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Treasure God’s Love SAINTS SHOUT! SAINTS SHOUT! A Newsletter of St. Theresa School A Newsletter of St. Theresa School - - September 2017 September 2017 Our 2017-18 School Year Theme: Treasure God’s Love Congratulations Lindsey Lenig, 8th grade student who created the new school theme: Treasure God’s Love There are many new things at St. Theresa School this year! First, please join me in welcoming all our new faculty and staff: Sarah Lambert, Preschool aide Maria Malay, Little Saints Academy Director Maura Brittingham, Little Saints Academy aide Caitlin Gauvry, After school aide Beth Lapore, Kindergarten teacher Lauren Kelly, Kindergarten aide Pamela Hall, 3rd grade teacher Morgan Barr, 4th grade teacher Tanya Haller, Art Teacher Patti Martin, Learning Support (elementary) Karla Green, Middle School Math Dawn Marie Nguyen, Nurse Veronica Pagan will also help as a Nurse Welcome back and best wishes to everyone as we start a new and exciting year of Catholic education at Saint Theresa School! Mr. Matthew Shore, M.Ed. Saint Theresa School Principal Issue 1 2017 - 2018 School Year September 2017

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Our 2017-18 School Year Theme: Treasure God’s Love

Congratulations Lindsey

Lenig, 8th grade

student who created

the new school theme:

Treasure God’s Love

There are many new things at St. Theresa School this year! First, please join me

in welcoming all our new faculty and staff:

Sarah Lambert, Preschool aide

Maria Malay, Little Saints Academy Director

Maura Brittingham, Little Saints Academy aide

Caitlin Gauvry, After school aide

Beth Lapore, Kindergarten teacher

Lauren Kelly, Kindergarten aide

Pamela Hall, 3rd grade teacher

Morgan Barr, 4th grade teacher

Tanya Haller, Art Teacher

Patti Martin, Learning Support (elementary)

Karla Green, Middle School Math

Dawn Marie Nguyen, Nurse

Veronica Pagan will also help as a Nurse

Welcome back and best wishes to everyone as we start a new and exciting year

of Catholic education at Saint Theresa School!

Mr. Matthew Shore, M.Ed.

Saint Theresa School Principal

Issue 1 2017 - 2018 School Year September 2017

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Welcome Mrs. Beth Lapore! Hello STS Parents and Students! I am a graduate of Our Lady of Lourdes in Shamokin, Pa and Elizabethtown College. While at Elizabethtown I studied Early Childhood and Elementary Education and received my B.S. After graduating, I moved to New Cumberland and quickly became a member of the parish, my husband and I were married here. Before joining the STS team, I taught at Central Dauphin School District for 10 years. For the last 3 years my daughter Sophie has attended school here and is in 3rd grade here this year. My son Vincent started attending school here 2 years ago in the Preschool, and is in Kindergarten here as well. I am so excited to be back in Kindergarten especially here at Saint Theresa.

Current enrollment at St. Theresa School is 398!! That is terrific. We are thrilled to

have 3 full Kindergarten classes this year. We welcome all our new friends joining us this school year!

Thank you to everyone who came out to Hoss’s for the Back to School event. That event raised $808.02. The money goes back to the teachers. It will be

used for teacher reimbursements for the annual Education Conference and also staff luncheon on in-service days. Thank you for your support!

Middle School students are enjoying brand new desks! We a l s o h a v e brand new tables in our cafeteria.

All middle school students (6-8th) will be receiving Chromebooks for daily use in the classrooms. With the additional technology for middle school, it allows more availability of our mobile lap top stations and our mobile ipad stations for the lower grades. St. Theresa School is becoming a Google classroom and teachers are being trained on how to use these tools effectively with the students. The Chromebooks have been made possible with the generosity of an anonymous donor and funds from the Race for Education. Thank you for your support!

Dawn Marie Nguyen,

L.P.N., is a lifelong

resident of Carlisle, PA.

She earned her degree

from Franklin County

Practical Nursing

Program in 1993 and has mostly recently spent

the last 19 years working at

Claremont Nursing and

Rehabilitation Center. She and

her husband Vuong will be

married for 40 years this

September. They are faithful

members of St. Patrick Parish

in Carlisle, where her children also spent their

elementary years of education. In her spare

time, Dawn volunteers as the head sacristan at

the Marsh Drive Church, leading other

volunteers to help clean the church and prepare

it for liturgical holidays. She is an avid reader

and enjoys baking. Her favorite activities

include spending time with her husband, her

nearby sons and daughter-in-law, six (soon to

be seven!) grandchildren, and visiting Boston to

spend time with her daughter and son-in-law.

Hi my name is Patti

Martin and I am the new K

-5 Learning Support

Teacher. I have about 20

years of teaching experience

at public schools, which

includes both time as a

special education teacher and time as a reading

specialist. I’m very excited to now be a part of

the St. Theresa school staff. I earned my

Bachelor’s Degree in special education at with a

concentration in Learning Disabilities at

Shippensburg University, then my Master’s

Degree in Reading with a Reading Specialist

Certification from McDaniel College. Here at

St. Theresa School I will be teaching both

reading and math to students in small groups

that have a significant need and have gone

through the referral process.

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Summer Vacation by Allen Clouser, 7th grade: This summer I went six thousand miles cross country with my grandparents. I saw many amazing things. First, we went to Ohio and met family I never even knew. I also visited the Indianapolis Speedway. We saw some of the track. On our way to New Mexico, we saw the hotel cones from the movie Cars. Also, in South Dakota we ate potato donuts that were as good as the ones at the Farm Show. We saw the Grand Canyon, but I liked Bryce Canyon better because I liked looking at the rock formations, called hoo doos. My fa-vorite stop on the trip was the Lamborghini dealership in Dallas. There was a lot of cool cars, such as the 2017 Lamborghini Hurican. We also saw the Olympic Village in Park City, Nevada. One of the most important places I visited was Salt Lake City because I learned about it last year in Mrs. McCarthy’s class. So if you get the chance, take a cross country trip, so you can see all the marvelous things that I did.

The Lenig family hosted Kenajah for the 5th summer in a row! Kenajah is a Fresh Air Child from the Bronx. The Fresh Air Program gives children from NYC the chance to have a week or 2 away from the city. Have you

ever thought of hosting a Fresh Air Child? Ask Mrs. Lenig about it!! What a great way to show your child generosity!

Congratulations to a number of our Saint

Theresa future "stars of the theater" who par-

ticipated in the summer musical theater camp.

The camp ran for three weeks in June and the

students performed the musical, Seussical Kids

on Friday, June 30th at Trinity High School.

Throughout the camp, the students learned

about singing, dancing and basic skills needed

for acting. The camp included students from

3rd through 6th grade and as you can see, a

good time was had by performers and audience

alike!

Hats off to our amazing summer workers!! They

worked so hard to make our school look AMAZ-

ING this school year! Tons of moving furniture

and cleaning, cleaning and more cleaning!

Thank you so

much. The

school looks

amazing.

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We were thrilled to have the Matsiko World

Orphan Choir join us for the start of school

again this year! The students and staff of STS were

treated to a performance by the children during the

first week of school. We are also proud to announce

that we have again adopted a child for the school

year, Mathusalah from Liberia. If you would like to

participate in helping Mathusalah, you can send in a

donation with the monthly Missions collection.

Missions Collections are the 3rd Tuesday of every

month until May.

Congratulations to the

following students who

were inducted into

Student Council:

President: Connor Pushart

Vice President: Samantha Marshall

Secretary: Charlotte Miller

Sergeant at Arms: Heather Seubert

Student Council Representatives: Zack Scherr, Isabel

Shore, Danny Britten, McKenna Horst, Isabella Brida,

Maddie Smith, Ben Frantz, Dylan Renne, Gus Miller,

Simon Wehr, Luke Britten and Leah Rosenberg.

Student Council is under the direction of Mrs.

McCarthy

(Not pictured at Induction Ceremony: Leah

Rosenberg and Isabella Brida)

Connor Pushart, President of Student Council address to the parents at

Back to School Night: Hello, my name is Connor Pushart, I am an 8th grader, and I am this year’s Student Council Presi-

dent. I have been attending St. Theresa School since I started in Kindergarten. I have had so much fun

through the years and met so many friends. I have loved all the years I have been here, and I wouldn’t want

to go to any other school. One reason why is the strong faith here at St. Theresa’s. We go to mass almost

every week, and the lower grades get church buddies, who are in the middle school grades. There are

prayers every morning and afternoon. Plus, religion is always great and helps us learn something new every

day about God, Jesus and the Saints, or a major day in religious history. Some days classes will even go out

to the chapel. Learning about our faith is always so interesting.

STS has many other great traits. The technology here makes learning more fun and enjoyable. We

have computers and iPads and Smart Boards, and starting this year, the middle school will be getting

Google Chrome Books. St. Theresa’s also has lots of specific weeks dedicated towards a cause, such as

Spirit Week, and Red Ribbon week, which raises awareness on illegal drugs and tobacco, and why no one

should use them. My favorite is Catholic Schools week. It’s a fun filled week with a huge volleyball tour-

nament at the end.

STS has so many great things to do, and it will only continue to get better. Thank you for your time

and I hope you enjoy your night.

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St. Theresa School Library Summer Reading Program

Congratulations to the following students who participated in the

St. Theresa School Library Summer Reading Program. All students

received a variety of prizes including a reading certificate, a new book,

and a DOUD.

Keegan Donovan, Molly Duck, Siena Morabito, Thomas

Mitchell, Lilly Morris, Bella Stenmeier, Reid Caufman, Cathryn Rhinehart, Charles

Melchionni, Ethan Atwood, Nora Baker, Trekk Beaulieu, Ethan Altwood, Rayanna Hamlin,

Emmanuel Gassis, Hunter Lepley, Kayden Schmick, Samantha Chance, Caleb Shields, Jack

Czarnecki, Emma Miller, Nathan Weltmer, Eliana Adams, Rebecca Garner, Norah Wurst,

Sophie Lapore, Adam Clinkscale, Julieta Verbos, Kyle Bross, Katiana Verbos, Hana

Gimble, Ella Brechbiel, Roger Wehr, Hudson Shanahan, Jack Fasick, Madelyn Blough,

Quentin Warford, Ryann Kirkpatrick, Alexander Altwood, Jackson Kane, Ryan Long,

Nathan Garner, Isabella Williams, Kayla Kirkpatrick, Xavier Gassis, Sophia Warford, Alex

Bross, Simon Wehr, Danielle Uroda, Jared McChesney, Ryan Spangler.

PENNSYLVANIA YOUNG READER’S CHOICE AWARD

READING PROGRAM 2017/18

STS is participating for the second year in a row in the Pennsylvania Young Reader’s

Choice Award (PYRCA) reading program, sponsored by the Pennsylvania School

Librarian’s Association. This program is designed to promote reading of quality books

by the students in Pennsylvania, to encourage teacher/librarian collaboration in young

adult and children’s literature and to honor authors whose works has been recognized by

the students of Pennsylvania.

This program began this summer and will run through early March. Students must read or have

been read to at least three books from the list provided to vote for their favorite book in March. See the

school website under Student Services/Library for the complete list of books. The winners will be

announced at the annual Pennsylvania School Library Association Conference on March 31, 2018. Please

encourage your child to participate.

Mrs. Beauduy and

Mrs. Zimmerman

met with a few of

the students from

book club on

Monday, June 26th at Sweet Frog. We read, The

City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau after the school

year ended and then gathered to talk about what a

great book it was! We are hoping to continue

reading the other books in the series. Luke Britten

was on vacation but was able to join our group

through Face time.

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Thank you to all our participants, sponsors and

volunteers with the 2017 Saints Shootout &

Monsignor Leitch Memorial Golf Outing. We had a

beautiful day with over 90 golfers at Valley View

Golf Course in Etters. Thank you to our GOLD

sponsors:

Diocesan Publications

LabLearner

Faulkner Cadillac We would also like

to thank: Jen

Grace, Samantha

Tinglof and Brigid

Brown of the STS

School Board for all

your help. Thank

you to Jessica

Gonzalez for the

beautiful pictures. Special thanks to Olde Towne

Beverage, Chris Tinglof, Darrenkamps, Target in

Mechanicsburg, Murphy’s Homestyle and John

Grabowski. The event raised over $9,000 that goes

directly to the development fund that pays teacher

and staff salaries

and daily

operations of the

school.

We would also like to thank our Blue Sponsors:

Hershey’s Ice Cream

Brewhouse Grille

Knights of Columbus Tom Hewitt

Members 1st

Allied Maintenance Systems

GMC Basketball Academy (https://

www.facebook.com/gmcbasketballacademy

Thank you to our Tee Sponsors:

Parthemore Funeral Home

H.B. McClure

Conexus

Hempt Brothers

STPAA

Hilton Diminick

Family Practice Center

Mama’s Pizza

Lifetouch

Friends of St. Theresa:

L.B. Smith Ford Lincoln

Villa Roma Pizza

Semoff’s Barber Shop

Geisinger Holy Spirit

Flynn & O’Hara Uniforms

Barbush and Hoffman, CPA’s

Shipley Oil

Join us next year!!

We usually have the

annual golf outing

the first Friday after

Labor Day.

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Just in case you have asked your student what

they have been doing in school … and you hear

the answer “nothin” ….

here is an extremely

BRIEF and very quick

overview of ALL that has

been happening at St

Theresa School!!

Preschool 4's are learning all about

apples, Johnny Appleseed and have

already started printing!

Here is a cute picture of all 3

Kindergarten classes learning how to be reverent and

respectful at church before we went as an entire school. Fr.

Dubois happened to see us walking over and spent some

time with us!

Students in first grade are learning about the Five Senses

in Lab Learner. A speaker from Vision Resources will

present an eye safety program to the first grade students in

conjunction with this unit.

Second grade is very excited to begin a yearlong

preparation for receiving the Sacraments of First Penance

and First Holy Communion. We have been working on our

first unit in our new Language Arts series on friendship

which asks the question how do friends depend on one

another?

Third grade is learning about communities in social

studies and getting ready to send Flat Stanley out to

relatives around the world.

Fourth graders in both classes are adjusting well to the

transition from a primary grade level to an intermediate one

as the shift in responsibility now lays on them. Students

are being encouraged to use technology to study for tests

and quizzes (Quizlet). On September 11th, 4A and 4B

joined together to talk about the history of that day. The

emphasis of the lesson was on the heroes God blesses us

with in our lives

Fifth grade is learning about early humans and

archaeology. To give the students a better understanding

about how archaeologists had to have patience, they each

received a chocolate chip cookie and toothpick. They had

to "excavate" each chocolate chip without crumbling the

cookie. We had our first Kindergarten buddy visit last

week.

Spanish (Señora Haver): Grades K, 1 and 2 are learning

greeting songs and numbers. Grades 3, 4 and 5 are focusing

on learning courtesy expressions, greetings and numbers

and related expressions. MS students are learning and

reviewing courtesy expressions, greetings and numbers.

are also conversing in Spanish using daily questions.

Middle School:

STS will hold a "See You at the Pole" prayer service on Wednesday Sep 27 at 7:30 around our flag pole. For over 25 years SYATP has been about one simple act: Prayer. It remains about students uniting themselves in prayer before God, interceding for their generation. Student Council will lead the prayer service. All are welcome. Come as you are. Physical Education (Mrs. Mariani): In grades 2 to 5, PE classes have started "camp fire" discussions. In groups, students gather around their "camp fire" (it is a colored cone) and brainstorm various health topics. If you visit the gym, take time to look at their work on the gym walls. In middle school, we will be discussing "what does it mean to be healthy?" Some students broke from the norm and gave excellent responses such as self-confidence, faith, and helping others. It is extremely important that students know it takes more than healthy food and exercise to be healthy. PE classes are still super active, these health discussions give students a chance to catch their breath, regroup, collaborate, and reflect upon their own health. Science:

Five students were selected to submit their science fair to the Broadcom MASTERS Competition due to their high score at CASEF. Melonie Uroda - (8th grade last year) was selected as one of the 300 Semi-Finalists out of about 2500 entries!!! That is amazing! Middle school is quite busy in the science lab. Sixth and 7th grade are learning about chemistry. Eight grade is learning how to make their own thermometers. Language Arts (Mrs. Szymczak) Religion 7 is learning

about the New Testament and just finished researching

and presenting keynote presentations on Sacred writings

of other major religions and comparing them to the Bible.

For their first group assignment, the students did

exceptionally well and worked really well together.

HLA 7 read The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and are

going to be writing an argumentative essay in

conjunction with the text. Our

discussions have been terrific!

HLA 8 is continuing to read To Kill a

Mockingbird as a class and our

discussions have been very lively.

The students are really analyzing the

text at a level beyond what I have

taught before. I'm very impressed

with their level of analysis!

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Feast of Saint Theresa

Every year, Saint

Theresa School

celebrates the Feast

of Saint Theresa in a

very special way. We

start by reciting a 9-

day Novena which we

began on Monday,

September 18th.

Then on night before

we celebrate at school, helpers decorate the

school with flowers! Thank you all our volunteers,

Noha Bross and Mrs. Tanya Haller for organizing

the event. We also celebrate with enjoying cake

at lunch time, thank you PTO! As an extra special

treat this year, Mrs. Annamarie Witt is donating

her mother’s Saint Theresa statute to the

school. Chip Zimmerman took a great deal of

time restore the statue back to her original

beauty. Thank you Mrs. Witt for thinking of us

and thank you Mr. Zimmerman for donating your

time and talents!

9 day Novena daily themes: I love your people, Lord. Help me to love them more! I reflect you to the world, Lord. Help me to reflect you more clearly! I rely on you, Lord. Help me to rely on you more! I accept your will, Lord. Help me to accept your will every day! I try to forgive, Lord. Help me to forgive 70 times 7 times! I am humble, Lord. Give me more humility! I see you, Lord. Help me to see you more! I trust you, Lord. Help me to trust you more! I love you, Lord. Help me to love you more!

MISSIONS Collections

will be every 3rd Tuesday

of the month:

OCTOBER 18

NOVEMBER 15

DECEMBER 20

Thank you Mrs. Castner

for leading this cause.

For over 25 years, See You at the Pole has been

about one simple act—prayer. SYATP is still about

students uniting themselves in prayer before God

interceding for their generation.

SEE YOU AT THE POLE day is on Wednesday,

September 27, at 7:30 a.m. All around the globe, in

every time zone, students will be gathering at their

flagpoles, praying for their school, friends, families,

churches, and communities. SEE YOU AT THE

POLE is a day committed to global unity in Christ

and prayer for your generation.

ALL are invited! Come as you are! Saint Theresa

School will see you at our flag pole, just in front of

the chapel 7:30 a.m. September 27th. Thank you

Mrs. McCarthy for organizing the event.

We will be celebrating Red

Ribbon Week the week of

October 10th at St. Theresa

School. Take the National Red

Ribbon Campaign Pledge and

be a part of the creation of a

drug free America. Talk to

your children about the

dangers of drug abuse. Set

clear rules about not using

drugs. Set a good example for

our children by not using

illegal drugs or medicine without a prescription. Monitor

your children's behavior and enforce appropriate

consequences, so that our rules are respected. Encourage

family and friends to follow the same guidelines to keep

children safe from substance abuse.

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Saint Theresa School offers a number of extra-curricular sports through the St. Theresa Parish Athletic Association (STPAA). The fall sports include:

Instructional Basketball—grades 1 through 3

Basketball (Boys and Girls) grades 3 through 8

Cheerleading, grades 2 through 8 (Fall/Winter)

For more information on these programs, please see the NEW STPAA website at: https://stpaa.website.siplay.com/

Two St. Theresa School Alumnae are semifinal-

ist in the National Merit Scholarship Program!

There are about 16,000 semifinalists and

15,000 of those are expected to become final-

ists, who will be named in February. The win-

ners will be selected from that pool of students

and announced April-July. Congratulations to:

Red Land High School - Erin Smith (STS ' 14)

Trinity HS - Elizabeth Witten (STS '14)

Way to go Erin and Elizabeth!

Michael

Soule

(STS ‘15)

partici-

pated in

the Key-

stone

Games

Bantam ice

hockey tournament held in York July 28-30. He

had 2 Goals in 3 games. He was blessed that he

was member of the team that won a silver medal.

Pictured is

Claire

McCarthy

(STS '09),

daughter of

Middle

School

teacher Mrs.

McCarthy.

Claire will graduate in May with a dual degree in

music education and music performance. Claire’s

primary instrument is the marimba, and she also

enjoys drums and timpani. Claire is the choir di-

rector at the Newman Center.

Michael Soule (STS ’15) visiting Jordan Erickson STS ’15) who now lives in Los Ange-les on August 6, 2017 outside of Grauman's Chi-nese Theatre.

There are 4—yes 4 Saint

Theresa School alumni

who are/were mascots at

their college!! We are not

going to reveal any secrets

… but we know the

mascots from: Penn State,

Akron, Pitt, and Juniata!

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Last year Alexander Zemaitis (STS ‘13) started a candle company with

his dad. Their first show was in October 2016 and since then, they have

sold hundreds of candles at shows and are in 6 retail outlets! Alexander had

been testing ideas, scents and designs for months before coming up with a

product that has been very successful for them. Check out their website

at: Moonrise Candle Co. Alexander just started his freshman year at NYU

and is loving it. He is still helping out

with the candle company and is hoping

to expand into the NYC Market.

As the summer comes to a close,

Becca Zemaitis (STS ’14) is finishing her Girl Scout Gold Award. Becca chose to

create a garden with the Shalom House in Harrisburg. In addition to creating the

garden and teaching the women about good nutrition, she also taught them about

composting and how to cook with the fresh vegetables. Although the project started

to help the Shalom House, the entire community has rallied around the garden and

it has been a huge success. Thanks to generous donations from the St. Theresa Par-

ish, the garden has had a complete renovation and has really helped to bring the

community together which was more than Becca had ever anticipated.

This past summer, Andrea Repetz (STS ‘14), was installed as President of the

Pennsylvania State 4-H Council. After a rigorous application process, eight teens

from across the state were chosen to be officers of the 2017-2018 team. Andrea was

then selected by a panel of advisers to serve as President. 4-H is a non-profit youth

organization whose mission is to help youth ages 5-19 to reach their fullest poten-

tial. With a focus on learning-by-doing, 4-H strives to teach leadership, citizenship,

responsibility, and life skills to youth all over the world by allowing members to

participate in a variety of clubs

and project areas. The State

Council is an elite team of teens

selected to be the official spokes-

people of Pennsylvania 4-H. The

team will spend the next year rep-

resenting the PA 4-H program at

local, regional, state, and national events, as well as meeting with government offi-

cials and organizing 3 state-wide conferences for 4-H members. You can see Andrea and the rest of the State Council at

upcoming events such as Penn State Football games and the Pennsylvania Farm Show.

Mrs. Deb Richard’s son,

Tyler Foote in all his

finest! Move over Chef

Ramsay! He was the kid

who bought PBJ from the

cafeteria every day at

STS. He left St. Theresa

School in 2004 and gradu-

ated from Cedar Cliff 2009.

Now he works at the Garlic

Poet and eats everything!

Tyler is pictured on the far

right.

Mrs. Kathy Telatovich’s

son, Lt. Brandon

Telatovich is a pilot with

the “Vipers” of Helicopter

Maritime Strike Squadron

(HSM) 48, a Mayport

Florida based squadron that operates the

Navy’s next generation submarine hunter

and Anti-Surface warfare helicopter, the

MH-60R Seahawk. Lt. Telatovich says he

works long, but rewarding hours and he is

proud to be part of a war fighting team that

readily defends America at all times.

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We are off to a great start in the PTO! The first PTO

meeting is scheduled for October 4th at 7:00 p.m. at

the Little Flower Social Hall. We will see you there!

THANK YOU to our PTO for sponsoring our 1st

Family Fun Day at the Yellow

Breeches Sports Complex.

Everyone who attended had

wonderful things to say about the

fun afternoon. Thank you to Mrs.

M i c h e l l e

Mariani for

running all

the games for

u s a n d

s p e c i a l

thanks to all

our teachers

who were

able to attend

and help out.

The first School Board meeting of the

school year was held on September 14,

2017 at the Little Flower Social Hall at

the Parish. Next meeting will be

November 9th. All are invited to the meetings.

Any items for the agenda must go through School

Board first. See website for details on contacting a

member.

Are you a business owner? Do you know a business

owner? The Educational Improvement Tax Credit

Program is a way for businesses to divert their tax

funds toward Saint Theresa School (STS). This

program provides significant revenues to support

tuition scholarships at our school. Thank you to the

following businesses who are supporting STS

through this program:

Parthemore Funeral Home

Excel Interior Concepts

Barbush & Hoffman

Treichler Sports & Family Chiropractic

Reilly Insurance

Nutrition Inc.

Soccer Shots

Calcagno & Rossi

If you would like more information on the EITC

program, please visit our website at

www.sainttheresaschool.org and click on “School

B o a r d ” t h e n “ D e v e l o p m e n t ” .

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Did you know

t h a t S a i n t

Theresa School

w i l l b e

celebrating 70

y e a r s o f

a c a d e m i c

excellence next

year?? WOW!!

If you would

like to help plan fun and exciting activities for the

70th anniversary, please contact: Michelle Zemba at

[email protected].

We need your ideas

and enthusiasm!

Educational Improvement Tax

Credit Program (EITC)

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Be sure to go online and register your Giant Bonus Card number. Giant gave

us over $10,000 last year! Please enlist the help of family, friends and

neighbors. If you registered last year, you do not need to register again.

Grandparents Day is Friday, October 6 for preschool, kindergarten and first

grade. We celebrate and honor grandparents with activities and refreshments.

PTO Trunk or Treat—don’t miss out on this amazing event by the PTO!!

Lots of fun in the back parking lot of STS. Event is scheduled for Thursday

evening, October 12th at 6:00 p.m.

Halloween Parade Concession Stand—come out

and support the STS concession stand. Lots of deli-

cious hot foods for you to enjoy as you watch the

parade. Parade is scheduled for Tuesday, October

17th!

NEXT MISSIONS COLLECTION—October 18th!

Help support our adopted Matsiko student.

Keep clipping the Box Tops

Don’t throw away dimes!

We need candy! If you can donate a bag of candy to St. Theresa

School we’d really appreciate it. We need candy to distribute at

the Halloween Parade we are marching in, we also need it for

Trick or Treat on Bridge Street on October 21st. Thank you so

much for your help.

Saint Theresa School—1200 Bridge Street —New Cumberland, PA 17070

(717) 774-7464 — Email: [email protected]

www.sainttheresaschool.org

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