Raffle tickets due Fri., Craft Fair is Sat., Dress down day Fri., play opens next Wed.,

November 10, 2021 | Issue 13

Important news this week!

This Friday, November 12 is the last day to turn in Cash Raffle envelopes to earn a free dress down week! Students who have turned in their envelopes on or before this Friday, November 12, will be given a "Year of the Panther" wristband during their lunch periods on Wednesday, November 10, Thursday, November 11, and Friday, November 12. That wristband must be worn during the dress down week of November 15-19.

Didn't get your tickets sold in time for the early dress down incentive? No problem! The final due date for turning in your envelopes is Thursday, December 2. The $10,000 Grand Prize will be drawn at the boy's basketball home game on Friday, December 3.

Thank you to the over 100 students who have already turned in their envelopes!

Important Dates

Last day to turn in sold Cash Raffle tickets to Mrs. Essenmacher - Dec. 12
$2 Dress Down Day - Nov. 12
Benefits Veterans
Band Holiday Craft Fair - Nov. 13
Dress Down Week - Nov. 15-19
Fall Play - Nov. 17, 19 & 20
Thanksgiving Vacation Nov. 22 - 26
Advent begins - Nov. 28
2021-2022 School Calendar

ELA , ACT Prep & Spanish Tutoring Available

Mrs. Madeleine Heinrich, a licensed and certified educator for grades 7-12 will be available by appointment after school, Monday through Friday from 3 to 6 pm and may also be conducted via ZOOM or Google Video. Sessions may be 30 to 60 minutes each. Repeating sessions are also accepted. This new tutoring service, offered free of charge to all students in all ELA skills and also ACT Prep will be on a first-come, first serve basis, so interested parties are encouraged to reach out as soon as possible to Mrs. Heinrich at heinrich@elyriacatholic.com

Miss Claire Evans, Spanish teacher, offers Spanish tutoring before and after school every day, weekly. Students who are seeking extra help, regardless of Spanish level, can come to room 103 from 7:00am-7:50am Monday through Friday and 3:00pm-5:00pm Monday-Friday. Students may come as little or as often as they wish. Miss Evans will review any concept or material that students are struggling with and can provide study resources and extra practice activities on a variety of topics. Please email Miss Evans at evans@eylriacatholic.com with any questions.

High School Placement Test

Saturday, December 4 | 8:30 -12:30 pm

Financial Aid Application/

Freshman Scholarships

Complete applications by November 15.

Families of the Class of 2026 can now complete the FACTS Grant & Aid application. Please click on the button below for the FACTS Grant & Aid Application and incoming freshman scholarship applications.

FACTS Grant & Aid& Scholarships

Panther for a Day

Students have the option of attending either a morning session (7:45 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.) or an afternoon session (11:15 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.). Lunch is provided for visiting students during both sessions. Please contact Elyria Catholic at (440) 230-8606 to schedule a visit.

Prowl with a Panther Tours

Students and their parents/guardians are invited to "Prowl with a Panther" this fall. These personalized tours can be scheduled during the school day, afternoons, early evenings and some weekends. Please contact Elyria Catholic at (440) 230-8606 to schedule a tour.

Panthers on the Prowl

Football - Panthers vs Elmwood

Saturday, Nov. 13 | Frost-Kalnow Stadium

in Tiffin | kickoff at 7pm

Tickets must be purchased at

www.ohsaa.org/tickets

REMEMBER: No Cash Sales for all events!

Student IDs or GLCA passes will not be accepted. This is an OHSAA event.

Student Spirit Bus

Be sure to sign up to ride the bus by Thurs. Nov. 11. Cost is $10 and a permission slip most be completed.

GO PANTHERS!

Young Catholic Men's Conference (YCMC)

This annual one-day conference is dedicated to high school men and the men that raise and support them. YCMC 2022 features keynote speaker Father Larry Richards, a personal address by Bishop Malesic and a dozen other dynamic speakers giving breakout sessions on pertinent topics for the teens to choose from. The event begins with breakfast, includes lunch, snacks, gym activities, confession opportunity and ends with a Mass. While the teens are in their chosen breakouts, dads attend "Dad Track" sessions on faith, community and raising young men. Click HERE for flyer.

YCMC will be held January 29th, 2022 at Walsh Jesuit High School in Cuyahoga Falls. Space is limited. For more information and to register, visit www.ycmc.us

CLE21:6

The deadline for turning in registration forms for CLE 21:6, the Diocese of Cleveland Catholic Youth Conference, is this Friday, November 12! EC still has 7 tickets left. The conference will be held on Saturday January 8, 2022 at John Carroll University. Bus transportation will be provided. This will be a great day to connect with teens from around the diocese, hear some incredible speakers, and experience our faith in a dynamic way. All students are invited to attend. Registration forms can be found outside the Campus Ministry office. Please reach out to Miss Lanzola (slanzola@elyriacatholic.com) with any questions.

Band/Color Guard News

Get your Christmas shopping done this Saturday. 'Tis the season!

Panthers on the Prowl

Entrepreneurship Flex Factor Field Trip

The Business and Entrepreneurship class visited LCCC through the FlexFactor program that Elyria Catholic and LCCC are collaborating on together. Students toured the MEMS Lab and participated in a workshop in their FabLab. We are grateful to LCCC for the time and effort they put into the visit today. Students are looking forward to partnering with LCCC on FlexFactor.

Veterans Day

Sophomores An Thai and Rocco DeMartinis placed flags outside around the marquee in honor of Veterans Day. We thank all veterans for your service! You inspire us!

Theater Department News

THE ONE-ACT PLAY THAT GOES WRONG

November 17, 19, and 20

7:00 pm

James E. Terrell

Performing Arts Center

"The show must go on!" That is the case for any play, even when everything that could go wrong does. And this is what happens in The One-Act Play That Goes Wrong. When an amateur theater troupe tries to perform The Murder at Haversham Manor, they have to deal with missing props, collapsing sets, and even horrible injuries during the show. As things continue to spiral out of control, the cast and crew try to keep the show going until the end!

Center for Student Excellence

Service, Job & Career Opportuntiies

Nursing Opportunity

University of Toledo College of Nursing Virtual Event Series for high school students interested in nursing and their parents or guardians!

More details

FREE Thanksgiving Dinner

Volunteers are needed to help at the FREE Thanksgiving Dinner at St. Mary Church, 320 Middle Avenue, Elyria on Thanksgiving Day anytime between 10:30 - 2:30 pm. Those interested, please see Ms. Cunningham.

Become an International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Youth Action Campaign Advocate (Virtual Opportunity) (ages 13-24) Click here to watch a video to learn more

Duties: Join youth across Northern Ohio to form a team to learn about IHL and explore IHL through peer-to-peer campaigns. Participants will learn: the history and development of IHL, IHL principles and core concepts, and the Geneva Conventions. A volunteer coordinator takes youth teams through a training to explore IHL topics and learn how to design and effective awareness campaign. Youth teams then plan and execute social media and in-person (if available) activities to promote awareness about the IHL theme. This year’s theme will be on “cultural property”. Teams in the past have educated their peers through creating videos, scavenger hunts, board games, presentations, and more.

Apply by December 15^th at www.redcross.org/volunteer and choose IHL Youth Action Campaign Advocates (Virtual)

Timeframe: Training will be immediately and campaign will run January - May

For questions or additional information contact Melanie Collins at melanie.collins4@redcross.org or 330-204-6615

Scholarship Opportunity

Please see attachment below to learn more about the Northen Ohio Italian American Scholarship open to our students.

Scholarship Application

Mental Health Tip of the Week:

Encourage communication. Let your teen know that they can talk to you about their thoughts, feelings, or difficult situations they’re dealing with. When they do come to you, really listen to what they have to say. You may not agree or understand, but you need to accept that the difficulties they are having are very real to them. Think about things you struggled with when you were their age. Check out our mental health conversation starters using the link below. Adapted from Mental Health America, "Helping at Home: Tips for Parents"

Conversation Starters

HOBY Application

Dear Sophomore Parents/Guardians

and Students,

I just wanted to send a reminder that the HOBY application is due NEXT MONDAY, November 15. HOBY Ohio West Leadership seminar will be an in-person seminar and will be held June 9-12, 2022 at Ohio Northern University in Ada, Ohio. Please click on the button below for more details and HOBY to visit their website.

The 2022 HOBY Ohio West Seminar is requiring all ambassadors and volunteers to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. There will be no exceptions to this requirement. At this time, an in-person HOBY seminar will also include masking guidelines. Proof of vaccination will be included in the HOBY Ohio West pre-seminar forms that are sent to students in March 2022. All masking and vaccine guidelines are subject to change based on health department and CDC guidelines.

Please let me know if you have any questions about this opportunity!

Mrs. Brooks

HOBY Handout

SAVE-THE-DATE

Elyria Catholic is humbled to announce that Steve Komives, Class of 1965, will match the first $10,000 in gifts made to Elyria Catholic through the #weGiveCatholic campaign on Giving Tuesday, November 30. This matching gift is made in honor and memory of the Sisters of Notre Dame.

Mr. Komives fondly recalls his master science teachers, Sister Mary Carmelette SND who taught chemistry and Sister Mary Ida SND who taught math and physics. The first principal of Elyria Catholic was Sister Mary Ralph SND and the school was originally staffed by eight Sisters of Notre Dame and one lay person. Elyria District Catholic High School was well served by principals from the Sisters of Notre Dame for its first 46 years.