Saint Cyril Of Alexandria
Roman Catholic Church
153 Penn Boulevard,
East Lansdowne, PA 19050
Saint
Cyril Of Alexandria
Roman Catholic Church
153 Penn Boulevard,
East Lansdowne, PA 19050
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SOS
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guestbook
To see some of the media coverage
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Click here for our School Web Page and information about our Learning Support Program
Class Of 2008
The Class of 2008 graduated June 9, 2008. Thank you to all of you for the support that made this possible. Click below to see NBC10 coverage of the event. Later in the week we will have photos from the night and some of the many newspapers articles related to the night and the bright future of the school.
Click here for NBC10 coverage of the graduation. or go to http://video.nbc10.com/player/?fid=23055#videoid=261335
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ST. CYRIL SCHOOL
Our school is currently accepting registrations for Kindergarten
through 8th grade. Families are invited to "Open House"
every Tuesday between 9:00 AM and 11:00 AM for a tour of the school and to meet
the staff and students. You can also schedule a personal tour by calling the
school office at 610-623-1113.
For those families who are new to the school, proof of vaccinations from
the child’s doctor, a birth certificate, a baptismal certificate and the
appropriate registration fee must accompany the registration form. For more
information click here, or please call the school office at 610-623-1113.
From Fr. Kearn's sermon opening Catholic Schools Week January 27, 2008
Catholic Schools: Light
The WayToday we are grateful to almighty God for His many blessings on our parish. We are blessed with a parish school and a wonderful principal, Sister Barbara Montague. We have this school because of the many generations of people who have gone before us.
It is the parents and grandparents and great-grandparents of today’s students who have made it possible for these fine young men and women to attend this school. This is a school where cultural diversity is lived out in honest interaction. We are a Catholic school but we share respect with families from other faith traditions. It is our racial and cultural diversity which makes us a vital force for good in our neighborhood.
The teachers, administration and the school and rectory staffs work well together to provide an excellent experience for the children. The students here at St. Cyril School learn not only academic subjects. The students are challenged to form moral values and civic attitudes which will prepare them for their future.
Through this moral, spiritual and academic formation our students can recognize that their parents and grandparents have made great sacrifices for them. These sacrifices remind us of the great price which Christ paid so that we might see the light of salvation. That light has been passed on from generation to generation.
It is up to today’s generation of students to experience the Light which is showing them the way to happiness. In the excitement of knowing the love of their ancestors, our students will realize that they can hope for a brighter future.
Through the guidance of God who surrounds them, these young people, the hope of the future, will bring good news to those desperately in need of someone to light the way.Photos from Catholic Schools Week Open House 1-27-2008
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Photos from Sprit Day - May 2008
Click on the small photo thumbnail to open a larger version.
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From The Delaware County Daily Times 01-25-2008
SOS / DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE NEWS
Formerly the "Save St. Cyril School Committee" has a new name but the goal is the same – to keep our parish school open.
On 5/19/08, our development committee met and decided on the following fundraisers for 2008-2009.
#1.) $1,000 Gas Card Raffle beginning 9/1/08 drawing
Christmas Tree lighting 12/07/08
#2.) Ladies Nite Out 10/03/08
#3.) Casino / Nite at the Races 10/25/08
#4.) Super 50/50 Raffle beginning 12/08/08
ending 3/14/09 (St. Patrick's Alumni / Parish Reunion)
#5.) St. Patick's Alumni / Parish Beef & Beer 3/14/09
#6.) Sports Ticket Raffle beginning 3/15/09
(Eagles, Flyers, Phillies, Sixers Tickets)
If you have any additional ideas please let me know.
Thanks, Jim jeg19026@mail.com
Thanks to everyone who have helped us succeed in our efforts to keep St. Cyril School open. June 2008 will see Tommy Geromichalos and his classmates graduate from St. Cyril School.
Click
here to read Tommy's wish and the news article that helped get things started.
Click
here to see the history of the SOS effort with links to news articles.
MODELL’S & THE PHILLIES TEAMED-UP FOR AN AUCTION TO BENEFIT ST. CYRIL "SAVE OUR SCHOOL" FUNDRAISING EFFORT
Photo from Delaware County Daily Times April 3,
2007
Phillies bullpen coach Ramon Henderson returns the ball to David Wolfson, who
threw out the first pitch of the season opener. David's father, local
developer Steve Wolfson submitted the winning bid of $5,000 and threw in an
additional $5,000 donation. They also won 4 seats in the first row behind
home plate with Tommy G, along with food and VIP parking.
Click here to read the News of Delaware County coverage.
The eBay auction is over. The winning bid was $5,000 and an additional $5,000 donation was thrown in, with the proceeds going to St. Cyril Save Our School Fund. Thank you to Mitchell Modell, Modell's Sporting Goods, Steve Wolfson, and the Phillies for their generous assistance.
To further support the effort, Modell's sold exclusive "Tommy G, I Believe" t-shirts with 100% of proceeds going towards keeping Saint Cyril of Alexandria school open.
Click here to see related news articles.
From the Daily Times 03-23-2007
Tommy Geromichalos received the MICHAEL
BRENNAN COURAGE AWARD from the Boomer Esiason Foundation at their 14th Annual
awards ceremony at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City. The award is for
tremendous courage in achieving his goals despite battling CF. The
ceremony was held Saturday, March 10th.
Click
here for information on the Boomer Esiason Foundation
ST. CYRIL SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
Formerly the "Save St. Cyril School Committee" has a new name but
the goal is the same – to keep our parish school open.
SOS / DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE NEWS
ST. CYRIL ALL-CLASS REUNION
We would like to thank all who were involved in the planning of the all-class reunion. The St. Cyril School Development Committee continues to devote so much time and energy to the efforts of helping to keep our parish school running. The contributions made by everyone is so very much appreciated. May God continue to bless all of us with His guidance.
Our Alumni committee held a reunion to benefit the Save our School Fund. The reunion was Saturday, March 31st from 7:00 until 11:00pm. We began the evening with Mass at 5:00pm followed with a school tour. We had another great turnout, chanced off loads of fabulous prizes, and had the drawing for the Super 50-50. Congressman Joe Sestak attended and it was covered by news from the local TV stations.
Click here for photos from the Reunion 
DANCE-A-THON
The Dance-a-thon was held this year on March 30th in the Social Hall. This years Dance-A-Thon raised $8,800. Thank you to everyone who generously donated.
Saint Cyril's Alumni Committee
Donations are still coming in from our first annual Alumni Fund Raising Drive. If you are an alumnus of friend of the school and have not received a mailing from the Alumni Committee and would like to be added to our mailing list for notice of future events, please contact Jim Gray at jeg19026@mail.com or send your name, address and year of graduation or other affiliation to:
St. Cyril Alumni Committee
P.O. Box 1094
Lansdowne, PA 19050
Donation can also be sent to this address
Click
here to see our progress
The following is a letter from our current principal for the
first annual alumni appeal:
Saint Cyril's Alumni Committee
Any Alumni or friend of the Parish who would like to be added to our mailing list for notice of future events please contact Jim Gray at jeg19026@mail.com or send your name, address and year of graduation or other affiliation to:
St. Cyril Alumni Committee
P.O. Box 1094
Lansdowne, PA 19050
The readers of The Delaware County Daily Times voted the story of Tommy Geromichalos and his efforts to keep our school open as the top story of the year.
Gil Spencer wrote a nice end of the year article about Tommy and the Save Our School effort in the Daily Times on December 29, 2006.
With the coming of the new year, a number of
news articles have been published about Tommy and the Save Our School effort
including a cover story in Instructor Magazine, a national publication for
teachers, and more articles in the Daily Times.
To see some of the media coverage click
here or go to:
www.saintcyril.org/fundraisernews.htm
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The Delaware County Daily & Sunday Times ran 9 front pages stories between January 22nd and December 31st.
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April 10th 2006: The Editor Of The Daily Times writes about
his decision to put Tommy on the front page.
Click here to read
the article.
"THE CYRIL CONNECTION"
The 7th & 8th grade students, with the help of 8th grade teacher Jeanne
Cashwell, have written their own newsletter for the school.
Click here to read the November 2006 edition of
"The Cyril Connection"
Excerpt from "The Cyril Connection":
Saint Cyril's Alumni Committee
Any Alumni or friend of the Parish who would like to be added to our mailing list for notice of future events please contact Jim Gray at jeg19026@mail.com or send your name, address and year of graduation or other affiliation to:
St. Cyril Alumni Committee
P.O. Box 1094
Lansdowne, PA 19050
An All-Class Reunion to benefit St. Cyril School is
being planned for March 2007. All members on our list will be notified
when the date is finalized.
Click here for
pictures from our 2003 School Tour and All-Class Reunion.
Click here for pictures from this past year's party to benefit the school.
September 6, 2006: The School
officially opened today for the 2006-07 school year. This past January
many of us were worried that the school would not be opening this school
year. Thank you to everyone who helped make this possible. The news
media was out in full force this morning and there was excitement in the air.
Click here for more pictures of the
day on our picture of the month page.
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Click here to see a CBS3 video from the first day of school.
Click here to read
The Daily Times Article about the first day of school.
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Donation to the SOS Fund will still be gratefully accepted at this time, and can be sent to: Save Saint Cyril School Fund
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Click here to see the history of the SOS effort with links to news articles.
Progress as of May 10th
May 10, 2007: To date we have collected over $400,000 from Donations and Fund Raisers. We now have enough to keep the school open for the 2007-2008 school year, (Tommy's graduation year). Now comes the hard part. We hope to continue this effort with an ongoing campaign to keep the school open for many years to come. Hopefully we will see many future generations of Saint Cyril graduates. Donations are starting to come in from our first annual Alumni Fund Raising Drive. If you are an alumnus or friend of the school and have not received a mailing from the Alumni Committee and would like to be added to our mailing list for notice of future events please contact Jim Gray at jeg19026@mail.com or send your name, address and year of graduation or other affiliation to:
St. Cyril Alumni Committee
P.O. Box 1094
Lansdowne, PA 19050
Donation can also be sent to this address
Click here to see CBS3 video of Tommy's wish and the fund raising efforts
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Save
Our School Progress
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Second Year Goal
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Click here for totals from our fund-raisers.
Donation to the SOS Fund will still be gratefully accepted at this time, and can be sent to:
Save Saint Cyril School Fund
P.O. Box 1094
Lansdowne, PA 19050
Wednesday, March 29th: At the last regular SOS
meeting before the March 31st deadline it was announced that we surpassed our
goal by over $60,000. We had a surprise visit by a celebrity boxer, and
the press was out in full force. We thank the press for keeping the story
in the public eye and helping us meet our goal.
Click here for more pictures from the
night. 
Click
here to see CBS3 video of Tommy's wish and the fund raising efforts
March 30, 2006: Cardinal Rigali
announced today, at a special school assembly, that the School will remain open
for 2006-07 school year.
Click
here to see CBS3 video of the Cardinal's announcement
Click
here for an NBC10 video of the Cardinal's announcement and story about the
effort.
Click
here to see NBC10 slideshow
Click
here to see 6ABC news coverage.
Click
here for newspaper articles.
Click here
to read the Cardinal's announcement.
Click here for pictures of the
Cardinal's visit. 
CBS National News featured Tommy's Wish on its Assignment America segment on Friday, April 28, 2006. You can see the video on the CBS News website. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/04/28/assignment_america/main1560919.shtml
Keeping the school open for
many years to come may be more difficult without the aid of the great
media coverage we have received. We now have a volunteer grant
writer, and are also looking into scholarship funding to aid in the
recruitment of new students and help make the school more financially
independent.
Saint Cyril School is one of the few Catholic Schools in the area that offers a
Learning Support Program without any additional cost over the regular tuition.
Click
here for our School Web Page and information about our Learning Support
Program
We are continuing to plan fund raisers and
donations can still be sent to:
Save Saint Cyril School Fund
P.O. Box 1094
Lansdowne, PA 19050
Corporations wishing to donate to a scholarship fund may be eligible for a 90% state tax credit. As an example a corporation making a $10,000 donation could be eligible to take $9,000 off of their state taxes if approved. These donations can be targeted to our school and used as a scholarship fund for our children. We can get information to financial officers and accountants of interested corporations. Applications for this coming year have to be in by the middle of June to be approved by the state.
Click here for more information on fund-raisers.
Click here for our School Web Page and information about our Learning Support Program
Click here to see our progress
Save Saint Cyril School Fund
P.O. Box 1094
Lansdowne, PA 19050
Click here to sign the guestbook
Click here to read the guestbook
Click here to read Tommy's Wish or go to www.saintcyril.org/tommyswish.htm
To read Gil Spencer 01-22-06 article on the Daily Times Web Site click
here or go to
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15976908&BRD=1675&PAG=461&dept_id=18168&rfi=6
To read the article from a scanned copy click picture or click
here or go to
www.saintcyril.org/times1.htm
To see front page of the Sunday Daily Times click here
or go to
www.saintcyril.org/times.htm
To read the Editorial "Tommy's saintly wish" from January 24, 2006 on the Daily
Times Web Site click
here or go to
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15986559&BRD=1675&PAG=461&dept_id=18168&rfi=6
To read the article from a scanned copy click picture or click
here or go to:
www.saintcyril.org/times2.htm
Any Questions Please Call:
Mike Keller: 610-543-5666 Keller1618@aol.com
Connie Geromichalos: 610 891-1817 opalcon@aol.com
Jim Gray:
610 284-5984 jeg19026@mail.com
Fund Raising Committee:
Barb Gray
610-284-5984 Babs1231@mail.com
Business & Corporate
Fundraising
Marge Rossi 610-622-3643
Val Kubach 610-259-7736 Val2143@comcast.net
If you need a letter or non-profit documentation from us for a business or corporation, contact Marge or Val at the numbers or e-mail address above.
We need your help, especially in the form of monetary donations. Please check with your company to see if they will match your gift.
Please Send Donations to:
Save Saint Cyril School Fund
P.O. Box 1094
Lansdowne, PA 19050
Many great stories of kindness and generosity
have come to light during the effort to save St. Cyril School. Starting
with the wish of Tommy Geromichalos, these good deeds have continued and
multiplied. We want to capture and record as many of
these stories as we can. We hope to use some of these stories in future
newsletters and on our web site. If you have an inspirational story
about the effort to save Saint Cyril School that you can share with us, and
allow us to share with others, we would love to hear it. Don't worry
about spelling or grammar; we can proof read it before it gets
printed.
Click here for more
information and to submit your story.
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Save
Our School Progress
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Second Year Goal
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Click here for totals from our fund-raisers.
Progress as of May 10th:
May 10, 2007: To date we have collected over $400,000 from Donations and Fund Raisers. We now have enough to keep the school open for the 2007-2008 school year, (Tommy's graduation year). Now comes the hard part. We hope to continue this effort with an ongoing campaign to keep the school open for many years to come. Hopefully we will see many future generations of Saint Cyril graduates. Donations are starting to come in from our first annual Alumni Fund Raising Drive. If you are an alumnus or friend of the school and have not received a mailing from the Alumni Committee and would like to be added to our mailing list for notice of future events please contact Jim Gray at jeg19026@mail.com or send your name, address and year of graduation or other affiliation to:
St. Cyril Alumni Committee
P.O. Box 1094
Lansdowne, PA 19050
Donation can also be sent to this address
On March 30, 2006 Cardinal Rigali announced
at a special school assembly that the School
will remain open for 2006-07 school year. He also encouraged us to keep up
our efforts.
Click
here to see CBS3 video of the Cardinal's announcement
Click
here for an NBC10 video of the Cardinal's announcement and story about the
effort.
Click
here to see NBC10 slideshow
Click
here to see 6ABC news coverage. Click
on the video link on the right side of the page.
Click
here to see CBS3 video of Tommy's wish and the fund raising efforts
Click
here for newspaper articles.
Click here
to read the Cardinal's announcement.
Thank you to everyone who helped us reach our first goal of $200,000 by March 31, 2006. This has enabled us to remain open for the 2006-2007 school year. Our new goal is to raise an additional $200,000 (total of $400,000) for the 2007-2008 school year to ensure the school remains open for Tommy and his classmates graduation year. We intend to have an ongoing campaign to provide for future generations of Saint Cyril Graduates. We are also looking into scholarship funding to aid in the recruitment of new students and help make the school more financially independent.
Save Saint Cyril School Fund
P.O. Box 1094
Lansdowne, PA 19050
Check out our past
fund-raiser
page for
more information and links to pictures from the events.
www.saintcyril.org/pastfundraisers.htm
Click here for more information on current fund raisers.
Thank you to all who helped with our fundraisers in any way and all those who have sent in donations.
April 11, 2006
Dear Neighbors and Friends,
The members of the Save Our
School Committee of Saint Cyril Parish in East Lansdowne, Delaware County, would
like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who has helped us realize our
goal to keep our school open for the 2006-2007 school year.
What started out as a simple wish from a little boy afflicted with cystic
fibrosis to keep his school open for two more years so he could graduate with
his classmates turned into a labor of love from so many wonderful people who
embraced our cause.
Parishioners, former parishioners, alumni, neighbors, friends, family and even
complete strangers in the Delaware County community and beyond rose to the
occasion to help us reach our goal of raising $200,000 in less than two months.
It is a testament to our community that not only did we attain our goal, but in
63 days we exceeded it by $60,100!
As the song says, "We’ve Only Just Begun," and our efforts are now
directed to the 2007-2008 school year and beyond! We hope the community will
continue to support our mission. Miracles can happen and wishes do come true. We
at Saint Cyril’s are living proof of that.
Thank you, everyone, for your belief in Saint Cyril School.
Sincerely,
Save Saint Cyril School Committee
Click here for our School Web Page and information about our Learning Support Program
Click here to sign the guestbook
Click here to read the guestbook
