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Jan 15, 2010
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Message from Head of School
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Jonathan E. Martin
Head of School
jmartin@stgregoryschool.org
www.stgregoryschool.org
www.21k12blog.net
Twitter:@JonathanEMartin
520-327-6395
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The single greatest way you can help strengthen our school's future is by sharing the word about St. Gregory's excellence, and one of the very best ways you can do that is to invite and encourage friend/relatives/neighbors/co-workers and anyone else you know to attend our Preview, Sunday January 24. Engaging, active, and fun, this event will articulate and demonstrate the great qualities of a St. Gregory education; visitors will meet our teachers and see them in action inside our terrific classrooms.
You can do the inviting yourself, and/or you can forward an email I will send to you myself with an open house invite, or you can just send us a name with address or email and we can do the inviting. Whichever way is most comfortable to you, please help us spread the word about this event in particular, and the exceptional quality of a St. Gregory education in general.
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Message from the Upper School Head
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Upper School Head
sheintz@stgregoryshool.org
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There is still time to sign up for conferences with your child's teachers next Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon. Please remember to attend with your student to talk with teachers about academic progress and goals for the second semester. Rather than just a pleasant conversation, a conference which includes the learner can actually be productive, and that is our objective.
If the conference times (1-4 pm Tuesday and Wednesday, January 20-21) do not work for you, please let me or teachers know so that we can find a time that does.
Remember that conferences can also be scheduled as the need arises, so please be in touch. Faculty members are also terrific about responding to emails from parents of their students.
If you need the information necessary to sign up for conferences again, please don't be embarrassed to call the office and ask!
Good weekend to everyone,
Susan
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Message from the Middle School Head
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Middle School Head
Phil Woodall
pwoodall@stgregoryschool.org
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Always Asking the Big Question
Our school (teachers and parents together) must always be asking the big question, “What do we want our children to know and be able to do in the 21st century?” How would you answer that question as a parent? If you have not done so already, I encourage you to read David Brook’s (NY Times) article, “Tech-savvy Israel surviving world’s economic crisis” op-ed piece. Then take a moment to reflect on how you and I use the word “innovation” around StG. The word "innovation" is being thrown around a lot today in schools and in the corporate world, so much so that it is becoming just so much gray noise. At StG we are pushing the definition further with our students to communicate thinking that is: 1) creative, 2) inventive, 3) ingenious, and 4) original. The challenge for our teachers is to ensure that their lessons adequately reflect this broader definition of innovation.
A paragraph to take from Brook’s article reads:
“Tel Aviv has become one of the world’s foremost entrepreneurial hot spots. Israel has more high-tech start-ups per capita than any other nation on earth, by far. It leads the world in civilian research-and-development spending per capita. It ranks second behind the U.S. in the number of companies listed on NASDAQ. Israel, with 7 million people, attracts as much venture capital as France and Germany combined. As Dan Senor and Saul Singer write in “Start-Up Nation: The story of Israel’s Economic Miracle,” Israel now has a classic innovation cluster, a place where tech obsessives work in close proximity and feed off each other’s ideas.”
Something is going on in Israel that might help us to answer the big question, “What do we want our children to know and be able to do in the 21st century?” I propose that we begin with the end in mind by asking: “What do we want our country to look like?” After reading the Brook’s article two things are clearer to me:1) Conducting a robust conversation among ourselves about what innovation looks like at StG would serve us well and 2) We need to find out what they are doing in classrooms in Israel that prepares their students for the 21st century and the thriving Israeli economy.
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Items Needed for the Winter Play
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For the winter play, Ms. Bodden is looking for two bench seats from a car (they don't have to match) and a children's plastic slide (like one from a playset). These items do not have to be in great shape but will be used to sit/slide on. If you have either of these items or a lead on where to acquire them, please email Lisa Bodden at lbodden@stgregoryschool.org. Thanks!
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New Discount Cards for Southern Arizona Teachers
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See the article and video in the Arizona Daily Star Here
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On Sunday, January 24, we will be holding an Open House/Preview for both Middle School and Upper School. The Open House/Preview begins at 12:30pm and families will hear from Jonathan Martin, Phil Woodall, and Susan Heintz, our students, teachers and alumni. The event is open to anyone interested in St. Gregory, so please feel free to attend and invite your friends and neighbors.
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Spring Event Coming March 5, 2010
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Lights! Camera! Auction! St. Gregory College Preparatory School’s gala event and silent auction benefit is Friday, March 5, 2010. The event will be held at Skyline Country Club. In addition to guest appearances by Marilyn Monroe and Frank Sinatra (!), it will feature a high-end silent auction, big band entertainment, dancing, a martini bar, and a wide offering of culinary delights from a seafood bar to a chocolate fondue fountain.
Lights, Camera, Auction! –
This week’s feature auction attractions …
- LA with Ellen!!! – Two hard-to-get tickets to the Ellen Degeneres Show with airfare and three nights’ accommodations in the City of the Angels included!
- OR – Here at home, exceptional dining at - Dakota Café, Janos J Bar, Create Café, McMahon's and – yes, through the famous tunnel to McClintock's!
- Next week we’ll begin to feature a wonderful array of St. Gregory faculty art, interesting items, and very special services
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Games Available on AZSPORTSNETWORK.COM
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A soccer is growing and maturing. Carter and Garrett Bakarich have played lately like they are channeling Pele or Garrincha. Connor McGinniss and Carter were our goal scorers this week. Also the hard play of Harper Karnas and Annie Kruger supports the team well. We added a new Swedish student, Robin, who likes to kick the ball: Welcome, Robin! Next week we will meet the challenge of a game every sporting day.
Next week big, beautiful play!
Coach Clashman
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St. Gregory hosted Florence on Thursday. Florence came in with a 6-1 record and boasting a #2 state ranking. Athena Roesler scored first, putting us up 1-0. Karina Paredes added to the lead, making it 2-0. Florence battled back to tie it at 2-2. Rachel Lifton hit the game winner, giving St. Gregory a thrilling 3-2 win. When the power points are updated our girls could find themselves in the state's #4 postion. |
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The MS B soccer team finished their season undefeated as they won each of their ten games. The season concluded at Tucson Country Day, where they won 4-0. Raymond Roesler scored all four, adding to his season total of 23 goals in the ten games. This group of seventh grade athletes has yet to lose a game this year. They went 13-0 in football and now 10-0 in soccer. There will no doubt be a bright future for their teams at St. Gregory!
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MS softball closes out the regular season hosting Desert Christian Thursday, January 21.
MS A soccer has three games this week: Tuesday, Jan 19 at Tucson Country Day, January 21 at Green Fields, and the 22nd at home against Casas. All MS softball and soccer games start at 4:00. MS A tournaments conclude the season and begin January 26.
US girls' soccer will be at Valley Christian January 19 and at Pusch Ridge the 21st. Games are at 4:00.
Upper school basketball hosts three opponents this week; Pusch Ridge January 19, Academy of Tucson the 22nd, and Valley Union the 23rd. Game times; JV girls 2:30 (when our opponent has a JV team), JV boys 4:00 (same applies), varsity girls 5:30, varsity boys 7:00 |
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2010-2011 Holiday Calendar
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August 9 -10 Sixth grade orientation
August 11 All-school orientation
August 12 First full day of classes
September 6 Labor Day holiday; no classes
September 9 Rosh Hashanah holiday; no classes
October 15 Faculty grading day;no classes
November 11 Veteran’s Day; no classes
November 24-26 Thanksgiving break
December 13-16 First Semester Assessments/exams Grade 7-12
December 17 Faculty grading day;no classes
Dec. 17 – Jan. 3 Winter break for students
Dec. 18-Jan. 2 Winter Break for faculty
Jan. 4 Classes resume, begin second semester begins
January 17 Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday; no classes
February 24-25 Rodeo Break
March 11 Faculty work day; no classes
April 2 -10 Spring Break
April 22 Good Friday holiday; no classes
May 21 Commencement, 7:30 p.m.
May 23-26 Semester Assessments/exams Grade 7-12
May 26 MS Move-Up Rehersal
May 27 MS Move-Up Ceremony |
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ory College Preparatory School
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- 1/17/2010 - Upper School Winter Formal, 8-11 p.m.
- 1/19/2010-1/20/2010 Parent-Student-Teacher Conferences
- 1/24/2010- Admissions Open House
- 1/30/2010 - 8th grade Potluck
- 1/31/2010 - 11th grade parent potluck
- 2/06/2010 - US Winter Production and Art Show
- 3/05/2010 - Spring Event: Lights! Camera! Auction!
- 3/24/2010 - Spring Concert
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St. Gregory College Preparatory School
3231 N. Craycroft Road, Tucson, Arizona 85712 - (520) 327-6395 - Fax (520) 327-8276
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