March 14, 2017

Reminders:

• The month of March is Women's History month
• Irish apparel day on Friday, March 16
• Student Progress Conferences Thursday, March 22
• Friday, March 23- No classes for students. Factuly Institute Day.
• Easter break March 26- April 2
• Tuesday, April 3 is the rescheduled 7th grade shadow day.
• Students will follow a Pink Day schedule on Wednesday, April 4
• Don't forget- Rick needs nominations for teacher and students of the month!
• I will be writing our next blog post Wednesday, April 4. Please send me updates, shout-outs, and/or pictures you have! Please feel free to send them as they happen- I'll hold onto them until I write the next post!

Records:

• Registration is in full swing in the Records Office!  Still chasing down over 50 students who have not turned in their form

Practicum:

• Students are in the thick of their shadowing experiences! 
• Amanda has partnered with several new placement sites this semester: 

Dominican University, Emily Radlowski Phd, RDN, LDN

Fitness Formula Clubs (FFC) Park Ridge, Sarah Ashenden 

Wright Way Rescue, Cindy Ritter, Operations Manager 

Pearl Boutique 

Norwood Life Society Thrift Shop 

St. Juliana School 

St. Eugene School 

Academic Support:

• Bri and Sam are in the process of planning transition meetings for incoming freshmen
• We will host a session during the March 23 faculty institute on student anxiety

College Counseling:

• College 101 for juniors is in it's 7th and last week 
• College 101 for sophomores starts this week
• Seniors have received 12.8 Million Dollars in scholarships and grants. More financial aid award information keeps coming in every day!
• Seniors have been accepted to over 400 colleges
• A few exciting things to share: We have one Pullman Scholarship Semi-Finalist for a chance of a $10,000 Scholarship, a student with a full-tuition academic scholarship to DePaul and one of our seniors has been awarded $580,00 in scholarships and grants over 4 years!  

General Counseling:

• Registration has turned a corner and the majority have been passed back; however, we still have several outstanding forms.
• Sheri and Mary are meeting with current Sophomores for their 2nd semester check in.  These have been going really well overall.
• Mary attended the Archdiocesan Counselors meeting at Regina.  There was a great presenter from Alexian Brothers who address anxiety among teens.   
• The counselors are working towards a suicide prevention program from the start of next year.

March 1, 2018

Reminders:

• The month of March is Women's History month
• Tomorrow, March 2, is out of uniform hosted by Women's Empowerment Club to benefit The Girl Project Wear Pink!
• Sophomore fashion show during Seminar A tomorrow, March 2
• March 5-10 is World Languages Week
• Students will have a bus evacuation drill during seminars on March 7
• Lenten Reconciliation for all students is during seminar on March 8
• Freshmen meet for a service meeting during seminar on March 12
• March 12 is registration for the Class of 2022
• I will be writing our next blog post Wednesday, March 14. Please send me updates, shout-outs, and/or pictures you have! Please feel free to send them as they happen- I'll hold onto them until I write the next post!

SHOUTOUT:

To Rick for passing his dissertation without revisions! 

Records:

• Making preparations for Freshmen Registration on the 12th!
• Mary Kaye is assisting our current students wherever she can with their registration.

Practicum:

• The Practicum students have officially started their field placements!
• Students in Exploring Careers will have their first field experience next week (March 8). Amanda is currently working on placing students in fields/careers that they've requested but we currently don't have in rotation. 

Academic Support:

• Bri and Sam will begin to plan transition meetings for incoming freshmen
• We are working on choosing new books for next year

College Counseling:

• College 101 for juniors is in it's 5th week
• College 101 for sophomores begins in March
• Scholarships are continually being posted for seniors and lots of applications are being sent!
• Financial Aid Award letters are rolling in for seniors 

General Counseling:

• Sheri and Mary are working on registrations. Students have been good about coming in for help and guidance with their course choices.  Hopefully today all students will have their registrations in and the counselors can complete the reviews.

Practicum student ready for their first day of placements.