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See important information below about the All Saints JCYO spring sports programs:

Track & Field
The All Saints JCYO Track & Field team enjoys beautiful spring weather, highly energetic athletes, and the very best coaching staff! Running is often thought of as an individual sport, where one is competing against his/her previous best-time. Our coaches encourage each Runner to work on beating their own best time, at the same time as training with the team and cheering each other on during competition.

• Track & Field practices will begin on Sunday, March 25th, from 2-4pm, on the track at the Pennington School.
• If your athlete is not registered as of March 19th, he/she may not attend practices until registration is complete. Follow the instructions below.
• WANTED: coaching assistants – email Coach Konstanty at hkonstanty@gmail.com
• WANTED: parents to assist at the Spring Meet as timers, etc.
• WANTED: a volunteer to coordinate an end-of-season event

Volleyball
Another season is upon us and we have quite a few girls registered already! Parents and coaches are invited to attend the first organizational meeting THIS WEDNESDAY from 7-8pm in the All Saints Gym.

• WANTED:  a volunteer to manage the gym schedule for practices
• WANTED:  a volunteer to coordinate uniform purchases
• WANTED:  a volunteer to coordinate an end-of-season event

REGISTRATION LINK: https://reg.sportspilot.com/106526/login

Michael Munsell selected the following winners for the 5K Running with the Saints Poster Design contest. Thanks to everyone who submitted an entry!

• 1st place – Emma Coleman
• 2nd place – Mike Short
• 3rd place – Camden Short

Link to first place poster: 5K Running with the Saints Winning Poster

Students in grades four through eight recently participated in the school-wide round
of the National Geography Bee. Congratulations to our school champion, Patrick
McCurdy, who will complete an online assessment to determine whether he will qualify to advance to the state level competition.

Congratulations to Andrew Horgan who won second place and to all of the students who represented their classes in this academic event.

Zachary Kreitzer (8A)
Patrick McCurdy (8B)
Krysta Drone (7A)
Patrick Dickson (7B)
Esther Paz (6A)
Alex Iskenderoglu (6B)
John Karcher (5A)
Orla Haggerty (5B)
Anthony Williams (4A)
Andrew Horgan (4B)

Congratulations to the following winners of the annual middle school science
fair. Thank you, Mrs. Cottingham and Mrs. Woolfrey, for your dedication and for all that you did to guide the students through the process.

Science Fair Winners – 2018

Overall Winners

• 3rd Runner Up: Varun Varma
• 2nd Runner Up: Michael Caturano
• 1st Runner Up: Tim Mills
• Grand Champion: Mike Short

Category Winners

Category: Behavioral & Social Science

• 1st place: Chloe Davies  – “Work to the Beat”
• 2nd place: Ashleigh Sorbet  – “The Sound of Music”
• 3rd place: Sabrina Yap – “Mmmm … Mnemonics”

Category: Botany

• 1st place: Vlad Rapolti – “And the Best Fertilizer Is…”

Category: Chemistry

• 1st place: Beverley Appiatse – “Shaking for Suds” & Isabelle Tate “Balloon Morphing”
• 3rd place: Alexa Brophy – “Fantastic Flour Formula”

Category: Computer Science

• 1st place: Varun Varma – “Focusing Signals for Better Wifi”
• 2nd place: Mehek Jamil – “Where’s My Wifi?”
• 3rd place: Paul Swaray – “Don’t Get Blocked!”

Category: Earth & Space Science

• 1st place: Dan Coleman – “Putting the Solar in Solar Panels”

Category: Engineering

• 1st place: Kevin Balagtas – “Stolen?  I think not!”
• 2nd place: Anthony Suppers – “Oils Well that Ends Well”
• 3rd place: Ian King – “Aluminum Foil Boat Buoyancy”

Category: Environmental Science

• 1st place: Michael Caturano – “Keeping Earth’s Waters Clean”
• 2nd place: Skyler Yann – “Devastating Tsunami”
• 3rd place: Isabella Ortiz – “How Do Plants Affect Soil Erosion?”

Category: Mathematics

• 1st place: Zack Kreitzer – “Projecting Your Fantasy”
• 2nd place: Christina Santiago – “How the Golden Ratio Affects People’s Aesthetic Opinion”
• 3rd place: Ryan Crocker – “Going Going Statistics”

Category: Medicine & Health

• 1st place: Mike Short – “Can Blood Pressure Take the Heat?”
• 2nd place: Alyssa Neuman – “Inherited… Not Inherited?”
• 3rd place: Kiera Egan – “Which Sunscreen?”

Category: Microbiology

• 1st place: Brian Varghese – “Spicing Up Your Diet”

Category: Physics

• 1st place: Timothy Mills – “May the Force Be With You”
• 2nd place: Maggie Horan – “Chillin’ With Batteries”
• 3rd place: Mary Collins – “How High Does it Take to Launch a Rocket?”

Representing All Saints at the Diocesan Science Fair

• Kevin Balagtas
• Michael Caturano
• Chloe Davies
• Zack Kreitzer
• Timothy Mills
• Mike Short
• Ashleigh Sorbet
• Varun Varma
• Skyler Yann
• Sabrina Yap

Recently the Supreme Council of the Knights of Columbus introduced a Keep Christ in
Christmas Poster Contest for children ages five to fourteen, providing students the
opportunity to showcase their artistic gifts while highlighting the true meaning of the
season.

At last Friday’s school Mass, Grand Knight John Masarick and two of his Brother
Knights presented awards to the following students who participated.

Ages 5-7
First Place – Avila Mantooth
Second Place – Jennifer Baughman
Third Place – Cecilia Duran

Ages 8-10
First Place – Amelia Webb
Second Place – Orla Haggerty
Third Place – Sarah Rennolds

Ages 11 – 14
First Place – Chloe Davies
Second Place – Margaret Horan
Third Place – Christina Santiago

Congratulations to all of these students! We wish the three first-place winners every
continued success as their posters advance to the next level of competition.

Thank you to the members of the George Brent Council of the Knights of Columbus for
sharing this opportunity with our school and for their continued partnership.

On Friday, January 19th the students of All Saints will join their prayers with the
thousands who will gather in Washington, D.C. at the annual March for Life.

As a school community we will pray for an increase in respect for the sanctity of life at all stages in our society. While children who wish to attend the March for Life with their
parents or the Youth Ministry Program will be marked as absent, please know that this
absence will not affect a child who otherwise would earn “Perfect Attendance” at the
close of the year.

If your child will be attending the March, please notify his or her teacher via a note by Thursday, January 18th.

On Tuesday, December 12, 2017,  we will celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe beginning with a Mass at 10:00 a.m. in the church. Immediately following the liturgy, the students will gather around the Statue of Mary in the courtyard where they will learn more about the feast day and pray one Decade of the Rosary.

Students are cordially invited to bring single roses to school on Tuesday to be presented to Our Lady by class representatives. After the ceremony, the students will process to the Parish Activities Center where they will enjoy authentic Mexican treats and the music of the parish Spanish Choir. We look forward to this joyful celebration of Our Lady and hope that many of you will be able to join us for the occasion.

On Saturday, December 5th, over a dozen students participated in our school float as part of the Annual Greater Manassas Christmas Parade. Dressed in costumes borrowed from our 6th grade theater arts program, the children presented a living nativity scene, winning first place in the sponsored division. I want to thank Mrs. Pereira for coordinating the design of the float and the many details that led to such success. It was a great joy to see our students proudly riding the float and providing such an enthusiastic witness to the true meaning of Christmas – the birth of our Savior.