Parent Connection

Yearbook orders are due on March 22nd. The cost is $16. (Please note there is an error on the form that went home from Lifetouch. the cost is $16, not $15 as stated on that flyer. We apologize for the inconvenience.

They can be ordered at https://ybpay.lifetouch.com/ and our school code is 1673221.

Easter Candy Sale pick up will be here at DeSales this afternoon from 2:30pm until 5:00pm. Families should come to the top of the hill (near the school garage) to pick up candy orders. If you cannot make it, another family member can pick up for you or contact hsa@desalescatholicschool.org to make other arrangements.

All students are invited to enter the Happy Healthy Kids Coloring Contest! The Grand Prize is $5,000 towards playground and fitness equipment! There are a list of other prizes on the website as well as the different images kids can select from including designing their own!

Happy Healthy Kids Coloring Contest:

https://phitamerica.org/key-programs/play/10-000-romero-britto-coloring-contest/

The Annual Bid for Quality Education Auction is our biggest fundraiser of the year! This year's event will be held virtually on April 16, 17th & 18th via the Auction Facebook Group. You and your family and friends will be able to bid on items from the comfort of your own home!

Thank you to everyone who brought in donations for our Auction Drop-Off! We received so many great items. Thank you!!! We strongly encourage each family to make a donation of some sort to our auction! The proceeds from this fundraiser directly benefits the students and staff of DeSales! We will accept just about any new item you can think of or wine/liquor bottles (please do not send with students), lotto tickets, gift cards, toys, purses, electronics, home items, etc.

Thank you for your support!

Join the Auction Group

Donation Record Form (turn this in with your donation)

What? Join our families for an early evening of family bowling, presented by the DeSales H.S.A. we will have Rock 'n Bowl, Shoes, Pizza, Soda, Sweets & Giveaways!

When? Saturday, March 27th, 2021 There are 2 time slots available for families to bowl: 3-5pm or 6-8pm.

Where? Brad Angelo Lanes 6280 S. Transit Road, Lockport, NY 14094

The cost per family is $40. You may wear non - black soled & dry sneakers to bowl in.

In addition to following the NY guidelines, the Brad Angelo Lanes team maintains continual cleaning & proper sanitation. All team members and visitors are required to wear masks and practice social distancing. Each family will have their own lane for the event to enjoy the hospitality of Brad Angelo Lanes.

Flyers with sign-up information will be coming home soon!

If your child will be late for school or is not able to attend, please call the school nurse at

(716) 434-4680. You can leave a message if there is no answer. You can also email her at wysochanskit@desalescatholicschool.org. Please let her know the reason for the tardiness or absence. You can also call the Main Office number (716) 433-6422 or email granchellir@desalescatholicschool.org or surdeld@desalescatholicschool.org. Otherwise, someone will be calling you.

What are Little Bites from Heaven? The Spiritual Life Committee knows how important faith is to our families at DeSales. However, we also know families lead busy lives and finding time to sit down to foster that faith, read the Bible together and answer the questions our children have about God sometimes takes a back seat to other things. That’s why we think Little Bites from Heaven is a great tool to do just this. Dinnertime allows an opportunity to connect over food while having fun, joyful and meaningful faith-building conversations with your children. Little Bites from Heaven provides devotional time for all family members that includes scripture, questions to discuss and a short devotional. It’s as simple as read the scripture and devotion and discuss the questions together. We believe Little Bites from Heaven will help to prioritize what is most important and at the same time, foster and grow a deeper understanding of your family’s faith rooted in Jesus Christ.

Devotional: WHAT IS SIN?

Remember the first day of school when you were given a list of class rules? No chewing gum. Raise your hand before you speak. No talking while the teacher is talking. Many people see sin as simply breaking God’s list of rules. They look at the Ten Commandments and the teachings of Jesus and think they are doing pretty well.

But we have to define sin the way the Bible does – in relationship to God’s law and his perfect character. John writes that “sin is lawlessness” This goes to the root of all sinful actions and attitudes – our failure to trust God. Lawlessness is more than breaking the rules. It is living as though our own ideas are superior to God’s. At the heart of all sin is a lie that says to each of us, “What you are doing or thinking or feeling or wanting is not really that bad, because other people are doing things that are much worse. Beside, you can’t help it.

Sin isn’t just limited to our failure to live up to a list of dos and don’ts given to us by God. In fact, many people have been deceived into thinking that things are okay between them and God because they don’t do the things from the “don’t” list and they do at least a few things from the “do” list. But what they don’t realize is that this is just being moral or a good citizen or a nice person. It isn’t faith. And that means it won’t be enough to save them. Only Jesus can do that.

Scripture:

You can have a Bible close to the dinner table to use during devotions. The kids can take turns reading the scripture each week out of the Bible!

“The world’s sin is that it refuses to believe in me” John 16:9

Discussion Questions (pick a couple or all questions and allow for everyone to answer. There’s no answer key! As parents, we sometimes think we have to have all the answers, but we don’t. It’s ok to sometimes not have all the answers! But God does and it’s good to let our kids know when tough questions arise that some things only God knows, and we can’t always understand, but we can always trust Him )

1. What are some of the rules in your classroom or workplace or home? How hard is it to follow those rules?

2. How would you describe what sin is?

3. If everything that doesn’t come from faith is sin, does that mean it’s impossible to do good things and still be sinning? What makes it sin?

Little Bites from Heaven are excerpts taken from Dinner Table Devotions written by Nancy Guthrie

• March Breakfast Menu 2021
• March Lunch Menu 2021

**Update: Breakfast and Lunch will be a provided FREE to ALL DeSales students through June 2021.**

The Start of Something Great!

Email: knuutilak@desalescatholicschool.org
Website: www.DeSalesCatholicSchool.org
Location: 6914 Chestnut Ridge Road, Lockport, NY, USA
Phone: (716)433-6422

OPEN HOUSE: Cardinal O'Hara High School is offering its annual spring open house with two choices. The in-person event from 4 to 7 p.m. April 20 will be by appointment only. A virtual tour will start at 6:30 p.m. April 27. Each will give visitors an opportunity to meet students and faculty and learn what O’Hara has to offer. O’Hara students will lead tours of the 17 acre campus and discuss the opportunities available including more than 50 sports teams and clubs. Explore the school’s culinary professional kitchen, new science labs, fine arts, engineering and world languages. Faculty members will be on hand to answer questions. For more information or to make an appointment, contact Thomas Wilkie, admissions director, at 695-2600 ext. 357 or visit www.cardinaloahara.com.

MAY 8, 2021 9 -12:30 P.M.

The Catholic High Schools Practice Entrance Exam gives seventh grade students the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the exam they will take in November, 2021. The exam will follow the same format and will be given under the same conditions as the actual exam in the fall. Students may take the practice exam in-person at Mount St. Mary or virtually from home. A detailed report with exam results will be shared with families.

COST: $20 PER STUDENT REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 5/3/2021 SPACE IS LIMITED, SO SIGN UP SOON!

www.msmacademy.org/prep-course-registration/

Contact Mrs. Elizabeth Suchan-Reitz, Admissions Director, at esuchan-reitz@msmacademy or 877-1358 ext. 413 for more information.