The Herald
A Weekly Newsletter to
Bishop Hartley Parents & Families
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Letter from Administration |
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Dear Bishop Hartley Families:
As we celebrate Catholic Schools’ week, we want to express our gratitude for our entire community. Our students, parents, faculty, and staff make it possible for us to continue to fulfill our mission of transforming lives through the teachings of Jesus Christ within the Catholic tradition. We are blessed to have this opportunity, and we have enjoyed celebrating who we are as a Catholic school this week.
Gratefully,
The Bishop Hartley Administrative Team
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In this Issue of The Herald
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Upcoming Events
Late Start Day
Campus MInistry
Student News
Catholic Schools Week
FACTS Financial Aid Applications
Alum Guest Speaker
Evening of Excellence
Mary Geist Award
Nurse's Notes
COVID Dashboard
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The Herald is a weekly publication for parents and families to stay informed of current events at Bishop Hartley.
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February 7-11 | Sophomore Scheduling
February 9-11 | Junior Retreat
February 11 | Late Start
February 14 | Interims
February 14-17 | Freshmen Scheduling
February 18 and 21 | No School (President's Day weekend)
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Late Start Day - Friday, February 11 |
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Classes will start at 9:30 am Friday, February 11. Students should be on campus by 9:20 am and report directly to first period. |
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The Junior Class Retreat is scheduled for February 9-11. Junior parents, please check with your students about details they have received.
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Sophomore, Grace Mashensic, has entered her poem, “11,” in the Appelley Publishing National Student Poetry Contest. While she won’t hear about the contest results until April 8, her poem has been selected for publication in the 2022 Rising Stars Collection, a limited-edition publication. We wish Grace the best of luck in the competition and look forward to seeing her name in print!
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Hartley Celebrates Catholic Schools Week |
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We have been celebrating Catholic Schools’ Week with special activities all week. Students have participated in House meetings which featured a music guessing game and a raffle for gift cards. We also recognized our teachers last week with the HPO Teacher Appreciation Dinner.
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Our own Ms. Molly Hartge, Religion Teacher, was featured alongside her mother, Mrs. Judeen Hartge, 4th Grade Teacher at St. Matthew the Apostle Catholic School, in the Catholic Schools Week issue of The Catholic Times. Read the full article!
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This year, our House Parent Organization (HPO) is reviving some traditions which had been on hold due to the pandemic. The traditional teacher recognition for Catholic Schools’ Week had a slightly different look this year. Teachers were treated to a wonderful dinner of soups, salad, sandwiches, and rolls during parent/teacher conference night last week. In addition to a tasty, warm dinner on a cold night, teachers enjoyed a rare opportunity to enjoy a (socially-distanced) meal with colleagues. Special thanks to Barb Goedde (mother of freshman, Blake) for her efforts in coordinating this dinner and to all the parents who made soup, donated food, or came to help setup, serve, and clean up.
Parents should soon receive a token of appreciation soon if you haven’t already (thanks to the English Team for their assistance with that project).
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FACTS Financial Aid Applications |
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Our need-based Tuition Assistance Program is available to all Hartley families. Applications are online through FACTS and are available beginning December 1. The deadline for applications is March 15. The application and all supporting documents must be submitted by this deadline. Both the Diocese of Columbus and Bishop Hartley High School use this application to award tuition assistance funds. Please note that a child must be enrolled at Bishop Hartley in order to receive tuition assistance. While the need is always greater than the available funds, we try to help as many families as possible. |
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We are honored to have alumna, Judge Kimberly Cocroft (Class of '91), in our building to present to freshmen (Tuesday, Feb 8) and sophomores (Wednesday, Feb 16) about the importance of using cell phones and social media responsibly. She will go into detail regarding repercussions of misuse and maintaining integrity as an adolescent in a time when technology is widely used and ever changing. This presentation will be given to juniors and seniors in early Spring.
Parents, please mark your calendar for Thursday, February 10 at 6:30 pm. Judge Cocroft and Hartley support staff will present this same information but geared toward a caregiver's perspective during a parent meeting to be held in the Lecture Hall. This meeting is open to our feeder school and Bishop Hartley families. Please RSVP to Lauren Gruenwald at lauren.gruenwald@bishophartley.org.
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This week we launched our 2022 House Raffle to support our 31st Annual Evening of Excellence. All students received an envelope containing a flyer explaining the raffle and raffle tickets.
Raffle prizes include iPad mini, 55" Smart TV, HP Laptop, Apple Watch Series 7, AirPod Pros and $250 Amazon Gift Card or $500 cash.
Student and families are eligible to purchase tickets.
Students who sell 5 tickets will get 3 days of dress down from March 31– April 1.
For every additional ticket that you sell, your name will be entered into a raffle for a $50 Amazon gift card. There will be 3 lucky winners!
Thank you for your support and Go Hawks!
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Each year, during our Catholic Schools’ Week liturgy, we recognize someone who has gone above and beyond in service to Hartley with the Mary Geist Service Award. Mary Geist herself was the first recipient of this award in 2000 in recognition for her many years of service to our counseling department after her retirement from Columbus Public Schools.
Our recipient this year is Mrs. Michelle Sauer. The Bishop Hartley Community has been blessed by Michelle’s generosity as a sponsor of the Evening of Excellence since 2017. Guests at the auction enjoy delicious and beautiful desserts provided by Michelle and her business, Sauer Cakes. In addition, she has generously baked for Heart-to-Heart with Hartley, teacher appreciation activities, mentor group parties, and many athletic teams and clubs. Those who attend Hartley events will attest to the beauty and deliciousness of her creations. We are so grateful that she shares her gifts and talents with us.
Thursday’s snow day postponed our Mass, so we will present the award as soon as we can.
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Please continue to be diligent about daily health assessments and do not send students to school if they are sick or experiencing any symptoms of Covid.
We remind you that free home testing kits are available. Order yours at covidtest.org. There is a limit of 4 tests per household.
Beginning in mid-February, watch the Nurse’s Notes section of our school website. Our school nurse, Greer Edwards, will be sharing important information for parents about the growing concerns about vaping.
State mandated health screenings for all Freshmen, New Sophomores, and all Juniors will restart in February.
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BISHOP HARTLEY
HIGH SCHOOL
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