School updates
This Saturday, the Parents’ Committee will be meeting at 9:30 in the cafeteria. The main goal of the meeting is to discuss preparations for the upcoming Sv. Mykolai and holiday bazaar (December 17th), including varenyky (and holubtsi?) parties, bake sale, and more! Additional ideas and roles within the Committee will also be sorted if time allows. Anyone interested in getting involved is highly encouraged to join. We hope to see you there!
Substitute Teachers Wanted. If you are interested in being a substitute teacher this year, please let our director, Tanya Murza, know. Excellent Ukrainian and at least a minimal amount of English are required.
Textbooks. This Saturday will be the final day that textbooks will be available for sale in the cafeteria. If you still need materials for your student, please get them this Saturday. If you are waiting on a literature textbook, these are being printed in Canada and have not yet shipped. When they come in, pani Iryna will distribute them to students who ordered them.
Library. Our library will be set up again this Saturday. Please check out books for your kids (and if you’ve already checked some out, please remember to return them!). Also, if you have Ukrainian kids books in good condition that you’d like to donate, our library would welcome them. Thanks!
Movie Screening at St. Andrew's UOC. On Saturday, October 1 at 7pm, St. Andrew's UOC will host a screening of the movie "Mother of Apostles." Film is in Ukrainian (with some Russian) with English subtitles. Entrance is free, but donations to support ongoing humanitarian aid efforts are welcome. This is a movie based on real events of the 2014 war, and is dedicated to the mothers whose children died defending Ukraine. It is not a movie for younger children. You can watch a trailer for the film here. Information on the screening is available here.
Postcards to support Azov Defenders. One of our families is working with Kateryna Prokopenko, wife of Azov Battalion leader Denys Prokopenko, to raise funds for returned POW Azov defenders. Kateryna, an illustrator, has created a series of Azov/Mariupol-themed postcards (see images below) that she is selling to raise these funds. Postcards are $10 each. Please see Olha Chebanenko at school if you are interested. Here's a message from Olha. You can also read her post on Facebook.
Шановна громадо! Я звертаюся до Вас усіх з проханням допомогти мені розповсюдити листівочки присвячені Захисникам Азовсталі!
Минулого тижня у Вашингтоні перебувала делегація з України у складі трьох Захисників Маріуполя (двоє з них були у російському полоні), мами Іллі Самойленка, дружини Арсенія Федосюка і дружини нашого Легендарного Дениса Прокопенка з позивним Редис Катерини Прокопенко.
Катя викликає величезної пошани, адже ми знаємо, що Дениса звільнено з полону. Вона ж продовжує залишатися в Америці, бо їх команда має важливу місію від Асоціації родин Захисників Азовсталі задля прискорення процесів, пов’язаних з поверненням воїнів «Азову» додому. У звичайному житті Катерина Прокопенко - ілюстратор. До мене вона мала маленьке прохання розповсюдити створені нею листівочки, кожна з яких присвячена захисту Маріуполя, Азовсталі, України. Ціна листівочки 10$. Усі гроші, зібрані від продажу будуть передані Катерині Прокопенко, голові Асоціації родин захисників «Азовсталі» для збору боксів «Нарешті ти вдома». https://www.azovstalfamilies.com/
Наших хлопців поступово звільняють з полону. Вони обов‘язково усі повернуться додому. Тож благаємо, будь ласка, допоможіть зібрати кошти на коробки «Нарешті ти вдома».
Дякую, З повагою Ольга Чебаненко
Substitute Teachers Wanted. If you are interested in being a substitute teacher this year, please let our director, Tanya Murza, know. Excellent Ukrainian and at least a minimal amount of English are required.
Textbooks. This Saturday will be the final day that textbooks will be available for sale in the cafeteria. If you still need materials for your student, please get them this Saturday. If you are waiting on a literature textbook, these are being printed in Canada and have not yet shipped. When they come in, pani Iryna will distribute them to students who ordered them.
Library. Our library will be set up again this Saturday. Please check out books for your kids (and if you’ve already checked some out, please remember to return them!). Also, if you have Ukrainian kids books in good condition that you’d like to donate, our library would welcome them. Thanks!
Movie Screening at St. Andrew's UOC. On Saturday, October 1 at 7pm, St. Andrew's UOC will host a screening of the movie "Mother of Apostles." Film is in Ukrainian (with some Russian) with English subtitles. Entrance is free, but donations to support ongoing humanitarian aid efforts are welcome. This is a movie based on real events of the 2014 war, and is dedicated to the mothers whose children died defending Ukraine. It is not a movie for younger children. You can watch a trailer for the film here. Information on the screening is available here.
Postcards to support Azov Defenders. One of our families is working with Kateryna Prokopenko, wife of Azov Battalion leader Denys Prokopenko, to raise funds for returned POW Azov defenders. Kateryna, an illustrator, has created a series of Azov/Mariupol-themed postcards (see images below) that she is selling to raise these funds. Postcards are $10 each. Please see Olha Chebanenko at school if you are interested. Here's a message from Olha. You can also read her post on Facebook.
Шановна громадо! Я звертаюся до Вас усіх з проханням допомогти мені розповсюдити листівочки присвячені Захисникам Азовсталі!
Минулого тижня у Вашингтоні перебувала делегація з України у складі трьох Захисників Маріуполя (двоє з них були у російському полоні), мами Іллі Самойленка, дружини Арсенія Федосюка і дружини нашого Легендарного Дениса Прокопенка з позивним Редис Катерини Прокопенко.
Катя викликає величезної пошани, адже ми знаємо, що Дениса звільнено з полону. Вона ж продовжує залишатися в Америці, бо їх команда має важливу місію від Асоціації родин Захисників Азовсталі задля прискорення процесів, пов’язаних з поверненням воїнів «Азову» додому. У звичайному житті Катерина Прокопенко - ілюстратор. До мене вона мала маленьке прохання розповсюдити створені нею листівочки, кожна з яких присвячена захисту Маріуполя, Азовсталі, України. Ціна листівочки 10$. Усі гроші, зібрані від продажу будуть передані Катерині Прокопенко, голові Асоціації родин захисників «Азовсталі» для збору боксів «Нарешті ти вдома». https://www.azovstalfamilies.com/
Наших хлопців поступово звільняють з полону. Вони обов‘язково усі повернуться додому. Тож благаємо, будь ласка, допоможіть зібрати кошти на коробки «Нарешті ти вдома».
Дякую, З повагою Ольга Чебаненко
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Parents’ Meeting Summary.
If you were unable to attend the parents’ meeting this past Saturday, here’s a quick summary of what we covered:
· Our school has grown a lot this year. We have 158 students enrolled. Registration is now closed to local Ukrainians. Recent arrivals to the US from Ukraine can join a wait list and we will accept them as we are able.
· We are largely volunteer run. Everything that happens at Ukrainian school outside of classroom instruction happens because of parental involvement and volunteers. Please step up! (Also, we have at least two Board Member positions that will need to be filled in May.)
· School year events include: Sv. Mykolai/Holiday Bazaar, Koliada Chaos, Readathon, Shevechko holiday, Talent Show and Graduation/Picnic. Dates for each of these are on the school calendar on the website.
· Malanka Ball/60th Anniversary of Ukrainian School Zabava will be held the evening of January 28th at the Omni Shoreham. Save the date!
· For parents of kids in high school (students, former students) – Ukrainian School can facilitate testing in Ukrainian to obtain an independent assessment of Ukrainian Language ability. Total cost of the two tests (one to assess speaking/comprehension and the other for reading/writing) is around $140. The results can be used to apply for the Seal of Biliteracy (public schools only), on a college application or maybe a student would just like to have that outside assessment for him/herself. If you’d like additional information on this, please contact Sarah Tweed: olehsarah@verizon.net
· Our 10th grade class is always looking for interesting guest speakers who can talk with the students about their careers or experiences. These can be local Ukrainians or Ukrainian-Americans or people in Ukraine who can chat with them via video conference. If you have ideas, please let Sarah Tweed, Natalka Breslawec or Tanya Murza know. Thanks!
· If you know of any local or online Ukrainian events, or of useful or fun resources that you think we should include in the newsletter, please let Sarah Tweed know.
If you were unable to attend the parents’ meeting this past Saturday, here’s a quick summary of what we covered:
· Our school has grown a lot this year. We have 158 students enrolled. Registration is now closed to local Ukrainians. Recent arrivals to the US from Ukraine can join a wait list and we will accept them as we are able.
· We are largely volunteer run. Everything that happens at Ukrainian school outside of classroom instruction happens because of parental involvement and volunteers. Please step up! (Also, we have at least two Board Member positions that will need to be filled in May.)
· School year events include: Sv. Mykolai/Holiday Bazaar, Koliada Chaos, Readathon, Shevechko holiday, Talent Show and Graduation/Picnic. Dates for each of these are on the school calendar on the website.
· Malanka Ball/60th Anniversary of Ukrainian School Zabava will be held the evening of January 28th at the Omni Shoreham. Save the date!
· For parents of kids in high school (students, former students) – Ukrainian School can facilitate testing in Ukrainian to obtain an independent assessment of Ukrainian Language ability. Total cost of the two tests (one to assess speaking/comprehension and the other for reading/writing) is around $140. The results can be used to apply for the Seal of Biliteracy (public schools only), on a college application or maybe a student would just like to have that outside assessment for him/herself. If you’d like additional information on this, please contact Sarah Tweed: olehsarah@verizon.net
· Our 10th grade class is always looking for interesting guest speakers who can talk with the students about their careers or experiences. These can be local Ukrainians or Ukrainian-Americans or people in Ukraine who can chat with them via video conference. If you have ideas, please let Sarah Tweed, Natalka Breslawec or Tanya Murza know. Thanks!
· If you know of any local or online Ukrainian events, or of useful or fun resources that you think we should include in the newsletter, please let Sarah Tweed know.
Thank you
St. Andrew's Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral
for sponsoring tuition for seven (7)
refugee students and students in need
for 2022-2023
St. Andrew's Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral
for sponsoring tuition for seven (7)
refugee students and students in need
for 2022-2023
Thank you
Ukrainian Catholic National Shrine of the Holy Family
for sponsoring tuition
for two (2) refugee students
for 2022-2023
Ukrainian Catholic National Shrine of the Holy Family
for sponsoring tuition
for two (2) refugee students
for 2022-2023
Реєстрація учнів на 2022-23 рік закрита.
Registation of students for 2022-2023 is closed.
Якщо Ви ще хочете приєднати ваших дітей до школи, просимо заповнити форму нижче. В залежності від наявності місць в класах, ми Вас повідомимо чи можемо прийняти Ваших дітей в школу.
Registation of students for 2022-2023 is closed.
Якщо Ви ще хочете приєднати ваших дітей до школи, просимо заповнити форму нижче. В залежності від наявності місць в класах, ми Вас повідомимо чи можемо прийняти Ваших дітей в школу.
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