E-Bulletin - Week of 05/15/2013
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WALSH JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL
Principal's Office Weekly E-Bulletin for Parents
5/15/2013
The Principal's Office Weekly E-Bulletin is sent electronically every Wednesday and incorporates important information from several departments. Please continue to check the Walsh Jesuit Website for information regarding all school organizations and events. If you have information to share with the school community, please email it to Mrs. Gina Venables in the Principal's Office by the end of each Tuesday.
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From the Principal's Office:
Senior grades will be published on NetClassroom following Senior Experience. Seniors will receive a final paper report card during their Senior Experience Hearings, scheduled individually from Tuesday, May 28, through Friday, May 31.
Graduation Tickets are extremely limited. If you are not using the quota of eight tickets that were mailed to all Senior families, please return the extras to the Principal's Office as soon as possible; or on Baccalaureate night, Thursday, May 30, at the latest. Some WJ families are in need of extra tickets. Thanks to all who have been returning unneeded tickets.
If families need more than the two tickets that were distributed this morning to those who needed them, please email the Principal's Office with the minimum number of additional tickets you may need. Thanks for your help.
The University of Akron requires all individuals attending Graduation on Sunday, June 2, 10:00 a.m., at E.J. Thomas Hall, to have a ticket. ALL tickets to Graduation are General Seating (1st come 1st served), even though they have imprinted a Seat Assignment. There is no assigned seating for Graduation.
Woodard Photographic Studio/Lifetouch will be taking individual close-up photographs of your Senior and candids of the class during Graduation. Photos will be online at www.events.lifetouch.com beginning Monday, June 10. Additional information will be available in your student's Senior Experience Hearing envelope.
Baccalaureate will be held in the Walsh Jesuit Ricco Field House, on Thursday, May 30, 7:30 p.m. All Seniors are required to attend Baccalaureate, and parents have been given two tickets each to this Mass in their Senior Graduation Packets that were mailed home.
The Final Exam Schedule for current Freshmen, Sophomores, and Juniors, is as follows:
Tuesday, 5/28: Math 8:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m. / Health 9:45 a.m.-10:45
a.m. (WJ Bus leaves at 11:00 a.m.)
Wednesday, 5/29: English 8:30 a.m.-9:45 a.m. / Theology 10:00 a.m.-
11:00 a.m. (WJ Bus leaves at 11:15 a.m.)
Thursday, 5/30: Social Studies 8:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m. / Foreign
Language 9:45 a.m.-10:45 a.m. (WJ Bus leaves
at 11:00 a.m.)
Friday, 5/31: Science 8:30 a.m. -9:45 a.m. / Advanced
Geometry 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. (WJ Bus leaves
at 11:15 a.m.)
Public School buses arrive and depart at their regular times.
Make-Ups: Monday, June 3, 8:30 a.m. (with an Excused Absence)
(No WJ or public school bus service for Make-Ups.)
Today, Wednesday, May 15, is an Early Dismissal Day. All Freshmen, Sophomores, and Juniors will be dismissed from school at 1:43 p.m.
The Woodard Photographic Studio will present an assembly for Juniors on Tuesday, May 21, and will offer students coupons and suggestions for taking a successful portrait. All Juniors in the Class of 2014 must take their yearbook portrait through Woodard, at no charge, so that photographic style remains consistent in the yearbook. Walsh Jesuit will schedule a date in January 2014 for students in the Class of 2014 to have their yearbook picture taken here at school, free of charge, if you prefer not to visit the Woodard Studio for a yearbook portrait. Of course, parents are free to have your own Senior portraits taken at any studio or with a photographer of your choice.
A Dress Down Day (in exchange for a $3 donation to the Xavier Fund for WJ service projects) will be held Wednesday, May 22.
• College Guidance Information for the Class of 2014 – Please visit the College Guidance page.
o 2014 College Financial Aid Presentation - Monday, May 20, 7:00 p.m., in the WJ Theater. We are again lucky enough to have Claudia Wenzel from John Carroll University as our presenter. The evening lasts approximately one hour, which includes audience questions. All are welcome. Please RSVP through the College Guidance Scheduler.
o Summer Essay Writing Workshop – Register on the WJ website by clicking here. Registration will end June 1, 2013, so that books can be ordered.
o College Teacher Recommendation Process – Junior parents are reminded that the deadline for your son or daughter to ask a teacher for a college recommendation, including turning in their required paperwork to the College Guidance office, is June 1, 2013.
• Harmony Gold Show Choir Auditions - The award-winning Harmony Gold Show Choir will be holding auditions for next year's group on Saturday, May 20, and Sunday, May 21, from 2:45 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. This multi-talented performance group is made up of the best stage performers at the school, including singers, dancers, and musicians. We have a state-of-the-art light show and offer students travel and varsity level competition opportunities. It is open to all males and females, grade levels 9-12. You must audition to gain entrance to the group.
The Harmony Gold Show Choir just returned from Chicago, where they performed at the Windy City Classic and won a First Place Trophy. They also perform four concerts on the WJ campus each year. Our schedule permits a student to be in sports as well as Show Choir.
Singers and musicians should prepare a short sample of your abilities. Those auditioning will need to attend a group session on the date of the audition. Sign-ups for audition times are posted outside Room 125 in the Library hallway. You may also sign up by contacting Mr. Dave Banks.
• Parent Immersion Info Night - Campus Ministry and Immersion FSA Leaders will be hosting a Parent Immersion Info Night in Room 100 to join your students for prayer and community time, and to learn more about how we will be living out the Jesuit mission for a week at the following immersion sites:
Bethlehem Farm, West Virginia: 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 15
MAGIS Immokalee, Florida: 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 16
Camden, New Jersey: 6:00 p.m. on Monday, May 20
Pine Ridge, South Dakota: 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 21
For more information, please contact Miss Lauren Fraser at (330) 929-4205, ext. 116.
• Summer Warrior Enrichment Camp - This summer camp is designed for young men and women entering grades 7 and 8 in the fall of 2013. Each day offers something in every subject area, such as science lab experiments, technology and IPad workshops, and activities in history and fine arts. In addition, the campers will get to enjoy Walsh Jesuit's beautiful 100-acre campus by participating in outdoor activities and team competitions. The camp will be held Monday, June 17, through Friday, June 28, 8:30 am. – 12 noon each day. Cost is $225. To register, please contact Mr. Rob Eubank '85, Director of Admissions, at (330) 929-4205, ext. 103, or click here to download a camp registration brochure. visit www.walshjeusit.org (Admissions page)
• Host Families Needed for Barcelona Exchange Program – We are seeking host families for five exchange students from Colegi CASP Sagrat Cor de Jesus, a Jesuit high school in Barcelona, Spain. Host families should have a Senior or Junior son attending in the 2013-2014 school year, but first choice will be given to those families with a Senior. Their son will serve as the student host for the exchange student. During their three-week stay (last week of August and first two weeks in September), WJ families will provide the exchange students with room and board, as well as transportation to and from school and Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. Each exchange student will have his or her own health insurance and spending money. If you are interested in hosting one of these young people in your home, please click here to read more about this opportunity and access the required form that must be completed and returned to Mrs. Patricia Schorr. If you have any questions, you may call Mrs. Schorr at (330) 929-4205, ext. 207.
• Summer Football Camp – The 2013 Summer Football Camp will be held Monday, June 10, through Wednesday, June 12, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The camp is intended for student athletes entering 5th through 9th grades, and will once again cost $75. Click here to register and reserve your spot. Contact Coach Dan Larlham with any questions at ext. 112.
To the Moms of WJ and Aunt B,
With the close of the year upon us, I'd like to extend a heartfelt thanks to all of you whose continued selfless giving has made this another outstanding year! Mothers' Club provides behind the scenes warmth that enhances the nurturing environment that is WJ. Our committees tackle everything from cleaning the Chapel to beautifying the grounds, stuffing envelopes, organizing cookie distribution, and making our Seniors feel special during Senior Week. We host receptions after masses and recognition events, provide refreshments at parent/teacher conferences and open houses, and even bring the staff and faculty together numerous times for the much appreciated Faculty/Staff lunches. Countless hours of creativity and effort are poured into favorite events such as Holiday Buffet, Lenten Reflection and Spring Brunch, not to mention POWWOW. The Mothers' Club Book Sale brings the WJ community together by enabling families, students, faculty, and staff the opportunity to browse selections and pick up a bargain! We even provide dinners to the Boys Hope Girls Hope scholars. I have had the privilege of working with the committee chairs of the Mothers' Club Board and I applaud their tireless efforts for coordinating over 40 events and activities. These events could not have taken place without the numerous volunteers each committee depended upon to serve the mission of our group. All of your efforts make Walsh Jesuit the special place that it is. Thank you.
With Gratitude,
Carol Bachmann, President
