For the  alumni and friends of St. Therese Chinese Catholic School
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Dear Friends,

It has been a very exciting time at St. Therese Chinese Catholic School! Our students continued to demonstrate their tremendous talent and commitment in science, spelling and knowledge of history by earning more awards in local and regional competitions. We also learned that our junior high English and Language Arts teacher Kelli Kelusiak was recognized as a Golden Apple finalist. Finally, I was genuinely surprised and honored to be awarded the Stanley C. Golder Leadership Award from the Golden Apple Foundation on March 23rd! I am incredibly proud to represent St. Therese and know that earning this award is a reflection of the support and commitment of everyone in our school and greater community toward making St. Therese the leading example of educational and cultural excellence in Chicago and beyond. Thank you for all of the congratulatory messages and your continued support!

Our Chinese New Year event on March 4th was another great success! I want to thank the many parents who gave so much of their time and energy to support this event.  It was also our great pleasure at CNY to honor Mr. and Mrs. Perry and Rose Marie Lau as our 2017 recipient of the  Lifetime Service Award . Mr. and Mrs. Lau have been a cornerstone of the St. Therese Parish family for years, and they generously give their talents to us in so many ways. Congratulations Perry and Rose Marie!

I would also like to thank once again all who helped to make CNY a financial success, including our event sponsors who helped underwrite the event and allowed us to raise the necessary funds to support the school:
Anonymous
Anthony Chimino
Eileen Chin and Brian Kreider
Chinatown Family Dental LLC
Dillon Kane Group
Dan and Susanna Kiehn
Dennis Laria
Ron and Anita Mark
MingHin Cuisine
Luis and Patricia Villalobos
A complete listing of all individuals, businesses and partner schools that supported the event is also posted on our website.

I wish you blessings for this Holy Week.  We warmly invite you to join us during this Holy Week. For your convenience, we have included the Holy Week schedule in our newsletter.

Blessings,
Ms. Cavallone
Principal
St. Therese Students Compete in the
2017 Regional and National History Bees
Students continue school's five-year streak to Nationals!

On the evening of March 27th, 18 students represented St. Therese at the Chicago South Regional History Bee. Our students competed against other Regional qualifiers in a competitive format that included buzzer oral questioning and a written portion. 

When the competition was completed, it was announced that five students from St. Therese had qualified for the National Finals in Atlanta in June.

Our Regional History Bee Competitors
This is the second time in school history we have had individuals qualify for the Regional Championship Round and the most competitors (5) we have had qualify to the national level.  This is the third time that Armelle Balogun has qualified for the National Finals, a feat only accomplished once before by Lambert Hu in 2015!

We are very proud of our current team for keeping this tradition alive and w ish our students well at this year's national competition in June.
Our National History Bee Competitors
C ongratulations to all of the students on the History Team who put in their time at the team practices and represented St. Therese in superb fashion! 
8th Grader Trinity Lee Earns 2nd Place in Chicago Spelling Bee

Trinity has won 1st place in the St. Therese School Spelling Bee for the past three years in a row, qualifying her for the Chicago Area Spelling Bee. Trinity did very well at the Chicago Bee. Her 2nd place finish is higher than any student in St. Therese School history! 

Congratulations to Trinity for doing so well and representing St. Therese. We are so proud of you and your achievements!
Students Soar at Regional Science Fair, Six Head to State Fair

St. Therese sent 12 students to the Regional Science Fair where all students placed very well! 
Congratulations to all who participated and especially to those who were awarded Gold, Silver, and Bronze awards. Some students also received cash awards from different sponsors. Good luck to our six students advancing to the 2017 State Science Fair!

Students reenact the Stations of the Cross at St. Therese Church
Ms. Cavallone Presented with Golder Award for Leadership


In case you missed all the excitement on March 23rd, t he Golden Apple Foundation presented  Principal Cavallone with the Stanley C. Golder Award for Excellence in Leadership. The entire student body, school staff, Cardinal Blase Cupich, Chicago Catholic Schools Superintendent Dr. James Rigg, friends and supporters from the neighborhood, and many others witnessed Ms. Cavallone's sincere surprise at winning this award. 

Ms. Cavallone remarked in response to winning this prestigious award by saying, "I'm so blessed to be the principal at the most beautiful school and most wonderful family. Our students, families, staff, and supporters have helped St. Therese be so successful. I'm really so blessed." The full video of the celebration is posted on our website

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Parish News and Highlights

St. Therese Church Holy Week Schedule

Holy Thursday---April 13th
Living Stations of the Cross by St. Therese students 1:00 p.m.
Mass 7:00 p.m.; Visitation of Churches after mass
Note: St. Therese will be open until 12:00 a.m.
 
Good Friday---April 14th
Stations of the Cross 3:00 p.m.
Veneration of the Cross and Holy Communion   service at 7:00 p.m.
 
Holy Saturday---April 15th  
Easter Vigil Mass 7:30 p.m. with the Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and First Communion for our RCIA members
 
Easter Sunday---April 16th     
English Mass 8:00 a.m. & 10:30 a.m ., followed by a simple reception

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