Spring Blood Drive- Donors Wanted Blood is needed every 2 seconds. Your blood can give life to a cancer patient, a trauma victim or a burn patient, just to name a few who would benefit from your donation. It is a safe and easy process which takes approximately 45 minutes. The drive will be held Thursday, February 27 from 8:00 to 2:00 in the Old Gym. The Blood Drive is sponsored by our National Honor Society and Central Pennsylvania Blood Bank. Anyone age 16 or older, weighing at least 110 pounds and in good health on the day of the drive may donate. Pennsylvania law requires a parent consent form for students who are 16 years old. Permission forms are available in the Library and must be returned by Tuesday, February 25. Unfortunately, International students may not donate since they have not been in the U.S. for 1 complete year. All donors must present a photo ID at the time of donation. Beginning Monday, February 10 sign-up sheets for donating will be available in the Library. Please encourage your son or daughter to donate. If you would like to donate please email Miss Susan Martin at smatin@lchsyes.org with your preferred time.
Upcoming Events Faculty In-Service No School
President’s Day No School
FPA Pops in the Round
Sadie Hawkins Dance
Ash Wednesday Mass
February 14
February 17
February 19
February 22
February 26
The Scholastic Writing Competition The Scholastic Writing Competition announced the winners of the 2019-20 contest. Lancaster Catholic is proud to announce that there are 26 winning submissions for the Scholastic Writing Competition. In total there were 14 Honorable Mentions, 10 Silver Keys and 2 Gold Keys. The winners are: Gold Key
Silver Key
Honorable Mention
Henry Greiner Madison Lewis
Hope Abel Ali Brewer Cecilia Deel Xavier LeFevre Maria Martin Matthew Oleskowitz Riley Smith (2) Zack Stauffer Kaylie Vazquez
Ross Conway Kevin Draeger Hannah Eckerd Bedei Gbala Marian Joseph Aiden McShea (2) Angeline Rann Sheridan Riva Sabina Russoniello Leanna Smith Lizbeth Stephan Ian Witkowski Jillian Wnek
Parent Referral Program! There is no better way to encourage prospective students and their families to consider all that Lancaster Catholic has to offer than to extend a personal invitation! We know first hand that your recommendation moves people to take the first step in exploring Lancaster Catholic for their family. Our Referral Program is meant to thank families who have added new members to the Crusader family. For each new family that enrolls, the referring family will receive a $500 discount on tuition! Please contact Kyla Hockley, Admissions Director, for more information on this new program at 717-509-0313 or by emailing khockley@lchsyes.org.
Amazon Smile We have a reason to smile today! You can now shop on Amazon and with just a click of a button, the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price to support Lancaster Catholic! Just be sure to use the www.smile.amazon.com website when you are checking out to make sure your donation counts!
Alumni Citation 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. The Alumni Citation Committee is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2020 Alumni Citation Awards: Sam Kirchner ‘69 Service to LCHS Stephen Smith ‘64 Professional Achievement / Service to Catholic Education Claire Seguin Storm ‘57 Service to Humanity Brenda Weaver ‘70 Service to Catholic Education This year’ s presentation luncheon will be Saturday, April 4th at the Hamilton Club. Please feel free to nominate any graduate who has made an impact in the following areas: • • • •
Outstanding Professional Achievement Service to Humanity Service to LCHS Service to Catholic Education. Nomination forms are available from the Alumni section of the LCHS website.
Online Raffle Baskets Tickets - End Date Extended Lancaster Catholic is hosting an online raffle for 7 themed raffle baskets donated by the Freshman, Sophomore, Junior and Senior classes. The profits from the baskets support Lancaster Catholic’s mission. The themes for the seven baskets are Happy Hour, Gift Cards Galore, Oh, Those Summer Nights, Road Trip, Crusader Tailgate, All Around the World and Hostess with the Mostest! The value of the baskets range from $500-800! Take a chance or share the link below with your family and friends! Tickets are 1 for $5, 5 for $10, 10 for $20, 25 for $50 & 50 for $100. Tickets can be purchased at www.accelevents.com/e/2020PurpleGoldGalaRaffle. Winners will be drawn on Friday, February 21st, 2020 and notified via email. As always, Lancaster Catholic appreciates your support. Any questions, please reach out to Lori Wagner at lwagner@lchsyes.org or Kevin Carver at kcarver@lchsyes.org.
Important Business Office Updates! With changes in the Financial Aid Application and the Neumann Scholarship, it is crucial that if you wish to re-register your child at Lancaster Catholic High School for the 2020-21 school year, a Registration Fee of $150 is due by March 1st. Also, the Financial Aid Applications are due March 1st. This is an earlier date than last year. You may use your 1040 form from 2018 to complete this application. If you have any questions, please contact the Business Office at 717-509-0307. For more information about the changes, see page 10 of this Crusader Connection.
Lancaster Catholic Mini-THON (February 29-March 1) To volunteer, submit your child’s medical release form or submit a luminary form, click here. To donate to Lancaster Catholic’s Mini-THON, click here.
Signing Day 2020 On Wednesday, February 5, 2020, ten Crusader Athletes took part in the National Signing Day. These young individuals committed to playing their sport of choice at the collegiate level. Division 1 Bryce Behmer - Baseball - University of Kentucky Andrew Miklos - Football - University of Delaware Division 2 Trey Wells - Football - West Chester University Division 3 Katie Haefner - Basketball - Elizabethtown College Todd Kauffman - Football - Widener University Marlia Matters - Basketball - Widener University Amanda Mueller - Soccer - McDaniel College Cassandra Peris - Basketball - Elizabethtown College Brynn Rathsam - Soccer - Eastern University Riley Smith - Tennis - Mary Washington University There will be a Spring Signing Day held later this year.
STEM Sisters- Black History, Women’s History Join us at the North Museum for an exciting and informative evening to learn about Women’s and Black History. We will show a series of short films and do some related activities. Dinner will be provided. February 17th | 5 pm - 8 pm The North Museum | 400 College Ave, Lancaster, PA Registration is required so sign up today!
A Palette-able Affair Art Show & Auction
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Summer Lifeguard Positions Open Thanks to the Emerald Foundation & the Besecker family, the Crusaders will have a safer experience in 2020. Lancaster Catholic has partnered up with Defend Your Head in cooperation with the Emerald Foundation to help make football safer in 2020. Thanks to funding from the Besecker family, the Crusaders will have Defend Your Head’s innovative ProTech helmet covers for the upcoming season, giving each student-athlete better head protection that reduces collision force by as much as 72 percent. Joe ‘75 and Martha Besecker made a connection with John Zeglinski, Defend Your Head’s Sr. Vice President of National Business Development, to bring the ProTech technology to Lancaster County. ProTech’s patented technology has been proven to absorb and dissipate energy for the reduction of injury due to blunt force trauma. A three-year independent study by Penn State University concluded that Defend Your Head’s technology was the primary factor in reducing traumatic head impacts to Nittany Lion players. In addition to Penn State, more than 10,000 football players are wearing ProTechs, including student-athletes at Penn, Temple, Alabama, and Baylor. “We are thrilled to partner with Defend Your Head on this important safety initiative,” said Besecker, Founder, President and CEO of the Emerald Foundation. “Helping make student-athletes at Lancaster Catholic safer playing football is perfectly aligned with our focus on education, youth, health and safety awareness.” “As athletic directors and coaches, we want the safest playing environment possible for our student-athletes. ProTech has been proven to make football safer”, said Rich Hinnenkamp, Lancaster Catholic’s Athletic Director. We are very grateful to Beseckers and look forward to the benefits of this outstanding initiative.” Lancaster Catholic High School will be the first school in the Lancaster-Lebanon League to use the new technology. Partner this innovation with the EDGE system from Reflexion, a company started by alums Matt Campagna ‘15 & Matt Roda ‘15, that every student uses in physical education courses, LCHS is at the forefront of technology when it comes to student-athlete safety. For more information about Defend Your Head, visit www.defendyourhead.com.
New Deadline for Neumann Scholarship- Catholic Witness Families applying for tuition assistance through the Diocese’s Neumann Scholarship Foundation for the 2020-2021 school year are being advised of a new application deadline, March 1. In previous years, the deadline was April 15, coinciding with the tax deadline. Pennsylvania law requires the most recent tax return to determine a family’s qualification for the scholarships, made possible through the state’s Educational Improvement Tax Credit EITC Program. The March 1 deadline allows the schools and the Neumann Scholarship Foundation to receive families’ information in a more timely fashion, and subsequently offers parents more time to make a decision about their enrollment or re-enrollment in a Catholic school. With the advance deadline, families will be asked to provide their most recent tax return and a W-2 for the taxes they’ll file this spring. Daniel Breen, Diocesan Secretary for Education and Superintendent of Schools, said the decision to change the deadline for the Neumann application was made after consultation with school officials, who wanted to “give our families a time frame that works for them for enrollment, and to know the financial picture well in advance of the following school year.” Breen emphasized that the March 1 deadline maximizes a family’s ability to receive a scholarship for the 2020-2021 academic year. After the deadline, funds will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis, based on the school. In addition to the new deadline, a second change to the Neumann program is that school officials will have increased involvement in awarding scholarships. Previously, Neumann scholarships were awarded at the Diocesan level in consultation with the schools. Given that school personnel know their families and family situations, and also have additional sources of funding from other scholarship programs, they will now have more discretion in awarding the scholarships.
Remember to submit your Neumann Scholarship Application by March 1st!
School Counseling Corner Attention all Seniors! Millersville University is offering an Instant Decision Day for any senior who wishes to apply to Millersville. So, if you would like to apply risk free and get a decision right away, visit https://www.millersville.edu/admissions/undergrad/apply/indexphp and use the fee waiver code FR2020! Ms. Naydia Bonner, Admissions Counselor from Millersville will be at LCHS on February 21 at 11:00 a.m.
Course Selection Meeting for Parents All parents of rising sophomores, juniors and seniors for Academic Year 2020-21 are invited to join the Academic Department Team in the Library on Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. After a brief overview of academic levels, courses, special certificate programs, parents may ask specific questions directly to teachers representing specific departments.
Planning for the Summer Now that the groundhog has forecast an early spring, summer won’t be far behind. If your child is looking for employment, working papers may be obtained at your school district of residence. Please visit that school district’s website for hours of operation and a list of items you will have to bring with you to obtain working papers. The School Counseling Office will continue to pass along student employment information in the Crusader Connections.
Attention all students and parents- Naviance Naviance is asking that all users change their passwords. Next time you login, you will be required to change your password. Your user name (although it says “email”) is still your year of graduation followed by your first name initial followed by your last name i.e. 20jgrosh. The old password, your nine digit ID number should generate an email to change the password. If you have questions, please ask your School Counselor.
PUBLIC SERVICE CAREER EXPLORATION DAY FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 2020 8:30-11:30AM HACC LANCASTER CAMPUS 1641 OLD PHILADELPHIA PIKE LANCASTER, PA 17602 EAST BUILDING, ROOM 203
This event includes demonstrations and activities to showcase careers in: - Criminal Justice: careers include law enforcement, correctional rehabilitation, juvenile and adult probation and parole, private security and investigations, forensic science, and criminology. - Human Services: provide client services, including support for families, in a wide variety of fields, such as psychology, rehabilitation, and social work, and they help clients find benefits or community services. - Paralegal Studies: prepares students to perform a variety of tasks to support lawyers, including maintaining and organizing files, conducting legal research, and drafting documents. - Police Officer: protect lives and property and gather facts and collect evidence of possible crimes. - Psychology: study cognitive, emotional, and social processes and behavior by observing, interpreting, and recording how people relate to one another and to their environments. - Social Work: help people solve and cope with problems in their everyday lives and diagnose and treat mental, behavioral, and emotional issues. AND MORE!!
Attending this event, students will also have the opportunity to meet with local public service employers.
IF INTERESTED IN ATTENDING, RSVP TO YOUR COUNSELOR BY APRIL 3RD.
Lancaster Catholic High School
Teacher Spotlight
Abby Henry
Creative, Compassionate & Driven But �irst, co�fee
English Teacher
Bachelors in English Education
What is an item on your bucket list? I’d love to take a glass blowing class
What would be your super power? I would love to know what is going on in my students minds!
Tell us about your family! I am one of six children. My family is crazy, opinionated, loud and some of my very best friends. I have a husband named John (also an ‘07 alum) and a sweet boxer named Luna!
When did you realize you wanted to become an educator?
If you could have any other career, what would it be?
I have wanted to be a teacher since I was in 1st grade. My 1st grade teacher, Mrs. Hartman, at Sacred Heart was amazing!
I would love to travel the world eating good food, Anthony Bourdain style.
Reading with a nice cup of coffee.
Favorite hobby?