May 21, 2014

 

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A valedictorian by definition is the student of highest rank in a graduating class that delivers the valedictory, which is a farewell speech. The recent tradition at BWHS is to classify all graduating seniors who have a 4.0 or better cumulative grade point average over four years as valedictorians. Students from this group may audition to be the valedictorian to deliver the valedictory at graduation.

If you did not receive the Technology Release form in your Summer PE mailing, click here.

All Summer PE forms can be found at Quick Links.

The BWHS Business Club will hold a 5K on Saturday, June 7 at Ohio Dominican University. Proceeds will benefit the Christine Wilson Burn Unit.  Click here to register!

Bishop Watterson offers an athletic training student aid program that lets students get involved in the field of Athletic Training/Sports Medicine. The athletic training student aid program allows the students to aid and assist the Head Athletic Trainer in the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of athletic injuries. Students working in the program have the opportunity to earn service hours or tuition assistance. Students who are interested in becoming athletic training student aids for the upcoming Fall football season can get involved by emailing Mr. Boucher at eboucher@cdeducation.org or by calling (614) 614-268-8671ext 299.

The Bishop Watterson High School yearbook staff has been recognized by Balfour Yearbooks for its outstanding contribution to scholastic journalism. The students and faculty involved earned an Honorable Mention Certificate of Recognition from Balfour, which goes out to about ten percent of the schools recognized in the 2014 Yearbook Yearbook.  

"To be recognized in YearbookYearbook, a book isn't just good, it's great," director of marketing Mike Cobb said. "Balfour is proud to honor the best in YearbookYearbook. Every yearbook staff receiving Honorable Mention recognition can take pride in knowing that the Bishop Watterson High School 2013 yearbook was great when it came out, and it will retain its relevance 50 years from now."

Balfour Yearbooks is a prominent national publisher of high school yearbooks throughout the country. Based out of Dallas, Balfour receives thousands of yearbooks every year from high schools all over the country.

The award Bishop Watterson High School received for the yearbook is a great honor, and may also serve as a stepping-stone for greater achievements down the road.

Members of the 2012-13 yearbook staff left to right - First row: Dominique Garrett, Hannah Cantwell; Second row: Katie Cramer, Jenny Archer, advisor Jen Steckler, and Caroline Canute.

Course Failure Policy and Summer School:  The Bishop Watterson failure policy states that students in all grades must make up all failures in core courses during the summer.  Refer to the student handbook for a list of required subjects by grade level.  Students failing more than two core courses are subject to academic dismissal.  Continue to monitor your son's or daughter's brainhoney account and specifically look up the 4^th quarter grade in each class.  If there is a possibility that your son or daughter may not pass a class please first refer to the summer school section of Bishop Watterson's website and then start your research of summer school course options. 

A student must achieve a minimum 1.0 GPA in a given quarter in order to participate in co-curricular activities.  A student falling below the 1.0 GPA in a give quarter will be ineligible to participate in co-curricular activities during the following quarter.  This means that any student who fails two or more subjects fourth quarter will not be able to participate in FALL athletic or co-curricular activities regardless of whether or not the student passes the course for the year.  

AP Exam Test Takers:  Your scores for this year's AP tests will be available in July, 2014.  Using their collegeboard account, students can log on to apscore.org and use their AP ID number to check for the exact date in July that the scores will be available.  Remember, Bishop Watterson does not send AP test scores to colleges.  Seniors should have indicated which college the score(s) were to be sent when they filled out the pre-administration paperwork.

Seniors:     

Sending Final Transcript:

Last week seniors filled out a form from the guidance office indicating the college they want their final transcript sent.  In June, after grade cards go out, senior transcripts will be prepared and mailed out to the college they indicated on the form. 

Sending Dual Enrollment Transcript:

After the dual enrollment course is complete and grades have been submitted in June to Ohio Dominican University, seniors need to contact ODU directly to have their ODU transcript sent to their college. 

The Piave Club of Columbus is offering a $1000 scholarship for a male and female student of Italian descent.  The scholarship is a one-time offering and will be awarded in August.  Students must be in the top 25% of their class and have earned two letters in two varsity sports or three letters in one varsity sport.  Please direct your son or daughter to see a counselor for an application.  Deadline is June 13, 2014.     

Scholarship Award Letters: As students receive scholarship award letters from colleges and universities to which they have applied, please have them give a copy to the counselor so they can be recognized for their accomplishments in the graduation program.  Even if your son or daughter is not going to attend the college or university we still need copies of the scholarship letter.

Juniors:

The Bishop Watterson ACT Turbo course will be held on Thursday, June 12, 2014 from 9:00am - 11:30am as a lead up to the June ACT. The fee is $75.  The registration form can be found on Bishop Watterson website under Quick Links.  If you have questions please email Mrs. Gallo at karenSATtutor@columbus.rr.com

For admissions information on Ohio's Public Colleges and University go to www.opuac.org.  For admissions information on Ohio's Private Colleges and University go to www.aicuo.edu/downloadableresources.html.

It is time for juniors to sign up for the ACT with writing and SAT and, if desired, a preparation course. To register for the ACT, go to www.ACT.org. To register for the SAT, go to www.collegeboard.com. To get information on Karen Gallo's preparation courses and registration forms go to www.bishopwatterson.com then scroll down to the bottom of the homepage to click on Quick Links.

Additional Information for Parents:  Check out the guidance department's portion of Bishop Watterson's website. Our web page is rich with helpful information on study skills, summer programs, college application and financial aid information, junior and senior newsletters, and much more. Go to: bishopwatterson.com, click on Academics, then on Guidance. Click here to view junior and senior newsletters. To see the current list of available Summer Programs click here.

Bishop Watterson High School will offer 20 sports camps and a music camp this summer. Sports camps offered are baseball, boys and girls basketball, cheerleading, field hockey, football, boys and girls soccer, boys and girls tennis, girls volleyball, boys and girls lacrosse, weight training and wrestling.

For more details and registration forms, visit www.bishopwatterson.com. 

Watterson to Host TWO Italian exchanges next year

International experience without leaving home

SIGN UP NOW

Watterson now has two sister schools in Florence, Italy and both will be sending an exchange group this fall!  One school will be sending eighteen students from September 12 - 24.  The other school's group of twenty will come in late October/early November.  We are signing up host families NOW. 

There is no fee to host and the benefits for your child/children are immense.  The Italian students are fully chaperoned by teachers from their school and speak English so NO ITALIAN is necessary.  In fact, we are actively seeking non-Italian students to take part in the program.  

During the exchange, your exchange student will accompany your Watterson student to school and will either go to school with him/her or go on day trips to various cultural, historical, scientific or governmental sights in Central Ohio.  Your Watterson student may go on the trips too if he/she wants.  Your only responsibility is to provide a home, transportation to/from school (and occasionally evening activities) and meals, including sack lunches.  Finally, should you wish, your Watterson student can return the visit to Italy next year - at an approximate cost of around $2,000.00 for two full weeks. 

As we all know, the world is a small place these days - and getting smaller. Why not give your Watterson student an "international experience" without leaving home?!  Contact Jim Dury at jdury@cdeducation.org or Italian teacher, Ryan Green, at rgreen@cdeducation.org for more information or to sign up.  Grazie!

Participating Rate:

1st Child in Family - $8425

2nd Child in Family - $8225

3rd Child in Family - $8125

4th Child in Family - $8125

Non-participating Rate:

1st Child in Family - $9625

2nd Child  in Family - $9425

3rd Child in Family - $9325

4th Child in Family - $9325

There's still time to participate!  Our Raise the Elevator project is well underway, so we wanted to update you on our progress! Total commitments now stand at $123,172 - only $76,828 to go!  With the total cost of building an elevator in our north addition to ensure handicap access to be $200,000, we are very grateful to those who have contributed thus far. Our students and staff have adopted this cause for the 2013-14 school year and continue to contribute their change to fill the cross. For those who would still like to make a gift, please click here.   

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