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Our 2016-17 School Year

Theme: MUSIC

Making Us Strong In Christ

What M.U.S.I.C. Means to Me

by Grace Murray My theme, M.U.S.I.C., Making Us Strong In

Christ, combines my favorite things at Saint

Theresa School and Parish. The teachers at

Saint Theresa's school are great. They weave

religion, life lessons and good examples into

all of our subjects. They lead by example and care about their students. They

teach us to be better and kinder people. They want us to all be successful and

help us strengthen our relationship with God. I pray to God for strength and

guidance everyday. I need his help with my studies, my cheerleading and

patience to deal with my brother. The music program at STS is amazing. Music

is important to me because I'm in choir, I love to sing, I play the piano, and

music class is one of my favorite specials. I think the new piano lab is

AMAZING and being in choir is really fun! I love singing at church and other

places with all my friends. Singing the National Anthem at the Hershey Bears

game is one of my favorite things to do. I also love learning how to play piano

with Mr. Smith and practicing at home and in music class.

Issue 1 2016 - 2017 School Year September 2016

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Our development and marketing officer, Mrs.

Zemba and I are proud to announce and reveal our

new school logo. This new logo gives St. Theresa

School a professional and contemporary feel. The

logo will also provide a consistent brand for

marketing purposes.

Our enrollment is currently at 384 students. We had

to add a second preschool morning class to

accommodate all the families who desire a Catholic

preschool education from St. Theresa School.

Lastly, we are excited to report we reached nearly

$19,000.00 in donations for our 2015-16 Race for

Education event. Thank you all for your generous

response to the needs of Saint Theresa School.

We are excited to start another year filled with

strong academics and fun activities all surrounded

by our Catholic faith. Have a great school year!

What’s New at STS Mr. Shore?

Welcome back students, faculty and staff, parents

and friends! We are excited for a new school year.

We had another fantastic start to the new school

year with our second annual New Family Picnic.

The temperatures were a little too hot and with the

threat of thunderstorms, we moved the party inside

much to everyone’s approval. Thank you to all the

hard work all the volunteers put into making the

event welcoming for our new families.

Please join me in

thanking Mr. Chip

Z i m m e r m a n f o r

painting two new

Buddy Benches for St.

Theresa School. We

would also like to thank

the Bitner Family for

giving us the idea to

have benches at STS.

The Bitner Family said

they hope the benches

bring joy and friendship to all children during

recess.

Please also join me in thanking a very hardworking

crew that polished, cleaned, painted and scrubbed

the school for us over the summer. Thank you to

Randy Meholick and summer crew for all your

hard work.

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Speaking of Music—how

about the fabulous

Matsiko World

Orphan Choir! What

a wonderful way to start

our new school year. The

students and staff of STS

were treated to a perform-

ance by the children dur-

ing the first week of

school. We are also

proud to announce that we have adopted two chil-

dren for the school year. If you would like to par-

ticipate, you can send in a donation with the

monthly Missions collection. We will keep you

posted on our adopted students.

MISSIONS Collections

will be every 3rd Tues-

day of the month:

OCTOBER 18

NOVEMBER 15

DECEMBER 20

Missions representatives

are pictured here count-

ing the collections.

Look at St. Theresa School coming out in force at

the annual Catholic Charities Shelter Shuffle!

Mrs. Szymczak and family were also at the race.

Way to go Saints!

O.R.E.O. Internet Project 2016 - Last week,

students in 1B participated in an

O.R.E.O. (Our Really Exciting

Online) Internet Project. Using the

Oreo® cookie as a manipulative,

they joined schools from all over the

world as they saw how many Oreo®

cookies each child stacked before

they tumbled. The class average was

12 and the highest stack in the class

was 16! For more information and to

see the results, go to

www.projectsbyJen.com and click on O.R.E.O. 2016.

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Mrs. Michelle Mariani

Saint Theresa School Physical

Education Teacher

Congratulations to the following students who were inducted into Student Council:

President - Hanah Miller

Vice President - Liza Levin

Secretary - Theresa Pham

Sergeant at Arms - Melanie Uroda

Student Council Representatives:

Gracie Felton Matthew Glinski Amaya Wehler Ayanna Jackson Heather Seubert

Isabelle Roes Connor Pushart

Samantha Marshall Isabella Brida Ben Frantz

Allen Clouser Olivia Brenkacs

Student Council is under the direction of Mrs. McCarthy

Hello Saint Theresa Parents and Students! I am a

graduate of Cedar Cliff High School and played

Varsity Soccer and Gymnastics all four years. I

went onto IUP with a soccer scholarship and

received my B.S in Health and PE. My Master's of

Education is from University of New

England. My nine and a half year teaching

experience includes teaching Health and Physical

Education in VA, NY, and PA in the public school

setting. I took five years off to raise my children

Isabella and Isaac who are in 5th and 2nd grades

here at St. Ts. Most recently, I was a Special

Education aide at Cedar Cliff High School. I am

very excited to bring my varied experience to Saint

Theresa School.

We would like to welcome

the following new staff to

STS!

Mrs. Judy Karas, Middle School Learning Support

Mrs. Paula DeJesus, School Nurse

Mrs. Kim Beeghley, Learning Support Aide (K-5)

Mrs. Adalene Noll, After School Program

Mrs. Christy Morgan (Long-term sub for Mrs.

O’Connor)

President of Student Council, Hanah Miller’s address to the parents at Back to School Nights:

Hello! My name is Hanah Miller. I am in 8th grade here at St Theresa's and I am also the Student

Council President. I've been at this school for eleven years and I have to say, even after being here for eleven years,

every year seems like the first day of kindergarten. You would think after a decade at the same school, with the same

teachers you couldn’t wait to leave. But that’s not true. STS is such a great school because it's constantly changing

and evolving. I remember when we first got the COWs, or computers on wheels and Smart Boards. Boy did we think

they were cool. Then we got the iPads and then last year we got the iPad Airs. New technology makes learning so

much more fun. Not only is new ways in learning important at STS, our faith is a priority. Each day starts and ends

with prayer and announcements led by the Student Council Officers. Almost every Friday we go to church. We have

choir and band play at Mass and lower grades have upper grade church buddies. Also in middle school, before each

class we say a little prayer. Speaking of class, during religion class we sometimes go to the chapel located right out-

side the school building. I hope you also come to love the World's Best Catholic School like I have.

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Thank you to all our participants at our golf outing and all our

sponsors. To see the complete list of sponsors and all pictures

from the golf outing, please go to our website, click on

Administration then Development. Thank you Jessica

Gonzalez for the beautiful pictures of a fun-filled day. Parents,

alumni, friends — Please consider joining us next year at our

golf outing in September! It’s always a great time.

Thank you to: Diocesan Publications,

LabLearner, Brewhouse Grille, Joe Bedard, Faulkner Nissan, Mid Penn Bank, Drain

Doctors, Tom Hewitt, Parthemore, Allied Maintenance, Salzmann Hughes, Hilton Diminick

Orthodontists, Members 1st, Lifetouch, H.B. McClure, Dr. Clem Ciccarelli, Mama’s Pizza,

VibraLife, Hempt Brothers, Conexus, Reilly Insurance, St. Theresa Parish Athletic Assoc.,

Flynn and O’Hara, Barbush and Hoffman, Semoff’s Barber Shop, Villa Roma Pizza, L.B.

Smith Ford, Sean and BethAnn Connolly, Kevin Arnold, Olde Towne Beverage, Chris and

Samantha Tinglof, Marcus and Jen Grace, Oxford Hall, Cedar Cliff Subway, Darrenkamps,

Murphy’s Homestyle, Nick’s 114, Salon Platinum, Rob Kline and PNC Bank.

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It’s always wonderful

to see our older

students pair up with

their younger

buddies. Here you

can see our 8th

graders reading to

their preschool

buddies in Mrs.

Zimmerman’s class.

Did you hear?? We had an impromptu flashmob at

middle school lunch this year already. We are told it

was disorganized, chaotic and awesome all at the

same time! The students sang and danced to the

song: God's Not Dead. Mrs. Castner was proud of

her "super religion class witnesses".

Members of the St. Theresa School Respect Life

Club took buckets

of colorful chalk

out to the sidewalks

and parking lot of

S a in t T he r e s a

School to create Pro

L i f e c h a l k

drawings. National

Pro-Life Chalk Day

was September 24th

and members of the

club wanted to

show their support!

Great job!!

8th grade is

already hard

at work on

f u n d r a i s e r s

for the year!

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By: Paul Moretz

How can you serve your parish community for

the majority of your time in school? By

becoming an altar server. The Parish Knights of

Columbus have the responsibility of training

altar servers at St. Theresa Parish. They do this

by holding several classes usually in the

fall. You have the opportunity to serve Mass at

a time that you prefer.

Pope Francis was quoted recently speaking to

9,000 altar servers, “Serving at the altar,” the

pope told the young people, “is a privileged way

to draw closer to Jesus, which in turn enables

you to open yourselves to others, to journey

together, to set demanding goals and to find the

strength to achieve them."

"The closer you are to the altar," he told them,

"the more you will remember to speak with

Jesus in daily prayer; the more you will be

nourished by the word and the body of the Lord,

the better able you will be to go out to others,

bringing them the gift that you have received,

giving in turn with enthusiasm the joy you have

received.”

What does it mean to be an Altar Server? Part of

it means that Altar Servers help the priest at

Mass, are responsible, report on time and are

respectfully dressed. But it’s much more than

that, being an Altar Server means being

connected to the Mass in a powerful way.

4 Reasons to be an Altar Server:

1) Best Seat in the House

Hey, if you are wanting to get the best seat in

house, altar serving is for you. Ever get bored at

church? That will not happen anymore. Need a

good reason to get away from your annoying

brother or sister? This is it.

2) Friends

It’s become something of the “cool” factor

among kids. They enjoy serving together. Many

servers often drop by the altar server room

before Mass just to see if they need an extra set

of hands. They make lots of friends with other

boys and girls outside their normal peer

group, Fourth graders become friends with high

school kids. We are called to live in community

and I can’t think of a more positive bunch than

our 70 altar servers.

3) Respect and

understanding of

the Mass.

You will

experience the

Mass in a new and

special way. You

will likely have an

almost immediate

shift in your

approach. Your

focus and

understanding will change resulting in joy and

mastery of the Mass.

4) An opportunity for leadership.

You will begin knowing nothing and will soon

find yourself helping and mentoring others as

you grow in your knowledge. For more

information contact Mr. Moretz via email:

hapimoretz@verizon.net or ask at the church

office.

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The Saint

Theresa

School music

program is

always in

motion! As

we begin the new school year, it is also the time we

begin our instrumental lesson program here at St.

Theresa School. Our instrumental Lesson program is

under the direction of B.J. Meagher and Ed Smith.

The instruments

that are offered are:

Flute, Clarinet,

Saxophone,

Trumpet,

Trombone,

Baritone, Bells,

Drums and Piano.

Lessons will begin

the first week of

October for

beginners. Please

feel free to contact

us at the school if

you have any questions. You can also visit Mrs.

Meagher’s website, click “Faculty” then Mrs.

Meagher’s webpage for all the details.

It’s time for the Art Enrichment Program! See our

school website for all the details on the new program

for this year.

NEW CLUB AT STS!

We are offering a

Matthew 25 Club for

students in 4th—8th

grade. The Matthew 25

Club will meet every

other Thursday starting

October 6th after school until 4:30 p.m. The club

will focus on social justice and service to needy

members of our community. For more information,

see the school website under extracurricular.

A Good Deed, By:

Mrs. Castner: You

may not know, but at

the beginning of the

school year my crucifix

fell from the wall and

shattered. I was so very

sad. It was one of the

old, original ones from

the old wing of the

school. Of course, I was

told I could order a new

one, but it would not

have had the same

meaning. My Fourth

period religion, 7th and 8th grade Language Arts

class got together and surprised me with a NEW

crucifix last week. Now I have a new crucifix AND

it has very special meaning since they went to all

that trouble to surprise me. What a wonderful gift of

love they shared!

Ms.

O’Connor

sent us this

email from a

project the

third grade

class worked

on last year.

Look at the

size of

Kaitlyn’s

cabbage!! Way to go Kaitlyn. The cabbage weighed

in at a whopping 19.8 pounds.

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Saint Theresa School offers a number of extra-curricular sports through the St. Theresa Parish Athletic Association (STPAA). The fall sports include:

Instructional Basketball—grades 1 through 3 Basketball (Boys and Girls) grades 3 through 8

Cheerleading, grades 2 through 8 (Fall/Winter) For more information on these

programs, please see the STPAA website at: www.stpaa.com

Alumni News from the Deppen Family!! Jenna

graduated in May from West Chester University

with a bachelor's degree in Communication Disor-

ders (Speech Pathology) and is now going for her

masters degree in that field at California Univer-

sity of PA. Philip is a sophomore at Shippensburg

University studying computer science.

Pictured are Patrick (STS

‘14) and Colleen

Connolly (STS ‘12) while

they were at World Youth

Day in Krakow, Poland

this summer. Both pil-

grims said it was an awe-

some experience! Father

Lease was also one of the

82 pilgrims on the trip or-

ganized by the Diocese.

The youth really enjoyed

his company!

Drew DeBastiani (St.

Theresa class of 2012

and Trinity 2016) is a

freshman at Susque-

hanna University ma-

joring in Business. He

is playing football for

the Riverhawks as

well.

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Mark Hergenroeder will be sophomore at

Swarthmore College this year. He is member of

Men’s Lacrosse team.

This picture was taken of the Trinity High School Group at the Saturday, September 2016

Out of the Darkness Walk/Suicide Awareness/Prevention on City Island. Our group of 33 (Team Joe)

raised $1,220.00. We are so very proud of these students! I see several STS alumni in the picture!

Pauline Matthew, STS

alumna, who graduated

from Cedar Cliff, June

2016, is valedictorian of

Cumberland Perry area

Vocational technical

school. She was recog-

nized on June 6 by

WGAL TV 8 at a

Luncheon for valedicto-

rians at the Milton Her-

shey School and was

part of a month long on-

air salute to graduating

leaders. Congratula-

tions Pauline!!

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We are off to a great start in the PTO! The next

PTO meeting is scheduled for October 5th at 7:00

p.m. at the Little Flower Social Hall. We will see

you there!

Thank you for supporting your PTO!!

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The first School Board

meeting of the school year

was held on September 15,

2016 at the Little Flower

Social Hall at the Parish.

Next meeting will be

November 10th. All are

invited to the meetings. Any items for the agenda

must go through School Board first. See website for

details on contacting a member.

Check out our STS Choir at the Hbg. Senators!!!

Are you a business owner? Do you know a business

owner? The Educational Improvement Tax Credit

Program is a way for businesses to divert their tax

funds toward Saint Theresa School (STS). This

program provides significant revenues to support

tuition scholarships at our school. Thank you to the

following businesses who are supporting STS

through this program:

Parthemore Funeral Home

Excel Interior Concepts

Barbush & Hoffman

Treichler Sports & Family Chiropractic

Reilly Insurance

Nutrition Inc.

Soccer Shots

Calcagno & Rossi

If you would like more information on the EITC

program, please visit our website at

www.sainttheresaschool.org and click on “School

B o a r d ” t h e n “ D e v e l o p m e n t ” .

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Check out our 5th grade

t e a c h e r s M r s .

DeBastiani and Mrs.

Levens who came into

school (not realizing)

they wore matching

outfits!! They thought

it was funny and asked

Mrs. Zemba to take a

picture of them. When

M r s . Z e m b a

arrived, they found

she TOO was

matching and the

t w i n s b e c a m e

triplets. Too funny!!

Educational Improvement Tax

Credit Program (EITC)

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Be sure to go online and register your Giant Bonus Card number. Giant gave

us over $10,000 last year! Please enlist the help of family, friends and

neighbors. If you registered last year, you do not need to register again.

Grandparents Day is Friday, October 7th for preschool, kindergarten and first

grade. We celebrate and honor grandparents with activities and refreshments.

PTO Trunk or Treat—don’t miss out on this amazing event by the PTO!!

Lots of fun in the back parking lot of STS. Event is scheduled for Thursday

evening, October 13th.

Halloween Parade Concession Stand—come out

and support the STS concession stand. Lots of deli-

cious hot foods for you to enjoy as you watch the

parade. Parade is scheduled for Tuesday, October

18th!

NEXT MISSIONS COLLECTION—October 18th!

Help support our Matsiko Children.

Calendar Change—Friday, November 11th—now will be an early dismissal at

11:30 for a staff in-service day.

Keep clipping the Box Tops!!

Saint Theresa School—1200 Bridge Street —New Cumberland, PA 17070

(717) 774-7464 — Email: stsoffice@sainttheresaschool.org

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