St. Dominic Savio Catholic High School
Eagle Weekly
July 24, 2016
       
In This Issue
Parent Resources
Upcoming Events
 
 
 
Aug 04 Faculty and Staff
             In service Begins
 
Aug 11 Orientation for
             New Students
             8:00am
 
Aug 12 Freshmen Retreat
 
Aug 12 College Boot
             Camp for Seniors 
            9:00am to 4:00pm
 
Aug 12 Freshman Retreat
 
Aug 15 First Day of
             School
 
Aug 15 Mass - Feast of
             Assumption
 
Aug 15 8 Period Day
             Schedule
 
Aug 24 Mass Day
             Alumni Mass
            
Aug 31 Mass Day
 
Aug 31 Picture Day for
             Grades 9th, 10th,
             and 11th
 
Aug 31 Back to School
             Night 6:30PM
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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Today's Reading
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time





In those days, the LORD said: "The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great,

and their sin so grave,

that I must go down and see whether or not their actions

fully correspond to the cry against them that comes to me.

I mean to find out."



While Abraham's visitors walked on farther toward Sodom,

the LORD remained standing before Abraham.

Then Abraham drew nearer and said:

"Will you sweep away the innocent with the guilty?

Suppose there were fifty innocent people in the city;

would you wipe out the place, rather than spare it

for the sake of the fifty innocent people within it?

Far be it from you to do such a thing,

to make the innocent die with the guilty

so that the innocent and the guilty would be treated alike!

Should not the judge of all the world act with justice?"

The LORD replied,

"If I find fifty innocent people in the city of Sodom,

I will spare the whole place for their sake."

Abraham spoke up again:

"See how I am presuming to speak to my Lord,

though I am but dust and ashes!

What if there are five less than fifty innocent people?

Will you destroy the whole city because of those five?"

He answered, "I will not destroy it, if I find forty-five there."

But Abraham persisted, saying "What if only forty are found there?"

He replied, "I will forbear doing it for the sake of the forty."

Then Abraham said, "Let not my Lord grow impatient if I go on.

What if only thirty are found there?"

He replied, "I will forbear doing it if I can find but thirty there."

Still Abraham went on,

"Since I have thus dared to speak to my Lord,

what if there are no more than twenty?"

The LORD answered, "I will not destroy it, for the sake of the twenty."

But he still persisted:

"Please, let not my Lord grow angry if I speak up this last time.

What if there are at least ten there?"

He replied, "For the sake of those ten, I will not destroy it."

 

 
 
  
Principal News
 
 


 
Summer Office Hours this Week!

8:00am to 4:00pm Monday thru Thursday 
 
8:00am to 12:00pm Friday  


Transportation News
School bus transportation is still available for those families who wish to utilize it.  The South Route (St. Ignatius and St. Theresa) has a few seats remaining (4).  The Central Route (St. Louis) has 7 seats available.  The North Route (St. Helen and St. William) has 5 seats to be filled.  


Please go to the Savio website www.saviochs.org.  Find the menu bar at the top of the main page and click on "Parents".  From the drop-down menu click on "Bus Transportation" to read details of bus pick-up and drop-off times.  To reserve a seat on any of the routes click on the contract link.  
Complete the contract form and return the form to Assistant Principal, Mr. Joe Gutilla.  Mr. Gutilla will add your student's name to the route roster you select, and he will turn the contract over to our Finance Director, Mrs. Nguyen, so she can discuss your financial arrangements.


Contracts will be accepted until August 15th on a first-come first-served basis.  Please hurry if you plan to have your student(s) signed up!  Only registered families with bus contracts are permitted to utilize school bus transportation to and from school.
 
IMPORTANT INFORMATION!






Student Parking Information!

Starting this school year, in order to help provide a safe and secure environment for all of our students and their vehicles, there will be some changes in the structure of student parking on campus.


Any student who drives a vehicle to school and parks the vehicle in the student parking lot MUST secure a vehicle registration form BEFORE driving the vehicle to school.  Registration forms for current drivers may be picked up in the main office before school starts or from the Assistant Principal, Mr. Gutilla, after school starts.  The grace period for current drivers to pick-up and turn-in a completed registration form will end on Monday, August 29th.  Those students who secure drivers licenses during the school year can pick up the registration forms directly from    Mr. Gutilla.


Upon receipt of the completed registration form the student will receive a numbered Savio student parking tag that must be hung from the rear view mirror of the vehicle.  The cost of student-parking tag is $10.00 and will be issued to the student upon receipt of the completed registration form.  All student vehicles must display the parking tag while parked in the student parking lot.  




Safe Driving
A reminder to all who drive on Neenah Ave that the speed limit is 30mph. Please give yourself extra time to get to your final destination when driving through the Neenah neighborhood and both schools. Traffic has increased due to the opening of the Neenah Ave expansion.  Please drive with caution at the speed limit  to ensure your safety! 






ATTN SAVIO PARENTS:  Attached, is the revised textbook listing for the coming school year.  The only change is World Geography's National Geographic Student Atlas of the World (3rd Edition) has been replaced with National Geographic Student World Atlas (4th Edition).  If you have already purchased the 3rd Edition, it will be fine; there's no need to return it for the 4th Edition.  


The REVISED 2016 - 2017 Savio Textbook List is HERE! 
Savio's Textbook Store through MBS Direct will be open on Friday, July 1st for the purchase of textbooks.  MBS Direct is offering Savio families a year-round shipping flat rate of $5.95 on all textbook orders regardless of the order size.  Click HERE to get started.  If you have any problems, please contact MBS Customer Service, 844.603.9960 (toll free), 573.441.9179 (international) or through email at [email protected].  Online chat services are available 24/7.

 
 
 
 
 
Click HERE to read the English Summer Assignment  Letter!
 
Click HERE to read the APUSH Summer Assignment Letter!
 
Click HERE to read the Latin Summer Assignment Letter!
 
Click HERE to read the World History Summer Assignment Letter!
 
Click HERE to read the World Geography Summer Assignment!
 
Click HERE to read the Physics Summer Assignment Letter!
 
 


Athletic News
TAPPS Athletic Forms for Fall Sports are DUE!

The New TAPPS Athletic forms for the 2016 - 2017 school year are listed below.  Any student who will be participating in football, cross country, cheerleading, or volleyball will need to complete all of these forms. If you have any questions or concerns please contact Coach Florez at [email protected] or Coach Clark at [email protected].    
  




Fine Arts News
2016 Savio Fall Play
The 2016 Fall Play will be You Can't Take It With You by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman. An information meeting about the Fall Play will be on Friday, August 19 after school in the band hall. Auditions will be Monday, August 22 and Tuesday, August 23. You can find information about the show at samuelfrench.com.  Please come to the information meeting on August 19 if you are interested in auditioning for the show. If you have any questions, please email Joyce Mink at [email protected].

Technology News
Please share with family and friends. 


"Pokeman Go" has become the latest new game rage, it's even being discussed on Relevant Radio as an Evangelization tool. Apparently Churches can set themselves up as "Poke stops"  and draw players to the church to play the game.


In less than two weeks of the game being available, it has supposedly been downloaded more than any mobile app game in history, and it is close to catching the Twitter app in downloads. So, it is very popular and may be on a kid's phone near you...


Please be aware of some of the risks involved for you and your friends and family as outlined in this excerpt from a recent article. (See full post here):
  
You have probably heard about the new Pok�mon app. It's going viral and sends people on the street to catch these little virtual creatures. There are some risks if you have the "gotta catch 'em all" fever.


First, please stick to the vetted app stores, do not download the app from anywhere else. Why? Bad guys have taken the app and infected it with malware, and try to trick you downloading it from untrustworthy websites.


Second, anyone using the app, and especially kids should be VERY aware that they are not lured into a real-world trap which could lead to mugging or abduction. Other players can track you in the real world using this app so be careful.


Third, there are possible privacy issues if you use your Google account to log into the app. Create a throw-away account and use that to log into Pok�mon, not your private or business account.


As always, Think Before You Click!


Student News
Senior, Sean Grieshop represents Savio in Interview and TV Show: Gold Medal Families
Our very own Sean Grieshop represented St. Dominic Savio with an interview with Swimming World about his performance at the Olympic Team Trials. Listen to the interview HERE!
 
In June, Grieshop secured fourth place in United States history for the U.S. Olympic Team trials for men's 17 - 18 age group. Grieshop clocked in at 4:14.00 in the 400 m Individual Medley (IM) to set a new Junior World Record.
 
His time is just five minutes short from Michael Phelps' 4:09.09 record in 2003. This places Grieshop's record just behind Michael Phelps, Tim Dolan, Chase Kalisz. He now ranks fourth place in U.S. history in his 17-18 age group.
 
Grieshop finished the Olympic team trials strong in fifth place overall. While only the top two finalists of the team trials move on to the Olympic Team, we proud of this significant achievement for Grieshop!
Grieshop and his family were recently featured in the Lifetime Television show Gold Medal Families.  Watch HERE!  
 
 All the athlete's featured on the show are ages 17 to 21. The Lifetime show reflects the constant commitment both the athlete's and their families go through while preparing for the Olympic Team Trials. A recent article about the show was published on SwimSwam.com.  Read HERE
 
 
Congratulations Sean Grieshop, we are proud of you!




Savio Parent Association (SPA) News
 
 
Our school year is getting ready to begin and we are always in need of Volunteers.  Contact SPA Chair, Julie Zimmerman at [email protected] and she can help find the perfect spot for you: a once in a while volunteer, a "done in a day" project, class rep helper, or SPA committee member.  Our school is growing and so is the need for more parent involvement; several special Savio traditions are solely parent/volunteer-run.  Please email Julie Zimmerman at [email protected].



If you would like to help with your child's specific class events (whether in person or in kind), please email Julie Zimmerman at [email protected].   She will put you in touch with your class rep.   


Back to school events start right away - the week of August 8th - so please let us know if you'd like to help.


Something NEW at Savio!
Several enterprising and forward-thinking freshman came up with a question: To encourage students to drink more water, but, not necessarily encourage plastic water bottle consumption, would Savio be able to install a water bottle filling station?   The answer is YES!  Thanks to the always cost-conscious & thrifty spending habits of the Savio Parent Association (SPA) committee chairs; along with generous donations by parents and friends of Savio, there were some SPA funds left over at the end of the 2015-16 school year.  According to SPA rules, all monies must be spent during the current school year, so the SPA Executive Committee voted to approve the use of the excess funds on this healthy, student-initiated idea. Thank you & happy drinking!




Admission News

Host Families Needed for International Students

The admission office is seeking interested families to host international students for the 2016-2017 school year. As our international program continues to grow so does our need for more host families. Savio works closely with several companies to find qualified international applicants that meet the Savio admission criteria.
 
If you or someone you know is interested in this wonderful opportunity please contact Mrs. Holly Bologna in the admission office at [email protected].




Guidance Office News
Opportunity Knocks features programs and opportunities for first-generation college students.  If your student will be the first generation to have the opportunity to attend college, check out the information on: www.ImFirst.org.

 


Check out our Savio College Acceptances and Matriculations map HERE!








Booster Club News




MEMBERSHIP IS OPEN! - $50 Discount before Aug 1.



  • Remember $50 DISCOUNT on Navy Membership if you JOIN before 8/1/16. 100% participation is our goal!  St Dominic Savio does not charge a per sports fee, this is a deal! Click HERE to join!


SPONSOR ATHLETICS - ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS!




Sponsorships - if you have a business or know someone who does, this is a great way to support your team and your school - 50% goes back to your team up to $500. Click HERE to sponsor!




 
NEW SPECIALTY SPIRIT ITEMS for 2016-2017 - Order Form HERE!  


You can email Mary Jo Kilburn to place your orders.  Orders placed before 8/21, will be ready for pick up at Back to School Night on 8/31.




 






Parent News
What is Musical.ly?

Click HERE to learn more about the popular app with teens and tweens that lets users make lip-syncing videos to their favorite songs.


2nd Annual Bowl-A-Thon at Mel's Lone Star Lanes
Did you know that in 4 Round Rock ISD elementary schools, 80% of the children live in poverty?  And children raised in poverty are 5 times more likely to drop out of school?  
 
Grace Ministries has a mission to break the cycle of poverty by providing healthy meals to elementary school children and self-sufficiency workshops for their parents.
 
We partner with the Dominican Sisters of Mary and Relevant Radio to advance this important work of mercy.
 
Help us by coming to the 2nd Annual Bowl-A-Thon at Mel's Lone Star Lanes in Georgetown on August 6th!   Bring your family to Bowl with the Dominican Sisters - you've never had so much fun!  For more information visit www.graceministriesofaustin.org.




Reminders
You may now enter your PARENT volunteer hours in RenWeb!
Effective immediately, you may now enter your PARENT volunteer hours in RenWeb.  Log into ParentsWeb>on the opening page click Family Information>click on the box that says Service Hours>click on Add Service Hours box>enter the date>select the description from the drop down box>enter the total number of hours>enter the name of the coordinator of the event you volunteered for>select the save button when finished.  If you have any questions or concerns entering your hours, please contact Holly Bologna at [email protected].  


 
How to Change Your Personal Information in Renweb:
Log into Renweb>on the opening page click Family Information>look under the Online Filing Cabinet/Web Forms> Click on Family Demographic Form>Look under Custodial Parents>Click on the box next to your name that says Custodial Parent Form>Once you are on this form you can change any of your personal information and parent preferences.


EIM Workshops
A reminder to anyone wishing to volunteer a St. Dominc Savio CHS, you MUST be EIM (Ethics and Integrity in Ministry) compliant. Begin the process by completing the application online and submitting on http://www.austindiocese.org/. Then sign up on-line through your EIM account for workshop. Basic Workshop if first time, Refresher Workshop if you have previously taken the Basic.
 
If you have any questions regarding EIM compliance please email Mrs. Barbi Guerra at [email protected]
 
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