Portae (newsletter) for 17 December 2012

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•••• Updates for Week of 17 December 2012 ••••

Christmas Sweaters: The Student Council is having a Christmas sweater contest on Monday, 17 December. For all students who would like to wear their favorite Christmas sweater – tacky or otherwise – Monday is your day. With a Christmas sweater, students can be in Blue & Gold dress (jeans and tennis shoes with the sweater). Otherwise, a student should be in regular dress.

We will have Blue & Gold dress for the three days of exams (Wednesday – Friday).

Final Exams: We have set the final exam schedule for this Fall:
Wed.: Theology, Math; Thurs.: English, Science; Friday: Foreign Language, History.

Exam rooms will be posted on Monday throughout school, and distributed in print to students.

Final Exams: Note that on Wednesday–Friday, 19-21 December 2012, we will be on a noon dismissal schedule. That day, students will be taking final exams, two per day. Students can be picked up at noon. Teachers do run study sessions that week in the afternoons, and some students find it helpful to study here on campus in the afternoon. The media center is open for those who need it. There is no lunch service.

Note that on Wednesday morning, we will bring back a year one tradition, at the request of the Class of 2013. Back in 2009, Mr. Iliff set up a few borrowed electric skillets in room 105 (known then as the “locker room”) and cooked eggs and bacon, which along with some tortillas & OJ, made for a nice pre-exam breakfast. It also attracted the attention of the Comal Elementary staff, as most of the school had the fried bacon and coffee aroma of a Denny’s. We are going to be doing the same thing this year again for all the students. Mr. Iliff is looking for some parent help in serving up eggs and bacon for 150. Parents, let him know if you can volunteer, starting at 6:15 a.m. on Wednesday, 19 December in the cafeteria kitchen.

Catholic Life Raffle: Christmas parties are the perfect time to sell tickets! We rely on all our families, to help us reach our budget goal for sales. This fundraiser is not extra revenue; we count on it!

All-Student Activities Program: Thanks to all who have participated in the program! We hope to have copies for sale this week!

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Thanks to our parent committee – Beth Hansen, Patricia Jurek, Missy Paine, Laura Pico, Lori and Tim Cardwell, Julie Whitworth, Tanya Moczygemba, Cary Skinner, Mark Margritz, and Kathy Mechtel, led by Mrs. Margritz – that served a wonderful Advent Brunch meal. It was an excellent meal, and well appreciated by all in attendance. Thanks to all 260 in attendance! Thanks as well to each of our students for taking the time to greet and talk with Archbishop Flores. He appreciated it, and so did Monsignor Stuebben.