------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Good Shepherd Gazette ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Good Shepherd Catholic Academy, Brooklyn NY + Friday, March 17, 2017 + Volume II, Issue 4 ________________________________________________________________________________________ __ At the beginning of the school of course our trip to Fun Station USA. year I had the pleasure of The week began on Sunday with working at Good Shepherd our Catholic Schools Week mass and Catholic Academy for a little open house. The open house was an over three months. During that opportunity for our families to see what time, I came to realize that your we have been working on in class. It school is a special place. There was also an opportunity for parents to is a sense of family in your see the school and consider sending building. That’s something you their children to GSCA. Monday was don’t find in every school. It is pajama day, which was my favorite something to be proud of. dress down we had. On Wednesday, we had an assembly with firefighter It isn’t easy to find words that and soldier Joseph Duggan. He told us can express what your support about his experiences in Catholic and overwhelming generosity school and as a firefighter. Many of my has meant to my family. Your classmates, including myself, were very inspired by his story. Thursday Thank You kindness brought a smile to my ​ children’s faces during a very was the highlight of the week for me. It By Kylie Powers difficult time. For that, I will was our trip to Fun Station USA in be forever grateful. Thank you. Staten Island. I was very glad that we On the morning of January could go back to Fun Station because 28th my Aunt Jeanette’s home I hadn’t been there in a very long time. ​ With love and burned down. My Aunt, Uncle appreciation, All of my classmates had a great time on the trip and were glad to take a day and three cousins got out safely, off from schoolwork and have some but they lost everything. People Jeanette Phillips from Marine Park, Gerritsen fun. On that day, we also had an assembly with Deacon Chris Wagner. Beach, Breezy Point and Catholic Schools Week The assembly was mainly about Rockaway came together to help. Events vocations and how God has a plan for They donated old and new By Jeremy Scotto each one of our lives. The assembly clothes, school supplies and During catholic schools week, we made me consider my future and think money. Good Shepherd Catholic celebrated our existence as a about what my vocation is. On the final Academy collected money to Catholic Academy. The theme this day of Catholic schools week, we replace some of my cousin’s year was “Faith, Knowledge, and attended a mass which was said by a things. Below is a Thank You Service.” It was an eventful week guest priest, Father With. Since we are letter from my Aunt: for us at the academy. We had a Catholic academy, it was fitting to assemblies, dress downs, and begin and end the week with the celebration of mass. In conclusion, it Dear Mr. O’Brien, Teachers, Staff, Students and their families: 1 St. Patrick was an eventful and spirit filled Catholic Schools Week. School Book Fair By Joseph Murphy By Alessia Forte St. Patrick was a ​ Recently during Catholic School fifth-century Weeks there was a book fair in Romeo-British Christian the all purpose room. There was missionary and bishop of a very large selection of books Ireland. Known as the from Scholastic. There were also “Apostle of Ireland”, he is My Walk Through History the primary patron saint of books recommended for students By Alexandria Salvato Ireland, along with saints to get. Mr.O’Brien recommended Recently, my dad took me to Brigid of Kildare and students to get the book Columba. He is also Washington D.C. for my 10th “Choosing Courage.” It is a great venerated in the Anglican birthday. I saw plenty of things to inspirational book. I hope Communion, the Old do with history. We were there for everyone liked the school book Catholic Church and in 3 days. Instead of taking a plane, fair. It was an amazing way to the Eastern Orthodox we took a train for 3 hours and I add fundraisers for the school. Church as had do my math homework the This book fair is hopefully going equal-to-apostles and the whole way there! The 1st day, I Enlightener of Ireland. to be a fundraiser we do every saw a tour of the U.S. Capitol, The The dates of Patrick’s year like the G.S.C.A Card Party. Washington Monument, and the life cannot be fixed with Good Shepherd does a lot of certainty but there is broad Lincoln Memorial. On the 2nd day, fundraisers and it really helps agreement that he was my dad and I had to wake up early the school. A lot of students active as a missionary in because the first thing we did was participated in this and bought Ireland during the second a tour of the National Archives books that they were going to half of the 5th century. Museum. We saw the Constitution, read in joy. Reading is always a Early medieval tradition the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of good choice. credits him with being the Independence, and much more. first bishop of Armagh and The next thing we did was go to Primate of Ireland, and they ‘Ford’s Theatre’, which is the regard him as the founder of Christianity in Ireland. theatre where Abraham Lincoln got Every year on March 17, shot. Then, we ate lunch and went the Irish across the globe to the Smithsonian Air and Space observe St. Patrick’s Day. Museum. We saw a movie about What began as a religious the stars and another one about feast day for the patron D-Day in Normandy. Then, we Book Fair saint of Ireland has become went back to the hotel. The next an international festival By Samantha Lewis-Bullen day, we went to Arlington National celebrating Irish culture Cemetery,(the cemetery where The book fair was a huge with parades, dancing, special foods and a whole John F. Kennedy and his relatives success. The book that seemed lot of green.. are buried). We also saw the to fly off the shelves was Making ​ Changing of the Guard and saw a Bombs for Hitler. The book is ​ military funeral. They had horses about a girl looking for her sister and did a flyover. That night, we during the holocaust. There were went to a hockey game. It was the plenty of books to choose from. Capitals and the Oilers.The next The book fair was a great experience for all students. 2 The Patriots started of the morning, we had to leave. This was Amazing Comeback ​ Super Bowl LI season with their tight end Rob the best birthday ever! Gronkowski injured and Tom pitchers stay strong and healthy. By Nicolas Dellecave Brady with a four game We will find out soon. Opening Day suspension. Then the patriots for the Mets is April 3rd against the made a beast comeback and Atlanta Braves at Citi Field. Let’s If you didn’t know, Super Bowl 51 ended the season with a beast go Mets!!! just happened last month on record of 14-2. Even know I February 5th. The two teams rooted for the falcons I think the competing in this event was the Patriots truly deserved the Atlanta Falcons and the New victory. England Patriots. The winning team was Patriots that won 34-28. This game was an incredible game. The super bowl Spring Training was hosted in NRG stadium in By Thomas O’Neil Houston, Texas. This was the second game to ever be hosted in this stadium. Baseball season is here all 30 teams have This game broke and Let’s Go Mets!!! officially reported to their stadiums in matched so many super bowl By Jacqueline Cox either Arizona or Florida.The New York records. The game started of with Yankees have shot out to a fantastic Falcons scoring the first start.They are in first place in the touchdowns of the game. Then Baseball season is right ​ American league with a 9-3 record (as of the patriots scored three points around the corner. This week, this writing).Their “Baby Bombers” but that still wasn't anything pitchers and catchers from the Aaron Judge and Gary Sanchez have led compared to the falcons. Going New York Mets reported to Port the Yankees to most of their wins. On into the fourth quarter the patriots St. Lucie for spring training March 7 they were 4-1 in their last five were down 3-28. The Patriots camp. All five of the Mets games their one loss came to the scored twenty five consequence starting pitchers are there. The Toronto Blue Jays 3-2. Tyler Clippard points to make the game 28-28 at starting pitchers on the Mets one of the Yankees relievers has three the end of the fourth quarter. This are Jacob DeGrom, Matt appearances and has allowed no runs. was the first super bowl in super Harvey, Noah Syndergaard, The New York Mets on the other hand bowl history to make it into Steven Matz, and Zach are in third place with a 7-4 record they overtime. Then the patriots won Wheeler. Last year, all of them are behind the 1st place Pittsburgh the coin toss and got ball first.