Save the date and spread the word! MQA will hold its annual open house from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 6. The public is invited to come for a tour and meet our teachers and staff. More details to come.
Additionally, Mary Queen of Angels is proud to host the 22nd annual Diocesan Art Show from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 22. Stay tuned for updates!
What are you doing for Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14? We have two tickets to the Buffalo Sabres vs. New Jersey Devils 7 p.m. game at First Niagara Center, Section 323, courtesy of Upstate New York Transplant Services. We will sell the pair to the highest bidder, with proceeds to benefit the Mary Queen of Angels School tuition assistance fund. Bidding will end at noon on Tuesday, Jan. 31. Please respond via the MQA Facebook page or email (jkirchmyer@verizon.net). Thank you for your support!

Pre-K students Aaron and Emily think that a little snow would be a very good idea right about now!
Click on the link below to view the MQA School video!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRr-OzYK4iE
Why should you send your children to a Catholic school? So they can experience …
- Prayer each morning before the school day begins, at lunch time and at the end of each day.
- A “Christmas Concert” rather than a “Winter Concert.”
- Learning about Saints and other faith heroes.
- Praying the rosary.
- Participating in the Stations of the Cross.
- Spiritual retreats.
- Celebrating the true meaning of Christmas.
- Reading scripture regularly.
- Praying with the entire school when disasters or tragedies occur.
- Celebrating All Saints Day.
- Being able to talk with a teacher about religion.
- Sharing faith journeys with each other.
- Seeing a priest on a regular basis.
- Celebrating Mary in May.
- Halls decorated with a manger during Advent and Christmas.
- Talking with friends about what to give up for Lent.
- Congratulating third graders on receiving First Communion.
- Hearing Jesus’ name regularly, and not as a swear word.
- Celebrating the Immaculate Conception.
- Connecting service with Catholic social teaching.
- Discipline based on Gospel values.
- Crucifixes on the walls.
- Statues of Mary.
- Religious-themed bulletin boards.
- Nearness to the Blessed Sacraments.
- The chance to lector at school Masses.
- Hearing a teacher witness to his or her faith.
- Celebrating the resurrection of Jesus at Easter.
- A curriculum designed to help students grow in spirituality.
- Learning about sacred music in choir.
- The freedom to talk about any religion, rather than no religion.
- An atmosphere that cares about students getting into Heaven rather than getting into Harvard.
- Spending hours each day in a faith community.
- Moral development based on Gospel values.
- Teachers who explicitly model their instruction after the great teacher, Jesus Christ.
- A mission to educate the whole child: spiritually, as well as academically, morally, socially and physically.
For more information about Mary Queen of Angels School or to arrange a tour, please call the school office at 895-6280.
You can find us on Facebook at Mary Queen of Angels Regional Catholic School.