OUR LADY of the SACRED HEART SCHOOL

PRINCIPAL'S BULLETIN for NOVEMBER 12, 2004

Sunday, November 14 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m.--Open House at St. Ursula Academy

11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.--Open House at St. Xavier High School

Tuesday, November 16 6 a.m.--Hotline test

                              9 a.m.-3:15 p.m.--Grade 8W to St. Joseph School (Confirmation service hours)

     NO HALF NOTES CHOIR PRACTICE TODAY

Wednesday, November 17 7 p.m.--PTA meeting in lower level of Parish Center

Thursday, November 18 Beginning Band during Music Class

     Advanced Band during lunch

                             2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.--Half Notes and Upper Notes practice together

7 p.m.--Open House at The Summit Country Day School (grades 9-12)

Friday, November 19      8:15 a.m.--All-School Mass (Grade 6 Liturgy)

Saturday, November 20 9 a.m.-12 noon--Entrance Test at Mt. Notre Dame High School

9 a.m.-12 noon--Entrance Test at Ursuline Academy

HOTLINE TESTING: We will test the hotline this coming Tuesday at 6 a.m. (the time the hotline calls would be made in the event of a school closing). Hotline callers--please check in your child's weekly folder for your list of families to contact on Tuesday morning and make those calls when you are notified that morning. All families--please notify the school office (733-5225) on Tuesday if your family does not receive a call.

SCHOOL PORTRAITS: Today your children will be bringing home their Fall school portraits. If your child was absent on October 14, you will be receiving an order form for retakes scheduled for Monday, November 22. If your child will have his picture retaken on November 22, please be sure to return his original packet on that day so that the photographer can retrieve information from the bar code on the package. They will reprint the same package you ordered originally.

GRANDPARENTS/SPECIAL PERSONS DAY: Please look for a reservation form coming home with your child today for this special event to be held on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving (November 23).

ATTENTION EIGHTH GRADERS/PARENTS: Area parochial high schools will be hosting Open Houses and administering entrance exams over the next month or so. Ursuline and MND held their Open Houses last Sunday. This Sunday students can visit St. Ursula Academy and St. X (see above for times). Mt. Notre Dame and Ursuline's entrance exams will be administered on Saturday, November 20. (Please arrive at the school no later than 8:45 a.m. for the 9 a.m. test start time.) Students who plan to take either test must register for it by Wednesday, November 17. Both schools will accept a score on the other's entrance test, but students must fill out a registration form and pay the $25 test fee to each school to which scores are to be sent. (For example, if you take the test at Ursuline but think you may also be interested in attending MND and want your Ursuline test score sent to MND, you must register at both schools.) Please call the schools (MND--821-3044, ext. 124; UA--791-5791, ext. 158) for further information/clarification. Most students have just completed the eight-week High School Entrance Exam Prep Class; we hope these classes prove to be helpful to our eighth graders as they take their entrance exams at the various high schools. Best of luck to all of you!

ELECTION RESULTS: President Bush overwhelmingly defeated John Kerry in our Kids Voting election held on Monday, November 1 (253 votes to 38). The results of the Kids Issues votes were:

Should kids have to wear a helmet when they ride their bike or skate? Yes (188 to 103)

Should it be against the law to talk on a cell phone while driving a car? No (214 to 75)

Should voluntary military service be replaced by a draft? No (249 to 36)

STUDENT GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS: The following students were elected to represent the eighth grade in this year's Student Government: Co-Presidents, Grace Ficke and Davey Stenger; Vice-President, Brian Mitchell; Treasurer, Eric Gammarino; Recording Secretary, Kim Murphy; Corresponding Secretary, Chris Champlin; Commissioner of Spirit, Andrea Bazzoli; and Commissioner of Faith, Caitlin Bermingham. Congratulations, students!

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BULLYING PROJECT: OLSH students participated in the Channel 9 Bully Project. The I-Team stories begin airing this Sunday. The airing schedule for these stories is as follows: Bully Part One--Sunday, November 14 at 11 p.m. (will repeat on Monday, November 15 at 5:30 p.m.); Bully Part Two--Tuesday, November 16 at 11 p.m. (will repeat on Wednesday, November 17 at 5:30 p.m.); and Bully Part Three--Wednesday, November 17 at 11 p.m. (will repeat on Thursday, November 18 at 5:30 p.m.). The complete overall survey results will be posted on their website (www.wcpo.com).

CHRISTMAS IS COMING! Scrip gift certificates will be sold after all Masses beginning this weekend (November 13/14). Gift certificates make great gifts, and we can order them from nearly 500 stores. Sometimes they become unavailable as we get closer to Christmas, so order early! If you have internet access, you can print a copy of all available stores from this website: http://www.glscrip.com. Click on "retailers", and there is an option for a printer-friendly version that you can print yourself. If you have any questions, please call Sandy Champlin at 733-5235.

SPIRITWEAR: Please look for Spiritwear order forms coming home today. All orders and money are due by Friday, November 19. Make your check payable to OLSH YAC and send orders to the office in an envelope marked "Spiritwear". Items will be delivered to your child's homeroom before the Christmas break.

SPECIAL NOTES

New Items: We have added two new Spiritwear items--cheerleader shorts and a full-zip hooded sweatshirt. Please see the separate flyer for additional details on these items.

Christmas Gifts: If you are ordering items as Christmas gifts and do not want your Spiritwear order sent home with your child, please write "Christmas Gift" across the top of your order form. I will call you when the order arrives to make arrangement for pickup.

NEW YAC POLICY: Effective immediately, coaches are responsible for the timely return of uniforms to the sports coordinator with a complete list of the players and uniforms returned. The coordinator is responsible for providing a time and location in advance to coaches, giving the coach ample time to collect uniforms. Any player not returning a uniform cannot participate in the succeeding OLSH sport until the uniform is returned. That player will be registered with OLSH, will be placed on the roster, and can participate in tryouts. However, once the YAC President is notified that the player's uniform has not been returned, the player cannot participate in any practice or game until the President is notified that the uniform has been returned.

DISTINGUISHED GRADUATE: During Catholic Schools Week (January 31 through February 4, 2005), we honor a person who graduated from OLSH at least ten years ago and who has made a significant contribution to his/her community or church which reflects favorably on the education received here at OLSH. A nomination should include the nominee's name, address, year of graduation from OLSH, additional education, and three achievements. Please send in your nominations no later than Tuesday, November 23 to the school office or the Parish Center.

MENU for the WEEK of NOVEMBER 15

Monday…………..hot dog, baked beans, applesauce, pretzels, milk

Tuesday…………..pizza, carrots with dip, peaches, milk

Wednesday……….chicken and noodles, green beans, mandarin oranges, Texas toast, milk

Thursday…………chili mac, corn, mixed fruit, oyster crackers, milk

Friday…………….French bread pizza, tossed salad, pears, pudding, milk

LUNCH ENVELOPE REMINDERS: Please be sure to send in the correct amount of money for lunches ordered each week. (Each lunch, including milk or orange drink, is $1.50; lunch for the entire week would be $7.50.) Do not include money for extras in your child's lunch envelope--extras should be paid for in cash on the day of.