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Notre Dame High School Newsletter	Notre Dame High School January 22, 2010

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In This Issue

:: Motown 'til Midnight

:: From the Desk of the Assistant Principal

:: Student Speaker Contest

:: CORE Seniors Give Presentations

:: New at the Tiger Cage

:: Limos and Dances

:: Winter Formal Online Ticket Sales

:: Attention NDB Seniors and Senior Parents: Blue Form Update

:: Mark Your Calendars: NDB Annual Catfight

:: Power School Reports

:: Campus Cafe January Menu

:: Peer Tutoring Available

:: Attention Juniors

:: Financial Aid Forms Available Online

:: Father Daughter Dance

:: Schedule Counseling Reminder

:: Faculty/Staff Wish List

:: Annual Fund Phone-a-thon Underway

:: Rapid Notifying Emergency Alert System

Motown 'til Midnight is fast approaching!

Are you ready for a brand new beat? Then please take this opportunity to log onto to our event website to check out some of the fabulous live and silent auction items that will be offered throughout the evening on Saturday, February 20. Please RSVP online to take advantage of our Early Bird savings ticket price of only $75 per person.

This Auction is the largest fundraiser for Notre Dame High School. Your support, either by attending the auction, bidding on auction items, donating to the auction, purchasing raffle tickets, advertising in our program and volunteering for the event, is critical to its success. Please take a moment to consider how you can help!

If you want to donate an item, advertise in the auction catalog or sponsor the auction, click here.

Extra Auction Donor Solicitation letters and forms are available on the bench outside of Room 105.

Donation Solicitation Letter

Volunteers Needed!

Can you lend a hand? A donation of your time is equally valuable to the success of the auction! Volunteers are needed for packaging silent auction items at school on weekends beginning on January 23. Volunteers will also be needed to set up and decorate at the hotel on Friday, February 19 and to provide assistance during the event on February 20 including greeting and registering guests, supervising the silent auction tables, and checking out guests at the end of the evening. Contact Shelley Pavela, Auction Volunteer Coordinator, at sfpavela@gmail.com if you are interested. Shelley or the appropriate Auction committee chair will also be contacting those who have already volunteered to help in the next week. Thanks for your support!

IT'S RAFFLE TIME!

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Every year, in conjunction with our annual auction/dinner fundraiser, our students hold a raffle. This year's event, Motown 'til Midnight, will be held on February 20th. The proceeds of this raffle go back to our school for needed NDB projects and scholarships. Each student is asked to sell a minimum of two books of tickets which is outlined in the student/parent handbook.

Like last year, tickets are $10 a piece or $100 for a book of tickets (12 tickets). The winning tickets will be pulled the night of the auction (you do not need to be present to win). The student who sells the First Place winning ticket will also get a very nice prize.

RAFFLE PRIZES:
First Place Prize: $15,000
Second Place Prize: $3,000
Third Place Prize: $1,000

Your daughter will be receiving raffle instructions and her two ticket books on Friday, January 29 during her advisory class. Incentive awards will be given during the next three weeks to all students who turn in ticket sales.

Additional tickets can be obtained in the Events / Development Department through Denise Severi or Julie Clemens, or by contacting Ronele McCurdy or Liza Vernazza, Class of 2010 parents and Raffle Committee Co-Chairs.

We appreciate your support in helping us make this year's raffle a big success.

Fund-a-Need

The fund-a-need auction item will be designated for classroom painting! The fund-a-need program offers all potential donors to bid at various amounts. We will produce a video to showcase before and after classrooms (thanks to the Levine brothers!). We will be offering one-year naming opportunities for the classroom sponsorships, and groups of bidders can join together. More information will be forthcoming in the next few weeks.

From the Desk of the
Assistant Principal

GolfBanner We are required by San Mateo County to inform you that the school has been notified of two cases of head lice. The first date of exposure was Friday, January 15, 2010.

Click here for information regarding treatment.

Compete in the 73rd Annual Student Speakers Contest

GolfBanner All students who are currently in grades 9-12, who attend public/private/home schools, may compete in this contest.

Topic: Universal Healthcare - How Will It Affect Us?

The District, Area and Mutiple District winners are awarded scholarships to any accredited 2 year or 4 year colleges or universities. Click here for more information and competition rules.

CORE Seniors to Give Presentations

GolfBanner On Thursday, January 28, during the lunch period, seniors who worked on CORE service projects will be presenting to their peers.

Students will be sharing their work and involvement with various agencies. Underclass students who are seeking opportunities for service will learn of the agencies available to them. Parents are welcomed!

New at the Tiger Cage

FLEECE VESTS ARE HERE!

The Navy polar fleece vests are available in sizes XS, Small, Medium, and Large for $30.00. Also available are Micro-Fleece Jackets in Navy (Size Small) and Grey in Sizes Medium, Large and XL for $38.00. Come to the Tiger Cage to check out the new items!

Limos and Dances

GolfBanner This letter is to remind you of a change in policy made in November 2008 regarding student use of party buses and stretch limousines at the 2009 Winter Formal and Prom and at all formal dances thereafter. read more

Winter Formal
Online Ticket Sales

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The winter formal dance is January 29, 2010! The theme this year is Cirque du Soleil.

Moore Pavilion
8:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.

Tickets for this magical night are $30.00 per person or $60.00 per couple and may be purchased online.

Attention Seniors and Senior Parents

NOTE ON GRADUATION DIPLOMAS

We are preparing the order for our diplomas and

and advise you that the student's registered name is what will be listed on the diploma. This name is what is also included on the report card.

BLUE FORM UPDATE

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In April, your daughter will receive the Award/ Scholarship Form and Final Transcript Request (Blue Form).

Please ask your daughter to keep all letters that indicate she has received a college, local, or community award or scholarship. She must submit a copy of the letter(s) with the Award/Scholarship Form to ensure that the award and the scholarship information are accurate for the Graduation Program and Academic Awards Celebration. She must also complete the Final Transcript Form to secure her acceptance to the College/University she will attend next fall.

Mark Your Calendars
Annual Soccer Catfight

Boosters' Annual
Soccer Catfight is
Saturday, February 6
11:00 a.m.

PowerSchool Reports

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If your daughter's PowerSchool reports indicate that she has any grades below C- at this point, here is a link to some important information.

mpus Cafe

The NDB Campus Cafe offers its lunch menu for January.

Peer Tutoring Available

Is your daughter struggling with a class or too shy to ask a teacher for help? Peer Tutoring will be available in all subjects. National Honor Society members volunteer as peer tutors. There is no cost, and students usually meet weekly with a tutor before or after school, during lunch or collaboration periods. If your daughter is interested in receiving tutotial assistance from a peer tutor, please tell her to come and see Mrs. Calamba in the Guidance Center.

Attention Juniors

GolfBanner Revolution Prep will be holding comprehensive SAT Courses leading up to the March 13 testing date. The course will be held on January 30 - March 9 at Notre Dame High School. If you have any questions regarding the course, call 1-877-REV-PREP (738-7737).

NDB Financial Aid Forms
DUE FEBRUARY 5

This is a reminder that financial aid forms are now available online at http://www.ndhsb.org/Admissions/financial_res.html.

For hard copies of these Financial Aid forms, please contact the Business office at 650-595-1913, ext. 230. Please note that you have to apply for financial aid annually for eligibility.

All forms must be received by February 5, 2010.

Families applying for financial aid must file their tax returns early and follow the proper instructions and timelines for consideration and eligibility. Because of the school's limited financial aid, resources will be awarded to those who submit their complete applications on time.

The Father-Daughter Dance is right around the corner.

Friday, February 26, 2010
7:30 pm - 10:00 pm

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Hey Dads! The Father-Daughter Dance is right around the corner. This is always a fun event! Tickets are $25 per dad/daughter couple and will be on sale, through the Notre Dame website, beginning February 1. Moms, we need your help too! We need moms for hospitality, baked goods, decorating, setup, and cleanup. Please contact Theresa Vallez-Kelly if you would like to help at tvallez@ndhsb.org.

Please remind your daughter to keep her Scheduling Meeting with her counselor.

From late January through mid-March, all students currently in grades 9, 10, and 11 will meet individually with their counselors to schedule the courses that they will take next year. At these meetings, the counselors will discuss future placement in light of past academic performance. (Placement, determined by current teachers, is based on students' first semester grades). We also discuss graduation requirements and plans for college. Students are encouraged to undertake as challenging a curriculum as they can without over-burdening themselves and to consider building the kind of solid extracurricular resume that will help them in their college application process.

Actual school and student schedules are not constructed until much later in the year: During this process, we will be entering students' course requests. If you would like to review your daughter's options, please access our Course Catalog online through the NDB website.

Your daughter will bring home her Student Course Request form for you to review and sign. If you have any questions about your daughter's placement, please contact her counselor.

Freshmen - Mrs. Calamba

Sophomores - Ms. Winifred Montgomery

Juniors - Mrs. Roseanna Montgomery

Special Needs Students - Ms. Winifred Montgomery

Faculty/Staff Wish List

For Visual Arts Department