The SUMMER Herald
A weekly Communication to
Bishop Hartley Parents & Families
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Welcome to the 2022–2023 School Year from Principal Kowalski |
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Bishop Hartley Families:
This August, Bishop Hartley will open its doors for the sixty-sixth year with the same dedication to Catholic education as the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur when they opened the doors of the school for the first time. Our mission to transform lives through the teachings of Jesus Christ within the Catholic tradition is the foundation of the culture, spirit, and tradition of our school as it plays a key role in shaping the educational experiences of our young people.
Each class profits from the fine example of those who have come before them. Ours has been a tradition of students committed to the proposition that it is a privilege to attend Bishop Hartley. This carries a responsibility to be a Hawk 24/7 and strive to become the best versions of themselves in all that they think, say, and do. This year’s theme centers on hope:
“I plead with you - never, ever give up on hope, never doubt, never tire,
and never become discouraged. Be not afraid.” – Pope St. John Paul II
We are excited to walk fearlessly with hope alongside every member of the Bishop Hartley family this school year. We are stronger because of our Catholic faith and state clearly our commitment to excellence in college preparatory education. We trust that your experience with Bishop Hartley will strengthen your faith in Catholic education as we promise to provide a faith-based, holistic learning environment, rich in culture and worthy of your love and care for your sons and daughters.
We wish you all the best during the 2022-2023 school year.
God bless and Go Hawks!
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Christopher Kowalski
Principal
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In this Issue of the The Herald
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IMPORTANT DATES
NEW PARENT MEETING DETAILS
LATE START FRIDAYS
COMMUNICATIONS
SEMESTER EXAMS
PARKING & CAR REGISTRATION
BUS TRANSPORTATION
CAFETERIA & FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM
MEET THE TEACHER NIGHT
FINALFORMS: ATHLETICS
POWERSCHOOL & SCHOOLOGY
HANDBOOK & DRESS CODE CHANGES
SERVICE REQUIREMENTS
COACH CONTACT INFO & EXTRACURRICULARS
SUMMER ASSIGNMENTS
COMMON APP & COLLEGE ESSAY WORKSHOP FOR SENIORS
STUDENT ID PHOTOS & SCHEDULE PICK-UP
VISITOR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
GET INVOLVED WITH HARTLEY - VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
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The school year planning calendar is included in this edition of The Herald. We would like to call your attention to the following important dates and activities for the beginning of the school year:
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Wednesday, August 18, 6:30 p.m. | New Parents Meeting | Main Gym
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Thursday, August 18, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. | Transfer Student Orientation
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Wednesday, August 24, Juniors and Seniors only – full day (7:45 a.m. - 2:45 p.m.)
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Thursday, August 25, Freshmen and Sophomores only – full day (7:45 a.m. - 2:45 p.m.)
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Friday, August 26, Full Day for all Students (8:30 a.m. - 2:45 p.m.)
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Wednesday, August 31, 6:30 p.m. | Financial Aid & Senior Parent Meeting | Cafeteria
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Thursday, September 1st, Opening All School Liturgy
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Monday, September 5, Labor Day | NO SCHOOL
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Thursday, September 8, 7 p.m. | Meet the Teacher Night
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New Parent Meeting - Save the Date |
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Please mark your calendar for August 18 and join use for the New Parent Meeting beginning at 6:30 pm in the Dick Geyer Gymnasium. This is open to all parents new to Bishop Hartley, including freshman and transfer students. Your child is not required to come to the meeting. You will have an opportunity to hear from administration and your child's school counselor. More information to follow as we get closer to the date of the meeting.
Welcome to the Bishop Hartley Family - we look forward to see you there!
-Lauren Gruenwald, Doug Franz, and Liz Collette
Bishop Hartley Schools Counselors
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Each Friday class is in session will be a late start at 8:30 a.m. The purpose is to facilitate consistent professional development for our faculty and staff throughout the school year.
Warning bells will ring at 8:20 a.m. Any student arriving before 8 a.m. will be directed to a group study hall in the main gym. The school day on Friday will run to the regular dismissal time at 2:45 p.m.
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Bishop Hartley High School utilizes the following modes of communication to keep students and families informed and engaged.
The Weekly Herald
Emailed via Constant Contact every Friday or the last day of the week.
The Herald contains school events, school happenings and the most current information about schedule and academics. This is the school’s primary source of communication each week. Each family should be reviewing this information weekly.
School Messenger
Email, Phone Message and Text Message (SMS)
This platform is used to message school closures, emergencies, important upcoming events, and last minute reminders.
Outlook Email (bishophartley.org)
Each student, faculty, and staff are assigned a bishophartley.org email. This emailed is used for internal student to student and faculty to student communications, and it is used for parent to faculty communication. Students are responsible for checking this email daily during the school year as important school information and announcements are communicated through this platform.
School Phones
Each faculty and staff has a school based extension to receive phone calls. This list will be shared on our school website once it is updated.
The school website contains vital information for the Bishop Hartley community including current families, prospective families and alumni families. The student handbook will be accessible via the “Parents” and “Students” dropdown menus at the top of page.
Social Media
The school social media accounts are used to communicate and share school events, announcements and highlight students, faculty and staff All Athletics Teams operate an Instagram account. These accounts can be found on the athletics portion of the website at https://www.hartleyathletics.org/social-media.
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Midterm Schedule – December 2022
Thursday, 12/15 | 7:45 - 11:35 a.m.
Friday, 12/16 | 7:45 - 11:35 a.m.
Monday, 12/19 | 7:45 - 11:35 a.m.
Tuesday, 12/20 | 7:45 - 9:35 a.m.
Finals – UNDERCLASSMEN – May/June 2023
Friday, 5/26 | 7:45 - 11:35 a.m.
Tuesday, 5/30 | 7:45 - 11:35 a.m.
Wednesday, 5/31 | 7:45 - 11:35 a.m.
Thursday, 6/1 | 7:45 - 9:35 a.m.
Finals – SENIORS – May 2023
Senior final exams will take place on Monday, 5/22 and Tuesday, 5/23.
Important Reminder for Parents: As stated in the student handbook, we strongly discourage families from planning to take their student(s) out of school on days when school is scheduled to be in session. Vacation days other than those that appear on the Diocesan-approved Bishop Hartley school calendar are unexcused absences. Please consult the student handbook for full details regarding our vacation policy and review the school calendar before planning summer vacations or activities.
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Parking & Car Registration |
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Registration for parking passes will take place during the orientation days (August 24/25). Students should use this pre-registration link to help them gather necessary information ahead of time. The $40 registration fee is due at the time of registration. Checks should be made payable to Bishop Hartley.
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Visit the Bishop Hartley Bus Transportation web page to learn about your district's transportation policy with Bishop Hartley.
If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Andrea Lechleitner – Administrative Assistant to the Vice Principals at (614) 237-5421 ext. 10623.
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Cafeteria & Food Service Program |
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We have received notice from the government that the free lunch program has been discontinued and
will not be offered this coming school year. Price of lunch will be $5.00 for the main line lunch OR one
trip through the salad bar. The ala carte line will also be offered with ala carte pricing.
We will continue to use the Food Service Solutions POS system in the cafeteria. Due to Covid 19 we now scan student ID's to identify and charge student accounts. STUDENT ID’S WILL BE REQUIRED TO MAKE PURCHASES.
Parents can prepay for lunch by going to the FSS website: myschoolaccount.com and setting up an
account. You will need your students ID number. A few of the features are an email low balance
notification and tracking of purchases. We will also accept cash. No checks please.
Below is a link to a Sign Up Genius. If you could possibly volunteer to serve and help clean up or if you are only available to serve lunch it would be most helpful. Our goal each day it to get the students
through the lunch line quickly so they can have time to eat their lunch without being rushed.
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Please mark your calendar and plan to attend Meet the Teacher Night, Thursday, September 8, beginning at 7 p.m. This is a wonderful opportunity to meet your child(ren)’s teachers and learn about plans and expectations for each class. |
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Bishop Hartley utilizes a paperless system which is more convenient for our families! No more filling out the same form again and again. Hartley uses FinalForms for athletic forms and payments.
New families must set up a FinalForms account for each student.
HOW DO I SIGN UP?
2. Click Final Forms and follow the steps to create a new account.
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PowerSchool Parent Portal
During the 2022-2023 school year, Bishop Hartley will enhance our PowerSchool Student Information Systems (SIS). PowerSchool parent and student portal will be used to complete forms (ECollect) and access student report cards. Additional features will be introduced throughout the school year.
Bishop Hartley will provide parents with details on creating their own account using the appropriate access credentials. Once your account is created, you can manage your account information, link all students to your account (for whom you have parental and legal rights), and set email and notifications preferences for each student linked to your account.
Schoology
Schoology is our cloud-based learning management system (LMS) that allows students to access class resources, materials, assignments, grades, attendance, and connect with teachers. Additionally,
parents are provided mirroring access to student PowerSchool accounts to monitor and view
all student's access mentioned above.
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Handbook and Dress Code Changes |
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All students will receive access to the student handbook digitally during the orientation days, August 24 and 25. Administrators will review important changes at that time. Each family will be required to read the handbook and submit an acknowledgement form.
The student handbook will include the revised dress code. We will also go over the dress code changes during the orientation days. House Dress Days are back! Every Friday will be a house dress day with students able to wear a house polo or house shirt or house sweat shirt.
All students will be given a navy blue spirit dress shirt that he or she can wear on Red and Blue Spirit Dress Days. If your student is not wearing Hartley issued gear such as a club or athletic team, he or she will need to wear the spirit dress shirt or the regular uniform.
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Please complete the Spirit Wear survey below for your student in order to get the school spirt shirt listed above. The school is providing this shirt to every student. It is important to complete this survey by Friday, August 12th. The survey also inquires about purchasing a new house t-shirt. |
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Service is one of the six pillars of Bishop Hartley, a component of evangelization as a Christian living in a secular world, and a critical facet of fine character. We cannot emphasize its Christian value enough:
So when he had washed their feet (and) put his garments back on and reclined at table again, he said to them, “Do you realize what I have done for you? You call me ‘teacher’ and ‘master’, and rightly so, for indeed I am. If I, therefore, the master and teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash one another’s feet. I have given you a model to follow, so that as I have done for you, you should also do. Amen, amen, I say to you, no slave is greater than his master nor any messenger greater than the one who sent him. If you understand this, blessed are you if you do it.
John 13:12-17 NABRE
KEY FEATURES AND DEADLINES OF THE SERVICE REQUIREMENTS 2022-2023:
● Every student will perform a minimum of 25 hours of service this school year.
● Every student may begin service work for the 2022-2023 school year as early as June 1, 2022.
● The schedule by which service must be completed as the school year progresses is as follows:
✓ Service Check In #1 – November 8, 2022 – a total of 10 hours minimum completed
✓ Service Check In #2 – February 8, 2023 – a total of 20 hours minimum completed
✓ Service Check In #3 – April 18, 2023 – a total of 25 hours minimum completed
Consequences for failing to meet the service requirement deadlines for 2022-2023:
✓ 1st Offense: 10 demerits and parent/student notification
✓ 2nd Offense: 25 demerits, 2 Saturday schools, and parent/student notification
✓ 3rd Offense: 50 demerits, 2-day suspension for lack of respect, and parent/student notification
By May 15, 2023, any SENIOR who has not met their service requirement for the 2022-2023 school year will not receive their diploma or transcripts until service hours are complete.
By May 22, 2023, any UNDERCLASSMEN who has not met their service requirement for the 2022-2023 school year will not be eligible to return to Bishop Hartley the following year.
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Coach Contact Info & Extracurriculars |
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Fall Cheerleading
Football
Boys Cross Country
Girls Cross Country
Field Hockey
Boys Golf
Girls Golf
Boys Soccer
Girls Soccer
Girls Tennis
Girls Volleyball
Winter Cheerleading
Boys Basketball
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Girls Basketball
Boys Bowling
Girls Bowling
Boys Swimming
Girls Swimming
Wrestling
Baseball
Girls Lacrosse
Softball
Boys Tennis
TBD
Boys Track
Girls Track
Boys Volleyball
Coed Ultimate Frisbee
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All summer enrichment assignments as well as the summer assignments for AP US History, Art & Design, and English can be found on our website.
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Common App & College Essay Workshops for Seniors |
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Senior parents/students:
NOTE: please use your seniors first and last name when you sign them up.
Registration will close when there are no more spots available or on Monday, August 8th.
As a reminder, here is the details:
Common App Workshop: this event is good for students who know they need to complete the Common Application and want to get a head start before the school year starts (we will focus solely on the Common Application). Students who are unable to attend will hear the same information during our CAP sessions in the fall.
Details:
- What: Common Application Workshop with School Counseling
- When: Wednesday, August 10th 9-10am (instruction) with work time from 10-12pm (not required to stay the entire time)
Additionally, Mrs. Maloof is going to hold a College Essay Workshop the same day. Space will be limited, but there will be a chance to sign up for a future workshop.
- What: College Essay Workshop with Mrs. Maloof
- When: Wednesday, August 10th 11:30am - 12:15pm (instruction) with work time from to follow
- Cost: $20 (cash or check made payable to Bishop Hartley)
Students do not need to sign up for both and can indicate that they are not able to do the essay session but would like a future essay session.
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Student ID Photos and Schedule Pick–Up |
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All students (freshmen through seniors) will have ID photos taken during the orientation days, August 24 and 25. Underclassmen will have an opportunity to order photos. Parents will receive information about ordering directly from HR Imaging. Photos can be purchased online after the photo date.
Students be able to access their class schedules during orientation days as well. Please note that students who were unable to attend Soaring Night will receive their House assignment at this time as well.
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Visitor Management System |
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We will be using a visitor management system during school hours this year. All visitors and volunteers will check in at the main office. Please note that the system will require a government-issued ID. |
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GET INVOLVED WITH HARTLEY! |
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Hawks Nest
The Hawks Nest, our spirit wear, House apparel, and book store, is looking for volunteers to allow the store to be open during school lunch periods Monday-Friday. The timeframe for school days is approximately 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m..
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Hartley House Parent Organization:
A Way for Your Family to Be Part of Our Family
What is the HPO? The House Parent Organization (HPO) provides parents, guardians, grandparents, and friends of Bishop Hartley with many opportunities to be active in the Hartley Family. The mission of the HPO is to foster parent participation through communication and a sense of belonging while advancing the spirit of the six pillars which are the foundation of Bishop Hartley High School.
“Every House a Home…In Every Home a Hawk”
Every parent is a member of the House Parent Organization. The HPO is similar in some ways to a home and school association, but it is more dynamic than the traditional parent group.
We send information about our events through many channels – our school newsletter, The Herald; Facebook; Twitter; and, occasionally, Final Forms. All parents are invited to attend events sponsored by the HPO. HPO parent volunteers organize and staff events. We try to use a shadow system for volunteers willing to serve as coordinators for our annual events. This provides an opportunity to see how everything works before stepping into a coordinator’s role.
We currently need volunteers for the used uniform sale, August 18th. Please contact Molly Maloof and let us know how you can help. These events depend on our volunteers to make things happen!
We will hold a general meeting for all interested in helping with HPO events later in September. Watch future Herald newsletters for more information.
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BISHOP HARTLEY
HIGH SCHOOL
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