Dear Parent(s),

It has been an exciting week at Bishop Luers. We have thoroughly enjoyed our visit with Fushiki High School students. They performed for us at an all-school assembly today and shared their favorite things about their visit to the United States. They will spend a few days in Washington, D.C., before heading back to Japan. We are looking forward to our visit to Fushiki High School in the summer of 2018. Many heartfelt thanks to all of our host families.

We welcome Shawn Prendergast, who is subbing for the dean's position. Shawn started Monday and has had a good week talking with students and learning the ropes of the discipline paperwork. He is doing a great job.

As you may recall, we changed back to our old system for detentions before Christmas break. We made a lot of progress with students serving their detentions and working to make improvements. The one aspect of this system that we would like to resolve is the time out of class when students are in ISS. We are fine-tuning with some adjustments to keep students in the classroom. Our detention system will move forward as follows:

In an effort to keep students in class, Saturday Schools may be substituted for ISS in the tardy and attendance policy as well. Saturday School substitution will be at the discretion of the administration or the dean of students.

Grades for third quarter were due on Monday. Please be sure to check PowerSchool for your student's third quarter grade. Report cards will be issued to students.

Thank you to our guidance counselors, Becky Allegrini and LaToya Griffin. They have been working diligently to schedule students into classes for next year. If you have not turned in the yellow signed copy of your student's schedule, please return it to the guidance office as soon as possible. There are still a handful of students who will be meeting with counselors, but most have chosen classes.

When making travel plans for spring break, please keep in mind that March 31 is an eLearning day for teacher professional development. Assignments will be posted for students to work on during their day at home on Friday. For those unable to access assignments due to technology issues or early travel, assignments will be due on Tuesday after spring break. Assignments due via online submission are due by 7:45 a.m. Assignments that are turned in via a hard copy will be due at the beginning of the class period. Extended vacation days are unexcused per diocesan policy. Please refer to the handbook for extended vacation guidelines. We wish everyone a safe (and warm) spring break.

It is time for students to re-enroll for the 2017-18 school year. Every parent should have received an email on March 7 with the online re-enrollment instructions. We have improved our system for parents to complete the Financial Agreement form online; you can also pay the registration fee of $155 by credit card online or by cash or check in the Bishop Luers Business Office. Please complete this by April 1 (or before spring break); the registration fee will increase to $175 after April 1. If you did not receive an email with instructions or have other questions, please call Jenny Andorfer at Ext. 3139. 

God's blessings to each of you.

Tiffany Albertson
Principal
Bishop Luers High School
333 E Paulding Rd
Fort Wayne, IN 46816
(260) 456-1261

All current ninth to 11th graders will begin the re-enrollment process for the 2017-18 school year on Wednesday, March 8. The process is NEW this year, and will be completed online.  Parents will receive an email with instructions and their student(s) code number to enter in the new registration site. Both the financial contract and the registration fee of $155 per student MUST be completed online to consider the student officially re-enrolled. The fee can be paid by credit card online, or by cash or check in the business office. If you had not received an email by March 8, please contact Jenny Andorfer at 260-456-1261, Ext. 3139. 

NOTE:  The registration fee will increase to $175 after April 1, 2017, and will be considered a late registration. The financial aid application deadline is April 30, 2017, and the registration fee must be paid by then in order to be considered for financial aid or scholarships.

All eight semi-state games will be aired on streaming internet radio at www.IndianaSRN.org.

Many Bishop Luers fans, alumni, parents and grandparents are not within the reach of the limited coverage of traditional radio and television broadcasts. Streaming internet radio can be heard crystally clear anywhere in the world on any tablet, smartphone or computer that can open a browser. The game will also be archived at www.IndianaSRN.org.

LifeTouch Sports will take photos of Bishop Luers High School athletes on Monday, March 27. The schedule follows:

The LifeTouch brochure is attached.

The LuersKnight Committee has met and is ready to roll. LuersKnight will be held Friday, April 28, 2017, with Preview Knight on Thursday, April 27. The theme for this year is "A Knight at the Castle," which highlights our spring musical "Beauty and the Beast." LuersKnight is the largest fundraiser and raises money to support each and every student at Bishop Luers.
This event is solely coordinated by parent volunteers, and additional volunteers are needed to help with this event. 
There are many ways to help:

• Auction Room
• Donate items for our Hospitality room
• Data Entry
• Picking up auction items
• Help with decorations
• Help set up auction booths
• Work the night of the event: booth workers; carry out, cash out, clean up, help with servers, help with greeters, hospitality room, registration
• Clean-up on Saturday morning, April 29, and Monday morning, May 1.

Volunteers who can lend their time and talents are asked to contact LuersKnight coordinators. Many hands make light work.
Those interested in volunteering may contact Christine Fabina at cmfab4iu@gmail.com or Julie Crouch at crouch001@comcast.net.

March 15 the sixth anniversary of the beginning of the armed conflict in Syria. Bishop Luers is a Catholic Relief Services Global High School and joined other global schools in praying for peace in Syria.

Members of the Bishop Luers High School Future Business Leaders of America attended the FBLA Leadership Conference Placements in Indianapolis on March 10-12.
Bishop Luers High school students conference receiving accolades include the following:

First Place

Second Place

Third Place

• Joe Parnin - Global Business (Individual)
• Caroline Rahrig - Organizational Leadership

Fourth Place

• Andrew Albertson - Accounting I
• Gabby Miles - Business Law
• Joe Renner - Business Plan
• Will Huth - Introduction to Financial Match
• Paul Braun - Sports and Entertainment Management (Individual)

Fifth Place

• Anna Mullins - Business Communications
• Caroline Rahrig - Introduction to Financial Math
• Rachel Notter - Introduction to Parliamentary Procedure

Sixth Place

• Paul Braun - Computer Problem Solving
• Will Huth - Sports and Entertainment Management (Individual)

Seventh Place

• Justin Albertson - Introduction to Business
• Josh Dippold - Sports & Entertainment Management (Individual)

Senior parents:

The end date for all of the Senior Slideshow pictures is April 18. It would be SUPER helpful to the students working on the show to get the BABY PICTURES in as soon as possible. Hopefully, we could get these in by Friday March 24, 2017. Grown-up, group pictures and post high-school information is still due by April 18, 2017. However, sending them early is helpful as well. Send hard copies to Mrs. Sturm, Mrs. Mooney or Ja'Bria Powell. Be sure they are labeled so that they may be promptly returned, or email to seniorslideshow2017@bishopluershighschool.onmicrosoft.com.

The Bishop Luers Girls Tennis team is selling Nelson's Port-A-Pit Chicken and Pit-tatoes on Saturday, March 25, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at PNC Bank, 6210 Bluffton Rd. To ensure there will be enough chicken and pit-tatoes, pre-order from a member of the girls tennis team. The cost is $7 per half chicken and $4 per serving of the pit-tatoes. Call, text or e-mail Sarah Rahrig, 260-705-2681 or jersarrahr@comcast.net to order.