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Notes from Mrs. Greco
May 15, 2008
Thank you to Home & School for hosting our last general meeting of the year. The Fine Arts Festival was truly fine! Thank you to Mrs. Hagarty for moderating Forensics, Mrs. Cipolla for Art Workshop, and Mrs. Heinz for teaching Art K-8. Special thanks to Miss “D” and Mr. Schmauk for the live performance of the evening. This year Mr. Schmauk presented two students with a Most Improved Award. Congratulations to Maria Depman and Brandon Robinson. Our students are fortunate to have these opportunities to tap into their individual learning styles.
Congratulations to our new Home & School Committee members;
• President Elect: Kathy Judge
• Children’s Programs: Susan Cummings
• Secretary: Sheila Campbell
We are the recipients of a second grant from the Connelly Foundation: the PACT Program Faculty Enrichment Course entitled “Integrating Technology Across the Curriculum.” The course takes place over seven sessions on site at Immaculate after school hours. The value of this grant is $3500 and teachers are credited with twenty Act 48 hours.
We have also received an $850 grant for a K-8 United Streaming License from the State of Pennsylvania. We use United Streaming in every subject area so we are very happy to be able to continue with its use through June 30, 2009.
Good luck to Griffin Ripley who was entered into the “Shining Star” contest at WOR 710 radio in NYC. Griffin’s CD with him singing Lean on Me was submitted and he is waiting to hear if he is in the top 25. We’ll keep you posted as soon as we receive the results. We’re proud to have Griffin represent us!
From time to time, our grads stop by to share what they are doing or we hear the news and would like to pass it on to you! Congratulations to Helen Clay who has been elected President of Bishop McDevitt Student Council for 2008-2009 and Darcy O’Hara who was elected President of her class at St. Basil’s. On April 21 at the Down Town Club in Philadelphia, Regan O’Connell and Laura Clay were presented the 2008 Founders Award from the Emergency Aid of Pennsylvania Foundation Inc. Ninth grade students are nominated for this award by their school principal on the criteria of good citizenship, community spirit and leadership potential.
Save the date for ICS School Spirit Night: Thursday, May 22nd – 7-8:30 in the Church Hall at a cost of $10 per family. Student Government has designated next week as School Spirit Week with many surprises in store for students!
Color Day is Friday, May 23rd. Please remember that the shorts or sweats that are worn on Color Day are our regulation gym uniform shorts or navy blue sweats and a white or blue shirt (no inappropriate logos) or the New Spirit Shirt. Thank you, Student Government, for a great idea!
The parish Corpus Christi Procession takes place on Sunday, May 25th – rain or shine! The route has been shortened to a reverent “round the block.” First Communion students wear First Communion outfits and Confirmation students wear their Confirmation robes. Families are most welcome even if they are not part of our sacramental classes or choose not to dress in sacramental garb. The parish is looking forward to a big turnout from our school families.
McDevitt is holding a girls basketball camp the week of June 16-20. It is open to girls ages 7-14. The camp runs from 5-9pm at Bishop McDevitt and focuses on the fundamentals – ball handling, shooting, passing, rebounding, and defense. The goal of the program is to help the camper become a better basketball player by sharpening those skills. The cost is $100. Please call the office for a registration form.
This year marks year 2 of a one day event structured for boys at St. Charles Seminary. The day is open to boys in grades 6, 7, and 8. All the information about the day, including registration forms is available on the website: www.HeedTheCall.org.
We have 25+ campers for Camp Overbrook! That number entitles us to a bus from and to Immaculate. Our camp week will be July 28 to August 1st. Any additional registrations must call the school office before you send in your registration form to see if there is available space.
Thank you and keep those pictures coming! Your contributions are always wanted in helping us collect pictures for our various sites and publications. If you have any photos of activities that occurred during the 2007-2008 school year: the Halloween Hootenanny, Carol Night, Color Day, etc., please send them to the office to the attention of our WebWorkers. You can also email them to icswebsite@comcast.net.
Reminders and/or Enclosures:
• Alex’s Lemonade Stand is tomorrow! Thank you for your support of this
NJHS fundraiser.
• Don’t forget to return your Dorney Park permission slip. Only 40 slots
are available through Junior CYO for Grades 6, 7, & 8.
• Our Mother/Son Event takes place on Friday, May 30th in the ICS Cafeteria
from 6:30-9:00pm. $12 per person for this pizza party and self defense
demonstration. Questions: Call Denise Ripley 215-886-1593.