Congratulations to...
...the following students who were recently awarded a 2017-18 tuition scholarship:
- Jacob Rainey '18 - Linda Daley Kosturko Memorial Scholarship
- Lucas Gelmetti '20 - Carl Philipp Scholarship
- Aliyah Louis '18 - Lou Saccone Memorial Scholarship
- Angelica Zacarola '19 - Love Life Scholarship
- Milenia Pollanco '18 - Steve Nemergut Memorial Scholarship
- Alexys Ryan '19 and Lindsay Salvati '18 - Bender Family Scholarship
- Viviana Quintero '18 and Lucy Grant '18 - Kevin Comer Scholarship
Thank you to all the students who applied for these scholarships.
... Notre Dame's February Students of the Month:
Anne Scovill '21, Daria Domond '20, Leanne Onofio '19, Maggie Buckley '18.
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ND Gala Just a Few Weeks Away ...
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Lancer Legacy Gala
The Notre Dame Lancer Legacy Gala will take place on
Saturday, March 10th at the Waterview in Monroe. This is ND's largest fundraiser of the year and helps us to generate funds which directly benefit our students academically and athletically. It is a time for parents, alumni, faculty, coaches, and friends of Notre Dame to come together and celebrate our school. Tickets for the event can be purchased
here
.
How can you help make this event a success? The Notre Dame Gala Committee is looking for donations for our silent auction. For a list of more specific auction donation ideas, please click
here.
Any student whose parent makes a donation to the silent auction will receive a dress down day in the spring.
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Students Volunteer at St. James
Students from Campus Ministry helped teach a lesson on Saint Valentine and Lent to fourth graders at St. James School in Stratford on Tuesday. Students read and learned, played a bingo review game, made their own plans for their Lenten journeys, made a craft, and exchanged Valentines. Participants included Kathrina Alteus, Tamauri Attaud, Rosa Badolato, Sebastiano Badolato, Angie Barahona, Julian Barrantes, Liv Ceballos, Brianni Davillier, Luila Ferreira, Annie Gaudreau, Daitriana Gongora, Chanelle Grant, Sean Hussey, Nerlande Joseph, Marissa Lagoja, Jada Lexie, Alex Lucke, Zuquila Mbachiantim, Amanda McGeehan, Jennifer Melo, Alexa Monrose, Eli Nozzo-Dozier, Millenia Polanco, Sophie Stachurski, Clare Teskey, Chridel Turtillien, Amanda Wilkins, Carly Zajac.
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Students Deliver Valentine's Day Care Packages
On Wednesday
, members of Campus Ministry delivered the Valentine's Day care packages that were made by a group of students during Service Day. The decorated packages contained crafts, rosary beads, and treats were dropped off during visits to local sick and elderly home bound parishioners of Assumption Church and to local nursing homes. Participants included Mary Keden, Kacy Adams, Josh Ortiz, Meghan Burke, Emma Sweeney, Linda Pham, and Lissa Garcia.
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Lenten Season Has Begun
As our Lenten Season begins, we are continually reminding students of the different ways to observe the 40 Days of Lent (
See attached Poster). We started our Lenten journey with an Ash
Wednesday Prayer Service for the entire school in the Chapel of the Holy Spirit on the SHU campus.
We will have a full day of Confession on
Wednesday, March 7th where priests will be available to hear confessions the entire school day.
We are also planning to have the Stations of the Cross offered during Lent and will have students participate in that activity.
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Mite Box
The next mite box collection will be on
Wednesday, February 21 and will be going to the Connecticut Children's Medical Center specifically to help renovate and expand their Infusion and Dialysis Center which currently only has 4 chairs. Parents and family members cannot even be in the room with their children while they are receiving treatment at this point. Our money will be combining with Quinnipiac's sorority dance marathon to help this worthwhile cause.
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Club Information
- Drama Club - Feb. Rehearsal Schedule/March-May Rehearsal Schedule
- Campus Ministry will meet on Wednesday, March 7. If anyone missed this month's meeting, please see Miss Medoff.
- Dance Club will meet on Thursday, Feb. 22
- Peace by Justice will meet on Thursday, Feb. 22
For a full list of activity dates and times, click here.
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Calling all Young People to Enter the Journey
The Diocesan Youth Pilgrimage will take place Saturday, March 24 at St. Charles Borromeo Church, 391 Ogden Street in Bridgeport, and will include an opportunity for Eucharistic Adoration, a chance to celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation, a concert with Steve Angrisano and prayer with Bishop Caggiano. All young people in grades 6 through 12 are invited enter the journey of Holy Week by spending some time in prayer with your friends and family. To register visit
www.thechurchneedsyou.org
. For more information contact the Office of Faith Formation at 203-416-1670.
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SHU Journey
SHU Journey will be held on the Sacred Heart campus from
June 24 - 29, 2018
. This program is a six day residential experience of faith education, self-discovery, small group discussion, community services, prayer and liturgy, music ministry, keynote speakers and fun activities for high school youth. There is no cost to participate and each of the 24 students selected will receive a $500 scholarship for participating. For more information, click here. The deadline for applying is
May 1
.
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Mr. St.Onge to Deliver Lenten Reflection Series
Mr. St.Onge will be delivering a Lenten reflection series during evening prayer at Assumption Church in Westport on the first four Sundays of Lent at
6pm.
The dates are
February 18th and 25th
, and
March 4th and 11th
. After evening prayer and reflection, all attendees will be invited to the parish hall for a Lenten soup-supper. There is no cost for the event. The topics for the reflection series include overcoming the desire for control, allowing Christ to heal our spiritual wounds, and our participation in Christ's triumph over death. Please contact Mr. St.Onge at
jstonge@notredame.org
for more information and to confirm if you are attending; he needs a headcount so there will be enough soup!
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GCI Social Impact Video Competition
In partnership with Global Citizens Initiative, Greenwich International Film Festival is holding a social impact video competition that is open to all high school students in Fairfield County for the chance to win a $4,000 grant and be honored at the Greenwich International Film Festival this June.
To enter, students can submit a short video that explains how they would like to make a positive social change in a low or moderate income community. Entries will be judged on quality of message content rather than videography. Students should submit their videos between now
and March 30th, 2018. Full competition details can be found
here.
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CONVIVIO 2018 is coming in March!
The theme of this year's retreat is "Made for More!" CONVIVIO is a weekend conference/retreat for high school students held at Sacred Heart University with dynamic talks, group discussion, prayer, worship, and fun. Over the last nine years, students have come from all over Connecticut, from various parts of the country, and from around the world to attend. Guests this year include a former Generation Life missionary, a speaker from World Youth Alliance, and surprise panelists! For more information, contact
Ms. Mazal in room 206.
To register, click here.
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Attention Seniors!
Seniors are reminded to check Naviance and see the scholarships that are available.
Current available scholarships include:
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Order Your Yearbook Today
Pre-orders are now being taken for the 2018 ND Yearbook. The cost is $80 and
yearbooks will be delivered in May. Order now to guarantee your copy. Click
here
to place an order and pay by credit card. When prompted, enter in ND's school number: 14196.
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Service Hours
A reminder that students should be logging in their service hours on
www.x2vol.com as they are completed If anyone is having trouble, please see Miss Medoff.
Service Hours are due on later than Friday, March 9.
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Tutoring Center Open
The ND Tutoring Center is open each Monday -
Thursday in Room 212 from
2 to 3pm. National Honor Society tutors are available to provide ND students with any extra assistance they might need. Students can just drop in - appointments are not necessary. Please contact Mr. Sopko with any questions.
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Parents - What You Need to Know
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Athletic Association Meeting
The Athletic Association will meet at
6 PM
in the library on
Tuesday, February 20
. Coaches and Parent Liaisons should plan on attending but anyone is welcome!
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Attention Juniors and Junior Parents
As part of the Guidance Office's on-going college preparation efforts, we would like to invite you, along with your child, to schedule an individual meeting to discuss your child's college plans. Counselors are available each day from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. We will be meeting with parents and students from now through April 2018. Letters have been sent home. Please return the bottom portion of the letter to the Guidance office so that your appointment can be scheduled.
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First Choice College, Notre Dame's official SAT prep provider, will be offering current Notre Dame students the opportunity to take a full length practice SAT at no cost on Saturday, February 24 beginning at 8:00 am. Students interested in taking advantage of this free testing practice opportunity, should email Kim Daniels in our Guidance Office at
kdaniels@notredame.org no later than
Wednesday, February 21.
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Dental Health Offered
The Town of Fairfield Health Department has a School Dental Health Program that provides oral health screenings, teeth cleaning, cavity risk assessments and topical fluoride treatments by a dental hygienist in our schools. The program is available for all students that have Husky insurance, or that meet income guidelines. Additionally, limited funding for uninsured eligible students is available for cavity detecting x-rays, and dental care by participating dentists for problems such as cavities.
Applications are available in
English
,
Spanish
,
Arabic
and
Portuguese
.
*If you would like to apply for this program, please print one of the attached applications, and return it completed, to the school nurse as soon as possible.
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Earn Free Supplies for ND By Signing Up Your Big Y Card
ND has signed up for Big Y Educational Express. You can help us earn free supplies by linking your Big Y card to ND. Visit
Bigy.com to link your card. Don't have a card?No problem, click
here are some tips to get started.
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Parent Association Meeting - Tuesday, February 20 - NOTE DATE CHANGE
Due to the SWC Championship on February 21, the next Parent Association meeting will take place on Tuesday, February 20 at 6:45 in the library. Please join us to learn about upcoming events!
Volunteers Needed - 2018 events
T
he Parent Association is
looking for volunteers for the following committees in 2018:
Lancer Legacy Gala (March),
Student Carnival (date TBD, but sometime in the late Spring) & Bacon and Brew Fest (June). Please email parentassociation@notredame.org with questions or to put your name on our list. Parent volunteers are a crucial part of making our school fundraisers and FUN-raisers a success! Please consider donating some of your time.
Spirit Wear Sales
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Carpool to School
Parents who wish to start or join a carpool can connect online at an exclusive Notre Dame carpool webpage. This site gives parents a safe, easy way to form or join a carpool and its intuitive interface makes planning easy and convenient. Features include a secure matching service integrated with Google maps, scheduling, and built-in text messaging to remind parents when it's their turn to drive.
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Share Your Good News
Parents are encouraged to share the good work and accomplishments of their children with the ND community. Did your child complete a special service project? Earn a special honor? Make their confirmation? Attain the rank of Eagle Scout? Share all good news with everyone via the ND Update. Please email your information and a picture (if possible) to Mr. Cipriano at
ccipriano@notredame.org
.
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Advancement/Alumni Office Update
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This Week in Sports...
The Notre Dame boys hockey team had a tough week, dropping a pair of close games against NFI (3-1) and Hamden (2-0).
On Saturday
afternoon, the Lancers battled with NFI and trailing, 2-0, got a beautiful deflection goal from senior captain Chris Becker. He got a stick on junior Justin LaSella's shot that ended up in the goal and closed the gap to one. Unfortunately that was all the offense the Lancers could generate as they fell, 3-1. Junior Kacy Adams was solid in net with 34 saves.
On Wednesday
night, Notre Dame faced off against the Green Dragons of Hamden and despite firing 26 shots on goal, could not light the lamp. Senior goalie Andrew Jones made 24 saves in the defeat. The Lancers have a busy week as they meet Xavier, Glastonbury and Farmington Valley.
Congrats to the following girls basketball players who were recognized by SWC this past week: Gabby Joseph - All Conference, Zuquila Mbachiantim, Erin Harris and Yamani McCullough - All Division
The girls' hockey team qualified for the SCC South league playoff with their 2-1 win over Guilford this week. Rebecca Paine was solid in net with 10 huge saves in the 3rd period to keep Guilford off the board. Leigha Howland and Ashley Graichen both scored to seal the victory. They had huge help from their line mates, Katelyn Pond, Lexie Burwell, Annie Scovill, and Sarah Casey. The defense was solid again lead by Laura Dennigan and reinforced by Bridget Magyar, Rose Linksamy and McKenzie Broderick. Maddie David was alert on the bench and prevented us from having too many players on the ice. It was a team effort from beginning to end. We look forward to our last regular season game against Fairfield at MIP
Saturday
night! The team will be in action as the 5th seed in the SCC playoffs on Monday v. Branford at 5:00 pm in East Haven.
Down to their final few games and the Lancers keep fighting to finish the season off with a high note. The boys' basketball team, still ranked #2 in the state, matched up twice with a third game coming for the second week in row, changing their current record to 18-0.
First on the list is the rematch that everyone was waiting for against the Kolbe Cathedral Cougars. The Lancers arose victorious yet again but unlike the first one, this game was a lot closer and packed with 10x the excitement. Leading the team in the 78-70 victory was senior Tyler Bourne who pulled off another double-double with 25 points and a key 10 assists. Other big players who also hit double-doubles were seniors Nore Davis and Woodley Monnexant. Davis had 12 points and 10 points while Monnexant came out with 17 points and a season high 15 rebounds.
Game 2 this week was played against the Newtown Hawks and the Lancers came out with another win. In the 91-58 win, 4 separate players wound up scoring double digits and one of them came out with another double-double. Senior Tyler Bourne was that person, who scored 21 points and made a whopping 15 assists. Other players in double figures were seniors Nore Davis and Damion Medwinter who scored 18 and 11, and also junior Josh Reaves who scored 20 points. The Lancers have o
nly two games remaining during the regular season and both will be played at home.
The Lancer indoor track team wrapped up a successful winter campaign with a solid performance at the Class S championship last
Saturday
. Both 4 x 200 teams performed well, with the boys lowering their season best to 1:44.21. Captains Jill Howe, Lindsay Salvati and Julian Barrantes represented ND in the 55 with Howe and Salvati finishing top 25 overall.
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ND Friends and Family Skate
Calling all ND Alumni, family and friends! The hockey team will be sponsoring an ND Friends & Family Skate after their home game
on Saturday, February 24
from
5:30-6:30 pm.
The boys hockey team plays at
3:15 pm
vs Northwest Catholic. The open skate will be after the game. All ND Fairfield Alumni, Family and Friends are invited to come. Prior to this game, longtime ND coach Marty Roos and team statistician George Burr will be honored.
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Fall/Winter Sports Banquet - March 21
Notre Dame and the ND Athletic Association will be sponsoring the Fall & Winter Athletic Banquet on
Wednesday, March 21st at 6pm
at Vazzano's Four Seasons in Stratford. A mailing will be going to all families within the next week. Click here to view the flyer for the banquet.
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News From the Athletic Association
Congratulations to all of our Winter teams as they wind down their regular season play and many gear up for playoffs! It's an exciting time to be a Lancer student-athlete!
1. Please note that the Athletic Association will meet on Tuesday, February 20 at 6 PM in the library.
We'd love to have representatives from all teams be in attendance. After the meeting stop in Senior Night for the Boys Basketball and Cheer Team
2. As the boys and girls basketball teams head into playoffs The Concession Stand still needs YOU. Thank you to the many teams and volunteers who have helped! We still need some volunteers for the remaining games and playoffs.
Please go to the sign-up genius to sign up but the dates are as follows.
We want to remind you to join the Athletic Association if you haven't already done so. The Athletic Association is committed to promoting quality athletic programs and assist with funding for programs for all student athletes. We welcome your participation and support in any way that you can offer and would like to ask for your support by joining the Athletic Association and volunteering when you can. Each team has a Parent Liaison on the Association to assist in team communications and foster community among team families. We welcome and encourage all student-athlete families to join with a once a year nominal membership fee. In order to join the Athletic Association, click here to complete the form and submit payment online. If you know of alumni that would like to join, PLEASE SHARE the link! If at any time you have any questions, suggestions or concerns, please contact Jim Olayos, Director of Athletic Advancement at Jim Olayos jolayos@notredame.org.
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