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From the Executive
Director
New
Sports Court: Construction has begun: Our new outdoor
sport court will be located on the fenced in sand-pit near the Pre-K
parking lot. The Sports Court will feature an end-to-end Roller-Hockey court. Crossways from
the Hockey court, there will be lines painted and goals for two Basketball courts. The height
of the goals will be adjustable for smaller children and regulation size.
There will also be crossways two Volleyball
courts of regulation size superimposed over the Basketball courts.
Inserts will be installed for Volleyball poles and nets. A small concrete
structure will be built nearby to store athletic equipment for the Sports
Court. The Sports Court is scheduled for completion around June 5th. Our children
will have a wonderful facility waiting for them when school starts in
August. The Sports Court is being funded by a dear friend of the school.
The Sports Court will be made available for recesses, physical education
classes and general recreation for all grades.
Congratulations to the Pre-K (4)
Marriage of the Letters Q and U. The ceremony took
place at 9:00 a.m. this morning. Well done to the students, supportive
parents, and Pre-K faculty. The letters were successfully united and they
sped off the campus in a Corvette headed for a lifetime of bliss. I
believe the photographers presents outnumbered the size of the entire White
House Press Corps.
Papal
Blessing and portrait of Pope Benedict XVI.
Please note in our Main Office the newly acquired portrait of the Holy
Father with the seal of the Vatican and a Papal Blessing of our school. The
portrait and blessing was arranged through the efforts of Father Dan Hennessy, LC (THS Class of
1993) and arrived here in the United States and safely to The Highlands
School through the diligence of Coach
John Holbrook. We appreciate this wonderful and blessed addition to our
school.
Thanks to Denise and Curtis Wales for donating a set of drums.
Thanks to Katie and Gregg Dodd for their donation of a trombone.
Our special thanks to and appreciation
to Ms. Alina Maldonado for a
successful – International Passport Day at The Highlands School this past
week.
Our Annual Fund drive closes April 30th. Please turn
in your donations if you have not donated already or click on www.thehighlandsschool.org,
then click on Fundraising.
We
wish to honor our administrative staff in acknowledgement of Administrative Assistants Day this
past Wednesday. Thanks to our
administrative assistants
Joe
Bieger, Debbie Hurley, Wilbert O’Hara, Steve Petit, Lucille Urso, and
Tiffany Waits.
Mother’s Day
Celebration: The Highlands School will host a celebration to honor all mothers
on Thursday, May 8 from 8:30 a.m. -
11:00 a.m. Mass will be held in
the Gym. Mothers and children may
sit together. Brunch for the mothers will be served in the Dining Hall.
Used
Uniform Sale: Thursday, August 14
and Friday, August 15, 2008 in the Black Box Theater. Click here
for more info… and more
here…
Saturday
Morning Mass at THS: Newly ordained, Father Justin Kielhorn, LC,
son of Alden and Connie Kielhorn, will be visiting his family, and celebrating
Mass with the intention of Appreciation and Thanksgiving for The
Highlands School Staff and Dallas Regnum Christi Section, Saturday,
April 26, at The Highlands School Chapel, at 8:30 a.m. A casual,
light, continental breakfast in the Assembly Hall will follow Mass and
allow Father Justin a chance to greet you. If you are able to join
us, please RSVP to Alden and Connie Kielhorn:
972-570-9129 or email to: kielhorn@familink.com by Thursday, April
24.
Conference by Immaculee Ilibagiza,
survivor of the 1994 Rwandan Holocaust, on April 30 at 6:30 pm at
the Frontiers of Flight Museum
Immaculee is regarded as one of world's
leading speakers on peace, faith, and forgiveness. You won’t want to
miss this exceptional opportunity to hear her triumphant and inspiring
story. Immaculee’s remarkable story of survival is only the beginning of an
inspiring journey through faith to an impossible end—to seek out and
forgive even her family’s killers.
Click
here for more information
The
2008-2009
Academic Calendar
is now on THS website.
Summer School:
We have a terrific summer school and athletic sports camp planned. Please
see our web site for details – www.thehighlandsschool.org. Deadline for registration has been
extended to May 1, 2008.
LC
Pastoral End of the Year Men’s Retreat:
The Mass of Appreciation Retreat for Men will take place Friday, May, 30 thru Sunday,
June 1, 2008 at the Montserrat Retreat House – 600 N. Shady Shores Drive in
Lake Dallas. Registration fee for
this event is $250 and due by May 5, 2008.
Please contact John Austin at 972.922.6052 or j.austin@meditec.zeiss.com.
From the Development
Office
Annual
Fund Campaign
Thanks
to all have contributed to the Annual Fund Campaign so far. We are at
$201,000 and 70% participation. If you have not made a contribution,
please get it in on or before April 30th. We need
100% participation – give what you can give and help support our school!
Gifts-in-kind: The following items would be very helpful if
anyone has any personal or corporate connections to donate to
THS:
Donated: A set of drums thanks
to Denise and Curtis Wales
Donated: A trombone thanks to Katie
and Greg Dodd
Event Chairs: 300 in bulk, new – contact Brad
McKinnie, ext. 237 or maintain@thehighlandsschool.org.
Six (6) - computers – capable of 1.6GHz Pentium Dual
Core Processor or 2.2GHz AMD Athlon 64 Processor,512MB RAM (Memory), 80GB
or better Hard Drive, DVD-ROM, Video Card, Sound Card, Network Adapter, No
Operating System Required. Contact Mr. Mulvaney at ext. 252 or mmulvaney@thehighlandsschool.org.
One (1) defibrillator – child or adult – contact Nurse Karin
Brown at ext. 212 or kbrown@thehighlandsschool.org.
One (1) new or used vehicle in good operating condition such as a
mini-van. Contact Brad McKinnie at ext. 257 or maintain@thehighlandsschool.org.
Fifteen (15) Digital Projectors – contact Kyle Roberts at ext. 217 or kroberts@thehighlandsschool.org.
New or Used Band Instruments - Suitable for
beginning or intermediate Middle School musicians. Please contact Martha
Lamberti at ext. 224 or mlamberti@thehighlandsschool.org.
In-kind gifts are tax deductible and will be
recognized by Cris Hannis in our Development Office, ext. 261.
Click and Pledge for the Annual Fund:
The Annual Fund Campaign is vital to the
success of operating The Highlands School. All of the funds raised go
directly to support the annual operating budget. Specifically,
contributions fund financial aid and scholarships, academic programs,
faculty enrichment and athletics. As tuition does not cover the full
cost of educating our students, we must rely on the support of our families
and friends to close the gap.
Our expectation is that each family
contributes at least $1,000 and we achieve 100% participation. Our community
is the foundation of our existence. Be part of it and participate.
Contribute today and together we will attain
our goal of $275,000!
Just click below and you can complete your
contribution:
http://www.thehighlandsschool.org/ths/forms/fundraising/annualfunddrive.asp
“Every time you
give your child receives”
From the Parents Club
PARENT'S CLUB NEWS:
Pope
Benedict would have been proud! Luz Soto and her team did a fantastic
job last week with the Pope Benedict celebration! In case you weren't
able to be at the school last week, Luz and her team displayed yellow and
white ribbons with pictures of Pope Benedict and important
facts throughout the lower school building and downstairs by the Assembly
Hall. The students were given a quiz at the end of the week to see
how many of these facts they remembered! There was a special flag
raising ceremony early in the week, and a wonderful cake for everyone
to enjoy on Friday! A big THANK YOU to Luz and the following
volunteer Moms: You're the best!!
Maria
Isabel Mayagoitia Carolina Najera Ana Maria Munoz
Donna
Terreri Tracy
Zamboni Jessica Hernandez
Martha Oseguera Isabel Cerrilla Lourdes Reyes
Tracey Bonini is out
this week.
VARSITY BASEBALL
1st
Round Playoff game: Monday at 6pm vs. Bullard
Brookhill in Bullard, TX.
The
varsity boys finished the season at 12-6, an eight wins improvement from
the 2007 season.
VARSITY SOFTBALL
The
varsity girl’s softball ended the season at 6-8, a 3 win improvement from
the 2007 season. Congratulations to
the girls and Coach Hamilton on a job well done. With a lot of young talent, we’re all
very excited about the future of Highlands softball.
VARSITY TENNIS
April
25/26 State Tennis Meet Waco, TX (Baylor Tennis Center) – 8:00 a.m.
VARSITY TRACK
Regional
Track Meet Results:
4x200 –James Meier, Noah Eshleman, Jose Pecego,
Robert Johnston (8th)
High Jump –James Meier (6th)
DPL BASEBALL
Division
2 Boys (Lost a double header last Sunday, overall record is 1-3)
Sun
April 27
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ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT
NOTES
Spring
Football and Volleyball will begin practice on Thursday, May 1. The
football team will be attending a movie directly after the Saturday, May 3
practice at
12:00
p.m. The volleyball team will have a similar activity planned.
Please make sure to plan your family schedules accordingly, and have player
permission slips back to the Athletic Director by April 30.
We
are requesting names of volunteers for BLAZER BOOSTER CLUB (BBC)
positions for the 2008-2009 school year.
Please
contact Mark Diaz at mdiaz@thehighlandsschool.org
and help your sons and daughters Highlands athletic experience be the best
it can be.
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News from the Lower, Middle and High
Schools
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Library News: As the school year
draws to an end, many thanks are due to those who have contributed to the
library this year. We are grateful to those who generously donated books,
as well as to those who gave of their time and talents by volunteering to
help with various projects. Their efforts have not gone unnoticed and we,
the faculty and students of the Highlands School, sincerely appreciate
their help in enhancing and improving our library.
All
parents and students may come to see and enjoy the newly donated books,
located toward the front entrance of the library, on any weekday from 8:00
a.m. to 4:00 a.m. The library will be open until May 9. Afterwards, the
library will be closed to students so that we can start assessing how many
books the library is missing, so that our collection will be complete by
the end of the school year. I know that some of you received white slips a
few weeks ago with the books that are overdue from your accounts and I want
to thank you for your prompt efforts to find and return them. I will
continue to inform you of the books that are missing, so that as a team we
can help to preserve the Highlands School’s library collection.
Please
feel free to contact me at extension 222 if you have any questions, or if
there is any way that I can better help or serve you here in the library!
Thank
you very much!
God
bless you,
Carrie
Dodd
The Highlands School Store News
Stop by the School Store and see what’s new
We are now
offering the 2006-07 Yearbooks
for only $30. We also have the 2007
Full-School panoramic pictures for $10.
Your School Store is
looking for additional volunteers to staff the store one hour a week during
the following hours of operation. Weekday
mornings, 7:45 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. and afternoons 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. on
Tuesday & Thursday only. The store hours have become widely
accepted by our families and we are experiencing difficulty maintaining the
hours with the current level of volunteers. Your help is
needed. If interested, please call Joe Bieger at ext. 240 to apply as
a store volunteer.
On behalf of the School Store and
volunteers,
Thank you for your support.
This Week
Monday,
April 28
Exploring
College Options – (9th – 11th encouraged to attend)
Duke,
Georgetown, Harvard, Penn and Stanford
Student/Parent
Information Sessions at 7:30pm -Dallas Marriott Quorum
(near the Galleria) 14901 Dallas Parkway, Dallas, TX 75254
(972-687-7482)
RSVP
website: http://exploringcollegeoptions.org/rsvp.htm
Tuesday, April 29
Field Day Kinder -3rd grade –
Please contact Leah Cannon with any questions – leahcannon@cityvet.com or Click Here for Details of the
Event.
Wednesday, April 30
Field Trip – 1st grade – Texas
Discovery Gardens (Fair Park).
Departure at 10:00 a.m. and returning at 12:30 p.m.
Box Tops for Education: Please
keep sending in those box tops for education.
The collection is ongoing and we are keeping track of the class
totals. The totals will be announced
at the end of April and there
will be another pizza party for the
winning class. Parents, please label the bag with your child’s name
or Homeroom Teacher’s name. Thank
you for your support.
Thursday, May 1
Catholic
Leadership Forum – High School Boys – 8:20 a.m. High School
Girls – 1:30 p.m. in the Assembly Room.
Guest speaker for boys will be determined later. Roberta Luxbacher, General Manager of Corporate
Planning (ExxonMobil) will speak to the girls.
Adoration for Vocations – 8:20 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. in the Chapel.
Field Trip – 2nd grade – Irving Arts Center “Flat
Stanley”. Departing THS at 9:30 a.m.
and returning at 2:00 p.m.
Varsity Spring Practice begins – Gym 3:30 p.m.
Friday, May 2
First Friday Mass
- Girls – 8:20 a.m. and Boys – 10:10 a.m. in the
Chapel.
2008-09 New Family
Coffee – 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Main Building Conference Room.
Saturday, May 3
SAT Test – All Juniors are required to take
this test.
Prom
2008 “Casino
Royale” Prom – Park Cities Hilton. Please
contact Prudence Lidbury at ppynlidbury@aol.com, or click
here for Prom Facts.
Future Events
Monday, May 5
2nd
grade – First Communion Mass and Brunch – 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Tuesday, May 6
Deadline to register for June 7, 2008 SAT
Test.
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