Crusader Times May 1, 2019

THIS SUNDAY!

Meet & Greet Our New Head of School,

Mr. Matthew Watson

7-8 pm St. Anthony Hall

Light refreshments will be

served.

NOTA BENE / NOTE WELL

PreK3 through Grade 12

15415 Red Robin Road

San Antonio TX 78255

210-695-2240 www.atonementonline.com

Rev. Mark Lewis

Pastor

A Letter from Our Pastor...

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Greetings in the Name of our Risen Lord Jesus Christ! There are a few items I wish to share with you. Firstly, it is with great pleasure for me to announce Mr. Dakota Vidal has accepted the position of Athletic Director. Coach Vidal has made great strides in our Athletic Department this past year as the Interim Athletic Director. Coach Vidal’s accomplishments this past year as well as his vision for the department and his love for The Atonement Academy make us proud to have him as the leader of our Athletic Department. We look forward to great athletic success for years to come. Secondly, I am excited to announce a “Meet and Greet” with our new Head of School, Mr. Matthew Watson. The event is scheduled for this Sunday, May 5th from 7 until 8pm in St. Anthony Hall. All parents are invited and encouraged to attend. The “Meet and Greet” is a great opportunity for parents to hear firsthand of the positive future being planned for the Atonement Academy. Please note: this “Meet and Greet,” while scheduled, is dependent upon Mr. Watson’s wife —due to deliver their sixth child any day!

Lastly, now that I am back working full time, Vickey and

I would like to thank all of you for your prayers, con-

cern, cards, meals and gifts during the time of my sur-

gery and recovery. Your generosity showered us with

your love and God’s. We are truly humbled and appre-

ciative for all your kindness. Your actions provided the

absolute best possible environment for me to heal.

Again, we extend a heartfelt thank you to all. May God

continue to bless us.

Sincerely yours in Christ,

Father Mark Lewis Pastor

Congratulations to our Crusaders who placed in the Top 6 in State! Mark Lane - On-Site Drawing 8 - 1st place Luke Farber - Dictionary Skills 4/5 - 6th place Isabela Gabino - Vocabulary 6 - 6th place Emma Lane - Ready Writing 3 - 6th place Places in 7th through 10th do not earn medals nor do they accrue points for our school, but they are still respectable so kudos to these students! Eric Benavides - Ready Writing 8 - 10th place Sofia Gabino - Vocabulary 6 - 9th place Gabriela Hernandez - Spelling 2 - 8th place Julia Moselina - Creative Writing 2 - 9th place Matthew Musquiz - Spelling 4 - 9th place Ryanne Ambrosio - On-Site Drawing 8 - Honorable Mention Unfortunately none of our Alternates had the opportunity to compete, but I'm glad they were there. Mrs. Zuberbueler and I want to say congratulations to EVERYONE who competed! We are so proud of you and your efforts and that you took on this challenge and did your best! Thank you to all of you parents for your support of your children and PSIA, and for making the trip to Fort Worth. Thank you to all the parents who filled volunteer posi-tions. PSIA cannot run without parent volunteers! A spe-cial acknowledgement to those of you who were Assis-tant Directors, as we know that was a big time commit-ment. If you have any important comments/feedback about your experience yesterday, please send an email to Mrs. Zuberbueler and/or me so we can pass it on to the PSIA organizers. If your student has a dictionary or atlas, please have him/her return it to Mrs. Z. this week. Please leave the tabs intact.

—Mrs. Janet Mefrige

Crusaders Place in

State Competitions!

Gabriela Hernandez & Emma Lane

Our 1st Place Winner Mark Lane!

Marina Mefrige, Gianna Hivnor, Cassiana Mefrige, and Andrew Mefrige.

Mrs. Mefrige wih Marina and Andrew.

Commencement Speaker Announced!

The Atonement

Academy is pleased to announce that

one of the most re-spected G.K. Ches-terton scholars in

the world, Dale Ahlquist, will ad-dress our 2019

graduates during Commencement

Exercises at the end of this academ-ic year.

Ahlquist is the publisher of Gilbert! Magazine, and he

is the creator and host of the popular EWTN series, The Apostle of Common Sense. Dale has written five

books on Chesterton, including Common Sense 101: Lessons from G.K. Chesterton and The Complete Thinker.

An internationally renowned speaker, Ahlquist has given more than 600 lectures at conferences, dioce-san events, and prestigious institutions including

Yale, Columbia, Cornell, Notre Dame, Oxford, the Vatican Forum in Rome, and the House of Lords in London.

He is also the co-founder of Chesterton Academy, a

classical high school in Minneapolis, Minnesota, which, like The Atonement Academy, has been rated one of the Top 50 Catholic High Schools in the na-

tion, and is the chairman of the Chesterton Schools network, which now includes fifteen high schools in

the U.S., Canada and Italy. He and his wife Laura live in Minneapolis and have

six children.

CRUSADER

ATHLETICS:

Lift-A-Thon!

Mr. Dakotah Vidal reminds

everyone, “We are days

away from our 1st Annual

Crusader Lift-A-Thon. We

will be having vendors from

out of state travel in to see

our Campus and support our

Athletic Department.

The Lift-A-Thon will begin

at 9:00 am and should con-

clude around 12:00 pm. Our

Lift-A-Thon t-shirt fund-

raiser is still going on, with

about six days left, we are

10 shirts shy of our goal.

Here is the link to help sup-

port our Weight-room and

give our athletes the best

equipment possible to train

with. Go to:

www.customink.com/

fundraising/2019crusader-

lift-a-thon to support a

great cause!”

Special note from our contest coordinator, Mrs. Weems: THANK YOU to all the teachers who helped these students work so hard to develop their God-given talents and accom-plish these achievements!

Please help us have an accurate enrollment headcount for next year! Parents, please log into your RenWeb account and under “Apply/Enroll – Enrollment/Re-enrollment “ confirm the status is either “submitted” or “start packet/edit”. If the status for your child is “submitted,” your child is fully enrolled and we thank you! But if the status is “Start Packet or Edit,” the enroll-ment for 2019-2020 is not complete! Please complete it as soon as possible. Thank you for your cooperation.

A Note from THE OFFICE...

The AHG girls participated in sharing what it means to live in the United States focusing on the great state of Texas! Facts: · Texas became a state on December 29,

1845 · Nickname for Texas is the Lonestar State · State motto – Friendship. Texas or Tejas is

a Caddo Indian word meaning allies or friends. The motto was adopted in 1930.

· State flower -Texas Bluebonnet (Lupinus Texensis). Also called the buffalo clover, wolf flower and el conejo. Adopted in 1901. There are actually not one flower but five different types of bluebonnets.

· State song – “Texas, Our Texas” by William J. March and Gladys Yoakum Wright. he song was designated the official state song in 1929.

American Heritage Girls

Discover Texas

USE AMAZON? Whether you use it a little

or a lot, your purchases can help support our school!

Link your purchases to AMAZON SMILE and we will get a donation each time you buy via regular Amazon or Amazon Prime!

Go to www.smile.amazon.com to link your account!

Congratulations to the recipients of the

Knights of Columbus Scholarships to

8th graders. Scholarships are in the

amount of $500 dollars each and may

be applied toward tuition at any

Catholic high school.

Students at The Atonement Academy

winning scholarships are: Andres

Sanchez, Christian Sanchez, Micah

Rabey, Madison Vale, and Emmalise

Wick.

The deadline to apply for financial

assistance through the FACTS Grant

& Aid assessment service is MAY 15.

You can find the information locat-

ed under “Admissions” on the

school website.

NOW is the Time to Apply!

CONGRATULATIONS

to Crusaders Earning

Knights of Columbus

Scholarships

The sixth graders are learning about the at-

mosphere and weather patterns in Earth Science, and over Easter Recess the stu-

dents took pictures of different cloud types to identify and share with their classmates.

Brian and Joseph are holding up their com-pleted poster boards showcasing some of the clouds they saw and identified over the

break.

—Mrs. Stephanie Goelzhauser

Sixth Graders Soar

with Science!

THANK YOU

We appreciate our contributors of photos and/ or stories. They include: Lorelle Lamascus, Janet Mefrige, Amy Zuberbueler, DeVon Matta, Lisa Van Delden, Roxanne Rodriguez, Dakotah Vidal, Maria Kennedy, Hillary Mar-tin, Deborah Wendtland, Jenny Halpin, Kristie Weems, Bob Landry, Stephanie Goelzhauser, Brenda Garza, Ana Lane, Christina Cantu, and Angela Conrad. We appreciate your contributions to the Crusader Times!

The Atonement Academy students who participated in the National Latin Ex-am this year performed commendably! 37% (31 of the 83) of students who took the National

Latin Exam this year earned awards for their perfor-mance. Congratulations to Latin students and teachers for your fine work this year! Latin II Test Gold medal, summa cum laude: Natalie Pecha and Cassiana Mefrige Silver medal, summa cum laude: Rachel Growdon Magna cum laude: Loic Moteng Cum laude: Alex Sanchez Latin I Test Silver medal, maxima cum laude: Matthew Petroff, Al-fredo Santillan, Faith Weems, Mary Kate Hivnor, and Halah Giltner Magna cum laude: Jack Moore, Betsy McKee, Josie Vander Sys, Isabella McHugh, and Diana Borges Cum laude: Meira Barlow Introduction to Latin Exam Purple Ribbon and Perfect Paper Certificate: Alfonso DeLaCruz Purple Ribbon and Achievement Certificate: Emmanu-elle Mefrige, Mark Lane, Emmalise Wick, Christian Sanchez, John Giltner, Marcus Bacuta, Eric Benavides, and Alexis Obeng Achievement Certificate: Heather Joseph, Andres Sanchez, Andrew Cordero, Andres Gamboa, and Mad-ison Vale

National

Latin Exam

Results

Third grade’s field trip began with on a journey through the solar system at the Scobee Planetarium and finished with lunch and fun at Raymond Russell Park. At the Planetarium, they were starving and wanted to hurry to the park for pizza and to play. They spent two hours in the park playing. They were begging to return to school. I told several students - be careful what you ask for – too much fun!

—Mrs. Brenda Garza

Third Grade Boys on Field Trip

Bishop Steven Lopes joined our community for First Holy Com-

munion and Confirmation this past Sunday! It was a beautiful day

for our community!

IMPORTANT Notes

From Our Librarian,

Mrs. Wendtland...

4th Qtr Book Club May 3rd (1st – 3rd

grade) 3:10 – 5:00pm

AR testing period ends - May 24th

(Half-day)

All borrowed library books are due -

May 24th. (Half-day)

Library is closed for inventory – May

28th (May 27th Memorial Day)

Student textbook inventory begins. All

issued student textbooks are due to the

library circulation desk (do not give

books to the teacher or leave in lockers)

- May 30th

All remaining end of year overdue fines,

replacement books and lost book fees

will be sent to family school accounts -

June 1st.

Faculty issued textbook inventory –

June 3rd - 7th starting @7:30am-

1:00pm (Teachers need to make an ap-

pointment via email).

Note: Tutoring will take place after

school on all full days of school 3:30-

4:30pm in the tech room until June 5th

(June 6th is half day).

Emails will continue to be sent to par-

ents in regards to overdue books, lost

books and overdue fines every Friday

until June 1st.

THANK YOU!

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