A Message from the Office of the President: |
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Dear Little Flower Families –
We are very grateful to the generosity of our donors for us having been able to provide chromebooks to our students and upgraded laptops, cameras and other equipment to our teachers so that we have set the standard for seamless instructional delivery throughout every unusual situation the pandemic offered to us.
Sadly, we are seeing an uptick in broken or damaged chromebooks, lost chargers, and other problems that stem from lack of care for school-issued equipment.
Effective immediately, the following fee schedule is in place for any chromebook or chromebook-related repair:
Updated fee list:
Replacement screen: $100
Replacement charger: $50
Replacement Chromebook (best available from loaner pile): $200
Please encourage your daughter to handle her chromebook with the utmost care.
Thank you,
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Little Flower President, Jeane McNamara, was recently highlighted on instagram for Women's History Month by our Neighbors at North10 Philadelphia!
North10 Philadelphia representatives reached out to Mrs. McNamara last week for a Question and Answer session about her work at Little Flower (you can see their questions featured below). She had the following insight to share with them regarding her commitment to Little Flower's mission of excellence:
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Little Flower is happy to offer transportation options to students who may need alternatives to SEPTA each day!
Please fill in the attached survey below if you have interested in our Little Flower van service.
Please note that specific pick-up locations and wider pick-up ranges depend directly on student need!
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A Message from the Office of the Principal and Academic Affairs: |
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CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT SURVEY
As we continually seek to make our schools the premier educational destination for our youth, we need to examine ourselves and look for areas both where we are successful and where we need to improve. Your feedback is critical to our self-reflection process and allows us to forward data to schools to assist in developing improvement plans which capitalize on the successes and address areas of concern.
Help us get better continuously! Please complete the surveys below by April 2.
If you have more than one of your children attending an Archdiocese of Philadelphia school, please complete the survey for each school as your experiences at each may be different.
Your responses to this survey are anonymous. To preserve the anonymity of your survey, you need to fill out the entire survey at once: you cannot stop and return to the survey later. The survey should take you no more than 10-15 minutes to complete.
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UPDATES FROM THE ACADEMICS AFFAIRS OFFICE |
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SUMMER LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
During the summer months, Little Flower will be offering several different academic and orientation programs for freshmen and transferring students. We need conscientious, positive and inspiring young women from our current student body to serve as academic counsellors and mentors during these programs. It is a chance to participate fully in the life of the school as a student leader.
On Thursday, March 25, there will be an informational meeting via Zoom.
If you wish to be interviewed for these positions, you must plan to attend this information session. Mrs. Weber, Mr. Lelii, and Mr. Ickes will be providing a detailed explanation of what is expected from our counsellors. It is a wonderful opportunity to test yourself, to expand your boundaries, and to nourish yourself as a leader of other young women. We need you to make these programs succeed.
We look forward to seeing you on Thursday at 6:00pm!
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Come to Saturday School for help of any kind!
March 20
Our school library will be open from 9:00am-12:00pm.
All are welcome! Use this time to study with a friend, review concepts with one of our tutors, or work independently on a project! See it as an opportunity to stay ahead in your studies or review material for a quiz or test.
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You can access the NHS Virtual Tutoring by clicking on the link below and enter the passcode "tutor"
Meeting ID: 845 691 6257
Passcode: tutor
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A Message from the Student Life Office: |
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HAPPY FEAST OF ST. JOSEPH TO OUR DEAR FATHER JOE!
Today, March 19, is the feast of St. Joseph. This year the feast day is more special than ever because the Catholic Church has declared that this is the year of St. Joseph.
To make this day even more special for the LF Community, we get to celebrate our beloved Father Joseph McCaffrey!
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Freshman students signing a banner for Father Joe. |
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SOPHOMORE CLASS CELEBRATION
Please email Mr. Ickes, [email protected], if you are interested in being part of the Sophomore Class Celebration, that will take place on Friday evening, May 7, from 6:30pm - 9:30pm here at Little Flower.
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LAS FLORES - SODA TAB DRIVE
¡Buenos días!
Las Flores has begun its annual soda tab drive in order to benefit the Ronald McDonald house. The drive will run for all of March and April. The collection stations will be announced soon, but for right now start collecting! Whichever class has the heaviest amount of tabs will win a reward.
¡Gracias!
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WOMEN WHO CHANGED THE WORLD THROUGH SERVICE
CSC and NHS are making a wall of women who changed the world through service. Outside of Mrs. Stankiewicz's room there is an envelope in which you can put pictures of the women in your lives that do service and we will hang them up.
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CLASS OF 2022 JUNIOR PORTRAITS
We have rescheduled your Junior Portraits for the week of April 19 - 23, 2021.
You will receive your appointment time at least two weeks before then.
Appointments are scheduled in alphabetical order.
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A Message from the Guidance Department: |
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Little Flower Families-
We need your help! Little Flower Catholic High School for Girls has an opportunity for the children who really need extra academic support to receive it through the Title I program under Every Student Succeeds Act, but we cannot do it without YOU! These extra services will only come to the children if you fill out the survey.
In order to determine the funding available for this wonderful program, we must have an accurate count of children from low-income families. I want to assure you that your privacy will be protected and that no names are required on the family survey form. Only addresses and grade levels are provided to your specific school district so that they can determine the funding for the Title I program for the eligible children.
ATTENTION JUNIOR FAMILIES
The 2021 College Scholars Prep Application is open. This is a summer program for lower income higher achieving students. It often leads to acceptances to some very prestigious universities. The deadline to apply is March 24. More information and application can be found using this link.
ATTENTION SOPHOMORE FAMILIES
Philadelphia Future’s College Connection Program is a comprehensive, individualized, and rigorous college access program serving promising students in Philadelphia’s public, public charter, and parochial high schools beginning in their junior year. This two-year intensive program guides academically prepared students through the college application, admissions, and financial aid processes. As our students matriculate to college, they transition from our College Connection program to our College Success program, which works with them through college completion.
To gain admission to the program, students must complete a comprehensive and holistic application process. For more information about the application process Click this link: College Connections.
COLLEGE ACCEPTANCES
Now is the time seniors begin hearing about their college acceptances, if they applied to early action or early decision schools. Also, some colleges, that use rolling admissions, have begun sending acceptances too. Please be sure that you email these acceptance, scholarship and financial award letters to Mrs. Sheridan at [email protected]. We are excited to hear about your accomplishments and it is not too soon to celebrate! We will be collecting award letters throughout the spring.
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College Guidance
FINANCIAL AID REMINDER
Don’t forget to apply for financial aid. Colleges build award packages from information submitted on the Free Application for Student Federal Aid (FAFSA). Even if you do not qualify for Federal Aid, your colleges may grant you their own need-based aid. The FAFSA can be completed online using your 2019 tax return information.
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COLLEGE ADMISSIONS BLOG
Here is a very helpful website where you can get many of your college admissions questions answered.
PHILADELPHIA FUTURES
The 31st addition of the Step Up to College Guide has been published electronically this year. This is the newest version of this great college resource.
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If you have a college question, do not hesitate to reach out to Kristin Sheridan at [email protected]rg. |
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Kristin Sheridan
Director of Guidance
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A Message from the Admissions Office: |
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To hold your daughter's spot in the Class of 2025, please Register Here. Please note that all registered students must have an application on file. Submitting an online registration form and payment is not an application. To submit an application, please visit Apply Now. If you have already submitted an application, you do not have to submit one again.
*All early acceptance determinations are conditional and contingent upon the fulfillment of all admissions requirements. Please visit Apply To LF Today for more details.
*Registration fees are non - refundable*
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Financial Aid Applications open! You can apply through May 1, 2021. Families must reapply each year. Everyone is encouraged to apply.
You can access the FACTS website here:
Please visit:
for further details.
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Please fill out the form linked below if you are in need of emergency aid or reevaluation of your current financial aid package for the 2021-2022 School Year.
Please note that this request is for current student only.
If you are an incoming student and would like to review your financial aid package, please contact Kia Benjamin, Director of Admissions at [email protected].
For current students, your request will be reviewed by the President and Tuition Offices. For additional questions, please contact Nicole Mathis, Tuition Officer at [email protected].
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Join our Little Flower Ambassadors and Admissions staff March 29, 6pm to 7pm, as they host our next Sit with a Sentinel Evening!
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED! Please use the following link to register for this event: (Be sure to pick Schedule a Virtual Shadow Day in the 'How Can We Help' menu!)
This Sit with a Sentinel event is open to 7th grade students and up, please email Stacy Vivino at [email protected] with any questions.
The Sit with a Sentinel zoom link may be found below:
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Pre-HSPT $75 Workshop & Exam Student Website:
Your School’s Access Code: Z9
Pre-HSPT $25 Exam Only Student Website:
Your School’s Access Code: ZE
Disclaimer: Once registered, please contact the Admissions Office if you would like to participate virtually.
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Questions?
Please do not hesitate to contact the Admissions Department at any time for assistance. We look forward to working with you and guiding you throughout the admissions process.
Kia Benjamin
Director of Admissions
215-455-6900 ext. 1162
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A Message from the Fine Arts Department: |
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WHARTON ESHERICK MUSEUM - IMPRINT 2021 FINALISTS
Thank you all who voted for our Little Flower students’ artwork!
We're so excited to announce that LF had an Honorable Mention and Viewer's Choice award winner, plus three Finalists! There were 15 submitted artworks from LF students (the names and schools are posted in the museum facebook album, linked below).
Congratulations to all our students for their submissions and wins this year!
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Eighty-four students representing Archdiocesan Secondary Schools and private Catholic High Schools throughout the five-county region have been selected to participate in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s 2021 All Catholic Chorus Concert.
Congratulations to Little Flower vocalists Kendall Arrington, Caeleen Demusz, Gia Forgione, Riley Treegoob and Makayla Taylor who have been accepted into the Philadelphia All Catholic Chorus!
This year’s concert, is under the direction of guest conductor, Dr. Rachel Cornacchio, and will be hosted by Mr. Thomas Lynch `72, President of Conwell-Egan Catholic High School and Mr. Thomas Kuchler, Director of Performing Arts at Conwell-Egan Catholic High School in Fairless Hills (Bucks County).
Saturday, March 20, 2021
6:30 pm
Conwell-Egan Catholic High School Auditorium
Social distancing and COVID-19 safety protocols will be followed.
**The photo above was taken pre-covid**
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A Message from the Athletics Office: |
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SOFTBALL TRYOUTS
Softball tryouts will officially start March 16th, 17th, 18th & 19th at school. Bring both sneakers and spikes. Thursday, March 18th and Friday, March 19th are mandatory. Players must attend one of these two dates. All players that were issued uniforms last year and still have them must bring them back to coach Mark next week. Any questions please contact coach Mark at [email protected]
Any softball player that has a jersey from last year and is not playing this year, please return your jersey.
If there is any faculty or staff member who would be interested in helping out with JV softball please see Adam.
SOCCER AND TRACK
Soccer and Track practices are held from 3:00pm to 4:30pm Tuesday to Friday.
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Congratulations to our Little Flower Bowling Team
for making it to the Catholic League Championship!
Please feel free to join us virtually Saturday, March 20 as we stream the match from our Little Flower facebook page.
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A Message from the Home and School Association: |
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In the past two weeks, our Seniors celebrate a milestone and marked the countdown to the last 100 days at LF. This continues to be an exciting time for our Seniors and their families.
Congrats to the LF Bowling team who made it to the finals. Championship game is Saturday, March 20 at 9:30am. Good luck to our Spring athletes who will begin their seasons this week. Let's go LF!
Reminder: Most of our LF H&S Board positions will be opening at the end of this year. If you are interested in being more involved in the school community, please reach out to Mrs. Rayer for more information and to add your name to the nominations. If interested, please complete the Candidate Interest Survey here -- CLICK HERE!
We are excited to welcome the families of our transfer students and incoming Freshman to our Home and School Association!
Colleen Demusz, President
Stormy Bell, Vice President
Kristen Troorop, Treasurer
Sue Galiczyski, Correspondent Secretary
Kim Kurtz, Asst. Treasurer
Tawanna Coates, Recording Secretary
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A Message from the Flossie Shop: |
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The Flossie Shop has new items coming soon!
You can always place an online order for the Flossie Shop at the following link:
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Wednesdays, March 24 and June 16, 2021 - 7:00-8:30 PM
Event: Forming a People of Life Faith Formation Series
Join us at the Cathedral as we explore the Church’s teachings on the urgent social issues of our day so as to be strengthened in our resolve to defend them and also be equipped to dialogue fruitfully with others. For talk topics and speakers, view the flyer below.
March 24 - "Speaking the Truth in Love," Speaker: Sisters of Life
June 16 - "Safeguarding the Dignity of Man," Speaker: Meghan Cokeley, Office for the New Evangelization
Location: Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, Philadelphia
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