It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year!

Students have been practicing and working hard for our special Christmas Mass on the 21st! 

Hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and a happy and healthy New Year!

DeSales Alumni Christmas Mass 12/21

On Friday, December 21st our Christmas Mass will be held at 9am in the DeSales Gym with Father Walter Szczesny. Directly after Mass we will sing traditional Christmas carols, and have a visit with Santa Claus! Hope to see you there!

BPO French Hornist Visits 4th Grade Music Class

Today Buffalo Philharmonic French hornist, Sheryl Hadeka visited our 4th grade classes during music. Following the structure of stories, Sheryl explored how music can make its own narrative. Students were guided to create their own unique story by listening to music and choosing melodies for a beginning, middle, and end. Some of the melodies in this presentation were familiar to the students- espcially the Harry Potter and Superman theme. This was a great way to allow students to connect with the mood and character of each musical piece played and decide where their own personal tale would go!

12/5 Mass

Please join us on Wednesday, December 5th 9:40am-10:40am in the DeSales Gym as we celebrate Mass with Father Jozef. All are welcome to attend!

Thankful Mass 11/14

Please join us on Wednesday, November 14th 9:40am-10:40am in the DeSales Gym. Mass will celebrate Thanksgiving and Veterans Day. We will have a chance to reflect on all we are thankful for, especially the men and women who have served in our military. If you know a Veteran, please invite them to attend. Mass will be celebrated with Father Dan Young, and all are welcome to attend!

Halloween Fun In Music!

We loved singing along and creating gestures to Hap Palmer's "Witches' Brew" in music class! Hope everyone has a happy and safe Halloween! :)

November 1st Feast of All Saints Mass

Please join us for our Feast of All Saints Mass on Thursday, November 1st 9:50am-10:50am in the Gym with Father Jim Bastian. All are welcome to attend!

Red Ribbon Week Mass 10/24

Please join us for our red ribbon week Mass on Wednesday, October 24th 9:50am-10:50am in the Gym with Father James Waite. All are welcome to attend!

DeSales Distinguished Alumni Mass 10/5

Please join us for a special Mass celebrating our Destinguished Alumni on Friday, October 5th in the Gym with Father Joseph Dumphrey. All are welcome to attend!

Mass 9/26

We will be having Mass on Wednesday, September 26th in the DeSales Gym from 9:40am-10:40am with Fr. Dan Fawls. All are welcome to attend!

Mass Choir

On Tuesday September 11th, we will be having our first Choir rehearsal. Rehearsals will be held every Tuesday and Friday from 2:10pm-2:40pm in the music room, and grades five through eight are invited!

The following day, September 12th, we will be having our first school Mass in the Desales Gymnasium from 9:40am-10:40am with Father Walter Szczesny. All are welcome to attend!

Instrument Lessons With Ms. Dube

DeSales is offering weekly instrumental music lessons for all students who are interested this year. These lessons are individual and allow your child to get private music instruction for 30 minutes every week. The instruments offered are: piano, guitar, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute, saxophone, oboe, trumpet, trombone, french horn, tuba, and all percussion (including snare drum OR drum set). To get more information please contact, Ms. Miranda Dube at: dubem@desalescatholicschool.org. The instrumental lesson form can also be found by going to the DeSales Catholic School website. Find the parent tab, scroll down to forms, and the link is found under current forms and flyers section.

Happy First Day Of School!!! :)

Welcome back everyone! 

I am so excited to see each of you, and can't wait to get singing!

 Looking forward to this fun year ahead!!!

Thank You For A Great Year!

As I approach my last day of school tomorrow, I am overcome with emotion! I feel so grateful and blessed to have been a part of these wonderful children's lives this year!!! It has been such a fun, challenging, exciting, wonderful experience, and I am forever changed. 
Wishing you all a great Summer!
 Keep singing!
 Love, 
Mrs. Croff :)

Spring Concert 2018

Our Spring Concert video is now live on YouTube!!! Click the link below to see the full performances! We hope you enjoy! :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqBJsxJKiBM

DeSales Music YouTube Page

Our DeSales Music page is now live! Click the link below to watch clips from class and view some of our Mass songs.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqZSHZHb4z5xEtgMFOMnucw

End Of Year Mass

Our last school Mass will be Wednesday, June 20th from 9am-10am with Father Jozef Dudzik. All are welcome to attend.

Spring Concert 2018

Students worked very hard to prepare for our Spring Concert this year! Thanks to Mr. Joe Granchelli for the art direction, we were able to make our concert ideas come to life! Each grade had a hand in the songs chosen, and all songs were centered around the themes of peace, love, and kindness.  

Music Grant

Thanks to the Kenan Center Of The Arts and The UTR Grant we have been able to get brand new Ipads, Regal Tip drum sticks, and bucket drums for our music classes next year!

May Crowning Mass

On Wednesday, May 23rd our third grade classes will be performing a special meditation song after communion during the May Crowning Mass. Please join us as we celebrate our students who made their first Holy Communion this month. Mass will be held in the Gym 9:40am-10:40am, and all are welcome to attend.