Notre Dame School

June 5, 2009

SUMMER OFFICE HOURS-MONDAY THRU FRIDAY, JUNE 8-JUNE 19, 2009                    9:00 to 12:00 NOON

FACTS SIGN-UP- You may come to the office to sign-up for FACTS on Wednesday or Thursday, June 10TH and 11TH from 8:00 AM –12 Noon or on Wednesday, July 8TH, from 8:00 AM -12 Noon.  Anyone wishing to change their FACTS agreement or needing to register for the first time will need to come to the office one of those days.  Any families wishing to pay 100% of their tuition directly to the school needs to do this before August 14, 2009. The school office will reopen again on Monday, August 17, 2009.

THANK YOU MARIA KOLEDIN- Everyone here at Notre Dame would like to give a big “thank you” to Maria Koledin for all her years of chairing the Scrip program. We appreciate all her time and effort.  This program has enabled many families to get some tuition breaks. It is a wonderful program, and it is because of parents like Maria that this program is able to continue.

SUMMER TUTORING is available from a certified teacher for Grades K-12 and is available Monday-Friday.  If you are interested please call Kristin Pierson at 724-699-5167.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 8TH GRADE CLASS!                                                             The following awards were given at the 8th grade graduation on Wednesday.

FACULTY AWARDS FOR  “OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT”                                   RELIGION-Gabrielle Dickson             MATH- Jennie Laeng

SCIENCE- Kelsey George                   ENGLISH- Victoria Volkay

SOCIAL STUDIES- Jennie Laeng       LITERATURE- Jennie Laeng

TECHNOLOGY- Rachel Burns             LANGUAGE ARTS- Shannon Gramley

TECHNOLOGY- Kyle Williams             ART- Stacy Goclano

MUSIC-Alicia Koledin                         PHYS. ED.- Gabrielle Dickson

MUSIC- Alessia Scoccia                     GERMAN- Alessia Scoccia

MUSIC- Victoria Volkay

CAROL WASSIL SCIENCE AWARD-Alonzo Santiago

PRESIDENT’S ACADEMIC AWARDS                   PRESIDENT’S ACADEMIC AWARDS        Category 1 Educational Excellence                Category II Educational Achievement   (Outstanding Academic Excellence)                (Outstanding Academic Achievement with                   Brie Dickson, Kelsey George                                              Extra Effort)                           Shannon Gramley, Alicia Koledin                  Monica Bober, June Grasso,                           Jennie Laeng, Victoria Volkay                       Vinnie Mastrian, Calvin Pryts,                                                                                                               Hannah Rauch, Alonzo Santiago,                                                                                                Alessia Scoccia, Matthew Votino

                                                                            

AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP AWARD                                                                                 Rachel Burns, Stacy Goclano, Drew Grabigel, Nicholas Jama, Hayden Jurko,                         Chaz Knott, Alessia Scoccia, Hannah Rauch, Kyle Williams

PTO SERVICE AWARD- Kyle Williams

AMERICAN LEGION AWARDS- Jennie Laeng and Matthew Votino

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS AWARDS- Drew Grabigel and Alicia Koledin

FLAG RAISERS : Nick Jama, Chaz Knott, Matt Votino & Kyle Williams

GRADE 8 ALTAR SERVERS- Rachel Burns, Brie Dickson, Stacy Goclano, Drew Grabigel, Shannon Gramley, Chaz Knott, Jennie Laeng, Vinnie Mastrian, Hannah Rauch, Alessia Scoccia , Victoria Volkay, Matt Votino

HONOR ROLL GRADE 8

FIRST HONORS                                SECOND HONORS         HONORABLE MENTION Gabrielle Dickson                                    Monica Bober                  Kyle Williams                   Kelsey George                                      Shannon Gramley                                                        Alicia Koledin                                 Calvin Pryts                                                              Jennie Laeng                                   Hannah Rauch                                                                                                                           Alessia Scoccia                                                                                                                          Victoria Volkay

HONOR ROLL FOR GRADE 6

FIRST HONORS                      SECOND HONORS         HONORABLE MENTION           Jordan Bekelja                            Emilee Taylor                   Jessica Garcia                             Sean Gramley                             Nina Ordinario                  Jacob Leipheimer                      Gerald Koledin                           Andrew Rauch                                                                    Abby Lenhart                                                                                                              Stephen Petrochko                                                                                                             Skylar Villegas                                                                                                               Jacqueline White                                                                                                             Nicholas Berent                                                                                                                Megan Chess

HONOR ROLL FOR GRADE 7

FIRST HONORS                      SECOND HONORS                   HONORABLE MENTION    Holly Grober                                      Anthony Cannone                     Joseph Babcanec                   Noelle Millan                                                                              Clayton Barton     

                                                                                                Kylee Cromie

                                                                                                Sam Crow

                                                                                                Alex Tallarico

                                                                                                Katy Thompson

 

TEACHER’S CORNER -  Thank you to Frank and Ann Bober for the coffee and donuts on Monday.  We enjoyed the treat.   Thank you to the 7th grade students and parents for the outstanding dinner at graduation.  Your numbers are few but your presentation was grand.   Thank you to all of the 8th grade class trip chaperones.  Thank you to the PTO for buying the teachers and staff Sports Fun Day T-shirts.  We wore them with pride. 

 

LUNCH FOR NEXT YEAR- If you have any comments, suggestions and requests for lunches for next year please email Mrs Swartz at amandaswartz@live.com.

Library News:  Inventory has been completed.  The following books were found to be missing.  These books have “Notre Dame School” stamped inside of them, a call number on the binding and a bar code on the back cover.  We would appreciate having them returned, if anyone happens to stumble across one this summer.  Thanks!

E DIA    Disney Princess

E FLO    Barn Owl

E JAB   The Mane Event

E HEN   Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird

E MAR   I Spy Fantasy

E MCC    Blueberries For Sal

E WAD   Let’s Go Home Little Bear

FIC COO   It’s Just A Stage

FIC FLO   Grandpa’s Farm:  4 Tall Tales

FIC PEC   A Long Way From Chicago

FIC STA   Under The Persimmon Tree

FIC THO   The New Policeman

REF 031   Compton’s Encyclopedia, Volume 3 “B”

92 POP   Pope John Paul II  A Tribute

598 S    Birds

759 CHA   Famous Artists of the Past

796.332 GUT   Emmitt Smith:  NFL Super Runner

          MISSING YOU ALREADY……………

TO ALL OUR SCHOOL FAMILIES- HAVE A SAFE,                                                     ENJOYABLE CAREFREE SUMMER VACATION.

WE WILL BEGIN THE 2009-2010 SCHOOL YEAR ON                                    TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

HAPPY SUMMER!

SCRIP TIP                     June 5, 2009

 

Thank you! We sold over $10,000.00 in scrip cards last week. What a great week to end the school year with. Thank you for all your support.

 

SUMMER SCRIP: Scrip will ONLY be available in the church office, Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM - 2:00PM and at 5:30 PM, 8:00 AM & 10:00AM Masses. These are the only times it will be available, please plan ahead.

          Orders can be dropped off at the Church office or Mass.

IMPORTANT UPDATES:

·        Auntie Anne’s Pretzel has been discontinued

·         Panera Bread are now available in $10 & $25 cards

·         JCPenney: As of June 30,2009, JCPenney gift cards will no longer be accepted as payment on their JCPenney charge account. 

·        Springfield Group (Hickory Grill): We have available the $10 & $20 cards only. The $25 card is no longer available.

OVER STOCK: We have in stock the following for sale:

Boston Market 3 cards -  $10.00 each

Express 2 cards - $25.00 each

Lord & Taylor 2 cards - $25.00 each

Scrip is available in the Church Office and at all weekend Masses. Any questions contact Ann Miller at the Church office 724-981-5566.