Bear Essentials - March 15, 2019  

This Week at a Glance

 From the Main Office

Course Selection for 2019-2020 Now Due

The due date for all student course selection sheets has passed and are due into the school counseling office as soon as possible. We appreciate your cooperation to ensure the accurate creation of our 2019-2020 academic schedule.

Re-Enrollment Forms Due Before Course Selection
With course registration happening soon, please be reminded that students will not be able to register unless parents have completed the Tuition Agreement Form to reserve a seat for your daughter for the upcoming year. To ensure preference for your daughter's course selections, please submit your form as soon as possible.

Academics

Ursuline Honor Society Ceremony This Week

On Wednesday evening, Ursuline Academy welcomed students into the National Honor Society (see photo below) and introduced two new honor societies - the National Art Honor Society and the Tri-M Music Honor Society.  Read more here.

Parent Events

Registration is Open for the 27th Annual Fore the Girls Golf Tournament
Our Fore the Girls Golf Tournament is scheduled for Monday, June 3, at the Walpole Country Club. Click here for complete information about the event, including sponsorship and registration. If you are interested in being on the planning committee for this event or volunteering on tournament day, please email Joe Ziska in the Advancement office at jziska@ursulineacademy.net. 

Life on Lowder Street

Mission Day 2019 
This year's Mission Day of fun and fundraising on Thursday successfully raised over $6,500.00 to support Saint Francis House in Boston and the Ursuline missions in Venezuela. We thank alumna Maggie Burns '76, VP of Philanthropy and External Affairs at St. Francis House, who returned to campus to speak at our kickoff assembly. Thanks to the efforts and contributions of students, faculty, staff, and parents, we are able to send the funds that were raised to the Ursuline school in Venezuela to continue their project to feed breakfast to the students at Corazón de Maria, and to St. Francis House in Boston, to provide supportive services to those suffering from poverty and homelessness.

Sydney Conti '15 Returns to Educate Students on Dangers of Vaping

The UA Department of School Counseling was happy to host Sydney Conti '15, a senior at BC's Connell School of Nursing, when she returned this week to deliver an engaging presentation to all Ursuline students on the dangers of e-cigarettes. Her presentation touched on the physical effects of nicotine, the addictive properties of e-cigarettes, and how they are marketed to adolescents. In short, the students took away that "vape isn't harmless water vapor." Sydney is one of a number of young alumnae who have come back to campus this year to share their experiences in college with current students.  We are grateful to her for her research and perspective on this timely topic. 

Students and faculty welcomed Sydney Conti '15 back to Ursuline this week. From left to right, Libby Gormley '19, Caitlin Canavan '19, Mrs. Terri Schneider, Sydney Conti '15, Mrs. Paula McFarland, and Mrs. Sheila Leonard. 

 Athletics

Varsity basketball players had a chance to celebrate the arrival of the league championship banner this week.

Community News

Service Opportunity for Adults
A group of UA seniors doing their senior service at the VA hospital have discovered a service opportunity for adults in our community. The Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Transportation Network needs dependable drivers for its West Roxbury station. Their purpose is to ensure that all veterans have a ride to the VA when needed. Volunteers are needed for a minimum of one day each week to transport veterans between their home and the VA hospital. Their late model Ford FLEX vans are clean and easy to drive. Drivers receive lunch and the gratitude of the VA veterans. Call the DAV office at (857) 203 - 5628.

Battle of the Badges at CM

On Saturday, March 23rd from 2 -5 p.m., Catholic Memorial will host the Battle of the Badges charity basketball tournament between the Boston Police and Boston Fire Departments. The Zakim Bridge, TD Garden, Prudential Building, and a host of other landmarks will be lit in red and blue on the night of the event. The tournament includes a motorcade for a child who is battling cancer. He will be welcomed as the event's special guest. All Ursuline students and families are welcome to watch the game. Students, if you'd be interested in volunteering for the event, please see Ms. Mayo. Hope to see you there!

Summer Lifeguarding Opportunity

If any student is interested in being a lifeguard this summer at the Longwood Cricket Club in Chestnut Hill, please see Ms. Mayo. Inquiring students will receive a job description and certification requirements.

On the Calendar

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