Dates to Remember APRIL March 30 April 8 Easter Break April 9 20 Coke Sale April 10 Holy Spirit Student Council Meeting April 11 Elementary 3rd Grade Field Trip American Village April 12 St. Bede 1st & 2nd Grade Field Trip - Lanark April 14 Junior/Senior Prom April 13 Elementary Science Olympiad Field Trip April 16 Lunch Orders Due April 17 Holy Spirit Pastries with Parents April 18 St. Bede K5 Field Trip- Lanark April 18 St. Bede Student Council Meeting The Knight Times April 2018 2018-2019 Registration is Now Open for New Students! To reserve your students' spot for next year, please return your registration packet, tuition contract, along with your registration fee. Please remember registration fees have increased and some of our classes are beginning to fill up. Packets were mailed in January. If you have not received your registration packet, please contact Jennifer Van Alst in our Business office for assistance. You may also pay your registration and Capital Assessment fees for next year through MySchoolBucks. Summer Athletic Camps Montgomery Catholic is excited to offer great Summer Activities for students in grades K5-8. Registration for Athletic Summer Camps is now open. We have eight different athletic camps offered throughout the summer. You can sign up now! Registration forms should be turned into your April 18 Middle School Field Day 12:30 Dismissal for all Middle School Students (All 8th graders going to D.C. are required to attend Field Day.) campus office, you can also pay for any of these April 18 5:30 PM, 8th graders meet in front of the gym for D.C., Depart 6:00pm Football Camp - June 11-13 April 20 Mid-Quarter Volleyball Camp - July 23-25 April 22 8th graders return from D.C. Roughly 8:30-9:30 Cheer Camp - July 30 - August 1 April 25 Annual Tim Turner Blood Drive April 25 St. Bede 4th Grade Field Trip - Archives April 25 Senior Mass and Sports Banquet through MySchoolBucks online. Basketball Camp - June 4-6 Wrestling Camp - June 4-6 Softball Camp - June 18-20 Baseball Camp - July 9-11 Soccer Camp - August 6-8 To learn more and download registration information visitwww.montgomerycatholic.org/camps.
Page 2 Dates to Remember Cont d April 26 Senior Field Trip to Atlanta April 26 St. Bede 5 th Grade Field Trip American Village April 26 6:30 PM (DBC) Rising 7 th grade parent meeting April 28 Band Pancake Breakfast and Talent Show April 28 Girls on the Run 5K April 30 Lunch Orders Due May 4 8:00-10:00 PM Middle School Spring Dance May 5 Holy Spirit First Communion May 12 St. Bede First Communion Visit our School Calendar for to Athletic Event schedules. GO KNIGHTS! Elementary Campuses Boat Ride Down the Delta with Science Olympiad The Elementary Science Olympiad Team from St. Bede and Holy Spirit will take a trip on April 13 th to Blakeley State Park and the Gulf Coast Exploreum. They will take a boat ride down the Mobile-Tensaw Delta to see the wildlife and plants of a wetland. At the Exploreum, they will do hands-on science activities. They will be gone from 6:30 AM to 6:30 PM. Students are to wear spirit shirts with long blue jeans or khaki shorts or uniform bottoms. They should pack a lunch, a drink, and a snack. Holy Spirit Campus Bright and Early Breakfast Pastries with Parents will be held in the Holy Spirit Gym on Tuesday, April 17 th at 7:20am. Our parents and students are invited to have doughnuts, juice, and coffee and enjoy a happy morning together. Girls In 5k Run The Holy Spirit Girls On The Run will participate in the River Region Girls On The Run Spring Program with the culminating activity of a 5k run through Old Cloverdale on Saturday, April 28 th. It begins at 8:00am in front of First Methodist Church. First Holy Communion Holy Spirit s second graders will have their First Holy Communion on Saturday, May 5 th, 11:00am, at Holy Spirit Church. Afterwards, there will be light refreshments in the Parish Hall. St. Bede Campus Field Trips 3rd grade field trip to the American Village on Wednesday, April 11, 2018. Students will leave at 7:30 AM and should return around 1:30 PM. They are to wear spirit shirts and long blue jeans (or uniform bottoms) and should pack a lunch for the day. 1st and 2nd grade field trip to Lanark Nature Center on Thursday, April 12, 2018. Students will leave at 8:00 AM and should return around 2:00 PM. They are to wear spirit shirts, and long blue jeans (or uniform bottoms) and should pack a lunch for the day. Kindergarten field trip to the Nature Center is on Wednesday, April 18, 2018 from 8:30-1:30. Students are to wear spirit shirts and long blue jeans or uniform bottoms. They need to pack a lunch for the day. 4th grade field trip to the Archives and the History Museum is on Wednesday, April 25, 2018 from 8:30 AM till 11:30 AM. Students will wear regular school uniforms, and they will be back in time for lunch. 5th grade field trip to the American Village is on Thursday, April 26th, from 7:30 AM till 2:00 PM. Students are to wear spirit shirts and long blue jeans or uniform bottoms. They need to pack a lunch for the trip. Student Council Meetings will be 3:15-4:15 PM on April 10 th @ Holy Spirit & April 18 @ St. Bede from 3:15 - -4:15 PM.
Page 3 Central Office Job Opening Director of Marketing & Communications As a member of the Advancement team, the Director of Marketing and Communications is responsible for planning, development, and implementation of all of the organization s public relations and marketing strategies, communications, and activities, both internal and external. For a complete job description, click here. To apply, please send a cover letter and a resume of professional qualifications along with the forms that are available on our website www.montgomerycatholic.org/ employment. Send to Mrs. Anne Ceasar, President, Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School, 5350 Vaughn Road, Montgomery, AL 36116. E- mails should be sent to aceasar@montgomerycatholic.org. Application deadline is April 13, 2018. Middle School Campus April brings field day and sends 8 th Grade to our nation s capital. Wednesday, April 18 will be a busy day at the middle school. The day will start with field day for both 7 th and 8 th graders. We are looking forward to getting outside and enjoying sometime of fellowship and friendly competition. Thanks, in advance, to all the parents that help partner with the middle school to pull off this fun event. Remember, dismissal on April 18 is 12:30 for all middle schoolers. That leaves plenty of time for the 8 th graders to get home, shower, eat, pack, and get back to board the bus for Washington, D.C. by 5:30! We have a full agenda for the 8 th graders including touring the White House, Capitol Building, Mount Vernon, the Holocaust Museum and a variety of Smithsonian museums as well. We will visit a number of monuments and memorials as we embrace the rich history of our young nation. To say the least, April will be an eventful month around the middle school! SAVE THE DATE Rising 7 th Grade Parent Meeting April 26 @ 6:30 PM. High School Campus April brings one last gasp for seniors as we approach graduation. The fourth quarter is upon us and grades have never been more important. A reminder to students and parents, final semester grades are comprised of two quarter grades accounting forty percent each, plus 20 percent for the final exam. Please be sure to log into PowerSchool portal regularly to be sure that you know exactly where you stand. Parents, please do not take anything for granted in this home stretch. Stay connected via PowerSchool and stay in touch with the teachers as needed. We are all here to support our students as we work to finish the year strong! May will be a busy month with year-end activities and the end to our spring sports seasons, so enjoy Easter break and the down time in April. Join us for the MCPS Band s Pancake Breakfast and Talent Show on April 28! A great way to start the day! Tickets may be purchased in advance from your favorite band member.
Page 4 SAVE THE DATE Spring Sports Senior Night April 10, 7:00 PM We will honor our Senior Spring Athletes in between the Varsity girls' and Varsity boys' soccer games on the soccer field. Parents, athletes and K5 buddies should arrive by 6:30 PM and meet at the arch going to the soccer field. Congratulations Class of 2018! Varsity Sports Banquet May 1, 6:30 PM Our Varsity Athletes will be honored at our annual Varsity Sports Banquet at RSA Activity Center. Tickets are required. Please see ticket order form on page 5. Coca-Cola Truckload Sale Keep the Knights on the Radio April 9-20 the Athletic Department will be selling a wide variety of Coke products including Powerade, Minute Maid Juice and Dasani Water. Cases are $22 - $25 each. Proceeds will go towards our cheer program and in support of our football radio broadcast for the 2018 season. Order forms will be sent home with students, or print yours from page 7 of this newsletter. Prizes will be given to top sellers: $100 gift card to top seller, $50 gift card to 2 nd, $25 gift card to 3 rd and to one student that sells 6 cases or more. Sports Update Daniel Veres, Athletic Director Spring is here, and we are in full swing getting into our last season of this school year. This season our soccer squads have taken on the tough challenge of stepping up our schedules to prepare better for the post season. There aren t any teams in Alabama that have played as tough of an early season schedule as we have. All of these tough contests are not only getting us geared up to play on the level expected in the play-offs, but also have us primed and ready now as we step into area play. Both varsity teams have started area play with a bang. We are undefeated on both sides as we work towards Easter. The younger levels of soccer are continuing to grow our programs in the way we want to continue forward. The team s coaches are focusing hard on sharpening skills as we try to prepare these younger athletes for what lies ahead in their career. We want to build programs that will continue to flourish year after year, and the only way to do this is to always have an eye to the future. Both of the boy s teams capped their year with a tournament this past weekend. The freshman team played well, and brought home second place with a 3-1 record. Baseball has started and both the varsity and junior varsity sides have had mixed results. Baseball has probably seen the most difficulty recently, as we have really struggled. We will continue to keep the program as stable as possible as we try to build from the younger ranks, just as some of our other programs have done. Building something isn t always easy... (see Athletic Complex), but we will do everything in our power to make our program great. The softball program, under the new leadership of Coach Whitney Toole has played well early in their season. The young ladies are experiencing practices like they never had in the past. They are working out under the watchful eye of their coaches, but also under the tutelage of Coach J it was tough early, but they are beginning to find their groove and understand the value of the work they are putting in to their games. We play in one of the toughest areas in the state, and we have shown a lot of grit. A couple close losses and a blowout win as of now in area play. We feel really confidant in how we are playing, and we are really looking forward to the back half of the season. The golf team started the season with a little inconsistency. There have been some high individual finishes, but we haven t quite been able to dial in the bottom of our team. Hopefully we can improve there for the push through the middle of the season. The Outdoor Track season is off and running and we have been very competitive. The coaches are working through a lot of athletes trying to find the right combination to compete in the State meet a month from now. Tennis season has kicked off, and this crazy weather has really done a number on their schedule. We are continuing to try and make up lost matches in anticipation of the Sectional tournament in the coming month. Hopefully the weather will start to cooperate! Please make some time and come out and support our Knights!
Page 5 2018 Varsity Sports Banquet Buffet Style Dinner $16.00 each Tuesday, May 1 6:30 PM RSA Activity Center Dexter Avenue Varsity Letter Recognition Team Award Winners Knights of the Round Table Nominees Knights of the Round Table Winners Sunday dress is expected, and we ask that parents & athletes dine together. Ticket order form and money must be returned to Bonnie McClure no later than Friday, April 27 TICKET ORDER FORM Student Name (Please print) Grade Tickets @ $16.00 each $ Enclosed (cash or check) Tickets will be sent home with your student on Monday, April 30.
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