Motown Mane EventA record crowd of 485 clubgoers agreed: the…

April 25, 2013

Motown Mane Event
A record crowd of 485 clubgoers agreed: the Lion’s Mane Event Motown last Saturday was a groovy night that left guests “Twistin’ the Night Away.”
Special thanks to event chairs, Cindy and Ken Uveges and Paula and Tom Christopher, and to our many volunteers who saw to it that no detail was left unattended.
While the final results on the proceeds of the evening have not been tallied, the evening was a huge success. All proceeds support scholarship assistance for NDCL students.
Your Life, Your Choice
Members of the senior class will attend Your Life, Your Choice at Solon’s Parkside Church on April 23. Your Life, Your Choice is an operating-a-vehicle-while-impaired (OVI) awareness program run by local law enforcement agencies.
The program educates students about the dangers of drinking and driving. Schools from Lake and Geauga counties will learn about the importance of making smart choices during the prom and graduation season.
“We are grateful to our local safety forces, especially Geauga County Sheriff Dan McClelland and his deputies for hosting this important program and for inviting NDCL seniors to participate,” commented Assistant Principal Vincent Bonacci, who is coordinating the event for NDCL.
Jereb Signs With Ashland
Congratulations to senior Emily Jereb, who signed her letter of intent on April 17 to join the Ashland University Eagles. Celebrating the big moment with Emily, a golf standout, were her parents, Marianne and Tom Jereb.
Register For Summer Camp
NDCL is excited to offer summer camps for students entering grades 3-9. Campers will be engaged, active and energized as they meet other children, interact with NDCL teachers and participate in a variety of enriching experiences.
All camps are offered for one-week sessions over six weeks beginning the week of June 10. Summer camps include: baseball, basketball, computer, environmental science, football, lacrosse, recreational sports, soccer, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math), strength and conditioning, tennis, theatre, visual arts and volleyball.
Children from public, private and parochial schools are invited to attend NDCL camps. For dates, time and camp descriptions, visit our Summer Camps website.
Support Fight To “Kick” Cancer
Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin and Notre Dame Elementary School students will once again partner to help to “kick” pediatric cancer by holding its second annual Kick-It game on April 29 from 3:15-6:30 p.m. at NDCL’s Lozick Field at Lion Stadium.
Students are utilizing the power of social media to raise awareness and donations for this great cause. Since Monday, they have raised over $4,000.
Founded by a 10-year-old boy with cancer, Kick-It is an opportunity for students to support their classmate and make a difference in their community. Students collect donations with classmates and have a friendly competition with other classrooms to raise money.
To celebrate, the students will play kickball. Together, the students will kick-it so that one day no child will be diagnosed with cancer.
Coming Face-To-Face With History
NDCL freshmen had the opportunity to hear personal stories of the Holocaust through Face to Face, a Holocaust education program sponsored by Congregation Shaarey Tikvah in Beachwood.
Students heard the personal accounts of Betty Gold, who survived the Holocaust by hiding in the forest in Poland with her family as a young girl, and Alex Lotas, a Holocaust witness who grew up in Lithuania. Alex described his experience as a seven-year-old boy forced to watch as his Jewish friends were shot by the Nazis.
“This program offers our students the chance to hear a personal witness rather than just read about these events in a book,” said social studies department chairperson Sr. Nancy Petruccelli. “It was a powerful way for our students to connect to the speakers and truly understand the impact of the Holocaust.”
The award-winning program is designed to bring adolescents face-to-face with Holocaust survivors within the context of the synagogue sanctuary. Since the survivors were roughly the age of the students during the Holocaust, students connect with their tragedy, courage, perseverance, faith and strength.