THS Weekly February 15, 2008 | Issue #22
In This Issue... • From the Executive Director • From the Parents Club • From the Nurse’s Office • From the Development Office • From the Admissions Office • From the Counselor’s Office • From the School Store ● From the Athletic Office ● Calendar of Events Directory Updates -none-		From the Executive Director We hope that you found the Parent Teacher Conferences beneficial to your child’s academic success. If you were unable to attend the Parent Teacher Conferences today please do not hesitate to schedule an appointment with your teacher(s) at any time. Children on Campus after the School Day:  Parents, please supervise your children, especially the younger ones if you are on campus after normal school hours. We have been experiencing some problems with younger children left to play on the playground in front of the school when there are no adults present. We would like to thank the Parents Club, Room Parents and many others for the wonderful treats for our children and faculty/staff for Valentine’s Day. Thanks to Prudence Lidbury, parent chaperones and the Valentine’s Day Dance Committee of parents for organizing the High School dance at our gym last Saturday night. It is the first dance we have had in the new gym. The students did a great job decorating the gym.  The event was also well attended and enjoyed by students who conducted themselves like ladies and gentlemen.  Well done! Good luck to our Boys soccer team this weekend with their playoff game this Saturday. Details are in the athletic section. Thank you to the families that helped bake for our very successful Pre-K-Kindergarten Open House this past Tuesday: Leticia De La Torre Adrianna Gallagher Michelle Jennings Donna Terreri Claudia Stephens Graciela Lopez Denise Wright Maria Arenas Also, a special thank you to Lori Ring and Cecelia Williams who acted as Parent Ambassadors and spoke with the prospective families throughout the morning. Thank you to the Tichelaar’s for their generous participation in the Valentine’s Day Prom Fundraiser. Chapel News:  THS wishes to express gratitude and appreciation to Anthea Schneider, for her donation to The Highlands School Chapel!  With Anthea’s donation, THS Altar Society was able to purchase items needed for Baptism:  a portable Baptismal font, Baptismal oil stocks, a Baptismal shell, Towels, and Baptismal Rite books.  Anthea is the Godmother of Payton, Ashton, Merrick and Maddox Johnson, baptized December 12, 2007.  May God Bless Anthea and her family for their love and generosity!  A Lenten Opportunity:  Sunday, February 17^th, Vocation Action Network will host family Adoration for Vocations, from 7:00-8:00 P.M., in THS Chapel. Fr. Frank Formolo, LC, will offer Exposition and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. Cesar Herrera, will give a short testimony of his personal experiences with Fr. Marcial Maciel, LC, Founder of the Legionaries of Christ and Regnum Christi.  All are invited!  All are needed!  “…It is not surprising that where people pray fervently, vocations flourish.” Pope Benedict XVI For more information, contact:  Alden or Connie Kielhorn 972-570-9129. The Highlands School Mathematics Competition Scored Results Catholic Schools Week 2008 First Grade – Miss Rooney First Grade – Miss McCormick 1^st Place Michael Zamboni Mohitha Peram 2^nd Place Josh Tummala Pete Weigman Second Grade – Mrs. Hinton Second Grade – Mrs. Lamers 1^st Place Michael Gutierrez Therese Wales 2^nd Place Daniel Figy Madie Terreri Third Grade – Mrs. Wingard Third Grade – Mrs. Krause 1^st Place Andrew Olinger Jack Mackenzie 2^nd Place Donovan Coronado Ravi Sony Fourth Grade Girls Fourth Grade Boys 1^st Place Carla Reyes Will Carleton 2^nd Place Allison Garish Philip Kim Fifth Grade Girls Fifth Grade Boys 1^st Place Mackenzie Camas Sung Yoon Choi 2^nd Place Barbara Bush FahadKhalid Sixth Grade Girls Sixth Grade Boys 1^st Place Carolyn Mackenzie Gary Kim 2^nd Place Mary Cole Nicholas Engel Seventh Grade Girls Seventh Grade Boys 1^st Place Andrea Baquero Gonzalo Arreola 2^nd Place Savanna Dinkel Josh Wales Eighth Grade Girls Eighth Grade Boys 1^st Place June Chang Gonzalo Ricaud 2^nd Place Hannah Tenney Emilio Mayagoitia Lower School Champions First Grade – Mohitha Peram Second Grade – Michael Gutierrez Third Grade – Jack Mackenzie The Highlands Middle School Essay Contest Winners: (Catholic Schools Week 2008) Boys School 4^th and 5^th Grade Division – Dow Zabolio 6^th – 8^th Grade Division – Josh Wales Girls School 4^th and 5^th Grade Division – Bernadette Cole 6^th – 8^th Grade Division – Savanna Dinkel Congratulations on your hard work! Go Blazers! Auction Shirt Policy:  If your family sells 20 raffle tickets, you may wear your “spirit wear” up to six (6) times during the school year.  We will not have a shirt made specifically for the auction this year.  “Spirit Wear” dates are Mondays only. The following are the remaining dates. February 25, 2008    March 3, 2008 AUCTION GALA How Can I Help? Donate a gift. What can I give? a. Airline Miles (50,000 per trip – Coach and 90,000 First Class) b. Electronics c. Religious Items d. Mexican pottery and ceramics e. Anything you can think of! Parents, Mr. Davis and Mr. Finkenkeller will be at The Highlands School every Friday morning, until the Auction, to collect gifts. Just bring them when you come to school in the morning and we’ll take care of everything thing else. Come to the Auction Fill out the RSVP and give it to the parent here in the drop off line. They will get it to the Auction Office for you. Bring a friend to the Auction The more people who come to the Auction and bid on items, the better the auction will be. Bring your friends- it’s a great evening of fun and it’s for a great cause: Our Children! What else? a. We need more live auction gifts b. Return your RSVP c. Sell Raffle Tickets PLEASE DONATE YOUR USED BOOKS AND DVDS! Do you have any books and DVDs around the house you no longer need?  Please consider donating them to The Highlands School.  THS will keep any useful book or DVD and sell the rest to buy resources. Children’s Books                              Cartoons Novels                                                Documentaries How-To Books                                  Drama movies Recipe Books                                Action movies Any book EXCEPT textbooks        Any DVD! Please drop your used books and DVDs in the BOXES LOCATED in the library, in the entrance to the Boys and Girls buildings, or in the Main Office. Thank you for your support! From the Parents Club Parents Club Weekly Update: 2/15/08 Teacher Appreciation: The Parent’s Club provided cupcakes for the teachers for Valentine’s Day to show our love for all that they do for our children – Thank you teachers! Thank you also to Andrea Trejo, Teacher Appreciation Chair, for arranging for the goodies for the teachers. Parents Club Chair Positions Available for 2008-2009 School Year: The Parents Club relies solely on the help of parent volunteers it order to provide activities for our children and teachers throughout the year. The following chair positions are available for the next school year: 1-2 Co-Presidents Room Parent Coordinator Sally Foster Cookie Dough/Gift Wrap Sales Field Day (K-3^rd) Please consider volunteering for one of these positions and contact Jeannie Williamson at dorjwilliamson@verizon.net for more information. From the Nurse Dear Parents, Bishop Farrell held a Safe Environment Training class on Tuesday, February 12, 2008, which I attended. Bishop Farrell is making Safe Environment a priority to keep our children Safe. He is implementing many changes at the Diocesan level with new personnel to oversee this program. Barbara Landregan is the new Director of Safe Environment for the Diocese of Dallas. As new things happen I will keep you up to date. At this time, there are still a number of Volunteer Room Mothers who have not updated or taken the Safe Environment Training. It is imperative that you take this training in order to continue to work with the THS children. Please visit the School and see me to take the training. If you have updated your training on the Internet, please bring me your certificate. The Diocese is quite emphatic that anyone who is not up to date with Safe Environment will not be allowed to work with the children. If you have any questions about this matter, please call me at 972-438-8218 ext. 212 or email me at kbrown@thehighlandsschool.org. Thank you, Karin Brown School Nurse and Safety Officer From the Development Office Gifts-in-kind: The following items would be very helpful if anyone has any personal or corporate connections to donate to THS: Portable stage: For plays– contact Cris Hannis, ext. 261 or channis@thehighlandsschool.org. 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. DVD/TV – contact Cris Hannis at ext. 261 or channis@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.