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Start Getting In Shape!
6th Annual "Run for Excellence" Set for August 29th
For the sixth consecutive year, Lakewood Catholic Academy
will launch its school year with a “Run for Excellence.” The 5K
Race and Michalko Mile Fun Run are set for Sunday, August
29th, starting on the LCA campus. Both races are open to runners
of all ages.
The action begins with race-day registration from 7:30 until
9:00 a.m. The
chip-timed 5k race starts at 8:30 a.m., followed by the Michalko
Mile Fun Run at 9:15 a.m. Awards
for the 5K race will be presented to the top male and female
runner overall and the top three finishers in each of 11 age
categories, while the top three mile runners in each of four age
categories will receive awards.
There will be post-race refreshments, music and more.
The first 300 registered runners will receive a high quality
technical t-shirt.
Discounted group registration is available for “teams” or
“families” when they register by mail.
Click here
to download a race registration form. Mail-in entries must be received by
Wednesday, August 25th.
Registration information is also available on the following
link:
http://www.hermescleveland.com/roadracing/events/lakewoodcatholicacademy.asp
We are also offering a “Family Sponsor” opportunity.
Families can contribute $50 and their family name will be
listed on the back of the race shirts along with our corporate
sponsors. These
family sponsorships need to be received at school by 8/10/2010
to be included on the shirts.
Please forward checks payable to “Lakewood Catholic
Academy” at 14808 Lake Avenue, Lakewood, Ohio 44107.
Address the correspondence to the “Run for Excellence."
All proceeds from the
“Race for Excellence" will help support the Saints Service
Organization, the Lakewood Catholic Academy service group that
sponsors more than 25 events and programs that enrich the
Catholic experience at LCA.
First Annual Lakewood Catholic Academy
GOLF OPEN is September 25th!
The great golfer, Ben Hogan, once noted
that “as you walk down the fairway of life, you must smell the
roses, for you only get to play one round.” In that spirit, the
Lakewood Catholic Academy Athletics Boosters proudly announces
the First Annual Lakewood Catholic Academy Golf Open, scheduled
for Saturday, September 25th, 2010 at the Bob-O-Link Golf Course
in Avon. The tourney is seeking both players and sponsors. The
event will include lunch, dinner, 18 holes of golf with cart in
a four-person scramble format, prizes, and more! For a brochure
and registration form, along with more information,
click here. Not a golfer?
Dinner-only tickets are available too! All proceeds will benefit
Lakewood Catholic Academy’s CYO sports program.
One Faith, One Community:
Second Cluster Mass
Set for LCA Campus on Saturday, August 21, 2010
St. Clement, St. Luke, and Transfiguration Parishes will join
to sponsor the second Cluster Mass on Saturday, August 21, 2010.
The Mass will take place outdoors on the Lakewood
Catholic Academy campus. Mass will begin at 6:30 p.m.
From 5 p.m. until 6:15 p.m., we’ll be offering tours of
the campus, and after mass there will be social activities,
games, refreshments and more. We’ll post details as they become
available, and be sure to watch your parish bulletins!
The Lakewood Catholic Academy Green Team.
Lakewood’s Dana’s Legacy Foundation Pairs with
Lakewood Catholic Academy’s Green Team to Plant Garden
Let the flowers grow!
The Lakewood Catholic Academy Green Team partnered with the
City of Lakewood’s Dana’s Legacy Foundation to plant an
inaugural flower garden on May 26th.
Dana’s Legacy Foundation, created by a Lakewood resident
in honor of her daughter, was established to beautify Lakewood’s
parks through natural plantings of trees and flowers.
The foundation’s motto is, “Celebrating life cycles
through beautification.
The Green Team is an after-school nature club at Lakewood
Catholic Academy comprised of students in grades two through
eight. The Green Team’s mission is to foster and nurture
environmental awareness and respect primarily using the outdoors
as a classroom for experiential education, and also to explore
nature’s connection with our faith. The Green Team engages in
service projects not only at the school, but also in the
community.
Armed with shovels, Green Team members eagerly began digging
and a perennial flower garden was planted in Lakewood Park near
the entrance circle. A colorful variety of perennial flowers
were kindly supplied by the Foundation and will beautify the
park for years to come.
In addition to Green Team members and parents and Judy
Frankel, founder of Dana’s Legacy Foundation, Holly Lauch of the
City of Lakewood was on hand to offer a City Proclamation for
the occasion. The Proclamation was accepted on behalf of the
Green Team by Marianne Quasebarth Usiak, creator and parent
moderator of LCA’s Green Team
Come visit Lakewood Park and see the garden this summer!
Keep the Mind in Shape with Summer Reading!
Click here to view
reading lists by grade for summer 2010.
Lakewood Soccer Association Begins Fall Registration
While Lakewood Catholic Academy does not have a soccer team,
we have plenty of soccer-crazy kids! If your child wants to
play, the Lakewood Soccer Association has begun registering for
the fall season. The deadline to register is Monday, July 19th.
Visit the Lakewood Soccer Association on the web at
www.lakewood-soccer.com
for more information.
Fund for LCA Continues until June 30
Lakewood Catholic Academy’s 2009-10 annual appeal will close
on June 30. To date,
84% of our $125,000 goal has been achieved!
This is our largest annual fund in our five year history
and we are very grateful for each and every gift to the Fund for
LCA. Gifts to the
Fund for LCA go to work immediately and are used to meet the
operational needs of our school that are not covered by tuition.
Please consider a gift to this important initiative for
LCA.
Click here to contribute on-line.
A Special Fifth Birthday Challenge...
In addition to their very generous gift to this year’s Fund
for LCA, a community friend has pledged an additional gift to
challenge parents, faculty, and friends to a make a gift of at
least $50 (5 years x $10) in new or increased gifts to the Fund
for LCA. LCA
is challenged to secure:
The response has been terrific!
We have 34 brand new donors to the Annual Fund who have
made a gift of at least $50.
Additionally, 37 past or current donors have increased
their gift by at least $50 with most gifts averaging 30% more
than the donor’s previous gift!
Help us reach our goal!
We need 16 new $50 donors to the Fund and 13
current or past donors to increase their past gift by at least
$50! Please
consider a gift to the Fund for LCA in honor of our fifth
birthday!
Reconfiguration of LCA Volunteer Program is Underway
A meeting to introduce a new volunteer program to LCA in the
2010-11 school year was attended by nearly 40 people on May 12.
A copy of the Power Point that was shown at the meeting
is available on the LCA website.
Major changes in the program are:
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LOFT is being dissolved
and many of its activities and programs will be folded into
the new organization.
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The new organization will be the home of
the various volunteer activities that now live throughout
the school and are coordinated, in many cases, by LCA staff.
Its activities will be based mostly in direct service to LCA
and coordinated by volunteer chairs who will organize,
recruit, and execute various activities and programs.
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Fundraising activities will be limited to
two activities per school year per LCA organization.
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The organization’s leadership structure
will expand to include an executive committee and the chairs
of each program and activity. The group will meet as a
whole on a monthly basis. We envision a group of 20-30
around the table.
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An organizational team to lay the
foundation for the new volunteer organization will begin
meeting on June 1st. This team will work to create a
mission statement, new name and identity, organizational
structure and by-laws which will be approved by LCA’s Board
of Directors.
Contact Mary Ann Campbell at 216.521.0559, extension 3040, or
by email at
macampbell@lakewoodcatholicacademy.com if you'd like to
become involved!
LCA Sets Summer Camp Opportunities
Lakewood Catholic Academy will once again host a series of
fun summer camp opportunities for kids.
Click here to view a brochure
about the camping opportunities. Camp spaces will be filled on
first-come, first-served basis, so act quickly!
Save This Date: All Saints Auction to Debut on November 6
A new twist on a tradition debuts at LCA on November 6!
Our spring auction event moves to the fall and takes on a
new look! November
is the month of the saints, and, as the LCA Saints, we plan to
celebrate and honor a different group of saints each year!
On November 6, 2010, we will celebrate the Saints of
Italy with décor, food, and activities reminiscent of the
country who blessed us with St. Francis of Assisi, St. Angela,
and more! Save the
date for this fun event which will offer something for everyone
and provide unique items and experiences…just in time for
holiday shopping! All
proceeds from the All Saints Auction will support LCA’s great
programs, faculty, students, and campus!
The committee is forming now and will begin planning on a
limited basis this summer.
Please contact Mary Ann Campbell at 216.521.0559,
extension 3040, or by email at
macampbell@lakewoodcatholicacademy.comif you are interested
in getting involved!
Supporting Lakewood Catholic Academy: It's As Simple As
Shopping!
Once again, LCA has the opportunity to
receive cash and valuable equipment for our school simply by
participating in a variety of programs offered by Giant Eagle,
Heinen’s, Campbell’s Soup, Target, and General Mills. LCA
parents, grandparents, and friends are invited to register for
programs at Target, Giant Eagle, and Heinen’s and the school
will receive much needed resources based on our level of
participation. Saving labels and box tops from specific
Campbell’s and General Mills products have allowed LCA to
purchase gym and playground equipment and additions to our
technology needs. Last year, LCA received a check for $908
from Heinen’s “ABC School Donation Program” and $1,500 from
Target’ “Take Charge of Education” Program!!
Participation is open to anyone who would like to support LCA
so let family, friends, and neighbors know about this simple way
to help our school. Registration and participation is
free!
Click here to download a flyer with more information and
participation instructions.
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