International News - Mater Dei High School

MATER DEI HIGH SCHOOL
International News
What are the international students up to?
August-September 2012
Welcome Dance
Vol. I, No. 1
Parent Newsletter
DATES TO REMEMBER
Students danced the night away in
neon and white dress for the annual
welcome dance sock-hop!
International Student Ice Cream Social
On August 24, our Chinese Monarchs
and members of the ASB met for the
first time. The ASB students gave private
tours of the school and helped show
each international student where their
classrooms were located. Our new
students met with their counselors,
received their books and enjoyed ice
cream on a hot summer day!
Sept. 1728
Homecoming Dance ticket
sales (Int’l students do
not need to purchase
tickets but MUST turn in a
permission slip).
Sept. 21
All School Spirit Rally
Sept. 21
MD Varsity Football Game
at Orange Coast College
(vs. Edison)
Sept. 22
Freshman Welcome Dance
Sept. 29
ShortsFest & Improv
Comedy Event
Oct. 5
MD Varsity Homecoming
Football Game at Santa
Ana Bowl (vs. J Serra)
Oct. 7
Homecoming Dance
Homestay Families:
Regularly check your student’s grades,
classwork, and attendance using the
Aeries portal. Find information and
troubleshooting help at the Aeries website.
Visit the Home Stay Discussion Board
at www.materdei.org/homestay. Keep
Faculty, staff, teachers, and students welcome our new Monarchs to Mater Dei and to in touch with other home stay families,
their new home for the school year! A great thank you goes out to the home stay families discuss and plan events, and share your
who are providing these students with a fun, nurturing, and loving environment.
experiences with each other!
Welcome to America!
We invite home stay families to send in photos of their host student so that we can show
what wonderful things families and students are up to in the monthly newsletter!
Reminder
Please submit monthly documents to Janet Lee, International Student Coordinator, at
[email protected].
For more information about the international student program or the home stay program,
please contact Janet Lee at (714) 957-3776 or via e-mail at [email protected].
Mater Dei High School in the Diocese of Orange, mindful of its mission to be witness to the love of Christ for all, believes every
person, as a child of God, regardless of race, condition, or age, has equal dignity and an inalienable right to an education. Therefore,
no qualified student will be denied admission to this school on the basis of sex, race, color, or national origin.