Weekly Newsletter Coyle & Cassidy High School and Middle School Division
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Weekly Newsletter Coyle & Cassidy High School and Middle School Division
Coyle & Cassidy High School and Middle School Division 11/14/2014 Weekly Newsletter A Note from the Principal From the Health Office Congratulations to all of our students who achieved honor roll status during the first quarter! Your hard work certainly has been evident. I would encourage all of our students to continue their efforts. Please seek out extra help from your teachers as needed. Tutoring is also available through the National Honor Society. Students can check with their guidance counselor for more information. This week, I began mandatory height and weight screenings for seventh and tenth graders. If you do not want your child screened, you must notify me in writing. Spirit week is almost upon us! This is a very exciting time for all students to show their school spirit and compete as a class to earn spirit points. It is also a great way to give back to the community. Please see the detailed information provided by Mrs. Angeley in this newsletter. I would like to thank all of our fall student athletes and coaches for their commitment to their team and to our school! Job well done. Good luck to the cast and crew of ―Short Cuts‖, the first CC Drama production of the season. I wish all of our families a great weekend and week ahead. Thanks to all of you for submitting your children’s immunization records to me. We are now 100% compliant with immunization documentation. Many students have approached me asking for allergy medication. The health office does not provide allergy medication. If your child requires any medication (other than Tylenol or Motrin) you must supply the medication along with a doctor’s order. This applies to Epi Pens and Inhalers, and over-the-counter medications, including medicated cough drops. If your child has an inhaler or Epi Pen that they carry with them, there needs to be an order on file in the Health Office. I will be sending letters home soon to students with a history of asthma/ inhaler use and Epi Pen use who do not have current orders on file. If your child has an inhaler or Epi Pen, please provide me with a physician order (if you have not already submitted one this school year). Sincerely, Karen Wenger, R.N.,MS Sincerely, Kathleen St.Laurent Principal [STORY TITLE] FROM THE VICE PRINCIPAL OF STUDENT AFFAIRS SPIRIT WEEK ACTIVITIES AND WEAR News Flash! Read this very important news! Spirit Week 2014-2015! HIGH SCHOOL Let's help our service organizations while we are having some fun! The cost is $2 per day or 2 service items per day to be out of uniform and wear Spirit Week theme dress - This money will help NHS Christmas Gift Shop and the Food Pantry - this is a busy time for each organization! To make things a bit more interesting, we have some exciting incentives. 1. Winning class for Spirit Week will have a free pizza lunch. 2. Hall decorating, gym decorating, and class skits (music videos) will all be part of your Spirit Points so help out your class and be a part of each event. 3. There will be a raffle drawn each Spirit Week day for the students who have really shown their spirit by following each theme. We will have 3 winners from the whole school and 1 extra drawing each day from the class with the highest Spirit points. 4. Points will be deducted from your class total for all students not following the day's theme. 5. If you donate additional service items or extra money, your class will earn extra Spirit points. Help out some really great causes! DO: Wear sweatpants - hats - beads DO: Wear gym length shorts for boys DO: Wear leggings or jeggings if worn with shorts over them DO: Follow regular Jeans Day rules for grooming and jewelry exclusions DON'T: Wear sweatpants with writing on the backside No slippers No clothing with inappropriate or slogans No ripped or torn clothing Girls–no shorts unless worn over leggings/jeggings No skirts or dresses Clothing choice should be appropriate for the educational setting. Special additions/restrictions are included in the specific theme day descriptions. Class Color Wars- Thursday -11/20/14 Seniors - Purple Juniors - Blue Sophomores - Red Freshman - Pink Deck yourself out from head to toe in your class color to show your Coyle pride! Face paint and wigs in your class color are allowed. REMEMBER to wear as much of your class color as you can! Service Activity (Required to participate) - Bring in $2 or 2 packages of crayons, markers, or colored pencils to help out the Christmas Gift Shop. Win extra Spirit Points for your class by donating more than $2 or bring in extra crayons, markers, or color pencils. Comfy Day - Friday - 11/21/14 Today show your Coyle Pride and come to school in your comfiest clothes – You may wear hats, sweatpants, sweatshirts and flannel pants. All pants must be full length. REMEMBER – No slippers and all grooming regulations and jewelry restrictions are in effect. Service Activity (Required to participate) – Bring in $2 or 2 coloring books/activity books. Win extra Spirit Points for your class by donating extra money and coloring books/activity books. Murica Day - Monday - 11/24/14 Today show your pride in your country. Deck yourself in red, white, and blue. No camouflage unless it worn as military pride to honor American Servicemen. Service Activity (Required to participate) - $2 or 2 can goods to benefit the school Food Pantry. Win extra Spirit Points for your class by donating extra money or canned goods. Back In Time Day - Tuesday – 11/25/14 Do you love retro fashion? Dress in the style of a decade gone by – 70’s, 80’s! Be sure to the follow the ―Do and Don’t‖ regulations listed. Service Activity – (Required to participate) - $2 or a stuffed toy to benefit the Christmas Gift Shop. Win extra Spirit Points for your class by donating extra money or stuffed toys. BLUE & GOLD DAY - SHOW YOUR CC PRIDE AND SPIRIT - 11/26/14 Today wear blue and gold or CC wear. Hats and face paint will be allowed after the Thanksgiving Liturgy. Show your Warrior Spirit and let’s get Warrior Blue and Gold! Service Activity - Take a break from service activities. You have done a great job and the Student Council and the organizations you helped this week would like to say ―Thank You‖ for all your cooperation and help! EXTRA SPIRIT WEEK FUN! Wednesday November 19, 2014 – Decorate your hall with your class color! Win Spirit Points! Grades 9 and 10 decorate from 3pm to 6pm. Grades and 11 and 12 decorate from 5pm to 8pm. Tuesday November 25, 2014 – Decorate your section of the gym with your class color and blue/gold! Win Spirit Points! Grades 9 and 10 decorate from 3pm to 6pm. Grades and 11 and 12 decorate from 5pm to 8pm. COME OUT ON THANKSGIVING DAY AND SUPPORT YOUR COYLE WARRIOR FOOTBALL TEAM! THE GAME IS AT TAUNTON HIGH SCHOOL AT 10AM. SPIRIT WEEK ACTIVITIES AND WEAR News Flash! Read this very important news! Spirit Week 2014-2015! MIDDLE SCHOOL Let’s have some fun this Spirit Week. There are suggested themes for each of the Spirit Week Days. There will also be suggested service items that benefit our NHS Christmas Gift Shop and Food Pantry. You do not have to donate. Spirit points will be awarded for students who choose to participate. Additional Spirit Points are awarded for those who choose to donate service items. The homeroom from each grade level with the most Spirit Points will win an Ice Cream Sundae Party. DO: Wear your school uniform each day and enhance your uniform by adding the theme items. Crazy Tights and Tie Day - Thursday – 11/20/14 Let’s have some fun sporting your craziest tights and ties with the school uniform. If you would like to earn additional Spirit Points for your homeroom, the suggested service items are crayons, markers, and colored pencils. Favorite Sport Team Day - Friday – 11/21/14 Who do you cheer for? Wear a hat and/or sweatshirt from your favorite sport team with your school uniform. Of course CC hats and sweatshirts would be great! If you would like to earn additional Spirit Points for your homeroom, the suggested service items are coloring books/activity books. Moustache Monday - Monday – 11/24/14 Sport your moustache provided by the Middle School Student Government (choose ―stick on‖ or ―on a stick‖) with your school uniform. If you like to earn additional Spirit Points for your homeroom, the suggested service items are canned goods. Crazy Hat and Shades Day - Tuesday – 11/25/14 Today you have an opportunity to look ―cool!‖ Sport your favorite/funny hat and shades. If you like to earn additional Spirit Points for your homeroom, the suggested service item is a stuffed toy. Blue and Gold Day - Wednesday – 11/26/14 - SHOW YOUR CC PRIDE AND SPIRIT Today is a blue and gold jeans day. Students may wear jeans or other full length casual pants with their blue and gold. Of course CC wear would be great! We will spend the end of the day at Hopewell Park. Students should choose dress that is appropriate for the weather. You have done a great job this week and Student Council and the organizations you helped would like to say ―Thank You‖ for all your cooperation and help! COME OUT ON THANKSGIVING DAY AND SUPPORT YOUR COYLE WARRIOR FOOTBALL TEAM! THE GAME IS AT TAUNTON HIGH SCHOOL AT 10AM. Bus Transportation There will be no bus transportation for Taunton residents on Wednesday, November 26th. Please plan accordingly. Freshman Retreat The freshman retreat that was scheduled for Saturday, November 22nd has been postponed to Saturday, March 21st. Mr. Pelletier will be sending additional communication. From the School Store The school store will be open Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 2 - 3 PM beginning Monday, Nov 17th. Holiday shopping hours will be Saturday, December 6th from 7:30 to 10:30 AM. New items are available and more items arriving weekly! From the Athletic Association CCAA is going to have a meeting for the Polar Bear dance on Wednesday, November 19th at 7:00 p.m. in the school cafeteria. All are welcome and invited to attend! ADMISSIONS AND GUIDANCE GUIDANCE NEWS A reminder to seniors that we will automatically send first quarter grades to all schools! Many schools send out notices automatically. If you like, you can check with each school to ensure all materials have been received; however bear in mind it takes them a few weeks to organize the thousands of applications and materials they receive! NAVIANCE HELPFUL HINTS: SENIORS: The computer lab has been reserved for COMMON APP/NAVIANCE help sessions NEXT week. The schedule is posted in Senior English Rooms! It is very important for you to check NAVIANCE updating your admissions decisions as they come in! Naviance also houses our local scholarship list. Check it often. FRESHMAN and SOPHOMORES: Naviance training is scheduled for the week of December 15th! We can’t wait to get you started! ADMISSIONS JUNIORS: Naviance and the college search process will begin in earnest in JANUARY. Should you want to start looking www.collegeboard.com has a great search engine. Once on NAVIANCE you will be linked to many new resources. In the meantime start thinking about ―Campus Style‖; do you want a large school, small school, city or suburban campus. Having a conversation as a family surrounding a realistic distance from home and bottom line cost is worth having sooner rather than later! The Guidance Department will walk you through the entire process!! MIDDLE SCHOOL DIVISION No Taunton Public School Bus on Wednesday, November 26, 2014 On Friday, November 14, sixty-five percent of our Middle School students received Honor Roll recognition. The recipients and their families were invited, along with the Middle School community, to a special ceremony recognizing their academic achievement. All were welcomed to an ice cream social following the ceremony. Congratulations to the recipients and their families. For Families of Athletes: The Middle School Basketball game schedules can be found at www.miaa.net, under the school look-up tab (Coyle & Cassidy.) Loaves and Fishes! The Middle School Campus Ministry is collecting non-perishable food items for distribution through the Coyle Food Pantry. Please be especially generous at this time of need. Grade 8 Community Service begins! Students in Grade 8 will participate in a community service program where they visit and participate in activities with residents at Marian Manor Nursing Home and with clients at Bethany House Adult Day Health Center. This program is an outreach for all students in Grade 8 that will be done by groups from Religion classes and will take place after school on Tuesdays from 2:00-3:00pm. This program requires students be transported to these agencies, which is a change from past years when we were able to walk from school. We are looking for parents who would be willing and able to drive our students to this service each week. Students would then be picked up at the sites by family or returned if necessary to our ESP program at school. If you can assist us, please contact Mr. Daniel Thompson at [email protected] or call 508.823.6164 ext. 617. All parent volunteers must participate in abuse training session and complete a CORI application as required by Diocesan policy. Thank you and God bless. Dr. Corinne R. Merritt Vice-Principal Academic Affairs Middle School Division Helpful Hints for Middle School Families Time to disconnect: Too much technology can prevent your tween from interacting with people in real life. It can also interfere with sleep and physical activity. Consider these suggestions for keeping him or her tech time in balance: Make a ratio rule. For every half hour your child spends on the computer, she should spend an hour doing something else, such as riding a bike or playing the guitar. Create digital-free zones. No cell phones or tablets at the dinner table or in restaurants. Insist that devices go off at bedtime. Children could stay up for hours playing games or watching videos. They can also be awakened by texts or sleep lightly in anticipation of them. Try setting up a family charging station where everyone must leave their devices. Important Dates Monday, November 17 Tuesday, November 18 Wednesday, November 19 Thursday, November 20 Friday, November 21 Monday, November 24 Tuesday, November 25 Wednesday, November 26 Bus Art Club 2:00-3:30—LL1 MS Drama Rehearsal 2:00-4:00—Theater Faculty Meeting—No After School Help Blue/Gold Spirit Week begins MS Drama Rehearsal 2:00-4:00—Theater Choir 2:00-3:30—LL1 MS Faculty Mtg 2:20—No After School Help MS Student Council 2:00-2:30—LL5 Art Club Cancelled Lego Club Cancelled Book Club Cancelled MS Drama Rehearsal 2:00-4:00—Theater Early Dismissal—11:15—No Taunton Public School "NO ESP--All students dismissed at 11:15." Happy Thanksgiving to all our CC Families