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• Gift Drive
– December 5 through December 12 • Mills End
of Year Sale – December 6 • Fathers
Club First Meeting – December 8 • NDB
Marketplace Classifieds Deadline – December 8 • Student
Volunteers for Alumnae Phonathon – December 8, 9 • Freshman
Activity – December 11 • Faculty
Staff Christmas Lunch – December 12 • Final
Examinations: Schedule and Policy • No Formal
Classes – December 15 • PSAT Score
Sheets Distribution – January 9 |
• Parent
Volunteers for High School Placement Test – January 10 or January 17 • Advanced
Placement (AP) Information Nights at NDB – January 12 • 4th
Annual Catfight – January 16 • Financial
Aid Forms Available • Party Buses
and Stretch Limos at Formal Dances • Faculty
Wish List • Information
For Semester Grades Lower Than C- • First
Annual Turkey Trot • Academic
Integrity Policy and Procedures:
An Update • eScrip
Information |
GIFT DRIVE – December 5 through December 12
Merry Christmas! The
annual Notre Dame Gift Drive runs from December lst through 12th. Each advisory has adopted a family from
the Redwood City Catholic Worker House who needs gifts this Christmas. As you shop for loved ones, please keep these families in
mind. Thank you for your support!
MILLS END OF YEAR SALE – December 6
Mills end of the year stock reduction sale begins December
6. Click on the link to view the
advertisement that provides all the details of the sale.
FATHERS CLUB FIRST MEETING – December 8
The Fathers Club First Meeting will be Monday, December 8, at
7:00 p.m. in the NDB Dining Room.
For more information, please contact Dseveri@ndhsb.org.
NDB MARKETPLACE CLASSIFIEDS – Deadline extended to
December 8
The NDB Development Office wants to support the personal and
commercial interests of our families and friends. If you have a service to provide, a business to promote, or
an item to sell, please check
our website to post a FREE
advertisement in the NDB Marketplace Classifieds. If you need a service or product, we can also promote your
need. All postings received by
December 8 will be disseminated to Alumnae, Parents, Past Parents, Faculty/Staff,
and Friends on December 8. Please
use the form on our website.
STUDENT VOLUNTEERS FOR ALUMNAE PHONATHON – December 8, 9
Does your daughter like to talk on the phone? Does she love Notre Dame? The Alumnae Phonathon needs students to make phone calls asking alumnae for donations to the school. Student volunteers will receive training, dinner, and 3 service hours for volunteering 5:45 – 8:45 p.m. on December 8 or December 9. Students may sign up outside Room 205 or email Mrs. Feeney at afeeney@ndhsb.org.
FRESHMAN ACTIVITY – December 11
Freshman Parents – Your daughters' Link Crew Leaders are planning a Cocoa & Cram session to help freshmen prepare for finals. This mandatory event takes place on Thursday, December 11, from 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. in the dining room. Teachers and juniors and seniors will be available to answer questions and help students prepare for finals.
FACULTY STAFF CHRISTMAS LUNCH – December 12
Attention Junior Parents! Juniors are responsible for the Faculty Staff Christmas Lunch. Please contact Tracy Rodriguez at Iteccj@msn.com or Annette Bucher at arbucher@aol.com for more information.
FINAL EXAMINATIONS: SCHEDULE AND POLICY
Note: No Formal Classes on December 15!
Attached is the Final Examination Schedule and Policy as well as the special tutoring day schedule calendared for December 15. Students may take advantage of this day as an "exam study day" and/or receive special tutoring from their teachers. Departments will post their hours for the students.
PSAT SCORE SHEETS – January 9
PSAT score sheets and test booklets will be distributed on Friday, January 9.
PARENT VOLUNTEERS FOR HIGH SCHOOL PLACEMENT TEST – January 10 or January 17
Applicants for the Class of 2013 will be taking the High School Placement Test on January 10 or January 17. These testing days provide an opportunity for us to continue to reach out to the parents of our applicants in the same way we did for the Shadow Program this year. If you can be part of a team of NDB parents who offer hospitality to our applicant parents, please contact Admissions Director Shyrl McCormick at 595-1913 ext. 320, smccormick@ndhsb.org. Shifts will be from 7:30 – 9:30 a.m. and 12:00 – 1:30 p.m.
ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) INFORMATION NIGHT AT NDB
–January 12
If your daughter is interested in taking an AP course at Notre Dame High School, the second Information Night for students and parents will be held on January 12. This will begin in the Dining Room with an opportunity for students and parents to attend and listen to three presentations about specific Advanced Placement courses.
Monday, January 12, 2009: 7:00 p.m. in the Dining Room
Mathematics (Calculus AB)
Science (Chemistry, Biology)
Visual and Performing Arts (Art Studio, Art History)
4th ANNUAL CATFIGHT – January 16
The 4th Annual Catfight takes place on Friday, January 16. Following the varsity basketball game against Presentation High School, Notre Dame will host a sock hop for all high school students who attend the game. The sock hop will take place in the small gym and will end at 11:00 p.m. We are in need of a few parent chaperones. If you will be at the game and are willing to stick around for a sock hop, please email Theresa Vallez-Kelly, tvallez@ndhsb.org. Thank you.
FINANCIAL AID FORMS AVAILABLE
Financial Aid packets for the 2009-2010 school year are now available online or in the Business Office. Please call the Business Office to request a packet by mail. If you would like forms online, please click here to vist the financial aid web page. Please follow all instructions and return forms by the DUE DATES in order to be included in the Financial Aid Committee review process.
PARTY BUSES AND STRETCH LIMOS AT FORMAL DANCES
Please read the attached letter regarding Notre Dame High School's policy on party buses and stretch limousines for Winter Formal and Junior/Senior Prom.
FACULTY WISH LIST
During the holiday season, parents sometimes like to do something special for their daughter's favorite teacher, or to show appreciation to the school at Thanksgiving or Christmas time. If you would like to brighten the day of our faculty and staff, please refer to the Faculty Wish List. Our faculty and staff work hard every day to support your daughter, and they love to know that you appreciate their efforts! Please contact Andrea Feeney at ext. 225 or afeeney@ndhsb.org with any questions.
INFORMATION FOR SEMESTER GRADES LOWER THAN C-
If your daughter's PowerSchool reports indicate that she has any
grades below C- at this point, click to read
some very important information.
FIRST ANNUAL TURKEY TROT
Our First Annual Turkey Trot was a success! It was a great way to start the Thanksgiving
holiday. Over 300 students,
faculty, and staff signed up! Click
HERE to see Turkey Trot pictures!
Click
HERE to read an article about the Turkey Trot.
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY POLICY AND PROCEDURES: AN UPDATE
Attached is the final version of Notre Dame
High School's Academic Integrity Policy and Procedures. The drafting committee has completed
the major portion of their work including the information process and activity
with our students about our expectations and support for a culture of academic
integrity in the school community.
The teachers and administrators who will serve on the AIRB (Academic
Integrity Review Board) are the following: Dr. Liz Hegarty, Mrs. Allison Hurley, Mrs. Ann
Schaefer-Salinas, Mr. Ryan Martin-Spencer. Ms. Cristin Winn, Ms. JoAnn Kozloski, and a member of the
Counseling Department will rotate presence on the Board. The AI Policy and Procedures are
effective now, and we ask that you
place it in your Parent Student Handbook as an addendum. Any revisions to this policy will be
published in the Parent Student Handbook in 2009-2010.
eScrip Information
Christmas shopping is here. Sign up with eScrip and you can earn $200 annually for our group. eScrip works with merchant partners to contribute each time you shop – at no cost to you. Go to www.escrip.com. Click on "sign-up." Follow the instructions to register your grocery cards and your existing credit/debit cards. It's Easy! It's Free! It's Powerful!
