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The Religious
Education Program will continue . . . and hopefully expand the theme from last
year . . .
2011-12
Sharing God's Word through our
Deeds
Mrs Follen's 2nd graders
have invited the entire Sunday PSR to join them in collecting items
for the Migration and Refugee Services branch of Catholic Charities.
They will be collecting items until Sunday November 20, 2011.
Here is a list of the items they need:
Hand-held Can
Openers
Oven Mitts
Spatulas
Wooden Spoons
Plastic
Service Spoons
These items
are easy to obtain and inexpensive; perhaps you child could be
encouraged to perform some small jobs at your home in order to pay
for them. Please bring the donated items to class on
Sunday, November 20th; no wrapping is required.
For the 3rd year Mrs.
Ruszkowski's 6th graders will be helping with the annual St.
Mary Giving Tree effort. They will be taking gifts from the
altar and replenishing ornaments between all the masses during
Advent.
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2010-11 Helping Hands Projects
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Our 5th
& 6th
graders
have
decided
to take
on one
more
project
for the
year!
For the
month of
April
they
will be
collecting
"Socks
for St.
Malachi"!
St.
Malachi,
a local
parish
in the
inner
city of
Cleveland,
is in
dire
need of
adult
white
socks.
In order
to help
this
very
important
effort
our
5th/6th
graders
will
have
collection
bins at
the
entrance
of PSR
on both
Sunday
and
Monday.
Their
goal is
to
collect
a
package
of adult
white
socks
from
every
student
in PSR!
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The "Littles" (Ms. Estep
& Ms. Palko) collected items and decorated white Christmas bags
for the first graders at St. Thomas Aquinas in Cleveland. The
class was encouraged to earn the items they donated by helping and
sharing at home. A short presentation on St. Thomas Aquinas
school was given to the parents and students. From this
presentation, the students were able to see whom they were directly
helping . We had an overwhelming response to this project and
collected enough supplies so that each of the 25 first graders were
able to receive new gloves, school supplies, small toys and some
candy. The "Littles" were also able to donate tissues, hand
sanitizer and art supplies for the first grade classroom. The
gifts were very much appreciated!
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The 5th/6th grade students (Mr.
Lehman & Mrs. Ruszkowski) once again helped with the Parish
"Giving Tree". After every mass their role was to replenish
the trees with ornaments and take the presents to the distribution
center. Their efforts were very much appreciated by the Giving
Tree Leaders. This is the second year in a row they have
volunteered for this effort.
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Mrs. Follen's 2nd grade class
collected Christmas items for the Office of Migration and Refugee
Services, a division of Catholic Charities. On December 20th,
a small group of the class actually went, with Mrs. Follen, to the
annual Christmas Party. They were stationed at the Food Table
to help serve to the over 300 children who attended. Follow
the link (PSR Photos) on the left to view some pictures!
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Ms. Tacina's first graders
performed the Birth of Jesus play on our return to class (1/2/2011).
Their performance was attended by all the Sunday PSR classes as well
as parents.
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Mrs. Scott's 3rd graders
will once again this year hold their annual Animal Baby Shower.
Her kids will be collecting supplies for young animals that will
then be donated to Under the Wing animal shelter. This has
always been a big hit with the kids!
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2009-10 Helping Hands Projects
Mrs. Scott - 3rd Grade
Sunday,
April 25th,
Martha Mays and Ginny Suhr, our friends
from Under the Wing Animal Shelter, will come again and
present a short talk on
They will also bring
a neat 10 month-old pup, Bragi,
who is a great
Pyrenees and great with kids.
Parents and siblings are
welcome. Since Bragi
is a big fella, he has a lot of fluffy hair.
So if anyone is allergic please have Mom or Dad bring
any supplies
that you might need
to class.
We will present our
‘good’ies basket for the animals which the children have
earned with ‘good deeds’ during the year.
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Mrs. Dedrick's 7th graders
Participated in two Parish events
. . . the Living Stations (with Mrs. Lasley's 4th graders) on
Friday, March 12th where they read the Station readings . . . and the annual Parish May Crowning on Monday, May 3rd. They recited the Rosary during this
very
special ceremony.
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Mr. Morgan's 7th graders
On Monday, April 12th, the 7th graders (Mr. Morgan)
spent the evening with the residents at Berea Lake Towers playing
games and sharing conversation and good fellowship. This event
was a big success! It's a special time for the youth of our
parish to spend time with our parish seniors.
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Mrs. Lasley's 4th graders (and
Mrs. Dedrick's 7th graders) presented the living Stations of the
Cross (childrens' version) on Friday March 12th at 7:00pm in the
Church. The Stations were very well received by the Parish . .
. and by Fr. George & Fr. Chris. Thanks to all the kids for
sharing their faith with the entire Parish community. A
picture of the "troop" is listed below
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Teen Faith - Mass & a Meal
- BW Newman Center
Each year the
Religious Education Program requests that each group (grade/class)
be involved “outside the classroom” to share their faith with
others. This year our teens volunteered to attend mass with
the Baldwin Wallace Newman Center on Sunday, November 1, 2009. The
teen also prepared a meal to share with these college
students.
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The 1st graders
(Ms. Tacina) & the 5th graders (Mr. Lehman & Mrs Ruszkowski)
are supporting the annual parish "Giving Tree" effort by restocking
the tree with ornaments each week and removing the packages from
church. Good Job kids!
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The 1st graders (Mrs. Klimo)
& 6th graders (Mr. Rusnak) have been writing greeting cards for the
parish shut-ins to help lift their spirits during the different
holidays of the year. They have already sent cards for
Thanksgiving and Christmas. We have already heard these
special thoughts are much appreciated!
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Our 2nd grade
Sacramental Sidekicks have been sending & receiving messages
to their Confirmation friends. The program is on hold until
the Confirmation meetings begin again in January.
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Mrs. Kehl's 6th graders
Thanks to everyone who
donated items to the USO collection held by Mrs. Kehl's 6th graders.
Your contributions will be packaged and sent to deserving Servicemen
overseas. Thanks for helping out!
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2008-09 Projects
Here is a synopsis of the
good things we did during the program year...
- Mrs.
Gunn's (and Ms. Mallorie) taught their kindergarteners the
sign of the cross, the Hail Mary, Our Father & the Glory Be!
- Mrs. Klimo’s 1st graders presented their
version of the birth of Jesus "pageant" on Sunday, January 4th.
to view the pageant, select the link below . . .
..\photogallery\2009StMarysPSR.mov
(This is a Quicktime video file.
If you do not have Quicktime software, go to
www.apple.com and download the
software for free.)
- Ms. Tacina’s
1st graders performed over 1,000 good deeds. These
good deeds materialized into 2 beautiful “Tapestries of Good Deeds”.
For each good deed done 1
piece of yarn was added to a latch hook wall hanging. As time goes on the
children actually saw how all their good deeds add up to make a
beautiful wall hanging.
- On Sunday, April 26th Mrs. Heitz’s 2nd graders & Mrs.
Scott’s 3rd graders donated 4 full boxes of supplies to
the "Under our Wing" program sponsored by St. Malachi Center in
Cleveland. The puppy and kittys seemed very happy!
- The
"active" year for Mrs. Bachie & Mrs. Bricker's 3rd graders cam
to a close on Sunday, April 26th when they presented the 2nd graders
(who just received their 1st communion the day before) with a
handmade Rosary. The ARK looks great, as well as the Nativity
Scene & crosses they made . . . wow, what a productive year!
- Mrs. Dedrick's & Mrs. Lasley's 4th graders presented the
“Passion of Jesus”, the story of the death of Jesus on Sunday, April
5th & Monday, April 6th. Click on the slide below for the whole
story . . .
- Mrs. Kehl & Mrs. Mikhael's 6th graders
did an will be praying the Rosary at the Parish May Crowning,
scheduled for Monday, May 4th.
- Mr.
Morgan's 7th graders sent letters to the our diocese
seminarians. Many of them received return letters which was
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