December 13, 2023 - Issue 18

Good evening!

During these busy days, I trust you are finding a few minutes to ponder the Advent reflections offered by our students over the past couple of weeks. Since we are half-way to Christmas, I encourage you to enjoy quiet reflective time, so that you can truly feel the joy of the season. Be sure to watch your inbox for the final two Sundays of Advent. Thank you to our students for sharing their faith with our EC community.

We have a few events fast approaching, the Christmas Concert tomorrow evening and the long awaited Cash Raffle Drawing this Friday, December 15 during the half-time of the boys basketball game against North Olmsted.

Please note that we have several items in the Lost & Found that need to be taken home before Christmas break.

Thank you to everyone who has donated to our EC Toy Drive. If you still want to donate a toy, the last day to drop it off is this Friday. We look forward to making Christmas bright for children in our community.

Keep the ripple going, Panthers!

Annie Cunningham

Administration News

Athletic News

Diversity Club News

Attention Parents and Guardians

The Diversity Club is celebrating a different people group each month this year at EC and we are looking for parent volunteers to come share about their family's culture and heritage in an after school series called "Cultural Curiosity." We are looking for parents who can create and present a short PowerPoint about interesting aspects of their culture as well as prepare a food sample for about 20 people to accompany their presentation. We hold Cultural Curiosity once a month after school from 3:05-3:45 pm so students have the opportunity to come learn about people who are different from themselves and develop....well.....curiosity about culture! Please note that we cannot possibly cover every single culture in the short amount of time we have in school together, but our club did their best to incorporate many different heritages and backgrounds. Please email Christin Coughlin (Coughlin@elyriacatholic.com) for more information and to volunteer. Thank you!

• September /October- Hispanic Heritage Month
• November- Native American / Middle Eastern Culture
• December/January- European Cultures (two months due to winter break abbreviating both months
• February- Black History Month
• March- Women's History / Irish Culture (for St. Patrick's Day)
• April- Disability Visibility / Celebration Month
• May- Asian and Jewish Cultures

Campus Ministry News

Friday is the last day to donate to the Toy Drive!

Cash Raffle News

It's finally here!

The $10,000 Cash Raffle prize drawing will be held this Friday, December 15 during halftime of the boys varsity basketball game vs. North Olmsted. If the student who sold the winning ticket is at the game, they can make the winner's day by announcing the name! The first 200 EC students will get a t-shirt and students who sold 20 or more tickets will receive $3 to spend at the concession stand. As an extra bonus, students who sold 20 or more tickets can dress down on Monday, December 18! (Home room teachers will be provided a list of students who are eligible to dress down and will send students out of dress code to the main office so that they can call home for their uniform.)

Counseling News

College Now

Our College Now advisor, Mrs. Faust, is now on campus once a week. Please schedule a meeting to help with future planning, college planning or financial aid via this LINK.

Scholarships

Inside the Panther Classroom

Guacamole Rules

Mrs. Budinger's Foods & Nutrition class learned how to make Chipotle's guacamole in class last week. Thanks to the staff of Chipotle in Amherst, our Panthers not only learned new skills, but a few students had on-site interviews with the general manager.

Literary Magazine News

Sophomore Senate News

Activities