Crusader Times April 10, 2019

• JOIN US FOR HOLY WEEK — The parish’s complete schedule is on the last page of this newsletter.

• TWO PERFORMANCES OF TWO PLAYS THIS WEEKEND! See page 3

• PENNY WAR 2019 ends this Friday at 1 pm! Gather that spare change! Search the car! Check pockets! Ask Grandma & Grandpa for theirs, too!

• NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARS — We have two “Commended” Scholars: Nico Nyberg and Olivia Kisgen! See p. 2

PreK3 through Grade 12

15415 Red Robin Road

San Antonio TX 78255

210-695-2240 www.atonementonline.com

Rev. Mark Lewis

Pastor

Our DAILY DEEDS for the rest

of this week—

Thurs., April 11: Choose and practice one of the Works of Mercy. Fri., April 12: Talk to or listen to a friend going through a difficult time. Mon., April 15: Tell someone why they are special. Tues., April 16: Donate crayons and col-oring books to a hospital, doctor’s office, or dentist’s office Wed., April 17: Write your own prayer giving thanks to God for all your bless-ings.

Our “Daily Deeds” Cross Is filled with our Lenten actions and intentions!

ALSO — Penny Wars through April 12. Friday Stations of the Cross at 2:40 (and again at 7 pm)

We Observe Lent...

Important Dates

April 13 Drama Production (7 pm)

April 14 Drama Production (2 pm)

April 16 NHS Campus Clean Up

Day (7:30 am – 9:00 am)

April 17 Half Day

April 18 – 26 Easter Break (No School)

April 28 First Communion &

Confirmation (11 am)

May 18 Run for the Roses 5K

We continue to storm heaven for Danny Lowe! Please continue to pray the rosary for Danny’s strength as he battles cancer! See related story on p. 8 in this newsletter.

We are very pleased to announce that two of our Juniors, Nicholas Nyberg and Olivia Kisgen, have achieved National Merit Scholar “Commended” status! According to the College Board, National Merit Scholarship Commended status is determined by scores earned on the PSAT/NMSQT, which is administered in October. This year, over 1.5 million students took the exam. In the spring of the junior year, NMSC determines a national Selection Index qualifying score (critical reading + math + writing skills scores) for "Commended" recognition, which is calculated each year to yield students at about the 96th percentile (top 50,000 highest scorers). Qualifying levels change annually depending on how the top approxi-mately 50,000 high scorers fared. Notification is mailed to school principals in April regarding students who scored at or above this level. The prin-cipals then notify their students of their status. These students are given the opportunity to identify two colleges or universities to which they would like NMSC to send their scores. Dr. Lorelle Lamascus, Dean of MS & US remarked, “I congratulate the students on this wonderful achievement. It reflects both the talents and gifts of our students and the success of Catholic classical education in cultivating them!” Sister Mary Margaret, Director of Testing for the academy also commented, “This is remarkable, as it represents approximately 10% of the class. Three other students had comparable scores in one or more sections, but only those who excel in all three areas are commended.

NATIONAL MERIT COMMENDED SCHOLARS:

Nyberg & Kisgen

Dr. Lamascus and Sister Mary Margaret congratulate Nico Nyberg and Olivia Kisgen.

THANK YOU to our Crusader Booster Club!

The 5th Annual BBQ Plate Sale was a great success! We have the best boosters in town! Thank you to all who worked so hard — parents and students!

COMING TO THE STAGE IN ST. ANTHONY HALL

THIS WEEKEND:

Antigone and I Never Saw

Another Butterfly

Greek Chorus from Antigone

Irena and the children (Mary Sommer, Faith Weems, Lily Moore, Antonella Gaya,

Sian Wendtland)

The drama classes will be performing this coming weekend! The sen-iors are performing Antigone, and the freshmen/juniors are doing a one-act about the Holocaust called I Never Saw Another Butterfly. Performances will take place in St. Anthony Hall at 7 pm on Saturday, April 13 and at 2 pm on Sunday, April 14. Tickets are $10 each and $5 for children 12 and under. Please note that seating for Antigone is lim-ited and on a first come, first served basis. Once chairs are gone, it will be standing room only. Seated or standing, I hope to see you there! Please encourage your students to attend, as well! (Due to the ad-vanced nature of the material, the plays may not be suitable for chil-dren in third grade or below.) In Christ, Audrey Lenahan

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Mistakes Happen ... But we apologize to our scholars who had some in-formation left out of the list of our scholars’ achievements!

Ierome, Amani 3rd Place, Impromptu Speaking 7-8

4th Place, Spelling 7-8

8th Place, Vocabulary 8

Moselina, Julia 1st Place, Creative Writing 2

4th Place, Storytelling 2

Future surgeons, biologists, scientists, wow! Words like

this absolutely describe this amazing group of girls! I wish I had taken a video of the deluge of questions asked of the

remarkable Miss Gray! !

A HUGE thank you to Biology teacher Miss Gray for agree-ing to show the girls the amazing creatures (and func-

tions!) God has created! This truly was a highlight for us!! Future scientists, biologists, and surgeons are definitely among these girls, and so very proud of each of them!

God is good, and God resides at The Atonement Academy,

and within these beautiful hearts!

—Mrs. Czech

The Remarkable Miss Gray —

And Mrs. Czech’s 4th Grade Girls in the Science Lab!

Here are a few reminders of what we have going on throughout this week on and off cam-

pus.

MS Tennis:

Practice on Tuesday and Thursday 4:00-5:30 pm

MS Baseball:

4/12 Home game vs. Winston at 4:30 pm

MS Softball:

4/11 AWAY game vs. Shepard of the Hills at 6:00 pm

Varsity Baseball:

4/9 Home game vs. Austin Royals at 4:00 pm

4/11 Home game vs. The Winston School at 4:45 pm

Varsity Track:

4/13 TAIAO State Track meet in Keene, TX

Reminder:

There will NOT be Strength and Conditioning offered on April 13th, or 27th.

If you have not signed up your athlete for the Crusader Lift-A-Thon, please do so by email-

ing the athlete’s name, contact information (along with yours as well) to our strength and

conditioning coach Michael Hegedusich at mhegedusich@atonementonline.com. If you do

not wish to sign up, you can still support the Lift-A-Thon by going to the link https://

www.customink.com/fundraising/2019crusader-lift-a-thon , to either make a donation or

purchase a t-shirt to support our Athletic Department in purchasing weight room equip-

ment.

Important Dates:

May 3rd- MS Athletic Banquet 6:00-9:00 pm Crusader Gym

May 17th- US Athletic Banquet 6:00-9:00 pm St. Anthony Hall

—Dakotah Vidal

Interim Athletic Director

ATONEMENT ATHLETICS

What a season — what a

great group of girls!

This softball team ROCKS!

To the parishioners and clergy of Our Lady of The Atonement Catholic Church, parents, teachers, and staff of The Atonement Academy; The Knights of Columbus Father Paul of Graymoor Council 16730 would like to thank you for your participa-tion and support of our 2019 Lenten Fish Fry. Because of your generous support, our council will be awarding five scholarships on Thursday May 2, 2019 to graduating 8th graders who will be continuing their education at a Catholic high school of their choice in the city of San Antonio, Texas. In appreciation of your generosity, we would like to invite you to come to our last fish fry this year, Friday April 12, at 5:30 p.m. to enjoy a free dinner for your family on us. That’s right! This one’s on us. A free will offering will be accepted, but come early… when the food is gone, it’s gone. Thanks Again! Jim Parrott, Grand Knight

All are invited to Holy Week Meditation: Pergolesi, Stabat Mater & Vivaldi, Concerto for Strings in G Minor, RV 157 at 4:00pm on Sunday, April 14 at Our Lady of the Atonement Catholic Church. This musical meditation depicts the profoundly dramatic and emotional journey of the Blessed Mother in her grief during the passion and death of our Lord Jesus Christ. The Choristers of Our Lady of the Atonement, soloists Angela Malek and Crystal Johnson, and members of the instrumental ensemble Sonido Barroco will be featured.

The Stabat Mater invites us to experience the Cru-cifixion from the perspective of the Blessed Virgin Mary, “Come and See If There Be Any Sorrow Like Unto My Sorrow.” Giovanni Battista Pergolesi’s transcendent setting of this 13th century Latin se-quence was a deathbed composition for the 26-year-old. Commissioned by The Noble Order of the Knights of Our Lady of Sorrows in Naples in 1736 as a devotional work for the Fridays in Lent, Pergo-lesi’s Stabat Mater became the most printed work of the 18th century and to this day is the most per-formed version of the 750 compositional settings of this poem. A pastiche of Italian vocal styles both sacred and secular, the piece evokes catharsis in seemingly indiscriminate music genres, yet the overall effect is a profoundly dramatic and emotion-al journey of the Blessed Mother in her grief. In the opening and closing movements, the violins and voices exchange searing and mounting dissonances depicting Mary’s agony. In the first soprano aria, one hears the piercing sword passing through Mary’s heart in the high accented trills of the voice and violins. Pergolesi continues throughout the work, expressing the 12 stanzas of poetic lacrimosa as though scenes of an opera. The result is one of the most moving pieces in the sacred repertory. https://www.facebook.com/events/2116552011946697/

—from Dr. Jennifer Seighman,

Parish Director of Music Our Lady of the Atonement

Parish Music Series

THANK YOU

We appreciate our con-tributors of photos and/ or stories. They include: Amy Nieto, Brian Schott, Audrey Le-nahan, Kristie Weems, Michael Henriquez, Tony Pro, Lorelle Lamascus,

Cassie Johnston, Sister Mary Margaret, Sandra Czech, Tina Fitzgerald, Brenda Garza, Deborah Wendtland, Amy Zuberbueler, Yolanda Joiner, DeVon Mata Thomson, Jennifer Seighman, Martha Hoover, Autumn Taylor, Roxanne Rodriguez, Yvette Robles, Katie Sanchez, Dakotah Vidal, and Jenny Halpin. We appreciate your contributions to the Crusader Times!

DID YOU KNOW YOU NEED TO

RE-ENROLL EACH YEAR? If parents have not started the enrollment process, here are the

steps to do so:

1.- Go to RenWeb.com into your Parents Web account

2.- On the left column click on “Apply/Enroll”

3.- Click on “Enrollment/Reenrollment”

4.- Click on “Click here to Open Online Enrollment”

5.- Click under 2019-2020 School year: “Start packet”

Once your application is complete, you will receive a confirmation

email. If you do not receive a confirma-

tion, contact admissions for assis-

tance. If you have any questions,

please do not hesitate to contact me; I

will be happy to assist you.

—from Mrs. Yolanda Joiner

Admissions Office

Penny

War

STATUS REPORT From Mrs. Yvette Robles

Week #5 – Monday, April 1 – Friday, April 5

Grade/ Dept Teacher Cumulative Total

Cumulative Pennies

Cumulative Sabotage

Cumulative Pennies-Sabotage

4th – Boys Mrs. Hoover. $26.27 $21.87 $4.40 $17.47

K - B Mrs. Pasket. $43.04 $27.69 $15.35 $12.34

PK - 4 Mrs. Lozano. $167.98 $89.83 $78.15 $11.68

K - A Ms. Donohue. $55.82 $32.78 $23.04 $9.74

1st - A Mrs Muniz $60.92 $34.22 $26.70 $7.52

PK – 3 Miss. Pyle. $40.22 $23.12 $17.10 $6.02

3rd- Boys Mrs. Garza. $161.47 $81.77 $79.70 $2.07

Fr. Moore $5.29 $2.84 $2.45 $0.39

Deacon D’Agostino $1.39 $0.89 $0.50 $0.39

8th – Girls $0.26 $0.26 $0.00 $0.26

4th – Girls Mrs. Czech $4.65 $2.35 $2.30 $0.05

7th – Girls $1.48 $0.73 $0.75 -$0.02

7th – Boys $0.47 $0.17 $0.30 -$0.13

1st- B Miss. Wright. $82.27 $40.77 $41.50 -$0.73

Mrs. Trevino $5.46 $2.21 $3.25 -$1.04

Sister Mary Margaret $1.57 $0.17 $1.40 -1.23

2nd - A Mrs. Weems. $14.66 $6.61 $8.05 -$1.44

Fr. Lewis $3.17 $0.77 $2.40 -$1.63

Fr. Phillips $3.97 $0.62 $3.35 -$2.73

5th – Girls Mrs. Taylor. $8.86 $2.91 $5.95 -$3.04

5th – Boys Mrs. Wiessing. $16.98 $5.63 $11.35 -$5.72

8th – Boys $5.80 $0.05 $5.75 -$5.70

6th – Girls Miss Goelzhauser. $12.96 $0.76 $12.20 -$11.44

6th – Boys Mrs. Fitzgerald. $21.03 $3.38 $17.65 -$14.27

2nd - B Mrs. Kennedy. $64.34 $15.37 $48.97 -33.60

3rd - Girls Mrs. Rodriguez $204.31 $43.27 $161.04 -$117.77

LIMITED EDITION T-SHIRT

BENEFITS DANNY

AND HIS FAMILY!

FIELD TRIPS: Learning & Fun! 4th went to Institute of Texas Cultures

5th went to the Witte Museum 6th went to the SA Museum of Art

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Our Lady of the Atonement Catholic Church 15415 Red Robin Road

Holy Week Schedule

Sunday, April 14

Palm Sunday: The Second Sunday in Passiontide

4:30 p.m. (Vigil) 7:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday, April 17 Tenebrae

7:00 p.m.

Thursday, April 18 Mass of the Lord’s Supper: Maundy Thursday

7:00 p.m.

Friday, April 19 Confessions 12 p.m. – 2 p.m.

Friday, April 19 Good Friday: the Passion and Death of Our Lord

3:00 p.m.

Saturday, April 20 Holy Saturday Easter Vigil

8:00 p.m.

Sunday, April 21 Easter Sunday

7:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m.

N.B. There will be no 6:00 p.m. Mass on Easter Sunday.