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NEWS FROM THE ATONEMENT ACADEMY Volume 2017-2018, Issue 40 May 23rd, 2018

Headmaster’s Highlights

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Last week was a busy time at the school, with many events taking place to showcase the talents of our students. Our lower school students in the 2nd-5th grades sang beautifully at their concert, as did the middle and upper scholars at theirs. We are very proud of the exceptional musical accomplishments of our students, and express our appreciation for the Music faculty we are so blessed to have at The Atonement Academy.

Our Athletic Department has been exceptional this year as well, helping our students sharpen not only their athletic abilities, but their character, teamwork, and leadership skills. We were pleased to recognize the many outstanding accomplishments of our middle and upper school athletes at the Athletic Banquet last Friday, and thank our excellent coaching staff for the many hours they devoted this year to train and encourage our student athletes.

Congratulations to our outstanding Kindergarten class on their graduation and promotion to 1st grade this week. Next Tuesday, we recognize our 8th graders in their promotion ceremony after the 9:10 am school Mass. All 8th grade boys will serve at this Mass, and the girls will sing in the choir. Later in the week, on Thursday, we will celebrate the senior's baccalaureate Mass and banquet, followed by commencement on Friday evening. We congratulate and pray for our 8th graders and seniors as they pass these important milestones in their education.

Dear Atonement Families,

Thank you, Mr. John Markovetz

Thurs. May 24 LS May Birthday Celebrations

Fri. May 25 Field Day (Half Day)

Sat. May 26 Run for the Roses (5k Event)

Mon. May 28 Federal Holiday (no classes) ………………………………………………………………………………...

May 29-31st - MS & US Semester Exam (Half days)

Tues. May 29 8th grade Mass & Promotion

Thurs. May 31 Baccalaureate Mass & Dinner

Upcoming EventsUpcoming EventsUpcoming Events

BOOK EXCHANGE SALE: During the Book Exchange on June 19th, the St. John Paul Library will offer services that include book repair and book coverings for your child’s textbooks. The cost is $5-$10 depending on type of laminate and book size while supplies last.

MEDICATION PICKUP: As the last day of school is approaching, we need all parents to pick up their children’s medication. No medication will be sent home in the student’s backpack or given to the student by hand to take home. Medications not picked up by a parent or guardian by the last day of school will be discarded.

COLLEGE ACCEPTANCE RATE: A full 100% of our graduates have been accepted into 4 year colleges. The 2017-2018 graduates have earned $3,600,460 in scholarship money for college.

Nota Bene / Note Well:

CATHOLIC EDUCATION CATHOLIC EDUCATION CATHOLIC EDUCATION AT THE ATONEMENT ACADEMY

Teaching Objective Truth from God

If you were to ask the average person, “What’s the difference between

what is being taught at the local Catholic school and what is being taught

at the public school down the street?” the first answer that would come to

most people’s minds would be, “Religion.” It would seem obvious: the

Catholic faith is taught in a religion class in the Catholic schools, but not

in the public schools. “But,” we might ask, “is the addition of a religion

class to the regular academic subjects enough to make a school effectively

Catholic?”

The Church makes very clear the answer to that question. In a document

titled “Declaration on Christian Education” (a document of the Second

Vatican Council) Catholic schools are directed to integrate the Christian

faith into the whole pattern of human life in all its aspects. It states

strongly that Catholic educators are to strive "to relate all human culture

eventually to the news of salvation, so that the life of faith will illumine

the knowledge which students gradually gain of the world, of life, and of

mankind." What this means, then, is this: rather than seeing Catholic

education as merely the addition of a religion course to the usual academic

subjects, we want our students to understand that all truth comes from

God, and so they should be taught to make Christian sense out of what

they learn in their natural science, math, and history courses, in their study

of art, music, and literature. While this principle is clearly stated in the

documents of the Second Vatican Council, and in many other places, this

vision remains largely unrealized in Catholic education today.

This is why The Atonement Academy was founded. The vision for the

Academy includes the complete implementation of the Church’s

expectation for Catholic schools; namely, that knowledge of the truth is

not something compartmentalized, but is a presentation of a unified

understanding of all truth as being objective and from God. We teach that

which is true for all people, in all places, and at all times.

Enroll Now in a Strong Catholic Classical Education Today !

Atonement AthleticsAtonement Athletics www.Atonement Sports.Org

Field Day Schedule Field Day Schedule Field Day Schedule 8:00 AM – Mass

9:10 AM – 8th Grade Boys and Girls vs. Faculty Basketball Game in Crusader Gym (Half Court Boys/Girls)

9:15 AM – Pre-K & Kindergarten /1st Grade – 5th Grade to Crusader Field

9:20 AM – 1st Field Day Station Starts

10:10 AM – Warm-up for 8th Grade (Coed) vs Faculty Volleyball begins

10:20 AM – 8th Grade vs Faculty Volleyball game begins (Best of 3)

11:00 AM – Field Day participants (Lower School) file into gym

11:20 AM – Lower school moves Classroom and prepares for to carline

11:30 AM – Carline begins; dismissal times- 11:30 lower school; 11:45 middle school; 12:00 upper school.

11:45 AM – Warm-up for Seniors (Coed) vs Faculty Volleyball begins

19 Wins - 0 Wins

Faculty vs Students

Upper School Sports BanquetUpper School Sports BanquetUpper School Sports Banquet

Upper School Corner

Subject: Music Class

Grade: Upper School

Teacher: Mr. Jesus De Hoyos

The Men’s and Women’s Chorale competed in the Alamo

Music Showcase on May 4th. Both groups took home Superior

Ratings as well as Best in Class for their respected divisions.

This is the first year that both Men’s and Women’s competed

in a competition. Due to the outstanding talent we have in

our High School, we have had the opportunity to perform for

Mass a piece that required all high school women to sing, and

then another piece that required all high school men to sing.

If you were fortunate enough to come to Mass this past

Monday, then you heard Ave Maria performed by all high

school men. This Thursday all high school women will be

combined to perform Cantate Domino at the 9:00 AM Mass.

This will also be the last time that all high school senior men

will serve for our daily school Mass. It has been a pleasure to

conduct and teach all of these wonderful students this year.

Alamo Music Showcase

Thank you to our fantastic sponsors for

supporting our Run for the Roses 5K.

Middle School Corner

Subject: Latin

Grade: 8th Grade Girls

Teacher: Mr. Nicholas Mataya

Miss Jennifer GrayMiss Jennifer Gray

Upper School TeacherUpper School Teacher

Featured Teacher of the WeekFeatured Teacher of the Week

My name is Jenni Gray and this is my first year teaching at The Atonement Academy. I teach life science, biology, AP biology, and Sacred Scripture. I first realized I wanted to teach when I was in 6th grade and it has been a desire of mine ever since. This desire probably initiated from my family. My mom, dad, and brother are all very inquisitive people so

you can say a desire to learn is in my genes.

Prior to my time at The Atonement Academy I went to college at

Franciscan University of Steubenville where I majored in biology and political science and minored in theology. While at Franciscan I also had the opportunity to be on the university’s cross country and track teams. Thanks to this, I have also been able to coach Atonement Academy’s

middle school cross country team. After leaving Franciscan, I spent some time doing biomedical research at Eastern Virginia Medical School.

When I’m not teaching or running I enjoy spending time with my little adorable mutt, Princess Buttercup (yes named after “Princess Bride” and I probably can quite it from start to finish). I truly feel blessed to be a teacher at The Atonement Academy and cannot wait to continue teaching next year!

Middle School Latin is designed so that Middle

Scholars familiarize themselves with the Latin language

in an approachable way. Nearing the end of the year, I

gave the Eighth Grade students a project: create a

diagram of a Roman theater.

Along with lectures on

Roman theater and oratory,

this project helped them to

visualize Ancient Rome as

something tangible, and it

was a fun way to learn the

vocabulary for their last test of

the year. Further, I am continually amazed by the artistic

abilities of the students at The Atonement Academy,

and their efforts on these projects were no exception.

Visualizing Ancient Rome

Lower School Corner

Subject: Science

Grade: 5th Grade Girls

Teacher: Mrs. Autumn Taylor

Our Lady of the Atonement Catholic Church

Parish Life

The fifth grade girls researched an assigned state. They took notes on

important information relating to landforms, products from the state,

largest cities, and famous people from the states. Additionally they

researched state birds, trees,

mammals, and slogans. The notes

were converted into a building

blocks display. Next the fifth

graders listened to tall tales and

listed the qualities necessary to

make a story a tall tale.

Afterwards, the scholars wrote

tall tales which had heroes who were specific to the states they

researched. These tales incorporated some of the facts which were

discovered during the students’ research. Finally, the tall tales heroes

were illustrated by their student creators.

State Research & Tall Tale Heroes

Support our Seminarians ! As an Ordinariate family, we are called to support the formation of our

seminarians. Please prayerfully consider supporting the education of

the candidates preparing for the priesthood. You can either give online,

visit ordinariate.net/seminarian-formation-fund or your can make

checks payable to the “Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter,”

Please bring it to the office or place it in the Sunday collection. Thank

you for your support of the seminarians who have so generously

responded to the call to serve the Lord, the Church and all of us.

The Atonement

Chess Tournament

Lower School:

1st - Juliet Powell

2nd - Steven Wendtland

3rd - Luis Cisneros

Middle School:

1st - Nicholas Cordero

2nd - Matthew Petroff

3rd - Mark Lane

Congratulations to all the participates in the Atonement

Academy Chess Tournament. It was a huge success. Thank

you to Mr. & Mrs. Lopez for the hard work and dedication to

the Chess Club throughout the year. You will be missed !!!

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Crusader Scene

Josephine Angotti, Charlotte Garcia, Ximena Rodriguez

Timothy Pasket, Britney Clingan, Luke Lopez

Upper Scholars enjoying music in the piazza

Kindergarten Music Concert

Mrs. Weems with her 2nd Grade Students