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Student podcast, McNick Minute, releases second episode
The second episode of The McNick Minute is available today! You can access the broadcast in one of three ways:
McNicholas launches student podcast
By Nicholas Wynn for The McNicholas Milestone
McNicholas High School launched their new student podcast, The McNick Minute, on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 23. The podcast featured stories written, edited, and recorded by students on the podcast team, under staff supervisors Chelsea Almer and Matt Wehrman. Read more...
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AP Biology students attend annual Genetics Conference
Students in Archbishop McNicholas High School's AP Biology class attended the annual genetic conference held by Dr. Sam Rhine on Mon., Dec.4. Dr. Rhine conducts one-day conferences for biology teachers and students with the latest in genetic advances, hot research areas, and career opportunities.
"I found it to be very interesting," senior Ben Rodell said. "The speaker predicted that within 20-25 years, cancer-related deaths will be almost nonexistent. It was really cool to see how everything we learn in class can be applied to such an important and prevalent topic."
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Attention Junior Parents
If you were not present at the Junior Parent meeting last week with the counseling department, your Success Street college application guide will be sent home with your student on Monday December 18. Please be on the lookout for this important document.
Semester Exam Schedule for December 2017
Monday, December 18
7:40 a.m.--Students are to report to A Bell for announcements
7:45 - 9:15 a.m.--A Bell exam
9:35 - 11:05 a.m.--B Bell exam
11:05 - 11:35 a.m.--Eat lunch in your C Bell classroom. We are encouraging students to pack their lunches, but the cafeteria will be open for cheese pizza and fries as well as the snacks in the convenience store.
11:35 a.m. - 1:05 p.m.--C Bell exam
1:05 p.m.--Announcements
1:10 p.m.--Dismissal
4:00 p.m.--Library closes
Tuesday, December 19
7:40 a.m.--Students are to report to D Bell for announcements
7:45 - 9:15 a.m.--D Bell exam
9:35 - 11:05 a.m.--E/F Bell exam
11:05 a.m.-- Announcements
11:10 a.m.--Dismissal
1:30 p.m.--Library closes
Wednesday, December 20
7:40 a.m.--Students are to report to G Bell for announcements
7:45 - 9:15 a.m.--G Bell exam
9:35 - 11:05 a.m.--H Bell exam
11:05 a.m.--Announcements
11:10 a.m.--Dismissal for Christmas Break
Noon.--Library closes
Peer tutoring and essay reviews available
National Honor Society and Mu Alpha Theta offer peer tutoring at different times. Click here for more information and to sign up.
National Honor Society now offers essay review. Please allow five days for someone from NHS to review your essay. Click here to submit your paper.
Rocket Band Christmas Concert
Join us for sounds of the season when the Band presents its Christmas Concert on Fri., Dec. 15 at 7 p.m. in the Cafe and Student Union.
Spirit wear pick-up TODAY
Nike and Winter Sports Spirit Wear orders can be picked up on Weds., Dec. 13 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in the school lobby. Any remaining orders will be sent home with students the following day.
Theatre IV Showcase set for Thursday
The Theatre IV class will present Harry's Hotter at Twilight on Thursday, Dec. 14 at 7 p.m. The class showcase will be in the Jeanne Spurlock Theatre, and admission is free.
Social for freshmen parents on Jan. 5
Freshmen parents are invited to join other parents from the Class of 2021 for an informal social on Friday, January 5, at Arthur's on 8221 Beechmont Avenue after the men's basketball games. Feel free to go to the game and head to Arthur's after or just show up at Arthur's around 9:30 p.m. Kids are welcome too. The social is a way for parents to get to know one another and to chat informally about what is ahead for our students in the second semester.
Parent information on vaping
We wanted to make you aware of vaping, a new trend that we are encountering and hearing about at an increasing rate. Vaping is a slang term for using personal vaporizers or electronic cigarettes. These products use a flavored liquid that typically contains a third to half the nicotine found in a regular cigarette. The fluid heats into a vapor that the students inhale, simulating the act of smoking.
Safe Kids America, a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting our youth, has developed a resource to educate parents on teens and vaping. This resources contains pictures of devices, detailed information on e-cigarettes using nicotine or marijuana and the impact vaping has on the teen brain.
Click here for this resource.
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Campus Ministry
Third
Week of Advent Reflections & Opportunities
from Jeff Hutchinson-Smyth, Theology Teacher + Director of Campus Ministry
"Thus, particularly in this Season of Advent, which is the time of waiting, in which we prepare ourselves to welcome once again the comforting mystery of the Incarnation and the light of Christmas, it is important to reflect on hope."
from the General Audience of Pope Francis on December 7, 2016
Friday Morning Mass
Fr. Dave Endres will be with us for the Friday morning Mass at 7:00 am in the chapel on December 15.
As the parents of a both a Rocket and a future Rocket, my wife and I find ourselves joyfully anticipating the opportunities the season holds for us to grow in faith together as a family, and hoping our efforts bring a little light in the midst of the darkness.
We hope the sampling of ideas below is of help to you and your family as we all await Christ's coming:
Light the Way.
In the midst of the bustle of the season, we strive (and regularly fall short, of course) to make our home a sanctuary, and it's especially around the dinner table that we find/make time for daily Advent reflections. The lighting of the Advent wreath is a great way for all to be reminded that we're living in sacred time, especially when it's accompanied by an abbreviated version of the
daily examen
or one of the following reflections.
Live in Sacred Time
The Advent season is a perfect opportunity to give special attention to how we live in time by following the rhythm of the calendar together as a family. While my crafty wife has created an Advent calendar that we fill with chocolates and kind gestures (much to the delight of all in the house), printable Advent calendars with daily reflections and suggested activities can be found here from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and here at U.S. Catholic website.
Enter the Story
When St. Francis of Assisi initiated the first Nativity scene in the early 13th century, he was both hoping to awaken the senses to the story of Jesus' birth as depicted in Luke's Gospel and also to deepen peoples' appreciation of Christ's humble beginnings in contrast to the materialism and excess that characterized life for a growing number of people in his day.
A visit to the Nativity Scene at Krohn Conservatory, complete with live animals, has been a sacred family outing for me going all the way back to my own childhood. Our youngest son was especially enamored a few years back by the baby lamb that was born there on Christmas Eve.
Additionally, since 1947, the Comboni Missionaries have hosted an annual Animated Nativity with music and narration at their mission center at 1318 Nagel Road. To reflect together on the Nativity stories the Gospels of Matthew and Luke is a powerful way to root the experience of Advent in the story of Christ's coming.
Give a gift to the world.
While visiting with family during the Thanksgiving break, the toy commercials blaring during a cartoon on TV had our youngest son enumerating his lists of wants for Christmas. My wife and I both come from families where the annual Christmas purchases often go well beyond generous and into budget-busting. We try to make it a point annually to emphasized the tradition's origin in (and departure from) the gifts given by the Magi as reported in Matthew's Gospel. We also maintain a tradition to make a family "gift to the world" a part of our Christmas day rituals, typically by setting aside a portion of our Christmas budget to make a donation to Catholic Relief Services through the organization's Gift Catalog. We enjoy giving our kids ownership of the process by allowing them to decide which type of program we'll be supporting.
However you and your family celebrate the sacred season approaching Christmas, on behalf of the Campus Ministry Team and the entire Faculty and Staff of Archbishop McNicholas High, we wish peace and blessings to you all!.
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#RocketsCare
Rockets sign letters of support for DACA
By Isabella Daley for The McNicholas Milestone
On Sept. 5, 2017, the Trump Administration announced its plans to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in March 2018. Unless the Dream Act of 2017 or similar legislation is passed, thousands of undocumented immigrants in the US will lose the protection from deportation that DACA currently provides them.
In response to this social justice issue, Archbishop Dennis Schnurr of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati called upon local Catholic parishes and schools to write 10,000 letters to their Ohio Senators and Representatives, urging them to support and co-sponsor the Dream Act of 2017. The Archbishop McNicholas High School Theology Department accepted the challenge after receiving approval from Principal Patty Beckert. Read more...
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Students visited Senator Sherrod Brown and Senator Rob Portman's offices to drop off the letters signed by McNicholas students, faculty, and staff.
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McNicholas students met Robert Braggs, community outreach coordinator for Sen. Portman.
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"The students eloquently spoke their truth and hope for those in danger of deportation and want of a clean DREAM Act," theology teacher Teresa Davis said.
Men's basketball helps stock local soup kitchen
The men's basketball team prepared 125 bags for the Walnut Hills Soup Kitchen with donations of food and money from IHM parishioners. Players topped off the bags with a personal note of support and holiday greetings.
Student Council provides Gifts for Hope
Archbishop McNicholas High School's
Student Council members hope they can make Christmas better for some local teens with the Gifts for Hope program. Senior Natalie Martinez spearheaded the project with Student Council representatives promoting the program and wrapping the 70 shoeboxes donated by students and faculty. The shoeboxes will go to Hope Emergency serving residents of Adams, Brown, Clinton, and Highland counties.
LAST CHANCE--Rockets for Life's collection for pregnancy help center
Rockets for Life is sponsoring a collection for A Caring Place Pregnancy Help Center who is in desperate need of
- diapers (all sizes, but especially size 6 and pull-ups)
- clothes (fall/winter clothing for girls & boys sizes all sizes but especially sizes 2T, 3T, 4T, 6T, 6X)
All items can be dropped off to Room 309 in the Convent. We will continue to collect through Friday, December 15. Thank you for your generous donations!
For more information on A Caring Place Pregnancy Center visit https://www.acaringplace.org
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Your support is appreciated!
Rocket Band selling Cincy Foodie Deck
Rocket Band fundraiser at O'Smiley's
Your Christmas gift purchase at O'Smiley's Dolls and Collectibles, 2103 Beechmont Avenue in Mt. Washington, will help the McNicholas Band. Purchase a gift between now and Dec. 23 and 10 percent will go back to the Band. Bring your receipts to the Music Department or drop them off in the concession stand during the men's and women's basketball games by January 10, 2018.
Does your gift list include McNicholas?
As the calendar year comes to a close, many people start to finalize their charitable contributions for the year. As you go through this process, please remember our Annual Fund. As of Dec. 12, the Annual Fund is up 40 % compared to this day in 2016. Thank you for your generosity and support! Your gifts will immediately help us in our mission to prepare our current and future students to make a daily impact in many key areas of society.
You can provide an online gift to the Annual Fund by clicking here. If you would like to provide your gift with a check, please make it payable to McNicholas High School and mail it to the following address:
Archbishop McNicholas High School
Development Office
6536 Beechmont Avenue
Cincinnati, Ohio 45230
A gift of stock or securities will also be appreciated. Please contact Mark Doran, Director of Development if you would like to provide a gift with stock or securities. You can reach Mark at mdoran@mcnhs.org or call him at 513-312-1321, ext. 5141.
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Athletics
Rockets up for Enquirer Athletes of the Week
Three winter sports athletes from McNicholas are up for
Enquirer Sports Athletes of the Week:
- Ryan Reidy, basketball
- Julia Brune, basketball
- Brian Roesel, bowling
Monahan reaches 100th win
Congratulations to men's basketball coach Tim Monahan on his 100th victory. The win came over Taft High School Tuesday evening when the Rockets prevailed 62-58 in double overtime.
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McNicholas Marketplace
Rocket Shop
The Rocket Shop is open Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. when school is in session.
The store also will be open Mon., Dec. 18 from 5-8 pm.
Performance sweatshirts and the Holiday Bundles are in at the Rocket Shop!
The bundles are sweatpants and a long sleeve t-shirt $35. Please stop by and check them out!
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PTSA
After Prom Meeting - Volunteers Needed!
After Prom volunteers are needed to help plan decorations and activities. If you are interested, please join us on Tuesday, December 19, at 7:00 p.m. in the library.
All volunteers are welcome! This is an incredibly rewarding event to be involved with and a great way to meet other McNick parents. Questions? Please contact Kirsten Hagenbarth at khagenbarth@gmail.com. We hope to see you on the 19th!
Save the Date for Father Son Breakfast
The Father Son Breakfast will be Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018. Watch for more information in the new year.
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