Please remember that mid-term examinations will be given on Jan. 11-13. Students should report to homeroom at 8 a.m. if they have an 8:15 a.m. exam. Students who do not have an exam until 9:45 a.m. should enter through the Main Entrance on S. Oxford Avenue and remain in the lobby until 9:30 a.m. The Student Council will again have No. 2 pencils and breakfast items for sale in the lobby of the Lawrence B. (Sonny) Sheppard, Jr. Memorial Gymnasium before each exam.

Students are dismissed each day after their last exam. For most students, the second exam ends at 11 a.m., though Advanced Placement students, instructional support students and those students who have more than one class in the same department may be dismissed later. Please ask your child what time they will be finished testing each day. 

For a select number of Seniors, if they do not have Foreign Language or Math, and therefore do not have exams on Thursday, they do NOT have to report to school. Students are permitted to schedule a double exam during this time if they speak with Mrs. Williams. 

The exam schedule is as follows:

 

	8:15-9:30 a.m.	9:45-11 a.m.	11:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Jan. 11	Religion	Social Studies	Doubles
Jan. 12	Foreign Language	Math	Doubles
Jan. 13	Science	English	Doubles

Gettysburg School District has announced that it will bus students from school to St. Francis Xavier Catholic School and Gettysburg Middle School on exam days, leaving at 11:15 a.m. The Delone Catholic bus service to Maryland will ONLY RUN AT 2:45 p.m. on exam days. (This is a change from previous years when the service ran twice on exam days at 11 a.m. and 2:45 p.m.). Other Pennsylvania bus riders should check with their bus drivers and should make other transportation arrangements if necessary. 

For students who needs to wait for a 2:45 p.m. bus pick up:

Parents must fill out this form. Please be firm in your plans! Once the form is submitted, students must stay on the indicated dates until 2:45 p.m. No changes are permitted. Please contact Mrs. Williams with questions. 

Our Spanish and French teacher, Mr. Alexander Schirk, will be leaving Delone Catholic in early February to pursue other career plans. We appreciate Mr. Schirk's earnest efforts with our language students during his time here, and wish him the best of luck with his future endeavors.  

The Administration is currently in conversation with excellent candidates qualified to continue Mr. Schirk's good work.   If these discussions do not yield the desired results, we will advertise for the position. If you are in contact with anyone whom you wish to be considered as a candidate, please contact us.

The next PTO meeting will be held Monday,  Jan. 9 at 7 p.m.  in the faculty dining room, next to the cafeteria. We are in need of new members! PTO is a great way to start the New Year by becoming more active and supportive in your child's school. Now that is a New Year's resolution you can keep! Stop by and check out your child's school PTO, all are welcome!

The Junior Class and Peer Ministry will once again sponsor its annual Stuff the Truck clothing drive during Catholic Schools Week! Please consider donating your gently used clothes.  Donations will be given to the Hanover Council of Churches.

C ollections will be held on Thursday, Feb. 2 from 7:30-8 a.m. and from 2:45-3:15 p.m. and on Friday, Feb. 3 from 7:30-8 a.m.  Donations can be brought to the faculty parking lot (facing Delone Ave.).

Thank you for your generosity and support of our community!

On Wednesday, Jan. 4, the  Interact Club presented Mrs. Hinkle from  Hanover Area Council of Churches  with a check from their pit beef sale. The group raised $1350! Thank you to everyone who supported the sale!

The 8th Grade Dance will be held Saturday, Jan. 21 from 7-9 p.m. in the Delone Catholic Gym Lobby. Cost is $5 to attend and ALL 8th graders from all middle schools, as well as Delone Catholic 9th graders, are invited to attend. Attire is casual. Inclement weather date is Saturday, April 8. 

Pre-registration available here. 

The Donahue Family Foundation will again sponsor the 12th annual Golden Apple Awards Program for the Diocese of Harrisburg,  Through the generosity and kindness of the Donahue Family Foundation, the Golden Apple Awards Program has been established to honor outstanding individuals who devote their lives to teaching in Catholic Schools.

The Golden Apple Award will be given to six teachers and one principal, or seven teachers. in the Diocese. The teacher applicant must be nominated by a teacher, parent, or student and parent, in an elementary school; or a teacher, student or parent in a secondary school.  All teacher nominations will be sent to the principal. The principal may be nominated by a teacher or parent and must be approved by the pastor.  Principal nominations will be sent to pastor/chaplain. For more details, and applications,  click here.

Completed nomination packets are due to the Diocese of Harrisburg by Feb. 24.  Please plan accordingly so that packets are given to the principal or pastor with ample time, as explained in the application.