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2019
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
8:30AM Mass Grades 1 & 5
Santa’s workshop
Sarris Candy Pickup up – 2 PM – 6 PM
St. Nicholas Day (Observed)
Feast of the Immaculate Conception Santa's WorkshopPanera 4 PM -
8 PM
Santa’s Workshop
Santa’s Workshop
Scrip Dress Down Day
8:30AM Mass Grades 2 & 8Santa’s Workshop
9AM – 11AM Story Time with Santa (tentative)
Scrip Dress Down Day
8:30 AM School Mass Grades 3 & 7
8:45 AM –10:45 AM Ice Skating – PPG Rink(tentative)
Christmas Break
Christmas BreakChristmas Eve
Christmas Break
Christmas
Christmas Break
Christmas Break
Christmas Break
Christmas Break
Christmas Break
Christmas Break
New Year’s Eve
Knights With Heart December Theme: People in Need
December2020
Christmas Break
Christmas Break
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Weekly Mass - We are extremely pleased that our school has been
able to
continue to celebrate weekly mass together. Each Friday, two
classes at a
time have been able to attend mass in person while the remainder
of
school has been involved via live stream. While we had
technical
difficulties at times, our school invested in the proper
equipment for live
streaming, which will benefit us going forward for all virtual
events. Thank
you, Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Ford, for your time and patience in the
live
streaming process.
Knights with Heart - Each month AGS continues to focus on "A
Heart Full of Love for God and..."
with a specific theme at the end of the quote. November was "A
Heart Full of Love for God
and Prayer Partners." November’s Knight’s with Heart theme is
Prayer Partners. In traditional
years, each student was matched with a prayer partner who they
went to mass with monthly,
exchanged notes with and met with to work on projects, and
celebrate special events with.
During November, we celebrate our “Knights with Heart” theme of
Prayer Partners. The prayer
partner program is on-going throughout the school year and
matches middle and intermediate
school students with those in the primary grades. It enables
older students to provide both
social and spiritual mentoring. During a meeting this past
month, each of the partners took
note and communicated to each other very special messages which
included: “Please pray for
me…”, “I’ll pray for you…” and “Let’s thank God for”… We love
seeing the connections made
between our students.
We look forward to our themes throughout the rest of the year:
December - People in need,
January - School Community, February - Helpers in our community
(Police/Firemen/Nurses/
Doctors), March - Self, April - Friends, May - Mary. Each of
those who we will honor helps us
grow in faith, hope, and love.
Celebrating Advent - Advent begins this Sunday, November 29th.
Advent is a time of expectant
waiting and preparation for the celebration of the Nativity of
Jesus. Advent is from the Latin
word that means “coming”. It is during these next four weeks
that we are all invited by God to
prepare our hearts, minds, and homes to make room for the love
of Jesus. We are called to
give of ourselves more fully and to be truly present to those
who need us most. May we not
forget what the Advent season is about as we prepare, for Christ
is with us during Advent and
thorough the entire year. We invite you to follow along with the
daily Advent readings shared
on the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops website:
https://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/liturgical-
year-and-calendar/advent
Throughout the Advent season, each classroom prepares for the
coming of our Lord in their own special way. Each day
we will begin our day with an Advent themed morning
announcement. Our 7th graders are researching ornament
legends and will make special ones to adorn the Christmas tree
outside the K-8 office and our 8th grade will learn all
about the Jesse Tree tradition and will make a Jesse Tree
ornament.
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Honor Roll - We are proud to announce our first quarter Middle
School Honor Roll. We are
extremely proud of our students’ performances and take our
academics extremely
seriously. This quarter has not been easy but by the number of
students on this list, the
perseverance and commitment to education is apparent.
We are pleased to announce our Middle School Honor Roll Quarter
1 – 2020/2021
School Year
6B High Honor Roll: Marco Buzzard, Alex Smith Honor Roll: Aiden
Curry, Christian Gill,
Max Huet
6A High Honor Roll: Lindsay Bressler, Ryan Bridge, Madelyn
Wolsko Honor Roll: Grant
Karlik, Kate Lucas, Mark Martella, Jude Miller, Danica Nauman,
Natalie Turcios
7A Honor Roll: Vincent Arbster, Carter Cross, Lidia Oldak, Marin
Reinhardt, Brady Rooney,
Leo Shorthouse, Gianna Vari
7B High Honor Roll: Nicholas Ewanco, Jake Johnson, Grant Kalich,
Michael Pigoni, Alexa
Schmitt, Christian Williams Honors Roll: Eve Amendola, John
Cavicchia, Julia Davoli, Ava
Domenico, Brayden Douglass, Lucy Einloth, Levi Gladu, Ella
Hoffman, Alexis Kolocouris,
Gavin Lugaila, Owen Minzer, Leah Parker, Sophia Saginaw, Matthew
Sawayda, Sarah
Sellman, Lydia Wegrzynowicz
8A High Honor Roll: Hannah Zurbola, Bailey Ye, Liam McAndrews,
Riley Lecker, Tiara
Curry,, Sarah Buzzard, Therese Bernas, Gianna Kennelly Honor
Roll: Rachael
Lucas, Corinna Martella , Harold Tarr, Ava Tournay
8B High Honor Roll; Henry Barbisch, Josie Einloth, Ashlyn Gill,
Liam McAndrew
Honor Roll: Mia Crofford, Sean Frosell, Tanner Gorsuch, Lily
Ireland, Solomiia Masovets,
Matthew Mickle, Noelle Miller
Monochromatic Art - Color theory is both the science and art of
using color. It explains how we
perceive color; and the visual effects of how colors mix, match,
or contrast with each other. Our
students have gone over many different color schemes, but Miss
Tharp, our art teacher, decided to
focus on monochromatic for our self-portraits! Monochromatic is
a color scheme based on only one
single color. It uses different shades and tints of a single
hue, made by altering the
saturation and brightness of color. After weeks of hard work,
students have mastered their
understanding of color theory thanks to Miss Tharp. She is proud
to display the results, and
we are grateful to see them as they hang on the wall outside of
our cafeteria!
Virtual Field Trip for Middle School— Through a grant, our
Middle School students
“attended” a free production of Einstein: A Stage Portrait. In
this production, Albert Einstein
invited you, the audience, to his house to make sure people know
who he really is. He is NOT
the Father of the atomic bomb, as has been claimed! This
one-actor play reveals the deeply
human side of the great genius, his humor, his passion for work,
and love of music -
especially Mozart. You will see the reluctant celebrity who
changed forever the way we look
at the universe. We know the students are enjoying this little
break from their normal
schedule and will learn something new about history and culture.
Thank you Mrs.
Mattarochia for working to achieve this grant for our students
and securing additional ones
to come. We look forward to watching our next one A Christmas
Carol as we were awarded a grant for that as well.
While we know that a virtual field trip does not take the pace
of one that is in person, we are dedicated to
continuing to find opportunities for our students to grow in
mind and spirit.
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Deck the Halls of AGS - Walking through the hallways in our
school is such
a special gift. Each classroom has its own bulletin board that
proudly
displays the amazing work done by the students. Some display
art, some
math and some choose English. Many are themed with the season we
are
celebrating. During the month of November many were themed
around
gratitude. We are extremely grateful for our faith and the
opportunity to
not only share it inside the classrooms but allowing it to
expand into the hallways and
beyond, inspiring all who visit our school. If you are a
volunteer in our school, take the
time to look at the beautiful bulletin boards outside of the
classroom and feel the
inspiration that our teachers and staff do daily. We will
continue to post pictures of
our bulletin boards on our school’s Facebook page so please
follow us to view! facebook.com/
ArchangelGabrielSchool/
Soccer— Congratulations to each of our AGS Soccer Teams as our
Fall Soccer Season comes to
an end. Our developmental teams concluded their season on
October 31st in their “Season-
Ending Developmental Tournament”. All of our soccer teams
competed well and enjoyed the day
well before any trick-or-treating. Our 1st-grade team made it to
the semi-finals, only to be ousted
in penalty kicks. Our middle-school girl’s squad also competed
well, winning their first game of
the day, but were unable to make it to the elimination play. Our
JV squad qualified as the #3 seed and
played at Seton LaSalle High School on Saturday, November 7th.
Congratulations to both JV and Varsity
on making it to the semi-finals. It was a very successful season
and we are proud of our players.
Basketball - Please keep our basketball teams in your thoughts
until we had to pause our extra-
curricular activities. All of our teams have been working hard
at practices preparing for the
upcoming season. As Archangel Gabriel Catholic School continues
to Build Minds and Nourish
Souls, we also Raise Knights! The characteristics that we see on
and off the fields and courts with
our Knights include self-discipline, kindness, humility, servant
leadership, loyalty, perseverance,
integrity, and excellence. We are dedicated to doing what it
takes to make sure our students have a
well-rounded educational and extra-curricular experience at our
school. Keep the faith Knights and we can’t wait to
cheer you on the court as soon as we can!
Cheer– The same with our basketball program, our cheerleaders
have also been
preparing hard for their upcoming season. They have been
learning cheers, making
signs for their teams, and building strong bonds with each
other. We are proud of our
teams and can’t wait to cheer along with you!
Steeler Ticket Raffle—In the spirit of doing what it takes to
support our school, our auction
committee secured the nearly impossible to help raise money.
They recently auctioned off four
Steeler tickets for the Thanksgiving game Steelers vs. Ravens.
Tickets were $10 each and $5 of
each sold went directly towards families fundraising assessment.
we are grateful to be able to
put this towards our auction totals. Our auction is usually held
at the beginning of November but we have decided to
push it back until Saturday, March 6th in hopes of having a more
typical event. Please look for more communication
coming soon from our committee as this is one of our largest and
much-needed fundraisers to support our school.
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Shopping With Scrip brings Recess Rewards! One of our most
popular year-round fundraisers is our Shop with
Scrip gift card rebate program. Families and community members
are encouraged to purchase physical or e-gift
cards through our program, at no extra cost and, a portion of
the purchase goes to our school as a cash rebate.
Due to COVID restrictions, we are forced to be more creative
with fundraising as not all of our traditional methods
can be successful this year. One thing our children love is
recess, so we made a friendly competition in October
among the homerooms. The top three classrooms with the highest
Scrip sales for the month received an extra half-
hour recess full of fun, and was it ever! The results – One of
our 3rd-grade classrooms came in first, a 7th-grade
came in second, and rounding up third, first grade! We are
making a final push for a free lunch promotion that has
been running from November 1st and will go until the 30th. The
top three classrooms will receive a lunch provided
by Scrip! Can’t wait to see who wins.
Open Houses & Registration for 2021-2022 School Year - This
year we have our open house
scheduled on Saturday, February 6th from 11 AM - 2 PM. This will
be for prospective families
to tour the school, ask questions and register their children
for the 2021-2022 school year.
Volunteers are needed for set up, giving tours, and helping to
set up or greet parents. If you
are able to volunteer for either event please reach out to Susan
Kalich
[email protected]. Current AGS families will be
receiving information for re-
enrollment in January and will have time to submit paperwork and
secure your place at our
school before open enrollment which begins February 6th for both
preschool and K-8. As we
prepare for our open house and promoting the school, it is
important to hear from our current
families about why they choose to send their children to
Archangel Gabriel School. We would
love to receive positive messages from families that we can
share on our website and
publications to help us keep our school full and successful. We
ask that you PLEASE click the
link and answer as many questions as you can at your earliest
convenience https://
www.surveymonkey.com/r/SRMBS5F . Remember that YOU are our very,
very best advocate. Please continue to
spread the word about our school in a positive light. Please
refer any families who are
interested in our school to Advancement Director, Susan
Kalich.
Please join us as we welcoming Cash Remington Minamyer to our
AGS family! He was born at 5:14 AM on October 31, 2020 at 8lbs 5
ounces 21 inches long. Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Minamyer. We
will keep you all in our prayers.
Please continue to pray for all of those affected by the
pandemic and for those who are unable to see their family during
the holidays. We must hold on to our faith and know that God is
with us especially when we need Him most.
Thank you to all of those who have made submissions for our
December 2020 issue of Knights News!
If you would like to submit any news articles for upcoming
issues of Knights News, please email them to
Advancement Director, Susan Kalich
[email protected] by the 15th of the month.
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Santa’s Workshop December 7-11, 2020
A touchless Santa Shop is coming to AGS.
More information will be sent home with your child.
We need volunteers! Please feel free to sign up at:
https://signup.com/go/cgmLDmi
December 12, 2020 PTG will be holding Storytime with Santa
in
the cafeteria, where AGS students and siblings may decorate a
ceramic Christmas ornament, read a story with Santa, make a
Christmas gift wish list to give to Santa, and receive a
delicious Christmas treat. The cost is $10 per child. Due to social
distancing, only 1 adult may attend per
child.
The event is divided up into three time slots, which are a
half-hour long each and specific to the invited grades (Pre-K -
4).
Please sign up for the time slot that corresponds with your
child's grade. If
you have more than one child
attending, all children may attend during 1 time slot that
matches the grade level of
one of your children.
*Flier forthcoming with signup link.
* Subject to modification or cancellation depending on Diocesan
policy and Covid considerations
If you need any more information about an event or activity,
please contact a PTG Board Member:
Leslie Williams, President: [email protected] Kristen
Debbis, Vice President: [email protected]
Sharon Saginaw, Treasurer: [email protected] Katie DeCaria,
Secretary: [email protected]
Join us for Ice Skating at PPG Place This is a private event for
AGS only!
December 19, 2020 9am- 10:45am
$10 Skater $5 Non Skater
Must follow COVID Protocol * Subject to modification or
cancellation depending on Diocesan policy and
Covid considerations
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Active listening Listening challenge!
Ask your youngster to listen while you describe a recent meal in
detail: “For breakfast, I had a fried egg, toast with peach jam, a
Gala apple, and black cof-fee.” Then ask questions like “How was my
egg cooked?” and “What kind of apple did I eat?” Now he can give
you a listening challenge.
Keep germs away When your child touches her face, she can
transfer germs from her hands to her eyes, nose, and mouth. Help
her touch it less often by keeping her hair trimmed and out of her
eyes and hav-ing tissues available. If she wears face masks or
glasses, make sure they fit properly so she’s not constantly
adjust-ing them.
Practice being polite Role-play to help your child remember his
manners. Take turns naming situa-tions where politeness is called
for (introducing people, receiving a gift). The other person acts
out how to han-dle it politely. Your youngster might pat his dog on
the head, look you in the eye, and say: “Dad, I’d like you to meet
Domino.”
Worth quoting“It’s easier to go down a hill than up it, but the
view is much better at the top.” Henry Ward Beecher
Q: Why does the Statue of Liberty stand in New York Harbor?
A: Because it can’t sit down.
Wordplay boosts vocabulary A rich vocabulary gives your
child the words she needs to express her thoughts and understand
her schoolwork. Try these playful activities to help her learn new
words.
Clever combinationsA portmanteau is a new
word formed by blending two existing words (jeans + leggings =
jeggings, breakfast + lunch = brunch). You and your youngster can
make up portman-teaus for each other to guess. She might say, “What
do you call a rainbow on a snowy day?” (A snowbow!) And you could
ask, “What do you call a docu-mentary that’s comical?” (A
doccom.)
Words within wordsPick a word (say, monitor) for each
family member to write on her paper. Set a timer for 5 minutes,
and list words you can make using letters in the word. A fun twist:
You may use any letter mul-tiple times within the same word, so
mirror is allowed even though monitor has only one R. When time’s
up, read
your lists aloud. Did anyone learn a new word from someone
else’s list?
Synonym sunsHave your child draw a big sun on a
sheet of paper and write a common word (say, good) in the
center. Take turns add-ing a ray to the sun and writing a syn-onym
(excellent, great). On your turns, try to choose words your
youngster may not know, such as stupendous. When you can’t think of
more synonyms, start another sun with a new word.♥
Brighten someone’s day Sometimes the smallest gesture can
make
another person happy, especially in a diffi-cult situation like
the pandemic. Here are ways your youngster can add a little
sun-shine to others’ lives:
● Let your child mail thank-you notes to your family’s doctors
and their staffs. He could also leave thank-yous for delivery-truck
drivers, mail carriers, and trash and recycling workers.
● Suggest that your youngster host an online talent show.
Relatives might sing or play musical instruments, dance, or do
magic or card tricks for each other.
● Run errands for elderly neighbors. Your child could call to
get their grocery list, then help you order the items or shop and
deliver them.♥
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Doing well on tests
Geography: Maps and more Your youngster’s day is
filled with opportunities to explore geography. Here are three
ideas.
1. Food. Ask your child to read stickers on fruits and
vegetables you buy to find out where the food was grown. Together,
look up the weather in those states or countries. She’ll see what
produce is grown in warmer or cooler temperatures.
2. Mail. Let your youngster check postmarks, find the locations
on a map, and calculate how many miles the mail traveled to reach
you.
3. Time zones. Plan a phone call with a relative who lives in a
different time zone, and help your child look up the time there.
Then, she could see what time it is in other places around the
world.♥
How to handle cyberbullying React appropriately. Does your
youngster know what to do if he’s cyberbullied? Talk frankly about
tactics that help (telling an adult) and don’t help (responding to
the person doing the bully-ing). Together, learn how to take
screenshots of texts or chats in case he needs proof of a
cyber-bullying incident.
Provide guidance. Set clear guidelines for your child’s
online
behavior. For example, he shouldn’t send a message or photo to
another child that he wouldn’t want you or his teacher to see. It
may be a good idea to point out that other kids and their parents
can take screen-shots, too.♥Signs of affection
Even when life gets hectic, remember to show your child on a
daily basis that you love her. Simple words and actions like these
will go a long way in making her feel loved and secure.
Leave notesSecretly leave a loving message in your
youngster’s “home office” or backpack. (“Have a great school
day! Love, Dad.”)
Eat togetherPlan special school-day breakfasts
with your child. You’ll connect before a busy day. Also,
consider joining her for lunch on days when you’re both home.
Share photos Look at old family photos with your
youngster, or show her “on this day” pic-tures on social media
or photo-sharing sites. Say what you loved about her then (“You
were so little and cuddly”) and what you love about her now (“I
still love hugs from you—plus I love our interesting
conversations”).♥
Q: My son struggled on his last two tests. How can I help him do
better on future ones?
A: Test success begins with knowing the material. Have your
child get in the habit of studying a little each evening rather
than cramming the night before a test. Offer to help by quizzing
him, or suggest that he make up — and take —his own quizzes.
On the morning of a test, remind your son to read the test
directions
first and ask his teacher about anything he doesn’t understand.
You might recom-mend that he look over all the questions and start
by tackling easier ones. That will give him some momentum and boost
his confidence.
Finally, encourage your child to be the “boss” of his thoughts.
If
he thinks, “I can’t do this,” he can take a few deep breaths and
instead think, “I studied hard and I will do my best.”♥
Many kids are spending more time using technology to do
schoolwork and to socialize this year. That means more potential
for cyberbullying. Share these strategies to help your youngster
avoid it.
Be informed. Explain to your child that cyberbullying includes
texting, chatting, or posting unkind or threaten-ing messages. It’s
also cyberbullying to spread rumors, intimidate people, or share
private information that would embarrass someone.
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