January 19, 2022 | Issue 29 |
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Accepting Applications NOW |
We are now accepting applications for incoming freshmen as well as transfer students for the 2022-2023 school year. Applications can be accessed by clicking the button below. Applications for incoming freshmen are due by Monday, January 24. Please contact Terry Ziegelmeyer if you have any questions at 440.230.8606 or ziegelmeyer@elyriacatholic.com. |
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Track & Field Prepare NOW
Athletes interested in joining the Track & Field team this spring are highly encouraged to attend winter conditioning sessions to get prepared for the outdoor season this spring.
EC Track & Field will also be participating in a limited number of indoor meets this winter, but only athletes who are conditioning will be allowed to compete. Contact Coach Barber (barber@elyriacatholic.com) or Coach Cunningham (cunningham@elyriacatholic.com) for more information!
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The Kairos retreat for juniors and seniors will be held at St. Leonard Youth Retreat Center in Avon from Thursday, February 24 - Sunday, February 27. Kairos is an overnight retreat experience that gives students extended time for self-reflection and developing a personal relationship with God, while building relationships with each other. Registration and permission forms must be turned in to Ms. Lanzola by Friday, February 11.
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Center for Student Excellence |
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Parental Mental Health Tip of the Week:
Check your tone. You may find it tempting to blame problem behaviors on your teen; hanging out with the “wrong group of friends” - but if you use an accusatory tone, odds are your son or daughter will stop listening. Frame your approach from a place of care and concern, not anger. Adapted from Mental Health America, "Helping at Home: Tips for Parents"
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Attention Seniors - College Now
Next week our College Now Representative, Ms. Largent, will be coming into classes to talk about scholarships and answer any questions you may have! She looks forward to seeing you then! Please remember to please submit copies or forward emails of your acceptance letters to schools and scholarships you have been awarded to Mrs. Mendez at mendez@elyriacatholic.com or by stopping by the office. Thank you!
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Ignite My Future Scholarship! |
This scholarship is open to all students in 9th-12th grades planning to attend tuition based school or college in the Fall of 2022. Please see attached flyer for more details |
Scholarships and Opportunities Students please check the google classroom for your graduating class for scholarships and other exciting opportunities!
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Check it out!
Review the opportunites through the Community Foundation of Lorain County, CommStar, and the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Shadow Day below!
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All applicants should complete our Universal Application in order to apply. Our system will automatically match your skills and financial needs with the criteria for each scholarship. This eliminates the need to complete multiple scholarship applications. Need some tips on how to begin? Watch this preparational video created by Angela Lee, Scholarship Manager.
Apply now through
March 2, 2022 at 11:59 PM.
Recipients will be notified via email by
May 30, 2022.
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SWE Shadow Day
The University of Akron’s Chapter of Society of Women Engineers (SWE) is hosting an event called SWE Shadow Day on Tuesday, March 8, 2021 from 8:00am to 1:00pm. This event is open to any female sophomores, juniors, and seniors in your respective high school who are interested in pursuing higher education in the field of engineering.
During SWE Shadow Day, attendees will have the opportunity to be paired with and shadow an engineering student at The University of Akron and experience a day in the life of a college student. Attendees will have the chance to visit classes, meet professors, eat lunch on campus, visit design team rooms, and more. Attached to this email, is a flyer explaining the details of the event as well as additional forms that
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attendees will need for the day. Please forward the entire packet to any student who is interested in attending. We ask that you encourage your talented female sophomores, juniors, and seniors to take part in the
This event is held on a school day so that attendees have the opportunity to partake in a typical collegiate level engineering experience. If participants from your school need excused absences to attend this event, Heidi Cressman, Director of Diversity and Inclusion and SWE faculty advisor, will be available to sign excused absence forms. Also note that the event size is limited, and registration often closes before the deadline.
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact, Lily Coss, Outreach Coordinator Society of Women Engineers Student Chapter(lmc187@uakron.edu).
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We are happy to offer an opportunity for a scholarship to Elyria Catholic High students again. Attached is the 2022 Scholarship application from CommStar Credit Union. Please note that our submission deadline January 14, 2022. Please let me know if you have any questions. |
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Philanthropy & Engagement News |
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The Carson Family, Dennis & Rhonda, Nate '10, Jeremy '11, Mitchell '16, Lucas '18
made a play in the Game On! campaign in the last few minutes of 2021.
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The 1990 EC Panther Playoff Team also completed their play on the 46 yard line adjacent to another play made anonymously in Memory of John Lescher. All together 21 yard lines were purchased in 2021. If you would like to sponsor a yard line to fund stadium improvements, please make your play at: |
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Join the Gala Committee and
meet new friends!
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Consider joining us as we plan the 2022 Gala. You will meet other parents while having a lot of fun at the same time. Please check your calendars with the upcoming schedule listed. All meetings begin at 7 pm and take place in the Foods and Nutrition classroom in the North Wing. Parking is available in the near lot. Please enter through the breezeway doors, turn right, then left to follow the long hallway to the end where you turn right to go up the stairs. The classroom is at the top of the stairs. |
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Upcoming meeting dates:
Monday, January 24
Monday, February 7
Monday, February 21
Monday, March 7
Monday, March 21
Other important dates:
Set Up Thursday, April 7, 5:00pm (Halls & Cafeteria)
Set Up Friday, April 8, 8:00am (Dining Tables, Auction Tables, Raffles)
Event, Saturday, April 9, 5:30pm to 11:00pm
Clean Up, Sunday, April 10, 10:30am
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Panther Spirit Shoppe News |
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Reminder: This Monday, January 24 | 4 - 8 pm. When ordering online please use code 8MEXBL3 or show the flyer below in the restaurant! |
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ICYMI
All weekly Panther Family News emails are located on the pull down Communications tab of the website under Weekly News. |
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ELYRIA CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL
Annie Cunningham
Director of Communications & Marketing
725 Gulf Road, Elyria, OH 44035
440.365.1821 | elyriacatholic.com
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