Catholic Highlights February 2016

— February 2016 —

Purple and Gold Gala Silent Auction Items Needed

Lancaster Catholic High School will host the second Annual Purple & Gold Gala on Saturday, April 30, 2016, at 6 p.m. at the Lancaster Country Club.

One of the most popular events of the evening is the silent auction. Full of great prizes and unexpected treasures, the silent auction proceeds directly support Academics, Athletics, Campus Ministry and Fine & Performing Arts for ALL Lancaster Catholic High School students.

We are seeking silent auction donations. From beach house rentals to museum memberships to sports tickets, your donations will help to make the auction a huge success. To donate, please contact Venus Clements at 717.509.0313 ext. 134 or vclements@lchsyes.org. Thank you for your support!

Easter Flower Sale Benefits Verterans’ Victory House

Lancaster Catholic High School invites you to celebrate the Easter season and help others at the same time.

The Varsity Club is selling spring flowers to raise money for items for those starting out on their own after a temporary stay at the Transitional Living Center, home to Veterans’ Victory House, on King Street in Lancaster. We hope to provide blankets, mattress pads, dishes and silverware along with other basic needs.

Flowers include tulips, hyacinths, daffodils and Easter lilies from Stauffers of Kissel Hill. Pick up will be March 22. Complete the Order Form and return with cash or check made payable to Lancaster Catholic High School to Varsity Club Easter Flowers, c/o LCHS, 650 Juliette Ave., Lancaster, PA 17601. The sale continues until March 7.

Alumni Spotlight Tickets Available for Alumni Citation Luncheon Established in conjunction with our 75th Anniversary in 2003, the Alumni Citation Award was created to recognize exceptional alumni and is the most prestigious honor to be bestowed upon a Lancaster Catholic alum. Graduates can be honored in the areas of Outstanding Professional Achievement (female nominations in this category are strongly encouraged), Service to Humanity and/or Service to Lancaster Catholic High School. If you know an exceptional person worthy of this singular honor, we encourage you to nominate that individual.

Special thanks to our Alumni Citation Committee Members who diligently work to compile each year’s awardees: Regina Bowe, Tony Brill, Kyla Hockley, Janet Kreiner, Sue Martin, Dick Ressel, Joseph Sahd, Sheila Schoeplein and Catherine Schreder.

2016 Inductees Outstanding Professional Achievement Peter R. Barber ‘86 Brian J. McCaskey ‘86 Service to Humanity Noelle S. Matta CO, CRC, COT ‘97 Edmund A. Wickenheiser, Jr. ‘56 The induction ceremony and luncheon will be held on Saturday, March 12, 2016. Tickets are available to attend and can be purchased by contacting Venus Clements at vclements@lchsyes.org or 717.509.0313.

Swisher ‘12 Wins Gold in Pole for Fourth Consecutive Year Rebecca Swisher ‘12 claimed gold in pole for the fourth consectuive year to lead Franklin and Marshall College at the 2016 Centennial Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships hosted by Ursinus College.

The Diplomats placed seventh with 40 points while Johns Hopkins repeated as champions with 203 points.

Haverford was second at 120.50 and Dickinson took third with 83.5 points.

Swisher reset the Centennial Conference meet record and improved her school mark with a height of 12’-6”. The mark is fifth best in the country this year and should give her a spot at the NCAA Indoor Championships.

Swisher participated in track and field all four years at LCHS and served as team captain her senior year. In addition she earned four varsity letters and served as the treasurer of the National Honor Society.

Swisher is a biochemistry and molecular biology major.

The NCAA Championships are slated for March 1112 at Grinnell College, Iowa.

Best wishes to Rebecca from the entire Lancaster Catholic family!

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Student Spotlight Students recognized for Scholastic Writing Awards The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards is the largest, most prestigious visual and literary arts program in the county that recognizes accomplishments of students in grades 7-12. This award helps students strengthen their resumes, college applications and scholarship applications.

Lancaster Catholic High School congratulates the following students who received 2016 Scholastic Writing Contest Awards: Gold Key BreAnna Bechtold - “This Essay’s Gonna Be Great” and Other Lies I Tell Myself Julia Cao - Imagine That Kimberly Horst - “Small-Town” Bands Cate Lopez - Jump Alena Marcinkoski - Amelia Annamaria Walden - The Alarm Clock Madison Wickersham - Flowers Grace Zukus - Racing Through Life Grace Zukus - Sarah’s Heart Silver Key Jacob Cavender - Sven: A Lost Soul Hannah Citsay - The Pharisee Noah Cunningham - The Friends I Lost Jenna Danielson - Be Happy Victoria Estrada - The Morning After I Killed Myself Michael Flynn - Abraham Kimberly Horst - Headlights Johann Imperial - The Subzero Sharpshooter Kristen Orlandi - Lessons That Stick Gene Otto - Beasts of Salem Gene Otto - Picture Me Drew Peris - Mole Music Grace Ringlein - Waterlogged Matthew Sahd - Ballad of the Refugee Matthew Sahd - The Singing Revolution Jordan Scott - Abolition of Abortion Alexa Secrest - Dear Tyler Jordan Talbert - The Sleeping Man Natalie Weyforth - Bumps and Bubbles

Shauna White - Bubbles Honorable Mention Philip Arentz - Writing Portfolio Kathryn Arnold - I can’t spell Arla Jean Blodgett - Fatal Friends Arla Jean Blodgett - The Four Legged Bryan Downey - American Pride Clare English - A Foreign Ceremony Jacqueline Flick – Realities Michael Flynn - Questions Without Answers Jillian Kemmerly - Hope for Tomorrow Chase Kinsey - Unbridled Zoe Knafelc - You Ruined Space for Me Emma Kuchinski - Early Morning Sunrise

Daniel Little - 1,000 Miles Daniel Little - The Sand Islands Alena Marcinkoski - Erased Isabel Midcap - The Loss Katelyn Miklos - The Partner Katelyn Miklos - The End Jordyn Ney - “Fish” Food Kristen Orlandi - Ugly, Beautiful Home Sophia Packard - Memories Never Fade Caitlin Paterson - My Heart Isn’t Home Kyle Postlethwait - A Life’s Work Veronica Ringlein - The Mystery Ben Ryan - When I Met the Pope Caroline Scarff - The Fourth Blessing Ben Smedley - Natural Colors Ben Smedley - Flood Lights Roslyn Talbert - It’s the Climb Grace Zukus - The Red Couch Room

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Student Spotlight Signing Day at LCHS Nine Lancaster Catholic High School senior athletes signed their National Letters of Intent to become Division I, II and III student athletes during the 20162017 academic year.

The student athletes signing letters of intent included: William Amidon, of East Petersburg, committed to play football at Division III King’s College, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, where he plans to major in criminal justice.

Alexis Driendl, of Lancaster, will join the Division III Widener University, Chester, Pennsylvania, lacrosse team. She also plans to major in criminal justice.

Shawn Henry, of Lancaster, committed to play baseball at Point Park University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he plans to major in national security and intelligence.

Bayley Jamanis, of Lancaster, will join the Division II Seton Hill University, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, baseball team.

He plans to major in business administration.

Michael Jarvie, Jr., of Lancaster, committed to play soccer at Division III Misericordia University, Dallas, Pennsylvania, where he plans to major in history.

Joseph Lobeck, of Lancaster, will join the Division I Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, wrestling team. He plans to major in philosophy and finance.

Christopher Myers, of Lancaster, committed to run cross country and track and field at Division III Elizabethtown College, Pennsylvania, where he plans to major in computer science.

Tyler Robinson, of Lancaster, will join the Frederick Community College, Maryland, baseball team. His major is undecided.

Annaliese Schreder, of Lancaster, committed to play basketball at Division III Hobart and William Smith College, Geneva, New York, where she plans to major in economics.

Family and friends attended the ceremony and posed for pictures with the signees following the signing.

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Catholic Schools Week During nationally recognized Catholic Schools Week, held January 31 through February 6, several Lancaster Catholic High School students put into practice the value of Community service.

On Tuesday and Wednesday, more than 65 students from Lancaster Catholic went on service trips to St. Anne’s Retirement Community, Off the Streets and the Catholic Worker House as part of the national celebration of Catholic Schools Week.

LCHS President Tim Hamer (right) with students at Off the Streets

While the students highlighted the service commitments during the week, all Lancaster Catholic students have annually committed more than 15,000 hours to community service as part of the Good Samaritan and Christian Service programs.

“Service is fundamental to a Catholic Education,” said Tim Hamer, President, “Our students had the privilege to serve three worthy community organizations and were excited to do so.”

On Tuesday, at the Catholic Worker House, students cleaned windows and lighting fixtures while learning about the activities and services the organization offers to help those in the neighborhood.

On Tuesday and Wednesday, a group of students, joined by Hamer and School Principal, Terry Klugh, traveled to a warehouse owned by Off the Streets, a non-profit that helps the homeless get out of shelters or the streets and into a permanent housing situation.

Students organized and cleaned furniture, took inventory, created starter packages for upcoming move-ins and learned how the group helps the Lancaster community.

“I like doing service like this,” said junior Jon Ware, “I see a lot of people in the city, and really everywhere, that don’t have the same opportunities that I do so I try to do anything I can to make them feel like I do - have something to hold on too, have a place to call my own.”

Students also traveled to St. Anne’s Retirement Community to interact with the residents and help them celebrate Mass. The LCHS Concert Choir provided music liturgy for the Mass.

Community service was just one part of the ongoing celebration of Catholic Schools Week. The school kicked off the week with a community-wide mass and designed thank you posters for their elementary schools and home parishes. Faculty joined in on Tuesday with a day-long appreciation for the students that included an ice cream dessert and faculty table cleaning service during lunch. The students returned the favor on Thursday as they served the faculty during lunch periods and hand delivered food to administrative staff throughout the building.

The week concluded on Friday with a Blessing of Families.

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Student Spotlight

LCHS Students Perform “Twelfth Night” Adaptation for Elementary Students Students from Dana Kinsey’s Acting Technique and Dramaturgy classes performed “Lions in Illyria,” an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” for children in late February. The students performed at St. Anne School, Resurrection School and Our Lady of Angels School.

“Lions in Illyria” incorporated an educational component, lots of humor, modern music and a fun animal theme which were intended to entertain elementary students. LCHS students also were involved in the costume and makeup design for the performances.

Kinsey wrote a prologue to teach the students about Shakespeare and “Twelfth Night” that was performed by six of the drama students. “Lions in Illyria” is a modern adaptation and included opportunities for the elementary students to interact during the performance.

The cast included: Julia Cao Zelie Hummer Caitlin Hughes Amanda Martin A.J. Jacunski Emmanuel Torres Sheridan Schreyer William Paterson Miles Titzer Josie Savicky Phil Arentz Victoria Estrada Gloria Cao Indira Guilamo Felicia Molina Danielle Lopez Kylee Damiano Courtney Jones Ginny Kern Nate Kury Margie Rusionello

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Lancaster Catholic High School Fine and Performing Arts Department proudly presents our

George R. Schreck ‘47 & Barbara A. Schober ‘72 Memorial 2015-2016 Concert & Lecture Series

The Killer B’s they just keep coming! featuring our very own LCHS staff member

Dr. Michael T. Jamanis, violin Frances Veri, piano Sonata in E Major BMV 1016 for violin and keyboard - J.S.Bach Sonata No.2 in A Major, Opus 100 - Johannes Brahms Romanian Folk Dances - Bela Bartok Canzone - Samuel Barber Correlations *(a premiere) - Jack Behrens Ragtime - Claude Bolling * Composer Jack Behrens will be in the audience for his world premiere!

Barber & Behrens are both Pennsylvanians!

Behrens & Bolling bring the B’s into the 21st century!

Another Big B that is not on the program - Beethoven - gets the night off!

Jamanis & Veri performed the complete Violin & Piano Sonata Cycle at LCHS from 2013 - 2015

FRIDAY, MARCH 4TH 7:30 PM - LCHS Old Main Auditorium

FREE ADMISSION

Donations accepted for the LCHS FPA

for more information, please contact: Tony L. Brill Director of Fine & Performing Arts 717.509.0310 tbrill@lchsyes.org

Naked Eye Ensemble Entertains at February FPA Concert and Lecture Series

Naked Eye Chamber Ensemble performance at Lancaster Catholic High School on Friday, February 19th as part of the FPA Concert & Lectures Series. The performance featured two of our very own FPA staff members: Paul Murr on percussion and Mike Bitts on double bass and bass guitar.

SAVE THE DATE! The 2nd annual Rock The Church will be held April 29, 7 p.m., at St. Anthony of Padua Church.

Don’t miss the performances by choirs and ensembles from St. Mary, St Joseph, St. Anthony, San Juan Bautista, the Resurrection Singing Saints and, new this year, the Lancaster Catholic Concert Choir.

Be sure to mark your calendars now!

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LANCASTER CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL

Fine and Performing Arts Department Proudly Presents Our

Dinner & Concert Fundraiser

St. Patrick’s Day Celebration special performance by

Rizzetta’s Tones (American Celtic World Band) Featuring:

• special guest Cody McSherry (Accordion) • Encore Performance Company (Irish Dance Group)

•special guest SEAN PATRICK MALLOY (Bagpiper) Sponsored by:

Saturday, March 19, 2016 6:30 – 7:15 PM – Lite Buffet Dinner (Irish Fare) / Soda / Beer (including Guinness) & Wine 7:15 – 9:30 PM – Entertainment & Dessert (Snacks/ Tea & Coffee)

Lancaster Catholic HS Cafeteria

$40.00 per person

Adults Only – 21+

Additional donations will gladly be accepted for the LCHS Fine and Performing Arts

SPECIAL PRICE – Reserved table of 10 – $375

Contact Tony Brill @ (717) 509-0310 or tbrill@lchsyes.org with any questions RSVP WITH PAYMENT BEFORE FRIDAY, MARCH 11

Name:_______________________________ Phone:___________Email:______________ Total # attending @ $40.00 each:__________ Total # of tables @ $375 each:_____________ added Donation for LCHS FPA:__________ TOTAL AMOUNT ENCLOSED: $________

Please send your check made payable to:

LCHS FPA

Send to: Tony Brill (Director of Fine and Performing Arts) Lancaster Catholic High School 650 Juliette Avenue Lancaster, PA 17601 *To reserve a table you need 8-10 people all others will be able to choose your seating when you arrive

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