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| Washington Post Lesson Challenge--VOTE NOW |  | | | | | Jay Matthews, Washington Post education columnist, has picked three innovative lessons that he has received from local teachers. Our "immigration unit," submitted by 8th grade teacher Karen Craig and her fellow Middle School teachers, is clearly the best...but you need to vote to make Holy Child the winner. Read the blog and submit your opinion to Matthews, either by comment or email. | |
| Service Project at Women's Shelter | | | | | | All are invited to join this spring's Fathers Club volunteer project, preparing and serving lunches and dinner to the homeless and otherwise needy women at the Wilkins Avenue Women's Assessment Center. It begins this Sunday, May 6 and runs through the following Sunday, May 13. All are welcome and needed! Sign up here (through SignUpGenius); and get more details and tasks on the Fathers Club website page. | |
| Annual Congressional Art Show | | | | | | We are pleased to announce that this year we have FOUR students' work appearing in the Annual Congressional Art Competition. More than 260 local students submitted works; the jurors selected 95 pieces for exhibition. Congressman Chris Van Hollen will present certificates to these students at a reception on MONDAY, APRIL 30, from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. at VisArts. All are welcome.
Congratulations to
Meg (Margaret) Dean
Dani Dell'Isola
Jocelyn MacDougall
Rachel Thomas
See the show at VisArts in Rockville; it runs from April 26 through Thursday, May 17 in the Kaplan Gallery (hours are Wed-Fri, noon to 9 p.m.; Sat. & Sun., noon to 5 p.m.)
We also offer congratulations to our fine artists for their work in the Holy Child annual art show. Click here to see the winners in each category; and a special nod to Blair McFaden, best overall collection of work, and Meg Dean, who took best overall 3-D category. | |
| ISL TOURNAMENTS--SOFTBALL PLAYS AT HOME | | | | | | Varsity softball begins their ISL tournament challenge with a HOME GAME vs. Stone Ridge FRIDAY, MAY 11 at 5:30 p.m. Come out and cheer the Tigers.
(If win, next game would be vs. SSSA at Madeira on Saturday at 11 a.m.; the championship game would be Sunday.)
Lacrosse plays Saturday at 11:00 a.m. at SSSA. Second round game will be Sunday at 1:00 p.m. at Episcopal; championship is likely on Wednesday.
TRACK:
Friday, May 11 @ Holton 4:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 12 @ Holton 8:45 a.m.
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| Holy Child hosts Career Day Friday, April 20 | | | | | | Holy Child’s Alumnae Association presents Career Day on Friday, April 20, from 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon . More than 60 alumnae from many different professional walks of life will come back to campus to meet with our students and tell them about their college and career paths after graduating Holy Child. | |
| College Essay Writing Course Begins at Holy Child | | | | | | Rising seniors should register now for one of two summer sessions of the College Essay 101 course, to be taught by Mrs. Karin Wells of the Holy Child Writing Center. Click here for information and the registration form; the first session begins June 18. You will emerge with two completed essays by the end of the class! | |
| HC ALUMNA/AUTHOR ON BOOK TOUR AT BARNES & NOBLE | | | | | |   Stop in next THURSDAY, APRIL 5, at 7:00 p.m. at the Bethesda Barnes & Noble to see our own Shannon Henry Kleiber (Class of '87) speak about her new book,On My Honor,a biography/memoir on the founder of the Girl Scouts. Shannon has a section in the book about her years at Holy Child, and how they made her know that, even as a girl, "she could do anything." Now living in Madison, Wisconsin, she is here as part of her national book tour, and will return in June for the Girl Scout 100th anniversary celebration. | |
| Gazette Covers Authors' Visit | | | | | | The students loved meeting teen authors Rachel Hawkins and Ally Carter in the library event last week, and this week's Gazette captures a bit of that excitement. Click here to read the story. | |
| HC JV Equestrian Team Finishes #1 over 30 schools | | | | | | Our strong JV equestrian team finished the season in rousing fashion, topping major schools in the region (including Sidwell, Visitation, and Holy Cross) to win the entire division by a solid margin! Congratulations to all--we are especially proud. Look for one more event, an invitational at Full Moon Farm. | |
| Dinner to Go – order now  | | | | | | This month’s Dinner-to-Go is Chicken Cacciatore with sweet bell peppers and mushrooms in tomato sauce; garlic and olive oil bowtie pasta; fresh baked rolls, soft baked chocolate chip cookies. Place your order now for $30 for a family of four. | |
| WEDNESDAY PRACTICE SCHEDULE--RAIN | | | | | | Here is the status on tryouts/practice for Wednesday, February 29.
LACROSSE -- Cancelled
SOFTBALL -- 3:30 to 4:30
TENNIS -- 3:30 to 4:30
TRACK -- 3:30 to 4:30
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