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http://holyrosaryregional.com School Closing # 1385

February 2019

Holy Rosar y Review Important

Dates:

February 1st —

Progress Reports

Noon Dismissal

February 2nd —

Groundhog Day

February 5th —

Respect Program-

Grades 2-5

February 6th —

Last Cooking Club

February 8th —

Drama Club

February 9th —

CYO-Joe Conklin

Night at St. Titus

February 14th —

Valentine's Day

February 15th —

Drama Club

February 17th —

HASA Lads/Ladies

February 18th —

No School-President's

Day

February 20th —

Kindergarten/1st Field

Trip

February 22nd —

Drama Club

ONE FAITH,

ONE FAMILY,

ONE SCHOOL!

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From the Principal’s Desk...

Dear Parents and Guardians,

February is noted for three significant things, the Super Bowl, cold weather and St. Valentine’s

Day. But do these three things have something in common besides that they all occur during

February?

Valentine’s Day is that one day of the month when we tell people and show them how much we

love them. St Valentine loved God and his faith so much that he died for them. To give your life

for your belief in God is the ultimate selfless act. We love God with all our heart and we pray

that should we ever be so challenged that we too would give our life for Him. However, more

realistically, the love we have for our families and friends is just as unselfish. We would do any-

thing for them. It gives us a warm feeling to love and be loved. We need warmth-emotional

warmth.

It is usually so cold and snowy during February that we are often house bound during our non-

work and school times. We want to stay warm and we do not venture outside unless it is abso-

lutely necessary. It’s too cold to chat with people outside of church or in the schoolyard in the

mornings. We are in a hurry to get back inside and stay warm. We need warmth-physical

warmth.

The Super Bowl is probably the best sports event of the entire year (especially when our Eagles

are playing). This is a day when we do venture outside of our homes to root for our team or just

enjoy sharing some yummy food with others. The game is merely the catalyst. We need one

another even if we disagree about who will win or who makes the best dip. Enjoying the game

together is God’s way of reminding us that we need the community of faith to grow up in Christ-

emotional and physical warmth.

So the element that Valentine’s Day, cold weather and the Super Bowl have in common is

WARMTH! Stay warm, both physically and emotionally. Hold on tightly to your families and

friends. Love them every day; don’t wait for the official day of love. Tell your children how

much you love them several times each day. Be sure to teach them to tell you that they love

you. Pray every day for your family and friends and encourage your child to pray too. Do kind

things for your family and friends. All of us do not need more STUFF. We need warmth.

I wish everyone a warm February and God’s graces to you.

Love,

Mary Ann

Letter from The Governing Board of Pastors

Father Leonard Lewandowski , Pastor at Saint Titus

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Dear students, teachers, parents and friends of Holy Rosary School,

Praised be Jesus Christ – now and forever!

First, I need to thank all the students at Holy Rosary School for the absolutely WON-

DERFUL Get Well cards they made for me during my recent illness. You have no idea how

helpful they were during my recovery. In fact, I will continue to read some of them whenev-

er I need a little booster shot. It was so uplifting to my spirit to learn of the true concern

for my well-being and return to health. They were, indeed, the best medicine I could have

received. Again, thank you VERY MUCH for your kindness. It was and is still greatly appre-

ciated.

It seems that there isn’t a month that goes by without something in that month that fo-

cuses on the Blessed Virgin Mary. In February, we focus on the Blessed Mother under the

title of Our Lady of Lourdes. Her feast day under this title is on February 11th. It was on

that day 161 years ago, February 11, 1858, that the Blessed Virgin Mary made her first of 18

appearances to a 14 year old girl named BERNADETTE SOUBIROUS (SUE-BER-ROO).

Mary appeared to her in a cave called MASSABIELLE (MASS-SAH-BEE-EL), while she was

gathering firewood with her sister and friend. During the course of those apparitions, Ber-

nadette was asked by Mary to dig in the dirt and drink from the water. Upon doing so,

Bernadette opened up a well that gave off a spring of water that continues to flow to this

day. The water is crystal clear spring water and has been the source of at least 69 proven

miraculous cures. Many people doubted these apparitions to Bernadette. What helped

PROVE the apparitions to the local priest was when Bernadette retuned with the NAME

that Mary gave her. Mary referred to herself as the IMMACULATE CONCEPTION. That was

a name, phrase and title that Bernadette would never have heard before or knew about.

So, as we go through this month of February and celebrate such things as the Feast of

the Presentation of the Lord (February 2) and Ground Hog Day and Valentine’s day, let us

not forget that special day dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. She is Our Lady of

Lourdes, but most especially, she is the Immaculate Conception!

Fr. Len

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5th Grade

The grade 5 ELA class has been working on writing. While trying to extend sentences, using descriptive

phrases, the students created several pieces of writing. Journals from their Christmas vacation turned into

descriptive writing, entertaining the class during oral presentations. The students worked on biographies,

modeled after the "Who Was?" series. After interviewing classmates, the students used the answers to

complete short biographies. The caricature covers complete the project. Students are working on 2 Voice

Poems, where they choose two characters from a story, (for example the Wicked Queen and Snow

White.) The students complete a dialogue about a particular topic, with the two characters answering in opposing views, while working with a particular rhyme scheme. Next up on the poetry writing is the Earth

Day project sponsored by Whitpain Township.

— Mrs. Luthy

Honors Math

5th Grade Honors Math - Practiced plotting coordinate points by playing battleship (pictures attached)

8th Grade Honors Math - Designed new inventions and proposed their idea to the "Dragon's Den" inves-

tors using systems of equations to analyze their cost, profit, expenses, and revenue.

—Mrs. Higgins

1st Grade

First Grade has been busy learning about Jesus' love for God and showing that love to their families and

friends. They have been practicing their subtraction in Math and love listening to stories about Martin Luther King Jr., winter and snow. They have been busy making cards for people in their parish and writing

why they love Holy Rosary School. They are looking forward to all the fun during Catholic Schools Week.

—Mrs. Koneski

2nd Grade

Second graders just wrapped up our double-digit addition unit in math and are happily starting double-digit

subtraction. We are completing various student led math investigations to explore different ways to sub-

tract double-digit numbers. Epiphany was our second parish to receive Reconciliation. The remaining stu-

dents are anxiously awaiting their turn! To celebrate the nation during Catholic Schools Week, second

grade will be hosting a Presidential Living History Museum. Our students have been researching a

president, and during Catholic Schools Week, they are invited to come dressed as their president and re-

cite their research at our expo!

—Christina Reale and Renee Prieto

Did You Know...

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Kindergarten

Kindergarten has been busy at work in this new year! We have been learning about the Holy Family and how special

are own families are to each of us! We also have been talking a lot about our special Holy Rosary Regional Catholic

School Family, since Catholic Schools Week is quickly approaching! We enjoyed another Munchkin Meeting with our

Pre-K friends and shared all the reasons why we love Holy Rosary School! The children wrote down their awesome

reasons on a heart and then decorated the heart with their own special drawing. We are so excited to hang them

up outside Mrs. Gilman's office for everyone to see and read! We also learned about a special man named

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We learned that we should always be kind to everyone we meet! We discussed ways to

be a good friend and even drew some beautiful pictures to go with our answers.

—Mrs. Pickering

3rd Grade

3rd grade has been hard at work learning how to apply our multiplication skills. We are practicing our facts a lot so

that we are prepared for our next task of learning how to divide! In writing, third graders are writing narratives

about a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day they had. We read Alexander's story about his bad day and are us-

ing that as inspiration. In their writing they are meant to focus on using their senses to make the reader feel like

they are experiencing the same things that they did. They are also meant to use dialogue to help their writing come

alive. To practice using dialogue, the students created comic strips. This was a very exciting activity for them! They

loved creating their characters and story plot. They also enjoyed displaying their work around the room and taking

turns reading through everyone's stories. In Social Studies, we spent some time discussing Dr. Martin Luther King,

Jr. We had great discussion about Dr. King's dream that all people should be treated by the content of their charac-

ter and not by the color of their skin. To build on his very important message, third grade created dream clouds

displaying personal dreams they had for the world, their education, their classroom, their future, and their family.

This was a great activity and sparked a lot of discussion!

— Mrs. Fitzpatrick

Science

Seventh graders: Zaara Abraham, Annalise Bilardo, Matthew Christopher, Andrew Doorly, Amy Garcia, Brianna

Petruccelli, and Aidan Tomeo attended STEM Wars at Lansdale Catholic. We were one of six schools that attended,

each school sent two teams. The students had to build a straw bridge with limited materials in 35 minutes. The

bridge was tested to see how much weight it would hold. This was our first time at STEM Wars and the students

are looking forward to attending next year.

—Ms. Morrow

Did You Know (continued)...

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CYO Sports News...

2019 Holy Rosary CYO SPRING REGISTRATION

Registration is now open for the following sports at www.holyrosarycyo.siplay.com

Who is Eligible for CYO sports? Girls and Boys who attend Holy Rosary Regional Catholic school and

Members of Epiphany of Our Lord, Holy Saviour, Saint Paul and Saint Titus parishes.

We are looking for Coaches for JV & Varsity IBL

Spring Registration closes on Friday February 15th

Did You Know (continued)...

Music News

• PreK and K: Celebrate Winter with songs and dance!

• First & Second Grades: Singing seasonal songs and dances. Learning theory –notes and note values.

• Third Grade students are having lots of fun learning to play the Recorder. Breathing techniques, clear tone

production, finger positions, and reading music notation are part of the classroom method.

• Fourth grade is learning to sing the Pennsylvania State Song as a performance piece.

• Fifth grade will experience a walk through at iTheatrics Academy in New York where they will see what goes

into rehearsing and performing a Broadway musical.

• Sixth grade will take us Backstage on Broadway at the Minskoff Theatre home to Disney’s “The Lion King”

where we will see all of the amazing props, actors getting ready for their performance and talk to Bradley

about what it is like to perform on Broadway in “The Lion King”.

• Seventh grade will learn about the King of Ragtime, Scott Joplin, and his famous pieces, “Maple Leaf Rag”, “The

Entertainer.

• Eighth grade will use animation and music to create a commercial for the Super Bowl. They organized the Mass

for Catholic Schools Week including altar servers, gift bearers, readers, and musicians and presented a won-

derful liturgy. Compose a Valentine Song-gram and present to class. Happy February!

— Ms. Toth

Boys Baseball – JV (5th & 6th Grade) Fee: $80

Varsity (7th & 8th Grade) Fee: $95

Girls Softball – JV (5th & 6th Grade) Fee: $80

Varsity (7th & 8th Grade) Fee: $95

Co-Ed Track

Pee Wee Track (K - 3rd Grade) Fee: $40

Varsity (4th-8th Grade) Fee: $95

Co-Ed Intramural Basketball League (IBL)

JV (1st & 2nd Grade) Fee: $55

Varsity (3rd & 4th Grade) Fee: $55

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HASA Happenings…

Family Bingo – Friday, February 1st, 6pm doors open – Bingo at 7pm

Family Bingo night is back to wrap up Catholic Schools Week. Let’s all get together, eat some pizza

and play BINGO! Please click on the link below to reserve your spot! $25.00 per family includes a

pizza and 4 packs of bingo cards for 10 games. Water and soda will be available but please feel free

to bring other drinks and snacks too! Ice Cream Novelties will be available for sale during inter-

mission. Doors open at 6pm, Bingo starts at 7pm! Advance Reservations are required for this

event.

Stay tuned for more information coming out soon but for now - Save the Date!

Lads and Ladies Dodgeball Fun – Sunday, February 17th

Ladies Bingo – Friday, March 8th

Girls Enchanted Evening – Saturday, March 23rd

Trivia Night – Friday, April 12th

Amazon

This is a gentle reminder, especially with the holiday shopping season underway!! For all of those re-

turning, and for all of our new families— please remember 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!!

Box Tops for Education

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FINANCIAL AID

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 also

email them at info@factstuitionaid.com with questions.

As always, I am available for any assistance you may need in applying. You can email me at

bhallinan@holyrosaryregional.com with any questions and/or concerns or in needing assis-

tance uploading documents. I am in the office every Monday.

Attention all Box Top clippers!

This is a reminder that the second Box Tops submission deadline for our 2018-2019 School

year is coming up quick!

You can submit at any time throughout the year, but please have your Box Tops in

by February 15th to count towards this spring contest in March.

The student with the most Box Tops submitted will receive a $5 Menchie’s gift card and the

classroom with the most Box Tops submitted will receive a tray of treats to enjoy!!

Thank you for your participation!

For anyone new to Box Tops:

Each box top clipped earns $.10 towards our school and they add up quickly! Box Tops do

contain expiration dates, so please be sure to get them in on time for credit. You can collect

Box Tops in a baggie at home throughout the year and send in however often as you’d like.

Please label with your child’s name and either send in with your child or place in the Box

Tops container in the school office. Remember...this is an easy

way to earn money for our School!! Happy New Year!!!

Any questions, please feel free to contact Mrs. Sherri Muldoon

at smuldoon315@gmail.com.

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February 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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