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School Newsletter
CATHOLIC CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
October-November 2015
“The Souls of the just are in the hands of God” (Wis. 3:1). Dear Catholic Central community,
We have been blessed in so many ways throughout the first two months of the school year. The new course offerings, All As, the various retreats, High School with a Higher
Calling Luncheon, the success of our fall athletes, and the collection of National Merit scholars are just a few of many successes of note.
As we begin the month of November and commemorate the Feast of All Souls, we call to mind the importance of two of Catholic Central’s core values – Honor and Love – in remembering the dead. In celebrating their lives and respecting their death, the stu-dents and staff of Catholic Central High School offer to you the gift of prayer for loved ones who have gone before us.
If you wish to have the names of your loved ones placed in our Chapel, remembered in our petitions, and held in prayer during the month of November, we invite you to sub-mit their names using the form at http://www.grcatholiccentral.org/news/all-souls-
day-mass-entries/ You may enter the names of as many loved ones as you wish. Please do not send an offering with the name of your deceased loved one(s). This is our gift to you.
As always, you are welcome to join us for our Masses, especially during November on the 5th and 11th at 9:30am in the Cathedral of Saint Andrew, and on November 19th at 9:30am in the gymnasium. We will include the names you submit into our Book of Re-membrance, which will be present at each of the masses throughout the month. If you are unable to join us for Mass, the Chapel is open from 7am-4pm if you would like to
pray for the dead in the company and spirit of our school community. May their souls and all the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
Yours in Christ,
Greg Deja
From the Principal’s Desk:
Greg Deja, Principal
Linda Olejnik, Assistant Principal
Mike Jacob, Dean of Students
Heidi Clark-Smitley, Director of Guidance
Todd Kolster - Director of Facilities
Trevor Hinshaw, Athletic Director
Dennis Rybicki, Campus Minister
Mary Ottenwess, Instructional Tech. Specialist
From the Assistant Principal:
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Autumn greetings to you and your families, This newsletter update on our academic programs and our students’ progress centers on our Core Value “strive,” a word that reflects the importance we place on effort and stretching oneself, which is the primary driver of growth. It reflects a growth mindset, as opposed to a fixed mindset, which is a major driver for educational and life outcomes. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT - This focus on a growth mindset is reflected in the work in which our staff has been immersed throughout the summer in a faculty/staff book study, during our start-of-the-year meetings, delayed-start PD days and monthly staff meetings. Our faculty strives to model the spirit and mindset that embraces growth and life-long learning, with the goal of best serving our stu-dents’ growth in spirit, mind, and body. September’s meetings focused on preparing for our school-wide student retreats and a teacher-led PD session in the use of technology for teaching and learning (student assessment tools and Google Class-room). In addition, many of our staff participated in a Diocesan-sponsored Catechetical Conference. In October, Science, Social Studies and English departments will share their innovative practices in student-centered learning and Sr. Diane Zerfas, OP will lead a staff presentation on Dominican Spiritu-ality. Also in October, our staff will take part in a day-long PD event centered on differentiating in-struction in each content area, led by Nanette Clatterbuck, C.E.O., Learning Differences Resource Group (LdRG). In addition, many of our staff have participated in outside learning opportunities in these early weeks, including a book study in Neurodiversity, tech-based instruction at Googlefest, a lit-eracy skills camp, and an SAT-preparation seminar, in addition to our school-wide learning opportuni-ties. STANDARDIZED TEST PREPARATION – English, Science, Math, and Social Studies classes have in-corporated SAT and ACT preparation into their classroom instruction and assessment, helping stu-dents become familiar with the content and structure of the tests freshmen, sophomores and juniors take in October. Teachers are also working with students in reflecting on their individual test results, looking at how students prepare for a test and teaching them how to analyze their results to help stu-dents identify strengths and challenge areas, and providing opportunities to re-learn/practice needed skills. STUDENT RECOGNITION – Fall also provides us with opportunities to recognize individual students’ achievements and the effort and striving for excellence that these awards reflect. National Merit Scholarship Program Congratulations to David Pedler who was named National Merit Semifinalist, an honor given to less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors who were among about 1.5 million juniors in more than 22,000 high schools who took the 2014 PSAT/NMSQT. David has the opportunity to continue in the competition for National Merit Scholarships offered next spring. Catholic Central students, Alexandra Baysore, Ellen Bowen, Charles Crampton, Brielle Jaglowski, Ryan Jones, Michael Klein, Cameron Pirochta, and Margaret Pulte are honored as Commended Stu-dents in the 2016 National Merit Scholarship Program. About 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Although they will not continue in the 2016 competition for National Merit Scholarship awards, Commended Students were placed among the top five percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2016 compe-tition by taking the 2014 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test
From the Assistant Principal Cont: 2015 AP Scholar Awards
The College Board’s Advanced Placement program offers several AP Scholar Awards to recognize high school students who have demonstrated college-level achievement through AP courses and exams. Congratulations to our students who earned this level of recognition for their achieve-ments in the Advanced Placement program here at Catholic Central.
The following students earned AP Scholar recognition for earning scores of three or higher on three or more AP exams as of May, 2015:
Class of 2016 Laura Brasseur Shannon Campeau Harrison Dechant Nicholas Dechant
Brielle Jaglowski Ryan Jones Charles Jordan Foster Karmon Ana Mugica-Canos Thomas Pavey David Pedler Joseph Puglessi Margaret Pulte Sophia Swailes Benjamin Trudgeon Liam VandenElzen
The following students earned AP Scholar with Honor recognition for earning at least a 3.25 on all AP exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams as of May, 2015:
Class of 2016 Matthew Burns Carrianne Cusack Nicholas Geer
David Mugica-Canos Cameron Pirochta Elizabeth Pniewski George Schrand Alain Sullivan
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Class of 2015 Alexander Erickson Molly Fitzgerald Kathryn Hamilton Jessica Herold Ceara Hillary
Kaleigh-Jo Kirby Anthony Matelic Maria Mckee Thomas Murray Brenda Nguyen Jacob Richards Olivia Rotelle Sarah Shadowens Ryan Shockley Nathan Southerington Skyler Stoll Joseph Trenshaw Teresa VanHouten Elizabeth Ward Runquan Ye
Class of 2015 Kate Bennett Andrew Chau Regan Ora Madeline Reeves Claire Salinas Morgan Taylor Sean Wojtczak
From the Assistant Principal Cont: The following students earned AP Scholar with Distinction recognition for earning an average score of at least 3.5 on all AP exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on five or more of these ex-ams as of May, 2015.
Class of 2016
Ellen Bowen Jacob Child
Charles Crampton
Haley Lyons
The following student has earned National AP Scholar recognition for earning an average score of at least 4 on all AP exams taken, and scores of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams as of May, 2015. Class of 2015 Peter Farha National Honor Society – Congratulations to 43 junior and senior applicants to the Albertus Mag-nus Chapter of the National Honor Society, having met the academic standards of application. These candidates hope to join 37 current members and continue to uphold the standards of schol-arship, character, leadership, and service that are the foundational values of NHS. Successful candidates will be inducted on November 10th at 6PM. We are proud of the accomplishments of these students and of all of our students who strive to do their best and to continually grow in their faith, in their academics, and in service-minded leader-ship.
Blessings, Linda Olejnik Assistant Principal
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Class of 2015
Margaret Anderson
Keegan Barth Katharine Beckering
Annalise Bowen
Mackenzie Burgess
Joseph Esch
Peter Farha
Elizabeth Jakubowski Rebecca Karl
Nathan Limmex
Elizabeth Miles
Emily Miron
Joseph Murphy Jamieson Pirochta
Samantha Rogers
Monica Schrand
Shannon Stenger
Jonathan Swain
Osta Thomson
From the Dean of Students: Parents and Guardians,
The Homecoming football game was held on Friday October 2, 2015. The class of 2016 voted and announced the Homecoming Court which included Shaun Banaszak, Molly Berry, Ellie Bowen, Anna Brady, Rylee DiGiovanna, Maddie Zimelis, John Barcheski, Reece DiGiovanna, Dominic Forbes, John Lipscomb, Ted Russo, and Danny Simmons. Student Congress members held a second vote and crowned of the King and Queen at half time of the football game. A special con-gratulations goes out to Molly Berry and Danny Simmons for their selection! The All A’s walk is a yearly walk that occurs in the fall each year. This important annual fund-raiser raises money to aid the hundreds of students every year who benefit from tuition assistance in addition to helping reduce overall tuition costs for all students. Every student had a goal of raising $75. On the morning of Wednesday October 7, our students walked from Catholic Central to John Ball Zoo, where they meet with students from West Catholic High School in celebration of All A’s. Catholic Central students surpassed the school goal of $55,000 and were rewarded for their efforts with a day off.
Our Open House will be held on October 18, 2015 at 1:00pm. If you know of any friends, neighbors, cousins, or others that are looking for an amazing faith-based educational experience, please encourage them to attend our Open House. Your word of mouth is our best advertisement and we firmly believe that many more students in our surrounding communities need to experi-ence the same opportunities you have given your child.
Uniform Reminders: October 5th marked the last day for students to wear shorts until May of 2016. Students should be in Sunshine Uniform pants (skirts continue to be optional for females). We have extended the selection of outerwear through Sunshine Uniforms this year, so order early to make certain your cold weather gear arrives with time to spare. Our dress code is enforced from 8:00am – 2:58pm, including passing periods, lunches, breaks, assemblies, and all school Mass. Another reminder, on jeans days students are either in full length jeans and the spirit/theme top or full school uniform, not a combination of both.
Lastly, many days are set aside throughout the school year for faculty professional development. These dates should be utilized by families to schedule appointments and seniors to schedule col-lege visits. Please look ahead at the school calendar and make use of these days “off” to be pro-ductive.
Mike Jacob, Dean of Students
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From the Office of Campus Ministry:
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CC Celebrates the Papal Visit to the
United States
September 24 was a great day! After Pope Fran-cis began his inaugural trip to the United States, the students watched his historical address to the Joint Meeting of Congress. To prepare for this auspicious event, students discussed questions in their theology classes taken from the Prepara-tory Catechesis for his visit. We started the day with a wonderful prayer service led by Fr. Steve Cron, who tied in the day’s readings to being pre-pared for the truth of Gospel that Pope Francis would surely share. After the address, livestreamed in the gym, discussion ensued in the theology classes around the application of points made in the address. What a wonderful to celebrate and listen to the Pope’s words for us as Americans.
As a continued effort to live out the challenges of our faith life, each home room is choosing a ser-vice project to carry out during the 40 Days of Life as a direct result of what the students heard in the Pope’s address. We are tabulating the pro-jects and will release the cumulative effort of our students at the end of the 40 Days.
Feast Day of Our Lady of the Rosary
October 7 was the feast of Our Lady of the Ro-sary, and it also was the day of our All A’s Walk. So in celebration of this feast day, we prayed a living rosary before we left for the All A’s Walk.
Retreat Days
In the fall, we celebrate our community retreat days.
Freshman—Freshman First Day was a great day spent at Catholic Central coming together as one school formed from the many middle schools our freshmen attended last year. They came together through prayer and celebration of the Eucharist as well as community-building activities.
Sophomores—Sophomore Community Day at Camp Roger was a perfect day for tying our core values into class goals through commu-nity-building exercises, discussion, and prayer.
Juniors—Junior Poverty Awareness Experience was fantastic. Students gathered on Sunday night for a poverty simulation, meal, and a thought-provoking movie followed by discussion before they set up camp outside in the mall to sleep for the night. This was an extremely eye-opening night.
Seniors—Since they had already attended COREX in August, they split into teams for Sen-ior Service Day. Many sites around town bene-fitted from the time and talent of our seniors.
Please watch for future information for the Spring Spiritual Retreats for each class.
40 Days for Life
In addition to the service projects each homeroom is doing during the 40 Days for Life, the Respect Life Student Group will be praying in front of the women’s clinic each week. Students meet in the courtyard every Wednesday or Thursday after school to walk over to the clinic to pray. All are wel-come to join us!
From the Office of Campus Ministry cont.:
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Peer Ministry News
Monthly Peer Ministry Meetings began October 4 from 1-2:30 pm.
Campus Ministry Advisory Council
We have set up prayer lockers on each floor of the school. These lockers are available for student intentions throughout the week. The intentions will be collected from the lockers and delivered to the Adoration Chapel, where volunteers will pray for those intentions each week.
CMAC is also looking for faith stories to share on the 2nd floor North bulletin board. We know that witnessing our faith to one another will enliven the Spirit working in the school.
Adoration Chapel Opens for the Year
The opening prayer service of the Adoration Chapel was on Monday, October 5. If you would like to be on the team of Adorers, please contact Toni Ruthven, 530-8973.
New additions for this year:
1. Prayer cards—During the holy hours, every student and faculty member will be in prayer through-out the year. As each person is prayed for, they will receive a card letting them know that they were in prayer that day.
2. Prayer lockers—Adorers will also pray for those intentions from students and faculty put into the prayer lockers available on each floor of the buildings. They will also receive a prayer card as well.
Upcoming November Events
November 3—CC Conversations: Faithful Parenting
7:00 pm in the library
November 4—Reboot Youth Event with Christ Stefanick
7:00-9:30 pm at Holy Spirit Parish
November 11—Veteran’s Prayer Service
Place and time TBA
November 12—Ministry Fair in gym
November 13—6th/7th grade Retreat during the day in the gym
November 22—Closing of the Year for Marriage
Guidance & College Counseling Office Updates:
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CC CONVERSATIONS hosted by the Guidance Dept for parents - Mark your calendar for the fol-
lowing events:
Tuesday, October 13 – Academic Success – Open to all parents; Recommended for parents of 9th & 10th
grade students @ Catholic Central Library, 7 pm
Tuesday, November 17 – Mental Health Awareness – Recommended for all parents of adolescents @ Catho-
lic Central Library, 7 pm
Tuesday, January 5 – Financial Aid (FAFSA) – Recommended for 12th grade students & their parents
@ Cathedral Square 2nd floor, 7 pm
*Parent programs also are advertised through Naviance email and school announcements.
All Students - The teachers posted progress grades for the 1st Quarter on September 24. Parents
are encouraged to review with your student his/her posted grades on Infinite Campus. This is a wonderful
opportunity to discuss academic goals and how to access the resources available (see tutoring schedule online) for student success. Invite your student to communicate regularly with teachers. Also, help your
student create the habit of checking their grades weekly.
TESTING Day - Wednesday, October 14 (morning only):
Freshmen and Sophomores will be taking practice SAT tests while the Juniors will be taking a full-
length practice ACT. Students will need to bring #2 pencils and their calculators. The cost of these tests is
included in tuition; students will not be charged any additional fee.
Additionally, Juniors have the option to take the PSAT/NMSQT. The National Merit Scholarship Cor-
poration will use these scores (from top 99th percentile of 11th grade students nationally) to identify Na-
tional Merit Semifinalists next fall. Students who typically score above the 90th percentile on standardized tests may want to consider taking the PSAT/NMSQT. Those that choose to take the PSAT will have the option of taking the practice ACT on Friday, October 23rd. Counselors will be meeting with students during their
English classes prior to the test date to give them more information about the tests and testing procedures.
Seniors are encouraged to visit college campuses (no classes October 14 & 23) and to complete their
college applications as early as possible this fall. They will receive optimal consideration in the admissions
process and for scholarship opportunities. Information and reminders for seniors are communicated in Navi-
ance and the Daily Announcements. Remember- “no trick-or-treat ‘til your apps are complete!” Applications
should be submitted electronically. Requests to have transcripts sent should be made through Naviance, ac-cessible on our school website. Also, applying early will insure that your student will be able to become eligi-
ble for institutional merit-based financial aid from the colleges where they receive acceptances. Also, schol-
arship listings can be found on the Naviance link (see our school website under the Academics tab). Addi-
tional scholarship search engines (free subscriptions) are linked within Naviance.
Winter Sports registration will take place in the cafeteria during lunch periods on Thursday, October 22nd. Students must have a Physical Exam on file in the athletic office that was performed on or after April 15, 2015 in order to participate in winter athletics. Exams are available, for a fee, at various medical facilities around Grand Rapids. Students may not tryout or practice without a completed physical examination on file. Forms are available at school and on the athletic website (www.grccathletics.com – Forms tab). Completed physicals must be turned in directly to that athletic office.
Winter Sport First Practice Dates and Varsity Coach Contact Information:
11/2 Hockey Mike Slobodnik [email protected]
11/9 Girls Basketball Trevor Hinshaw [email protected]
11/9 Competitive Cheer McKenzie Hollern [email protected]
11/16 Boys Basketball TJ Meerman [email protected]
11/16 Boys and Girls Bowling Bob Lomonoco [email protected]
Kathy Barth [email protected]
11/16 Boys and Girls Skiing Scott Inman [email protected]
11/16 Wrestling BJ Schroder [email protected]
TBD Boys Swim and Dive Mio Vasic [email protected]
The 29th Annual Cougar Open Golf Outing was a Great Day to be a Cougar! On September 14th approximately 245 “golfers” enjoyed golf, food and fellowship at Egypt Valley Country Club. We have a superb committee working hard year round to organize and run the Cougar Open. Please thank these committed Cougars when you see them.
Trevor Hinshaw, Athletic Director
CC Music Department News
Autumn Choral Concert All are welcome to attend the CC Choral Department’s Autumn Concert! The theme of this concert is “Hymns of
Praise”. The concert is October 27 at 7:00pm in the Cathedral of Saint Andrew. The concert is free and open to the
public. Come out and support our award-winning choirs!
CC Choir Boosters Meeting All parents of choir students are invited to attend our fall choir boosters meeting. The meeting will be
on Wednesday, November 4 from 7:00pm-8:30pm in the CC Music Room. Agenda items include: New York City
tour, Madrigal Dinner and fundraising opportunities. All are welcome!
CC Marching Band The Cougar Marching Band is 74 members strong and presents its 2015 Show this fall entitled – “Under the Sun
and Over the Moon." The songs featured include "House of the Rising Sun", "Walking on Sunshine", "Sun and
Moon" from Miss Saigon and "Fly Me to the Moon".
The band will be performing at home football games as well as local marching competitions. In September, they competed at the Rockford and Kenowa Hills Marching Invitationals. The competition schedule for October is as
follows:
Oct. 10 - Hastings Marching Invitational
Oct. 13 – District Marching Festival @ East Kentwood
Oct. 24- Jenison Marching Invitational
It is a busy month for the Cougar Marching Band!
Thanks to the Catholic Central Community for your support!
Catholic Central Athletics:
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Fall Play - To Kill A Mockingbird
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Harper Lee’s
To Kill A Mockingbird Adapted for the stage by Christopher Sergel
October 22 and 24 @ 7:30pm
October 24 and 25 @ 2:30pm
At the Performing Arts Center at Aquinas Col-lege
Adults: $8 Students: $6
Seniors (60+): $5
Tickets available beginning October 12
Information/tickets call:456-6656
CC Senior Class of 2016
SENIOR ALL NIGHT PARTY (SANP) CORNER
Senior All Night Party Co-Chairs, Bruce & Jen Hartman and Steve and Mary Beth Child have been working with a dozen committee chairs since June to ensure a memorable
SANP on May 18, 2016. To date there have been 3 successful fundraisers including a Used Uniform Sale, 2 Bottled Water Sales, and Cougar Open. The senior students attended an
information session explaining the details about the upcoming Apple Pie and Wreath/Poinsettia sales and were given handouts/order forms. These are the two largest fundraisers for SANP. All senior parents also received an e-mail on Sep. 15 announcing
these sales, the details, and a volunteer link. If you have difficulty with the link you may also type: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0D4BADAB22A20-apple to volunteer for pie set-up/pie-making/clean-up, Nov 14-15. Seniors are encouraged to volunteer along
with parents. If you have questions about the Apple Pie Sale contact: Heidi Tierney- [email protected] or Wreath/Poinsettia questions contact Kelly Burns- rockford-
ORDERS FORMS DUE in office: Apple Pie order forms (10 minimum per student) were due by Friday, Oct. 2 & pick-up
Sun, Nov. 15, in cafeteria 10-1. Remember that part of the 10 pie minimum may be do-nated to God’s Kitchen by designating that on the order form. Pies not picked up by 1 pm
will be donated to God’s Kitchen (Please put your cell # on order form). Wreath/Poinsettia order forms: due by Friday, Nov. 20 & pick-up wreaths Sat, Dec. 5, 10
am -1 pm in gym lobby.
ZOMBIE NIGHT volunteering: if your student volunteered, please send in the waiver and ensure they keep their shift or find a replacement. The Corn Maze requires 20 students. Try Goodwill for a Zombie-type costume-there is no expectation that a student spends
much money. Some tattered clothing is provided in addition to face & chest protection. Softer paintballs are used. The Corn Maze suggests wearing hats, scarves, hard shoes, and athletic support for the boys. Senior parent chaperons will be onsite. See the website so
you know the location of your student: http://www.witchesofnewsalem.com/
**SAVE THE DATE: Mandatory Senior parent meeting, Monday, January 25 at 7 pm, CC cafeteria – Senior All Night Party details/release forms/sign-ups
General SANP questions to Co-Chairs: Jen Hartman- [email protected] or Mary Beth Child- [email protected]
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**WE CARE PARENT ORGANIZATION NEWS**
Thank you to the parents who were able to complete the We Care Volunteer form from your sum-mer packet or Welcome Back Night. While we have received 50 forms, we would appreciate many more volunteers. E-mail the Co-Chairs if you can assist. We recognize that with your busy lives it is difficult to volunteer in person but your donations of food/products for Ministry fair (Nov 12), retreat luncheons, dances, teacher appreciation days, treat days and more are needed. The We Care organization needs 300 volun-teers each year for up to 30 events. The We Care mission is very simple. We are there to serve every student with spiritual enrichment through the Ministry Fair and Eucharistic Adoration (students & parents), or simply add a compo-nent that makes an event a bit nicer, show how much the parents care for them, and sometimes just make the day fun. The CC staff benefits by having “extra hands” to support an event that they are organizing. Who doesn’t like those “little things” to make their day?
Quote: “The most simple things can bring the most happiness” –Izabella Scorupco
Testimonials: -“I consider We Care a valuable partner in retreat planning at Catholic Central as well as in the an-nual Ministry Fair. It is such a blessing to have them on board!” -Mrs. Barb Scott, Campus Minis-ter & Religion Teacher -“The extra things that the We Care parents provide just make me feel like something special that day.” –Senior -Mr. Koss, Religion teacher, takes the time to stop the We Care volunteers and tells them how “they make his day” when lunch, dinner & treats are provided. Spiritual Ministry Chair: Kathy Barth [email protected] -Ministry Fair, Thurs, Nov. 12 – e-mail Kathy to volunteer Eucharist Adoration: Toni Ruthven [email protected] Special Note: Eucharistic Adoration is Mon & Fri, 7:30 am-2:00 pm and Wed, 7:30 am-3:00 pm. in the CC chapel. More volunteers are needed to meet the goal of 2 volunteers per hour. E-mail Toni if you are interested. This year, Adoration is being extended to alumni, aunts, uncles, and grandparents to help achieve the goal of daily adoration (5 days). Prayer cards are being added to the chapel. Every CC student and staff will be prayed for by the end of the school year. School Support Chair: Janette Organ [email protected] -To donate food for teacher treats, Catholic School’s week breakfast, teacher luncheon and dinner contact Janette Social & Retreat Support Chair: Mary Beth Child [email protected] -Volunteers are needed for coordinators/donations for the winter/spring retreats and treat days. Contact Mary Beth
We Care News
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iPad Support Options
Incoming students received their iPads during orientation, returning students reconnected and both teach-
ers and students are utilizing their devices to enhance learning. To support all our users, we have the on-site
help desk (located in the library on the 3rd floor) where students can ask Mr. Josh Friederichs, Technology
Specialist, Miss Karen Harag, Librarian, and our student tech aides for assistance with technology problems.
In addition, Mrs. Mary Ottenwess, Instructional Technology Specialist, is frequently in classrooms assisting
teachers with technology integration techniques.
After-hours support can be found on the grlearners2leaders.org website. Here you will find troubleshooting steps that users can follow to get connected to our iBoss filtering appliance and the Internet as well as other
technology support assists. If you need further assistance, instead of emailing school technology support
personnel directly, you should email [email protected]. This email is monitored from 8 am - 10 pm
evenings, weekends and holidays.
Need information about our selected iPad apps and/or use of media in a way that aligns with Catholic
principles? Please check out two Moodle resources available 24/7 for parents and students:
Apps KnowledgeBase: Here you will find user tips, how-to guides and best practices for our selected
iPad apps.
Infinite Bandwidth Book Study: CCHS parents, teachers and technology staff summarized the book
Infinite Bandwidth: Encountering Christ in the Media. The book is a Catholic roadmap and practical,
easy-to-use guide for evaluating, using and sharing media following seven principles gathered from
Church documents.
These resources are available by visiting: moodle.dogrschools.org and logging in as guest or student.
Additional resources for parents can be found under the Documents section on the grlearners2leaders.org
website including information about iBoss content filtering, iPad Restrictions and recommended cyber safety
resources.
Digital Citizenship Program
This fall all freshman and new incoming students will begin the full Strategies for Success - Digital Citi-
zenship Moodle course. This course covers many of the necessary skills needed to be proficient users of
technology including; general understanding of the Acceptable Use Policy, copyright, academic integrity,
Internet research skills, responsible use of social media, and more. Returning students will continue devel-
oping their digital citizenship skills with newly developed, add-on lessons.
Programming Club
The CCHS Programming Club has opened membership to all interested students this year and officially
launched on Friday, Sept., 25. This is a club to inspire, educate and equip students with the computing
skills to pursue 21st Century opportunities. Programming Club will meet before school to work on interac-
tive activities and will have the opportunity to meet technology professionals in the area via group exposure
events throughout the school year. Mr. Friederichs, Technology Specialist, is the advisor/instructor. Inter-
ested students may contact Mr. Friederichs or come to one of our meetings held on Friday mornings during
zero hour, 7:06-7:56 am.
Technology Updates
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Admissions:
JOIN US ON OCTOBER 18 AT 1:00 PM
Are you, or someone you know, looking for a school to call home? Make it Catholic Cen-
tral! Join us October 18 for our Open House extravaganza. All perspective parents and students are invited to meet our teachers and students, get a feel for the school and tour
the building. Preregister by following the link below and be entered into a raffle for a tui-
tion scholarship of up to $1000.
Preregistration: http://www.grcatholiccentral.org/admissions/open-house-
preregistration/
Spread the word to your friends and family about this event! Pass the date on to those who
are looking for a high school community. For more information, please contact Jackie Stet-
son: [email protected]
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CATHOLIC CENTRAL FAMILIES, you are invited:
CC Student Haiti Trip 2016
Catholic Central and West Catholic There will be an information meeting on Wednesday October 14, 2015 at 6:30pm. The meeting will be held at Holy Spirit Parish on 2230 Lake Michi-gan Dr. NW in the Court Yard Room. The room is located next to the gym in the back packing lot behind the school. Additional information can be found
at http://haitimission.yolasite.com or call Tim Ryan at 616-454-9875
Student Activities Updates
Freshmen Student Congress Representative Elections Applications for The Class of 2019 Student Congress Representative were made available Monday, Oct. 12. Students need to apply and create a video (instructions on the application) to be considered. Fall Blood Drive- Wednesday, November 4 Parents are welcome to donate! Students 16 and under need parent permis-sion. More information will be available as the date approaches.
The School Store is open 7:30am – 8:00am, 10 minute Break and After School on Monday, Wednesday & Friday. The School Store stocks basic school supplies, Kleenex, water bottles, lanyards and school spirit items. Prices are reasonable and the location can’t be beat! This will help you avoid those last minute runs to the store for poster board or composition note-books. If you are looking for CC T-shirts and sweatshirts, please go to the Cougar Gear Store on the web page-Click on Athletics then under Boosters.
If you have any questions – please contact Mrs. DeYoung