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A Newsletter of St. Theresa School School Theresa St. of Newsletter A

At the PJAS Regional Science Fair Competition, several of our students received special awards. Melanie Uroda received a Category Award for the highest scoring Physics Presentation. Maddie Kline received a Category Award for Chemistry and the 7th Grade High We sure do have a lot of WINners at St. Achievement Award for the highest score out of all Theresa School! Not only in our students but 7th graders. Elise Shore received the 8th Grade our teachers as well. High Achievement Award for the highest score out of all 8th graders. We have a Diocesan GOLDEN APPLE Award Winner at St. Theresa CASEF (Capital Area Science and Engineering School! Mrs. Tina Fair) winners included: Lizzie Jendrysik, Liza Zimmerman has received Levin, Melanie Uroda, Lilliane Campbell, Jocey the 2016 Golden Apple Francis, Amanda Smith, Tyler Martin, Emma Award! The Golden Apple Posavec, Matthew Musselman and Elise Shore. award symbolizes a Congratulations to Connor teacher’s professional excellence, leadership, Pushart (6A) for winning the St. commitment to Catholic Theresa Geography Bee! Connor values, and devotion to went on to compete in the teaching in Catholic Diocesan Geo Bee and schools. The prestigious represented St. Theresa School Golden Apple Award is only given to six teachers very well. in the entire Diocese of Harrisburg per year. We are so proud of you Mrs. Zimmerman. Congratulations to all the First Holy Michael Soule, 8th Communicates at grader, is ranked 2nd Saint Theresa Parish among the "top players" in this Spring! Thank the Central Penn Hockey League. Michael ranked you to all the first in the league for catechists to helped penalty shots, second in to prepare the 2nd grade students for this assists, and third in the sacrament, especially Mrs. Ford, Miss Roos and league for total points and Mrs. Monaghan. goals. Congratulations to Michael for a phenomenal hockey season.

Every year, STS teachers are honored by the STS girls basketball Mrs. Pinamonti’s first grade class participated in team. Mrs. DeBastiani was honored an online math contest! 41 classes entered and to have been nominated 3 years in a 19 qualified. 1B class came in 2nd overall and had row! Mrs. DeBastiani said, “I feel so 11 students who were in the top 50. Students from blessed to have such wonderful students both Mrs. Richard's 4th Grade and Mrs. Levens' 5th present and past!!” We are so lucky to have such Grade were also in the top 50. loved teachers at St. Theresa School!

Wyatt Easton wrestles for Cedar STEM Workshops at Penn State Cliff youth wrestling. He won first place in the 62-63 lb weight class By: Hanah Miller at the Susquehanna Novice Tournament. When a group of us girls went to Penn State York for STEM, we had an opportunity to dissect a squid. We learned about different animal kingdoms, vertebrates, Isabella Mariani is invertebrates, and even the difference between squid a level 4 USAG and octopus. When we started dissecting the squid with gymnast. At the Ricochet our partners, the instructor told us to pull out the beak, Winterfest Competition in Hatboro, or their mouths. Next we counted the tentacles/legs; PA, she won the All Around for 9 each squid had 9-10 legs. We then cut a slit up the year olds with a score of mantle, or the main body, and looked inside. There 36.50. Isabella also placed first in were ink sacks, gills and so many more squishy organs. floor and bars, scoring a personal We had so much fun dissecting a squid even though it best on both of those events. In February, she was slimy and smelly. headed to Disney for the Presidential Classic in Orlando. By: Lizzie Jendrysik

Congrats to Luke Harris (5B) who One of the workshops we did was making sparklers. made 24 of 25 free throws to win The man running this workshop told us the background the Pennsylvania State Knights of of fireworks and how they were made. However, he Columbus Free Throw Contest at told us we were making our sparklers out of sugar and Trinity! No other boy or girl in any KClO3. We began our experiments by taking one scoop age group had that many. of sugar and placing it on an aluminum try in a line. Connor Pushart and Gunner Then, we each placed our sugar under the hood in the Heffelfinger wrestled for Cedar lab. We set it on fire, but it did not burn. We did this to Cliff Youth Wrestling at the Central show that, if we leave a component out of an Pennsylvania experiment, it will not work. Then in our next W r e s t l i n g experiment, we took one scoop of sugar and one scoop Association of KClO3 and put it in a line like before. We placed it l e a g u e under the hood and set it on fire. This time it burned. In championship. Connor lost later experiments we added Mg. The Mg added the one match and finished third sparks. Adding other chemicals affected the flame in the 67 pound weight class color. Salt made the flame orange, CuCl2 made the while Gunner was flame blue, and SrCl2 made the flame red. Also, people undefeated and captured made their sparklers into different shapes. I mixed first place in sugar, KClO3, SrCl2, and CuCl2. I made it into the shape the 71 pound of a heart and lit on fire. The flame was a pretty purple weight class. color. I lit the end on fire and the flames met together at the center. This workshop was so much fun, and I truly Tyler Martin (8B) enjoyed it. competed at the PA Junior Wrestling By: Maddie Kline While we were at STEM we were State Qualifiers able to do many fun things. One thing we had the where he received opportunity to do was look at bacteria. First we looked 1st place! Way to go at yogurt under a microscope and we saw lots of little Tyler. bacteria. We learned that all bacteria aren’t bad. Some bacteria are needed to keep the body healthy. Then we dissected a tiny, live termite. One person would hold its Xavier Gassis (3B) head down with a dissecting knife while the other medaled in each of 5 categories of person would carefully rip open its abdomen. We then competition. He also scored the but the insides of the termite on a wet mount slide and highest overall score and was looked at it under the microscope. We were able to named Karate Kids Grand identify lots of bacteria, we could even see them Champion. moving. It was very interesting.

Gluten Free and Proud to Be Celiac Disease By: Dylan Renne, 4th grade By: Leah Rosenberg, 4th grade

When I was just a little Hi! My name is Leah Rosenberg. I have a disease over a year old, I got very called “Celiac Disease” which means I can’t eat sick. The doctors discov- wheat, rye, barley, or oats. All of that put together ered I had a disease called is “gluten” so I just eat food that is “GF” (Gluten Celiac Disease. My stom- Free). I look like any other kid, and at first ach could not process any- glance, you’d probably think “Wow, how can any- thing with gluten. Gluten thing be wrong with her? She looks perfectly nor- is found in wheat, rye, bar- mal!” But if you think that, you’re wrong. ley and some oats. When I was diagnosed with celiac when I was about I would eat these things, I one and a half years old. When I was in my mom’s would get very sick and womb, the doctors thought I had “Down Syn- my stomach would hurt a drome” because I was really small. As I got older, lot. I became seriously underweight, and I had an The good news was I did- “extended stomach” which is when all of the glu- n’t have to take any medi- ten “extends” your stomach. It’s funny to look at cine. The bad news was I pictures of me when I was young. I was really, couldn’t eat the same really, really fat! My mom tells me this story a lot, foods my friends could eat and I love it! I got diagnosed a few days before like pizza, cake and Prin- Thanksgiving of 2007, and my mom had to run out gles because they contained wheat. But my mom to the store and buy lots of gluten free food! Now, and dad found there are a lot of gluten free ver- there are a lot more GF foods out there, like sions of these foods that turned out to taste pretty Cheerios and Goldfish. Yup, believe it or not, gold- good – Cheerios, gluten-free brownies and even fish have wheat flour in them. The GF versions gluten free pizza! are bigger, and don’t have as many flavors, but There are a lot of foods that are naturally gluten they taste the same! In fact, all GF foods taste the free like rice, potatoes, same as the gluten ones. Pizza, cookies, and eve- vegetables and fruits. And rything else out there tastes the same, gluten or some potato chips are even gluten-free. At mass, I need to have a special gluten free! Thank good- communion host, which is kind of embarrassing ness chocolate and chicken because I can only get it from the priest, so I usu- wings – two of my favorite ally have to go to the end of the line if I’m not in foods- are gluten free too. Father’s row. I have a small golden container My mom has a blog called Gluten Free and Proud called a “pyx” which holds my communion so it to Be on Facebook. She shares a lot of recipes doesn’t get “cross-contaminated” with the gluten and great tasting gluten free foods. You can read hosts. That means the gluten rubs off on it, and… her blog here: http://gfproud2be.blogspot.com. Kapow! I eat gluten. A lot of restaurants serve GF My friends and my whole class are really cool food, but my absolute favorite is JoJo’s, which is about it and always have a gluten free treat for me located in downtown Mechanicsburg. Some others on their birthday. Some athletes are gluten free are PizzaWorks, Five Guys, and Betsy’s Bakery. too including Drew Brees, Marc Cuban and Justin Whenever my classmates bring in a birthday treat, Morneau. So I am really happy about that. I’m they’re usually good about bringing in something glad to be “gluten free and proud to be”. I hope for me, but just in case, at the beginning of the they find a cure but right now I’m great. year, my mom sends in a “treat box” full of GF goodies. Some of my favorite kinds of candy in there are Three Musketeers, Snickers, Milky Way, and… in case you haven’t guessed, I love candy! I can’t have Twizzlers, Twix, or some other candy, but I don’t care. Sometimes it’s hard being GF, but I just trust that it’s God’s plan for me.

Social Studies with Mrs. McCarthy What’s new in Language Arts & Religion classes Mrs. Szymczak? We discuss current events everyday in middle school. Sometimes we even blog about ALA 8 completed a research paper on a topic them. In our December blog we voted on from the Cold War. Many students researched which female we would like to see replace the Berlin Wall and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Andrew Hamilton on the $10 bill. First a little They knew very little about the Cold War before background. There has been discussion starting this paper and they learned a lot! We about a female on the $10 bill. A few notable are now reading The Five People You Meet in women are in the running for this Heaven by Mitch Albom. Students started by drawing images of their vision of Heaven honor: abolitionist Harriet Tubman, First Lady and have been having great discussions Eleanor Roosevelt, Civil Rights pioneer Rosa on Heaven and about life in general as we move Parks, Girl Scouts Founder Juliette Gordon and prepare them for high school. Lowe, and humanitarian Helen Keller. The Treasury had hoped to make this change by ALA 7 completed a research paper on a topic the end of 2015. Because of a huge public from the Civil War. Many students researched response, this won't happen until sometime in about famous people, generals, etc. They 2016. learned a lot...and so did I! Now, we're reading The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. We're And the votes are in: Rosa Parks came in 1st deep into discussions about gangs, teenage life, with 37 votes, Harriet Tubman was 2nd with and making good decisions. The students 35 votes, Helen Keller came in 3rd with 16 LOVE this book! votes, and Eleanor Roosevelt and Juliette Gordon Lowe both had 4 votes each. A few Religion 7 is finishing up Saint projects on a students voted with the stipulation that they Saint they may want to select as their would really prefer Alexander Hamilton remain Confirmation name. They are enjoying learning on the $10. a lot about that person and comparing it to themselves. We are also studying morality and The 7th what it means to be a moral Catholic. grade class along with Mrs. 5th Grade with Mrs. DeBastiani & Mrs. McCarthy, Levens Mr. Shore and Mrs. 5th grade made their Zemba went own death masks and to the state sarcophagus to end capital to their lesson on Egypt rally in while learning about support of the EITC program. EITC stands for: Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program. It’s a great way for businesses to divert their state taxes to scholarship organizations like the Neumann Foundation to help give financial assistance to our families. If you own a business or know someone who the steps of owns a business, please have them review mummification. Great this program. You can visit the school website Job 5th grade—you can and click on “Administration” then tell you put a lot of work “Development”. Thanks for your support! into the projects.

Coaches Corner: St. Theresa’s Track and Field teammates, Carrie I would like to take this opportunity to say how proud I am Claypool and Connor to be associated with St. Theresa Parish Athletic Pushart, ran in the Association (STPAA) as a parent and as a coach for the Running for Rachel 5k girl's novice basketball and track and field teams. In preparation of becoming a CYO coach, I attended a on Sunday April 24th. workshops at the Harrisburg Diocese that included an Carrie finished the 3.1- emphasis on coaching youth with Christian values, first mile race in 22:03 aid, diocesan policies and rules. winning the 1-14 female age group. Connor STPAA novice girl's basketball teams are composed of finished in 22:31, which was second in the 1-14 3rd and 4th graders working on the fundamentals of male age group. basketball, the challenge of competitive sports, the values of sportsmanship, fair play, and personal responsibility. We are committed to providing girls in our Kudos to the following students who parish with the positive and enjoyable experience of ran the following distances in record learning and competing in the great sport of basketball. time for our Race for Education!! We believe that every person is important and deserves the respect and consideration of others. Chase Nunemaker (4A) 23:06 3.0 miles The mission of our track and field program is to help Wyatt Easton (2B) 21:45 2.1 miles develop our Catholic youth through healthy & enjoyable Nick Scherr (8B) 22:40. 2.95 miles competition. Track is a great way for athletes to Carrie Claypool (7A) 22:08 2.93 miles continue training and conditioning which results in better Alina Torchia (5A) 23:06. 2.68 miles performance and endurance for all other sports. Track and Field will once again run in 2016, with teams organizing in February for boys and girls in 3rd through STPAA: Soccer registration is now open for any St. 8th grade with practice to beginning in March. Theresa Parish Boy Seeing the progression and commitment growth is one of or Girl the most rewarding processes I have been involved with entering the as a coach. I volunteer my time in the summer to help 6th – 8th committed athletes who want to continue to improve their Grade, speed and compete in the Summer Keystone track and interested in field games. Last playing summer, Hailey Holmes, soccer this 8th grader, improved her results in several events fall. Games are at 4:00 at Capital Area Christian placing 4th overall in the Church or Lingle Park. To register use 100 Meter dash and 3rd link http://www.stpaa.com/ and click on Registration overall in the long jump at at the bottom of the page. Click on Fall 2016 Soccer the PA Keystone Games. on the left to begin registration. Please contact I look forward to seeing [email protected] with any questions. more parent and student athletes’ involvement in the spring and summer events.

“To belong to a sports team means to reject all forms of selfishness and isolation--it is an opportunity to meet and be with others, to help each other, to compete in mutual esteem and grow in brotherhood.” – Pope Francis to young people, Congratulations to the 2016 STPAA Girls Volleyball Italian Sports Center Event, 2014 Team!

-Coach Carlos Rivera

Rayana Hamlin learned about Miriam from her younger brother, Moses, at the Cardinal Keeler Center. As part of the November is National Dia- Diocesan Women in Scrip- betes Awareness Month ture patch series Girl Scouts and on Sunday, November learned about this remark- 1st, Ryan Long (3rd able leader of the Israelite grader) joined his family, women during their captivity friends, classmates and in and escape from STS staff to walk at City Egypt. The day included Island to help find a cure making tambourines and for Type 1 Diabetes. Ryan dancing for joy as the Israel- has had Type 1 (Insulin- ites did after crossing the dependent) Diabetes since Red Sea. he was two years old and raises money and walks every year for the Juvenile Diabetes Re- search Foundation (JDRF) to help find a cure and raise awareness for him and others with this disease. His team is called "Ryan's Heroes" and has Way to go Cub raised almost $8,000 this year. He and his large S c o u t s ! support group and team will continue to fundraise Members are pic- and advocate for this cause throughout the year. tured here working Ryan also received the Caped Crusader hard to make the Award from Central Penn Parent Magazine for his fundraising efforts for JDRF!!! school beautiful.

Grace Verano, a sixth grader at St. Theresa School loves to play with her two year old cousin, Camden. Camden was born with a hole in his heart, without a hypothalamus, and his aorta had not developed. He had surgery 10 days after he was born to cor- rect all of these problems. Once a year in the spring, the Con- genital Heart Association holds a walk/run in Hershey. Grace loves to walk with her family and support Camden. Camden loves the little trinkets he gets like bub- bles and candy from the spon- sors. Go Team Camden!! Third grade student Jordan Bowers decided to do something very special for her birthday this year! She wanted to make a food donation to the Food Bank, so instead of asking for presents for her birthday, she Thank you to all the students who helped during asked for food donations! She ended up with over 75 Clean Up New Cumberland Day! Special lbs of donations for the PA Food Bank! We are all so Thanks to Mrs. Lyn Kaufold, Mr. Shore and proud of her! Way to go Jordan, you are an excellent parents for lending a helping hand. example of how to help others.

The Middle School Drum Do you know any line was started to give the three year-olds our middle school that would like to drummers more interesting attend an award things to play. The drum line also allows wind players winning pre- to try the percussion instruments...everyone at some school?? We have many openings in our 3 year old program! Please help us spread the word. Thanks!!

point wants to be a drummer. The show they are performing is variations on When Johnny Comes Marching Home. The students learn different meters, tempos and rhythm patterns for each variation. In Congratulations to our 3’s and 4’s Preschool addition to having fun, we want them to learn about Program on completing your preschool program! music. ALSO Congratulations to all our Kindergarten students on your successful completion of a terrific Check out the amazing Lion King Jr. year. Have a wonderful safe summer! videos on YouTube (see the STS Facebook page). Includes pictures of the kids before and during the play set to music. Yet one more amazing gift to all of us from Mrs. Meagher. As part of celebrating Children’s Book Week S u m m e r during the month of M u s i c a l May; the STS Library T h e a t e r donated books to the Camp Diocese of Harrisburg Catholic Charities. M r s . All classes played author/book BINGO. Each M e a g h e r student received a book to jump start their summer and other staff members from the St. Theresa musical reading. staff will be running a summer musical theater camp at Trinity High School this summer. The camp will run 2016 SUMMER READING PROGRAM: Each for 4 weeks. (Dates and times are on the registration year, the STS library promotes the continuation of form.) The camp is geared to younger students who reading throughout the summer through its have completed 2nd through 5th grade. Students will play games that will help them with skill used in the Summer Reading Program. All students, K-8 are theater, learn basic choreography and get to be in the encouraged to participate. This year, a poster and production of Jungle Book Kids. The "Kids" plays are bookmark contest was held, as a kickoff for the shorter and more on the level of elementary school upcoming program. The winners of the contest students. Students will get a play book to keep and a were: Gwyneth Parthemore for her poster and show T-shirt. The camp needs a minimum of 25 Luke Harris for his bookmark. Congratulations! students and a maximum of 50 so get your registration Look for the Summer Reading Program paper to in ASAP. (You can register the day the camp begins as come home with your child by the end of the long as the camp is not full.) contact school year and your child will receive rewards for [email protected] with any questions. their reading.

Harrisburg Senators ‘Hit the Books’ Reading Program During the month of March, the STS library partnered with the Harrisburg Senators for its 17th year in a row in their ‘Hit the Books’ reading program. The students who participated received a bookmark that is redeemable for two complimentary tickets to a Harrisburg Senators baseball game in April or May. Congratulations to the following students for making a ‘home run’ by reading four books. Pre 4 Chloe Maurer K1 Athan Gaitanis, Claire Gaitanis, Cecilia Barbush, Sunny Lane, Aiden Wright K2 Lillian Greer, Gia Munoz-Breto, Jack Czarnecki 1A Eliana Adams, Reesa Baluch, Dominique Cabal, Chloe Concannon, Rebecca Garner, Mya Gesualdo, Megan Grace, Elizabeth Kertulis, Luke LaCour, Talulah MacDonald, Isaac Mariani, Evan Needham, Brayden Orndorf, Sophia Paese, Quinn Strewart, Allison Walker 1B Emily Bamberger, Elizabeth Bartholomew, Madison Bitner, Maverick Browand, Piper Butina, Adam Clinkscale, Alexander Coady, Oisin Comer, Anya Comstock, Samantha Duck, Garrett Herzog, Sophie Lapore, David Owens, Elizabeth Restrepo, Maria Scherr, Killian Tinglof, Nathan Weltmer 2A Jack Fasick, Madelyn Blough, Ava Sanson, Marco Barbush, Logan Maurer, Kat Verbos, Julieta Verbos, Nicholas Cofini, Dominic Haas, 2B Maria Pham, Hudson Shanahan, Roger Wehr, Marcus Luisi, Wyatt Easton, Chiara Munoz-Breto, Theresa Foreman 3A Vienna Luisi, Nathan Kovaleski, Madison Jurash 3B Isabella Williams, Kennedy Werner, Chloe Ly, Ryan Long 4A Abby McMullin, Josephine Hudak, Kathryn Sanson, Makala Rivera 4B Simon Wehr, Alex Green

PARP-Pick A Reading Partner By Mrs. Beauduy & Mrs. Zimmerman During the month of March the preschoolers through second graders had the opportunity to participate in the Saint Theresa School first ever Pick A Reading Partner reading program. This program was designed to encourage families to create a nightly reading routine with their child(ren) to promote family literacy. Reading aloud to children has life long benefits such as improving reading, writing, speaking and listening skills. Reading aloud improves vocabu- lary, attention span, imagination and overall interest in books! We hope you enjoyed the reading program and look forward to participating in it again next year. We would like to congratulate all of the 88 PARP readers! These readers read a total of 55,117 minutes for the month of March! A special congratulations goes to Nora Baker who is in the Preschool morning 4's class. Nora was the top reader out of the ten participating classes. Nora read 2700 minutes! Miss Roos' second grade class were the winning class from Kindergarten through second grade. They received a sweet treat for their efforts. Each participating reader earned a prize, special dessert coupon, stickers, bookmark and pencil. Don't wait until next year's PARP reading program to begin. KEEP READING!! We would like to thank Mrs. Forst for having her art students make posters to help promote the PARP program. Fourth Grader Alexus Browand for designing the adorable poster that was chosen for the flier! Additional winners of the program:

Kain Powell (Pre 4 pm) 1,610 minutes Luke Rosenberg (Pre 3 am) 1,450 minutes Isabela Flores (Pre 3 pm) 560 minutes K1—Peter Rosenberg—1,315 minutes K2– Manny Gassis—565 minutes 1A—Dominque Cabal—1910 minutes 1B– Adam Clinkscale—1646 minutes 2A—Madelyn Blough—1218 minutes 2B—Megan Rosenberg—1205 minutes

Amanda Foody, a 2008 Congratulations to Alex STS graduate has Spangler (STS 2014). Alex signed a 2 book deal earned his Eagle Rank! STS is

with HarlequinTEEN. very proud of your great Her first young adult accomplishment. novel will be released next year called Daughter of the Burning City and her second book, Ace of Shades Claire McCarthy (STS ’09) (a planned trilogy) will be in 2018. She credits Mrs. currently attends West Weltmer with her love of English and writing! Chester University. West Chester's Cantari Donne Congratulations to several STS alumni who (Women's Honor Choir) was invited to perform at participated in the PA Collegiate Music Educators Association the Trinity (PCMEA) Conference in Hershey. While in town, Indoor the choir visited some local high schools, including Percussion unit Cedar Cliff. under the Here is a pic- direction of BJ ture with Claire Meagher. and fellow STS Choir Alum. Claire also was awarded the Mitman Percussion Scholarship.

Congratulations to STS graduate Erin Meagher! She earned an academic and athletic scholarship to Mount Saint Mary’s! She will be Look at all the STS alumni!!! They starred in the play attending this fall. “Thoroughly Modern Millie” at Cedar Cliff High School. On May 20, 2016, 56 students Congratulations to participated in Trinity's second annual Academic Wesley Sheker (STS Signing Day. All of these students received aca- ‘12) who was named demic scholarship funds for the school at which “Best and Brightest they are attending. Congratulations to 2016” by the Patriot our STS Alumni!!! News. Wesley named DeSales University - Amanda Becker Mrs. Banks as his Elizabethtown College - Lianne Uroda mentor! He also Messiah College - David Williams thanked Mrs. Banks Mount St. Mary's University - Erin Meagher in his science fair Penn State University - Zachary Sowa accomplishments Robert Morris University - Morgan Beatty while attending Seton Hall University - Joseph Binder Harrisburg Academy. Seton Hall University - Hannah Deppen Best wishes Wesley! Susquehanna University - Andrew DeBastiani University of Notre Dame - Caroline Hills Elizabeth Witten won 2nd and 3rd place for her 2 US Naval Academy - Brad Buchter watercolor paintings in the York Fair! Virginia Commonwealth Univ. - Colleen Connolly

Smart Money Scholarship Program A huge thank you to our Program runs: 2016-17 PTO Committee: 7/1/16—6/30/17

Meghan Rivera, President How does it work? Colleen Murray, Vice President Donna Zack, Secretary 1. You buy gift cards from Smart Money. Michelle Mariani, Treasurer 2. You shop!

Thank you for the countless hours you spent 3. You make money for the STS Develop- on our many fundraising and fun activities ment Fund (which helps keep your tuition that make St. Theresa School so special. down) and for the Smart Money Scholar- ______ship Program that YOU can apply for! A huge thank you to our 2016-17 School Go to the school website and click on Board members for their commitment to St. “Fundraising” then on “Smart Money”. Theresa School. To the St. Theresa Family from Samantha Tinglof, Chair the Miller Family: Brian McMullin, Vice Chair Lori Renne, Secretary Please accept our deep grati- Ellyn Campbell tude for all the prayers, well Erin Verano wishes and meals during this time of healing and Jenn Nunemaker reflection. We feel so fortunate to be loved by so Jen Grace many in our Church, school and community. The Dana Needham Holy Spirit is alive and well at St. Theresa. Amanda Lane When dealing with cancer we have compared it to School Board Meeting Dates for the 2016-17 taking on a cross like Simon of Cyrene which has School year are posted on the school transformed us in many good ways. Jesus’ healing calendar. hand has been extended from all of you and has lifted our spirits in times of darkness. Special Dear STS thanks goes to Tracie Roes for coordinating the Families and meals for our family. Friends: Love, The Millers — Tracie, Doug, Charlotte & Gus

There were so many articles/pictures/etc. that I I would like to echo the sentiments just could not fit everything into the Saints of the Miller Family. What an Shout! We just have so much happening at our incredible blessing St. Theresa school!! Please feel free to send me any School has been to me and my awards/pictures/activities that you would like to family during our difficult time. Words cannot express see included in future Saints Shout issues or the profound love and support we have received from posted on Facebook. Any questions, comments everyone and we continue to receive!! We are so or suggestions, please send them my way: blessed and feel it has been a gift from God to have [email protected] been placed in this community during this time. Keep positive & stay smiling, God Bless you all! Michelle Zemba Love, Michelle, Matthew and Laura Zemba

Congratulations to our graduating 8th grade class! We wish you all the best as you enter the next stage of your lives. Good luck in high school and don’t forget to come back to visit us. Ryan Berrigan Emma LaPenta Shylae Jones Matthew David Owen Leese Emily Long Kayla Drabek Elise Shore Tyler Martin Jocey Francis Amanda Smith Nicole Milletics Kennedi Harris Michael Soule Hannah Minium Sierra Heffelfinger Laura Zemba Matthew Musselman Helaena Holjes Paige Barlick Lance Parthemore Bryce Kirsch Christian Chavey Ben Patten Jackson Klingaman Jordan Erickson Emma Posavec Jake Kreiser Hailey Holmes Nick Scherr Danny Scott

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