next contest will be in October 2019!
Any questions, contact Sherri Muldoon at [email protected].
Thank you Happy Clipping!!
CYO Sports News...
FINANCIAL AID Page 10
Amazon
This is a gentle reminder, for all of those returning, and for all of our new families— please remem-
ber to help support Holy Rosary Regional School while shopping at Amazon! Please use the below
link and register:
https://smile.amazon.com/
You can sign in with your existing Amazon log in. Once signed in be sure to select the drop down
arrow on the left side of the tool bar to find our school. Once selected you will see on your Ama-
zon homepage, Supporting: Holy Rosary Regional Catholic School.
Through the Amazon process, all families will be eligible for your Prime benefits and the school does
not receive any personal information on any purchases—the school only receives a percentage of
the sales.
Remember to share the smile link with all of your family and friends too!!
All families may now apply for financial aid for the 2019-2020 school year. The website is
factsmgt.com/aid. Families can work directly with the FACTS Company in order to verify
all information.
Questions on completing the application may be answered by calling the FACTS helpline
directly at 1-866-441-4637. They are available Mon-Thurs: 7:30 AM—7:00 PM. You can al-
so email them at [email protected] with questions.
The Kremer Foundation applications are now available. Families must not have an income
greater than $46,435 per year for a family of four or less (as increased by $7,992 for
each additional family member. This application is hard copy only. Please contact me if you
would like one. Applications are due to me attention no later than May 13, 2019.
To be awarded any and all financial aid, families must be registered for the
2019/2020 school year and all tuition for this school year must be paid in full.
As always, I am available for any assistance you may need in applying. You can email me at
[email protected] with any questions and/or concerns or in needing as-
sistance uploading documents. I am in the office every Monday.
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◄ Apr 2019 May 2019 Jun 2019 ►
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 Rosary 8 AM
2
3 First Friday Mass 10:30 Drama Club Last day for AOH Can Collection
4 EOL First Communion
5 Cinco De Mayo St. Paul, Holy Saviour and St. Titus First Com-munion
6 4th Grade Field Trip to Barn Nature Center
Dress Down $2
7 Faculty Retreat 3-6 PM
8 Rosary 8 AM
Kindergarten Field Trip to Please Touch Muse-um
2nd Grade Field Trip to Schuylkill Center
9
10 Grade 8 Pictures Drama Club
11
12 Mother's Day
13
14
15 May Procession St. Paul 7 PM
16
17 Drama Club
18 Armed Forces
Day
19 Parish Singers at Holy Saviour 11:30 Mass
20 8th Grade Class Trip to NY
21
22 Rosary 8 AM Field Day
CYO Banquet at St. Titus 6 PM Doors Open at 5:30
23 No School
24 No School
25
26
27 Memorial Day
No School
28
29 Rosary 8 AM “Oliver” Performance 7 PM
30 Ascension Thursday Mass 10 AM
31 Religion Exams Grs. 1-8 Walk-a-thon 1 PM
May Calendar
◄ May 2019 June 2019 Jul 2019 ►
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1
2
3 End of Year Assess-ments ELA
4 End of Year Assess-ments Math
5 End of Year Assess-ments Science
6 End of Year Assess-ments Social Studies Kindergarten Closing Ceremony 7 PM
7 Last Pretzel Day
8th Grade Boat Day Pre-K Closing Ceremony 9:30 AM CYO Tailgate Party 6-8 PM
8
9
10
11 Second Grade Field Trip to Crayola Factory
First Grade Field Trip to DaVinci Science Center
12 No CARES Eighth Grade Graduation at EOL 4 PM
13
14 Flag Day Closing Mass & Awards 10:30 Noon Dismissal Last Day of School
15
16 Father's Day
17
18
19
20
21 Summer Solstice
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
June Calendar Page 12
Happy Summer!
May Lunch Menu
2018/2019 Home & School Association Board Members
Executive Board
President—Beth Fish
Vice President—Amy Porter
Treasurer—Athena Lehatto
Recording Secretary—Alicia Rhoads
Corresponding Secretary—Jessica
Cocco
Committees
Fundraising—Sharon Rupprecht
Beautification—Maria Credle
Hospitality—Amy Porter
Lead Homeroom Parent—Sherri Muldoon
Marketing—Anthony Garcia
Grant Writing—Heather Haley
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