Dates to Remember
Tuesday, February 26
Professional Development
Half Day Schedule
Dismissal at 11 am
Wednesday, Feb 27
Lancer Legacy Gala Meeting
5:30 Library
Monday, March 4
Blood Drive
Friday, March 8 Sophomore Retreat
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NBC Connecticut Visits ND
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Brad Drazen interviews Michael Lenard '13
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On Thursday, Brad Drazen from NBC Connecticut visited Notre Dame to tape a feature story on Notre Dame's 26 Acts of Kindness campaign. The "Making the Grade" segment is scheduled to air next week. The exact date and time will be announced soon. |
Three Weeks Until ND's Lancer Legacy Gala
 Notre Dame's Lancer Legacy Gala will take place on Thursday, March 14. Reservations for this event must be made no later than, Friday March 1. We hope that everyone in the Notre Dame community will attend this event, which is our school's biggest fundraiser of the year. The committee is also looking for donations our the silent auction. Suggestions for donations include: store gift cards, timeshare rentals, movie tickets, gas cards, train tickets, Amazon cards, jewelry, electronics, or any cash donation would be greatly appreciated. Please contact Theresa Marzik in our Advancement Office at 203-372-6521/ marzik@notredame.org if you have any question, would like to purchase a ticket or donate a silent auction gift.
Please help to make this event a success by answering a brief survey.
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Computer Department Spotlight
Sophomores in the Introduction to Graphic Design classes are beginning to layout and design full websites using Adobe Fireworks and Adobe Dreamweaver. They will be picking a topic for a website and create a fully functional website that will be hosted on the ND servers. Students are getting lessons in designing for the web in particular and also laying out a site using HTML and some Java scripting. Links to the sites will be supplied when students begin to upload their creations!
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Students Create Theatrical Masks
 After reading the Greek tragedy, Antigone, the sophomores in Dr. Callaghan's English classes created over-sized theatrical masks similar to those used by the ancient tragedians. Each student imagined a character depicting a particular mood or emotion and fashioned a mask reflecting this person. The students' work ran the gamut of artistic media and theatrical effect and will be on display in Room 311 during the third marking period.
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The Key Club is beginning the drive to make Easter baskets for Sr. Theresa's
children. We are aiming to make 150 baskets. If anyone is able to donate chocolate eggs, chocolate Easter bunnies, jelly beans or any other items that we can put in the baskets, we would greatly appreciate it. We are in need of baskets or containers that could serve as Easter baskets as well as cellophane. We do have enough Easter grass, but we would be grateful for any donations. If anyone would rather buy a pre-made basket, we would also accept those. Easter is early this year so we request donations by March 18th. All donated items can be brought to Miss Z's room (102). Thank you for your generosity and helping us to make Easter brighter for children who might not get an Easter basket.
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 On Monday, March 4, Notre Dame will be hosting our annual Blood Drive. This year our goal is 48 units of blood. Students of the National Honor Society are organizing this event. Faculty and students 17 years and older are encouraged to participate in this endeavor. Students will receive 1 hour of service credit for donating blood.
Parents are also invited to help us reach our goal of 48 units. Please contact Mr. DiPalma if you are able to donate blood.
Help Notre Dame provide the gift of life by being a 2013 ND Blood Donor!
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Daffodil Orders Due Monday, February 25
 You can give hope to people facing cancer and save lives by supporting the American Cancer Society Daffodil Days program. The Daffodil Days program is your chance to fight back against cancer by raising funds and awareness to help beat the disease. Purchase a b ouquet of 10 daffodils for $10 each, A Bear and Bunch (Includes Ray O. Hope, a collectible 10" special edition Boyds Bear, and 10 daffodils) for $25 each or potted daffodil bulbs (three multi-stem bulbs in a pot) for $15 each. Orders can be sent to Ms. Z or Ms. Miller by February 25 (makes checks payable to Notre Dame).
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Sophomore Retreat Rescheduled to March 8
Due to a conflict with a field trip on March 1, the sophomore retreat is being rescheduled to Friday, March 8. Please contact Mr. St.Onge with any questions at stonge@notredame.org.
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 Girls' Basketball
Good luck to the girls' basketball team who plays in the SWC final tonight, Friday, against Lauralton Hall at 7:30 pm at Bunnell High School. Click here to read a great article on the girls' basketball team.
Click here to view the
2013 Class M Girls Basketball state tournament bracket. Notre Dame is the #2 seed in Class M and will open at home on Tuesday (7:00 pm) versus the #31 seed North Branford.
Boys' Basketball
ND boys' varsity basketball takes on Masuk in the SWC quarterfinals on Saturday at 11:30 am (at Masuk). The schedule for the day is as follows:
11:30 am - #6 Masuk vs. #3 Notre Dame
1:15 pm - #7 Weston vs. #2 Bethel
3:00 pm - #5 Stratford vs. #4 Kolbe Cathedral
4:45 pm - #8 Newtown vs. #1 Bunnell
Softball Players
Any girls interested in playing softball, there is still time to sign-up. Please see Mr. Bleggi ASAP!
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 Notre Dame's annual Bob Shea Memorial Golf Tournament will take place on Monday, June 24 at the Redding Country Club. If you would like to be on the golf tournament committee or would like to be on our mailing list, please contact our Advancement Office at marzik@notredame.org.
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Calling all Notre Dame Thespians
Were you a part of Notre Dame's spring musicals -- The Kings and I, Sound of Music, My Fair Lady, Music Man, Oklahoma, Oliver, High Button Shoes, Fiddler on the Roof, Irene, Babes in Arms, Hello Dolly, Guys and Dolls, Mame, Bye Bye Birdie, Cinderella, Anything Goes, Grease, Meet Me in St. Louis, Godspell, Annie, Pajama Game, Footloose, The Wiz, Once Upon a Mattress, Throughly Modern Millie, Beauty and the Beast, etc.?
This year marks the 30th anniversary of Sister Marion Rielly's passing and in her memory Notre Dame is planning a cabaret-style event featuring past spring musical performers. This event will take place in the fall of 2013 with all proceeds supporting the Sister Marion Rielly Scholarship Fund/Notre Dame Drama Club.
If you would like more information, please contact the Notre Dame Alumni Office at marzik@notredame.org. Please forward this information your fellow ND classmates and spread the word!
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Ed-Line Updates - Next Reports: 2/24/13
Third marking period Ed-line updates will be issued on the following dates: February 24, March 10.
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 The Home School Association is selling ND mugs for $10 each. Contact Mrs. Marzik to get yours today.
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Kohl's Cares Scholarship Program
 Nominate a young volunteer age 6 to 18, who has made a difference in the community. Top winners each receive $10,000 for higher education. Nominations are being accepted through March 15. You must be 21 or over to nominate. Click here for more information.
 Kiwanis Club Of Fairfield All seniors may apply for a scholarship offered by the Kiwanis Club Of Fairfield. Applications are available in the Guidance Office. The deadline for submitting the application is April 15, 2013.
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2013-14 Financial Aid Forms
Families who would like to apply for financial assistance for the 2013-14 school year, must submit a new aid application after your 2012 tax return is complete. The deadline to file this application is April 1, 2013. Applicants who file after this date may not receive assistance. Click here to download an application. Families MUST re-apply for financial assistance annually.
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Bridgeport Public Library Hosts Dan Stevens
The Bridgeport Public Library will host musician Dan Stevens on Thursday, February 27 at 3:00 pm in the main library's Teen Café. Stevens is an acoustic blues stylist, bottleneck slide player and protege of New York City's folk legend Dave Van Ronk. His music has been described as "House rockin' fingerstyle blues emanating from the depths of the delta and careening through the New York centered folk/blues revival to the present. Spirit, presence and originality married to a reverence for authenticity of style." Long a relentlessly touring solo artist covering the Eastern US, Virgin Islands, UK.
This classic Blues concert will feature Dan playing antique and homespun guitars. You'll love the show... and Dan will be returning this Summer to teach teens how to build their own primitive folk git-box.
For more information contact the Youth Services Division at (203) 576-7400 ext. 444. These programs are free and open to the public. The Bridgeport Public Library teen café is located at 925 Broad Street, Bridgeport, CT.
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Yearbooks Orders Now Being Taken
 Families can now place orders for 2013 Yearbooks by clicking here and enter Notre Dame's order number: 14196. The cost to reserve a yearbooks is $75. There are a limited number of Yearbooks remaining.
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The Fairfield County Catholic newspaper is looking for high school-aged Catholic teens to write an article to be published in the Fairfield County Catholic Newspaper and the Diocese Youth Webpage. A different article will be published every month and there will be a $25 gift card for each article published. Email articles with photo to jmonroe@diobpt.org. Call Jill Monroe with any questions at 203-416-1461 or email her.
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Register Your Cards Today!
 Register Your Big Y card and designate Notre Dame as your school! Every time you shop, just look for items marked with the Education Express school bus logo. You'll save money on those items while you earn points for ND. Click here to sign up.
 If you have a Target REDcard, please consider designating Notre Dame High School as the recipient of 1% of the charges you make using this credit card. To link Notre Dame to your Target credit card, please click here.
In June, Notre Dame received a check for over $1,500 thanks to all the families and friends who registered their Stop and Shop cards for the A+ Rewards program and designated Notre Dame as their school. We'd love it if you could help us again this year ... all you do is select Notre Dame, use your Stop and Shop card, and we get a percentage of all the purchases. Click here to register your card. Keep in mind you need to register your card every year.
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ND on Facebook and Twitter
  Have you "liked" ND on Facebook yet? To visit the ND page on Facebook and become a fan, click here. To visit our Twitter feed, click here. To follow Mr. Cipriano's Twitter account, click here.
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Help Us Share Your Child's Good News ...
If you have information to share about any out-of-school achievements of your son or daughter, please e-mail that information to cipriano@notredame.org. We look forward to the opportunity to share your good news with the entire Notre Dame community. |
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