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Mardi Gras was on Tuesday, February 17, 2015. We hope you enjoyed

the colorful parade of smiles and the purple, green, and yellow. Fat

Tuesday is the day before Jesus spent forty days in the desert without

food or water. Fasting helps us prepare for Easter. Mardi Gras is the

last day before Lent, so what did you give up? Chocolate? Madden? So-

cial media? We celebrate the day with parties and fun! Because we are

Catholic, we celebrated Fat Tuesday with parties in our classrooms

and delicious king cakes. In fact, Mardi Gras or FAT TUESDAY is the

last day you can eat king cake.

Mardi Gras Celebration!

By Mary Leedy and Alexa Kuros

Volume 3, Issue 6

February 2015

Mardi Gras 1

Birthdays/Ash Wednes-

day

2

Super Bowl 3

Valentine's Day 4

Art Corner 5

Sports 6

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February Birthdays Student Grade Birthday

Julianna PK3 02/01/2010

Caroline 07 02/02/2002

Miles PK4 02/03/2010

Simone K 02/03/2009

Paige 06 02/04/2003

Anthony 07 02/05/2002

Madelyn 04 02/05/2005

Jaisley 02 02/08/2007

Kameron 01 02/08/2008

Alexander PK3 02/09/2011

Liu, Ava PK4 02/10/2010

Abigail K 02/10/2009

Katelyn 06 02/10/2003

Isobella K 02/11/2009

Jonathan 04 02/12/2005

Koby 07 02/12/2002

Miranda 02 02/13/2007

Robert 05 02/15/2004

Gabriel 05 02/16/2004

Sydnie 02 02/16/2007

Jack 02 02/16/2007

Maria 07 02/21/2002

Mauricio 07 02/21/2002

Giancarlo 03 02/22/2006

William 02 02/24/2007

Juliana 05 02/27/2004

Skylah 05 02/27/2004

Ash Wednesday

By: Diego Guajardo and Benjamin Gasca

Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent in the Western Christian Church, marked by

services of penitence. Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent. Its official name is

“Day of Ashes,” so called because of the practice of rubbing ashes on one’s fore-

head in the sign of a cross. Since it is exactly 40 days, excluding Sundays, before

Easter Sunday, it will always fall on a Wednesday. God formed Adam out of the 'dust'

of the earth, which we read about in Genesis 2:7. In addition, Jesus healed the blind

man with clay in John 9:6. We mark ourselves with ashes as a 'new beginning' at the

onset of Lent, allowing the life of Jesus Christ to make us whole and new again.

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By: Hans Doughtie, Maurice Cardenas, and Sebastian Needle

Super Bowl XLIX was a great battle of two teams! The Seahawks and Pa-

triots played a tough game and both did a very good job! The Patriots

came out with the win. The final score was 24-28. In this picture below,

Malcolm Butler made a game winning interception at the right time to

cinch the Patriots win in the Super Bowl.

A lot of fans were disappointed in the Seahawk’s offensive play call in the

final seconds. Most of them wanted to them to run right up the middle

with Marshawn Lynch, and he also said that they should have given him

the ball. But the Pats came out with the win and congrats to them!

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How did Valentine’s Day Originate?

By: Sean B. and David R.

Valentine’s Day is celebrated all across the globe, but where did it originate

from? Well, it’s actually the name of a famous saint named St. Valentine. St. Valentine

went to jail for performing weddings for soldiers of Rome who were forbidden to

marry anyone. While he was in prison, he healed the jailer’s daughter. Before he

was executed, he wrote the jailer’s daughter a letter signed “Your Valentine” as a

farewell. And that’s how Valentine’s Day originated.

What are You Giving Up for Lent?

By Andrew Palla

Calista G.- soda

Anthony C.- playing on my iPhone

Skylah S.- candy

Ninfa L.- chocolate Ms. Dale: yelling at other drivers.

Gabe- chocolate Jackson R.: playing video games

Ms. West- chocolate Ms. Hampton: Red meat and soda

Senora Brady- pizza Natalia P: any drink but water

Mary L.– Instagram Diego G.: soda

Ms. Steward: Focusing on lent and promises Jeff B.: sweets

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Art Corner

St. Theresa Viking Voice

Principal: Ms. Melissa Steward

Supervising Editor: Ms. Hasson

Editor: Calista Garcia

Photographers: Lena Nguyen & Andrew Palla

Writers:

Sean Bradshaw

Jeff Bustamante

Mauricio Cardenas

Hans Doughtie

Ben Gasca

Diego Guajardo

Alexa Keros

Mary Leedy

Luke Miller

Sebastian Needle

Katarina Orge-Eckland

David Rodriguez

Check the school out at

www.sttheresaschoool.cc

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Lady Vikings Softball Schedule

Tuesday, Feb. 24 vs. St. Anne Tomball (Home)

Thursday, Feb. 26 vs. St. Ambrose (Away)

Tuesday, March 3 vs. St. Anthony of Padua (Home)

Thursday, March 5 vs. St. Anne Tomball (Away)

Tuesday, March 10 vs. St. Rose (Away)

Thursday, March 12 vs. Assumption (Home)

Tuesday, March 24 vs. St. Ambrose (Home)

Wedn., March 25 vs. St. Anthony of Padua (Away)

Thursday, April 9 vs. St. Rose (Home)

Tuesday, April 14 vs. John Paul II (Away)

Tuesday, April 21 vs. John Paul II (Home)

Thursday, April 23 vs. Assumption (Away)

Boys Viking Baseball Schedule

Feb 25th – Away vs. St. Rose

March 2nd – Away vs. St. Ann (Tomball)

March 4th – Home vs. St. Ann (Tomball)

March 9th – Away vs. St. Anthony

March 10th – Home vs. St. Anthony

March 11th – Home vs. SEAS

March 23rd – Home vs. St. Martha

March 25th – Home vs. JP II

March 26th – Away vs. St. Ambrose

April 8th – Away vs. SEAS

April 13th – Home vs. St. Ambrose

April 15th – Away vs. St. Martha

April 20th – Away vs. JP II

April 22nd – Home vs. St. Rose

St. Theresa Welcomes Softball!

St. Theresa has not had a softball team in many years and is look-

ing forward to the upcoming season. Ms. Hasson and Ms. Chau-

mont are coaching the team this year and told us they are very ex-

cited to see the girls learn and play their first game next week!

Good luck to the Lady Vikings!