 Congratulations to the students who earned a spot on the Honor Roll or Headmaster's List for the 2nd marking period of 2014-15. Click the links below for the complete list. ElementaryHigh School |
The Faith Heritage school chapter of National Honor Society is sponsoring the Pennies for Patients fundraiser to support the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's efforts to win the battle over blood cancers.
Throughout the month of March students are asked to collect pennies (and nickels, dimes, quarters & dollars). Also, students K-12 may purchase "Paper Pennies" during lunch from a NHS student member. The paper pennies will be displayed in the cafeteria. Students who purchase Paper Pennies will have their names written on the Penny and receive a sticker that reads "I'm Saving Lives". Our goal is to raise $2000 for the cause this month.
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Black History Month-- Special Performance
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 The Light of the World Ballet Company performed a special chapel in February in honor of Black History Month. The troop performed "Harriet Tubman & the Underground Railroad." This was a powerful presentation from some amazing dancers.
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Faith Heritage School
Athletics!
2014-15
Saints Boosters!
Gold Crown Sponsor
Diamond Sponsors
 
Gemstone Sponsors:
   Faithful Friend Sponsors:
   Patron Sponsors:
A&D Specialties Brook-Anco Corp.Nikon Microscopes SWI Machine Tools Gary & Sandy BooherBooster Members:
Jim & Marene Ballard - Lou & Linda Bregou - Neal ('90) & Connie('90) Capone - The Card Family - Dillon Card ('12) - Penny Foland ('86) - Sandy Goncalves - Katelyn Jacobs ('08) Michael Last ('09) - Rich ('84) & Michelle ('86) Malara - Rob & Joni Mitchell - Ben Mitchell ('11) - Anthony & Debbie Polichemi - Fred & Denise Santucci - Bob & Samantha Wright For information about the Saints Boosters program, visit our website!  
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"State of the School" Annual Meeting
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On Monday, March 30, 2015, we'll kick off a new annual event for Faith Heritage School. Our "State of the School" Annual Meeting will be a time of fellowship for all families & friends of the school, and a time to hear from the Head of School about the current state of Faith Heritage and what is to come as we set goals and projections for the next school year and beyond.Monday, March 30th
7 p.m. fellowship & light hors d'oeuvres
7:30 p.m. "State of the School" address
Activity Center of FHS
Childcare will be provided for Kindergarten - 6th grade children for a suggested donation of $5 per child to the Freshman class. Please RSVP (and include your need of childcare) to events@faithheritageschool.org .
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Science Olympiad-- 5th Place Finish!
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Congratulations to the B Division (7th-9th grade) Science Olympiad team for placing 5th in Regional Competition Saturday, March 21st. The team had a very successful outing against much larger teams. Our students earned medals in 18 of 25 events to finish 5th of 23 teams behind Eagle Hill, Wellwood (both F-M school), Jamesville-DeWitt and Cicero-North Syracuse.
Our top event placements were as follows:
Elise VerSchneider and Zeke Jackson (7th) "Meteorology"
Jesse DePalmo and Ron Bianchi (8th) "Bottle Rocket"
Peyton Anderson and Cuong Vu (4th) "Crime Busters"
Jasmine and Jesse Depalmo (5th) "Anatomy and Physiology"
Kenzie Dolan and Hannah Loveland (5th) "Green Generation"
Peyton Anderson and Lauren Vo (5th) "Can't Judge a Powder"
Hans Matzal and Jesse DePalmo (10th) "Road Scholar"
Zeke Jackson and Cuong Vu (6th) "Crave The Wave"
Julianna Capone and Lauren Vo (3rd) "Entomology"
Eli Krupka and Peyton Anderson (9th) "Bio Process Lab"
Jasmine DePalmo and Elise VerSchneider (1st) "Simple Machines"
Philip Tam and Ron Bianchi (7th) "Potions and Poisons"
Ilario Marcoccia and Jesse DePalmo (8th) "Elastic Launched Glider"
Noah Singh and Zeke Jackson (8th) "Air Trajectory"
Rylie Meier and Peyton Anderson (2nd) "Fossils"
Ilario Marcoccia and Philip Tam (8th) "Invasives"
Kenzie Dolan and Julianna Capone (8th) "Solar System"
Zeke Jackson, Jasmine DePalmo, and Cuong Vu (4th) "Picture This"
Below is the 2015 B Division team: 
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The C Division (high school) Science Olympiad team had two competitions in January. On January 24th the team competed in an Invitational at Cornell University which included teams from New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, Virginia, and North Carolina. The Saints finished a very respectable 17th place in that competition. The top individual event: Thomas Kissock and Ryan Vo placed 5th in the Bungee Drop event.
One week later the team was at Lemoyne College for Regionals. With many new team members, we were very pleased to finish 14th overall out of 32 teams.
Our top event placements were as follows:
Parker Nash and Jourdyn Lee-- (5th) Anatomy & Physiology
Danny Shin and Ryan Vo-- (5th) Scrambler
Parker Nash and Sarah Boulos--(7th) Green Generation
Danny Shin and Trieu Vu-- (9th) Air Trajectory
Trieu Vu and Ryan Vo-- (9th) Compound Machines
Katie Loch and Kristi Hartmann-- (11th) Entomology
Maddie Dolan, Jeff Camloh, Josh D'Imperio--(11th) Experimental Design
Maddie Dolan and Sarah Boulos-- (12th) Write It Do It
Ben Masten and Thomas Kissock-- (13th) Fossils
Peter Gnade and Connor Loveland-- (14th) Dynamic Planet
Thanks to the parents who helped to drive to the events and also helped to proctor events or just be there for the team in homeroom. Way to go, Saints!
Both teams are led by our science department teachers:
Mr. Auwarter and Mr. Murphy.
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Rave Reviews for ANNIE Jr.!
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 Nearly 500 people enjoyed the two performances of ANNIE Jr.! Congratulations to everyone in the cast & crew. We are grateful for the leadership of Director, Rebecca Reikes-Moody and Assistant Director, Tirzah Jackson. Thank you, also, to all the volunteers who made this musical a possibility. Photos of the show are posted on our website and on the Faith Heritage Facebook page.
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Elementary Spiritual Emphasis Week
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 Coastlands Consultants joined us again this year for Elementary Spiritual Emphasis Week. The students enjoyed learning new songs and playing "Bible Ball." Mostly, however, the students were reminded of the new names we are giving in Christ... chosen, forgiven, valuable, loved. The team also led a separate Spiritual Emphasis program for grades 6-8. Thank you, Coastlands, for a blessed week!
 
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Kindergarten Pirates!-- In search of "AR"
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 Looking for the "AR" sound: Mrs. Allen and her Kindergarten class enjoyed Pirate Day as they search the school for words that contain the "ar" combination (such as p art, d ark, m ark). This photo was taken as they searched our Nurse's office where perhaps they discovered her eye ch art. Great searching, pirates!
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"Head Shot"-- moments captured by
Head of School, Neal Capone
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While in the guidance suite preparing for a meeting I snapped this pic of some of our students taking a distance learning ESF class in the main area of our Norman G. Hinkle College and Career Exploration Center. The room is now commonly known simply as the "Hinkle Center." It might be hard to see from the picture but several students are on laptops engaging with their teacher and classmates at an off-campus location. This is part of a distance learning initiative in which Faith Heritage has partnered with Syracuse City and other local private schools. Being a small schoo, it is important that we continue to be creative and innovative so that we can remain affordable while not compromising quality or limiting the student experience. I am glad that technology has helped us to be able to offer both synchronous and asynchronous distance learning options to greatly increase the number of course options for our High School students. I am thankful to God and I pray that He will continue to help us see our challenges as opportunities!
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Expressing Ourselves With Art...
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Scholastic Art Show
Three FHS artists were chosen to participate in this year's Scholastic Art Show at OCC. Faith Heritage participants were seniors Allie LaCourse, Julie Lee and Emma Kubecka. Emma's piece, above, received the Silver Key award. Congratulations!
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Elementary Art Club
In art club a local artist Tomoko Stultz came and shared her art of origami with us. She shared about Japanese culture and the history of origami. Students were able to make a warrior hat and a Japanese crane.
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Excelling in Athletics...
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Varsity Basketball!
from Coach Jason Awad
 The FHS boys' varsity basketball team concluded their regular season with a victory on Saturday, February 14th vs. Lafayette. Before the game, 5 seniors--Offie Reid, Emmanuel Jackson, Broderick Bowden, Dan Jackson, and Adam Pennings--were honored as they played their last home game in a Saints uniform. The regular season included many, many close and competitive losses, several convincing wins, and balanced improvement as a team throughout the year. This steady improvement included a valiant effort versus state ranked Northstar Christian Academy in the first round of the Houghton tournament, followed by a convincing win over Christian Central Academy in the 3rd place game.
 The team has been led by senior captains Emmanuel Jackson, who is averaging 12.5 points and 14.1 rebounds per game, and Offie Reid, who is averaging 12.3 points per game. Additionally, freshman Kody Fike has averaged an impressive 10.4 points and 10.6 rebounds per game. The team finished the regular season with a record of 5-14, but was playing their best basketball as they entered the Sectional playoffs. The boys defeated Belleville Henderson 63-33 in round one before losing to McGraw in round two.
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Indoor Track!
from Athletic Director, Ken Fuller
 With a group of 9 student-athletes practicing throughout the winter, the Saints enjoyed a successful indoor track season. After a series of invitational meets, mostly in the new SRC Arena at OCC, the teams competed in the Onondaga High School League championships and Section III, Class C championships.
We had one individual league champion, Charlotte Matzel in the high jump. The top finisher among the boys was Caleb Drew, 4th in the long jump. At the Sectional Class C championships, Caleb finished 4th in the high jump and 7th in the long jump. With just 5 girls competing, the Lady Saints finished an outstanding 3rd place among all Class C and D schools. Charlotte was a double sectional champion, winning the high jump and the 600 meter run. Senior Addie Sgroi was also a sectional champion, winning the 1500 meter run. Addie and Charlotte were joined by Holly Manchester and Katie Loch to finish 2nd in the 4x400 meter relay. Katie was 4th in the 55 meter hurdles, Holly took 3rd in both the long jump and triple jump, and freshman Jasmine DePalmo was 6th in the same two events. Congratulations on a great season.
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Invest in what matters. Parent testimonies about Faith Heritage...
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Sharing about our great school...
Above are two commercials produced by NewChannel 9. They feature two families testifying to the benefits of a Faith Heritage education. On the right is one of a series of web banner ads that were placed on the 9WSYR website. The campaign ran in January, and will be followed up by other marketing initiatives to encourage more families to discover the benefits of Christian education.
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Faith Heritage Night at the CRUNCH!
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 Support Faith Heritage & enjoy the CRUNCH! Students will be sent home with a ticket order form, or you can call the school to order your discount tickets! FHS Elementary students will be singing "God Bless America" to begin the game! |
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Support Christian Education at Faith Heritage School
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We are so blessed to have a school where the core of our program is the Lord and His Word. For over 40 years, the Lord has provided for this ministry through the faithful support of His Saints. Tuition covers only about 75% of our operating expenses. We are thankful to those who support our program through fundraisers and special gifts.
Our Annual Fund goal for the 2014-15 school year is $255,000. At the time of this newsletter, we have raised about 55% of that goal. We still have a significant amount to raise and we ask you to consider a gift in support of our students and our program.
You may contribute online through our website: www.faithheritageschool.org/support-fhs/ or you may send a check to the school, 3740 Midland Ave., Syracuse, NY 13205. We are grateful for your support of our students!
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