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NewsletterJune 2017 PARENT

Lehman Catholic High School 2400 St. Marys Avenue, Sidney, OH. 45365

WWW.LEHMANCATHOLIC.COM

Lehman Catholic

Cavaliers

Congratulations PAGE 13

Graduation PAGES 3-5

PLUSChanges pg.10

Sports pgs. 6 - 7

Cavalier Opportunities

pg. 11

Pharmacypg. 14

AwardsPAGE 9

Mark your calendars PAGE 12

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2 Fr o m t h e D e s k o f D e n i s e S t a u f f e r , P r i n c i p a l / C E O

Dear Parents:

Happy Summer! I hope everyone is enjoying this

family time together, along with some rest and relax-

ation! Here at school, we are wrapping up the end of

the 2016-17 school year and getting ready to plan the

beginning of the 2017-18 school year.

In this newsletter please take the time to look over the

information, since this is one of our main sources of

communication to our Lehman Catholic families. In

this newsletter and future parent newsletters, you will

find many upcoming calendar dates, updates to hand-

books and policies, new changes taking place around

the school, and many more details throughout the

school year.

Also, feel free to call, email, or stop in at the school,

if you have any questions. Many of us will be at the

school this summer, during school hours (8-3:00 PM)

and would be happy to see you and help you in any

way.

Many blessings to each of you!

Denise Stauffer, Principal/CEO

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Friday evening, the Sophomore/Senior Dinner was held at the Caserta Center in Piqua. The Sophomore Class annually honors the seniors for their curricular and co-curricular leadership by providing them with dinner prior to the Baccalaureate Mass. Sophomore Class President, Allison Bornhorst thanked the members of the class for sharing their talents and for being good role models for the school community.

Immediately following the sophomore/senior dinner on May 26th, the seniors dressed in their caps and gowns for the Baccalaureate Mass at St. Boniface Church in Piqua. Father James Riehle was joined by

two other priests (Father Thomas Bolte, and Father Steve Shoup) in celebrating the liturgy. The seniors also presented their parents with the class flower, a white rose.

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Four students were indu-cted into the Academic Hall of Fame. Students qualify for admission to the Hall of Fame by obtaining a 4.0 (no grade below an A), earning recogni-tion from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (the top 5% of college bound stu-dents in the country), or by

earning valedictorian or saluta-torian status. Those students included Jacob Schmiesing (Valedictorian, 4.0, National Merit Commended), William Hoersten (Salutatorian and 4.0), Elijah Baker (4.0) and Elizabeth Pax(4.0).

Graduation ceremonies were held Sunday afternoon, May 28th for the class of 2017. The ceremonies, attended by more than 300 people, included speeches by Valedictorian Jacob Schmiesing, Salutatorian William Hoersten, and the school’s Principal/CEO Denise Stauffer.

We congratulate all the seniors and wish them the best in the future!

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I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the 41 members of the Class of 2017! Commencement exercises were held Memorial Day weekend, begin-ning with the Senior Awards Assembly, held Friday morning, May 26th. Scholarships and grants offered to the members of the class exceeded 1.5 million dollars over the next four years!

Ninety percent of the class will be attending a 2 or 4-year college or university in the fall and 5% have enlisted with the military.

Named Outstanding Senior by the members of the class was Jacob Schmiesing.

Named Outstanding Senior Boy by the faculty was John-Henry Frantz and named

Outstanding Senior Girl was Sidney Chapman.

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SportsLehman Catholic News June 2017

The spring sports came to an end after much success and team spirit!

The baseball team ended their season as the Sectional Runners-up and NWCC Champions! In Division IV Baseball, Dylan Arnold and Parker Riley were named to the 1st Team All-State.

The Lehman boys tennis team finished with a 10-7 record and had Griffin West qualify for the District Tournament this year.

The Lehman softball team won their first game of the sectio-nal tournament beating Jackson Center and placed 3rd in the NWCC.

The track team placed 2nd in the NWCC Meet and had several athletes qualify for the State Track Meet.

These athletes included Alanna O’Leary (400M Dash-7th place). Alanna O’Leary also quali-fied to run in the 4X100 Relay, along with teammates Lauren McFarland, Rylie McIver, and Kaitrin O’Leary.

Special awards went to the following athletes:

Most Valuable Player (MVP) -

Baseball—Parker Riley and Dylan Arnold

Softball— Grace Monnin and Sidney Chapman

Tennis—RyanGoettemoellerandGriffinWest

Track—Alanna O’Leary (Girls Track)

Alvaro Barrera (Boys track)

MadelynWiseman(GirlsFieldEvents)

Joe Schemmel (Boys Field Events)

Varsity Coaches Award -

Baseball– Mitchell Sollmann

Softball—HaileyWick

Tennis—Elias Bezy

Track—IsaiahWinhoven

We Congratulate our spring athletes, teams, andcoaches for all their success!

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SportsLehman Catholic News June 2017

We also want to recognize our spring athletes who were named to the 1st team in our league, the Northwest Central Conference. The following baseball team members: Parker Riley (Player of the Year), Dylan Arnold, and Brandon Barhorst. The base-ball team also won the League Championship Title and Coach Dave King was named Coach of the Year in the NWCC. Members

of the track team receiving 1st team honors were the 4x200 Relay Team consisting of Lauren Mc Farland, Rylie McIver, Alanna O’Leary, and Kaitrin O’Leary. Alanna O’Leary also received 1st Honors for track from the 400 Meter Run. In soft-ball Sidney Chapman and Grace Monnin received 1st team honors.

A special congratulations to all of our student athletes this year.

Because of their success throu-ghout the school year in the NWCC, Lehman won the All League Trophy for the fourth stra-ight year. A job well done!

Congratulations to these students for being selected for the following Cheerleading positions:

Varsity Football Cheerleaders:

Lisa Adams Maria Adams Kaylyn Armstrong Carly Edwards Abigail Largent Lauren Larger Meaghan McDonald Molly Safreed Kaila Sims Jacquie Schemmel

(Due to the lack of interest, there will not be a junior varsity squad for the 2017-18 basketball season.)

Varsity Basketball Cheerleaders:

Zoie Hill Madalyn Kirtley Abigail Largent Lauren Larger Meaghan McDonald Kaila Sims Jacquie Schemmel

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Twelve Lehman students competed at the

Annual State Science Fair on May 13th at

The Ohio State University. Of those students,

eight of them received a superior rating.

Those students included:

Angela Brunner,

Ann Deafenbaugh,

William Hoersten,

Abigail Jones,

Lyndsey Jones,

Megan Neumeier,

Hailey Wick.

Receiving an excellent rating at the

science fair was:

Hope Anthony,

John-Henry Frantz,

Mikey Rossman,

Maegan Titterington

Abigail Jones also won several special

awards from the following groups: Honorable

Mention Geological Society Geological

Award($50), Honorable Mention Governor’s

Award for Excellence in Environmental

Protection ($100), and 2nd place Ohio Soil &

Water Conservation Districts Award ($100).

We congratulate all the students and their

teachers Leah Bertke, Tracy Hall and Sister

Ginny Scherer, SC., for their success!

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The Senior Awards Ceremony on Friday, May 26th, also presented a number of awards and scholarships. Congratulations to the many seniors who were honored at these ceremonies. A special congratulations to those students receiving the academic department medallions for having the highest grade point average in those subject areas over the past four years of high school:

• Art Seth Brown • Business-Computers Lindsey Elsner • English Jacob Schmiesing • Foreign Language Jacob Schmiesing• Industrial Technology Isaiah Winhoven • Mathematics Jacob Schmiesing • Music William Hoersten • Religion Jacob Schmiesing• Science Jacob Schmiesing• Social Studies Jacob Schmiesing

The Undergraduate Awards Banquet was held on Wednesday, May 10th in the Virgil Heitmeyer Gymnasium.

Congratulations to the many stu-dents who were honored at the banquet.

Special congratulations to Tyler Lachey, who received the Bausch & Lomb Science Award (presen-ted to the student with the highest academic average in science) and Alanna O’Leary, who recei-ved the Frederick Douglas &

Susan B. Anthony Humanities Award (presented to the student with academic achievement in humanities).

Yutong (Skye) Shi received the Honda of America outstanding Math Award (presented to the student with the highest acade-mic average in math).

I also want to congratulate the students who had perfect atten-dance this year, including fre-shman Ethan Potts and sopho-mores Elias Bezy, Ye Chen, Cole

Kramer, Nicholas Largent, Maria Schmiesing and Athan Whitney. Juniors with perfect attendance included Miriam Bezy, Melanie Brunner, Grace Dexter, Jacob Emrick, Ryan Goettemoeller, Ryan Schmidt, Skye Shi, and Griffin West.

A big thank you goes out to Guidance Counselors Kim Koverman and Kate Schulze for their work and time in organizing these ceremonies.

And the Award goes to.....

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Wehaveclosedthebooksonlastyearandnowprepareforthecomingschoolyear. The information for the student handbooks for the 2017-18 year has been finalizedandhasbeensenttotheprinter.WeshouldreceivethemintimeforthenewstudentorientationdayonAugust18th.OurfirstdayofclassesforthiscomingyearisAugust22nd.TheofficestaffwillbeintheschoolduringJuneandJuly.Theofficehoursarefrom8-3:00p.m.However,itisalwaysgood to call ahead if you need to meet with a certain person or need speci-ficinformationsincemanyofususethismonthtotakeourfamilyvacations.

There have been a few changes to the dress code for next year. The new dress code is attached to this parent newsletter. Please read over the new dress code and feel free to contact Mr. Dunlap if you have any questions.

A few notes about the new dress code.

The new dress code was created to make it easier for students to follow, for teachers to enforce and for parents in their shopping.

The new dress code applies to all students next year.

Please note the changes requiring polo shirts Monday-Thursday.

Hoodies are not allowed to be worn Monday-Thursday.

Uniform pants and shorts are no longer requi-red to be purchased through Educational Apparel. However, guidelines are provided to assure the pants purchased and worn still follow our uniform policy.

Every Friday will be a School Spirit Day. On Fridays, students are encouraged to wear their Lehman team and club wear or any other Lehman top along with uniform pants.

The new dress code was created by a committee of teachers and Mr. Dunlap. Then it was introduced to our Student Council members. Student Council members were encouraged to provide feedback before this new dress code went into effect. I welcome students to provide feedback during the school year if they have any concerns, comments or recommendations.

Educational Apparel will be at Lehman on July 28 from Noon to 6pm. They will be selling school uniform items at that time. School uniform items can also be purchased on their website at http://www.educationalapparel.com

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Anyone interested in becoming an athletic booster member is invited to attend their monthly meetings which take place the secondWednesdayofeverymonth. Feelfree to contact our athletic director, Richard Roll, at the school, and he will provide you with the necessary information, to become a member. Their next meeting is Thursday, June 15th at the Sidney Moose.

Cavalier Opportunities

Have you considered hosting a foreign student? Such an expe-rience can be very rewarding to the host family and to the foreign exchange student. It sometimes can be an experience that lasts a lifetime. These students are covered by insurance, have their own spending money, and pay their own tuition. We currently have international students from Spain currently interested in attending Lehman and looking for host families for the 2017-18 school year. We are currently working with an International Student Exchange Program (ASSE) to place students for the 2017-18 school year. Families hosting an exchange student for

the school year and attending Lehman do receive a $2000.00 tuition discount. If you have an interest in hosting a foreign student, please contact me at school. If you would like to speak with one of our families who have hosted a student over the pre-vious years, please let me know and I can put them in contact with you.

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Scheduling -Lehman students received their course request sheets prior to school letting out for the summer. Your child was informed if they had any changes in course request, they needed to inform Mrs. Koverman or Mrs. Schulze by June 5th. Students who have received all of their course requests, then choosetomakeachange,willbeassesseda$30.00fee,asoutlinedintheparent-student handbook

Schedules will be mailed out the week of June 19th. The following dates and times will be available for students to make any schedule changes.

WednesdayJune28th9:00a.m.-11:00a.m.and1:00p.m.-3:00p.m.

WednesdayJuly12th9:00a.m.-11:00a.m.and1:00p.m.-3:00p.m.

WednesdayJuly19th9:00a.m.-11:00a.m.and1:00-7:00p.m.

The gymnasiums will be closed for cleaning from July 2-July 8. This is a good time for families to take vacation because there is a limited number of Lehman athleticactivitiesscheduledduringthisweek.Wehopethatyourfamilieshavethe opportunity for some rest and relaxation this summer! Safe travel to all!

There will be an OHSAA mandatory parent meeting at Lehman Catholic High School on July 27th, at 7:00 pm, for the students participating in fall athletics and their parents. You will need to make arrangements to attend or your student athlete will not be able to participate in their fall sport. Feel free to contact our Athletic Director, Dick Roll, if you have any questions.

Attached to this month’s parent letter is the 2017-18 school calendar.

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Congratulations to the following students for being selected by their peers to beleaders/officersforthefollowinggroups:

Student Council Executive Board President - Tyler Lachey Vice-President - Ryan Schmidt Secretary - Ann Pannapara Treasurer - Owen Smith

Senior Class Officers: President - Abby Jones Vice-President - Griffin West Secretary - Brogan McIver Treasurer - Hailey Wick

Junior Class Officers: President - Allison Bornhorst Vice-President - Samantha Edwards Secretary - Emily Fogt Treasurer - Grace Brandt

Sophomore Class Officers: President - Lyndsey Jones Vice-President - Olivia Monnin Secretary - Ethan Potts Treasurer - Ava Behr

Freshman Class Officers will be selected in the fall.

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We are reaching out to you, to let you know that Schwieterman Pharmacy is an option for parents/students to get their required vaccinations. The schools in our area usually send out a letter to parents informing them that all 7th graders need the Tdap & meningitis vaccine prior to entry into 7th grade and all 12th graders need the second dose of meningitis prior to entry into 12th grade. We do not require appointments and are available during regular business hours. Store location and hours can be found at http://www.schwietermanpharmacy.com/locations. Thank you for your consideration and patronage - Katie Marchal, Schwieterman Pharmacies.

Have a wonderful and restful summer!

Denise Stauffer

Principal/CEO

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