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October 14, 2019

19-20 School Calendar

Upcoming Events:

October 16,23- Celebration of Mass 7:30AM in the D'Alelio Room.

October 14 - No Classes

October 16 - PSATs at school for Grades 8 -11

Grade 7 Field trip -

Grade 12 - visit colleges opportunity

Dismissal at about Noon for all

Oct. 23rd,3 pm - College Counseling Meeting on Financial aid

Saint John Henry Newman

Cardinal John Henry Newman will be canonized a saint at a ceremony in Rome on October 13th.

The Newman School was founded in honor of Cardinal Newman, a convert to Catholicism , whose motto "Cor Ad Cor Loquitur" (Let heart speak to heart) is know by all Newman students.

We will celebrate Newman's Sainthood with Mass on Wednesday, October 23rd at 7:30 AM in the D'Alelio Room.

All are welcome to attend.

Grade 9 English Class Back Bay Field Trip

Grade 8 Illustrative Graphs

I n conjunction with their studies of the scientific method, Mrs. Patterson's 8th grade science class completed their Graphs, Graphing ART project . The students analyzed data regarding global concerns of surface temperatures rising, the amount of Arctic sea ice mass changing over time, and the rising levels of carbon dioxide . Then the students created an art piece incorporating their interpretation of the data.

Here are some examples of their work:

Junior Achievement Club

Junior Achievement Club is off to a great start this year! As part of the JA Company Program, the club students are starting up a new company, of which they will oversee all operations.

This week, our entrepreneurs made a prototype of their product. Pleased with the results, but aiming for perfection, they decided to focus on R&D in the coming days.

Junior Achievement of Northern New England director, Ms. Brooks was with us during the process. She was impressed with the enthusiasm of the students.

Mrs. Ozturkeri

Making Caring Common Parent Survey

Please use the link below to complete the Making Caring Common

PARENT survey from Harvard Graduate School of Education if you have not already done so. Your input is important and is anonymous. Thank you!

Survey Link

Student Reflections on The JFK Museum

Emma H. and Maraki T.

Last week on September 24 the eighth grade class, Mr. Busch, and Mrs. Bahri went to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library. We

went to the JFK library because our unit we are currently study in Individuals and Societies is about how we are governed and President Kennedy was our case study for this. Another reason we focused on JFK is because he was from Boston and was a leader in Boston for a long time. It was when he served as a member of the House of Representatives and later in the US Senate.

We went around each exhibit and learned about everything in it. While we were there we had to answer a couple of questions in each of those exhibits. We also watched 2 movies on major events that happened in his life. The movies were on the Cuban Missile Crisis and an overview on John F. Kennedy's life

A couple of things we liked were the Cuban Missile Crisis movie and the exhibit on Jacqueline Kennedy. We thought that these exhibits were especially interesting because they helped understand what the Presidents life was like. It showed how he also led two very different lives. He had his personal life and his work life where he had to take care of a whole nation. Another exhibit that was very popular was the campaign exhibit. It showed us what President Kennedy did throughout his Presidential Campaign.

All in all this was an interesting and exciting field trip. It gave the class of 2024 a new perspective on the history of John F Kennedy and showed us how hard it really is to be involved and a part of politics.

Thank you to Mr. Merino and Mr. Lynch for driving us.

Thank you to Mr. Busch and Mrs. Bahari for accompanying us on the field trip, and last but not least thank you to the people at the JFK library for devoting their time to touring us around the library.

Fall Crew

College Counseling Updates - by Susan Carlson

Greetings from the College Counseling office!

Early October finds our office abuzz with activity: students are steadily and dutifully working on their college

applications; colleges are coming to Newman to visit and meet interested students; and we've begun the scheduled information sessions for parents that will run through the year.

In terms of information sessions: our first session was held on Wednesday. It was an informal discussion about whether it makes sense for your child to make "early applications" to college. For those who were here, we dispelled myths surrounding early applications and discussed when it's beneficial to make these apps. If any of you who were not able to attend has questions about any of this, feel free to email me or call me in the office to discuss. November 1st is right around the corner!

Upcoming information session

Wed, Oct. 23rd, 4 pm - All about applying for Financial Aid.

Upcoming college visits

Thur, Oct. 17th,10:30 AM - Bryant University

Wed, Oct. 23rd, 9:30 AM - St. Anselm's College

Fri, Oct 25th, 10:30 AM - Trinity College, Hartford

Mon, Oct 28th, 1:30 PM - Lasell College

Wed, Oct 30th, 12:45 PM - Endicott College

Tues, Nov 5th, 12:00 PM - Suffolk University

Wed, Nov. 6th, 8:30 AM - Dickinson College

Fri, Nov. 8th, 9:00 AM - Emmanuel College

Fri, Nov. 8th, 2:15 PM - Lesley University

Tues, Nov. 12th, 10:00 AM - Wentworth Institute

Wed, Nov. 13th, 8:45 - College of the Holy Cross

Please encourage your child to sign up and attend any of these visits if the school is of interest to them. It's a great way to learn more about it, while making a connection to the rep who will be the first reader of your child's application.

STANDARDIZED TESTING

Seniors! November and December are the last testing possibilities available to you that colleges will consider for regular decision deadlines of January 1 or 15.

Juniors! Please consider taking the December SAT or ACT to see how the test feels and learn what your strengths and/or weaknesses are. If you do poorly, you do not need to worry about the college seeing the scores. You have the choice as to what you submit to the colleges when it's time.

Below please find the registration deadlines for both the SAT and ACT.

SAT - www.collegeboard.com

ACT

International Students who are seniors

If you haven't taken a TOEFL or IELTS yet, please do so ASAP. While some colleges will waive this test under certain circumstances, most will request scores. These tests run quite frequently, however they book up fast. To set up your test date, please go to www.ets.org

If anybody has questions about whether you need to take or retake any standardized test, please reach out to me at

scarlson@newmanboston.org

Student Forms Due:

The forms sent in earlier this summer to all families are due. Please return the completed forms to the school in the stamped envelope included in the packet.

Please take care to complete BOTH sides of the Emergency Card andprovide your signature giving permission to contact the student's physician in the event of an emergency.

It is of critical importance that these forms be completed fully and returned to the Office.

If you need help with the forms ,please contact Mr. Mahoney.

T Passes:

T Passes will be available the first week of September. They are $30 per

month for 7 day use.

Birthdays

Each month we recognize the names of the students celebrating a birthday that month. Each student receives a card and small gift. We celebrate the "sixth-month" birthdays of those students whose birthdays fall in June, July and August. This tradition is recognition of the importance of each individual life to our school community.

Need Help with Managebac?

Managebac is Newman's Student Information System. Here parents and students will find class schedules, homework, grades, messages and announcements can all be found on Managebac.

Do you need your login invitation re-sent? Please e-mail Mr. Iwanicki.

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