Mon 3/11

All School Cultural

Arts Assembly, African

Acrobats, 9am in EK

Tue 3/12

K-5 Mass led by 2A

Boosterthon

Pep Rallies

Thu 3/14

Pi Day

Reconciliation

Grades 3-5, 9:15am

Fri 3/15

Morning Prayer

led by 6A

Tue 3/19

Middle School Mass

led by 8B, 8:10am

Reconciliation

Grades 6-8, 9:15am

Wed 3/20

7th Grade Field Trip

Thu 3/21

Boosterthon Fun Run

Fri 3/22

Morning Prayer

led by 6B

February 22, 2013

Immaculata News

“Firstly that journey to Jerusalem with palm

branches strewn in the path of Jesus and his

disciples by an expectant crowd, and the

very visible tension in the air at the Last

Supper as Jesus reveals that one of those sat

by him would betray him. Then the betrayal

by one of those whom Jesus had trusted and

loved and the trial, which had only one cer-

tain outcome because that was the politi-

cally correct one to make. Follow that with

accusations; the beating and whipping at

the hands of the soldiers; crucifixion as chief

priests, teachers of the law and elders

looked on; and now the climax as Jesus is

revealed alive and risen from the dead.

Easter commemorates the resurrection of

Jesus Christ. It is the most important Chris-

tian festival, and the one celebrated with the

greatest joy. Without Easter, there would be

no Christianity. Without Jesus' suffering, his

execution and subsequent resurrection,

there would be no Christianity, for however

terrible the suffering was, it was part of

God's plan for the salvation of humankind.

In Western Christianity, Easter marks the

end of Lent, a period of fasting and peni-

tence in preparation for Easter. Lent begins

on Ash Wednesday and lasts forty days

(not counting Sundays).

The week before Easter, known as Holy

Week, is very special in the Christian tradi-

tion. The Sunday before Easter is Palm

Sunday, and the last three days before

Easter are Maundy Thursday or Holy

Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday

(sometimes referred to as Silent Saturday).

Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday and

Good Friday respectively commemorate

Jesus' entry in Jerusalem, the Last Supper

and the Crucifixion.”

Read more at: http://

www.faithandworship.com/

prayers_Easter.htm#ixzz1qcHRhiSp

Under Creative Commons License: Attri-

bution

An Easter Prayer

Of all of God's gifts

Easter shows us our fate

Forgiven we will rise

And pass through Heaven's gate

This Easter remember

The sacrifice of a Son

And through His resurrection

Eternal life we have won

This Easter I pray

That the love of God

Is resurrected

Reborn, renewed

Inside your heart

God Bless You!

~anonymous~

…..From Mrs. Corcoran…..

Mark Your Calendars

ICS Book Fair March 18-21, 2013

Media Center, 7:30am-3:30pm

We are still in need of parent volunteers

during that week. Please sign up at the www

address below or contact Mrs. Greene

(greenet@icdurham.org) if you can help.

www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0C49A8AD2FA57-scholastic

From Lari Hatley

Greetings Immaculata Parents!

We have a great opportunity to make a dif-

ference in the lives of our children with our

Spring fundraiser of the semester, the

Boosterthon Fun Run!

The goal of the Boosterthon Fun Run is to

raise funds while teaching our kids about

the importance of Fitness, Leadership, and

Character. Our goal is to raise at least

$25,000 to support Immaculata, and we

need your help! We are very excited to have

the Boosterthon Fun Run Team on campus

this semester, as they will be adding value

in so many ways to our students and our

school!

The Boosterthon Fun Run is a nine day pro-

gram that will kick off with a Pep Rally

(parents are invited) on March 12. Please

look for the Boosterthon Pledge Pack that

will come home with your child on March

12th, and be sure to visit the new fun-

run.com to begin entering pledges.

On the last day of the program, ALL stu-

dents will participate in the Boosterthon

Fun Run event, which will take place March

21.

We need your help! We are asking parents

to connect their student to ten (10) potential

sponsors who can pledge a dollar amount

per lap or give a flat donation towards their

student’s Fun Run. Most students will run

somewhere between 25-35 laps at the

Boosterthon Fun Run (max laps = 35). For

example, a $5.00 pledge per lap x 25 laps

would equal a $125.00 gift to the school. All

checks are made payable to Immaculata and

are due one week after the Fun Run. All do-

nations are 100% tax deductible.

We ask you to help Immaculata in the fol-

lowing three ways:

Connect your child to sponsors—friends

& family—who can give a pledge.

Come and cheer on your child at the

Boosterthon Fun Run on March 21!

Go to www.boosterthon.com to learn

more about the Boosterthon Fun Run. Or

connect at www.facebook.com/

boosterthon

Thank you again for being such a wonderful

group of parents! The investment you make

in the lives of our students and our school is

noticed and appreciated. Get excited! We

look forward to seeing you at the Booster-

thon Fun Run!

Financial Aid

The deadline for 2013-14 Financial Aid ap-

plication was February 15, 2013. If you have

applied please check your application

status. If any documentation is missing,

please submit it ASAP. We cannot consider

an application if it is not complete. Notifica-

tion of 2013-14 awards for Financial Aid will

be mailed in early April.

Middle School Career Day

On April 12, 2013, we will have Career Day

for the Middle School. The students are very

interested in learning about what YOU do!

Doctors, engineers, accountants, lawyers,

artist, architects, scientists, professional ath-

letes…the list goes on and on. We are seek-

ing speakers who will engage students and

help open their eyes to a range of career op-

portunities, help students make a connec-

tion between their school work and future,

and give them a realistic view of the work-

place. Speakers will also discuss educational

and skill requirements for entering their

field.

If you are interested in participating in Ca-

reer Day as a guest speaker, please call 682-

5847 or email Martina Eason

easonm@icdurham.org or Tim Miller mil-

lert@icdurham.org. Thanks in advance!

DID YOU KNOW? The Boosterthon Fun Run Team will spend over 300 hours organizing, plan-ning, and executing every detail of the program, making the Boosterthon Fun Run hassle-free for our faculty, staff, and par-ents! They will also lead a fun character campaign during the program. This year’s character theme is “Highway USA.” Students will be going on the road to good choices. Our students will be build-ing character through the five character lessons. *Choose Leadership *Choose Character *Choose Learning *Choose Fitness *Choose a good attitude Be sure to watch the daily character videos at fun-run.com!

Our Donors are making a Difference!

Your dollars are making a difference at Im-

maculata. Our teachers are ordering the

items that you made possible. Your generos-

ity means the middle school science class

can now video their ingenious presenta-

tions. It means the baseball coach is beam-

ing, and the new uniforms will have the

whole team smiling. Students in Mrs. Rains

class enjoy individual time on their iPad.

Students in Mr. Latimer’s room say, not

only is glare on the Promethean Board no

longer a problem, but they can make their

room so dark they need flashlights. OK.

That may be a bit of an exaggeration, but the

bottom line is the new blinds are giving the

classes more options and better learning

time. Thanks to all our generous donors. We

will share more things you have made pos-

sible soon!

Choral Notes

Congratulations to all the students who par-

ticipated in the Trinity Choral Festival on

Feb 22 and 23! They did an outstanding job

and we are proud of each and every partici-

pant! Our directors for the day included

Scott Hill (director of the Durham Chil-

dren’s Chorus) and Dan Huff (Professor of

Music at UNC-CH) They were so impressed

with our Immaculata students! Look for the

link on the school website to see a clip of

highlights of the day. Again, congratula-

tions to our students on their hard work and

a great performance!

Our Junior Choir and Liturgical Choir stu-

dents have been working very hard this se-

mester and they are sounding wonderful!

They have been learning hymn tunes, some

spirituals, and a few pieces in Latin, as well

as some contemporary pieces. The Junior

Choir will sing at Friday Morning Prayer on

March 15 , April 12 and May 3rd, and during

Mass on April 23 and May 7. The Liturgical

Choir sings during each school mass and

will be presenting special selections on Mar

26, April 9, April 23, May 14 and May 21.

The Liturgical Choir will also sing at

Graduation on Saturday, June 1.

Our Middle School Vocal Club is getting off

to a great start! Our students are working on

several selections ranging from Mozart to

Bruno Mars with a little Broadway and

Adele thrown in. They will be performing

on Friday, May 17 at the Band/Vocal Club

Spring Concert at 7:00 p.m. in EK.

The King’s Dominion Music Festival will

take place on Saturday, April 27. Our ICS

Band, Liturgical Choir and Vocal Club will

take part in this exciting opportunity for our

music organizations. Watch for details to

come!

CGHS News

The Cardinal Gibbons High School Music

Department will present its annual St. Pat-

rick’s Day Concert on March 17, 2013 at

7:00 p.m. in the CGHS Cafeteria. Featured

will be the student-musicians in the AP Mu-

sic Theory Class and Music Club, as well as

Mr. Chris Royce, Mr. Dave Spencer, and

members of the Cardinal Gibbons Wind En-

semble and Drum Line. The Gibbons Wind

Ensemble will perform music from River

Dance as well as Bernstein. The music club

will perform Irish session music. Admis-

sion is free. For more information con-

tact: Don Martin at dmartin@cghsnc.org or

call 919-522-5840.

Please join us for a day of theater on Thurs-

day, March 21st, 8:15 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. in the

Cardinal Gibbons High School Theater. The

6th-8th grade Catholic middle school students

will participate in voice, acting, and dance

workshops led by current Gibbons drama

teachers and students. The day will culmi-

nate in a performance of the Gibbons Drama

department’s production of Joseph and the

Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Lunch and

snacks will be provided by Cardinal Gib-

bons. To register for the day, please email

Gibbons Drama Teacher Michelle Giannini

at mgiannini@cghsnc.org. Registrations for

the 65 spots will be accepted on a first-

come, first-serve basis.

Catechesis of the Good Shepherd Atria

Level II (Grades 1, 2, and 3)

Catechists: Susanne Newman

(newmans@icdurham.org)

Jennifer Green (greenj@icdurham.org)

What we’re doing:

In Level II, our Lenten focus in all grades is

on the history and the traditions that make

us who we are as Catholic Christians. We

read Scripture together and discuss if and

how it applies to “our” (the children’s) lives

today. We review what we know about Je-

rusalem and wonder: Why so many walls?

How did the people use the pools? What

were the houses really like? We examine the

Liturgy of the Eucharist and look at and re-

flect upon each gesture and prayer, remem-

bering this occurs at every Mass at every

church in many languages in every part of

the world.

Examples:

Our Atrium materials include paper and

pencil, but most of our materials are models

the children use to help them internalize the

presented concept, such as:

The Good Shepherd and the Hireling:

This work consists of a round wooden

“pen” painted green (the grass) with a

wood and rope fence and two-

dimensional wooden figures (the Good

Shepherd, sheep, the hired hand, and a

wolf).

The City of Jerusalem: An outline of Jeru-

salem is painted on plywood – sort of a

flat map. The pieces of this work are

walls, houses, pools, the Tower of Anto-

nia, Herod’s palace, the Temple, the Ce-

nacle, the Mount of Olives, a tomb, a

cross, and a candle. The children place

Etty

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Austin Pendleton ettyplay.org

Based on Etty Hillesum’s, An Interrupted Life, the letters of a young Jewish woman from Amsterdam whose family was interred at Westerbork Camp in NE Netherlands. Pope Benedict XVI recently said of Etty Hillesum: “In her scattered and restless life, she finds God in the middle of the great tragedy of the twentieth century, the Shoah. This young fragile and dissatisfied woman, transfigured by faith, becomes a woman full of love and inner peace, able to say: I live in constant inti-macy with God.”

Wednesday, March 13 @ 7 p.m.

Free Admission

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4011 Pickett Road, Durham

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these items on the map, building a model

of Jerusalem while recalling the events

leading up to Christ’s Passion, death and

Resurrection – the central event of our

Redemption.

Articles/Gestures: We have cruets with

wine, water and a chalice the children use

to prepare the chalice; a pitcher with wa-

ter, a basin, and a towel for Lavabo; the

prepared chalice, a paten, and paper hosts

for Epiclesis and Offering. In addition to

using these materials during Atrium, we

encourage the children to watch for these

articles and gestures during Mass. (You

might have to sit near the front for your

child to see!)

It happened one day:

An example of connections that the children

make: While meditating on Psalm 23 at our

opening circle I asked the children what

they heard, and if these words reminded

them of anything. These second graders of-

fered responses such as “setting a table,”

“the Last Supper,” “the oils of Baptism.” At

one point, a child noticed some of the

phrases in the Psalm were included in their

lunch prayer. The entire class then recited

their lunch prayer. Several children asked if

we could say that prayer even though we

were not eating. Discussion continued re-

garding whether food is the only nourish-

ment the Good Shepherd provides. Later

that day, in a third grade class, we also con-

sidered Psalm 23. We were not long into our

discussion before a child said, “That’s like

the lunch prayer we said last year.”

Reminder: Children preparing for 1st Eucha-

rist should be working at home in their

workbooks. Also, if you have not signed up

for a Mass time for your child’s 1st Eucharist

please call Martha Ellis in the Faith Forma-

tion office: 919-682-3449 x 247.

Immaculata Catholic School

721 Burch Ave Durham NC 27701

Tel 919-682-5847 Fax 919-956-7073

www.immaculataschool.org

office@icdurham.org