Crusader Connection: November 19, 2020

Lancaster Catholic High School Crusader Connection November 19, 2020

Crusader Apparel Sale Need some inspiration for Christmas gifts for the Crusaders in your life? We have you covered with t-shirts, sweatpants, hoodies & crew necks. . .and even a sherpa pullover!

The shop closes on November 20 for orders to be delivered by Christmas. Once the shop closes, it will not be re-opened, so make sure to get your orders in as soon as possible.

We also highly recommend that you choose to have your order shipped to your home for guaranteed delivery before Christmas. If you choose bulk shipping, your order may arrive after the Christmas holiday.

• Double check the items in the shopping cart before you complete and submit your order. Exchanges or Returns will NOT be accepted.

• Your order will be completed and in your hands approximately 15 - 20 business days (up to 4 weeks) after the store closes.

• If an item becomes unavailable, you will be notified. You can change or cancel your order before the closing date, however NO adjustments can be made after the store has closed.

Click here to shop the Crusader Apparel Sale!

Upcoming Events at Lancaster Catholic High School Nov. 21st Nov. 22 to Nov. 24th Nov. 25th Dec. 1st

Senior Portraits Thanksgiving Thanksgiving Classes Resume Nov. 29th (Make-Up Date) Mass Break Fall Play Macbeth Livestream

Begins

Spanish Honor Society Induction Lancaster Catholic’s Spanish Honor Society recognizes the efforts of students who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in the study of Spanish. These students are actively enrolled in an upper level Spanish class (Spanish 3 or higher), have a minimum 90% grade in all Spanish courses, a cumulative GPA of 80%, and a good behavioral record.

Senior Inductees Ellie Bomberger, Lauren Brommer, Ross Conway, Cyannie Coronado, Cecilia Deel, Yodalis Diaz, Caroline Erb, Jacob Fertal, Erin Haldeman, Ian Hauber, Aarin McMahon, Jacob Mercer, Erin Mohr, Daniel Myers, Hannah Postlethwait, Gabriella Schreck, Kaitlin Smith, Joshua Stahovich, Kaylinda Vazquez Junior Inductees Lily Besecker, Carly Black, Madelynn Card, Matthew DeBord, Ella Deck, Liam Dell Isola, Hannah Eckerd, Henry Greiner, Eric Howe, Derek Lentz, Daniel Leonard, Gloria Leone, Cooper Linkey, Mason Moore, Daniel Mueller, Jack Novis, Steven Pisano, Ansley Ryan, Halle Snopek, Isabelle Titzer Spanish Honor Society Officers Matthew Oleskowitz, Sarah Scott, Lizbeth Stephan, Jaxon Weyforth

Civitas LCHS Coat Drive Civitas LCHS is once again sponsoring a Coat Drive in conjunction with WGAL’s Coats for Kids.

We will accept all types of coats in good condition, as well as, gloves, hats, and scarves.

Items can be dropped off in room 217 or the main office starting December 3rd through Friday, December 11. All donations go to local dry cleaners and then to the Salvation Army.

Lands’ End Uniform Sale

From November 20-December 4th, Lands’ End is having a sale on uniform items!

Use the Code: SMART and Pin:1126 to apply the discount Click here to visit Lands’ End!

The ON STAGE production of Macbeth will be available to stream November 22nd-29th Ticket Prices: $10- individual | $25- Family Click here to purchase your tickets!

Virtual Opening Night (November 22nd at 7 PM) By purchasing tickets to Opening Night, you can join the LCHS Fine & Performing Arts community for this streaming of Macbeth. The event starts at 7 p.m. on Nov. 22 and will only be available during Opening Night.

On-Demand This option allows you to watch on your schedule, from Nov. 22-29. Once you purchase the ticket, you will have 48 hours to view the event.

A Message from Lancaster Catholic High School COVID Response Coordinator: Leslie Aikens God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.

Let us find wisdom and comfort in this prayer. As the surge of COVID-19 positive cases rise in Lancaster County, the feeling of anxiety for some is rising as well.

What can we do about this?

Each of us can do the right thing about preventing the spread of COVID, the public health measures such as wearing a mask, social distancing, washing hands frequently and if you travel outside of PA you quarantine as needed.

We cannot change what is happening in our community, in the words above “courage to change the things I can� in my mind refers to doing what is best to protect yourself and your loved ones.

Here are some coping strategies from Joseph McGuire, Ph. D. , M.A. , a child psychologist with John Hopkins University, https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/ health/conditions-and-diseases/coronavirus/stressed-about-covid19-hereswhat-can-help

1st Quarter Honor Roll To be named to the Honor Roll, a student must have a weighted average for the quarter of 90 percent without having a grade below an 80, while Distinguished Honor Roll members must maintain a 93 percent quarter average.

Students of the Quarter are those students whose hard work helped them receive the highest average grade in their respective classes.

Students of the Quarter are: • • • •

Paige Olmsted (Freshman) Matthew Mercer (Sophomore) Ansley Ryan (Junior) Daniel Biondolillo (Senior) Click here to view the list of Crusaders who are on the Honor Roll and Distinguished Honor Roll for the 1st Quarter.

Sea of Blue Update Varsity Club and Civitas LCHS raised $1,225 for the Veterans’ Victory House with their “Sea of Blue” dress down day on November 11th.

Join our Advancement Team!

Lancaster Catholic High School is looking for an Annual Giving and Volunteer Engagement Manager to join the Advancement team.

The Annual Giving and Volunteer Engagement Manager is an integral part of the overall team charged with advancing the mission of Lancaster Catholic High School. As a member of the Advancement team, this individual will work in tandem with all other staff to achieve program goals. The Annual Giving and Volunteer Manager will handle a wide range of administrative and support related tasks, and must be able to work both with a team and independently with little supervision. This person must be exceedingly well organized, dependable and enjoy the challenges of working in a fast-paced, campaign-oriented environment.

For more information and to apply, click here!

ExtraGive: November 20th Why should you be part of the Extraordinary Give?

The Extraordinary Give is Lancaster’s community-wide celebration of generosity.

Every donation at this website on November 20 will be stretched by a half a MILLION dollars so your dollars go the extra mile for causes you care about!

Click here to visit Lancaster Catholic’s Extra Give webpage.

Senior Portrait: Last Chance We almost have all of our 2021 graduates photographs taken for the yearbook!

If your child has not had their senior portrait taken the final make-up session will be held on: Saturday, November 21st 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM Lancaster Catholic’s Old Gym If you have any questions about the senior portraits, please contact Yearbook Advisor, Mrs. Henry at ahenry@lchsyes.org.

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• Go to Settings It is that easy to support Lancaster Catholic while Christmas or everyday shopping!

Fall Athletics Wrap-Up & Winter Preview A letter from LCHS Athletic Director: Rich Hinnenkamp Crusader Families – well, we made it though the fall season and accomplished many things along the way! I need to thank the fall coaches and players who worked extra hard to make this season happen. We learned a lot about ourselves and what we can endure; we grew through our play and earned some section titles along the way. It was a full season with competitions almost daily, but I am thrilled that we were able to complete the season without shutdowns. Thank you all!

Fall Accomplishments and All Stars can be found in this Crusader Connection. Congratulations to the teams who won championships and the players and coaches who garnered All-Star recognition.

As we enter into the winter season, we are again faced with hurdles that must be overcome in order to finish our winter season. We left last year with unfinished business from a number of winter teams, and we do not want this season to end the same way. There is only one way we can accomplish this – follow the necessary rules.

Masks are vital now that we move inside. Social distancing is also vital. If all players and coaches do this the right way, we can end the season with the chance for Gold Banners on our walls and not sour tastes in our mouths.

Part of doing this the right way is making sure when we are not in school, we are smart away from school. COVID has shown to be spread most often away from the school setting and away from sports. It is VITAL that we are smart on weekends and during the holidays. When you visit others, be smart. Stay away from large groups of friends hanging out in small areas. Wear a mask when you are with large groups. Just be smart and stay safe. If you are feeling ill in any way that could be COVID – stay away until you are feeling better. Going to practice sick is not going to help anyone.

One of the rules of the winter – and also a new PIAA rule – is that players on high school teams can ONLY compete with their high school team. No practices or competitions with club teams or out of season sports. That is the rule. You have the option of doing just high school sports or just club sports, but not both. One of the reason for this to keep our bubbles as tight as possible. This worked in the fall and needs to be followed in the winter.

Fall Athletics Wrap-Up & Winter Preview Continued There are some changes to the league schedule that I am working on now. Junior High sports will not start practice until December 10th.

League play for all teams will not start until January, although non-league contests can start earlier. Some Varsity teams will move the start of practice until after the Thanksgiving break. Those coaches will communicate that to their players.

Swimming and Bowling will start practices on December 1st. Basketball and Wrestling will begin on tomorrow, November 20th.

Parents – the winter will be different to manage than the fall. Many teams will allow very limited visitor tickets or no visiting spectators. At most, we may be lucky to get 2 parents to away contests.

At the end of the fall, we had issues at a game that unfortunately has caused our school’s spectators to be banned for the rest of this year. Unfortunately, this affects parents on our teams that had nothing to do with the situation. Let me be clear – the rules of the away schools MUST be followed at all times. If this can’t be done, do not attend the contest. The rules at home MUST also be followed at all times.

One rule that EVERY school – including ours – will have this winter is that masks must be worn at all times. This will include while you are in the bleachers. PLEASE respect this rule and represent our school the proper way.

We will most likely use the ticket system that we used in the fall. The parents for each sport will have a chance to buy a season ticket for that sport only. This will be used for home and away contests. I need to make sure of away team rules before I make the final decision on how best to do this. I will follow up with more details.

Winter COVID rules pertaining to athletics are being finalized now and should be on the athletic page of the school website by the beginning of next week.

Again, thank you to everyone who made the fall a success and thank you ahead to everyone that will make the winter season a success.

Mr. Richard Hinnenkamp | Athletic Director

Fall Athletic All-Stars, Individual & Team Championships Girls Tennis: Championships Anna Millen: District 3 AA Singles Champion, LL League AA Singles Champion Girls Volleyball: Championships Section 3 Champions

Girls Cross Country: Championships

All-Stars Anna Millen - Player of the Year Section 3, League and Section 3 All-Star

All-Stars Julia Fisher – Section 3 MVP, 1st team Section 3 All-Star Isabel Hoin – District 3 AAA 2nd team All-Star, 1st team Section 3 All-Star Sophia Wentz - District 3 AAA 3rd team All-Star, 1st team Section 3 All-Star Ella Deck – District 3 AAA 3rd team All-Star Bella DeCarlo – 2nd team Section 3 All-Star Marina Brazzo - 2nd team Section 3 All-Star Summer Troxel – Section 3 Academic All-Star Coach Julie Hoin – Section 3 Coach of the Year All-Stars Ellie Bomberger – Section 2 2nd team AllStar Ella Sheaffer - Section 2 2nd team All-Star

Girls Soccer: Championships

All-Stars Carly Fairchild - 1st team Section 4 All-Star, Section 4 Academic All-Star Raina McAnally - 1st team Section 4 AllStar Gabrielle Kambouroglos - 1st team Section 4 All-Star Alyssa Korenkiewicz – 2nd team Section 4 All-Star

Fall Athletic All-Stars, Individual & Team Championships Boys Soccer: Championships

Golf:

All-Stars

Section 4 Champions (2nd section title in school history.

Last one in 2002)

Ethan Paulukow – Section 4 Player of the Year, Section 4 1st team All-Star Danny Biondolillo - Section 4 1st team AllStar Matt Oleskowitz - Section 4 1st team All-Star Jack Engle - Section 4 2nd team All-Star Nate Hummer - Section 4 2nd team All-Star Joseph Stengel – Section 4 Academic All-Star Coach Fossi – Section 4 Coach of the Year

Championships

All-Stars Jack Novis – All-League All-Star, Section 1 1st team All-Star Chris Carl – Section 1 Honorable Mention

Boys Cross Country: Championships

All-Stars Daniel Myers – Section 2 1st team All-Star Mason Moore – Section 2 2nd team All-Star

Field Hockey: Championships

All-Stars Allison Loney - Section 4 1st team All-Star Kristen Woratyle - Section 4 1st team All-Star Elizabeth Winters - Section 4 2nd team AllStar

Football (To Be Announced At A Later Date)

School Counseling Corner Attention ALL Juniors & Sophomores The application for the Lancaster County Career and Technical Center (CTC) is now open for the 2021 - 2022 school year. Please contact Mrs. Maria Taormina, LCHS School Counselor, if you have any questions or you would like to start the application please email Mrs. Taormina at mtaormina@lchsyes.org Freshmen Meetings All School Counselors are meeting with freshmen now to go over their first quarter report cards and offer some academic and personal goal setting.

Self-Care The upcoming holidays amid the pandemic can be times of overwhelming stress for everyone. Remember to take a breath, a break and take care of yourself. Regular sleep and exercise patterns have been very helpful during these trying times!

Now Being Offered for January We are offering a limited number of students the opportunity to take the PSAT if they missed the October administration.

An email was sent out this week to all students and parents of sophomores and juniors regarding registration for this testing opportunity. Students may not take this test if they took the PSAT in October.

FAFSA Tutorial Completing the FAFSA for the first time with your senior? Here’s a brief tutorial that can help: https://youtu.be/fz9j-g1FIHQ Math Help We are pleased to offer students math assistance again this year from Mr. Longenecker. Mr. “L” is a retired teacher from Lancaster Catholic and has helped many students with their math concerns. Mr. “L” reached at ned.longenecker@gmail.com for virtual or in-person assistance. Tancy Wenrich (Class of 2016) has also offered to assist students with math, her email: tancy.wenrich@gmail.com.

Legacy Golf Classic & Virtual Tournament In an effort to ensure the health and safety of our entire community, the Lancaster Catholic High School Alumni Association’s 4th Annual Crusader Legacy Golf Classic has pivoted to a “virtual” format.

We have proudly partnered with Bent Creek Country Club and Golf Genius to make this year’s virtual event even more accessible while maintaining the same high levels of engagement and enthusiasm.

How to Participate • Register at www.lchsyes.org/legacygolfsignup/

Bent Creek Country Club (Lititz, PA)

- $200 per Golfer

- Food, tournament fee & golf fees included- no membership required

- Tee Time Restrictions: Saturdays & Sundays after 12 PM; Mondays- Closed

Any Public/Private Golf Course in the USA

-$100 per Golfer (tournament fee)

- Set-up a tee-time at any public/private golf course to which you have access.

Registrants are responsible for greens fees and any other related expenses for your

round of golf.

• Contact the Pro Shop at your selected golf course to book your tee time • All registered participants have until December 31st to complete their round of golf • Download the Golf Genius app to submit scores, check out this year’s sponsors, and to view the leader board For more information, visit https://www.lchsyes.org/apps/pages/legacygolfclassic