Opening Days of School
Friday, August 18 All New Students Tech Day and Transfer Student Orientation

Monday, August 21 FRESHWOMAN WELCOME DAY All 9th Grade Students
Please arrive at the Gymnasium / Auditorium entrance by 8:00am. Lunch is provided. Wear casual clothing. School photos and ID photos taken. Dismissal at 2:30pm.
 
All Link Leaders report to gym by 7:00am. Wear Link Crew shirt.

Monday, August 21 Marlin Business Day All 10th-12th Grade Students

Please drop-in at the Gymnasium / Auditorium entrance from 9:00am-11:00am or 1:00pm-4:00pm. Bring 2016-17 Mercy ID card, driver's license or other form of picture ID, along with all required school paperwork. All required school forms must be turned in Monday, August 21st for all students. Students will not be allowed to attend classes if all forms are not turned in as of 8:00am, Tuesday, August 22.  
 
Health FormsPlease note if a student has already turned in a physical/health form for a fall sport, they do not need to turn in another one on Marlin Business Day. 
   
 
Make a Difference Day Permission Slip & Health Form - Additional forms to submit on Marlin Business Day to attend Make a Difference Service Day September 22nd.

Dispensing Medication Release Form - New policy effective 2017-18.
 
    
  • IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT! Please watch for your personalized August Picture Day flyer from HR Imaging Partners regarding school portraits which have been mailed to your home and should arrive soon. Do not throw this form away, even if you are not planning on making a portrait purchase. The pre-printed envelope portion of the flyers is used as a camera cards for all students. All students should be photographed for the student ID and school records regardless of whether or not you are purchasing a portrait package. Sending this envelope with your student on picture day will expedite the process for your student. You may also prepay for school pictures online at shop.hrimaging.com.
Monday, August 21 Used Uniform Sale 

Tuesday, August 22 Opening Mass and First Full Day of School All Classes 
All grades report to Adviser room by 8:00am. Opening Mass and Assembly 8:30am-9:50am. All parents are welcome! No unscheduled class periods today. Please bring a lunch from home . Link Leaders wear Link Crew shirt and students should adhere to *Special Dress Day guidelines listed below.

Uniforms will be worn starting Monday, August 28.  
  • While out of uniform August 22-25, students should adhere to the *SPECIAL DRESS DAY requirements: Special dress days for holidays, liturgies, or other special events should be viewed as dress-up days rather than dress-down days. Guidelines for special dress days direct that attire be appropriate for school. It is inappropriate to expose cleavage, mid-section, or hips. Ripped clothing, jeans, pajama pants, sweatpants, casual shorts, or spaghetti straps are not allowed. Dress shorts may be worn as long as they are fingertip length or longer. Leggings or yoga pants may not be worn as stand-alone pants, only as an accessory to a dress or skirt.
  • Please be aware of the following uniform policies. Students will receive a detention for any violation to these or any other uniform policy. (Student Handbook p. 7-8)
Skirt: The kilt should be worn no more than two inches above the knee. Any student who permanently shortens her uniform skirt to an unacceptable length may be required to purchase a new skirt.       
Legwear: Students must wear solid, without a pattern, black, dark green, gray, maroon, navy or white (no neon or lace) foot/leg wear with their uniforms. The colors may not be combined. Footless tights or leggings may be worn under the uniform skirt, but socks must be worn as well.
Schedules & Books
2017-18 schedules are available on PowerSchool ( https://mhsmi.powerschool.com/public/). I f you missed the original email regarding schedules sent on August 2nd, please click here for detailed student schedule information.
BOOK PURCHASING UPDATE: If you've previously experienced an error message when trying to use 'Shop by Schedule' on our MBS Mercy Bookstore, you're now able to use your daughter's full Mercy email address that will bring up the books she'll need to purchase for her 2017-2018 school year at Mercy. Please take advantage of free shipping with orders over $99 through Friday, August 18th.
 
Once you view your daughter's course schedule, you'll notice there is a variety of purchasing options (new, used, digital, iBook, VitalSource eBook, Rental and Marketplace). Some students prefer to work from a digital book on their iPad during their school day (iBook and/or VitalSource eBook) and work from a book at home.  Unless there is a teacher's note highlighted in gray, please discuss which book option would be best for your daughter. Please note: any digital content purchased through MBS will populate her Digital Content Shelf (view this video for more information).
 
Please refer to this step by step guide when making your daughter's book purchases which includes Customer Service contact info for any questions you might have.  

If your MBS bookstore page has not refreshed to read 'Enter your email address' when using Shop by Schedule on our MBS Bookstore, please do the following: for Macs, click Shift and click the reload button to the left of the URL, on PC's click Control and click on the reload button to refresh the page.
New Parent Orientation
Tuesday, August 22
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Mercy High School Auditorium

New Mercy parents are invited to learn about Mercy culture, technology at Mercy, policies on behavior and attendance, how you can support your daughter and more!

President & Principal Parent Breakfast
Mercy parents are cordially invited to breakfast with President Dr. Cheryl Kreger and 
Principal Mrs. Patricia Sattler. We hope you will join us to celebrate a new school year at this special opportunity to learn about Mercy's history and hear about our plans for the future.

8:00am
Baggot Street Conference Room
RSVP to advancement@mhsmi.org 

*Please note date change for Class of 2020 from Wednesday to Tuesday.

Tuesday, August 29 - Classes of 2020 and 2021
Thursday, August 31 - Classes of 2018 and 2019
Homecoming Date Change
Please be advised of an important date change on the 2017-18 Mercy school life calendar. The Homecoming Dance scheduled for Sunday, September 24 will be moved to Sunday, October 1. This change was made to avoid conflicting with Catholic Central's Boys' Bowl activities and Homecoming Dance also scheduled for  Sunday, September 24. We apologize for any inconvenience, however, we would like to avoid the potential conflicts that may arise for our girls by having our dance and Catholic Central's on the same day. 

Along with moving the dance, Spirit Week will now be  Monday, September 25 through Sunday, October 1. There will be no school on  Monday, October 2. School will now be in session on  Monday, September 25.

All changes are reflected on the 2017-18 Mercy school life calendar which can be found online here.
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