The Herald
A Weekly Newsletter to
Bishop Hartley Parents & Families
December 17, 2021
Dear Bishop Hartley Families,

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! We pray for comfort and joy during this Christmas break and the New Year brings renewal and thanks for all God has provided.

This will be our final weekly Herald for the year. We will resume the first week of the new year.

Please enjoy Sacred Heart house performing Rockin Around the Christmas Tree by Brenda Lee. This performance earned them first place at our annual House Christmas Carol Competition on Friday, December 10th. All our houses and students displayed the spirit of our school and the Christmas season.
In this Issue of The Herald
Upcoming Events
Helping the Victims of the Kentucky Tornados
Dress Code
TACC Weight Room Reopen
Winter Weather and School Closure Notifications
Evening of Excellence
Office of Catholic Schools Scholarship Granting Organization
Hawks Highlights Christmas Edition
Ski Club
Battle in the Hawk's Nest
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The Herald is a weekly publication for parents and families to stay informed of current events at Bishop Hartley.
Upcoming Events
December 20 - January 2 | Christmas Break (NO SCHOOL)

January 3 | School Resumes

January 7 | End of Q2 and S1

January 17 | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (No School)

Helping the Victims of the Kentucky Tornados
Please join with St. Catharine's parish in helping the victims of the tornadoes in Kentucky. The parish is a drop off location for all donations in the diocese. If you would like donate bottled water, non-perishable food, toilet paper, toiletries items, new clothing items including (socks and underwear kids-adults), small Christmas gifts for the children that won’t get to experience a usual Christmas morning, please drop off items at St Catharine Church by December 22.
Dress Code
As we return from Christmas break, our faculty, staff, and administration will be emphasizing and monitoring our dress code intently. The purpose of a dress code is to maximize identity with Bishop Hartley High School. The code is adopted to minimize certain influences that distract from the purpose of the school, to forestall competition among students, and to equalize regulations for young men and women.

Particular areas of emphasis that we have noticed in the first semester are:
  • Wearing Bishop Hartley sweaters or sweat shirts (including House).
  • There are no hooded sweater shirts.
  • All students must wear a button up shirt that is tucked in.

Please partner with us to help our young people meet this expectation. We encourage all students and families to review the dress code on page 91-97 in our student handbook. Please use the button below to view the dress code.
TACC Weight Room Reopen
The weight room has been reopened. We will provide further information on the rest of the facility when we return from break.
Winter Weather and School Closure Notifications
With the winter months Bishop Hartley will utilize School Messenger via phone call, email, and text message (opt-in program text sent out from "67587 BHHS" on Monday, December 13th ) to notify of school closures for winter weather.

If you rely on news stations for your alerts, Bishop Hartley is closed when COLUMBUS CATHOLIC SCHOOLS are closed.
Evening of Excellence
Bishop Hartley will host its 31stannual Evening of Excellence, live and silent auction on April 2, 2022. This event is the primary source of funding for merit scholarships and needs based tuition assistance, and its proceeds are often the only thing sending many of our students through Bishop Hartley’s storied doors and halls, giving them the chance to be part of Hartley’s Catholic tradition of excellence in college preparatory education.
Office of Catholic Schools Scholarship Granting Organization
The Office of Catholic Schools has established a Scholarship Granting Organization, a new structure created by the most recent Ohio budget. The SGO allows us to offer a 100% tax credit for tuition assistance contributions up to $750. The SGO, called Diocesan Education Corporation, was the first SGO recognized in Ohio and has the potential to transform the tuition assistance fund that benefits so many of our students. All money contributed – a full 100% - will be used to fund tuition needs at your schools. 
Hawk Highlights Christmas Edition
Here is the Christmas edition of our Hawks Highlights. This is our student production of school happenings.
Ski Club
Attention Bishop Hartley Ski club:
Snowtrails will open today!
Students are able to pick up and use their season pass beginning opening day!
Purchase and reserve individual lift tickets at snowtrails.com if you did not purchase a season pass.

Contact Mr. Triplett with questions.
jttriplett@bishophartley.org.
Battle in the Hawk's Nest
On January 22, 2022, the Bishop Hartley Girls Basketball Program will host the 2nd Annual, Battle in the Hawk’s Nest. This is a premier tournament, the only one of its kind in Ohio and will feature some of the best teams in the tri-state area. Our vision and goal is to provide young female athletes a forum to showcase their basketball abilities.
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