Sister Diana Dolce

May 4, 2023

May News – Our Students Need Some “Sole Mates”

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In May’s newsletter, there’s a strong focus on this year’s Walk for Hope. Sister Diana talks about the importance of Sole Mates — our wonderful friends who help support our students in their Walk for Hope by donating to support individual students or classes in their fundraising efforts. You’ll also find additional ways in which you can participate…through being an individual or Community Partner or by donating gift cards to places students love, to be used as prizes. All of these options are so important this year because all of the money raised supports our Hope for Tomorrow Campaign, enabling the school’s expansion, renovation and enhancement to programming.

You’ll also find:

“The Hope for Tomorrow Campaign is Music to Our Students’ Ears,” in which we share information on how the music room and program will be enhanced by the renovation.
An article about Career Week at Hope Hall, and the visitors who came in to share insights about various career opportunities.
“Readers Theater, A Mesopotamian Myth,” in which Mr. Carman uses the Dolce Method of Learning Mastery® to teach social studies curriculum about the ancient world
An Alumni Spotlight on Georgia Dunn, Class of 2020, who just graduated from Continental School of Beauty
Registration and Sponsorship Information on the High Hopes Golf Tournament (Register quickly, as the field is already 2/3 full!)
A Poem of Thanks to our Amazing Volunteers

March 27, 2023

Sister Diana, Guest on Evan Dawson’s Connections

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Hope Hall School’s Sister Diana Dolce on different learning models

On Thursday, March 23, Sister Diana was a guest at 1 pm on Evan Dawson’s radio show, CONNECTIONS, that is broadcast on WXXI NEWS.

Sister Diana met with Evan in the studio to discuss different learning models, with a focus on the Dolce Method for Learning Mastery®, the method she developed over the course of her career in education. This is the method that is used at Hope Hall School to teach students who learn differently, to help them thrive academically and become successful learners.

During the course of the interview, the two also discussed Sister Diana’s career, how viable the Dolce Method would be for public schools, the Hope for Tomorrow Campaign, and a variety of other topics.

To listent to the full interview, click here.

March 6, 2023

Collaboration and Cooperation, the Mantra for the March Newsletter

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Sister Diana’s Director’s Corner for March focuses on “Collaboration” and “Cooperation,” two words that many see as the same, but she sees as two complimentary, but different concepts.

She defines collaboration as “working together with others to achieve a common goal,” and cooperation as “working together for a common goal, but also getting along with those with whom you are working, honoring differences of opinion and styles of doing something, and appreciating the fact that there is always more than one way to achieve any goal.

She goes on to say, “In other words, collaboration is what you do in working together, and cooperation is how you do it. She offers suggestions of how to reinforce the values of collaboration and cooperation in the home.

In addition, this issue features:

Our Alumni Spotlight focused on Bridget Lanschwager and Charlie Schaffer.
Student of the Month, Billy Bosley
An article on Hope Hall’s new initiative, the Hope for Tomorrow Campaign that will enable the expansion and renovation of the school and help us enhance programming.
The tale of Enemy Pie in the classroom
Seeds of Hope in Science
How the St. Pauly shed helps Hope Hall and many others.
An update on Experience Italy and invitation to make in-kind donations for it.
Save the Date for the High Hopes Golf Tournament (Hint: It’s July 31 this year, at The Links at Greystone)

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February 13, 2023

February 2023: Expanding Our Hearts

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In February’s Director’s Corner, Sister Diana points out that Expanding Our Hearts means making room for people other than our family and close friends. It means including people, in loving ways, whether we know them or not.

One way we can expand our hearts is by making sacrifices.

She points out that sacrifice is something we’re all called to do if we’re human beings who care anything about anyone else.

During the month of February, our students and staff will be participating in Hope Hall’s 19th Annual Pennies for Patients to raise funds to help fight Leukemia, Lymphoma, Hodgkin’s Disease and Myeloma. The newsletter contains information about this initiative, if you’d like to help.

You’ll also find:

A hardy congratulations to this month’s student of the month, Xavier Thompson-Drumgoole
A reminder about Celebrate Hope, our Interactive Open House
A registration form for Experience Italy on April 29th
A piece on Hope Hall’s Literacy Showcase at the end of December

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January 4, 2023

January 2023: Beacons of Light and Hope; Post-Holiday Recipe for Happiness

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For January’s Director’s Corner, Sister Diana revisits December’s topic on the importance of being points of Light and Hope, because toward the end of 2022, we lost two individuals within the Hope Hall Community who embodied those qualities. In this issue, we pay tribute to both of them.

She also focuses on the topic of happiness, pointing out that it is “an inside matter, ” and she offers a “recipe” for bringing happiness into our own lives, as well as those of our children.

In this issue, you’ll also find articles and information on:

Our Student of the Month, 10th Grader David Burt
Experience Italy (Please reserve April 29th on your calendar and watch February’s newsletter for registration!)
TJ Ruberti, our Alumni Spotlight for January
Middle School Math Teacher, Ms. Amie Fouchie, who held “Math Olympics,” as an innovative way to teach ordering numbers and working with decimals to her students
A tribute to former student and one of our points of Light and Hope who we lost in December, Tilahun (‘T’) Gushish (to watch a video tribute done in loving memory of him, Click Here)
A tribute to another of our points of Light and Hope who passed away in November, Board Member Dr. Barry Culhane
A Project done by the Senior Class called Painting with a Crunch
Snowmen in the Library!
An invitation to join us for Celebrate Hope, a new Interactive Open House on February 17th (for more information on this event, Click Here)
A photo collage of thanks to the Gates Fire District, for providing warm, new coats to our students through their annual initiative, Operation Warm

October 3, 2022

October’s Newsletter – A Focus on the Value of Hospitality

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For the month of October, Sister Diana focuses on the value of Hospitality. She points out that hospitality is defined as the act of welcoming another person into our space, into our life, and letting the person know that s/he matters.

She asserts that Hospitality is a value that needs to be taught, nurtured, and cultivated
in order to become a way of life, and she offers tips on how to incorporate it into our personal lives, as well as to make it a way of life for members of our family, including our children.

In this issue, you’ll also find:

- An article about the Dewey Cafe, a “book tasting” that was organized by Ms. Combs and Mrs. Widera to introduce our students to different types of non-fiction.
- An update on new staff, and employee changes at Hope Hall
- Photos from the First Day of School
- An opportunity to “participate” (at least virtually) in the annual “Burying of the I Cant’s” Ceremony.
- Discover How Middle School Science Teacher Miss Kaitlin Hamilton put lab safety “under a microscope to teach her students about doing safe science experiments.
- Read a thanks to all who helped ensure our students and teachers had all they needed in school supplies
- Discover what’s in store for our Toast for Hope Gala online auction.
- Learn how Alvah Halloran & Son’s Hot Rods for Hospice helped the community, including Linda’s Cupboard
- A Save the Date for our Annual Woodworking Sale on December 10.

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In this issue, you’ll also find:

- An article about the Dewey Cafe, a “book tasting” that was organized by Ms. Combs and Mrs. Widera to introduce our students to different types of non-fiction.
- An update on new staff, and employee changes at Hope Hall
- Photos from the First Day of School
- An opportunity to “participate” (at least virtually) in the annual “Burying of the I Cant’s” Ceremony.
- Discover How Middle School Science Teacher Miss Kaitlin Hamilton put lab safety “under a microscope to teach her students about doing safe science experiments.
- Read a thanks to all who helped ensure our students and teachers had all they needed in school supplies
- Discover what’s in store for our Toast for Hope Gala online auction.
- Learn how Alvah Halloran & Son’s Hot Rods for Hospice helped the community, including Linda’s Cupboard
- A Save the Date for our Annual Woodworking Sale on December 10.

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July 11, 2022

A Special Thank You to Do-ers of Good – Summer Newsletter

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A Special Thanks to the Do-ers of Good

June 11, 2022

In Hope Hall’s Summer Newsletter, Sister Diana thanks all the Do-ers of Good who helped make our 2022 Walk for Hope so incredibly successful. In her eloquent words,

“We know that love is stronger than hate, and good is stronger than evil, so all of these actions put so much good into our world, and helped us to raise $46,544.23 to support our operating budget and provide our students with a school in which they can thrive.”

In this issue, we feature photos from the Walk for Hope, as well as:

A list of the “Sole Mates” and supporters of our Walk for Hope
Pictures and a post about the send-off we gave our Class of 2022, along with Graduation Photos. (P.S. In case you’d like to see more photos, the Senior Speeches, or the Graduation Ceremony itself, click here).
Photos and fun from the High School Prom (for more photos, visit our facebook album)
How the Hayes Sisters Made a Slam Dunk for Charity
An update on our Sold Out Hope Hopes Golf Tournament
How you can support Hope Hall’s Sports Program through “A Community Thrives” fundraising initiative.
An announcement of our Emcee for the Toast for Hope Gala

May 18, 2022

Hurrah for the Walk for Hope, and Thank You Supporters!

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Thank you to all the Sponsors, Supporters, Sole Mates and Participants who helped us EXCEED our goals!

About the Walk

Each year on the Thursday before Memorial Day Weekend, Hope Hall’s students, teachers and staff take a one mile Walk for Hope around the community in which the school is located. Following the walk, everyone returns to school for a picnic, followed by a field day with sports, games, chalk drawing, prizes and more.

For many of our students, this is one of their favorite days of the year.

In the May newsletter, Sister Diana Dolce put out a call for “Sole Mates” for our students…supporters who would make a donation to assist students who have been challenged to make the $100 or more that each participant is asked to raise.

We thank the many, many “Sole Mates” who contributed funds to help these students achieve their goals, as well as the donors who sent in gift cards, or funds to be used to purchase gift cards that will be used as prizes for students who reach or exceed their goals

We also send an ENORMOUS thanks out to our Community Supporters!

BC Dental Design – Team Supporter hosted a Walk for Hope on May 26
Kroll Law Firm – Community Supporter
St. Pius X Federal Credit Union – Team Supporter hosted a Walk for Hope on May 24
Spoleta Construction – Sponsor of the Walk for Hope T-shirts
Wegmans Lyell Avenue – Sponsor of the Walk for Hope Picnic, and garden care volunteers

Thanks to all of you, our Walk for Hope was a tremendous success!

For photos from this great event, visit our facebook album.