Middle Division Message for the Weeks of March 15 and 22

There is a PO general meeting at 6 PM Monday 15 on the topic of Social Networking in the Fortune Room. Come here what we are doing to help students make smart choices as the use cell phones, Facebook, Twitter, etc.

There is a free dress day on Thursday, March 18th, compliments of a set of parents who purchased it during Regalia.

Congratulations to Ms. Brewer and the 50 students who attended Certamen this past weekend.
St. Richard's took 3rd place overall against the other clubs in the "Large Chapter" category.  We also beat North Central, who took 4th place.  For the first time, as far as I know, our Intermediate Certamen team made it to the final round, and won 2nd place in competition with teams from Crown Point High School and Homestead High School.   The Latin teacher from Crown Point came up to me afterwards and gave great compliments to our Certamen team, which was Becca Weber, Caroline Garau, Alex Lombardo, and Rowan Farrell.  He said that he was "impressed by their creativity and wit in how they answered questions," among other great compliments. 

For the second year in a row, Emily Kowalik entered projects in all 22 subdivisions, and competed in all three performance categories.  Emily was recognized for her achievements with Individual Honors in Creative Arts and both she and David Kowalik earned Individual Honor Awards in Graphic Arts. 

Richard of Wyck assembly will be held on March 26th at 8:15 AM in Trinity Church. You will not want to miss this performance by 5th graders.

I am holding a community meeting March 16th period 10 to review items of concern with Middle Division. We hope you will ask your child that evening what he or she heard. This discussion will deal with late homework, tardiness, TMAD (too much affectionate display), and other kinds of behaviors that do not follow our Affirmation of Honor. I will also review the guidelines on Social Networking that advisories helped to write.

Two weeks until spring break! Musical rehearsal is going well and track has begun.

 As usual, there is much going on at St. Richard's School.

Regards,
Carolyn Lausch