Crusader Times February 6, 2019

• DADDY-DAUGHTER DANCE this weekend! See page four!

• EARLY DISMISSAL on Friday, February 15.

• PRESIDENTS’ DAY HOLIDAY on Monday, February 18.

• CLASS RING CEREMONY on February 22 during the Student Mass.

• WE ARE BACK IN TAPPS! Details to come, but we have been accepted beginning

August 2019!

PreK3 through Grade 12

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Rev. Mark Lewis Pastor

Mr. James Growdon

Head of School

Two features of our Catholic Schools Week Celebrations are the Science Fairs and the Academic Showcase Nights. Originally begun as an International Night and Open House op-portunity decades ago, the Academic Showcases have evolved to provide our Lower School families with a night to showcase the typical work being done in the classroom as well as a chance to go “above and beyond” with displays and projects. Once again this year, families took advantage of the evening and brought extend-ed family and friends to our school to get a feel for the work being done in the lower grades. Don’t miss the photos on page four! The MS Science Fair is likewise an opportunity to display the spe-cial efforts of out middle school students. We add the dimension of outside judges who assess the work and award various places to the 7th and 8th graders. They are listed on page three. Thank you for your efforts to help your children participate in these dynamic special activities at The Atonement Academy! (See Dr. Lamascus’s article on page two for more about Catholic Schools Week.)

Do you love to write? Are you looking for an opportunity to show your creativity? Would you like to earn prizes for your skillful writ-ing? We have just the activity for you! We are looking for students who enjoy writing to enter national writing contests. Please note the submission due date to the school (Mrs. Wendtland or your English Teacher) and see details via the links below. (More essay con-tests next week!) Second Essay Contest: Upper School Only– Deadline May 10th http://jasna.org/programs/essay-contest/submission/ Jane Austen Society of North America, 2019 Essay Contest. In honor of the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen's novel Northanger Abbey, we welcome essays on following topic: Northanger Abbey can be described as a book about books. There is, of course, the well-known

"defense of the novel,” but characters also discuss their reading habits, name specific novels, and even consider history books. In her works, Austen often makes use of fiction, poetry or plays, either explicitly or indirectly. Explore how she does this in Northang-er Abbey. High school students may bring in another Austen novel but are not required to do so; under-graduate and graduate students must bring in one or more additional novels. JASNA awards scholarships to winners in each of the three divisions: • First Place: $1,000 scholarship and free registration and two nights’ lodging for JASNA’s upcoming Annual General Meeting (Transportation to the conference is not provided.) • Second Place: $500 scholarship • Third Place: $250 scholarship Winners and their men-tors each receive a one-year JASNA membership. In addi-tion, each winner receives a set of Norton Critical Editions of Jane Austen's novels. The winning essays are pub-lished on their website.

Our Librarian Mrs. Wendtland Recommends:

Essay Contests!

Catholic Schools Week In the Mddle and Upper Schools we celebrated Vocations during the

week by writing and making thank you cards for all of the religious

who serve our community. We are grateful for the gift of their voca-

tions and all they bring to our community. (Photo of some of the cards

on the right). Students also made thank you posters for teachers in the

Middle and Upper Schools to show their appreciation for those who

live out their vocations as Catholic School Teachers. Some students

also helped prepare decorations for the Friday Luncheon (for staff

and faculty) by writing thank you notes on balloons and hearts that

were posted on the door of the faculty work room.

Middle School Student Council In recent weeks, the Middle School Student Council has been reinstated and will be sponsored by MS teacher

Miss Laura Oliveros. The purpose of this body is to promote community, fellowship, and service among Middle

School Students. The officers, who wrote compellingly of their reasons for wanting to serve on the Student

Council are:

7th Grade Girls: Isabella MacFadden

7th Grade Boys: Hunter Van Delden

8th Grade Girls: Emmanuelle Mefrige

8th Grade Boys: Mark Lane

We offer our hearty congratulations to these young men and women and look forward to hearing more about

their activities!

—Dr. Lorele Lamascus, MS & US Dean

MS & US NOTES from Dr. Lamascus

THANK YOU to our

Contributors of Photos or Stories

They include: Lorele Lamascus, Deborah Wendtland, Christina Cantu, Kate Kisgen, Shawn White, Kristie Weems, Maria Kenne-dy, Sandra Czech, Julie Nyberg, Shawn Gar-cia, Ana Powell, Brigette Guerrero, Jeff Bazan, Linda Pasket, and Christy Lozano. Thank you to all our contributors of photos and stories.

What Are We Missing? Send In Your Ideas, Photos,

and Stories to

mhavel@atonementonline.com

SHOW US THE MONEY!

As of February 5th, our senior class has earned $1,224,000 in scholarship mon-ey. I will be compiling a list of all the schools to which they have been accepted and they will appear in a future issue.

—Mrs. Ana Powell School Counselor and College Counselor

Judges

Bob Novak

Elizabeth Pro

Connie Jones

Spence Jones

Carolyne Luna

Katja Ierome

Rachel McKee

Rebecca Mataya

Tara MacFadden

Erica Banks

Mary Ann & RJ Hicks

Leah Bacuta

Jim Growdon

Brian Schott

KeriLyn Wick

Janet Mefrige

Jinnu John

Nino Salazar

Mrs. Campos

Jennifer Gray

NHS and NJHS

Volunteers

William Jones

Conrad Obeng

Alexis Obeng

Amani Ierome

Emmalise Wick

Micah Rabey

Sofia Ortega

Natalie Pecha

Maria Pecha

Ava Cantu

Kathleen Morrow

Lily Moore

8th Grade

1st Alfonso Dela Cruz

1st Andres Sanchez

3rd Marcus Bacuta

4th Emmalise Wick

5th Clare Hivnor

6th Andrea Diaz

7th Grade

1st Hunter Van Delden

2nd Surrena Luna

3rd Hannah John

4th Noah Gulick

5th William Jones

6th Michael Cantu

Overall Winners: Alfonso Dela Cruz Andres Sanchez

Hunter Van Delden

All with perfect scores!

—Mr. Shawn White, faculty

The past weekend’s Middle School Science

Fair was a great success! Our students had

some exceptional projects this year, and

our winners are listed below. Also listed are

our terrific volunteers from the NHS and

NJHS as well as our judges! We thank you!

More on page 7...

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Our New Branding Materials

The Seal — Used….

The Shield — Used only when the name of the school is spelled out nearby

Shield, School Name, and Identifying Traits (Stacked )

Shield, School Name, and Identifying Traits (Horizontal)

Crusaders with Shield

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT OUR NAME: We should always use “The” when referring to the name of the school as well as when referring to the name of the parish and church. “The Atonement Academy” and “Our Lady of the Atonement Catholic Church” honor Jesus Christ, who was sent to be THE ATONEMENT for our sins (a proper noun). When we do not add “The,” we refer to the common noun, which means “penitence” or “penance.”

Ms. Lozano’s PreK class celebrates 100 Days of School!

Our soccer team enjoyed support from their classmates!

Ellise gives a tour to Mrs. Powell and Miss Salinas.

Julia gives a tour to her family and friends.

Wyatt teaches his dad about life in Ancient Egypt.

Brandon shows off a great dis-play!

Simon and his dad review his work.