Parent Connection

Students may dress down on Friday, February 26th for a donation of a $1 or more to

benefit Catholic Charities.

Yearbook orders are due on March 22nd. The cost is $16.

They can be ordered at https://ybpay.lifetouch.com/ and our school code is 1673221.

We are happy to report that the Apex Remix (Dance-a-thon) Fundraiser raised $15,000 for our school!

Thank you to all the students, teachers, parents, grandparents and friends who supported this fun initiative at DeSales!

The funds raised through this event will be put toward STREAM and tuition assistance.

Re-register Online Here

Re-registration for the 2021-2022 school-year is underway here at DeSales. Families may register using the link above or complete hard copies of the required paperwork.

Each family is asked to re-register their child(ren) to secure their spot for the next school-year. We anticipate another busy year in admissions and strongly encourage all families to register as soon as registration opens. We will be offering an early bird discount on the registration fee again this year. Register by Friday March 5th and pay only $75 per child! After March 5th the registration fee will go to $100 per student.

Our first priority is securing spots for the 2021-2022 school-year for the students of our current families (you!). We will hold all spots until March 5, 2021. Your registration and registration fee secure your child's spot.

If you have questions about registering for the 2021-2022 school-year, please contact Mrs. Kim Knuutila at knuutilak@desalescatholicschool.org. If you have questions about financial aid, please contact, Mrs. Annette Wojcinski at wojcinskia@desalescatholicschool.org.

Thank you for being a part of the DeSales Family!

DeSales Catholic School is in need of substitute teachers. If you are interested and have a Associates degree and are Virtus trained by the Diocese of Buffalo, please send a resume to granchellir@desalescatholic school.org. For more information, please call Mrs. Granchelli at (716)433-6422.

There is still time to place your orders for Easter chocolate! The Fowlers Easter Candy Sale ends this Sunday, February 28th.

This year, we have made it even easier for you to place your Easter candy orders; all orders and payments this year will be placed online. Also new this year - you will also have the ability to ship your items directly to your home or you can still have them delivered to the school to be picked up.

Pick up will be the week of March 15th. The pick-up date will be determined as delivery gets closer.

How do I get started:

Go to: register.fowlersfundraising.com

1. Register an account

2. Our school ID# is: FC1004

3. You will be sent an email with your sales link

4. Share your sales link through email with family and friends via email, texting or social media posts. If you register a cell phone, a link will be texted to you!

5. Happy Selling!!

Don't forget- 40% of your total sales will count towards your $100 HSA commitment!

All orders must be placed by midnight on Sunday, February 28th. No late orders will be accepted.

Prizes for the top sellers! The family with the highest sales will win a $100 Target Gift Card and the runner up will win a $50 Target Gift Card.

As always, please contact HSA President, Cally Couturier with any questions at hsa@desalescatholicschool.org.

What are Little Bites from Heaven? The Spiritual Life Committee knows how important faith is to our families at DeSales. However, we also know families lead busy lives and finding time to sit down to foster that faith, read the Bible together and answer the questions our children have about God sometimes takes a back seat to other things. That’s why we think Little Bites from Heaven is a great tool to do just this. Dinnertime allows an opportunity to connect over food while having fun, joyful and meaningful faith-building conversations with your children. Little Bites from Heaven provides devotional time for all family members that includes scripture, questions to discuss and a short devotional. It’s as simple as read the scripture and devotion and discuss the questions together. We believe Little Bites from Heaven will help to prioritize what is most important and at the same time, foster and grow a deeper understanding of your family’s faith rooted in Jesus Christ.

Devotional: STILL GROWING

Imagine if a baby just stayed a baby – never growing up or getting bigger. Something would be terribly wrong with a baby who didn’t grow. And something would be wrong with a Christian who never grew either – a Christian who stayed a baby in faith. As we grow in years, we want to grow in how we talk to, listen to, and trust God.

How do we grow in faith? It starts with how we “eat” spiritually – talking about, thinking about, and memorizing the Bible. First, we feed ourselves the “milk” – the basics about life in Christ, who God is, and what he has done for us. Then, just as babies go from drinking milk to eating solid food, we move on from the “milk” to the “meat” = the deeper truths and bigger picture of God. We can do this by “chewing on” and “swallowing” more challenging passages in the Bible and by going deeper in learning about God’s Word.

While our physical bodies stop growing at some point, we never have to stop growing spiritually. We will always have more to learn, new ways to trust God, deeper truths to understand.

Scripture:

You can have a Bible close to the dinner table to use during devotions. The kids can take turns reading the scripture each week out of the Bible!

“Let your roots grow down into Him and draw up nourishment from him, so you will grow in faith, strong and vigorous in the truth you were taught. Let your lives overflow with thanksgiving for all he has done” Colossians 2:7

Discussion Questions (pick a couple or all questions and allow for everyone to to answer. There’s no answer key! As parents, we sometimes think we have to have all the answers, but we don’t. It’s ok to sometimes not have all the answers! But God does and it’s good to let our kids know when tough questions arise that some things only God knows, and we can’t always understand, but we can always trust Him )

1. In what ways have you been growing in the past year?

2. What kind of spiritual food helps your faith grow?

3. Looking back, can you pinpoint ways your faith has grown from what it used to be?

4. What is one thing you can do this week to help grow your faith?

Little Bites from Heaven are excerpts taken from Dinner Table Devotions written by Nancy Guthrie

This morning, DeSales students in grades 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 had an opportunity to take part in Bake for Good (Kids). This program was sponsored by King Arthur Flour. With an Instructor Zooming live from King Arthur’s test kitchen, students learned how to make bread.

Baking is an ideal vehicle for STREAM learning. Through these experiences in the kitchen, children learn critical thinking skills, understand more about measurements, they witness chemical reactions, can exercise their creativity and of course problem solve. These experiences all put STREAM in real world contexts.

Students will be bringing home a bag from King Arthur Flour with a recipe book, yeast, a bag of flour, a dough tool and a plastic bag. From these materials, they will be able to make two loaves of bread. One loaf for their family to enjoy and the second loaf will be made for a loved one.

A very special thank you to Ms. Amy Driscoll and King Arthur Flour for spending the morning with us.

The next HSA Meeting will take place on Wednesday, March 3rd at 7:00pm. Details to follow.

We are in search of basket items or themed baskets for our upcoming (Virtual) Annual Bid for Quality Education Auction which will be held in April. Please send any donations into the DeSales Main Office. If you need your items picked up, please contact HSA President, Cally at hsa@desalescatholicschool.org.

• February Breakfast Menu 2021
• February Lunch Menu 2021
• March Breakfast Menu 2021
• March Lunch Menu 2021

**Update: Breakfast and Lunch will be a provided FREE to ALL DeSales students through June 2021.**

The Start of Something Great!

Email: knuutilak@desalescatholicschool.org
Website: www.DeSalesCatholicSchool.org
Location: 6914 Chestnut Ridge Road, Lockport, NY, USA
Phone: (716)433-6422

VIRTUAL MEAT RAFFLE: The Home School Association at Cardinal O’Hara High School will host a Virtual Meat Raffle on Facebook on Friday, March 12. The event begins at 7 p.m. and at 7:15 p.m. the first spin will start. Tickets are $45, which includes entry into each of the 15 rounds and the grand finale. Only 250 spots will be available. A 50/50 raffle and a freezer bag raffle with a $100 gift certificate to fill your freezer will also be featured. Payment options include Venmo, check, cash or drop off payment at the school office. For tickets or information, email Renee Orr at rorr@cardinalohara.com.