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What is your greatest highlight for 2014/15? A highlight for the school year would be our first full year of using LabLearner. Seeing the Lab in action and watching the

students learn science by doing science was truly exciting. My second highlight would have to be the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. Who wouldn’t like the opportunity to pour ice water on their teachers?! Mr. Randy made the moment especially memorable for me when he so kindly gave me a towel filled with shaving cream after I was doused with buckets of ice water! I think all the students and faculty really enjoyed that moment. It was an honor to be able to stand up for our Faith by sending our contribution to the John Paul II Medical Research Institute. What are you looking forward to in 2015/16? In the new school year, I am looking forward to having WiFi school wide that will allow for more effective integration of technology. What are you summer plans? I hope to get in as much golf as I can, small vacation to the beach and swimming with my girls. In addition, I’ll be at the school working with Ms. Allen on key strategies for integrating technology with the WiFi. Special thanks? There are so many people to thank for another excellent school year. Thank you to our wonderful teachers and staff who put so much time and effort into teaching and working with our students every day. Thank you to the PTO and School Board for all the work they have done for STS throughout the school year. Thank you to our students for working so hard and giving your best effort to continue to grow spiritually and academically. Thank you to the parents for entrusting your children to STS and providing much continued support for your children, their teachers, the school, and this administration. Have a great summer! Please remember to keep reading, do some math, go to Mass weekly and pray daily. Sincerely,

Mr. Shore

Issue 4 2014 - 2015 School Year May 2015

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Saint Theresa School—2014-2015

A Year In Review… First Day

of School,

ALS Bucket

Challenge,

prayer

service,

uniform

exchange,

night at

Hoss’s,

open house,

back to

school

nights,

picture

day, golf

outing,

school board

meetings, car

washes, PTO

family night

out, DOUD’s,

Choir sings at

Chamber of

Commerce,

winning the

2014 Central

Penn Parent

Family Favorite

Awards, movie night, lunch bunch, Feast of Saint

Theresa,

Rosary with

the Bishop,

middle school

dances, PTO

meetings,

hoagie sales,

donuts with

dad, social

networking

forum…...

Red Ribbon Week, Trunk

or Treat, Bat Dance,

New Cumberland Fire

Department Fire Truck

Dedication, parent

teacher conferences,

Bishop visits our school

and blesses our new Lab,

Muffins with Mom,

Liturgy, PTO Ladies

Night Out, Spirit Week,

First grade pot luck, Spelling Bees, Rite of

Enrollment, Marian

Club, Art Enrichment

Club, Saint Nicholas

Breakfast, Science

Fair, Christmas

concerts, 8th grade

luncheons, First

Penance, Geography

Bee,

lunch

bunch,

Cub Scouts, Girl Scouts, Choir

sings at Hershey Bears Game,

Catholic Schools Week, Taste

of St. Theresa, Grandparents

Day, Pinewood Derby, Stations

of the Cross, Liturgy, faculty

meetings, Track, Basketball,

Soccer, Volleyball………..

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Cheerleading, cross country, CASEF, Spring

Fling, Easter egg hunts, BINGO, Ecology

field trip, The Little Mermaid Jr.,

COGATS, ITBS, ice cream socials, First

Holy Communion, Poetry Parade, May

Crowning, Living Rosary, Race for Educa-

tion, Curriculum Fair, Living Wax Museum, 3

on 3,

STEMS, Spring Concert, Kindergarten and

Preschool Celebrations, Student Council,

Respect Life Club, food drives, paper mâché

frog, rosary recitation, Sweet Frog,

Subway, Quiz Bowl, Band, Choir, After

Hours Band, Lectors, Altar Servers,

Missions Club, Math 24, Pumpkin Day,

Singing at Strawberry Square, EITC rally

at State Capital, DJ Jazzy Jackie, Volley-

ball tournament, LEAP, The Gingerbread

Man, Flat Stanley, Rain Forest, Tales with

Tails, 50’s celebration, Transportation day,

Field Day, 5th grade Olympics, 8th grade

graduation, Volunteer Breakfast, Rotary

Club visits and hands out dictionaries, eye

glass collection, retired flag collection,

Capital Area Science and Engineering Fair,

I r i s h

Dancing, St.

Patrick’s Day

p r o j e c t ,

N a t i o n a l

F o r e i g n

L a n g u a g e

W e e k ,

S i s t e r

P a r i s h

in Kentucky

drive for

t o i l e t r y

i t e m s ,

M A T H -

COUNTS, 100th day of school celebration,

Glo Germ, Scholastic Writing Contest,

Pirate Day, Gingerbread Houses, Visit to

Mallard Run, Scripps Howard Spelling Bee,

Blanket drive, Fire Safety, Apple Festival,

Giant A+ rewards program, Smart Money,

Technology, Confirmation Retreat, Ash

Wednesday, Principal for a Day, Respect

Life Poster contest, Reading programs,

Physical Education, Recess, National

History Day, County Band, and much more!!!!

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After CASEF there is a little time for the students to catch their breaths before they begin to

start preparing for the state PJAS competition. The

state competition has students from all over

Pennsylvania. The people, who one meets and

befriends during science fair, make science even

more fun and is one of the many benefits of

participating in science fair. After the PJAS State

Competition science fair officially comes to an end

for the middle school students who moved on. Each

student that participated this year agrees that science

fair is a lot of hard work, but that there are more

benefits than drawbacks. It is summed up by

Meredith Kelly, an eighth grade student, “PJAS is a

fabulous experience and is definitely worth it”.

Moving on at science fair takes time,

dedication, and perseverance. Both the PJAS and

CASEF judging can be a little scary, but preparation

is the key. Mrs. Banks, the middle school science

teacher, reinforces that and is always there to guide,

encourage and help students prepare. The judges are

adults who are science minded and often work in the

field of your project; they question you, offer advice,

often referred to as constructive criticism, but also

encourage you to continue to do your best. I have

learned to take pride in all my work, no matter what

happens, or what score I get. I moved on both last

year, and this year and there were many times I felt

that science fair was too stressful and I wanted to

quit, but then I remember all the good things about

science and the science fair. In the end, standing up

on stage with other students who have the same

passion for science and hearing your name being

announced is a special feeling that makes it all worth

it; and any student who is determined and willing to

put forth the time and effort will surely be able to

experience that too.

Moving on at Science Fair

By: Maggie Killmeyer, 8th grade

September through December is known to

seventh and eighth grade students as science fair

time. Many people believe that St. Theresa

School’s involvement with science fair ends in

December with the school science fair, but that is

not true. Each year several students are selected to

move onto the Capital Area Science and Engineer-

ing Fair (CASEF) and The Pennsylvania Junior

Academy of Science (PJAS). The Grand

Champion and Runner-Up from seventh and

eighth grade, along with six to eight other students

with projects that display excellent work are able

to participate in one or both of the fairs. As this

year’s 8th grade runner up I went to both fairs.

We, the students, begin preparing from the

moment the St. Theresa’s science fair ends. The

PJAS Regional competition comes in February. At

PJAS students use a PowerPoint presentation; they

create, to give an oral explanation of their project

to the judges. It is okay to be nervous, but as Mia

Kilroy, one of this year’s eighth grade

participants, explains “It [PJAS] gives us, as

students, good exposure to science as well as

helping with social skills.” Those who receive a

first place award, seven this year from St Theresa,

move on to the PJAS State Competition which is

at Penn State University in May, but before that is

CASEF.

In March, the students that were selected

move on to CASEF. At this competition the

boards, papers, and project journals used at the

school’s science fair are on display again. The

judges review the projects and then interview the

students asking questions about their work.

Approximately 45 schools, from five counties

around central Pennsylvania, the capitol area, are

represented. Winning at CASEF can be especially

exciting because there are many different

categories of awards and many different types of

awards that are given by the fair’s sponsors. A

participant can get medals, plaques, gift cards and

even money. Representing St. Theresa School at

CASEF this year were: Stephanie Uroda, Leah

Deppen, Mia Kilroy, me (Maggie Killmeyer)

Elise Shore, Jocey Francis, Matthew

Musselman, and Amanda Smith; everyone did

an amazing job and many awards were won.

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Saint Theresa School

would like to thank the

PTO officers and all the

2014-2015 school year

volunteers for all your

efforts!! We could not do

this without you.

Special thanks to:

Meghan Rivera, Darnell Weaver, Jill

Smith and Jessica Gonzalez. The PTO or-ganizes so many of our special events throughout

the year. Thank you for your generous support.

We would like to extend a

special thank you to our

professional photographer

volunteer:

Jessica Gonzalez. Jessica

was at all our major events

and took beautiful pictures

for us. Jessica Gonzalez is a portrait and event

photographer specializing in weddings, engage-

ment, newborn, family, maternity and child

photography. Jessica Gonzalez services New Cum-

berland, PA and surrounding areas in Central PA.

Jessica offers both local portrait sessions at her

studio including indoor and outdoor studio and

natural lighting. She also offers on location

photography. She can’t wait to have the opportu-

nity to capture precious moments in your life.

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email jessicagonzalezphotos@gmail.com to book a

session or find out more about photography

services offered.

St. Theresa School thanked all our fabulous

volunteers after the Ascension Mass on Thursday,

May 14th. The volunteers were cheered and

applauded as they walked through the cafeteria

doors and were treated to a delicious breakfast

donated by the teachers and staff. Students wrote

letters to the volunteers and all students signed the

banner that

Mrs. Forst

made for the

event. Thank

you to all our

volunteers!!

We

appreciate

you!!!!!!

Thank you to Mrs. Deb Richard

for organizing the breakfast event.

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Farewell to St. Theresa School

By: Patrick Levin, Student Council

President

During my eight years at Saint Theresa

School I have had many great experiences. Every

year something was different at school and there

were new changes.

Whether it was what

we learned, the

teachers, or new

friends, the changes

were good and made a

difference. All of the

grades have been

different but none have

been as special or

unique as eighth grade.

Eighth grade has been an amazing

experience that I will never forget. Many great

things have happened this year including a better

sense of friendship between my classmates. We all

came together and enjoyed the year as a whole. I

have made many friends throughout my time at

STS. Some of them will go on to different high

schools but I will see most of them again in high

school.

I will miss the good times I have had at STS

but I will still have the memories. My eighth grade

classmates have played an important role in my life

and I am sure my classmates feel the same way.

With all of this said, I would like to say a final

farewell to all of my eighth grade classmates. I

hope that all of us remember the good times at STS

and keep close with the friends we have made.

It is with great sadness

that we say good-bye to a

wonderful teacher at St.

Theresa School. Mrs.

Angela Tarkington is

going to be pursuing a

degree in teaching higher

education.

Mrs. Tarkington in a

letter to the Middle

School Parents: “This

decision has not come

easy as I have grown to love the closeness of the

Saint Theresa’s School community. The support

of my fellow teachers, the administration, staff

and the students and families of STS has been

wonderful. I have enjoyed getting to know and

love the students I’ve had the pleasure of teaching

over the past two years. Being a middle school

teacher and mentor to our children has been a

truly rewarding experience and one that I will

never forget. STS will always hold a special

place in my heart. Please keep me in your prayers

as I set out on this new journey.”

We all wish you the very best Mrs. Tarkington

and thank you for two wonderful years of

excellent teaching in mathematics!!

Because of Mrs. Tarkington ……

WE LOVE MATH!!

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What a beautiful day we had for our annual Race for

Education! It was so nice the students were able to

be outside to enjoy the warm, sunny weather. Thank

you to all our parent volunteers to helped out with

the Race this year.

There is always so

m u c h t o b e

accomplished. Thank

you to our School

Board Members, Jenn

Nunemaker, Erin

Verano and Dana

Needham along with

Ann Levin and so

many other gracious

volunteers who worked

so diligently to make

t h e d a y r u n

smoothly. A job well

done by all including

our students and their great running. Kudos to some

long distance runners. We clocked three students

and here is how far they ran during their race for

education time:

Dylan Renne 4th grade ran 2.65 miles in 27 minutes

Chase Nunemaker 3rd grade ran 3.1 in 29 minutes

Joey Francis 8th grade 2.9 miles in 30 minutes

This year, proceeds

from the Race will be

used for: new teacher

i-pads, mirroring app

to project i-pad image

onto Smart Boards,

Smart Board for

LabLearner classroom

and multiple web-

based programs to

enhance s tudent

learning. Thank you

for your support!

Four 8th grade student council officers traveled to the

Harrisburg State Capital to attend the annual EITC rally

on May 6, 2015. The students had an opportunity to take

part in supporting a program run by the state of

Pennsylvania that helps so many families be able to

afford tuition at private schools. EITC stands for

the Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program.

The program is run by the state of Pennsylvania,

Department of Community and Economic Development

(DCED). The students had the opportunity to take a

picture with former NFL player Ricky Watters, who was

a guest speaker at the event. Pictured is: Ellen Frantz,

Erica Lawrence, Ricky Watters, Patrick Levin and Leah

Deppen.

BUSINESS OWNERS: How often have you had the

opportunity to choose how your state tax dollars are

spent? Not only does this improve a student’s chance to

receive the education of their choice, but also it results in

a tax credit for your business and the money stays right in

our community. As a business in Pennsylvania, you want

to ensure that we have the best education in our

community. Having the option to pay Pennsylvania tax

or divert that tax money to Saint Theresa School to help

families struggling to afford a private education is an

incredible gift.

Do you own a business? You may quality! Please thank

these businesses who have signed up to help our school:

Select Specialty Hospital

Treichler Sports & Family Chiropractic

Nutrition Group

Metro Bank Soccer Shots

Reilly Insurance Parthemore Funeral Home

For more information: www.newpa.com/EITC or contact Michelle Zemba at St. Theresa School.

Deadline to apply is July 1, 2015!!

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Math24 or the

24Game is a

math game

designed to

work on

students’

processing and

fluency skills

for adding, subtracting, dividing and multiplying

numbers to equal 24 in a fun, competitive way. On

Monday, May 4th, 2015, The CAIU (Capital Area

Intermediate Unit) held a competition for up to 32

competing school teams made up of 4th and 5th

Grade students. St. Theresa was well represented

with (going left to right in picture) Damiana

Harkins, Isabel Shore, Payten Gorman and

Grace Verano! Way to go girls!!

Respect Life Club The Respect Life Club under

the direction of Mrs. Lyn

Kaufold has been busy again

this year! The students

recently had a baby shower

and gave hundreds of baby

items to the Morningstar

Pregnancy Services in New

Cumberland. The

students also had

their annual

Quarters for Kids

event. The event

raised $1,000 for

Father Raja’s

orphanage in India.

Way to go!!!

An art enrichment club by Mrs. Amanda Forst

was offered to students who seek to develop their

passion for and to create art outside of their normal

class times. The enrichment program provided

extra time for students to create and learn about

art. Students greatly enjoyed the extra time to be

creative! Session themes include the following:

sketchbook drawing, paper making,

painting, book binding, holiday crafts,

clay, and print making. Kudos to the

Art Enrichment Program for creating

“Phil-LEAP” the Frog who proudly

served as our mascot this school year!

Marian Club St. Theresa School students of all

ages are welcome to join

the Marian Club. The Club is under

the direction of Mrs. Terry

Pinamonti and Mrs. Sue Moser.

The purpose of the club is to help

lead students closer to Jesus through

deeper devotion to Mary. Club

meetings were held from 3:30 - 4:30 pm on the first

Wednesday of each month. Members of the club

pray the Sorrowful Mysteries of

the Rosary and create pictures

for the sick and homebound. On

the last club meeting, students

participated in crowing Mary

with flowers and celebrated the

end of the year with an ice cream

treat.

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Congratulations to Alexander Zemaitis (STS

alumnus '13) for competing in the Pennsylvania

State Computer Fair at Dickinson College.

Alexander Zemaitis won 2nd place in the Digital

Movie category!! Congratulations Alexander!!!

Here are

pictures of

Anna ‘12

and Erin

Smith ‘14

from

Beauty and

the Beast at

Red Land.

Anna was

"Madame

de la

Grande

Bouche" (aka the "Wardrobe") and Erin was the

Aristocratic Lady/Dance Ensemble. They had such

a great time and it was nice that their STS friends

came to support them!

Article from

the Patriot

News:

Winning a

third

straight

state title

was not

enough

for Bradley

Buchter (STS ‘12). Even setting a state record was

not the ultimate goal for the junior. Buchter was

aiming for the pool record in diving for the PIAA

Class AA boys competition at Kinney Natatorium

at Bucknell University, and got it with a 642.50.

With his third straight gold medal already well in

hand when he entered the last three dives, Buchter

reset his own state meet record with one dive to go.

He scored a 67.60

on a forward 1.5

somersault with two

twists to bring his

total to 570. His pre-

vious state record

was a 557.30 from

last year.

What an amazing

a c c o m p l i s h m e n t

Bradley, STS is so

proud of you!!!!

Congratulations to Trinity High School freshman

(and STS alumna ‘14), Hannah Brenkacs, Hannah

has been selected to participate in the 2015

National Federation of State High School

Associations (NFHS) National Student Leadership

Summit this summer, in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Hannah is 1 out of 10 student-athletes to be

selected out of the entire state of Pennsylvania!!

http://highschoolsports.pennlive.com/player/bradley-buchter/http://highschoolsports.pennlive.com/player/bradley-buchter/

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Claire McCarthy (STS ‘09)

was recently named choir

director of the West Chester

University Catholic Newman

Center. Congratulations

Claire!

Track and Field News of Trinity High School (May 2015):

Lianne Uroda and Hannah Brenkacs 6th place 4x100 relay

Drew DeBastiani 2nd place 4x100, 5th place 200m dash

Miranda Nixon 5th in shotput

Amanda Becker 6th 300m hurdles 7th 100m

hurdles

Nora Shelley 10th in the 800m, 1st in the 4x800

relay

Trinity Girls 3rd overall; Boys 4th overall

Then and now…. Pictured below is

this year’s graduating class of Trinity High

School all who were members of St. Theresa

School! Pictured to the left is the 8th grade

Confirmation photo at St Theresa Parish May

2011.

Pictured above is

McKenna Brown

(STS’14) who visited

Haiti to lend a hand.

Way to go McKenna!

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Congratulations to our 8th Grade Graduates!! Best wishes to you!!

Samuel Bates

Kathryn Bernick

Dominic Bornman

Connor Brennan

Isabel Diaz

Lilly Easton

William Ewan

Meredith Kelly

Mia Kilroy

Hannah Kline

Alana LaPenta

Giovanna Malay

Narah Miller

Steven Mitrzyk

Teresa Oscilowski

Quentin Parthemore

Samantha Rohrer

Lauren Seubert

Ryan Stager

Joseph Stanisic

Emily Swinnich

Susanna Young

Thomas Castner

Mark Centurione

Leah Deppen

Tabitha Felton

Joseph Francis

Ellen Frantz

Tristan Gil

Jonathan Holjes

Margaret Killmeyer

Ayva Lacoco

Erica Lawrence

Carleen Lenig

Patrick Levin

Conor Moore

Sian Santiago

Kevin Stager

Ryan Stepp

Luke Stoey

Stephanie Uroda

Olivia Wyland

Molly Young

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Saint Theresa School—1200 Bridge Street —New Cumberland, PA 17070 (717) 774-7464 — www.sainttheresaschool.org “Like” us on Facebook!

Upcoming Events Stay tuned to Option C emails and the website for all details on the events listed below:

Summer office hours are

from 8:30am until

2pm everyday

except July 4th and also

please remember to

write separate checks for

tuition, Little Saints

Academy, Before/Afterschool program and

cafeteria balances.

Happy Summer!

From your office staff,

Jackie and Sharon

Join us for our 3rd

annual Sweet Frog

Fundraiser in July!

Uniform Exchanges

(Little Flower Social Hall):

Friday, July 24, 2015

Thursday, July 30, 2015

First Day of School:

Monday

August 24, 2015

SMART

MONEY:

Continue to

purchase Smart

Money throughout the Summer!

Starting July 1 we start a new year of

saving money for YOU and making

money for the school. Please consider

using this terrific and easy program to

save you money on your August tuition

bill!! Many families earn over a

MONTH of free tuition by doing this

program. Take a look at the school

website to get all the information you

need!! Click Fundraising, then Smart Money.

Join the entire STS family for our annual Hoss’s Family

Night Out Fundraiser in August ….. Stay tuned for date

and details….find out who your homeroom teacher is……..