Junior Senior Prom on Fri., May 2

Senior Shannon Wolfe was named Prom Queen at the Junior-Senior Prom held Fri., May 2. Mrs. Bisceglia and Ms. Mirick created slide shows of the prom and post prom.

>>View the Prom Slide Show

>>View the Post-Prom Slide Show

Spring Music Concert

The spring music concert was held on Sun., May 4. Mrs. Bisceglia created a slide show of the event.

>>View the Music Concert Slide Show

Sports News

• The varsity softball team won the quarter final game vs. Pallotti on Tues., May 6. They will play the #1 seed, Archbishop Spalding, at Spalding on Thurs., May 8 at 4:30 p.m.
• The varsity golf team finished 2nd in the IAAM B Conference Championship yesterday losing to IND. They beat Mt. De Sales to advance to the championship round. Conference All-Stars were seniors Jenny Sinnott and Ericka Micciche.
  >>View a slide show of the Varsity Golf team and Honors Assembly
• The Track team is featured in a nice article about the upcoming champhionship meet on the Pressbox Preps Web site: Pressboxpreps.com.
• The following Seton Keough student-athletes have been selected to the IAAM All-Star team: Lacrosse—senior Colleen Shea; Softball—freshmen Taylor Kairos and Stephanie Martin.

Seton Keough in the News

The May 8th edition of the Catholic Review features a story about a Seton Keough alumna, Caitlin Dunn, SK'02 who is working with the Peace Corps in Africa. Caitlin's focus has been to educate children in a remote village in Zambia. Caitline is working to create a community resource center that will have a library for her students and children from other villages. If you would like to reach Caitlin to learn more about her work or see how you can help please email her at caitdunn@gmail.com or her mother, Joan Dunn, at jgd701@aol.com.

From the Guidance Office

Scores Back Strategy Session: Tues., May 13th at 7p.m. Heritage Room. The Princeton Review is providing a free session for students and parents to review their scores with a Princeton Review Instructor. The instructor will discuss the scoring of the test and how a student can use the information on the score report to increase their scores. We strongly recommend this session for those students (and their parents) who took the Practice SAT at SK on April 5, 2008.

Mothers' Club Social Outreach Committee is Collecting Text Books and Uniforms

The Mothers' Club Social Outreach Committee is collecting text books and uniforms to be distrbuted to those students at Seton Keough who may otherwise have trouble purchasing these items. If you have any items to donate, please turn them into Ms. Fran at the front desk. Thank you for your support!

Theatre Parents' Association
The next Theatre Parents' Association meeting is Thurs., May 8, 2008 at 7 p.m. For more information please contact Bill Boots - Bboots15@aol.com.

Athletic Banquet is Fri., May 9 at 6 p.m.

The athletic banquet is for ALL the sports teams not just spring sports.Tickets are $11 per person. All SKHS athletes are free. Questions, please contact Katie Deppe kdeppe@bcps.org or deppe4@verizon.net or call call (443) 602-5339.

Locks of Love on Fri., May 9

The National Honor Society is sponsoring a Locks of Love Event on Fri., May 9, 2008. Locks of Love is a non-profit organization that provides hair prostheses (wigs) to children suffering from any type of medical hair loss. We are looking for volunteers to donate their hair to this organization. We will be cutting hair during 5th period and holding a thank-you reception for all donors during 6th period. Volunteers may either send ponytails or braids in a sealed plastic bag to Ms. Casey in room 202 or they may have their ponytails/braids cut on May 9. Any student who wishes to have her hair cut at school must submit a permission form to Ms. Casey. You may download a permission form from the Seton Keough Web site.

A Thank You From the Coordinators of the Kathleen Bowen Walk For Hope

Mrs. Lori Olivi and Ms. Jen Casey wish to express their gratitude to all those who made Seton Keough's first annual Walk for Hope such an amazing success. Please view the thank you letter.

"The Swamp"

The Seton Keough Book Store will now be known as The Swamp. The name-the-book store contest winners are: senior Anna Srour, and sophomores Rachel Welch and Mary Deskins.

Volunteer Opportunities: Sat., May 10
The maintenance office needs volunteers to help them with mulching the school grounds on Sat., May 10th from 9 to 2 p.m. Please RSVP to Mrs. Bisceglia ASAP. Students will receive service learning hours for volunteering.

Fathers' Club News
The next meeting of the Fathers' Club is Tues., May 13 at 7 p.m.  We will also be welcoming any interested fathers from the Class of 2012 to attend. Please contact John Moylan - johnrmoylan@comcast.net for more details.

The Catholic Relief Services is Seeking Donations for Myanmar
Catholic Relief Services is donations to aid the victims of the recent Myanmar Cyclone. To learn more visit the Catholic Relief Services Web site.

Bookstore End-of-Year Sale

Be sure to visit the bookstore to see all the new spring merchandise. The best news is that the 20% off, end-of-school year clearance sale is going on now. Stop by the bookstore and check it out. The bookstore hours are Monday-Friday from 7:45-10:00 a.m. and 1 to 3 p.m.

From the Business Office

• Attention Tuition Payers: In addition to tuition, you are also responsible for paying late fees. Tuition Management Systems (TMS) charges a  $30 late fee when the balance due, or portion thereof, is not received by the payment due date. Neglecting to send TMS the full amount due by every due date, results in the accumulation of the $30 fees. Please understand that TMS takes its fee(s) from your next payment and forwards only the remainder of your payment to SKHS. So, by choosing not to pay the late fees, you are causing a shortage of funds to SKHS and an unpaid balance on your daughter’s tuition account.
• All outstanding 2007-08 tuition is PAST DUE and must be paid NOW. Make your payment for the past due amount payable to SKHS and send it into the Business Office. If you need to find out exactly how much you owe, call TMS at 1-800-722-4867 or SKHS Business Office at 410-646-4444 ext. 1211. Please send all 2008-09 tuition payments to TMS as scheduled. The first payment is due May 15th if you chose the monthly (12) payment plan, and June 15th for the 1st payment of the 2 payment plan accounts. Please notice that the last digit of your TMS account number changes with each new school year. Please update your records, especially if you pay TMS using an on-line/automatic bill pay system.
• Parents/Guardians of Seniors: There are several Seniors whose 2007-08 tuition accounts are not paid-in-full.  It has been decided that these students will be permitted to participate in Graduation. However, they will not receive their diplomas, and their official transcripts will be withheld until ALL financial obligations to SKHS have been met. In order to avoid these actions, payments by personal check must have been received at least 10 business days before Graduation. At this time, payments must be made directly to SKHS by cash, credit card or cashier check. Hopefully, these matters will be resolved, and  every graduate will receive her diploma at Graduation.

Meghan Puls Memorial Golf Tournament: Tues., June 10, 2008

Members of the Seton Keough community created a charitable foundation four years ago in memory of a Seton Keough student, Meghan Puls, who was killed in a car accident in 2001. Each year they hold a golf tournament in Meghan's name to raise money for the Maryland Shock Trauma Center, the Lions Club Merrick, which is a camp for children with diabetes, and have established a scholarship for students in Seton Keough's Focus program. To sponsor or register for the tournament please download a registration form from the Seton Keough Web site. To read more about Meghan’s story and the tournament please visit the foundation Web site: www.meghanpulsfoundation.org.

READ SAT Prep
READ, LLC will be offering SAT prep class at Seton Keough for the students taking the test in May and June. To register or for more information, download a registration form from the Seton Keough Web site. You may also download a registration form from the READ Web site: www.readforalifetime.com.

Scrip Update

• Retailer Updates: Shell $50s are now available in addition to the $25 & $100 denominations; Staples 10% thru 5/19; Barnes & Noble 10% thru 5/27 Borders/Waldenbooks 9% thru 6/2 Safeway 100s are temporarily out of stock. You will see 4-$25s come home instead. We will inform you when the 100s are back in stock.
  Linen’s N Things are temporarily suspended due to reports of financial difficulties. If you have unredeemed Linens 'N Things gift cards, it would be prudent to redeem them soon.
• Delivery Schedule: There has been many days off recently, please watch the updates closely over the next few weeks. We make every effort to keep you informed.
  We are currently working on details to offer you scrip over the summer. Once all details have been finalized, we will get information out to you quickly. Thank you to all who want to participate.

If you have any questions regarding SK Scrip, please contact Pat McHale patmchale@comcast.net or Joan Welch jmcgwelch@aol.com.

If you would like to receive the Wednesday Update via email please email Jane Ponton. Please indicate your daughter's graduation year.