Wednesday Herald

March 9, 2022

Weekly Health Update & Summary

There were no positive cases of COVID since our last Wednesday Herald! Additionally, we were notified Tuesday that Cincinnati Public Schools has lifted its mask mandate for the time being. This also applies to all Cincinnati Public busing. Masks will no longer be required on the buses.

Registration & Re-Enrollment Need Completed Soon

Wow! What a start to our enrollment for the 2022-2023 school year! Early enrollment allows for our school and parish administrators to properly plan for the upcoming school year. We are blessed to have such an amazing community at GA and have experienced a strong interest from new students and families to enroll for next year. If you have not yet re-enrolled your students, please do so immediately. Re-enrollment links can be completed via the emails sent by Mark Rinaudo on February 15. This link to re-enroll expires next week.

Message From The Nurse's Office

Allergy Season is upon us! Many students are experiencing itchy eyes, runny noses, and sneezing. In addition, it is not uncommon for sleep to suffer when they experience these symptoms. 

I wanted to put out a friendly reminder that if your child experiences seasonal allergies, the following measures may be helpful:

• Wash your hands with soap and water or use a wet wipe when coming indoors (this is more effective than hand sanitizer for allergies).
• Remove clothes you've worn outside and shower to rinse pollen from your skin and hair (especially before bed).
• Remove shoes when entering your home in order to avoid tracking pollen throughout the house.
• If you take an allergy medication, and have not done so, start taking it regularly through the allergy season. 
• It can be helpful to wear a facemask outside when allergens are high.
• if you know your allergens, you can follow counts online here.

I wish everyone a happy, healthy spring!

Nurse Pyles

Donate $1, Dance a Jig, And Wear Your Green

On St. Patrick’s Day (Thursday, March 17), you are permitted to wear a GREEN out of uniform shirt with your uniform bottoms or G.A. sweatpants. Please wear school appropriate out-of-uniform shirts.

By donating $1.00, you are supporting local charities in their unending work for the poor of Cincinnati. These people, like the real Saint Patrick, work tirelessly to care for the spiritual and physical needs of many people.

Leprechauns are actually one reason you’re supposed to wear green on St. Patrick’s Day — or risk getting pinched! The tradition is tied to folklore that says wearing green makes you invisible to leprechauns, which like to pinch anyone they can see. Some people also think sporting the color will bring good luck, and others wear it to honor their Irish ancestry.

Message From St. Vincent de Paul About St. Joseph's Table

Dear Families of GA;

During the Middle Ages in Sicily, there was an exceptionally severe drought. No rain fell for an extended period of time, no crops would grow, and countless people died in the ensuing famine. The peasants prayed to God for rain, and they also prayed to St. Joseph to intercede with God on their behalf. They promised that if God caused it to rain, they would have a special feast honoring God and St. Joseph and share the bounty with the poor.

Miraculously, the rains came and the crops were planted. With the harvest, the people prepared a feast of foods from their crops. All were invited to share in the bounty. This has become known as the Tavola di San Giuseppe (St. Joseph’s Table). Through the centuries, and around the world, people have used this festive table to express their thanks for favors granted through the intercession of St. Joseph.

In honor of St. Joseph, whose feast day is March 19th, we ask for what is needed to help our neighbors today. The items most needed are listed below by grade level. (Many of these necessary items may not be purchased with Food Assistance Cards.) We invite you to offer a family prayer to St. Joseph, and as a sign of gratitude for our blessings, provide an item(s) for those who count on our generosity. You may bring your offering to school from Monday, March 14th through Friday, March 18th.

Thank you,

Guardian Angels St. Vincent de Paul Society

PS & PK: Facial Tissues

KDG: Toothbrushes

1st: Toothpaste

2nd: Shampoo

3rd: Liquid Dish Soap

4th: Toilet Paper

5th: Paper Towels

6th: Cleaning Sprays

7th: Laundry Detergent

8th: Deodorant

Boy Scouts Are Selling Mulch

Boy Scout Troop 445 is selling mulch now through March 27th. Free delivery is available April 8-10 to homes in Mt. Washington, Anderson and Turpin. There are two varieties of mulch to choose. Click the order form for more information.

8th Grade Spring Flower Sale

The 8th grade class is selling 12-inch combo hanging baskets. Orders are due March 28th. Flowers will be available for pickup Friday, April 28th from 3:00-8:00pm in the GA Pavilion. Order online or fill out the attached order form and make a check payable to Sarah Lawler. Paper order forms and check can be dropped off at the church or school office.

GA's Spring Musical Is High School Musical, Jr!

Disney’s High School Musical JR. will be performed at Guardian Angels School on Thursday, March 24 and Friday, March 25 at 7:00pm. The fun-filled 60-minute musical, designed for middle school-aged performers, is based on the 2006 Disney Channel Original Movie and the subsequent National Tour. The 5th-8th grade cast includes 32 students led by Holly Leach, Gabrielle Wadell, and Marissa Papania

Wildcats everywhere! This up-beat throwback to the ins and outs of high school drama is a nostalgic romp for young and old alike! The audition notice is posted for East High’s spring musical and superstar athlete Troy and science whiz Gabriella secretly want to try out. Will their dreams be thwarted as they navigate the cliques of East High? Adapted for young performers, this musical includes favorite High School Musical songs such as “Get’cha Head in the Game,” “Stick to the Status Quo,” and “We’re All in This Together.” With its inspiring message of friendship, self-discovery, and teamwork, you’ll be singing and cheering along with High School Musical JR. all the way to opening night!

For information on purchasing tickets please visit www.gamusicboosters.org.

Disney’s High School Musical JR. is presented through special arrangement with and all materials are provided by Music Theatre International.

Send a message to your star performer or crew member through our Musical’s program this year! Wish someone good luck in the performance, congratulate them on their hard work, or tell them how much you love them…all in a text line or up to 1/2 page ad! Click the order form for details.

Yearbooks On Sale Now

Order your yearbook today! Just click here and enter our yearbook ID code: 8713122. Or you can search by our school name. Orders must be placed by March 28th.

Athletic Boosters Dodgeball Fundraiser

When: Saturday. April 9 - 6:30-11:00pm

Where: PC gymnasium

Why: Why not?

Please join us for an exciting evening of spirited competition and comradery. This tournament is open to all. Music, food, drinks and fun are guaranteed.

Sign up on the GA Athletic Boosters website. Registration ends on March 24th.

Football Registration Is Open

Registration for the GA football program is now open! The Guardian Angels Football Program Welcomes ALL active parishioners, CCD, school students of GA in kindergarten through 8th grade to the 2022 football season. Registration is open through April. For more information, click here.  

Fathers Team Meeting This Friday

Join the GA Fathers Team this Friday, March 4th, at 6:05am as we take a break from discussing a specific topic and instead have an “open mic” for discussion. If there is an issue in the church, the world, or our parish that you would like to discuss with other dad’s, here’s an opportunity to do that in a confidential gathering. No preparation is required. Join us for this discussion in person in the Undercroft (Conference Room B), or by Zoom, this Friday at 6:05 am. Contact us at [email protected] for the zoom information, or to get on the GA Fathers Team email distribution.

Drive-Thru Fish Fry Events Through Lent

Our Drive-Thru Fish Fry is back and open Fridays throughout Lent. There is no fish fry on Good Friday. The full menu available is found on our parish website.

We will also have a dine-in option on March 11 and 18th in the undercroft (more dates may be added). Only pizza and drinks will be sold and served in the undercroft. If you would like to purchase fried items, you will order in the Gathering Space and your order will be brought to the undercroft.

Everyone will enter the parking lot from Brachman.

• If you plan to park and dine-in the undercroft, pull into the first entrance on the left.
• If you plan to go through the drive-thru, pull in the second entrance on the left.

A map is attached to see how the parking lot will be laid out during fish fry.

Children must be accompanied at all times. The playground and basketball hoops will be closed during these events due to the drive-thru line wrapping through the parking lot.

March 11:

Alumni Night

Our Guardian Angels School Alumni is hosting the dine-in Fish Fry on Friday, March 11th. All GA graduates and their families are invited to join us in the undercroft!  

March 18:

March Madness

You are invited to join our Athletic Boosters as they kick off the first full weekend of the NCAA basketball tournament. Televisions will be set up in the undercroft so fans can watch Friday evening games.  

Young Men's Faith and Fellowship

Our new Men's Faith and Fellowship group began meeting this week. You are invited to join together in this brotherhood with other men to grow in virtue and faith. Each week, we will focus on a different aspect of authentic Catholic masculinity with topics ranging from family and fatherhood to prayer and spiritual life. We will meet for 12 weeks, so join us every week or as your schedule permits. No religious expertise or background required.

When: Mondays from 8-9pm

Where: Room B (near the undercroft) or by Zoom

Age: 20’s to 40’s

The Zoom link can be found by clicking here. Email Brice Berger for additional information. 

Lenten Speaker Series: Soup, Salad, and the Saints!

Join the Guardian Angels community as we journey through Lent with the saints! Enjoy a meal while deepening your faith through the wisdom and example of the saints who have gone before us in faith. We will begin with a potluck dinner at 6:30pm in the undercroft, followed by a thirty-minute presentation on the life of a saint at 7:15pm.

RSVP and sign-up to share a dish by clicking on each date below:

March 9 - Mr. Steve Sylvester: Former Football player for Moeller High School, the University of Notre Dame, and the Raiders where he was a member of three Super bowl Championship Teams. He has been a local real estate agent since 1978.

March 23 - Fr. Christopher Geiger: He was ordained a Priest in 2016 and is currently Mt. St. Mary’s Seminary Director of Apostolic Works and internship program. 

March 30- Mr. Doug Rosfeld: Bengals Director of Coaching Operations. Former Football player for Moeller High School and the University of Cincinnati, and former coach for Moeller High School and the University of Cincinnati. 

April 6 - Mother Seraphina Marie, fdm: Superior of the Franciscan Daughters of Mary. The Daughters are missionary sisters committed to upholding the dignity of every human person from the moment of conception until natural death through charitable Works of Mercy at Rose Garden Home Mission.

Bible Camp is Back This Summer!

North Castle is hidden in a frozen land. The King’s valiant Knights are on a quest in search of the King’s Armor. But the armor isn’t what they think it is.

Knights of North Castle: Quest for the King’s Armor, invites children to be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his power by exploring how we put on the armor of God. Kids will take on the role of brave Knights and begin their quest each session by opening the King’s Book.

GA’s Bible Camp runs from Monday, June 20 through Thursday, June 23 from 9:00am. to 12:00pm.

Click here for more information.

We are also in need of incoming 7th grade, 8th grade and high school volunteers. Click here for details about volunteering.

Registration Is Now Open For Camp GAudeo

This summer marks our eighth annual "Camp GAudeo" - a summer day camp filled with fun, faith, and friends. All families with students currently in grades 4-7 are encouraged to consider this camp, held June 27-July 1 at the parish. Campers enjoy a variety of incredible activities, games, skills-building, and large events (like Giant Slip-N-Slide) led by high school volunteer counselors. We will also enjoy several off-site excursions to Castle Skateland, Urban Air, and Coney Island. 

Registration is currently open, and spots will go quickly. Secure a spot for a student currently in grade 4-7 by visiting our website. Students in grades 9-12 are also invited to visit the registration page and fill out a high school counselor application. Counselors can earn up to 55 service hour credits and have a great time doing so!

If you have questions or would like more information, you can refer to our brochure or contact Bradley Barnes.

Weekly Green Tip

Playground Hours

As the weather begins to warm up, we want to remind everyone of the hours of operation for our new playground equipment. The portion of the new playground that was installed in the fall sits outside the area where our old equipment sat. Since it is outside the mulch area and is now closer to other property lines, the portion of the equipment with the slide CANNOT be used outside of the posted playground operating hours. Those hours are 8:00am-6:00pm. 

School Masses

You can find a full schedule of school Masses on the calendar in Rediker. At this time, our All School Masses are NOT open to visitors. We will be livestreaming all of the All School Masses through GA’s Facebook page and YouTube channel. Families are welcome to attend grade level Masses.

Lunchroom News

Kaldi's offers a hot lunch option every day for our students. All meals must be pre-ordered before 8:30am the day of service; this is done through the Ez-Parent website. Students will have the option to buy additional items during lunch, as long as they have an established account with a positive balance. To set up a new account, or manage an exisiting account, click here.

If you have questions regarding the lunch program, please contact Kaldis at [email protected].

The menu is available on the school website.

Order GA Sweatpants

Help support the 8th grade class and order GA sweatpants. These are approved to wear on out-of-uniform and spirit wear days. A portion of each sweatpant order raises money towards the 8th grade trip and activities each year. Pants can be ordered online throughout the school year.

Cookie Ministry 

Guardian Angels School Cookie Ministry teams up with the Parish Parish Peanut Butter group to feed families in need. The Peanut Butter group makes 1,500 peanut butter and bologna sandwiches. GA students donate cookies. St. Francis Seraph Church in Over-the-Rhine gives the food to families in need. Students are asked to bring in two dozen cookies, brownies, or rice krispie bars on their classroom's designated day. They do need to be bagged, two treats per bag. All 4th grade classes are responsible for the next donation on Monday, March 14th. Donations of juice boxes and prepackaged snacks are also needed. A complete schedule for the school year is attached. 

Attendance Line

If your child will be absent or late to school, please call the main school office by 8:00 each morning. We recently upgraded our telephone system. In doing so, we removed the former “attendance line.” All parents needing to report their child absent or late to school should call our Office Assistant, Melissa Boston, using the main school phone number - 624-3141.

Christian Service Program - Faith in Action

The purpose of the Christian Service Program is to enhance the religion curriculum at Guardian Angels Church. It is the duty of all Christians to reach out in service to those around them. Christ asks us to be His hands and feet on earth, keeping His mission of reaching out to those in need alive. The students will complete their service within the following settings: at home, the parish community/school and the community at-large. This outreach may be completed individually, with a partner, or in a group. 

This program will focus more on the meaning of the actual service opportunities rather than completing a prescribed amount of time. You will choose activities for each component—service to your family, service to your school/parish and service to the poor and vulnerable in our community. There is no minimum requirement of hours to complete. Grades 1-3 are required to complete at least 2 activities for each component; grades 4-8 at least 3 for each. You are certainly encouraged to complete more! See your Religion teacher, Mrs. Froehlich, or the parish website for a list of suggested activities and the log sheet.  

Questions? Contact Kay Froehlich, Director of Religious Education, for more information.

Box Tops For Education

The Guardian Angels PTA collects Box Tops and uses the funds earned to purchase indoor recess games and outdoor recess equipment. Box Tops is now on a digital platform. To participate, you’ll need to download the Box Tops App and scan your grocery receipt within 14 days of purchase. You’ll find more information here.

Kroger Community Rewards

Have you signed up for Kroger Community Rewards and designated GA as your beneficiary? The more families who register, the more money our school receives through the program. Kroger Community Rewards offers a great way for you to support our school's technology fund...and you don't have to spend a penny. You can search for GA or use our NPO number, 80200. The amount Guardian Angels receives depends on the points our supporters rack up while grocery shopping.

Amazon Shopping Supports GA

You can support Guardian Angels Parish when you shop at Amazon.com! GA is a participant in the AmazonSmile Program. You can sign-up to have a portion of your purchase sales come back to Guardian Angels. When you make purchases through the AmazonSmile page, and have GA selected as your beneficiary, the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price of eligible products back to GA. You have to be shopping from smile.amazon.com page of the site for GA to receive the benefit. 

Bulletin Advertising Available

Our bulletin publisher is looking for new advertisers and sponsors. Thanks to our sponsors, the bulletin is published weekly at no cost to our parish. Please consider purchasing an ad. Your ad and participation make the bulletin successful, and you attract customers! If interested, please email Sherry Montel or call/text her at 614 301-7444.

Advertisements and sponsorships can be purchased for a business, family, charity, in Honor or in Memory of a Loved One, or to support the church or a community service organization, such as Big Brothers/Big Sisters. We appreciate your support.

Community News

Little League Baseball League

Registration is open now for the spring season of Anderson Township Little League Baseball. A flyer with more information is attached.

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