OLSH Alumni Newsletter
December 2017
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Dear Fellow OLSH Alumni,
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas here at OLSH! The Giving Tree is up, the Chapel is decorated, and there are lots of events coming up to help us all celebrate the season. This is a great time to come back to OLSH for the Advent Festival of Praise, Christmas Play, and/or Christmas Eve Mass. See below for all the details!
Wishing you and your families a very Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year!
God Bless,
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Deena (Newsom) Swank '92
OLSH Alumni Relations Manager
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Advent Festival of Praise
OLSH Chapel
Wednesday, December 13
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Christmas Play:
Superhero High
OLSH Auditorium
December 15 &16
7:30 pm
Christmas Eve Mass
OLSH Chapel
December 24
9:00 pm
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Career Day Returns to OLSH
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On Wednesday, November 22 Career Day returned to OLSH. Almost every space in the school was in use as 52 speakers, almost half of whom were OLSH alumni, came to share their experiences in their professional fields.
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Alumni Family Christmas Party
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On Saturday, December 2 OLSH hosted the 3rd annual Alumni Family Christmas Party. Over 100 guests enjoyed breakfast, crafts, cookie decorating, and a visit with Santa. Many thanks to this year’s committee:
Kathryn Fogle ’96
(chair),
Christopher Wilfert ’01
(chair), and
Thomas Goodwin ’92
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Photos from the 2017 OLSH Family Christmas Party!
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Jamie (Smith) Hopkins '04 and her family pose with Santa
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The Reilly Family takes a picture with Santa
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Members of the Lim and Sellman families work on Christmas crafts
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Alex Swank decorates cookies with his Grandpa
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Members of the Class of 1996 pose for a photo with their families
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The Wolf family gets a picture with Santa
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Legacy Families Honored at Ring Day
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This year’s Ring Day ceremony was extra special as several parents of junior students are OLSH alumni themselves! These parents,
David Pendel ‘87
,
Marie (Dixon) Wrabley ‘92
, and
Noelle Panza ‘87
, had their OLSH rings blessed and helped distribute their children’s rings, as well.
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Michael Turzai '77
, PA Speaker of the House, was among those who visited OLSH to celebrate the scholarship dollars provided by The Bridge Educational Foundation through Pennsylvania's EITC (Educational Improvement Tax Credit) Program.
Fr. Dan Waruszewski '05 returned to the OLSH Chapel on November 13, 2017, to celebrate Mass with the juniors and seniors.
Dr. Caitlin (Feth) Matthis '07
and her husband, Chris, welcomed their first child, Logan Robert, on November 9, 2017.
Slippery Rock running back
Isiah Neely '13
earned his second straight All-PSAC honor after rushing for a career-high 754 yards and 12 touchdowns. He ran for 2,023 yards in his career, topping the 2,000-yard mark in his final career game after rushing for 68 yards and a touchdown. That touchdown rush was the 22nd of his career, moving him up to 11th all-time in Slippery Rock University program history. http://www.rockathletics.com/news/2017/11/15/football-martin-leads-way-as-sru-lands-10-on-all-psac-team.aspx
Sarah Shaheen '16
earned an endowed scholarship at Baldwin Wallace University this fall.
For pictures, links, and more, follow
OLSH Alumni
on Facebook! Send your alumni news updates to
alumni@olsh.org
so we can share them in newsletters, OLSHighlights, and on social media! Pictures are always appreciated.
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Classes of 1984-1989
Attention OLSH Classes of 1984-1989 and staff from those years: The Class of 1988 will be celebrating their 30th reunion on May 26, 2018, and they want to invite you to join them. If you are interested, check out their Facebook group at
https://www.facebook.com/groups/812935295527056/
!
For more information about class reunions or to begin planning a reunion for your class, please contact Deena Swank '92 at
dswank@olsh.org
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The Winter 2018 issue of the OLSHighlights will be coming soon! Make sure you get your copy!
Email your alumni news and/or contact information updates to
alumni@olsh.org
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If you have any questions or comments, please contact Deena (Newsom) Swank '92, OLSH Alumni & Parent Relations Manager, at
dswank@olsh.org or (412) 424-4610.
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