PARENT GUILD MEETING - February 1st
The next Parent Guild meeting with be held on Wednesday, February 1st @ 9:00 a.m in the front office Conference Room. See you then!
WINTER FORMAL
A big "thank you" goes out to Deb Titus, Karen Miller, and their committee for the wonderful Winter Formal that was held on January 7th. Thanks also to those who donated snacks/drinks, handled the decorations, etc.. The students had a great time and the event was a huge success with many in attendance! Thanks for all of your hard work!
GOLDEN EAGLE SNACK STAND NEEDS VOLUNTEERS
The Golden Eagle Snack Stand is open for the students to pick up a drink and/or a snack before heading off to practice or to study after school. We need a few more volunteers to work one day after school every other week from 3:00-4:00. If you are interested please email Maureen Witt at mbwill@aol.com with the days of the week you would be available. Training will be provided.
PARENT GUILD DUES
Please don’t forget to turn in your Parent Guild dues along with your volunteer form! The dues will be used to help us get started on the year with all that we do! If you cannot find your dues form that was included in the “Big Packet” at the beginning of June, you may download it from the Forms and Flyers tab above.
TRIVIA NIGHT - SAVE THE DATE (more...)
The Guerin Catholic Parent Guild is a volunteer group that provides informational, organizational, and supportive help to our Guerin community. The Guild has many different committees that support our faculty, students and parents. We raise money throughout the year to support student activities as well as purchase items for teachers that are not always in the budget. We have committees that require help a few times a month and others that need volunteers only once a year. The time commitment is entirely up to each individual. The list below provides details about each committee. Become active in our Guerin community; consider volunteering for a Parent Guild committee. It is a wonderful way to meet parents, students and faculty. Please review below the descriptions of each committee and board position, download the volunteer form and sign up today!
We hold meetings once a month and everyone is welcome to attend. The meeting dates are listed on the “News & Events” tab. We hope to see you there! If you would like more information about the Parent Guild, please contact Chris Pauley at Chrispauley@pauley.com.
Click here to download the Committee Volunteer Sign Up Form:
President: Oversee all committee heads, preside and prepare agenda for all Parent Guild meetings, maintain open communication with Guerin Catholic Principal, Vice President and be the liaison between them, the committee heads and parents. Appoint all chairpersons of committees with approval of President, Vice President and Principal of Guerin Catholic. Recruit and coordinate volunteer efforts to fill board positions and committees. Serve on the Student Life Committee.
Vice President: Will act as an aide to the President of the Parent Guild. Perform all duties of the President in the event of their absence. Become President of Parent Guild the following year. This is a 3 year commitment.
Treasurer: Responsibilities include overseeing the budget of the Parent Guild; this includes but may not be limited to organizing reimbursement forms, collecting dues, and setting a budget for the following year with the help of the President and approval from the Vice President of Guerin Catholic. Treasurer should also be prepared to present a report at each board meeting.
Assistant Treasurer: This position will perform the duties of the Treasurer in the absence of Treasurer. Responsibilities include collection of monies from business incentive projects and help prepare budget. This is a two year commitment as position advances to Treasurer.
Secretary: This position is responsible for taking the minutes at all Parent Guild meetings and distributing them to the attendees, board members and committee heads after each meeting. The secretary will also be responsible for all correspondence on behalf of the Parent Guild.
Past President: This is a consulting position as the former President of the Parent Guild will provide support and advice to the current President. The Past President will be expected to attend the Parent Guild meetings.
COMMITTEES
Appreciation: The is better known as the “food committee”. This committee plans and assists in several programs held at GCHS. Meals will be provided for 3 Progress Report Nights, Christmas Breakfast, Administrative Professional Day and Teacher Appreciation Day. The Chair will also coordinate Tuesday Treats with volunteers providing treats to staff and faculty each Tuesday.
Back to School Bash: The committee will be responsible for the organizing and planning of the Back To School Bash held the Sunday before the start of school. Responsibilities will include coordinating with Guerin faculty and staff and Guild President to set up information tables, ordering food and organizing gift bags.
Birthday Club: The committee is in charge advertising and collecting all money for the Birthday Ads that will be place in the student calendar/assignment notebooks. In addition, the committee chair will oversee all administration, coordination and maintenance of the "Guerin Catholic Happy Birthday" signs placed in the parking lot area.
Business Incentive Fundraising: The committee will continue with the passive fundraising currently being conducted at Guerin Catholic. Responsibilities will include contacting business and renewing programs as well as keeping the Guerin Catholic community aware of the fundraising opportunities by advertising through flyers, mailings and/or Guerin Updates. This committee may also add other fundraising opportunities with the permission of the Parent Guild Board, Principal and Vice President.
Enrollment (Open House): The committee will assist the Director of Enrollment with the Open House, database entries, collating admission packets and communication and marketing plans with the feeder parishes.
Campus Ministry Retreat Assistance: The committee chair will assist the Guerin Campus Ministry Office in providing volunteers, food and other supplies necessary for all grade level spiritual retreats and the January March for Life event. In addition, a grade specific parent will be assigned as coordinator for a specific grade retreat and a parent will be assigned to assist the lead Campus Retreat Ministry coordinator for the March for Life. All volunteers will report to the CMR committee chair for direction and guidance. In addition, volunteers may be asked to perform food prep, food serving and clean up for the grade specific spiritual retreat. Light shopping is also required to help support the various spiritual retreats.
Golden Eagle Snack Stand: The committee will be responsible for setting up and selling healthy snacks after school from 3:00 – 4:00 PM.
Historian: The committee will be in charge of collecting all published articles featuring Guerin Catholic High School. Printed articles might be found in local or national papers. The committee will then put all the articles in a scrapbook to be kept in the school office.
Media Center Volunteers: The committee is responsible for assisting the Guerin Librarian in maintaining the Media Center by cataloging books, covering new media additions to the center, working behind the desk assisting students, and any other special projects and fundraisers to highlight the Media Centers' initiatives. You will be contacted by the committee chairperson to provide your availability schedule to volunteer in the Media Center. We welcome all who can even just spare a few minutes or an hour, to help with the development of the Media Center.
New Parent Coffee: The committee will be responsible for the planning and organizing of the New Parent Coffee to be held the first week of school and again in the winter. This coffee will involve snack, drinks and a small raffle/door prize.
Parent to Parent Network: The committee will provide an educational forum for the entire Guerin Catholic community, responsible to disseminate relevant and timely information facing our teens today such as alcohol and substance abuse, internet safe guards, to name just a few, through guest speakers, website links, literature and seminars. We welcome all suggestions for specific speakers or workshop presenters. Please join us to help provide a safe, positive environment for our Guerin Catholic students and parents.
Prom: The committee will be co-chaired by a senior parent and a junior parent with the junior parent taking over as the senior parent the following year. The responsibilities include helping the junior/senior class with the planning and coordinating all aspects of the Junior/Senior Prom.
Senior Dinner: The committee will plan and coordinate the Senior Dinner and Awards Night. This will also be co-chaired by a junior parent who will remain as Chairperson the following year.
Social: The committee is in charge of helping the student government with school sponsored social events. Homecoming Dance and Homecoming shirt sales are the prominent one. Volunteers will help with shirt sales during lunch and assist students with decorating for the Dance. This committee also helps with Grandparents Breakfast by providing parent volunteers to assist in welcoming grandparents
Trivia Night: The committee is responsible for the planning, organizing and staffing one of Parent Guild largest and most popular events,Trivia Night Fundraiser.
Used Uniform/Book Sale: The committee is in charge of organizing the Used Uniform and Book Sale to be held in June & July. This will include collecting the uniforms and books and planning the sale.
Parent Guild Meeting
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
(click here to view and download the minutes)
Attendees: Chris Pauley, Maureen Witt, Karen Semler, Leslie Hallett, Carolyn DeFelippis, Paolina Anthony, Katie Zachary, Kim Santucci, Colleen Ward, Connie Freiburger, Ann Beriault, Laura Kimmerling, Barb Weber, Barb Gallina, Shari Vickery, Jackie Mewborn
Meeting commenced at approximately 9:05 with introductions. The minutes from the November 2, 2011 were distributed and approved.
Committee Reports
Winter Formal-Chris Pauley gave the committee report
- Committee is working with the student council
- Mike White will DJ
- Coordinating the decorations
- Will be help on January 7, 2012
- Gym is available for decorating after 2pm that day
Guerin Gala-Shari Vickery
- Gala updates started today. They will occur one time a week on Wednesdays
- Hunting and gathering phase
- Asked Kairos groups to offer Time, Talent or Treasures for the Gala this year
- Looking for Hilton/Marriott/Airline points
- Will accept any help you can give
- Possibility of online bidding this year
- 50/50 and Tuition raffle tickets will be available for purchase at the upcoming Dad’s Day breakfast
Trivia Night-Jackie Mewborn
- March 17, 2012
- Ticket sales and online registration will begin in mid January
Appreciation-Karen Semler, Connie Freiburger
- Brunch lunch will be given for the teachers and staff next Tuesday
Meeting adjourned and the festivities began. Fun was had by all!
Next Meeting: Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at 9:00am
Respectfully submitted,
Maureen Witt
Guerin Catholic Parent Guild Secretary
Click here to download the November 2011 Parent Guild Minutes
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WHERE ARE YOU SHOPPING THESE DAYS?
HELP GUERIN CATHOLIC BY FUNDRAISING THE EASY WAY!
We've discovered a terrific way to raise funds for Guerin Catholic. It's super-easy, and all you have to do is use your Target® Visa® or Target® Card. We will receive a percentage of the amount of each purchase in the form of a cash donation from Target through the Take Charge of Education® program. It's easy! Just visit www.target.com/tcoe, or call 1-800-316-6142 to designate our school. Our school ID is: 124618. So if you're going to Target anyway, please consider using your Target® Visa® or Target® Card.
I bet you have one of these!
Shop at Marsh and register your Marsh Fresh Idea card with our school code:28488 to earn rewards for Guerin Catholic. Go to https://marsh.net/srb_education.html to register your card today!
Don’t worry if you have an elementary school to support also, you can now sign-up for up to three schools per card. Credit will be split equally if a shopper signs up for more than one school.
Shop at Meijer using a Meijer credit card, cash, or any pin-based debit card and designate Guerin Catholic as your school of choice. School Code: 260858. Visit www.meijer.com/mcr/rewards.jsp to register your card or create an account. This does not have to be a Meijer Credit Card. You may sign up for a Meijer 1 card and use it when you use your debit card or pay with cash and earn rewards for Guerin Catholic.
Shop at Office Depot and tell the cashier to enter the code for St. Theodore Guerin High School: 70204989. No card is necessary!
Campbell’s Labels for Education
Clip and save labels from any eligible Campbell product and send them into school. Look for this symbol.
New! eLabels makes it even easier! If you shop at Kroger, getting credit for Campbell's labels is even easier. Just register your Kroger plus card at www.elabelsforeducation.com and designate Guerin to receive the credit for any Campbell products you buy.
Inkjet Cartridges!
Send in your inkjet cartridges from your home, your friends’ and families’ homes and your office. We will send these in for recycling and receive $’s. There is a drop-box in the front office.
Electronics Recycling!
We will send in your old electronics to be recycled using eco-friendly methods. ONLY electronics we accept are cell phones, laptops, ipods, digital cameras, and camcorders.
Guerin Catholic High School
Summary of Tips/Information Regarding Buying and/or Selling Textbooks
(For full information of buying/selling tips, please see GUERIN UPDATES and/or Website...)
Note : the following books will NOT be used at Guerin Catholic for the 2011-2012 School Year:
Computer Applications-ilife09
Science – All books except Physics, Integrated Chem-Phys
Senior IB Chemiistry and Senior IB Biology.
Etymology-McGraw Hills SAT Prep 2010
Theology (Freshman) -Chief Truths of the Faith, Mass and Sacraments
These books WILL carry over for more than one year:
Mathematics for the International Student : Math SL (2 years)
Mathematics for the International Student : Math HL CORE (3 years)
IB Biology SL and HL (2 years)
IB Chemistry SL and HL (2 years)
New College Latin and English Dictionary (2 years)
The Guerin Catholic TEXTBOOK list may be accessed by clicking here. Please print the list, compare to your schedule and list the books that will be required for the 2011-2012 school year. It is important to obtain the correct edition of each textbook. The textbook list is organized by department and lists the title, publisher, copyright/edition and ISBN # of each book required.
Options Available for Obtaining Textbooks:
- Follett Virtual Book Store (available July 1, 2011) (http://www.guerincatholic.bkstr.com). A benefit to this website is that several textbook titles will be available for RENT for the 2011-2012 school year. Check the websitefor available rental titles and further details.
- Internet Websites
- Novels and other Tradebooks : Free downloads to your computer (get confirmation from teacher if this is suitable); E-Books; Borrow from the library or share with a friend who has the class in a different trimester.
- The earlier you begin organizing and shopping for textbooks the better as there is more availability and the prices are lower. As the start date of school draws near, prices will increase.
Questions regarding the Parent Guild Used Book and Uniform Sale may be directed toMargaret Fallin.
