August 29, 2022

Class T-shirts: The deadline to order class t-shirts is tomorrow (Tuesday, August 30th) at 3:00PM. Please use the links below to place your order:

CLASS OF 2026 T-SHIRTS -- FRESHMEN

CLASS OF 2025 T-SHIRTS -- SOPHOMORES

CLASS OF 2024 T-SHIRTS -- JUNIORS

CLASS OF 2023 T-SHIRTS -- SENIORS

Helpful PowerSchool Tools: There are some new reports available for parents in your PowerSchool Parent Portal that may be helpful for you and your student this year. 

• Class Schedule
• Individual Detention Report
• Progress Report

Instructions on how to access these reports can be found in the PowerSchool for Parents section of our website.  

Precinct 3 Partnership: We are excited to share that the officers from Precinct 3 will be visiting over the next two weeks to get a tour of our campus and learn about our school environment so they can be prepared to assist if needed. There will be multiple units and officers on campus Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Thank you Precinct 3!

Labor Day Holiday - No school Monday, September 5th.

Friday, September 9th - noon dismissal

IS YOUR CHILD IN AN ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) CLASS?

AP Exam registration has opened.  We will administer AP exams in May. The cost of each exam is $97.00. Payments must be received by Wednesday, September 28th. 

AP offers numerous benefits. A student who earns a 3 or better on an AP exam may receive credit for the equivalent college course. This could save thousands of dollars in tuition!  Go to: https://www.mcgill-toolen.org/apps/form/form.MCGILL.tfsyVUm.1cb?_=1661371989518-- to register and pay for AP exams. 

Education in Virtue: 

Last year, we introduced a new pedagogical element to our daily activities – Education in Virtue. And we will continue to build on that this year.  It is a plan of formation first developed by the Dominican Sisters in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and it gives teachers the resources they need to guide students to learn about the virtues which lead to lasting happiness. A person can only be truly happy by learning to be truly good, and that means learning to be just, prudent, temperate, and brave, habits which are inspired and strengthened by faith in God’s Word, hope in His promises, and, most important, the fire of His love.

Each academic quarter we will focus on one of the four Cardinal Virtues: Prudence, Justice, Temperance, and Fortitude. This quarter's virtue is Prudence.  To help us grasp what it means or perhaps what it looks like to put these virtues into action we will look to our great intercessors, the Saints. 

Each Monday morning before the prayer and the pledge we will announce a new "Saint of the Week" who embodied the virtue of the quarter in his or her life. Throughout the week we will ask for the intercession of said Saint and reflect on his or her life of virtue. 

This week's "Saint of the Week" is St. John the Baptist.  

Please visit the Education in Virtue tab in our website for details on each "Saint of the Week".