St. Cyril School Reunion To Benefit The Save Our School Fund
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.
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COMMUNION BREAKFAST
We celebrated a combined Communion Breakfast this year with the Cardinal Dougherty Assembly, March 18th at St. Cyril’s Church and the count was very good. This year the award for Knight of The Year was given to S.K. James E. Smith. Faithful Captain of the Assembly.
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January 28th began the celebration of Catholic Schools Week.
We also congratulate Eileen Lucca and Rosemary
Goodwin as they celebrate 25 years in Catholic Education!
Below are photos from the 10:30 Mass to celebrate the start of Catholic Schools Week and from the open house in our school. Click on the pictures below to see larger versions. You can close the picture and return to this page.
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On January 31st we had a Benefactors' Breakfast in the School Library, as part of Catholic Schools Week, to thank those who helped to keep our school open this year.
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This photo of the Class of 1968 was sent in by Mike McGuigan
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larger version of this photo
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Football season has started, and we have pictures, schedules and information on the CYO website.
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Click here to see pictures from this years football team.
OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE
We thank The Outback Steak House and their employees for their help in making the fund raising luncheon a great success. The luncheon was held on Saturday, September 23rd from 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM. and all proceeds from this event went to the Save Our School Fund. The luncheon raised a little over $2000 for the school. Shown below are some of the staff of the Outback Steakhouse - they donated their time to help make this fundraiser possible.
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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.
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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.
Saint Cyril Parishioners once again played a big role in this year's 4th of July Parade. The Parade Marshals this year were George & Arlene Bobnak and the Geromichalos family. Father Kearns opened the ceremonies with the invocation ,and Father Emmons also spoke. Rose Wells once again sung the National Anthem and led the singing of "God Bless America". The Knight's of Columbus had a car in the parade and we also had a float decorated to carry the Geromichalos Family.
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To see more pictures from this year's parade click here for photos on the East Lansdowne web site.
Pictures of the car winner Mrs. Martha Burke picking up her new Dodge Neon SXT from David Dodge.
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The CYO website has recently been updated with pictures from
the Award Banquet.
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Click
here for pictures from the carnival.
COMMUNION BREAKFAST:
At our annual Communion Breakfast we honored the Family of the Year, James & Edna France, we honored the Knight of the Year, Father Kearns, and finally we honored James and Barbara Gray, and Mike Keller with a certificate of Appreciation for all their hard work, not only with the Knights, but with the Save our School project and every other task that they are involved with. Congratulations to all the recipients.
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Thursday, March 30th: Cardinal Justin Rigali came to a
special Saint Cyril School assembly to officially announce that Saint Cyril
School would remain open for the 2006-07 school year, and to encourage us to
keep up our efforts.
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Click here to see CBS3 video of the Cardinal's announcement
Click here to see NBC10 slideshow
Click here to see 6ABC news coverage
Click here to see CBS3 video of Tommy's wish and the fund raising efforts
Click here for newspaper articles.
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.
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Saturday, March 18th: The SOS volunteers were at the Granite Run Mall from 10:00 AM to 9:30 PM with the David Dodge SXT to sell raffle tickets and other fundraising merchandise. We also had clowns, face painting and ballons.
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March 11th & 12th: We took part in two St. Patrick's Day Parades over the weekend along with the David Dodge Neon. On Saturday we marched in the Springfield parade, and on Sunday in the Philadelphia parade. The Philadelphia parade was covered by CBS 3 and we received a nice plug for Tommy's wish and the Save Our School Campaign. Shown below are a few pictures from the rainy start of the Philadelphia parade.
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Here are some more pictures from the St. Patrick's Day parade taken by Fr. Kearns after the weather cleared up a bit.
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Click here for pictures
from the cut-a-thon. 
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Click here for pictures from the Dance-A-Thon 
Catholic Schools Week started Sunday January 29th, and the school held an open house Sunday Morning. Below are some pictures from the day.
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Inspired by 12 year old Tommy Geromichalos, and aided by a series of articles in the Delaware County Daily Times, the parish held a meeting Wednesday night, January 25th to start an effort to raise the $200,000 needed by March 31, 2006 to keep the school open. Tommy has Cystic Fibrosis and wrote a letter to the Make-A Wish Foundation. (Click here to read Tommy's wish.) His wish was that St. Cyril School would not close and that he would be able to graduate with all of his classmates. His wish became a cover story Sunday, January 22 in the Delaware County Daily Times with photos and a nice article by Gil Spencer on his effort and the school's plight.
Over 500 people show up at the Wednesday night meeting and it was very obvious that the other children and parents in the school share Tommy's wish. "I Believe" posters made by each class were displayed all around the hall, and cheer leaders collected change donations at the entrance. Much larger donations were given by a few area companies and organizations, with one donating $4000 and a number of others donating $1000 each. State Rep. Mario Civera and East Lansdowne Mayor Jim France were in attendance and pledged their support. The meeting was covered by three television stations; 6ABC, NBC10, and CN8, and all three stations gave great reports on their news broadcasts. At the end of the meeting we had a little over $10,000 in actual donations and a few thousand more in pledges; there were pages of volunteers, and even the most cynical were starting to say "I believe".
Click here to read more about the Save Our School effort.
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 Every penny counts |
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 Doug Shimell of NBC10 at work |
 Sixth Grade believes |
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 Three Leaders of our committee |
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 Jim Gray, President of the committee |
 Jim France, Mayor of East Lansdowne |
 Vince Berry, Head of Volunteers |
Click here to read more about the Save Our School effort.
Football season is almost over.We had a great year with the varsity going to the Bonner Bowl, and the JV invited to the Parade of Champions. Here are some of the parents that helped support the team over the long season.
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Click here to see additional football team pictures
Here are some pictures from a scrimmage the Varsity played August 23 against St Dorothy.
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We now have a page with additional football team pictures that
we will update when possible.
Click here to see additional football team pictures
Click here for past Pictures of the Month 2005
Click here for past Pictures of the Month 2004
Click here for past Pictures of the Month 2002-03
Click here for pictures of Parish life and additional past pictures of the month.
