THE ATONEMENT ACADEMY

March 2, 2012

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Mar. 2: Stations of the Cross, 2:15

Mar. 3: PSIA Hosted by The Academy

Mar. 9: Stations of the Cross, 2:15

Mar. 13: National Latin Exam

Mar. 14: AR Deadline for Third Quarter

Mar. 16: End of Third Quarter

Mar. 16: Stations of the Cross, 2:15

Mar. 19: Evensong: St. Joseph, 2:15

Mar. 23: Stations of the Cross, 2:15

Mar. 23 & 24: Upper School Choir Com

petition in Dallas

Mar. 28: Academic Awards Ceremony

after 9:20 Mass, Gym

Mar. 30: Stations of the Cross, 2:15

Apr. 1-8 HOLY WEEK

Apr. 6- 15: Easter Break — NO CLASSES

Apr. 16: Classes Resume

Apr. 17-20: IOWA Tests

Apr. 20: Video Fest

Upcoming...

Nota Bene / Note Well AR Deadline Wednesday, March 13 —READ! Sweaters become optional on March 1. They may be worn

when it is chilly. Remember that Parker Uniform has a one-year guarantee, so if you are not pleased with the quality or durability you may exchange it!

SPRING UNIFORM SALE—See p. 6 Theology of the Body classes for upper scholars begin this

Sunday afternoon. See p. 3 It’s not too late to register! PENNY WARS are being waged! See p.4 Questions or Concerns? Contact

info@atonementonline.com

PSIA Meet This Saturday!

The Atonement Academy is host to the Private Schools Interscholastic Association (PSIA) tomorrow, Saturday, March 3

rd, for a regional academic meet. As a good host

to over 1,000 participants from South Texas, our school is providing many of the volunteer positions needed to staff such an event. Unfortunately, many participating schools did not supply the number of positions for which they are required to fill, and so the burden has been placed upon us to shore-up these positions – mostly as assistant directors of an aca-demic event or as a judge. If you have volunteered to as-sist on Saturday, we greatly appreciate your dedication. This is a once-a-year event of great importance for our school and we truly appreciate your help.

Mr. Johnston & Family Need Your Prayers!

In your charity, continue to remember our headmaster, Ralph Johnston, and his family in

your prayers. The rosary continues to be said for his

intention after every 7 am weekday Mass.

Crusader

Remember, always go to

WWW.ATONEMENTSPORTS.COM

for the latest updates on our programs and

our athletes.

COACH MORETTA’s

CORNER On Sunday, February 12, Atonement Academy sopho-more Ruthanne Reiley was awarded the 2nd Grand Prize in the Physical Science Section (Senior Division) at the Alamo Regional Junior Academy of Science. This competition in-volves the students making oral and slide-show presentations of their science fair projects to the judges and answering follow-up questions. Ruthanne presented her project: "Remote, Off-grid,

Sustainable Energy: Maximizing Primary Power Source Rejuvenation." For the layperson, it’s about a way that Ruthanne has come up with to re-charge batteries by capturing the energy of human walking. She will pre-sent this project formally at the Alamo Regional Sci-ence and Engineering Fair at St. Mary's University on March 4th-6th. Ruthanne is pictured here with her Atonement faculty member, Dr. Michael Vallor and the competition director, Mrs. Perez.

Michael Moretta, Athletic Director

214-682-6757 cell

mmoretta@atonementonline.com

Ruthanne Reiley Places Third in Science Regionals

The spring season is here and we are so very excited as long as it stops raining at some point! SOCCER: Our middle school teams will move their season to the fall as the weather and other commit-ments have set them back. Watch for new and great up-dates mid-March. Our LS girls are on a roll. They have played three games and won two! They are com-peting as an independent program and challenging club teams and others in the area and are looking real strong and really motivated. Way to go Crusader young ones. MS BASEBALL: Opening day at the Atonement field and we beat St. Anthony 4-3. Our boys are a scrappy team and look for any and all opportunities to score. They come out to win, play hard and work the system they have been taught. Next game is today at home. Up-dates will be on the website weekly, so stay tuned in. VARSITY BASEBALL: this is just amazing, a new start, a new program and a new way to enjoy sports at The Atonement academy. Standing at a record of 1-1 we are pumped to see the boys playing real and tough baseball. Coach Rohr has devised a system and the boys are learning. This is going to be an exciting year and please make sure to come and out watch some of these very cool games. (Be sure to check out Father Phillips with his autographed game ball on page 1!)

TRACK AND FIELD: First meet is March 3rd for the Tri-County relays and we are ready to roll! Our boys and girls teams are made up of some of the finest young men and women at our school, and we boast a team size of 25! This is the largest team in the school for any sport and we are proud. All of our relay teams will be the exciting thing to watch this season as well as the Kennedy sisters in the long distance races, coming off a great cross country performance of top ten in the state meet! Let's see our team take as many as possi-ble to the end result of winning district!

A Message from Father Phillips

There are increasing assaults being directed against the faith and consciences of Catholics in this country, and our bishops

have asked us to pray for the freedom of the Church. Let us enlist the help of St. Michael the Archangel, by using this

prayer daily:

St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle.

Be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the Devil.

May God rebuke him, we humbly pray, and do thou,

O Prince of the heavenly hosts,

by the power of God, cast into hell Satan,

and all the evil spirits, who prowl about the

world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.

Theology of the Body for Teens

Discover the Truth behind your sexuality

and how that truth leads to REAL happiness!

Twelve sessions for high school students begin on Sunday March 4 at

The Atonement Academy from 3:45 until approximately 5:15.

Sessions are scheduled as follows:

March 4, 11, 18, 25;

April 1, 15, 22, 29;

May 6, 13, 20, 27.

To participate, please contact Susan Moore at susanmooremarykay@gmail.com (325-374-

7465) or Mary Kay Kulla at mkulla12@gmail.com (210-842-6366)

mail registration form and $15.00 fee by March 2 to:

Susan Moore 7735 Moss Brook Drive, San Antonio, TX 78255

Make checks payable to Susan Moore.

Student Name: _______________________________________________

Parent Name(s):_____________________________________________________________

Address: ___________________________________________________________________

Phone number: ______________________________________________________________

Email address: ______________________________________________________________

Year in school: _____ Freshman _____Sophomore ______Junior _____Senior

Why Wait?

CAMPUS HAPPENINGS

—Fifth graders attended Mass at San Fernando Cathedral a few weeks ago and vis-

ited Mission San Jose afterwards for a tour and picnic lunch.

—Last week the fourth graders visited the San Antonio Planetarium and learned a

great deal about our solar system.

—Eighteen juniors and two seniors received their class rings at the annual Ring

Ceremony after Mass on February 21. They enjoyed a reception sponsored by the

sophomore moms.

—Junior Ernesto Hernandez Rodriguez has been selected to participate in his coun-

try’s Regional Olympic Tournament in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Congratulations,

Ernie!

—Atonement participants in The Archdiocesan Science Fair had a great time meet-

ing other budding scientists and seeing their projects. Two of our students placed:

Isabella Roberson (Third place, 6th grade) and Hannah Shoemaker (Third place,

7th grade).

WANT AD Needed:Penny War Parent

Volunteers

Where: St. Anthony Hall

When: (1) Fridays, count-

ing cash at 2pm and/or

(2)Supervising the collec-

tion boxes every week-

day (you may select

days) at lunchtime 11-

12 or 12-1, until March

30th.

Contact : Call the Penny

War Correspondent, Mrs.

Aedin O'Donoghue- Stallard

210-639-2988

THE ANNUAL PENNY WAR!

For years now, The Atonement Academy

sponsors a fundraiser geared toward the

efforts of our students in support of our

sister school in the Holy Land.

During Lent, students bring pennies to add

to their class’s container, vying to have the

most pennies from week to week. Students

also can bring nickels, dimes, quarters,

and dollars to sabotage other classes as

well as coaches and administrators.

The class with the most pennies by March

30 will be treated to a lunch-time pizza

party the after Easter Break!

On February 15, the Student Council spon-

sored The Atonement Academy’s first tal-

ent show, and response to the evening en-

sured that the show will be an annual

event! The St. Anthony Hall was packed to

see and hear classmates perform in the 90

minute show.

Our talented student body prepared dra-

matic performances before (Aesop’s Fa-bles) as well as after the actual talent

show (The Haunted House by Platus).

WINNERS 1st Place Annie (‘13) and Bridget (‘15)

Kennedy: Irish Dance Routine

2nd Place Cecille Sorio (‘13): Piano & Vocal

Performance

3rd Place Christian Chauvin, Mitch Crossey,

Juan Hinojosa and Austin Prochko

(all ‘12): Original Skit

ATONEMENT’S

GOT TALENT!

First Annual

Crusader

Talent Show

The Atonement Academy’s

first annual Talent Show was a

smashing success!

www.parkersu.com

NOTE: For The Atonement Academy, the PK Uniform will change next year!

Also, 2012-2013 upper school blazers for young ladies will be available in girls as well as junior and missy sizes.