The Heritage School 02/26/2010
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Spring Sports
Mardi Gras Dance
Outdoor Education
Calendar
Heritage Helps Haiti
Raffle Tickets
Closet Sale
Family Cookout
Re-Enrollment Contracts
Box Tops
Spring Sports are Underway!
Go Hawks!  Our spring sports season kicked off yesterday with a tennis match against Calvary.  The Hawks were victorious. See more... 
 
Baseball begins this weekend with an away game tonight against Kings Ridge and varsity and JV matches at HOME against Calvary tomorrow (Saturday, February 27, at 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm).  See Coach Huff's baseball blog... 
 
Soccer opens next week and track is coming soon.  Check our athletics page for sports schedules, and come out to cheer on the Hawks! 
Mardi Gras Dance
The Mardi Gras Dance is almost here! It will be held on March 2nd from 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. sharp. This is our only Middle School dance, and it is open to all Heritage seventh and eighth grade students. The cost is $3.00 at the door, which pays for a mask and refreshments during the dance. 
 
Pease note that the dance is not open to students from other schools, and no one may leave the dance before it is over.
Middle School Outdoor Education Trips
The fifth, sixth, and seventh grade outdoor education trips will take place March 29 - April 1. If you have a remaining balance, please pay it as soon as possible.  Click links below for more information about each grade's activity.
Fifth grade (Ebenezer)
Sixth grade (Kanuga)
Seventh grade (sea kayaking)
Calendar
Take a look at this week's calendar.
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Heritage Helps Haiti
Marchman in Haiti
The Heritage sixth graders recently organized a massive fundraising effort for earthquake relief in Haiti.  Through three days of bake sales, and what became a true community effort involving the entire student body plus Heritage parents and friends, they raised an amazing $4,000.  Faculty member Frank Marchman personally delivered those funds to Haiti and into the hands of Haitian relief worker, Pere Jean Bruno. 
 
Please take a moment to go to our website and read more about this incredible effort, and watch a brief video of Pere Bruno thanking the school.  You do not want to miss this video!
Raffle Tickets Now Available for Groovin' in the Grove
Groovin' in the Grove 2010
A limited number of full tuition and $5,000 cash raffle tickets will be sold.  Get your tickets now!  Tuition raffle tickets cost $100 for one ticket, $250 for four, or $500 for ten.  Tickets for the $5,000 cash raffle cost $50 each.
 
The drawing will be held at our third annual Groovin' in the Grove event on Saturday, May 1, at 7:30 p.m., in the pecan grove.  Groovin' in the Grove is a casual, adults only fundraising dinner and party, and a great opportunity to socialize with members of the Heritage Community.  You do not have to be present to win the raffle. Please ask your friends and family to participate!
 
Download the raffle ticket form.  To order tickets, simply fill out the form and return it to the school.  Your ticket stub will be mailed to you.
Closet Sale Next Friday
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Get great deals on gently used Heritage uniforms, jackets and more on Friday, March 5, from 2:00 pm until 5:00 pm in the Student Life Center.  We will be selling khaki pants, shorts, capris, skorts, and jumpers; navy, red, or white collared shirts and sweatshirts; P.E. attire, jackets, sports attire, and other school items.  We accept cash or checks.
 
The proceeds are used to benefit the Physical Education Department. This sale is open to our Heritage family twice yearly - once in the fall, and later in the spring.
 
If you wish to donate any Heritage items, drop offs are located in the Media Center and the SLC.
Family Cookout and Open House

Pom PomsThe admissions office will host a Family Cookout/Open House event on Friday, March 12, beginning at 4:00 p.m.  In conjunction with three Varsity home games - baseball at 4:00, girls soccer at 5:00, and boys soccer at 6:45, we will be serving hamburgers, hotdogs, chips, and drinks to ALL in attendance.  We'll be setting up our tents out at the athletic fields, and we would like to see all of our Heritage families there.  Please bring a guest family with you who might be interested in exploring enrollment at The Heritage School for the 2010-2011 academic year. 

Re-Enrollment Contracts Due
If you have not yet returned your contract, please do so right away.  As you may know, we are limited in the number of spots available for new applicants in many of our grades, and we wish to enroll our current Heritage families first.  Though the 4% early-payment discount date has passed, you are still eligible for two discount dates.
 
Save 3% if you pay in full by Tuesday, March 16, 2010.
Save 2% if you pay in full by Friday, April 16, 2010, the last date to qualify for an early payment discount.
 
We thank you for your continued commitment to The Heritage School, and we look forward to another wonderful year of educating your students.
BoxTops Deadline is Approaching
BoxTops

BoxTops are submitted twice a year for the school. The next deadline to mail in BoxTops is April 15. Please drop all the BoxTops you have in the collection bin in the media center before April 9, 2010.

This is a beneficial program for the school. A check is sent to the school based on the number of BoxTops submitted.  Our goal this year is to raise $650.

If you have any questions regarding the BoxTops program, please call Shannon Rasnake at 770-304-9088.