Winter News
Catholic Schools week was full of lots of fun contests, activities, and events.
The finale of the week was
a teachers vs students beach ball volleyball game. The teachers got the win.
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WTAE Weather Team
Visits for Catholic Schools
Week |
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Basketball Season
is in Full Swing! Come cheer on the Vikings! |
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Pep Rally Kicks
off the Basketball Season! |
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St. Ursula students all take
ribbons at the Forensic Meet |
Fall News
2011
Thank you to all
who participated
and played at Kids’
Bingo yesterday.
We were able to
collect additional
canned goods and
money for gift cards
to be added
to the Thanksgiving food
drive. A special
thanks to the
parent & student
volunteers for their
time & talents.
It wouldn’t be possible without you.
St. Ursula Students participated in Pinwheels for Peace Project on
September 21, the International World Peace Day observance. Under the direction
of our Art teacher, Mrs. Pontoriero,
our students created pinwheels with messages on colorful neon paper.
Pencils and tacks finished the project and the 8th graders "planted" the peace
messages in front of the St. Ursula Parish marble sign on Duncan Ave.
From the Pinwheels for peace website:
Imagine… millions of pinwheels spinning in the wind – pinwheels in the United
States, Great Britain, South America, Australia, the Middle East, Canada,
Africa, Europe and Asia; pinwheels all over the world! – big pinwheels, small
pinwheels; pinwheels of all shapes and sizes – colorful pinwheels, decorated
with drawings, paintings, collages, photographs – pinwheels with words of peace
and harmony written on them – fields of pinwheels, pinwheels along roadsides, in
schoolyards, in parks, pinwheels EVERYWHERE!
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Trick or
Treat Soccer - Trick! Snow in October! |
Halloween weekend
brought unexpected
snow but that did
not stop the
Developmental
soccer team from
playing in a
tournament. They
had a great time.
They had one win,
one loss, and one
tie. The team ended
in second place in
their bracket.
The annual parade had a variety of very creative costumes and the
students showed them off as they
walked through the school's
neighborhood.
Each year the parents plan great
Halloween celebrations for the
students. Thank you to all of
the parents for planning all of the
games and providing all of the
treats. As always, the kids had a
great time!
Following the parade and parties, the students participated in the
Monster Ball Dance-a-thon. The students raised over $3,000 for the school.
Thank you to everyone who donated and those who organized this fun event.
Girls are the winners of the Box Tops contest! Girls
collected 5390 Box Tops and boys were close behind with 5260. That’s $1064
earned for St. Ursula School! Fantastic job to all students and families and
thanks for a GREAT fall collection! Sr. Joanita will announce the date of the
jeans day for the girls.
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100 Years of Faith in Education at St. Ursula School...Celebrated with
Mass, Awards, Reception
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In conjunction with the school’s 100th anniversary, St.
Ursula School Alum Achievement Award was created to recognize former graduates
of St. Ursula School. Through their lives they are living the “Enter to Grow,
Exit to Serve” motto that is the foundation of all that we do at St. Ursula
School. All graduates of St. Ursula School were eligible for consideration.
Congratulations to Conrad Carney II, Jean McNally, Elizabeth Regan, and Janet Buettner Rushmore. The awards were presented by Father Garrett Dorsey, and
Sister M. Joanita Fedor, Principal, directly after the 11:00 am St. Ursula
School 100th Anniversary Celebration Mass. Bishop David Zubik was the celebrant.
One of the Bishop's messages was to give thanks to the many people who have
helped the students of St. Ursula School become loving and joyful people.
Our slideshow contains photos of the preparation and celebration.
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The Feast of Saint
Ursula Mass Celebrated on October21 |
Oh Glorious St. Ursula Instructor of the
Young and Guardian of Virtue
Saint Ursula is represented in Christian Art
wearing a crown, as princess; has an arrow
in her hand, the attribute of her martyrdom;
and carries a pilgrim's staff, surmounted by a
white banner with a red cross, the Christian
standard of victory. A Church was dedicated
to her in the region of Cologne. In the rise of
universities, Ursula was considered their
patron saint. In modern times St. Ursula is
considered the Patron Saint of all Facilities
Caring for
Children. Her Feast Day is
celebrated on October 21st.
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Cross Country Congratulations |
Cross Country - Congratulations to all our cross country participants in
Saturday’s Diocesan Championships! Annie placed 4th out of 233 junior varsity
girls and received a medal on the podium. Amanda placed 8th out of 155 varsity
girls and also received a medal. Great job! Our JV Girls, JV Boys, and Varsity
Girls teams all finished strongly in the rankings. A huge thank you goes to our
Cross Country coaches – Paul Hanlon, Stephanie White, and Eileen Curry. They
really motivated and taught our young athletes. Thank you for your time and
effort!
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Cross Country
Congratulations |
Another great meet in the mud! St. Ursula’s varsity and junior varsity boys and
girls teams faced St. Alexis and Assumption (and Northgate varsity). Our teams
had a strong showing with girls JV and boys JV taking 2nd place and Varsity
girls taking 3rd place. Annie finished in 1st place (second race in a row) and
Peyton was close behind in 2nd place. Great job girls! Danny finished in 1st
place for JV boys and Nicholas placed 3rd for JV boys. Newcomer Amanda placed
3rd for varsity girls. This was our hardest course yet with bad weather
conditions…good job all!
Congratulations to our Cross Country team. We had a great showing at the
Slippery Rock Invitational.
Annie placed 8th out of 222 elementary girls. She stood on the winners’ podium
and
received a medal. Peyton came in 22nd place. Good job all!
FANTASTIC results from our cross country team at the Dorseyville invitational –
despite the mud!
Congrats to all the finishers and the runners who obtained their best per-mile
times. Annie was
5th overall and Peyton was 10th overall out of 124 Elementary girls. Wow!
Our Cross Country team had a great showing at the meet with St. Gregory and St.
Mary. Annie
placed 1st and Peyton placed 2nd for JV girls. Danny placed 5th among
JV Boys. The JV Girls team placed 1st at the meet. Great job to all!
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