Elder High School May 2015 Newsletter 513-921-3744 http://www.elderhs.org Dear Parents, A few weeks ago Mr. Ruffing and I talked with the senior class to give them a list of important dates as the end of the year approaches. April 28—the Alumni Association welcomes the Class of 2015. May 1st-- during Mass at Elderfest there is a short ceremony where the seniors pass the responsibility to the juniors to lead and care for our school. May 3 – the seniors and their dads are invited to a special Mass, brunch and cornhole tournament at Elder. May 22—seniors and staff golf outing at Aston Oaks. May 25—Baccalaureate Mass. May 26— Graduation Exercises. And all of the sports, band and glee club banquets/ceremonies as well. It is a very busy and fun-filled four week sprint to graduation. We also encouraged them to enjoy the time they have with one another. For four years they’ve been classmates, teammates, each other’s cheering sections and friends. They have attended dances and events together, raised money for worthy causes, participated in community service and grown in so many ways. Their lives are intertwined. Those friendships, with classmates and faculty, often are life-long. Wear purple! Especially on Fridays. And to the underclassmen, I encourage you to wear your Elder gear this summer particularly when you are on vacation, no matter how remote a place you may be visiting. It is amazing those who will notice and shout “Go Panthers!” or strike up a conversation with you. There are over 22,000 Elder grads and it sometimes seems that Elder is their favorite conversation starter. Altiora! Tom Otten ‘64 Principal May 2015 FLEXIBLE TUITION The 2015/2016 Flexible Tuition Payment Plan should have been returned to Elder’s office by April 30. If you have not sent it in, we would appreciate you sending it as soon as possible. If LIBRARY NEWS The Elder library had a special “Library Recognition Day” celebration during National Library Week (4/12-418). As part of this celebration, Mr. Bengel’s homeroom 3D won the Doughnuts for your Homeroom contest, thanks to an entry by Adam Helmers! The Teen Read Contest (TRC) for this year concluded with the raffle drawing during National Library Week. First, we want to give a special shout out to Max Merritt who designed our cool poster implementing this year’s theme of “Read – Adventure Awaits – Explore – Dream - Discover” – you did a great job, thanks Max!! Congratulations to all who entered the TRC for you are all winners—gaining knowledge and enjoyment from reading for fun! The raffle drawing prize winners were: Winners of Grand Prizes: Grand Prize Package (over $100 in value): Brady Kraemer -4E (The House of Hades–Rick Riordan) 2nd Place ($30 in value): Kaleb Dettmer -1B (The Lost Hero – Rick Riordan) 3rd Place ($25 in value): Greg Cappel -4B (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – J.K. Rowling) Monthly Winners ($10 gift card): 1st Month: Will Brueggemeyer - 4A (One Hundred Years of Solitude –Gabriel Garcia Marquez) 2nd Month: Kaleb Dettmer – 1B (Book Club Event #2) Page 1 3rd Month: Nick Maurer – 1E (Book Club Event #1) 4th Month: Rick Breidenstein – 4A (A Game of Thrones – George R. R. Martin) 5th Month: Kobe Young - 3J (The Serpent’s Shadow - Rick Riordan) 6th Month: Noah Peterson – 4G (Book Club Event #1) you intend to pre-pay any of the ‘15/’16 tuition, payments are due by June 10. Billing statements, for those on the debit payments program, will be sent monthly, beginning July 1. Please call Brandon Finke with any questions at 921-3744 ext. 3458. Thank you! SUMMER SCHOOL Repeat Courses Students who fail a required course will need to repeat the course this summer. Repeat courses this summer will begin on Monday, June 15th at Elder and most courses continue through Friday, July 17th. This month often determines whether a student goes to summer school or not – study now and avoid failing! Please register as soon as possible if there is a need to take a course. First-Time Credit Courses Four courses – American Government, Electrical Engineering, Health (on-line), & Physical Education – will be offered this summer. These courses cost $290 each. Please register as soon as possible if interested in taking any of these courses. Summer school information and the registration form may be obtained from the student’s counselor, the main office, or on-line at www.elderhs.net (click on Summer School Info link) or www.elderhs.org (click on Campus Life, Academics, Summer School). If you have any questions, please contact your son’s guidance counselor or Mr. Kurt Ruffing, Dean of Summer School. ATTENTION JUNIORS ACT/SAT—Important testing dates are coming up for college bound juniors. Students are encouraged to take both the SAT and the ACT tests. TEST DATE REGISTER BY SAT 5/2 4/6 SAT 6/6 5/8 ACT 6/13 5/8 Registration forms and practice tests are available on the SAT (www.collegeboard.org) and ACT (www.actstudent.org) websites and in the Guidance May 2015 Office. Elder is a test center for the May 2nd SAT. Elder’s High School code is 360990. ACADEMY & ROTC SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS Juniors interested in pursuing appointments to one of the military academies need to receive a congressional nomination. View your local congressional representative’s web site for more information. ROTC scholarship applications should be made available during the summer. It is recommended that your application be completed early so that your packet can be reviewed during the first review board (typically in October.) In addition to the scholarship application, students need to complete a physical fitness test and conduct an interview with a Professor of Military Science. Professors of Military Science are located on the campus of schools offering ROTC. For your convenience the interview can be conducted at any school offering ROTC. COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS There are still a number of college scholarship opportunities for the Class of 2015. Please check the SCHOLARSHIP section in Naviance for scholarships for which you may be eligible. Be sure to check application deadlines and requirements. See Mrs. Lind or your counselor for more information. DON’T FORGET TO BRING A COPY OF SCHOLARSHIP LETTERS TO YOUR COUNSELOR! IMPORTANT DATES FOR ATHLETICS PHYSICAL: MONDAY, JULY 13, Schaeper Center – 7pm (All Athletes) FOOTBALL: July 13-16, Football Camp 1:30/3:30 July 16 Freshman Meeting 7pm @ Elder July 20-24 Basics of Elder Football Aug. 3 Practice Begins CROSS COUNTRY: MONDAY, JUNE 1 Conditioning at Elder – 7am All Welcome GOLF: AUGUST 1-3 TRYOUTS More information to come – Open to Freshmen SOCCER: AUGUST 1-Information was mailed out Page 2 TOMATO PLANTS FOR SALE Biology teacher, Mr. Driehaus is selling heirloom tomato plants and pepper plants beginning the week of May 4. All plants are $2.00. If you are interested e-mail Mr. Driehaus at [email protected]. APRIL IS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH Catholic parishes and dioceses across the United States observe Child Abuse Prevention Month during April. The link below is published from the Archdiocese and is a great resource regarding protecting children from child abuse. http://www.catholiccincinnati.org/wpcontent/uploads/2011/08/How_to_Protect_Your_C hildren_From_Child_Abuse_AoC.pdf THANKS TO THE BLOOD DRIVE DONORS & VOLUNTEERS Thanks to all of our volunteers and those who donated blood during the Elder/Hoxworth spring blood drive held Tuesday, March 17, 2015. There were 46 students, staff and faculty members who registered to donate blood and 45 lifesaving blood products were collected. Thanks to the student volunteers who did a fantastic job: Mitch Moorhead, Andrew Finn, Luke Jett, Evan Kandra, and Spencer Kandra as well as parent volunteer, Mrs. Krista Moore. The next Hoxworth blood drives scheduled for the 2015-2016 school year are Wednesday, October 28, 2015 and Tuesday, March 15, 2016. Please consider being a blood donor in the future. For every one unit of blood, up to three lives may be saved. You never know, you may someday be the recipient of the generosity of a blood donor. For more information about the blood drives, please contact Mr. Kurt Ruffing, Assistant Principal or Mrs. Linda Giessler RN, school nurse. For more information and interesting facts about blood donation, visit the Hoxworth web site at: http://www.hoxworth.org/donors/first-time.html http://www.hoxworth.org/customerservice/frequentquestions.html May 2015 Seton-Elder Performing Arts Series Spring Concerts Wednesday, May 13th Seton-Elder Freshman Spring Concert 7:00 p.m. Seton Performance Hall Free Admission Sunday, May 17th Seton-Elder Spring Concert 3:30 p.m. Seton Performance Hall Tickets Needed please see attached order form ELDERAMA 2015 NEWS The 30t Elderama auction will be held on Saturday, October 10. Back by popular demand at the conclusion of the Oral Auction we will have live entertainment featuring The Tommy and Hub Band. Our honorary chair couple will be Bonnie and Tom Otten. This will be a celebration of Tom’s last auction before he retires in June 2016. Mark your calendar now for this fun filled evening. If you are interested in participating in any way, we would be most grateful for your assistance. We need help with decorations, set-up, clean-up, or hosting a gift gathering party. h Please consider attending your parish gift gathering party to be held this summer, donating cash, a gift certificate, vacation home, sporting event tickets or craft item are all items that are needed for the silent auction booths. If you have any questions call Mary Beth Meyer, in the Elderama Office at 921-3426 or e-mail [email protected]. 15th ANNUAL STEEL DRUM FESTIVAL Saturday, May 9 at 7:00 pm in the Elder High School Fieldhouse. FREE Admission Participants include: Elder, Clark Montessori and Madison High Schools. Will include a Mass Band performance, including all partipants!!! HOCKEY Open invitation to any students that want to try ice hockey. We have a week long camp in June (22nd 25th) that 9th graders can attend; then we have 10 days in July for all grades. Students can try this and see if they are interested. No experience necessary. No one gets cut. My email is: Page 3 [email protected] or call me at 7661541or Coach Wynn at [email protected] PANTHER PATH Elder initiated the Panther Path engraved brick program back in 1994. Since then, nearly 1,000 grads, families and friends have purchased bricks for themselves or for loved ones on special occasions – graduation, Father’s Day, birthday, or for any other special remembrances! Bricks are installed each summer in the area behind the north endzone in the football stadium, and the Path itself was designed to replicate Elder’s school building. The cost is $100 per brick and represents a donation to the school. Each brick contains three lines of 12 characters per line. Deadline for ordering bricks this year is July 1st. Call the Alumni Office for more information at (513) 9213744. Alumni Family Picnic – August 14 Mark your calendars now for this always fun time with family and friends! More info will be posted to the school’s website later this summer. THE ANNUAL ELDER ART SHOW This year’s Elder Art Show will be held on Friday, May 15th from 6-9. Students will be exhibiting over 500 works of art from all different medias and levels of art. A collection of Senior portfolios will be on display as well. The Elder Art Show, as always, is family friendly. The famous rolling sculptures will get going around 7:00. We hope that you will be able to come and experience the fine art of Elder! ALUMNI NEWS EBA Golf Outing – May 15 This annual scholarship fundraising event is in its 15th year and will be played at Grand Oak! Cost is $75/person or $300/foursome. Men and women welcome! Call Frank Panzeca ’76 for details at (513) 451-0458. Registration form at back of this newsletter. Faculty & Seniors Golf Outing – May 22 Three seniors. One faculty member. Loads of fun! Our to-be newest alumni should start forming their foursomes now ! Info was handed out during homeroom and posted to the school’s announcement page on April 28th. See Mr. Bill in the alumni office with any questions. FORE! Alumni Golf Outing – SOLD OUT! Looking forward to having a great time on June 5th at Aston Oaks and Hidden Valley golf courses! Hole sponsorships still available (see back of newsletter for details). Contact Greg Stautberg ’97 if interested - [email protected]. Over-50 Mass & Brunch – June 28 The Alumni Association welcomes all alumni who graduated over 50 years ago for a special Mass and brunch at Elder High School! Entertainment by Elder’s Glee Club. Invitations with additional details will be mailed to eligible grads later this month. May 2015 Page 4 May 2015 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 Elderfest Early Dismissal 2:00pm 3 4 Senior-Father Mass/ Brunch 10:00am Wrestling Gym 5 7 8 Staff Luncheon Hosted by the Dad’s Club 10 11 17 12 v Seton/Elder Spring Concert @Seton 3:30pm 24 Track, Volleyball, Baseball & LaCrosse Banquets @ The Woodlands 5:30pm 18 7pm Glee Club Awards Ceremony @ St. William Church Memorial Day 9:30am Baccalaureate Mass @ St. Teresa Church 19 Band Fundraiser @ Glenway Chick-fil A 27 26 25 8pm Graduation @ Cintas Center, XU 9 7pm Elder Steel Drum Festival in the Gym Senior pictures grouped by grade schools Rosary Rally in The Pit 1:30 6 Early Dismissal 13 1:20pm 2:00 faculty meeting/ Retirement celebration Freshman Choral Concert 7pm @ Seton 14 20 21 27 28 15 Cap & Gown Delivery at lunch for Seniors FINAL EXAMSUnderclassmen 5:00pm Elder Dad’s Club Picnic 6-9pm Elder Art Show Seniors practice 22 For graduation Seniors Final Exams & Baccalaureate - AM Seniors Final Exam Early dismissal 1:15pm 6:00pm Band Banquet 6:00pm Tennis Banquet @ The Seniors & Staff Golf @ The Farm Meadows Outing Aston Oaks Early Dismissal 1:50pm 16 FINAL EXAMSUnderclassmen 31 JUNE 15THSUMMER’ SCHOOL BEGINS 29 FINAL EXAMS – Underclassmen 23 30 15th ANNUAL ELDER BUSINESSMEN’S ASSOCIATION GOLF CLASSIC An important scholarship fundraising event to assist graduating seniors in continuing their education Friday, May 15, 2015, at Noon GRAND OAK GOLF COURSE 4-Person Scramble Raffle Prizes! Women Welcome Shotgun Start Dinner Included $75 per golfer... $300 per team of four --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Golfer 1: Address: Phone/Email: Golfer 2: Address: Phone/Email: Golfer 3: Address: Phone/Email: Golfer 4: Address: Phone/Email: Card Type: VISA DISC AMEX MC Card #: Name on Card (please print): Exp. Date: Please mail completed entry form with check(s) payable to ELDER HIGH SCHOOL to: Elder High School c/o Alumni Office 3900 Vincent Avenue Cincinnati, OH 45205 Signature: FAX completed entry form with credit card information (above) to: -- OR -- ELDER HIGH SCHOOL ATTN: Alumni Office (513) 921-8123 – fax # Questions? Call Frank Panzeca at (513) 241-3111 (day) or (513) 451-0458 (evening) Come Join Come Join Elder HS Band Elder HS Band For Spirit Night! For Spirit Night! Chick-‐fil-‐A at Western Hills Chick-‐fil-‐A at Western Hills 6495 Glenway Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45211 6495 Glenway Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45211 th Date: Tuesday, May 19 , 5PM-‐8PM th Date: Tuesday, May 19 , 5PM-‐8PM 15% of Your Purchase Is Donated Back 15% of Your Purchase Is Donated Back Purchase Amount: ___________________ Purchase Amount: _____________________ Come Join Come Join Elder HS Band Elder HS Band For Spirit Night! For Spirit Night! Chick-‐fil-‐A at Western Hills Chick-‐fil-‐A at Western Hills 6495 Glenway Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45211 6495 Glenway Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45211 th Date: Tuesday, May 19 , 5PM-‐8PM th Date: Tuesday, May 19 , 5PM-‐8PM 15% of Your Purchase Is Donated Back 15% of Your Purchase Is Donated Back Purchase Amount: _____________________ Purchase Amount: _____________________ Seton-Elder Performing Arts Series Presents: The Spring Concert Seton Performance Hall Sunday May 17, 2014 at 3:30PM All tickets are $8.00 (General Admission Seating) Please return form below with payment to Seton High School main office, Ms. Samoya, Mrs. Sunderhaus or to Mr. Allen, Ms. Schad Mr. Geis at Elder. Please indicate below if you wish tickets to be sent home with a student. Otherwise all tickets will be held at the box office unless a S.A.S.E. is included. Please make checks payable to: The Seton-Elder Performing Arts Series. If you have questions, please call Mary Sunderhaus at 251-3324 or [email protected] Name __________________________________________ Phone#_________________________________________ Sunday, May 17th _____ @ $8 each = (# of seats) Grand Total = __________ _______ Please indicate if you have student at Seton or Elder: _____Please return tickets to my daughter, _______________________________ at Seton _____Please return tickets to my son, ____________________________________at Elder 2015 ELDER ALUMNI GOLF OUTING HOLE SPONSOR ADVERTISEMENT The ELDER ALUMNI COMMITTEE hereby agrees to display advertising at the 2015 ALUMNI GOLF OUTING for: (Advertising Company as you would like it to read on the sign) For advertising on two golf courses, listing on the sponsor board and listing in the program, the advertiser agrees to pay the NET amount of $150.00. Event Date: June 5th, 2015. Make checks payable to: ELDER HIGH SCHOOL 3900 Vincent Ave. Cincinnati, Ohio 45205 Please Return by May 22nd, 2015 Signature: __________________________________________ Date: ____________ Company Name: _________________________________ Phone: __________ Contact Name: ___________________________________________________ Email: __________________________________________________________ Address: ________________________________________________________ City, State, Zip: ___________________________________________________ Thank you for your gracious consideration and continued support of the Elder Alumni Association!
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