November 24, 2023 Volume 1 - Issue 13 |
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Dear Saint Families and Friends:
“Fill the earth with your songs of gratitude.”
-Charles Spurgeon
Greetings from Berks Catholic! Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you and your family had a wonderful holiday and are now enjoying a few days of rest. Please know of our prayers, appreciation and gratitude for you and the entire BC community during this time. As we take a few days off to rest and relax, know that we continue to think about your children even when we are not with them. We are blessed to have such great Saints in our school.
As we were dismissing school last Friday, I had one of those great Saints come up to me and express concern for one of his classmates. He offered to help this friend in any way possible and asked me to please take good care of his friend. Touching and poignant moments like this make it all the clearer to me that not only do we have an amazing Saints family but how grateful I am for this young man and all of you. Have a great weekend.
It’s a great day to be a Saint!
John Petruzzelli
Principal
610-374-8361 ext. 253
Email: jpetruzzelli@berkscatholic.org
Twitter: jpetrobcsaints
Instagram: john.petruzzelli.9
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The Week Ahead
Monday, 11/27
-Thanksgiving Break
Tuesday, 11/28
-Classes resume
-Winter Sports Media Night (6:30 p.m.)
Wednesday, 11/29
-PTO Faculty Breakfast
Thursday, 11/30
-Senior Christmas Tree decorating
- Class of 2024 Christmas Movie Night
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Let Us Pray…
-For Sacred Heart School, one of our amazing partner schools, that God blesses them with a love of learning and academic inquisitiveness.
-For our US Bishops that they continue to lead the Church in our dioceses with love, compassion and a missionary zeal.
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SAINT OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to Senior
Xavier Gonzalez
who was named this week's
Saint of the Week!
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Congratulations to members of the Class of 2025
who received their class rings and pins on Tuesday.
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Congratulations to Senior
Will Hess for receiving the Bert Moore Sportsmanship Award!
| Congratulations to the following students who won our First Annual Turkey Scavenger Hunt: Thursday’s winners - Junior Celeste Mirenda; Sophomores Jada Do & Aydia Brown; and Freshmen Maxine Mayo & Kayla Olivieri. Friday’s winners - Seniors Addison Drake, Justice Ortiz & Owen Reber; and Juniors Jackson Lago & Melina Stinsky. All winners won a pre-Thanksgiving turkey sub lunch from Subway. | Thanks to our CC, HN and BC basketball alumni who joined us yesterday for the 13th Annual Turkey Shoot Out. | |
Thank the Girls Field Hockey Team for participating in the Samaritan’s Purse Shoe Box project. The service project was led and coordinated by Junior Arabella Smith. Arabella organized things from start to finish and ran the project in a very efficient manner. With the help of the Field Hockey girls, they filled 30 shoe boxes for boys and girls in age groups from 2 to 4, 5-9, and 10-14 years old. The boxes were delivered to The Community Evangelical Church in Sinking Spring where there were already 2300 boxes to be sent to Atlanta for distribution around the world. As always, our great Saints answered the call for service!
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Last Friday the Berks Catholic Community recognized World Kindness Day with a clothing and food drive for our parishes, local churches and shelters.. We also made over 100 blessing bags filled with food and toiletries for those in need.
Special thank you to our Saints families, Faculty & Staff and to our alumni and friends who contributed:
Goods Chips, Pepperidge Farm, Reinecker Dental, Reading Orthodontic Group, Green Valley Dental, Paradigm Lab, Lawlor Dermatology, Dr. Lloyd M. Wolf III, Cirandine Family, BC Boosters, BC PTO, BC Saint Ambassadors, BC Business Club, BC Athletics, BC Administration, BC Student Government and the Aevidum Club.
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Christmas Cookie Donations Needed | |  |
Items still needed for Faculty Breakfast | | |
Join in on the Ho-Ho-Holiday fun and come visit Santa Claus on Saturday, December 16th from 9:00-10:30 a.m. in the McGlinn Commons. The event is open to all future Saints. Enjoy snacks, play some games, read some stories, and, of course, meet the big guy, Santa himself! It’s a great way to get into the Christmas spirit! | | |
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After Thanksgiving, our National Honor Society will be collecting money to purchase new toys for Community Prevention Partnership and Catholic Charities. Toys will be distributed to local families in need to help them have a happy and merry Christmas. Money will be collected during lunch periods from Tuesday, November 28th to Wednesday, December 6th. We will also be having a Christmas-themed Dress Down Day on Wednesday December 6th. The minimum cost is $2. Additionally, if you would like to donate new toys, they can be brought in to school from Tuesday, November 28th to Wednesday, December 6th and dropped off in Ms. Fromuth’s or Mr. Latchum’s classroom.
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We invite you to attend our celebration of the Birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ at our Christmas Vesper Prayer Service. Vespers will take place on Sunday, December 17th at 3:00 p.m. at Sacred Heart Church located at 740 Cherry Street in West Reading. Christmas Vespers tells the story of Advent through music, prayers and readings from Sacred Scripture in the tradition of lessons and carols. The music portion of the Christmas Vespers features the Berks Catholic Saints Honor Choir, under the direction of Mrs. Kate Bobb, with accompaniment by Ms. Beverly McDevitt. Admission is free and open to the public. | | |
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Our Music program will be holding an Instrumental Christmas Concert on Tuesday, December 19th at 6:00 p.m. in the Franco-Post Auditorium. Admission is free and the concert will feature the instrumental music students. Please take some time out of your busy Christmas schedule to come relax for some Christmas cheer.
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The Bible by the Numbers
When you forget your blessings, check out Psalm 103.
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Social Media
Did you see our posts this week about our Gratitude Graffiti Project?
Keep up with all the happenings at the school on our social media channels. Check out what our students are doing day-to-day in class; important news articles; sports and activities; and more! Be sure to follow the school on social media for all the latest updates, pictures and school information. Facebook: Berks Catholic; Twitter: @BerksCatholic; and Instagram: berkscatholic.
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Our Mission
Berks Catholic High School is centered on the four pillars of God, Family, Academics and Fun. As a vibrant Christ-centered community, the Administration, Faculty and Staff are dedicated to providing a challenging academic environment for a diverse population of young men and women. Through Christian principles rooted in the Catholic tradition, we strive to positively impact our students spiritually, intellectually, socially, physically and emotionally, so they can live productive lives of service in this world and attain eternal life.
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