Dear Notre Dame Families:
Welcome Back!!! I hope that you had a wonderful, relaxing Easter and Spring Break!
Thank you to all who have registered and completed the tuition agreement. The early numbers appear to be very positive and a third year of enrollment growth is in sight!!! There are thirty-five kindergartners registered and I continue to give tours to prospective families! We also have several new students enrolled in many of the other grades. I will be re-sending my "registration" e-mail from earlier in the week as a reminder (I know how busy all of you are!!)
Our goal at Notre Dame of DePere is to make Catholic education affordable. There are two avenues to pursue tuition assistance: 1. Grace tuition assistance 2. Notre Dame tuition assistance. Families should first apply for assistance through Grace, after receiving a response from Grace, then apply through Notre Dame (the Notre Dame tuition assistance application will be posted on-line). Following is a brief letter received from Grace yesterday that I would like to share with your regarding Grace tuition assistance:
The first financial aid deadline for need-based financial assistance is Friday, May 4th. Families enrolled at any of the ten Grace member schools can submit an application in a confidential and secure way. For more information go to: http://www.gracesystem.org/financial-aid/. Last year, Grace provided over $211,000 in financial assitance and over $17,000 in hardship tuition relief to over 125 families.
Looking for service hours?
You have been invited by Home & School to sign up for "Grandparents' Day." Grandparent's Day is scheduled for Friday, April 27th at St. Mary's church. Mass will begin at 9:00 A.M with a reception immediatly to follow in the gatthering space and reception area at St. Mary's church. Please click on the link below to view the online sign up sheet. To sign up, go to:
www.SignUpGenius.com/go/20F0E4EA5AB2CAB9-grandparents Or contact Nikki Smith: gmsnrb@gmail.com
Just two gentle reminders that concern the safety of your children: 1. All students and children need parental supervision after school. Students should not be wandering the halls or playing in the gym unless they are accompanied by a parent. If there is no parental supervision, the children will be sent to the After School program for the $16 per day drop in fee. 2. Please do not prop any school door open with items such as the red safety cone; opening the door in this way allows access to the building to unauthorized people.
A big thank you to Mary Giese (outgoing chair and organizer of theis event for many years) and Joel DeMoulin (incoming chair) for putting a great Island Adventure Carnival!! Everyone had a great time and raised $4,000 for the school!! Wow!!
Sending a call out to the ND families:
If anyone has access to a dunk tank and/or a bouncy house for the St. Francis picnic, please contact Stacy Blahnik at 983-0662.
Have you completed your Family Service Hours for the year? The Family Service Hours for the 2011-2012 school year are due on April 30, 2012. Click here for more details.
In Spirit,
Jeff
Additional Links:
Rosary and Pizza Family Night
Grandparents Day
Island Adventure Carnival Update
Family Service Hours
Market Day
St. Norbert Summer Basketball
Vacation Bible School
Cellcom Green Bay Marathon
Upcoming Events and Important Dates:
April 19th-3:00-4:00 Market Day pick up @ Dolski Center
April 19th-6:30 Multi age meeting @ St. Bernard's
April 25th-5:30-7:30 Rosary and pizza
April 27th- Grandparents Day
April 30th-Family Service Hours are due
If you have read this newsletter, write "Go Raiders" in your childs planner and your child will receive a NUT card.
