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St. Anthony's Students are Stars! Congratulations & Good Luck! – Look for our very own Alex Figueroa (3B) who will play Jafar in the Children’s Musical Theater works production of Aladdin Jr. The performances will be held at the Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium on July 13th through July 21st. Break a leg, Alex (not really, just wishing you good luck!) Also, congratulations are in order for John Lokey for his selection as a high honor award winner by the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth. Keep up the good work John! (5/30/07) Congratulations Track Stars - Our SAS track team represented us very well at the Valley Championship recently. Hunter Douglas, Cooper Douglas, Caroline Ball, Stephanie Wong, Frank Delana and Matt Harris all qualified for the Valley Championship. Special congratulations to Lauren Capriolio for placing 2nd in the high jump event. (5/30/07) Congratulations – The Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth State Award for High Honors was given to Richard Boone (4P), Grant DerManouel (4M), Maurice Frediere (4M), Mikaela Harris (4M) and Dusty Janigian (4M) on Saturday, May 12th. These students were among the highest scoring participants for the state of California in the mathematics and verbal talent search. I would like to congratulate all of you on this very prestigious award! And more congratulations to our 7th grade girls for becoming the 2007 PAL Varsity Champions in Socco. Mrs. Lorie Baugh coached this winning team consisting of Megan Baugh, Kristyn Chavez, Allie Frea, Sharon Gosselin, Alyssa Johnston, Krystal Lubi, Gabi McNamara, Katie Orjuela, Bianca Pimentel, Ashley Rodriguez, Megan Sullivan and Stephanie Wong. They beat St. Joseph’s from Firebaugh 10-5 in the Championship game! The 5th and 6th grade girls JV team coached by Mrs. Jami Baker took 2nd place. Congratulations to everyone! Look who’s on stage! – We are always proud of the talent of our students and I hope you go see our very own Philip Sarkisian (7W) in Fiddler on the Roof playing at Roger Rocka’s Dinner Theater beginning May 24th and running through July 22nd. You will also catch his sister and alumni Amelia Sarkisian in a feature part. We can say we knew them when…… Congratulations Track Team - The 2007 Track Team members that completed this past Saturday at the Jr. Fresno Relays included: Michael Ball, Estie Salgado, Miles Orme, Nick Sheehan, Matthew Carlos, Brenna Flynn, Frank Dalena, Dillon Nino, Cooper Douglas, Matt Harris, Natalie Wong, J.P. Caprioglio, Stephanie Wong and Isabelle Sico. The following athletes qualified to compete in the upcoming VALLEY CHAMPIONSHIPS May 19th: Lauren Caprioglio 1st place-High Jump, Caroline Ball 2nd Place-1500 meters and Hunter Douglas 4th place-High Jump. (5/15/07) Girl Scout Bake-Off – What a good cookie! Girl Scout Troup #695 (Mrs. Abigail Bridgman and Sherry Otero leaders of participant bakers Marianne Cabanela, Tia Montes, Caty Otero and Gabby Teodoro) and Troup #731 (Mrs. Suzelle Kasaian and Mrs. Cindy O’Rourke leaders of participant bakers Claire Kasaian, Audrey Linney, Megan Tamiyasu, Melanie Wong and Samantha York) participated in a cookie bake off with some awesome cookies. They were all great cookies but the winners were Tia Montes in 1st place, Melanie Wong in 2nd place and Caty Otero in 3rd place. Next, they will take their winning recipes to the Service Unit Bake Off. (5/16/07) Thanks Choir! Mr. Sarkisian would like to express his pride of the seven St. Anthony’s Choir members who provided music for the GIFT Program’s First Communion last weekend. The beautiful voices came from Megan Abundo, Albert Avery, Marianne Cabanela, Evan Cameron, Alex Figueroa, Sophia Gonzalez and Jack Halsey. These students know the importance of sharing their time and talent with the Parish Community. Fore!! - Congratulations to the Girls Golf Team who competed in last weeks C.V.A.L. Golf Championships. Anne Marie Maddox finished 4th overall and the team finished 3rd. The rest of the team included: Amy Justin, Katie Phillips and Jessica Sailor. First Communion - What a beautiful weekend we had as our 2nd graders received their First Holy Communion last Saturday. In addition, William Cabanela in 4P joined them in receiving his 1st Communion. They were very well prepared by their teachers Mrs. Gennock and Miss Ostdiek. They all looked so very sharp and the banners they made were very thoughtfully and beautifully created. The banners are such a nice way to decorate the church and celebrate such a special event. We now look forward to them joining us in receiving the Eucharist at our Friday school Masses. (4/25/07) Did you see those hoops? - The “Runnin’ Panthers” 10 & Under basketball team won the Fresno City College Spring Fling Championship this past weekend. Estevan Salgado made a 3- pointer in sudden death OT to beat Bullard in the final game. Other SAS players include David Hernandez, Giovanni Santeufemia, Joey Schiff, Michael Ball, Marco Ferdinandi, Zachary Prins and CJ Dodd. The Runnin’ Panthers defeated teams from Fresno, Clovis and Lemoore on the way to the championship. The team is coached by SAS alumni Santino Reynolds and Gabbie Hernandez. This team is in the AAU basketball program organized by the coaching staff at SJM. Way to go boys! (4/25/07) Classroom Happenings – Remember the Rice Bowl Challenge that Mrs. Peerson’s 4th grade class held to raise money. Well, those kids sure came through! They earned a total of $540.80 and Mrs. Peerson matched the highest earning student (Nathan Biltz) who earned $30.45 doing chores over and above their regular household chores. Way to go guys and thank you Mrs. Peerson for stepping up to the challenge! Lemonade Stand Does Well! – Ms. Ostdiek’s “Little Saints” held a lemonade stand after all of the Masses this weekend and sold “green lemonade” to benefit the “Our Lady of Hope Shrine” in Africa. We are pleased to announce that they raised $700 for this worthy cause. Thanks to the many parents for helping with this stand and for showing our children how important it is to help others. The raffle winners will be announced in next week’s letter. (3/20/07) Classroom Happenings – We would like to congratulate Mrs. Van Oostende’s and Mrs. Blanchard’s 3rd graders for the “Superior” award they received at Peach Blossom last Friday at Fresno State. Mrs. Van Oostende’s class performed “Bazooka Bubblegum” and Mrs. Blanchard’s class performed “Messy Room” and “Peter Passed A Note Today”. Great job kids! (3/20/07) Congratulations –
Alexandra Hardcastle in Mrs. Blanchard’s
3rd grade class has recently passed her black belt test. She accomplished
this goal at the ATA Taekwondo School in only 2 ½ years!
Way to go Alexandra! (3/20/07) Academic Decathlon - Our Academic Decathlon team traveled to Garces High School in Bakersfield to compete against 16 other Catholic Schools. We are very proud of each member of the team which includes: Cassandra Baker, Megan Baugh, Jimmy Cameron, Noelle Diener, Adam Hendey, Nick Janigian, Krystal Lubi, Matthew Pomaville, Christina Rontell and Isabelle Sico. The proud coaches are Mrs. Baker and Mrs. Wesh. I’m happy to announce that our team finished a very high 4th place but in the team events we finished 3rd in Logic and 3rd in Super Quiz! Special thanks go to Mr. Neumeier and Mrs. Polacek as the coordinators of this event for the diocese. The team represented St. Anthony’s very well in the true spirit of competition. I am especially proud of their teamwork. Congratulations to all of you! Science Fair - We would like to wish good luck to Mary Smith (8Y) and Genevieve Johnson (8Y) who will be competing in the County Science Fair next Monday. We have future Einsteins in the making! And Lent means -
There was a wonderful little article by one of our very own students
in the Central California Catholic Life newspaper written by Danielle
Beshwate (6S). In this article she explains the meaning
behind the ashes we wear on our foreheads on Ash Wednesday and the
purpose of Lent. Thank you Danielle for using your religious education
and faith to teach others on what to say to questions regarding
Catholics.
Auction Artwork Winners – The talent around this school is unbounded! These students’ artwork will be turned into the decorations for the Spring Auction as banners around the venue and will be available for purchase! Here is the list of the Auction Artwork artist class winners: K1 – Alberto DiCicco, K2- Lauren Turner, K3 – Christopher Underdown, 1P – Sophia Bennett, 1R – Julia Gonzalez, 2G – Ryan Christensen, 2K – Jessica Ellison, 3B – Blake Schmiederer, 3V – Nicholas Sheehan, 4M – Troy Wilson, 4P – Frank Dalena, 5A – Troy Firme, 5H – Haley Goyette, 6G – Jaqueline Kroll, 6S – Claire Christensen, 7M – Sophia Gonzalez, 7W – Natalya Ferdinandi, 8B – Kristen Trenberth, 8Y – Isabelle Sico and the winner for the Auction Invitation and Program cover is Paolo Cenci. Congratulations to these outstanding artists! Little Saints Projects– “Letting God’s Light Shine Through.” Their project was a huge success! Their January Service Project was dedicated to Cleaning up our Campus. They came out and pulled weeds, cleaned windows, picked up trash and cleaned benches. Their spirit showed that they take great pride in our school. In February, our Little Saints coordinated a successful fundraiser for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. On behalf of the Little Saints, Mr. Carey was able to present the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society with a check for $1100! Little Saints is coordinated by Miss Ostdiek with the help of Mrs. Kirk and Mrs. Laval. Great job and what a great example you are to all of us. Click here to see photos of our Little Saints in action! Our Catholic School’s Week celebration was a real success. Our theme of Good News in Education highlighted the success of our talented students, our supportive parents and our talented staff. Our students enjoyed daily activities and completed several community service projects including collecting and delivering boxes of personal hygiene items to the Holy Cross Women’s Center. Thank you Mrs. Garrett and her Saints for coordinating this project. P.A.L. Tournament – Our boys and girls basketball teams fared very well this past weekend. The 5th grade boys finished in 3rd place. The 6th grade boys took 2nd in a close game against Fresno Christian and the 6th grade girls won the PAL Champsionship. The girls are Cassie Baker, Danielle Beshwate, Claire Christensen, Alexa and Ave Gambero, Maggie Peracchi, Katie Ryan, Kylie Woodward, Hayley Goebel, Franchesca Ingley, Jackie Kroll, Brigid Powers, Kiana Puahi, Christina Rontell, and Christina Sherberg. Congratulations!! The coaches for the 6th grade girls were Mrs. Baker, Miss Ostdiek, and Mr. Gambero. A special acknowledgment goes to Mrs. Silverio for cheering on her students and especially a BIG THANK-YOU to Mr. McConnico for coordinating our Athletic Department. A Winner - Brady Prescott received a Bonus Points Award while attending the Harlem Globetrotters 2007 Tour at the SaveMart Center. He has donated these bonus points to the school. These wonderful Labels for Education will bring numerous amounts of goodies to our school. Thanks Brady! Hollywood Action: On Feb. 16th @ 8:00pm the NBC show “1vs100, will be featuring Genevieve Johnson, Mary Smith, and Isabelle Sico as members of the “mob”. These bright 8th graders were selected because they were Fresno County Regional Science Fair winners last year and they represented St. Anthony’s at the state Science Fair championship. Be sure to tune in and watch our girls shine. Fresno Falcons: Olivia Johnson in 2K will again be singing the National Anthem at the Fresno Falcons hockey game on Feb. 9th at 7:00pm. She’d appreciate all of you hockey fans to come out and give her your St. Anthony’s School support. Way to go Olivia! How Do You Spell That? - The following students, Richard Boone (4P), Maurice Frediere (4M), Demetria Lion (5H), Mallorie Manimtim (5A), Claire Baradat (6S), Noelle Diener (6G), Jimmy Cameron (7M), Nick Janigian (7W) will be participating in the Non Public School Spelling Bee being held on Saturday, Feb. 24th from 8:30 am to Noon at Fresno Christian School. Congratulations and we wish you the best of luck! National Popcorn Day - Did you know that January 22nd was National Popcorn Day? Well, K3 and 4P did and they got together and celebrated. They read a book about popcorn, took a trivia quiz about popcorn, and they enjoyed a few moments of popcorn and a movie! A fun and learning time happened for all! Good Job! – It is simply amazing the things our students do outside of school. Adam Wilkinson (8Y) received his 1st Degree Black Belt in Taekwondo from Thackrey Taekwondo after six hard-working years. Congratulations Adam! More Soccer Success - We have some pretty good soccer players because we are always commenting on their winning season! We must congratulate the U12 boys St. Anthony’s “Sting” for winning their division championship! The winning team, coached by Kevin DiCeglie include: Kevin Benscheidt, Esteban Briseño, Dominic Cardinale, Michael Cimo, Mauro DiCeglie, Brian Goebel, Kelly Kellner, Matthew Mendoza, Patrick O’Rourke, Petar Repar, Christian Saiz, Beron Shiveley, Paul Smith and Ricky Wisler. Way to go boys! Classroom Happenings -
There is always so much going on in the classrooms and it is fun
to hear about all the happenings. In Mrs. Schiro’s
(K3) kindergarten class, they have the Christmas spirit
by talking about gifts that they can give that are invisible. These
gifts are things that do not cost anything and cannot be seen like
a regular gift. Mrs. Schiro would like her students to take a moment
to write a couple of these down and have the children bring these
written ideas to the classroom and place them in the stocking marked
“Jesus”. They will go over them daily and place them
in a box marked ‘Gifts for Jesus’. These ideas may be
brought in every day until the Christmas break begins. Soccer News – Soccer is big news around here with all of that winning going on! Congratulations go to the U-12 girls “St. Anthony’s Storm” for winning their division championship for the 2nd year in a row! The winning team, coached by Jason Garrett, include: Cassandra Baker, Danielle Beshwate, Kaitlin Brannon, Marisa Hotz, Bethany Kinsey, Jacqueline Kroll, Megan Oakes, Margaret Peracchi, Brigid Powers, Christina Sherberg and Kylie Woodward. Way to go girls! (12/13/06) Soccer News – Congratulations to the U-10 boys “Gunners” who won their division championship last Saturday. The winning team members are: Turner Christensen, Tanner DeMera, Zack Harris, Nick Harris, Grant Lilles, Alexander Lopez, Liam Martin, Zach Prins, Blake Schmiederer, Jack Stallings, Seth Wilkinson and Trenten Wood. What a way to end the season! Soccer News – Congratulations to all of our soccer teams on a great season. We had 39 teams compete and almost 400 players. Good luck to our teams who are competing in the Divisional Championships this Saturday. Those teams are: U12 girls Storm, U10 girls Lightning, U12 boy Sting, U12 boys Storm, U10 boys Rockers, U10 boys Gunners and U10 boys Mustangs. Good luck teams! Congratulations – We have so much talent here at school! On Saturday, October 28th, the Dazzling Diamondettes Marching Baton Corp from the Dance Studio of Fresno won the Valley Championships at the Selma Band Festival and Review. The St. Anthony’s School members of the group include: Alexis DeFendis, Brianne Turnbull, Kaitlyn Turnbull, Jigs Kirk and Camille Diener. Way to go girls! November News - There is always something exciting going on in the classrooms around here and we like to keep you up on the goings on! Mrs. Blanchard’s 3rd graders have been learning many interesting facts about Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse. They used the computer lab to help them; they learned to draw Mickey and wrote about their experiences in Disneyland. They celebrated Mickey’s birthday with Mickey Mouse free dress, Mickey activities and enjoying a Mickey Mouse birthday cake homemade by Patrick Rood’s grandmother! In Mrs. Asparuhov’s 5th graders had their Stone Soup Party with their 2nd grade buddies last Wednesday and they started off the month with the All Saints Day Mass and their display of saints on the Altar rail. They also made hot air balloons with the many parents that helped (thank you very much!). Never a dull moment in the classrooms, that’s for sure! In Mrs. Peerson’s 4th grade class the students have just finished their Powerpoint projects on extinct animals. This was a great lead into their bigger project on the state of California. The students also presented their 1st book report projects to their classmates last week. So much creativity was shown in their mobiles, dioramas, posters, book covers and written projects. They also gave oral reports on their books. It will be fun to see what their next book report will bring! Football Champs - The Memorial Youth Football Pee Wee Team went undefeated for the 2nd straight season after winning the Championship game against Kerman (18-0). St. Anthony’s students Joseph Moreno, Tyler Jones, Daniel Frea and Patrick Rood contributed to the team’s success. St. Anthony’s parents David Soto (Head Coach) and Alan Bennett (Assistant Coach) worked with Coach Lupe, Coach Sam and Coach Moore to teach and mode the 8, 9 & 10-year-olds into a great team that continues to succeed on the field and has had a great head-start on life. Congratulations to all! (11/21/06) Classroom Happenings
– Those K3 & 4P “buddies”
are at it again! Over the last couple of weeks they have gotten
together to share information on their saints that they have created
and researched. It was a great learning time for both age groups.
Also, the K3 students had a “Teddy Bear Talk”
where each child did a fantastic job of getting up in from of the
class and talked about their favorite stuffed animal and even Mrs.
Schiro joined in on the fun! Break A Leg! –
The Nutcracker performance at the Saroyan Theater coming up on November
25th & 26th is featuring 5 of our very own students:
Alexis Boone (7W), Mylan Biltz (2G), Nathan Biltz (4P), Hannah Giardullo
(4M) and Rachel Giardullo (2G). Please see the flier sent
in last week’s Tuesday packet for more info. Also, another
performance coming up called the “Frog and Toad Play”
at Cynthia Merrill’s School of Performing Arts on December
2nd, 3rd, 9th, & 10th is a light-hearted, happy children’s
play featuring more of our students, Megan Tamiyasu (3V)
and Julia Lokey (K3). What a pleasure to see our students
performing in the arts. Classroom News – Mrs. Van Oostende’s 3rd graders had a chance to visit the Machado/Woodward Dairy last week and learn all about where milk comes from (not just the carton that you buy at the grocery store!). They would like to thank Mr. Olson for his help with their memory making. The students typed and illustrated their experiences from the dairy with his help. I wonder if they talked about chocolate milk coming from brown cows…..Also, the 8th graders went to the Warnor’s Theater yesterday to see a compilation of short story plays, many of which they have read in English. The students were lucky enough to have front row seating for great viewing. We received compliments on their excellent behavior. Our students make us very proud! Fore!! - Congratulations to all of the 7th and 8th grade golfers who competed in the C.V.A.L. Golf Championships last week at Madera Golf Course. The 7th grade team finished 1st overall in the 7th grade tournament and the 8th Grade team 2nd overall in the 8th grade tournament. The golfers are: Philip Sarkisian , Matt Sheehan , Jacob Ruffino, Paolo Cenci, Max Kitay, Michael Kearns, Adam Boujikian, Dylan Olson, Phillip Dodd, Connor Chooljian, Spencer Hickman, Patrick Finn and Nick Nakashian. (10/31/06) Our Lady of Fatima Mass – If you went to the 5:15 Mass on Saturday, October 7th, then you may have noticed the little visionaries were performed by our very own, Rachel Kratz (1P) as Jacinta, Tiffany Lee (3V) as Lucia and Casey Raymond (3V) as Francisco. These children were instrumental in representing those very important children that Our Lady of Fatima appeared to beginning in May of 1916. The Mass was beautifully presided over by Msgr. Cotta. Thank you very much to these children for taking on these roles. (10/20/06) Congratulations – Our very own Alex Figueroa (3B) will perform in the Fresno Grand Opera production of “South Pacific”. He will play Jerome De Becque and sing along side Deborah Gibson and John Packard. Performances are November 3rd, 4th and 5th at the Saroyan Theater. If you are interested in tickets, please pick up an order form in the school office and you can save $10 off any seat. The last day to order is Wednesday, October 18th. Good luck Alex! (10/20/06) 2006-07 Academic Decathlon Team – The tryouts for this year’s Academic Decathlon have given us a wonderful team. Congratulations go to the following students: Christina Rontell, Matt Pomaville, Krystal Lubi, Nick Janigian, Adam Hendey and Cassandra Baker. They will join Isabelle Sico, Allie Frea, Jimmy Cameron and Megan Baugh in competition. Carl Olson and Noelle Diener will also join the team as alternates. (10/10/06) Children’s Hospital “Change Bandits” – As mentioned in previous letters, St. Anthony’s School participated as a “Change Bandit” to raise funds for Children’s Hospital. I am happy to report that due to your generosity we were able to donate over $850 to this wonderful cause. Thank you to all who generously donated to show St. Anthony’s appreciation for the wonderful services that Children’s Hospital provides to our valley’s children. (10/10/06) |
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Congratulations
Spellers - We’d like to congratulate our Spelling
Bee team for their excellent showing at the Fresno County Non-Public
School Spelling Bee on Saturday. Our team included: 5H Demitria
Lion, 7M Jimmy Cameron, 7W Nick Janigian, 5A Mallorie Manimtim
placed 5th, 4M Maurice Frediere placed 4th, 4P
Richard Boone placed 1st, and 6G Noelle Diener
placed 1st. Our 1st place winners will now have the opportunity
to go on to the next level of competition held on April 7, 2007.
From there they can go to the state competition! I thank Mrs. Cornwell
for coordinating our team and the parents for their support.