Principal’s Corner - The Next Chapter

The beginning of a new chapter of life has begun for each one of our eighth grade students who will celebrate graduation on Wednesday evening.  Our graduates will move on to experience higher education at the likes of West Catholic, Catholic Central, Lowell and Belding. Our graduating class is made up of eight students who will now be spread apart as they attend the different high schools throughout the area.

As they move forward with their education and their lives, the foundation that has been set at Saint Patrick’s will last them a lifetime. We pray that each child will experience success and happiness in life. We pray that they will make good choices and grow in their Faith. Wherever their life journey takes them, they are always welcome back home at Saint Pat’s.

I am proud of our students and am confident that each child will continue to be high character individuals who will live healthy and productive lives. God Bless each one of you.

May the road rise to meet you,
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
The rains fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of his hand.

Amen

In Christ,

Scott Czarnopys

Saint Patrick School - Principal

Attention all Golfers!!!

St. Paddy’s Scramble

Second Annual   -  Registering  Now

August 18, 2012 

Scott Lake Country Club

All golfers who went last year  complimented the event as  fun and well organized.  More of the same is planned for this year!  Registrations have been sent each family and are available in the school office or on:stpaddysscramble.sharepoint.com

Please spread the word to friends, family, neighbors and co-workers and invite them to play.  Early Bird Pricing thru 7/20/12 - golf and lunch for 1 is $65, for 4, $260.  Questions or donation pick-up, email saintpatrickgolf@yahoo.com  Proceeds benefit student athletics.

Art Show Today!

A friendly reminder that Mrs. Haugen is exhibiting all of our students artwork today after school. Please stop in after school with your child(ren) and let them show off some of the amazing pieces that they have created over the course of the school year!

Principal Corner - Time, Talent and Treasure

This past week at Saint Patrick School, the teachers organized a potluck for anyone who volunteers for our children. The strength of our school comes from the overwhelming amount of time, talent and treasure that is offered from all of you in the community, that support and believe in our mission; To Know God, To Love God, To Serve All.  A potluck is a very small thank you for everyone who invests in the Catholic Education of each child in our community. All of our volunteers were not able to join us last week. However, we recognize and appreciate every single person, past and present, who takes time to invest in our children.

Heavenly Father,

We lift our hearts to You as we express gratitude and praise for all our volunteers and donors.

We are thankful for all the great things they do… both large and small. For every action has special meaning to our school family.

We are aware that their love and support is enriching our lives. They bless our school community with their generous and compassionate hearts.

We pray that you will continue to share your blessings upon them.

Amen.

In Christ,

Scott Czarnopys

Principal 

Vamos a aprender Espanol (We are going to learn Spanish)

Evening Spanish classes to develop basic language skills will take place at Saint Patrick, Parnell, in the Shepards of Armagh room of the Family Activity Center. Classes will be conducted from 6-8:30pm on Monday evenings beginning June 18^th and ending August 6^th. Classes are designed to offer participants the basic language skills for speaking and reading Spanish. This is a great opportunity to begin learning the language or increase already obtained language skills. Cost for the class is $75.00; registration for class can be made by contacting Jim Albert, 616-794-1462, emailing: diegoalbert48809@yahoo.com, or at the beginning of the first class.

Parish Update - May 17

The weekend Mass schedule:

Saturday

4PM Confession

5PM Mass

Sunday Mass times

8AM and 10:30AM

Daily Mass Times

9 AM – Friday, May 18

9AM – Tuesday, May 22

9 AM – Wednesday, May 23

9 AM - Thursday, May 24

9 AM – Friday, May 25

Weddings

           

Casey Conley and Amanda Wilder celebrated the Sacrament of Marriage at St. Patrick on May 12th.

We congratulate Casey and Amanda on this blessed occasion. You have our prayers and support!

Must See TV!!!

Check out the very nice story that WoodTV’s Jack Doles put together about my son, Johnny (the link is below).  At the end of the video (after the second advertisement), Johnny even gets to live out a dream by doing the live sports broadcast!   

http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/sports/river_bank_run/father-son-team-overcome-cerebral-palsy

Jeff Agar

Parishioner - St. Pat's

New Programming for 2012/2013

Principal’s Corner

 

We are excited to announce that Saint Patrick School will have its own band program!  Mr. Matt Palmieri will be our new Band Instructor and is scheduled to meet with students who will be in the 5th-8th grades next school year. On May 15, he will meet with the students in 4th-7th grades, introduce himself and discuss specifics of what the band program will offer. This will be a great opportunity for the children to meet Mr. Palmieri and to determine if band is something they would like to try.

We will be working out details of how the program will operate over the next month. When we lock in specifics, we will communicate them to all of you. 

In Christ,

Scott Czarnopys

Saint Patrick School - Principal

Track Update from Coach Partridge

It's been a great year of what I'd call "Athletic Development", or "Team Building" as they say in the NFL for the  St Pat's Track Team this year.  We took home a total of 23 - 2nd and 3rd place ribbons; but only 5 times were we 1st. All the kids were in there slugging, but we just had couldn't run quite as fast, or jump quite as far as the athlete in the lead !  We'll wrap up our season on 5/19 with what is termed the "City Meet" at West Catholic High School field starting at 8:00am.  Love to see you there to cheer our kids on !  Here is how the season shaped up so far :

 

Our Senior Girls Team consisted of Kateri Mills and Lucy Wade, both 7th grade students.

 

 - Kateri's claim to fame hands down is the 1600 meter run, (aprox one mile)  She began the season with a very commendable 6:21 and brought that down to a 6:00 in her last meet.  Kateri compiled 7 - 2nd place finishes always being edged out by Morgan Benoit.  Kateri's 800m race against Morgan was also always a close contest.  On 4/28 Morgan crossed the finish line at 2:52 with Kateri a quarter step behind at 2:55 !

 - Lucy was our relay girl and did very well in the 400m and 800m relays with her team finishing in 1st place twice and 2nd place once.

 

Our Senior Boys Team was made up of Alex Richmond and Marc Langlois, both 7th grade students

 

 - Alex was only able to make one meet, but put his heart into practice and finished 3rd in the 400m relay and 4th in the 400m run.

 - Marc is new to the sport and has put in an excellent effort, with his team coming in 3rd 1 time and 4th the next time in the 800m relay.

 

Our Junior Girls Team was the largest and the 5th and 6th grades were represented by Erin and Annie Brooks, Maura Fitzpatrick, Lauren Snarski and Elise Marshall

 

 - Erin finished middle of the pack in most of her runs bringing home a 4th place finish in the 70m run 1st time out and a 1st place ribbon in the high jump

 - Annie did very well in the 800m relay with her team finishing 2nd during the 1st meet and 1st place in our most recent meet

 - Maura managed to keep both of her shoes on so far and brought home 1 - 3rd place, 6 - 2nd place and 1 - 1st place ribbon for the team.  Maura is also 1 that got edged out by fractions of a second in more than one race.  In our first meet she came in 2nd in the 400 with a 1:13:56 to a 1st place finish of 1:13:44....  that's close !  Her first place ribbon last week was for a 15:42 100m run, her best in that event so far.

 - Elise has great distance potential and made good showings in both the 400 and 800 runs and relays.  She brought home 2 - 3rd place finishes.

 - Lauren supported her team real well with good efforts in the 70, 100, 200 and 400 with her best time of 1:30 in the 400m run

 

Our Junior Boys Team had only one athlete, Malachi Mills, and he held his own very well

 

 - Malachi placed 2nd and then 4th in the 400m run with a time of 1:13, losing the first place ribbon to a time of 1:10.  He also placed 2 in the 800m run with a time of 2:40

 

Thank you again for the opportunity to coach your kids and introduce them to the competitive Track and Field.

It has certainly been a pleasure meeting and working with all of them !

Mark your calendars!

Get ready for some fun! Vacation Bible School at St. Patrick Parish is scheduled for the week of July 30-Aug 3rd.

This year, we are going to 'Win the World for Jesus!' This highly-rated program from K4J focuses on missionaries in the New World, and every day takes participants on an adventure filled with faith and fun! 

You are invited to join the excitement as a VBS volunteer. We are having a meeting nextWednesday, May 9th at 6:30PM to review the program and discuss planning. Many hands make light work, and we'd love to have you as a part of our team of enthusiastic volunteers! We'll meet in the St. Patrick School library (enter through the main school entrance) to go over our 2012 program.

If you aren't able to make the meeting but would like to help, contact Maryalene LaPonsie at maryalene_L@hotmail.com or 616-897-5942 for more information.

See you there!