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Monday, 9/21 - B Day, 9:15 Start

Tuesday, 9/22 - A Day, 8:15 Start

Wednesday, 9/23 - B Day, 9:15 Start

Thursday, 9/24 - A Day, 8:15 Start

Friday, 9/25 - B Day, 9:15 Start

Next Week is Homecoming Week! BK Students can show their school spirit with Dress Up Days!

MONDAY- Monochrome, wear all one color

TUESDAY- Twins, Dress up exactly like your best friends

WEDNESDAY- Jersey Day, Rep your favorite sports team

THURSDAY- 90s, dig deep into your parents closet and get your perm kits out

FRIDAY- SPIRIT

We have talked with hundreds of students and most of our faculty and the feedback from them this week has been overwhelmingly positive. Teachers love having all their students in class together and feel much more effective in their instruction. Most all students told us they struggled with the two days of virtual instruction when we were on an alternating schedule and like being at school every day with their classmates, friends and teachers. And everyone has told us they feel safe being here, that students, faculty and staff are following the 3 W's and our BK protocols. But, we must remain vigilant for this is a marathon until we have a widely distributed vaccine.

Yesterday, we had yet another “first” in this unprecedented year of firsts. We had our very first “virtual” all-school Mass. As Deacon Rick and I celebrated with only the Campus Ministers in the Chapel, every other student viewed the Mass from their classrooms on our YouTube channel. The musicians had pre-recorded four songs, and videos of them singing were “spliced” into the YouTube feed at the appropriate times. During Communion, the Senior Campus Ministers fanned out among the school with the Holy Eucharist that I had consecrated at Mass on Tuesday, and so there was a seamless and lag-free reception of Communion all throughout the school for each student who wished to receive. It worked! Chalk it up to yet another thing I never thought I would do in my life, but it worked.

The Mass I celebrated was a traditional one for a Catholic school at the start of an academic year: the Mass of the Holy Spirit. As I’m sure you will agree, it is very helpful and appropriate to invoke God under the person of the Holy Spirit, to come and fill our school with faith, courage, wisdom, safety and blessing. The Gospel passage I chose for the Mass is one of the options for the great Feast of Pentecost: John 20:19-23. In it, the disciples are physically, emotionally and spiritually “locked up” with terror, grief and heartsickness at the brutal death of their Lord, Jesus. What they don’t yet know is that he is raised from the dead, but when he passes through the locked door of the upper room where they are gathered, he breathes his Divine peace upon them, and missions them to go forth and forgive sins in his name. It is a beautiful glimpse into the moment the Church is born, where frightened and grieving disciples become courageous and selfless apostles.

As I was celebrating the Mass of the Holy Spirit, I found myself wondering how Jesus would visit each of the classrooms where our students were as isolated as we could get them; how He would pass through the doors and into students’ hearts to strengthen and heal them. And then I looked at the Senior Campus Ministers, and I saw in their masked faces the deep desire to be of service in the name of Jesus Christ to their peers in this school, and I got my answer. Christ passed through the doors of the classrooms of Bishop Kelly in the form of the Blessed Eucharist, as well as in the hearts of the students who carried Him throughout the whole school. Now I pray that what happened to the very first disciples will happen with these young disciples. I pray that they will become courageous and bold in proclaiming in word and action the joy they find in serving Jesus Christ as a Campus Minister, and that others will be inspired to serve because of witnessing the generosity of these young women and men.

I know how much celebrating Mass with our students inspires me. Last year on all-school Mass days, I literally walked on air for the rest of the day! How beautifully and pleasantly surprised I was yesterday to find a similar energy and inspiration at the “virtual” Mass of the Holy Spirit. Many thanks and many blessings to our new crop of Campus Ministers for carrying Christ to our school community!

Ava Daher: Community

Ava shows great selflessness and compassion towards her fellow students. With a happy heart, she helped another student who was clearly feeling overwhelmed. She saw there was a peer in need and who was anxiously spiraling downward, and helped them out of it and back on track. I was really proud and please we have kids like her in class.

Lily Armuth: Generosity

Lilly has been very helpful in the Front Office. One day, we had a huge delivery of Volleyball Spirit Packs that came at the end of the day; she jumped right in to help distribute them. The Office got so busy at the end of the day and I could not have managed the Front Desk and distributed the spirit packs at the same time. I was very grateful for her assistance.  

Rebecca Green: Honor

Becky went out of her way to clarify a mistake I made with her grade which was not in her favor. I was impressed that she would seek me out twice to make sure I knew that I gave her credit when I shouldn't have.  

Mr. Carl Krutz: Community; Safe and Caring Place; Activities

--Mr. Krutz creates a great learning environment and his online videos help tremendously when at home.

--He allows us to have fun in the classroom while still learning, and his teaching style is great.

--He brings a fun and creative learning environment that is very effective.

--Mr. Krutz is a great teacher and one of my favorites that I have ever had. 

For those who cannot attend in person, all of our Home competitions that take place in the Carley Athletic Center and on Nick Ysursa Field, can be viewed LIVE on the NFHS Network. The cost to subscribe is $10.99 per month, or $69.99 for the entire year.

Varsity Football games are also being broadcast on Salt and LIght Catholic Radio, (1140 AM or 102.3 FM) and we are working on an option for streaming our other fall sports. (If you are interested in helping out, please let us know!)

We thought you would enjoy watching this short three minute video which explains in layperson’s terms how this technology solution works to help keep our indoor air quality:  

This consent form as well as information sheets for each vaccine can be found in the Forms Manager on www.BK.org. (Link to the Forms Manager is at the bottom of the website.)

If you have any questions about MAP testing, please contact me at jkurdy@bk.org.

Each virtual fair is a free, one-day event. Attend as often as you like. Parents invited, too. Sign up at virtualcollegefairs.org

Sign up at https://nextstepsidahocollegefair.vfairs.com/

If you have questions contact Ms. Klover at jklover@bk.org

One Stone has other volunteer opportunities as well. To sign up for LOL or any other projects, go to: https://onestone.org/project-good-1

The Meridian Library District has numerous volunteer opportunities available. Some in-person and some virtual. Go to: https://www.mld.org/connect/help-home to see what’s available and to sign up.

Please send in any photos that you have of your student participating or completing his/her Senior Service Project, Senior Float, Quarantine Pets, Purchases and/or Activities, and any pictures from summer trips and/or activities. Be sure to label them or put in the email body some sort of explanation. Photos can be shared with us on our Instagram page at @bkyrbook or via email to knightpix@bk.org

In order to maintain safe distancing AND be available for all your Spirit Wear needs, the Bishop Kelly Spirit Store will be offering online ordering for Fall Semester. A selection of items will be available each month, and you can order via email!

We're all getting really good at shopping online, right?

Bishop Kelly Masks - One Size Fits All

$8.00

Email bkspiritstore@gmail.com and must include:

Method of Payment at Pickup: Exact Cash, Check made payable to BKPA, Venmo @BK-ParentsAssociation, or Credit Card

THANK YOU for your cooperation as BK Spirit Store volunteers try to keep BK Spirit Store items available for our community.  

Golden tickets are now on sale! Only 250 will be sold and they are selling out fast.  Don’t delay in getting your ticket for a chance to win $5,000 to an educational institution of your choice or a live auction item of your choosing.

Consider donating an item from our previous Winner’s Choice Auction Supporters.

See anything that looks familiar? Stop by the front office to claim.

Boise's local What the Vote! branch reached out to us to make sure that Bishop Kelly seniors and families get registered to vote. Tuesday the 22nd is National Voter Registration Day - what a great reminder to make sure you're registered in Idaho. Idahoans can register to vote online until October 9th. And students who have not yet turned 18, but will be 18 on November 3rd can register.

For more details and to register go to: www.IdahoCatholicWomen.com or call 208-484-0898.

Our website at www.bk.org is a wealth of information for parents and students alike!

To add, remove, or change your email address, or to remove your name from our regular mailing lists, please contact Chrissy at cbeckner@bk.org.