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February 27, 2015

In This Issue

This Week at ND

Parent/Student Information

Campus Ministry

Club News

Guidance Department

Athletic Department

Dates to Remember

Saturday, Feb. 28

Lancer Legacy Gala at

Sacred Heart Univ.

Friday, March 6

Junior Class Retreat

Monday, March 9

Key Club Easter Drive Begins

Friday, March 13

Service Hours Due

Tuesday, March 17

Guidance Testing

1/2 Day Schedule

Thursday, March 19

Red Cross Blood Drive

Tuesday, March 24

Fall/Winter Athletic Awards Banquet

6:15 pm

Friday, March 27

Third Marking Period Ends

March 27 - 30

Senior Trip to
Washington, D.C.

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Parent Volunteers

Before volunteering at school, parents are required to go through Virtus training. To register for a Virtus training session, please click here. Contact Kevin Philipp at kphilipp@notredame.org for questions.

ND Tutoring Center

The ND Tutoring Center is open Monday through Thursday from 2 - 3 pm in Room 212. No appointment necessary. The Center is staffed by NHS and SHU tutors

Library Hours

The library is open Monday - Thursday until 4:00 pm and on Fridays until 3:00 pm.

Register Your Target Red Card

Notre Dame received a check for $321 thanks to friends of the school who linked their Target Red Card to Notre Dame. Notre Dame receives 1% of all purchases you make. To sign up your card, 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

ccipriano@notredame.org. We look forward to the opportunity to share your good news with the entire Notre Dame community.

Congratulations to...

...Mrs. Morales and her husband, Juan, on the birth of their baby girl. Ava was born on Saturday, February 21 weighing 8 lbs, 8 oz. Both mom and baby are doing well.

Lancer Legacy Gala Online Bidding...

The Notre Dame Fairfield Lancer Legacy Gala event is going high-tech this year by offering online and mobile bidding for our Silent Auction. You can now place bids online with your smartphone.

Here's how it works:

Register online by clicking here. This will allow you to view and bid on items. And if you are attending the Gala by pre-registering online, you'll streamline your bidding experience on the night of the event.
Register even if you are not attending the event itself. You can still bid on items.
Browse the Silent Auction and choose from the many great items you would like to bid on.
Place your bid, with an option of setting a maximum bid.
You will be notified on your smartphone if you have been outbid. Bidding will close at 8:30 pm on Saturday, February 28.

Visit our Auction Site by clicking here to start bidding now and save yourself time at the event! You do not have to be at the auction to bid.

Happy bidding and thank you for supporting Notre Dame! If you have any questions please contact the ND Advancement Office at tmarzik@notredame.org.

This Week at ND...

Science Department Update

The freshman students in Mr. Wajda's science classes are currently working on student-led research projects. So far topics range from finding the ideal section of a refrigerator to store food, to what the ideal angle range is for making three-point shots in basketball, to whether or not listening to music has an effect on how effective your studying is. The students will be collecting their own data and presenting their research to their classmates at the end of the marking period.

Student Work

Art student, Yasmine Namane '15, created a painting in Mr. Testani's class by stretching her canvas on a wooden frame, priming it with Gesso and then using acrylic paints to paint the BMW in the sun that is pictured.

Attention Parents and Students...

Second Annual Spring College Fair

The Southern Connecticut College Fair sponsored by Connoisseur Media, LLC (various local radio stations) and the Webster Bank Arena will be held on March 24 from 4 pm to 8 pm at the Webster Bank Arena. Almost 150 colleges will be in attendance. Click here for more information.

Care Club Mitten Maker ... Please Come Forward

Will the person or persons who made all the mittens for Mrs. Haffner's Care Club project in the fall, please contact

Mrs. Ayala in the Admissions Office (203) 372-6521?

Save the Date: Drama Club Presents ...

Opportunity for Student Reporters

The National Wildlife Federation would like to invite students ages 13-21 to join, report, and compete in the 2015 Young Reporters for the Environment-USA competition. If you love to write, take photographs, or make video shorts, click here for more information.

Scrapbooking Event at ND

The annual scrapbooking event will be held at Notre Dame on April 25 from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm. The cost to register is $40 for the full day or $25 for a half day. All proceeds will be used to benefit ND. Click here for more details.

Fairfield County's Community Foundation

An impressive array of scholarships is available from Fairfield County's Community Foundation. The online scholarship application portal for high school seniors going to college or vocational school is now available on the Foundation's website: www.fccfoundation.org. Click "Explore our Word" then "Awarding College Scholarships". The deadline for scholarship applications is March 20, 2015.

Financial Aid Applications

Families with students currently in grades 9, 10 and 11 are reminded that families must re-apply for financial assistance on an annual basis. The deadline for applications is April 1, 2015. Click here to download an application or apply online by clicking here.

Yearbooks On Sale - Reserve Your Copy Today!

2015 Yearbooks are available for pre-order. (Yearbooks arrive in May.) To reserve your copy now for only $75, click here. Enter the school code: 14196 to begin the order process. If you'd like to pay by cash or check, send your payment in to the Main Office.

Campus Ministry...

Service Hours Due Date

Service Hours documentation forms are due no later than Friday, March 13. Freshmen must complete 5 hours of community service in addition to Freshmen Field Day (in late April), and Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors must complete 15 hours of community service. Freshmen and sophomores should give their completed service forms to Mr. St.Onge, and juniors and seniors should give their forms to Ms. Medoff. Please email Mr. St.Onge or Ms. Medoff with any questions.

Operation Hope

On Monday, February 23, students went with Miss Medoff to Assumption Church in Fairfield to help make dinner for Operation Hope's Shelter. Participants included Cristina Capio '16, Diana Macuil '16, Kate Muldoon '16, Maggie Halstead '16, Andrea Quiles '18, Tim Furgiuele '16, Adam Riobo, '16, Madeleine Ramirez '17, and Pedro Oliveira '17.

Food Drive Success

Thank you to everyone who supported the charitable drive sponsored by the deacon's wives through the diocese. All the items collected were picked up on Friday to go to the Black Rock Food Pantry.

Mite Box Update

This week's mite box was used to raise money for C.H.A.I. which is the Catholic Health Association of India. The money used will help support the poorest of the poor. ND raised $246.77. Congratulations and thank you to Miss Alberti's homeroom who raised the most money.

Club News...

Care Club

Book Drive

The Care Club will be collecting books for Sister Theresa's pre-kindergarten children until March 4. We would appreciate children's books, new or used (in good shape). Please deposit your donations into the box in the library. Thank you for caring.

Jewish Home Visit

Care Club members who were scheduled to visit the Jewish Home on February 3 will now go on Monday, March 2. Other members are asked to check the list in the library. If your name is there, please read the directions. The next visit is now changed to April 7.

Guidance Department News...

Parents of Juniors

The Guidance Department has mailed out letters to Junior parents. February and March begin the college search process for our Juniors. All Junior parents need to contact their child's counselor to arrange for a parent/student meeting during the school day. The meeting will include familiarizing the parent and student with our Naivance program (students use this program to search for colleges and scholarships), a review of the students semester report card, transcript, PSAT scores, SAT testing and to discuss possible senior year courses. Please call the Guidance office at (203) 372-6521 to arrange an appointment.

Important Deadlines for Seniors

Applications

Please make sure you give each of the counselors at least 3-4 days to fill out any scholarship information needed for applications. If any student comes in a day before or the day of a deadline, the counselors will be unable to complete this task. Please know when your deadlines are, and please give time for counselors to complete forms.

Also...

Meet with your counselor at least two weeks before your college application deadlines. Please have your student assessment form completed as well as asking teachers for recommendations. This will allow the Guidance Office plenty of time to process the required paper work and allow teacher(s) the time to write recommendations by your college deadlines.

Scholarship Information

All seniors should be checking the scholarship list on Naviance.

When the Guidance Office receives any scholarship information it will be posted on Naviance under "Scholarships". Students should read the criteria to know that the scholarship is for their use.

Scholarships Available (check Naviance for details):

Name	Deadline
Long Hill Garden Club, Inc.	4/19
Abbott and Fenner Scholarship Program	6/15
Assumption College Gerard Brassard Scholarship	N/A
Connecticut State USBC Association	3/17
Dennis Malone Memorial Scholarship Award Program	4/19
DR. B.L. SMYKOWSKI SCHOLARSHIP(Polish)	5/2
Dunkin Donuts Scholarship	3/15
Fairfield County's Community Foundation	3/20
Glenn Moon Scholarship/Assoc. of Retired Teachers of CT	3/15
Greater Fairfield Board of REALTOR SCHOLARSHIP	5/1
Hood Sportsmanship	3/6
Isidore Wise Scholarship	3/9
Kiwanis Scholarships	4/15
Mary, William and Beatrice Horvath Scholarship	N/A
Mutual Security Credit Union Scholarship	4/30
Orazio DiMauro Foundation, Inc - Engineering	3/31
Orthapedic Specialty Group	4/24
PWC Connecticut Chapter Scholarship	3/18
ST. Patrick Scholarship	4/27
The Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Center Scholarship	5/15
The Saint Ann Society of Norwalk, Inc	4/15
The Stratford Library Board	3/23
TRUMBULL COMMUNITY WOMEN 2015 High School Scholarship	4/25

Lancer Athletics...

Congratulations to...

...Hakim Fleming '15 won the heavyweight championship at the Class S Wrestling Championships. Fleming won by a 3-2 decision over Morgan's Chris Seales to capture the title for the Lancers. Teammate T.J. McMillian '15 was runner-up at 192 pounds and William Kelly '16 placed third at 195 pounds to help Notre Dame finish 11th as a team with 86 points.

Hakim, TJ, and Billy all qualified the the CIAC state wrestling open championship this weekend in New Haven. Good luck to them all!

...Christian Turner '15 who placed third in the shot put at the CIAC Indoor Track State Open Championships. Christian's third place finish qualified him for the New England Indoor Track Championship at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston, Mass on February 27. Good luck!

... Emily Rowland '17 who was named to the All SCC First Team for Girls' Hockey and also named to the All State Girls' Hockey Team.

Basketball News

Congratulations to the Freshmen Boys' Basketball team and Coach Sparks who finished their season undefeated with a record of 13-0.

Good luck to the boys' basketball team who will be competing in the SWC tournaments and girls' basketball who will be competing in the Class S State Tournament.

ND will be hosting the second round of the CIAC Class S State tournament girls' basketball game on Thursday, March 5 at 7 pm. ND will play the winner of the Amistad/Putnam game. Admission for state tournament games is $8 for adults and $5 for students/seniors.

Fall and Winter Athletic Banquet

The ND Athletic Department and the N.D. Athletic Association will host the Fall/Winter Athletic Banquet on Tuesday, March 24 at 6:15 pm in the ND Gym. Cost is $15 for adults, $10 for non-ND students and $5 for ND students. Click here for more information. RSVP to Mr. Bleggi by Wednesday, March 18.

Lancer Gang Shirts for Sale

Lancer Gang camo shirts are available in Mr. Olayos' office. These shirts allow free admission to all boys' and girls' home basketball games (including at Sacred Heart) and all home boys' and girls' hockey games at the Milford Ice Pavilion. Cost of the shirt is $20.

ND Apparel Available On-Line

Notre Dame and Blanchettes Sporting Goods have teamed up for our new and exciting Notre Dame online store. The link to the store can be found here or on our homepage of our website. New merchandise will continue to be added to the store so please check back often. A percentage of all sales on the online store are returned to Notre Dame. Thank you for your support.

This Week in Sports

Click here to view the upcoming Lancers sports schedule.

Community Events...

DOB - Youth Website

Check out the Diocese of Bridgeport new Teen Space website. The page is filled with music, events, Youth Group stuff, and high school news from around the Diocese. Click here to view it now.

Convivio High School Congress

Convivio High School Congress will be held March 7 from 9:00 am-10:00 pm at Sacred Heart University. For info. email Julie Rodgers, Director of Youth Ministry at youthministry@diobpt.org or call (203) 416-1449. This event is open to all high school students.

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