Volume 9 Number 34                                               April 12, 2019
General News
Interact Club Hosts Sleepout for the Homeless
The Interact Club of Delone Catholic HS will be holding its annual Sleep Out for the Homeless April 26-27. Students will be collecting donations from motorists and pedestrians in front of Delone Catholic on S. Oxford Ave in McSherrystown from 7-11 p.m. on Friday. Students will then spend the night outside of Delone to raise awareness of the homeless situation in our community. 

Please consider driving by Delone Catholic on Friday, April 26 to make a donation or send a donation to "Sleepout" c/0 Delone Catholic HS Interact Club. Check should be made payable to Delone Interact Club. For more information, call 717-637-5969 Ext. 303.

All proceeds will be donated to the Hanover Area Council of Churches for the benefit of its homeless shelter.


Spring Math SAT Prep Course
A Math SAT Prep Course will be offered on April 23, 24 & 25 and May 1 & 2 from 2:45 - 4:45 p.m. in Room 17 at Delone Catholic HS. The SAT test includes questions based on material learned in Geometry, Algebra I and Algebra II. It would be most beneficial for students to have completed (or nearly completed) at least two of these courses before taking the Math SAT Prep Course. A brochure with registration form and costs is available by clicking here Forms and payment are due by April 22. For more information, please contact Mr. Dave Staub at  [email protected]

Mr. Steve Hutton To Visit Naval Offices
We are pleased to announce that Mr. Steve Hutton was nominated by the local Navy recruiter to receive a trip to San Diego, Calif. to visit the United States Naval facilities in order to learn more about careers available in the Navy. He was chosen from a pool of educators to make the visit in mid-May this year. This trip will give him information on career possibilities that he will be able to share with our students.

Parent Testimonials Wanted
Do you have a good news story you would like to share? Mrs. Jennifer Hart is collecting parent testimonials to use in marketing efforts, on social media and on the school's web site. Please call or e-mail her if you have a story to share. Help us promote our wonderful school!

Attention Student Writers
Delone Catholic is sponsoring its First Annual DCHS Creative Writing Contest. Submit your original, unpublished work to the Insquire Spring Issue by April 15 and you will automatically be eligible for the creative writing contest. The submission may be either fiction, poetry or creative nonfiction. The top three contest winners will receive gift cards (a $50 gift card is the top prize), and the submission will be archived in the Delone Catholic HS Library. Students may submit their work to either Mrs. Girroir, a member of the Insquire staff or to Mr. Fournie in the Library. Click here for the submission guidelines or visit Delone Catholic's web site.

38th Annual Delone Catholic Music Association Dinner
Please join us for the 38th Annual Delone Catholic Music Association Cash Raffle and Dinner:
 
Date:  Saturday, April 13, 2019
Place: S.A.V.E.S. Social Hall - 5865 Hanover Road Hanover, PA 17331
Time: Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m.
 
$100 ticket includes:
- Admission for two adults to a buffet-style turkey dinner
Open bar -- Cocktail hour starts at 5:30 p.m. and dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m.
(The bar will close during the meal)
- A chance to win one of 52 cash prizes, including the grand prize of $5,000

There will also be the popular 13 jars, shared drawing raffle, and chances to win various gift baskets
 
To purchase your ticket(s) for the 2019 event, please complete and detach this form, along with your check made payable to   -- Delone Catholic Music Association -- and return both to:
Delone Catholic High School, Attn: DCMA/Kim Lowrie, 140 S. Oxford Avenue, McSherrystown, PA 17344.  Your tickets will be distributed within two weeks of receiving your payment.
 
If you have any questions, please contact: Kim Lowrie (240) 217-7570 or  [email protected]  OR Tammy Richardson (410) 346-6885 or  [email protected] .



Delone Catholic Music Association Mulch Sale
For a copy of the mulch order form, click here.



FACTS Tuition Assistance Application Available
The 2019-20 FACTS Tuition Assistance Application is available on the school website under Admissions/Affordability or by clicking on this link. There is a $35 application fee and the application deadline is April 15, 2019. 

Accepting Admissions for New Students for the 2019-20 School Year
Delone Catholic HS is accepting admission applications for new students for the upcoming school year. Delone Catholic has much to offer high school students, and we are excited to tell you all about it. We offer personal school tours, Squire shadow days and Welcome Wednesdays from 9 -11 a.m. Please contact  Mrs. Jennifer Hart , Director of Marketing and Admissions to schedule a tour, shadow day or to get more information on our curriculum, programs and services. The 2019-20 New Student Admissions Application is available  by clicking here. 

Prom Dress Code Agreement and Financial Policy
Juniors and Seniors have received copies of the  Parent/Student/Guest Dresscode Agreement in homeroom. Before signing the agreement, please review with your student and/or their guest the Formal Dances (Prom) Dress Code. You can access this information by clicking here, or by visiting the web site under the Parents Quick Links tab, Policies and Procedures, Dress Code. The completed form is due to the class moderator by April 15.

Senior parents are reminded that all student obligations must be paid in full by April 15 in order for your child to attend prom and participate in senior activities. Please see page 58 in the Student Handbook for further information.

Summer Opportunities
Summer is for LEARNING and SERVICE and there are some great local opportunities for both. Many deadlines are this month!

1. Trout Unlimited River Camp - a great week fly fishing and learning about the streams of PA (June 16-21) http://www.riverscamp.com/
Application deadline is March 30, 2019.

2. Penn State Mont Alto  has 2 camps, one for students that may be interested in the medical field  (June 17-21) https://montalto.psu.edu/medcamp and one for those interested in engineering/general science (July 8-12)  https://montalto.psu.edu/stemcamp
Application deadline March 30, 2019

3. Challenge Camp - volunteers needed
Hanover Community church runs a 5-day camp where you can earn works of mercy sharing your gifts with children.  See Mrs. Gadow for a volunteer form or visit the website to sign up online

4. Harrisburg University - weeklong day camps for high school students including Lego engineering, hydroponics, video game design, food and nutrition, nanotechnology and drones!  

5. Summer Teen Volunteer Program
Cross Keys Village - The Brethren Home Community accepts teen volunteers. See their website for details  https://www.crosskeysvillage.org/donate/volunteer/

Host Families for International Students
If you are interested in being a host family for an International student next year, please contact Richard McGovern at Twinn Palms to get an application started.

From the Alumni and Advancement Office
Help Us Reach Our Delone Catholic Fund Goal
Thank you to everyone who has contributed to the Delone Catholic Fund in 2018-19! Your gift is already at work helping our students grow in faith, knowledge and experience. Click here to find out how you can help us get to our $210,000 goal. 


Henny Noel Memorial Golf Tournament
The 26th-Annual Henny Noel Memorial Golf Tournament is being held on Saturday , June 8 at Cedar Ridge Golf Course, Gettysburg Pa. with a 9 a.m. shotgun start. Highlight your business with a sponsorship package or register a foursome for the tournament. Click here for a copy of the registration and sponsorship form.

This golf tournament is named in honor of Henny Noel '46, beloved Delone Catholic Director of Maintenance from 1958-1993. In accordance with the wishes of the Noel family, all proceeds from the tournament are used to provide tuition assistance to families that need it, so that all students can reap the benefits of a Delone Catholic education. Come out and be a part of an ever-improving event that has raised over $75,000 in the past five years!


Exciting New Fundraiser Rewards Families and School
Delone Catholic kicked off an exciting new fundraiser! The school has partnered with Dynamic Scrip to offer a money saving online and mobile app rewards program. The program can save members of the Delone Catholic family money on products and services they are already buying while generating significant resources to fund student activities and tuition assistance. There are opportunities for students and families to win gift cards, tuition credits and school dress-down days. This is definitely a program you want to check into before the start of your holiday shopping. Mrs. Jennifer Hart has been publishing videos on social media to help parents learn more about how to use the program. You can view those videos here: Dynamic ScripReferral Rewards

For the full details, visit  www.delonecatholic.org/dynamicscrip  or talk to a current Delone Catholic student.

From the Spiritual Life Office
Tuxedo Rentals Benefit Spiritual Life Program
Junior and senior homeroom teachers will have tickets for tuxedo rentals at Hanover Clothing Company (217 Frederick St., Hanover). For every ticket turned in with a tuxedo rental, Delone Catholic will get a $10 donation to Spiritual Life to help with future projects (trips, resources, and retreats such as Kairos). Please contact Mrs. Phenicie with any questions.

From the Diocesan Vocations Office
"The Lord God has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious." Docility in prayer is essential to discernment. Are you open to a vocation to the priesthood, diaconate, or consecrated life?
Talk to Mrs. Phenicie, Fr. Morelli, or Fr. Brian Wayne, Director of Vocations, at
717-657-4804  
[email protected]  or check out  www.diocesanpriest.com .

Light the World! Summer Institute at CUA
Light the World! is a chance for high school students to learn how faith and culture interact and how to apply this to college and vocational discernment. Students spend one week in Washington, DC, visiting sites like the US Capitol, the National Gallery of Art, the Natural History Museum, and a local professional sports team, such as the Washington Nationals or the Baltimore Orioles. Students witness daily how faith and culture intermingle by first hearing from one of Catholic University of America's theology professors about the day's topic and then from each location's leaders about how the faith helped them achieve success in their field. Please see Mrs. Phenicie by April 15 for the early bird discount!

Unplanned Movie
As you may be aware, a film was released last week titled "Unplanned," the story of former Planned Parenthood director-turned-prolife activist Abby Johnson. This film brings important messages of hope, healing, forgiveness, and the widespread reality of abortion to the fore. Please see www.unplannedfilm.org for more information.

Diocesan Senior Recognition Award
Applications are now available in the Spiritual Life Center for the Diocesan Senior Recognition Award. This award is given to, at most, four Seniors from Delone Catholic High School who belong to parishes in the Diocese of Harrisburg and have been active in their parish youth ministry and/or school youth ministry throughout high school. Applications are due to Mrs. Phenicie by May 1. 

Remembrances  for Baccalaureate
Seniors and parents of Seniors, please submit names of loved ones who have passed away to be remembered in the Baccalaureate program and during the liturgy. Please email the name, the relation to the graduate, and whether or not he/she is a Delone Catholic HS graduate to [email protected] by April 19. Thank you!

Intentions for Adoration
Every Friday, the Mary, Queen of Peace Chapel is open for Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, and our students would like to use that time to pray for your intentions. Please use this form to submit any intentions that you have so that a student can choose an intention to pray for specifically during their time at Adoration. 

SportsLeader Virtue of the Week
One pillar of the SportsLeader program is a weekly virtue that we incorporate into our athletic practices and throughout our school community. Every week, we will share them here to encourage the students to take the virtue into their homes as well!

Our virtue theme this week is HEROIC - the strength to be willing to sacrifice yourself, your wants and needs for the good of others. A team of heroes is a team worth being on. That is a team you will remember being a part of the rest of your life. This week, set a new personal goal.
From the Athletics Department
Coach Pat Flaherty Presents the Fifth Annual Mason Dixon Linemen Clinic
Join us as we welcome Miami Dolphins Offensive Line Coach Pat Flaherty back to Delone Catholic.
Coach Flaherty will personally run drills and teach offensive line techniques. After completing his second season with the Jacksonville Jaguars, Coach Flaherty is heading to Miami as the Dolphins offensive line coach. He spent one year with the San Francisco 49ers and the previous 12 years (2004-15) in the same role with the New York Giants. A veteran of more than 35 years of coaching, Flaherty's tenure with the Giants includes their Super Bowl wins in 2007 and 2011. This is an excellent opportunity for hands-on skills and technique training with one of the NFL's finest OL coaches. Also returning this year is East Stroudsburg Coach Mike Santella. For a printable version of this flyer, click here. For the registration form, click here.  Sponsorship opportunities are available. Click here for more information.


Little Squires Baseball Relay



AYCE Wing Night

Second Annual Tommy Laudani Delone Dash
The Delone Dash has been renamed to the Tommy Laudani Delone Dash in honor of our courageous alumnus who lost his battle with cancer in 2018. Come out and run the home course of Delone Catholic's Cross Country Team on the beautiful trails of Codorus State Park. 100% of profits will go to three great groups. 60% to The Tommy Laudani A.C.E. Award. A.C.E- stands for Accepting the Challenge of Excellence; 20% to Runners with a Reason XC Camp, and 20% Delone Catholic Athletic Association. For a copy of the flyer, registration form, sponsorship opportunities and release waiver, please click here


Big Bingo Dates Announced
Delone Catholic Athletic Association and the Notre Dame Club of Gettysburg are hosting BIG BINGO on the following Saturdays: February 23, March 30 and April 27, 2019. These popular events are open to the public, payout is $50 per regular game and, with your $15 per ticket donation, include a free roast turkey dinner platter. Please click here for the flyer that has complete details. For tickets, please contact Linda Masenheimer at 717-637-0412

Head Varsity Boys' Basketball Coach
Delone Catholic is currently accepting applications for a Head Varsity Boys' Basketball Coach. Please submit a letter of interest and a coaching resume to the Athletic Director at [email protected] or Delone Catholic High School, 140 S. Oxford Ave., McSherrystown, Pa. 17344.

Assistant Cross Country Coach
Delone Catholic is currently accepting applications for an Assistant Cross Country Coach. Please send a cover letter and resume to the Athletic Director at [email protected] or  140 S. Oxford Ave., McSherrystown, Pa. 17344 .

Assistant Baseball Coach
Delone Catholic is currently accepting applications for an Assistant Baseball Coach. Please send a cover letter and resume to the Athletic Director at [email protected] or  140 S. Oxford Ave., McSherrystown, Pa. 17344 .

Athletic Schedules Online
A complete schedule of sporting events, times and locations can be found at ArbiterLive.com or under the Athletics tab on  www.DeloneCatholic.org. 

From Our Partner Schools and Parishes
Sponsorship Opportunities for St. Francis School Golf Tournament
To print this information, click here




5th Annual St. Joseph Athletic Association 5K Run/Walk
Any high school students wishing to volunteer for this event should email Kristy Allen at  [email protected]  for more information.

To print this flyer, click here.


Craft Beer and Wine in the Woods Festival


From Our Community
The John Gastley Scholarship Foundation $100 Dinner



Internet Drugs - What Parents Should Know



Mission Statement
Delone Catholic High School exists to educate and challenge students 
spiritually, academically, physically, socially and aesthetically, 
within the traditions and teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. 
This challenge will inspire students to experience Jesus Christ personally and 
to "Be Doers of the Word."