MOSS Newsletter - Mother of Sorrows Elementary School Home Tuesday...Designer Purse Bingo . 1:30 p.m. Social Hall . Mother of Sorrows School 3264 Evergreen Drive . Murrysville, PA

MOSS Newsletter March 2018

A Note From Mrs. Szmed

Dear MOSS Families,

Well, Spring is finally here. Let’s all pray that the warm weather will come quickly!

As I have been announcing in our weekly newsflash, we have had a dramatic increase in enrollment, especially in Kindergarten and grades 1-5. This increase is partly due to another Catholic school in the area merging, but it is also a result of our present MOSS families positively communicating their wonderful educational experience with the community. Thank you so much for your support and trust in MOSS’s mission to educate the Heart, Mind, and Soul of every child.

This Friday is our last fish fry of the year. It looks like we will be reaching our needed profit goal for our operating budget. The new buffet line seemed to have worked wonderfully and has helped to increase the overall sales. Thank you to all of our school families and parishioners who volunteered to work, it sometimes was a little hectic, but always a lot of fun. A big thanks to the Fish Fry Committee – Lisa and Sam DiNinno, Cathy Lovino, Jodi Beall, Brian and Heather Bungard, Ruth Ann Wargofchik, Mr. and Mrs. Buchin, Barb Hantz, Anna Zubrow, Amy Danko, John and Ed Szmed. Many of these committee members would like to take a break next year and I am looking for new families to step in to fill their duties or I would welcome ideas for a new fundraiser to replace the Fish Fry. Please reach out to me and let me know your thoughts.

As we conclude the season of Lent next week, I would like to take this opportunity to wish a Happy Easter to you and your family! May your hearts be filled with joy, love and peace.

Faithfully yours, Theresa A. Szmed Principal

Important Dates: March 23rd:

Fish Fry (11:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.)

Volunteers: All MOSS

March 28th: Snow Make Up

11:30 a.m. Early Dismissal

March 29th to April 2nd: Easter Break

No School

April 11th: Save Day Program

April 13th: Donuts with Dad

(7:15 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.)

4th Grade Play 1:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.

April 16th to April 20th: ACT Testing

Grades 3rd through 8th (No Family Vacations Please)

April 20th: Pepperoni Roll Order Due

April 22nd: Designer Purse Bingo

1:30 p.m. Social Hall

Mother of Sorrows School 3264 Evergreen Drive Murrysville, PA 15668

Phone: 724-733-8840

Website: www.mosschool.org We're on Facebook!

March 2018 MOSS Newsletter

Student Spotlight

American History Award

Honors 4 Junior Students The Daughters of the American Revolution American History Essay Contest was

inspired by the 100th anniversary of the end of the Great War, WWI. Students were

asked to write an essay all about what it would be like to live in the year 1918.

Judging was based on historical accuracy, adherence to topic, organization of

material, interest, originality, spelling, grammar, punctuation and neatness. Queen

Alliquippa Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution has selected 4 winners

from Mother of Sorrows School. Each winner will receive an American history essay

pin, certificate and will move on to the Pennsylvania State Level Competition.

We would like to congratulate the following students on a job well done:

Marielle Wilson ~ 5th Grade

Michael Christlieb ~ 6th Grade

Liam John O'Connor ~ 7th Grade

Adrianna Battaglia ~ 8th Grade

Check out the following link to read an article featuring our winners on e-news.

http://almanac.tubecityonline.com/almanac/?e=930


WCMEA County Chorus Festival Box Top Contest

Olivia Thatcher, a six grader at MOSS, attended the

WCMEA Sixth Grade County Chorus Festival on Friday,

February 23rd at West Hempfield Middle School.

Students that attended the festival rehearsed all day

with Dr. Ryan Beeken, director of Choral Studies at

IUP. The chorus, made up of students from schools

all over the county, performed a concert that evening.

Olivia was one of 6 students from the Diocese of

Greensburg that attended. Way to go, Olivia!

Congratulations to Mrs. Coleman's class who earned the pizza party for turning in the most Box

Tops! They turned in 918 Box Tops and earned $91.80 for MOSS. Mrs. Matthew's class earned

ice cream sandwiches for having the highest participation in the contest. They turned in 753

Box Tops and earned $75.30 for MOSS. Mrs. Bayer was the winner of a Dunkin Donuts gift

card for turning in the most Box Tops out of all of the teaching staff. MOSS collectively earned

$576.50 during this contest. Our yearly total is now $1,367.70. Box Tops for Education sends

out checks twice a year in December and April. MOSS uses the money earned as part of our

fundraising goals. This year, our Box Tops goal is to earn $2,000. Since we are short of our

goal and in an effort to capture those Box Tops that may expire over the summer, we will be

doing one final collection during the first week of May. These earnings will be included in our

December check. We can easily meet our yearly goal if each homeroom is able to submit 350

Box Tops. Don't forget, you can earn Box Tops by using the Box Tops APP to scan your

grocery receipt. Thanks for your continued support and congratulations to our winners! Anyone

interested in learning more about Box Tops for Education or if you would like to volunteer to

help with this program, please contact Tammy Nuzzo at [email protected].


Spotlight on Sports

Boys' Basketball

Girls' Volleyball The Mother of Sorrows Girls' Volleyball teams started their CYO

volleyball season on March 3, 2018. The season continues

through May 12th with the Diocesan Volleyball Tournament the

weekend of May 19th. Mother of Sorrows has five girls' teams

this year, one JJV team, two JV teams and two Varsity teams.

Come on out to see the girls play!

The Mother of Sorrows' Boys' Basketball teams completed their season by competing in the Diocesan

Boys' Basketball Tournament from February 20th to 25th, with the last two days of the tournament

being played at Greensburg Central Catholic High School. All four of the Mother of Sorrows teams

performed well, displaying both hard work and great sportsmanship throughout the tournament. We

would like to congratulate the Varsity and JJV boys' teams for winning the tournament championship in

their respective divisions and to the boys' JV Blue team for earning second place honors in the

tournament. The Varsity boys' team will participate in the State CYO Boys' Basketball Tournament in

Harrisburg (March 16-18). Good luck to the team and stay tuned for the results in the April Newsletter.

Track and Field Club The Track and Field Club kicked off its season on March 5th. There

are 28 participants signed up this year. The MOSS Track and Field

Club will be competing with 8 other teams in the area during weekly

meets and 42 teams during the championship meets. Meets will begin

on April 7th and run through April 28th. The championship meets will

be held at Robert Morris University Island Sports Center on May 12th

for the Novice Division (K - 4th grade) and May 19th for both the JV

Division (5th and 6th grade) and Varsity Division (7th and 8th grade).


Save the Date

Are you planning a Spring trip? Do you need some

gifts to fill those Easter baskets? Well, look no further!

We have hundreds of gift cards you can choose from

to meet all of your needs. The best part is you can

receive tuition credit for purchasing gift cards through

the scrip program. Scrip gift cards are on sale in the

office Monday through Friday. Stop by so you can

earn credit towards your next tuition bill!

On January 26th, our 7th and 8th Grade MOSS students participated in the National

School Choice Rally in Pittsburgh. Here is a picture of our students with Bishop Malesic.



Designer Bag Bingo

Thank You We would like to send a HUGE THANK YOU to all of

the families and businesses that have helped sponsor

a BINGO game. We are extremely grateful for your

generosity! We would also like to congratulate Mrs.

Malley's 1st grade class for earning the pizza party by

turning in all of their donation money in just 1 day! We

are still accepting donations so if you know an individual or

business that would like to sponsor a game or purse raffle,

please contact Darlene at [email protected].

Ways You Can Help 1. We could use YOUR HELP in buying and selling tickets for the event. For your convenience,

a Ticket Form will be sent home this week. Please fill out this form, and turn it in to the office,

to purchase your tickets. Your tickets will be sent home with your child. Please note, we are

taking table reservations but they will come on a first come, first serve basis.

2. Volunteer at the event. Listed below are some ways you can help out the day of the event.

• Sell "Spirits"

• Sell 50/50 Tickets

• Sell Raffle Tickets

• Sell BINGO Daubers

• Sell Jackpot BINGO Cards

• Help manage the Food and Drink Stations

• Help Set Up before the event or Clean Up after the event is over

3. We have already started shopping for some of the purses and they are absolutely beautiful!

Please check out the school's Facebook page, regularly, to see the purses and wallets you

have a chance of winning. Be sure to "Like" and "Share" the Facebook Post so we can

spread the word about this exciting fundraiser. As always, thank you for all of your support!


Mother of Sorrows School invites

Your Foursome to

"The 1st Annual MOSS Golf Outing" When: Saturday, May 19, 2018 Where: Murrysville Golf Course Time: 8:00 a.m. Shotgun Start Cost: $125 per Player (price includes Golf Cart, 18 Holes of Golf, Lunch at the Turn, Skill Prizes & a Steak Dinner)

For more information, please contact Brian Bungard at 412-889-3992 or [email protected]

ACCEPTING UP TO 33 TEAMS SO MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS TODAY!

Are you hosting Easter dinner? Do you need

gifts or yummy treats to fill your Easter baskets?

Well, look no further! We have hundreds of gift

cards you can choose from to meet all of your

holiday needs. The best part is you can receive

tuition credit for purchasing gift cards through

the scrip program. Scrip gift cards are on sale in

the office Monday through Friday. Stop by so

you can earn credit towards your next tuition bill!

Our 8th grade class participated in an English project in which

they created a biological portfolio on "The Life of a Loved One."

Most students selected a grandparent or parent to interview.

Their life story will be memorialized in a scrapbook including

photographs, documents and cherished memories. Stop by the

library, in April, to see all of these wonderful portfolios on display.

In Social Studies, the 8th grade students depicted caricatures

of the characters in "To Kill a Mockingbird." These beautiful

pictures are currently on display in the Middle School hallway.


Fish Fry

MOSS Scrip

Classroom News

Believe it or not, this Friday is our last Fish Fry of

the season! We would like to thank all of our

volunteers who took time out of their busy

schedules to volunteer for this major fundraiser! If

anyone is able to volunteer, this Friday, please

contact Mrs. Beall at [email protected].


First Grade celebrates Dr. Seuss

with their very own Literary Hats!

Our Boys Varsity

Basketball Team

received a special

blessing from

Fr. Sikon before

they traveled to

Harrisburg, PA for

the Pennsylvania

Championship

Tournament!


On March 14th, each

class took part in a prayer

service. They prayed for

their family, friends and

peace around the world!

It was a wonderful

opportunity for our school

family to come together to

pray for those in need and

those close to our hearts.

Kindergarten students read a story

about Jesus and how much he loves us.

7th Grade prays for peace!

3rd Grade learns how to

turn to GOD in times of fear!


Mother of Sorrows Church Palm Sunday (March 24th and March 25th):

• Saturday Mass ~ 5:00 p.m. • Sunday Mass ~ 7:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m. (Mass with Procession), 11:30 a.m.

Holy Thursday (March 29th):

• 7:00 p.m. (Mass of the Lord's Supper & Transfer of the Holy Eucharist) • 11:00 p.m. (Night Prayer)

Good Friday (March 30th):

• 1:30 p.m. (Celebration of the Passion of the Lord) • 7:00 p.m. (Stations of the Cross)

Holy Saturday (March 31st):

• 12:00 p.m. (Blessing of Easter Foods ~ Church) • 8:30 p.m. (The Easter Vigil)

Easter Sunday (April 1st):

• 7:30 a.m. (Church) • 9:30 a.m. (Church and Social Hall) • 11:30 a.m. (Church)

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