the eagle edition - annunciation elementary school...the eagle edition volume 2 issue 34...
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PRINCIPAL POST Thank You… …to all of our volunteers and visitors for making our first ever Vehicle Day a huge success! The police car and concrete mixer were a hit, especially with the big kids. We will share pictures in the next couple days!
PTO Results are In! This Wednesday the PTO held their final meeting of the school year, and shared the newest officers and committee chairpersons for the upcoming school year. A complete list will be shared soon, but here are your new PTO Officers for the 2016-2017 school year: President - Meredith Turner, Vice Preseident – Sarah Jeffries, Treasurer – Amanda Mitchell, and Secretary – Jill Novak. Thank you again to all parents who have volunteered their time and talents to supporting the school through the PTO!
Annunciation Field Day, May 25 Another long-standing tradition here at Annunciation is the end of the year Field Day events. This year we will be celebrating Field Day on Wednesday, May 25. We will need several volunteers to help teachers and students with a
variety of activities and games throughout the day! Look for a Signup Genius in the next week.
Cultural Arts Night, Thursday, May 26 This year Annunciation School will be bringing back an old tradition, with a new twist. The International Festival is now the Cultural Arts Night. The evening will include several student performances, student artwork, and cultural foods. Please plan to join us for a wonderful evening, an opportunity to witness the many talents of our students, and share in wonderful food and conversation with other school families!
LUNCH MENU Week of May 16, 2016
Hot Lunch w/ milk - $3.25 Milk or Juice - $0.40
Monday Hot dogs, apple, baked beans Tuesday BBQ chicken, oranges, veggie pasta
salad Wednesday Chicken alfredo, applesauce, green
beans Thursday Pizza sticks w/ sauce, banana, baked
beans Friday Salisbury steak, melon, green beans
UPCOMING LITURGIES May 19 MP & Kite Fly 9:30am May 26 MP & Kite Fly 9:30am May 27 Mass – Graduation 8:15am
SCHOOL NEWS Like us on Facebook:
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THE EAGLE EDITION Volume 2 Issue 34 Annunciation Catholic School May 13, 2016
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Roger Bacon Summer Camps Roger Bacon High School is offering several summer camps to students in grades 2 - 9 in Football, Girls Volleyball, Boys Basketball, Boys and Girls Soccer, Underwater Hockey and a High School Placement Test Prep Course. To learn more and to register for one or more of our camps, please visit www.rogerbacon.org LaSalle High School Summer Camps Please follow the link for all LaSalle’s summer camp options for boys and girls: https://securelb.imodules.com/s/1274/14/index.aspx?sid=1274&gid=1&pgid=2413&cid=7603&post_id=0 DePaul Cristo Rey Summer Camps DePaul Cristo Rey High School is offering three summer sports camps for elementary school students in June. Volleyball camp for girls going into grades 5-8 is 10:00 a.m.-12 noon June 8-10. Basketball camp for girls going into grades 7-8 is 1-3:00 p.m. June 14-16. Basketball camps for boys going into grades 7-8 is 1-3:00 p.m. June 21-23. Cost is $20 per camper. Registration forms are available at www.discoverdepaul.org or call DPCR at 861-0600. Mount Notre Dame Summer Camps Summer is exciting at MND! Mount Notre Dame offers an excellent summer program with something for everyone! Whether your child is a budding actor/actress or dancer, wants to get a leg up on preparing for the High School Placement Test, or wants to develop his/her athletic ability, MND has a camp for your child! Camps are filling up quickly and space is limited. To learn more or to register, please visit www.mndhs.org. From the Public Library! The public library is once again having its Summer Learning Program for all ages…pre-K, K, grade school-aged kids and teens. Adults are encouraged to participate, too! Readers can earn prizes simply by reading their favorite books and tracking their hours and can be entered into the drawing for the grand prizes! The program runs from June 1-July 31st. Sign up at any of the library’s 41 locations or on our website: www.cincinnatilibrary.org/summerlearn. The website also has information about the program as well as all the different prizes. This year’s theme, READ! MAKE! CREATE! embraces the maker movement and S.T.E.A.M. concepts that help kids learn and engage in fun and educational programs.
FLYERS
Attached flyers… Public Library Summer Learning
3C’s Summer Camp McAuley Golf Outing
UPCOMING EVENTS
May 20
Student Council Mixer
May 25
Field Day
May 26
Kindergarten Graduation
May 26
Cultural Arts Night
May 27
Last Day of School & Early Dismissal
8th Grade Graduation Final Report Cards
Dear Friend of Annunciation Parish & School,
Happy Easter! Pentecost, May 15th this year, is the last day of the Easter Season.
The word Pentecost comes from the Greek word pentekoste, which means “fiftieth.”
Our fifty days of Easter rejoicing comes to an end with the conclusion of Vespers
(Evening Prayer) on Pentecost Sunday. The next day we begin a period of Ordinal
Time which continues through the remainder of the Liturgical Year.
The liturgical color for the Solemnity of Pentecost
is red. Think of the intense love and fire of the Ho-
ly Spirit. Recall the celebration of the Easter Vigil.
This celebration begins with the Service of Light.
We gather around the new Easter Fire as it is
blessed, and the Paschal Candle is lighted. We fol-
low this Light of Christ into church. During the
fifty days of Easter, the Paschal Candle remains in
the sanctuary, close to the ambo, lighted at each
liturgy. At the conclusion of the liturgy on Pente-
cost Sunday, the Paschal Candle is placed by the
baptismal font, and will be lighted at baptisms and
funerals during the year - the Light of Christ guid-
ing us throughout life. We end our fifty day Easter
Season as we began it - with fire and light.
Sincerely,
Dr. Sandi Chakeres
Director of Faith Formation
Easter: Fire and Light
Special points of interest:
As we prepare to celebrate the Solemnity of
the Most Holy Trinity on May 22 and the
Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood
of Christ on May 29, our school students are
making kites and decorating them with sym-
bols of the Holy Trinity and the Eucharist.
They will fly their kites on May 19 & 26!
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news and see all our latest photos!
Saint Mary Magdalene Visits Third Grade
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FIAT: Faith In Action Today
Annunciation Parish & School
Religious Education/Faith Formation News
Dr. Sandra Chakeres
Director of Faith Formation
513-861-1295
www.annunciationbvmparish.org
www.facebook.com/annunciationbvmparish
**Icon at top left of page: Archangel Gabriel (Annunciation), 16th Century, Russian Heritage, Location: Andrei Ru-blev Museum in Moscow. Used with permission of St. Isaac of Syria Skete (Orthodox Byzantine Icons, Inc.); 25266 Pilgrims Way, Boscobel, WI 53805 www.skete.com
Our third grade class at
Annunciation Catholic
School was visited Mon-
day morning, May 9, by
one of their two classroom
patron saints, Saint Mary
Magdalene! The students had many questions for
their heavenly visitor!
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Sunday, May 15: Pentecost Sunday - the 50th and final
day of Easter
Wednesday, May 18, 7:00-8:30 p.m.: Evening of Re-
flection for all, “Got Faith? The Resurrection Pro-
claims Christ Is Alive...Why Does Faith Seem to be
Dead?”
Thursday, May 19, 9:30-10:15 a.m.: Morning Prayer
& Kite Fly
Thursday, May 19, 7:00 p.m.: Salt & Light Meeting
Sunday, May 22: The Solemnity of the Most Holy
Trinity
Wednesday, May 25, 7:00-8:15 p.m.: Eucharistic Holy
Hour
Sunday, May 29: The Solemnity of the Most Holy
Body & Blood of Christ. Eucharistic Adoration fol-
lows 11:00 a.m. Mass,
concluding with Benedic-
tion at 1:00 p.m.
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Upcoming Events
The Icon of Pentecost
Sunday, May 8 we welcomed four children to the Table of
the Lord at our 11:00 a.m. Mass. Congratulations to these
children and their families, and to all who have celebrated
sacraments of initiation this Easter Season!
First Communion
It’s Happening at
Annunciation!
Icons tell us a story without using words. A traditional icon of the Descent of the Holy
Spirit is pictured here. This icon dates from the 16th century. We will look at a few de-
tails of this icon to better understand the symbolism of the icon, as well as the feast of
Pentecost, itself.
You will notice that there are twelve apostles in this icon. Twelve is a symbolic number.
What is interesting to note, however, is that the two apostles at the top of the icon are
Peter and Paul. (This is also true in the mural of the Apostles in our Annunciation Parish
Church.) Why is this interesting? Because if you read the Acts of the Apostles, you
will note that Paul would not have been present at Pentecost. At this time he was still
“Saul”, not yet having his personal experience of Jesus on the road to Damascus. In
fact, in Acts 1:26, just before the outpouring of the Spirit, the apostles chose Matthias to
replace Judas, who killed himself after his betrayal of Jesus. But the iconographers in-
clude Saint Paul, because of his great missionary efforts in establishing the Church.
You will also note that the apostles appear to have their heads turned in differing direc-
tions, symbolizing the different yet equal charisms which each has received from the
Holy Spirit. Note the rays of the Holy Spirit coming down from above, and descending
as tongues of fire over each of the apostles. The apostles are each holding scrolls or
Books of the Gospels, indicating their teaching authority, given to them by Christ.
Who is the elderly king in the darkness at the bottom of the icon? He is “cosmos”, representing the world held captive in
darkness until the coming of Christ. He is holding a cloth with twelve scrolls which represent the Good News the apostles
will share with the world as they spread the Light of Christ through their preaching and missionary journeys. This Light
of Christ has been handed down generation after generation to us, and gifted by the Spirit, we too share this Light of
Christ with the world! Come, Holy Spirit, and renew the face of the earth!
Text copyright 2016 by Sandra A. Chakeres, Cincinnati, Ohio. All rights reserved.
Pentecost - Mid 16th Century
Iconographer: Theophanes the Cretan
Location: Stavronikita Monastery,
Mt. Athos, Greece
Registration for 3Cs Summer Camp 2016
5742 Hamilton Ave 45224 Dates: July 18th- July 22nd Time: 9:30-12:00 Place: 3Cs Nursery School at College Hill Presbyterian Church Contact: Shannon Caton 853-8489 or [email protected] Cost is $60 for first child, and $10 off for each additional sibling ($60, $50, $40) Parent/Guardian name(s): ____________________________________ Participant’s Names and ages: 1.__________________________________________________________________ 2.__________________________________________________________________ 3.__________________________________________________________________ 4.__________________________________________________________________ Street Address:____________________________________________ City_______________ State:______________ Zip:______________ Phone Number:_______________________________ Email:______________________________________________ A $20 deposit is due with this form. The rest of the camp fee is due on July 18th Office Use Only: Date received:________ Amount Paid_________
McAuley High School 6000 Oakwood Ave. Cincinnati, OH 45224
Contact: Kathy Dietrich
Public Relations 513-681-1800, ext. 2275
MCAULEY HIGH SCHOOL GOLF OUTING SET FOR JUNE 3
CINCINNATI, OH –April 20, 2016- The annual McAuley Golf Invitational to raise money for McAuley High School athletics will be held on Friday, June 3, 2016. The outing will be held at Fairfield Golf Course on John Gray Road. Registration begins at 11 a.m.; lunch begins at 11:30 a.m.; the shotgun start is at 12:30 p.m.; and dinner and awards begin at 6 p.m. Prizes will be awarded for: low gross women’s foursome; low gross men’s foursome; low gross mixed foursome; longest drive, longest putt, and closest to the pin. The cost is $125 per golfer and sponsorships ranging from $250-$2,500 are available.
Complete details and online registration is available at www.mcauleyhs.net/golf2016. For more information, please contact McAuley Athletic Director Caryl Schawe at [email protected] or 513.681.1800 x 1152.
About McAuley High School
McAuley High School, a college preparatory Catholic high school for young women located in College Hill, blends rigorous academics and technology with award-winning arts programs and premier sports teams within a caring, Christ-centered community. Its mission is to empower students to Learn, Lead and Love through the Core Values of Catherine McAuley: Faith, Compassion, Service, Leadership and Excellence. Sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy, it is part of the Mercy Education Collaborative of Cincinnati (MECC). For more information, visit www.mcauleyhs.net.