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)
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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
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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.
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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:
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[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
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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
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11
17
12
v Seton/Elder Spring
Concert @Seton
3:30pm
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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
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FINAL EXAMSUnderclassmen
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JUNE 15THSUMMER’ SCHOOL
BEGINS
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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)
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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
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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!