Crusader Times May 15, 2019

PLEASE make notes on your calendars for the upcom-ing dates that pertain to your family! May 17: US Athletic Banquet, St. Anthony Hall, 6:30 pm May 18: Run for the Roses, 8 am May 21: Spring Concert, Grades 7th-12th, St. Anthony Hall, 6:30 pm May 22: Spring Awards. Gym, 2pm Spring Concert, Grades 2nd-6th. St. Anthony Hall, 6:30pm May 24: Crusader Fiesta. Piazza, 5:00 pm (see p. 3) May 27: Memorial Day — No School May 31: Field Day (Half Day) June 3: 8th Grade Promotion Ceremony June 4: Spring Concert (Grades PreK through 1st) and Kindergarten Graduation. St. Anthony Hall, 2:15 pm June 6: Last Day (Half Day) Baccalaureate Mass & Dinner. Church, 6 pm June 7: Senior Commencement Ceremony. St. Anthony Hall, 6 pm

NOTA BENE / NOTE WELL...

PreK3 through Grade 12

15415 Red Robin Road

San Antonio TX 78255

210-695-2240 www.atonementonline.com

Rev. Mark Lewis

Pastor

O Mary, We Crown Thee With Blossoms...

What a blessing to participate in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass each day! Every morning, Our Lord speaks to us of His unconditional love for us, and we have the opportunity to pray and reflect, to give thanks for our blessings, and to ask for guidance in the day ahead. In ad-dition, discovering what God is saying to us in Scripture is another facet of our dai-ly Mass devotions. This “perfect prayer” is an integral part of our school culture at The Atonement Academy!

Each year, early in the month of May, our school children bring their flower gift of-ferings to the “Lady Chapel.” This beautiful tradition takes place in most Catholic schools all over the world during the month of May, for generations designated as the month of Mary, Our Blessed Mother.

THIRD Graders

ALSO Sweep National

Handwriting

Contest!

Matthew, Joaquin, Rowan, Andrew, and Alexander (L-R)

Did you know...Our school also swept handwriting awards for third grade? We are proud to say we did! Last week we noticed and featured the fourth grade girls, so this week we feature the third grade boys! (Thank you to Mrs. Mefrige for noticing our omission.) Congratula-tions— and know that we are so proud of you and your teachers, es-pecially Mrs. Garza!

GLOBE-TROTTING ALUMNAE!

Our graduates are embracing adventures and opportunities galore! Gloria Anne O’Connell (’17) is studying at the Univer-sity of the Incarnate Word and spent the spring semester based in Heidelberg and traveled to Ireland, Greece, France, Italy, Switzerland, among other countries. Chloe Daring (‘17) is at Texas Christian University and her semester abroad had her based in Madrid at the University of Carlos III. Her treks includ-ed Budapest, Lisbon, Barcelona, London, Paris, Monaco, Ibiza Islands, Morocco, Amsterdam, the French Riviera, Florence, Venice, and Rome!

Gloria’s photos out-lined in blue, and Chloe’s are outlined in yellow.

Our PSIA State Qualifiers — We are proud of you!

Dear Atonement Family— After Danny became unconscious and unresponsive back at the beginning of April, his oncologist treated him with a high dose of a steroid. The steroid worked to reduce the swelling and inflam-mation in his brain, and, over the course of about a week, brought him back to us. He woke up, responded, and started talking again. I think most people knew about that. Even though he was awake, he was in very bad shape. His oncologist and I agreed that we needed to try to treat his cancer, so we decided to start chemotherapy. The hope was that the chemo would lessen the cancer so the steroid dose could be tapered off. She said we would know if the chemo was having an effect if he did not get worse when the steroid dose was lowered. That is exactly what has happened. Danny has almost finished his second cycle of chemo, and he has improved a lot. He is still weak and tires very easily, but he is otherwise almost back to his normal self. Praise God! His steroid dose is now half what it was originally. We are now back to looking at clinical trials that he may be eligible for. I had all but given up hope of his being able to do a trial when he was so sick. He will have an MRI in the first week of June that will show whether the cancer is less. I will try to update again as soon as I know more. I can't thank everyone enough for all you as a community have done for Danny, and for our fami-ly. Your prayers have made a huge difference.

Mary Jean Lowe

LIVE LIKE DANNY

An Update from Danny’s Mom

Well Done, PSIA State Finalists!

Pictured at left are most of our PSIA State finalists.

We are so proud of them, their accomplishments,

and their efforts!

They are:

Back Row (L-R): Mark Lane, Eric Benavides,

Ryanne Ambrosio, Lucas Sanchez, Hunter Van

Delden ;

Third Row: Asha Janaki, Marina Mefrige, Molly

McKee, Gianna Hivnor, Julia Conrad;

Second Row: Emma Lane, Caroline Nyberg,

Raquel Puente, Peter Growdon, Matthew

Musquiz;

Front Row: Andrew Mefrige, Julia Moselina,

Gabriela Hernandez, John Paul Ku, Luke Farber.

Missing from photo are Isabela Gabino, Sofia Ga-

bino, and Hannah John.

Recess in the piazza!

Oue second graders love to read! Just look at the titles some of these young students are reading! (Above)

Gabriela (above) & Sofia (right) design Mother’s Day cards.

Eighth graders try on robes for their promotion ceremony.

Teacher Appreciation Week saw treats brought in for the entire faculty and staff, too! Tasty breakfasts and lunches were topped off by a mobile snow cone truck and a beautiful “yard sign” display! We appreci-ate the outpouring of warmth and caring — we are indeed loved!

Accepted to:

Auburn University

Baylor University

Benedictine College

Dominican University

Fordham University

Full Sail University

Louisiana State University

Louisiana State University at Shreveport

Musicians Institute of Los Angeles

Our Lady of the Lake University

Regis University

Rochester Institute of Technology

Tarleton University

Texas A& M University

Texas A& M University Galveston

Texas A & M Prairie View

Texas Tech University

Trinity University

St. Mary’s University

Schreiner University

Suffolk University

University of Colorado at Boulder

University of Dallas

University of Findlay

University of Mary-Hardin Baylor

University of Minnesota

University of Mississippi

University of Nebraska

University of North Texas

University of Texas at El Paso

University of Texas at San Antonio

19 Seniors,

$2,006,465

in Scholarships!

Class of 2019

Madeline Banks Isaiah Barron

Ana Fuentes Hinojosa Luke Hivnor

Joseph Joiner Maire Kennedy Joseph Kisgen Gabriel Lopez Angelina Mata Kacey Meyering Liam Mulgrew Conrad Obeng Maria Pecha

William Peterson Jane Powell John Powell Ashley Ruel

Tony Valenciano Henry Vander Sys

Bulletin Board

Need A Driver! With my work situation, I hire someone to pick up and take my sons Roman & Ryan to school Tuesday – Friday mornings. For this service, I currently pay $50/week or $200/month. I currently have a college student that does this for me but her schedule will be changing for the fall and she will no longer be able to assist...I was wondering if there were any high school students or families in the neighborhood that would be interested in this offer. I’m good for the rest of this school year but definitely would need help when school starts in the fall. If you are inter-ested in discussing this with me, contact me at Bob-bie B. Peña, Phone 210-345-4824 or email bob-bie.pena@valero.com

SUMMER JOBS FOR UPPER SCHOOL! Our school shoe supplier, SCHOOL SHOES UNLIMITED has opening! During the summer, they employ stu-dents from schools like ours to give them an opportunity to earn some money for the summer. It’s just part time work, and they pay minimum wage and train their employees how to fit and do shoe business the way it was meant to be done. Their owner, Sam Hernandez adds, “In twenty five years we have had so many of our former employees go on to get their degrees and some their masters. So we are a very good place for students first employment, Some students have worked with us as long as six years working their through college, and some still keep in touch.” Contact Mr. Hernandez at shoemansam@sbcglobal.net or Carlos Lugo, shoedogcarlos@sbcglobal.net — and their phone number is 210-734-9003.

Contributors to this newsletter included: Brenda Garza Maria Kennedy Sandra Czech Gloria A. O’Connell Susana Trevino Kristie Weems Janet Mefrige And... Caty Andonie (last week)

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2019 Newsletter!

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