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Let's Mentor One Another: Faculty and Ms. Casias Noonan's Theology Classes |
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FAQFrequently Asked Questions: This page contains answers to common questions of students and parents.
What happens on the First Day of School? Seniors will be at school early and they will greet everyone as they come into school. They will be dressed up according to a theme that they have picked. Hey Day is a day when we do not have classes. There are a variety of activities all intended to welcome the Freshmen. Each level has an activity for the Freshmen. These are determined by the Moderators and the class officers. In the past, the Sophomores decorate their lockers and organized a scavenger's hunt. Juniors dress them up for a Freshmen parade. Seniors will eat lunch with the Freshmen and they will have a ceremony where the Freshmen go on the state and do something, then they will receive a beanie. Juniors will dress Freshmen up for a Freshmen parade. Seniors will eat lunch with the Freshmen and they will have a ceremony where the Freshmen go on the Stage and do something, then they receive a beanie and say a pledge. What will I have to do for North Central? Each faculty member is assigned to a strand and will work with her/his group on that strand. The current strands are: Balance, Technology, Substance Abuse [food and alcohol]. Sr. Eileen Fuchs and Judie Winters are our North Central Leaders at this time. What does a Freshman Moderator do? Homeroom Moderators attend Thursday morning Officer/Moderator Meetings. Freshman Moderators & Officers (once they are elected) will meet in room S2 at 7:30? a.m. for these meetings., Moderators should be at all Class Meetings and help the students run these. Moderators are also encouraged to attend Freshment Orientation and Freshmen Welcome Mass, Freshmen Parent Orientation, Freshmen Mother and Daughter and the Srping Incoming Freshmen Welcome. Freshmen usually meet in the Gym for their class meeting. These are placed on the Monthly Calendar so you will know when they are happening. A mircrophone might be needed for this meeting, arrange for your officers to sign one out from the Library. Homeroom Responsibilities: Take attendance each morning fill out the attendance sheet and deliver it to the front office after homeroom, check uniforms, make announcements (you will receive a monthly calendar -- go over the events on this with the class, especially those that effect them), and handout papers that come in your mailbox to be given to the girls. You can now email attendance to Patty Feltz. Planner inserts have the weekly schedules. Typically they are in moderator mailboxes on Thursday after school. Pick someone to lead morning prayer in homeroom on Wednesday mornings. Get the girls to listen to the morning show -- in some rooms you must turn the monitor and TV on in order to get the morning show. You should arrange to get some bulletin board space in homeroom to put up announcements. Freshman Homerooms will get things like cafeteria menus, announcements, etc. As a Freshman Moderator one needs to help the Freshmen feel comfortable, be the source of all sorts of minuscule information that others in the school take for granted -- for example: What does smart casual mean?; What does late-start or assembly schedule mean for the students? What is a dress down day? Can they wear costumes for Halloween? What happens if you don't sell your calendars during the calendar sales and all other classes do? -- They will be in school with you and others will be off; (**Talk to the Freshman Moderators who have done this before and get some tips on what kinds of things fall through the cracks because everyone thinks it is a known fact.) As a class moderator, one is expected to sit with his/her class during assemblies and to be present and part of the activities during things like Hey Day, Founder's Day Field Activiities, etc.) Homeroom teachers will be expected to organize and handle the students in her homeroom for Calendar Sales -- handing out and keeping track of the Calendars each student receives and making sure the money turned in and calendars sold or not sold all match up and are turned in. The same is true for the Freshman Raffle sales. Freshman Moderators will need to help train his/her class officers. The Homeroom is responsible for gathering and delivering food and clothing and toys during the Coat, Food, and Toy Drives that happens a couple of times during the year. There will be Penny Queen during Shout Week. And there will be a basket for the Auction that is donated and organized by your homeroom. Collect money for any other fund raisers like Dress Down Days (* often an envelop is placed in your mailbox for the collection and it can be turned into the main office with attendance.) that happen during the school year that involves the students in your homeroom. What regular activities is this class responsible for? (**Please get details from the Head Moderator.) Moderators should attend these events. --Freshman/Sophomore Orientation in August. --Freshmen Family Welcome Mass in August. --Parents/Freshman Liturgy --Hey Day --Incoming Freshman Welcome in April --A pizza party --Fund raiser: Raffle, usually in March --Decorating the Halls for Halloween --Decorating for Junior Hall for Jr. Ring --Freshmen Mother/Daughter All Class moderators are expected to attend Thursday morning Officer/Moderator meetings. Moderators will attend the class meetings for their class and help the student officers run these. See your head moderator for the time and location of your class' meeting. All class moderators are expected to be attend the activities sponsored by the class they are moderatoring. Moderators should sit with their class during assemblies and be present and part of the activities during things like Hey Day, Founders' Day Field activities, etc. All Class Moderators are encouraged to attend events held for their class, like Mother/Daugher. Class Moderators are also Homeroom Moderators. Homeroom responsibilities include taking attendance each morning and filling out the attendance sheet or emailing attendance to Pati Feltz. If you do not email attendance, you should deliver it to the front office immediately after homeroom. Homeroom teachers are responsible for checking the students uniforms. Students should come into homeroom properly attired. Check your mailboxes each morning before homeroom to get announcements, planner inserts which have the weekly schedules (the later are typically in the moderator's mailbox on Thursday after school. You will also receive information and items to be delivered to members of your homeroom as well as menus from the Caferteria and other handouts. The school has ongoing activities sponsored by various groups which will require you to collect donations. There will be daily prayer and announcements and it is the task of the Moderator to train his/her homeroom to listen quietly to the morning show and an anyone who has announcements to make to them. Wednesday is a late start day for the students and it is also the day when students should lead prayer in homeroom, rather than listen to someone leading prayer on the morning show. Choose a method of assigning prayer for this day. Moderators' responsibilities increase with the class level as the classes have more and bigger activities as they go through each year. What activities are each Class responsible for? Freshmen Class: --Freshman/Sophomore Orientation in August. --Freshmen Family Welcome Mass in August. --Parents/Freshman Liturgy --Hey Day --Incoming Freshman Welcome in April --A pizza party --Fund raiser: Raffle, usually in March --Organize a basket donation for the Auction --Decorating the Halls for Halloween --Decorating for Junior Hall for Jr. Ring --Freshmen Mother/Daughter -Pick a song to sing to Seniors on their last day Sophomores: --Help Freshmen on Freshmen Orientation Day --Hey Day: Decorate Freshmen lockers and lead a scavenger hunt on this day. --Auction Basket from Homeroom --Candy sale: two weeks in January --Decorating the Halls with Christmas decorations --Spring Fling --Get and give flowers for Juniors during Junior Ring --Pick a song to sing to Seniors on their last day Juniors --Hey Day Juniors dress up the Freshmen for the Parade --Fundraiser: in the past it has been boxer sale --Homeroom Auction Basket --Jr. Ring Ceremony and Breakfast Seniors --First Day Activity --Hey Day activities: Lunch for Freshmen and giving them their Beanies --Auction homeroom basket --A fundraiser to be determined by the class and moderators. -- Christmas Dance -- Prom --Senior Mother/Daughter Mass --Seniors' Class Day --Baccalaureate and Graduation Rehearsals and the actual events What do you do if you need repairs or other maintence work? Please do not stop the maintence people in the hall and request that they do a task for you. Fill out a work request form. These can be found in Pat Garner's mailbox. Fill out the form and the work will be scheduled. If you need to use a room for a special event what should you do? To reserve a room during the school day, please give your request to Pati Feltz. To reserve a room for outside the school day, please give your request to Pat Garner. See Pat Garner, our Facilities Manager. You will find work orders and/or room reservation forms in her mailbox. Please clear rooms with her before scheduling your event, especially for after school or weekend events. A room usage form is provided at the beginning of each quarter,so you can know what rooms are not in use during the school day. Many groups use our facilities so it is necessary to inform Pat Garner of your needs and intentions so two groups don't try to use the same space at the same What are the School's Weekend Hours? Weekday hours? Please be aware that you may not enter the building when the alarms are set. Please check the front door for the alarm sign. Make sure that it is not up before entering. Please only use the front door for entering and leaving the building on the weekends. Do this only after checking to see that the alarm is off. There will be a sign in sheet in the faculty room on a clip board. Please sign yourself in and out. On the weekend the alarm is turned off around 8:00 a.m. on Saturday and about 7:30 a.m. on Sunday for the Church. The Church group uses the EAC, CAFETERIA, and all classrooms on Sunday. The alarm is turned back on at 5:00 p.m. each evening. Weekday alarms: the alarm is turned off at 6:00 a.m. each morning and turned back on at 10:00 p.m. Please check to see that the doors lock behind you when you leave school during visits after hours or on weekends. What is expected regarding maintance of your classroom at the end of the day? Pat Garner asks that each of us close and lock the windows in our classroom at the end of the class day. Please also lock the classroom door at this time. Can students use the building on weekends? All students must have a faculty member with them to use the building after hours and/or on weekends. Pat Garner requests that a faculty member be present with the student(s) for the entire time. |
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