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Summer
School: (Not for Credit) THS will offer a Summer School curriculum across multiple
disciplines for the first time starting in June. We will announce the curriculum in a
separate THS Alert and post it on the website.
We are looking at a variety
of one to two week courses in Math, Science, Languages, Writing and Sports
Camps. Courses will be taught by THS
faculty.
THS
Auction Saturday night will have a record attendance of 510. Thanks to Cris
Hannis, Mrs. Lyn LaMothe, Denis Farinholt, our Auction Committee members
and volunteers.
We
are doing extremely well in our reenrollments and new applications in our
Admissions Office for next year. Thanks to all families and friends of the
school for sending us some outstanding referrals. Keep up the good work of
telling the Highlands School story.
Thank you Lynda and Shawn Pingel for the new DVD player for
our school.
Friday night the Girls Student Council
presented a Family Variety Show
in the Assembly Room. The girls put together a terrific night of fun and
wholesome school community entertainment. Well done to all for making this
a fun night. Thanks to the “guest” faculty, staff, parent
entertainers who put smiles on everyone’s faces.
The Highlands School
Choir competed for the 3rd year in the TAPPS Vocal and Choral
Competition. The choir, comprised of 26 High School Students,
competed in 12 events. Of the 12 events, 10 received the highest
grades possible which qualified
them
for state competition.
This
year marks the third year in a row that the choir has qualified for state
competition; this is the most events we have taken to state competition
thus far.
The
repertoire performed included sacred music as well as pop/show choir
numbers. There were six entries from soloists.
CONGRATULATIONS!!! Senior Colleen Ahern, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Gregory Ahern, is a
winner in the 2008 Fireside Catholic Essay Contest about the importance of a
Catholic Education – Colleen will receive a check for $500.00 and receive a
plaque.
Adam Muller’s
(THS Faculty Member) new book, Classical
Rhetoric through Structure and Style, has been published by the
Institute for Excellence in Writing. The book is intended to be an
advanced High School level continuation of Dr. Andrew Pudewa’s Structure
and Style method, which we use for writing instruction at The
Highlands. The text teaches the student to compose essays and arguments
based on the Progymnasmata, the most enduring collection of
rhetorical exercises in the Western Tradition. A complete
writing composition course, the book also contains numerous source texts
from classical authors like Homer, Livy, and Shakespeare.
Pre-
Order PreK-3rd Lunch: You can now
preorder lunch for your Lower School child (PreK-3rd Grades).
Send completed forms and your check in a sealed envelope to your child’s
teacher or drop off in the main office. Deadline for orders is March 13,
2008.
Survey: The
Parent Surveys were released for online completion earlier this week. Please complete the Survey no later than
March 7. If you missed the email you
may launch to the Survey at:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=zu3vT94ztbi0op2X3hWPAw_3d_3d
Directors’
Day is Thursday, March 13, 2008, when The Highlands
School will honor our Formation Directors: Denise Funke and Fr. Alfonse
Nazzaro, LC. We honor them for their selfless service towards
ensuring the Integral Formation of our students.
Their
presence here directly and significantly helps to form the unique character
of The Highlands School. Having made the radical commitment of their
entire lives to Christ and the Church, they are constant daily witnesses to
our children and our families of the holiness and self-giving we are all
called to live. We desire to show them our gratitude and thus help
our children to value the importance these figures play in their lives.
Through
school activities on this day, teachers and students will have the opportunity
to show their gratitude to the Formation Directors and get to know them
better as friends and guides on the path to holiness. The most
important way we can help our Formation Directors is through prayer for
their needs and for their mission. Should you wish to help in a more
practical way to prepare for Directors’ Day, please contact Miss Adrienne
at ext. 241 or Br. Timothy at ext. 227 and Ricardo Avalos at ext. 351.
The Highlands School will have the honor of receiving a visit
from
Bishop Kevin Farrell, Friday, March 14, 2008 at
10:00 a.m.
To
show our gratitude and support for our Bishop, we wish to offer him a spiritual
bouquet. A spiritual bouquet is a list of different prayers or
sacrifices that someone pledges to offer for the person who receives
it. Anyone who desires may add their amount of promised prayers (for
example: attend Mass and offer it for him or her 5 days, pray 5 Hail
Mary’s, etc.) or sacrifices (sacrifices could include anything from not
gossiping to offering up a physical suffering) for the other person.
All students, faculty and their families are
invited to click on this link to The Highlands School website and enter the
number of Masses, visits to Christ in the Eucharist, mysteries of the
rosary, virtuous acts that entail some small sacrifice and works of
Christian charity or kindness that they promise to offer on behalf of
Bishop Farrell. Each person should enter the number that
he or she actually plans to offer for the bishop. We will add
up the total number in each category and present this as a gift to Bishop
Farrell on the day of his visit, so that he may feel encouraged knowing
that so many prayers are being offered by our community on his behalf.
Please take a moment to
participate in our spiritual bouquet, even if only to offer a single visit
to the Eucharist or a single Mass for our bishop. Not one is
insignificant in the eyes of God.
http://www.thehighlandsschool.org/ths08/forms/prayers/bishopkevin.asp
Last
High School Math Contest - The 6th and final
Texas State Mathematics League contest for High School students will take
place next Wednesday, March 12, from 2:40 to 3:15 PM in Room 132. The
student in each grade with the highest cumulative score will receive an
award certificate at the end of the school year. The leaders after 5
contests are:
12th
grade - Jamie Park, Taehoon Jeon, and Mary Finkenkeller
11th
grade - Molly Miller, Henry Kwon, and James Meier
10th
grade - Mary Elise Miller
9th
grade - Andy McCleneghen, Wilson Kim, and Nicole Kim
Congratulations
to our Math Team and many thanks to Mrs. Finkenkeller.
Good
Luck Team!
Parents
Club Committee Chair Positions Available for 2008-2009 School Year:
The following chair
positions are available for the next school year:
- Sally
Foster Cookie Dough/Gift Wrap Sales
- Field
Day (K-3rd)
Please consider
volunteering for one of these positions and contact Jeannie Williamson at dorjwilliamson@verizon.net
for more information.
K-3rd
Grade Field Day - Volunteers are needed to help with the K-3rd
Grade Field Day on April 29th from 8:30-12:30pm. If you
are interested in helping to plan this exciting day, please email Leah
Cannon at leahcannon@cityvet.com or call
214.801.6928. Thank you for your support.
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