Catholic High Senior Claims CX Carlson Scholarship Lancaster Catholic High School senior Sunri Song earned the 2019 CX Carlson Scholarship, as announced by the Red Raven Art Company. Song was judged on her entire 2019 portfolio, which included works titled My Lunch, Green Vase and SummerVibes. Song also worked on an Animation project where she worked primarily on the school’s new Wacom Cintiq creative pen displays. The CX Carlson Scholarship includes a college scholarship of $11,500 over four years plus an art show of the winner’s work at the Red Raven in May. Song plans to attend The Savannah College of Art and Design in the Fall of 2020.
Upcoming Events March for Life
Activities Fair
January 24
January 25
Catholic Schools Cody McSherry Week in Concert
Winter Pep Rally
January 26- Feb. 1
January 31
January 28
• Participates will gather at St. John Neumann Catholic Church (601 East Delp Rd, Lancaster) at 7 AM on Friday, January 24th. • This counts as a retreat and an excused absence from Lancaster Catholic. • Around 7:30 AM (after Mass at St. John Neumann) we will precede to get on buses. • Every student will be part of a small group of approximately 5 to 7 students assigned to one specific chaperone. • Every student and chaperone will be provided with a map of the March route with clearly marked area to meet for bus pick-up, this will list meeting points and cell phone numbers for their chaperone and bus captain. • All students must also have emergency information on their person. • PLEASE REMEMBER: we will be in the midst of hundreds of thousands of moving people in a large metropolitan city. We need students to cooperate with chaperones. Parents, please talk with your student about the importance of staying with their chaperone! Students who consciously leave their chaperone will be treated to disciplinary measures. • Please keep an eye on weather reports for D.C. Dress for warmth & possible precipitation. Students will be outside, and NOT have access to the bus once they are dropped off at the Air and Space Museum. Thick soled shoes, warm clothing, hats, gloves, scarves, and LAYERS that can be added and removed while remaining modest. • Forecast is in the upper forties to fifty. It will be muddy. Boots are recommended. • Students must have a packed lunch and beverage for the day. Do NOT count on finding food vendors in D.C. THERE WILL BE A BUS STOP FOR DINNER so bring money for fast food. • We expect to be back at St. John Neumann between 8:00 and 10:00 PM. Phone calls will be made from buses with a more precise arrival time. • IF YOU HAVE A CELL PHONE YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO BRING IT WITH YOU! • You must carry what you bring- BAGS ARE ENCOURAGED FOR THE MARCH. EMERGENCY CONTACT: MR. ART BAMERT: 717-497-2280 EMERGENCY CONTACT: MISS. NOELLE CYBULSKI: 717-517-4314
National Signing Day National Signing Day will be held on Wednesday Feb. 5th at 11:15 am in the Berger Gym. Any senior who is signing to play a sport in college, is asked to stop in the athletic office for more information and to register their intent by Feb. 3rd. Parents and families are welcome to attend the Signing Day Festivities.
Body Balance Uniforms The online store is now open until January 24th to purchase Body Balance uniforms for the 2nd semester. Please note that there are youth leggings & ladies leggings. Please order the correct size since there are no returns or refunds accepted for the items. The PE uniforms (gold t-shirt & purple shorts) are also allowed for Body Balance class, they can be purchased through the athletic office. Click here to order your body balance uniform!
Volunteers Needed! Click here to sign up here to volunteer for winter home sports contests. REMINDER - each family is required to volunteer 10 hours in support of the Athletic office. These hours may be in the concession, ticket sales or other game help areas. Hours that are for individual teams do not count toward these hours.
Thank you for your support!
Online Raffle Baskets Tickets Available 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! 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, January 31st, 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.
Summer Lifeguard Positions Open
https://www.co.lancaster.pa.us/1144/Employment-Opportunities
2020 Super Bowl Celebration Throughout this and next week the Lancaster Catholic Varsity Club is embarking on its greatest event and fundraiser of the year, the Super Bowl Celebration. Students will have the opportunity to celebrate their love of sports at LCHS while raising money for a very worthy cause. For a $3.00 donation, students can purchase a ticket and guess the winning team and score of Super Bowl LIV. With a donation of $3.00+ comes a casual dress day for sporting their favorite teams’ colors and attire on Friday, January 31 and a chance to guess the winning team. $5.00 will earn them three guesses and a chance to win a technology prize worth over $200.00 plus a dress down day. The student from each class who has picked the winning team and the closest score will receive a team shirt of his or her choice. Tickets will be sold starting Friday, 1/24 through Thursday 1/30 at lunches. If students wait until Friday morning to purchase their tickets, the cost will be $5.00 for the dress down day and no guesses. All proceeds will go to Veterans’ Victory House, a transitional living facility in Lancaster for veterans and their families experiencing homelessness. Last year we proudly sent a check of $2,100 which helped defray the cost of food, laundry, counseling, transportation, security deposits, and other personal needs. Without our continued support, these men and women who have served our country so faithfully would go without some basic necessities of life which we take for granted. So please, participate in this fun event, whether you are football fanatics or not, wear your favorite colors and celebrate sports in America.
School Counseling Corner Why can’t I add an elective this semester? This is a question that has been raised often in the past 2 weeks. Unfortunately, when classes are selected during the previous spring, students make their choices which determine class size and the number of sections available. If we don’t have a minimum number of students request a class, that has bearing on whether we offer that class and electives are usually affected the most by this. Please note, the minimum number of credits a student is required to have is 6.5. Student transcripts reflect only the final grades from each completed course, not the number of study halls a student may have. If students have questions regarding their schedules, they may see their School Counselor.
Seniors who will attend a Catholic College next year... Make sure you check out the Ray Tyo St. Ferdinand Scholarship on Naviance under the Scholarship tab. This award is for $2,000 per year for 4 years!!
Just for Juniors Students who are juniors can expect to have their meetings scheduled with their counselors right after midterm exams. We are eager to explain what the next steps are with post high school planning and introducing students to Naviance capabilities and tools. Right now, juniors should be looking to register for their first standardized college entrance exam (SAT: collegeboard.org or ACT:actstudent.org).
Student Athletes! If you have registered with the NCAA, you also need to have your SAT or ACT scores sent directly to the NCAA. Please review your eligibility status as soon as possible at www.web3.ncaa.org/ecwr3/
Swim Team Fundraiser
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Teacher Spotlight
Lauren Fink
Energetic, Understanding & Hopeful
Instructional Support
Masters in Special Education -Autism & Bachelors in Special Education and Elementary Education
Tell us about your family! What is an item on your bucket list? I want to visit every US State and go to Ireland.
My husband’s name is Jake and my son, Henry, was born May 21, 2019. My parents and siblings all went to school at LCHS, as did all of my aunts and uncles!
Favorite hobby?
What is your favorite thing about Lancaster Catholic?
I love spending time with my family.
The love that everyone has for each other, it truly is a family!
If you could have any What has been the most rewarding part other career, what would of teaching? it be? When students come back and tell me about their successes.
Stay at home mom!
Favorite Song? My favorite song is I’ll Be by Edwin McCain. It was mine and Jake’s first dance song at our wedding!