Daily Announcements

Catholic Schools Week 2012

Date: January 29 - February 5, 2012

Celebrate the
Good News in Education

Please join us this week as we celebrate Catholic Schools Week! Attached you will find a schedule of events and Open House times. Of special interest is our event, "Dancing Through the Decades" to be held on Saturday, February 4th from 7--9:00 PM. Call the PAVE hotline at 499.4533 with any questions. Please plan on joining us for this fun event--food available to pre-order, raffles and fun for all ages and grades!

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Thank you for your timely return of your reregistration materials. Please be aware that a check must be included in order to complete the registration process.

Forms for the 2012 NYSSMA competition are available in the office.
Please let us know if you would like one.
All musicians, pianists and singers are eligible to participate.

We are thrilled to announce that our Video Conference Center is open for business! Our first video conference took place on Thursday, January 19th. Students from grade two enjoyed an interactive presentation with a dance historian/choreographer who taught them how dance has evolved in American History. History brought to life though movement and music! We look forward to having you join us when your child's class is participating in a video conference. Conferences are planned for Grade 1, Class 2-2, Grade 4, Grade 5, and Grade 6 and Grade 8.Thank you for all of your help and support in making this possible.

Tomorrow's Hope applications are available in the office. Kindly send a note or an e-mail to Mrs. Durkin requesting one. Tomorrow's Hope provides tuition assistance to families for Catholic education.

Attached you will find a flyer offering tickets to an Islander game through the Tomorrow's Hope Foundation. We are excited to tell you that we will have visitors from the Islanders on Thursday, January 26, 2012!

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Please follow the link below to view our FutureCorps story for this school year. We are so proud of our students and their generous hearts!

http://www.newsday.com/services/futurecorps/2011-12-futurecorps-projects-1.3442307

Congratulations to Alex Bracco--who has been awarded a full tuition scholarship to St. Francis Prep! Many, many partial scholarships and Honors Program placements awarded to other eighth graders as well--Scholarships to Sacred Heart Academy, Chaminade, Holy Trinity, OLMA, St. Mary's, St. Dominic! Thanks too, go to their teachers, for all of their hard work!

We are beginning a new year with many exciting events! I am delighted to tell you that for the third year our tuition will not be increased! We are deeply grateful to Father Bill and our parish for their support of our school. You will be receiving your registration materials shortly and we will begin registering students new to our school during the next few weeks. We will be hosting two open houses in the next few weeks--Friday, January 13, 2012 from 9:00--2:00 PM and Wednesday evening, January 25, 2012 from 7:30--9:00 PM. If you are able to join us as an ambassador, please contact PAVE.

We are enrolled in the A+ School rewards at Stop and Shop. Please help support our school and earn rewards by registering your card at www.stopandshop.com/aplus.

Attached please find an informative letter from the Bishop's Advisory Committee.

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Interested in a quality Catholic education for your child?

We offer classes

for Nursery through Grade 8
Appointments available for

interested families.

Call us at 516.354.5618
Come see the wonderful things going on at Notre Dame School!

All students attending Notre Dame School in grades two through eight are invited to join the Flying Fish--Notre Dame's swim team. Information about registration may be found in the attachment. Dive into some fun!

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Parents are reminded to check their child's recent progress on PowerGrade. We will not be issuing paper progress reports. Any questions, please email your child's teacher directly. Below you will find a link with directions.

Parent Portal Instructions 11-12.docx

Lunch voucher forms may be downloaded from the link below.

Lunch_Voucher_order_form[1].docx

Notre Dame School is on the forefront of technology. Our students are using IPads for research as well as other classroom activities. The number of educational apps is astounding and our teachers and students are certainly enjoying this new technology. We would like to say a special “thank you” to Dr. John Zaso, a member of the class of 1980. Dr. Zaso recently gifted our school with two IPads! Another school family, who wish to remain anonymous, also gifted our school with two IPads, bringing the total number to eight.

Something new!

You will notice that there are links directing you to two new shops at which you may order special Notre Dame merchandise.

From the Principal

Tthings are very busy in the hallways of Notre Dame School! Many thanks to those families who recommended Notre Dame School to a friend or neighbor.

Our eighth graders took the Catholic High School Entrance Examination several weeks ago and will receive their results in January. The students in grades 7 and 8 are excited to be traveling to Manhattan to see Godspell at the end of November.

Students in other grades have taken field trips as well. Kindergarten and Grade One visited Green Meadow Farms and Grade 3 toured the Brooklyn Aquarium. Grade Four explored Native American culture at Garvies Point Preserve and Grade 5 visited the Central Park Zoo to learn about biomes.

Our new Nursery playground opened last week! Our smallest students are excited to have a place to call their own. Our Indoor Playspace is also open for business just in time for the cold weather! Our Early Childhood students are happy to have a place to go for some indoor play during the colder months.

We are waiting for the equipment for our Video-Conferencing Center. Please plan on joining us when we open the room!

Please keep our Early Childhood program in mind. Perhaps your friend or neighbor is looking around for a wonderful Pre-K or Nursery program. Inquiries may be directed to our school office. We will be hosting an Open House during the month of January--one in the evening and one in the morning. Remember--wouldn't it be terrific if every family brought a family?

God's blessings on you and your family.

Thank you for choosing Notre Dame School.

Caryn Durkin