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Prayers
Morning Prayer Services
Sacrament of Confirmation Classes 2009-2010
News from the Gardens
Bishop Dunne Service to St. Cecilia Catholic School
Volunteer Hours
Senior Fundraiser
Coaches' Wish List

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Middle School Varsity Football
High School Cross Country
REMINDER Transportation / Bus Schedule Changes
Car Pooling
Middle School Cross Country

African American Awareness
There will be an African American Awareness (AAA) meeting, Thursday, October 1, 2009, at 3:15 p.m. in the library. All students interested in joining AAA, please see Ms. Barnett in room 102 or email her at ebarnett@bdhs.org.

7th Grade Cultural Fair
Ohayo gozaimaz (OHIO-GO-ZAI-MEZ)! Buon giorno (BON-JOUR-NO)! Bonjour! Buenos dias! Hello!! On Thursday, October 8, 2009, the 7th grade students will be hosting a Cultural Fair in the Bishop Dunne Cafeteria. The fair will take place between 3:30 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. All are invited to attend! Please email Ms. Barnett at ebarnett@bdhs.org with any questions.

Washington, D.C. 8th Grade December Trip
Any 8th grade students wanting to attend the trip this December need to contact Ms. Barnett for more information at ebarnett@bdhs.org.

Austin Trip 7th Grade
The entire 7th grade class will be taking a trip to Austin on October 22, 2009. This will be a day trip. The cost is $50 and includes transportation, all meals, and entrance to museums. Checks are to be made payable to Bishop Dunne and due by Friday, October 9, 2009. Please have your student bring a check in a sealed envelope with his or her name on the outside to Ms. Barnett in room 102. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email Ms. Barnett at ebarnett@bdhs.org.

Diocesan Speech Tournament at Bishop Dunne
On October 17, 2009, the first Diocesan Speech Tournament will be held at Bishop Dunne from 9:00 a.m. until approximately 1:00 p.m. Open to all schools in the Diocese of Dallas, we look forward to hosting this event again, as it is a day of both competition and fun. Last year, the Bishop Dunne team placed in all categories entered and then placed again at the final competition. This is the first of three meets to be held this year, with two tournaments in the fall, and the final tournament in the spring. Open to all students, the categories for competition include: Section A - Humorous Interpretation, Oratory, Prose, TV Commercial, Two-Man Improvisation; and Section B - Dramatic Interpretation, Duet Acting, Storytelling, and Poetry. At this first meet, participants may choose to perform a piece from either Section A or B, and at the final competition in the spring, students may perform two pieces, one from A and one from B.

The Bishop Dunne participants will be coached by Ms. Allison Myers, with assistance from Ms. Erica Barnett, Mrs. Vivian Toole, Ms. Kelly Pineda, Ms. Wanda Boesch, and Mrs. Sherry Nelson. In addition, we will have several other Dunne teachers assisting as judges and timekeepers. The day at Bishop Dunne will include refreshments, snacks, and entertainment for those participating and for the families awaiting the participants. Volunteers from the African-American Association, the National Honor Society, and the Future Business Leaders of America will assist coaches, participants and their families as they gather at Bishop Dunne for this first competition.

College Counseling News

College Counseling Events - 2009

September

Application Night I
This event is for all seniors who have not yet completed their college applications. Come out and spend time with Mrs. Brown in the computer lab completing college applications and scholarship applications as well. Students must RSVP on Naviance for this event because space is limited. Application Night I will be held on September 30, 2009, from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in room 304. Parents are welcome!

November

Application Night II
This is students’ second chance to complete applications at school in a quiet environment while receiving assistance from Mrs. Brown. This event will be held November 4, 2009, from 5:30 p.m. to 6: 30 p.m. in room 304. Students must RSVP on Naviance for this event because space is limited.

For more information on these programs please contact our College Admissions Advisor Mrs. Keisha Brown at 214-339-6561 ext. 241 or kbrown@bhs.org

2009-2010 SAT and ACT test dates
SAT web address: www.collegeboard.com

SAT

ACT web address: www.actstudent.org

ACT

Colleges Coming to Bishop Dunne
Washington University St. Louis - October 5, 2009 - 9:30 a.m.
DePauw University - October 21, 2009 - 12:15 p.m.

Please go to our College Counseling website on Naviance www.workspacek12.naviance.com/bdhs to RSVP for these events and check back frequently to see when other colleges are scheduled to visit our campus. All colleges will be visiting in the library.

New Deadlines for Colleges
Seniors applying to the University of Texas at Austin or Texas A&M University this fall need to be aware that both universities have a new application deadline of December 15. Mrs. Brown has the new scholarship application in her office at this time for Texas A&M which can also be used for admission. Please come by Mrs. Brown’s office and pick up an application.

You Are Invited!

Pepperdine University
invites all interested students and parents to an information session on Sunday, September 26, 2009, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Omni Dallas Hotel Park West. The hotel is located at 1590 LBJ Freeway, Dallas, TX 75234.

Savannah College of Art and Design
invites all interested students and parents to an information session on Saturday, September 26, 2009. The event will be held at the Dallas Marriott Suites Market Center on 2493 North Stemmons Freeway at 12:30 p.m.

Boston University invites all interested students and parents to an information session on Tuesday, September 29, 2009. To check times and RSVP go to www.bu.edu/receptions

Washington University in St. Louis invites all interested students and parents to an information session on Sunday, October 11, 2009 from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. at the Marriot Dallas/Addison Quorum by the Galleria 14901 Dallas Parkway, Dallas, Texas. For more information call 972-661-2800.

Scholarship List
Seniors should complete two to three scholarship applications per week in order to maximize chances of receiving scholarship money.

Wendy’s High School Heisman Scholarship
Qualifications: Played at least one sport in high school
Leader in your school and community
Have at least a 3.0 GPA
Application deadline: October 1, 2009
Go to http://www.wendysheisman.com/students/index.asp

Coca Cola Scholarship
Application deadline: October 31, 2009
Go to www.coca-colascholars.org

Jack and Jill of America, Inc. Dallas Chapter
This is a scholarship for young men interested in participating in the 2010 Beautillion Scholarship Ball on March 20, 1010. Please come by Mrs. Brown’s office to pick up an application. Applications are due by November 6, 2009.

Neely School of Business at Texas Christian University Youth Entrepreneur of the Year Awards
This scholarship is for students who have started and maintained their own businesses. Please go to www.tcuyeya.org to apply. The application deadline is November 1, 2009.

Raikes School of Computer Science and Management at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
announces its full room and board scholarship for the 2010-2011 school year. For more information on this scholarship and requirements, please go to http://raikes.unl.edu The deadline to apply is November 15, 2009.

Skidmore College Filene Music Scholarship Competition
Go to www.skidmore.edu/filenescholarship to apply. The deadline to enter a CD in the preliminary round is January 15, 2010.

University of Missouri Trulaske College of Business Scholarships
Please see Mrs. Brown in the Guidance Department for these applications. Deadline is February 1, 2010.

National Commission for Cooperative Education
announces their fall 2010 scholarship program. Students interested in this wonderful scholarship program must plan on attending Drexel, Johnson and Wales, Kettering, Pace, RIT, University of Cincinnati, University of Toledo or Wentworth Institute. Please visit the program website at www.co-op.edu for more information and to apply. The application deadline is February 15, 2010.

Health Clinic
Immunization records must be up to date and submitted to the school by September 30, 2009. Please email Nurse Price with any questions at yprice@bdhs.org.

Please submit an Asthma Action Plan and a medication permission form if your child has asthma or if he or she uses an inhaler. These forms are required by Bishop Dunne and the Catholic Diocese of Dallas. Your child can carry an inhaler on his or her person, but the forms must be with Nurse Price in the Clinic. Please follow school policy and keep children at home when they have a temperature above 100? or are vomiting. Please keep children home until they are fever free without medication for 24 hours or until they have not vomited for 24 hours.

Remember to send your child’s medication in the original, properly labeled container and complete the medication permission form available at the front desk or on Edline under the Parent Section.

Physicals and ECG’s will be done on Wednesdays after school from 3:00 p.m. through 4:00 p.m. in the Clinic. The cost for both is $40.00 or $20.00 each, payable by check made out to Bishop Dunne Catholic School or cash. Please contact Nurse Price with any questions at yprice@bdhs.org.

Important H1N1 Information for the Diocese
Attached please find an important letter from Sister Gloria Cain, Superintendent of the Diocese of Dallas, about flu procedures.

Our Town on the Bishop Dunne Stage
The Drama Department is proud to present Our Town by Thornton Wilder on October 23 and 24, 2009. This classic of American theatre looks at life at the turn of the 20th century in the small town of Grovers' Corners, New Hampshire. As George Gibbs and Emily Webb grow up, fall in love, and get married, we see life lessons unfolding with a mixture of humor and sadness, but always with recognition of the experiences we all face. Students from grades 6 through12 have been working since the first of the month to bring this story to life.

We would appreciate your help! There are many items that would help us in our production, and we will gladly accept donations of materials listed below. We would also be most grateful for assistance in building some very simple set pieces or sewing costumes.

Materials:

• Lumber - 2" x 4" lengths, 1" x 4" lengths, plywood sheets
• 2 wooden garden trellises (not necessarily matching)
• Silk flowers and vines or greenery

Fabric:

• 4-5 yards of off-white or cream colored fabric
• 3-4 yards of blue check (gingham) fabric
• 3-4 yards each of different dark or other solid colors
• We would also gladly accept old clothing such as men's suits, men's or boys' pants, men's felt hats, women's blouses, women's aprons, women's shawls, and blouses.

If you have any items you would be willing to donate, please email Ms. Marylee Boarman at mboarman@bdhs.org.

Washington DC Trip
Juniors and seniors will have an opportunity to travel to Washington D.C. with the high school Close Up program. The flagship program group departs on Sunday, January 17, 2010, and students spend Sunday evening through Thursday learning how our government works from an insider’s perspective. They will return home on Friday, January 22, 2010. Highlights of this program include monument study visits, question-answer sessions with policy representatives from various agencies of the government, a Capitol Hill day in which students meet with congressional representatives and staff, and neighborhood study visits. There are also opportunities to visit some of the Smithsonian museums and other landmarks that make Washington, D.C. unique.

The cost for this program is approximately $1598, which includes all accommodations, meals (except in transit to and from D.C.), air fare, and ground transportation. If the theater option is chosen, there will be an additional $37 charge for the tickets and an additional fee from $99 - $119 for one of the out-of-town Thursday options. This has always been a very popular program with the students, and participants have called it one of the high points of their high school experience. Once the group is established, we will decide on a few other options which may make a minor change in the cost. Students who take advantage of this opportunity will take part in a truly valuable educational experience that extends learning beyond the walls of the classroom. A $200 deposit is required for Bishop Dunne to hold a place on the trip, and a $100 registration fee is required when registering at the Close Up website. These deposits are due by September 19, 2009. If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Boarman at mboarman@bdhs.org.

Pro-Life Fundraiser
Bishop Dunne will once again raise money to help support the Catholic Pro-Life Committee of Dallas. Beginning September 23, 2009, students should bring donations to their E-block classes. Donations in the form of cash or checks made to Bishop Dunne will be collected for two consecutive blue days, September 23 and 25, 2009. The E-block classes that collect the most money for the Catholic Pro-Life Committee will receive a breakfast in their honor. The money will be presented to the Catholic Pro-Life Committee at the annual Pro-Life Classic on Tuesday, November 3, 2009. For more information about the Pro-Life Committee of Dallas, please check out the website at prolifedallas.org. For more information regarding Bishop Dunne’s pro-life fundraiser, please contact Mr. Tom Perez at tperez@bdhs.org.

Go Forth to Serve

Prayers
Please keep cafeteria worker, Mrs. Fannie Clarkson, in your prayers as she battles cancer. Please keep senior, Xavier Matthew, in your prayers as he continues his struggle against leukemia. Please keep senior Alanna Aquino’s father, Jaime Aquino, in your prayers as he remains in intensive care, and Dr. Joseph LaManna, grandfather of Sergei, Nicholas, Tatiana, Michael, Dimitri, and Katy Boucher, in your prayers as he recovers from surgery. Please keep Ron Somers-Clark, father of school nurse Yvonne Price and grandfather of senior Candice and 8th grader Brandon, in your prayers as he has been very ill.

Please also keep Walter Johnson III in your prayers as he recovers from pneumonia and a sickle cell anemia attack. Please keep in your prayers those members of our community who are going through the difficulty of losing a family member: 8th grader Jorden and 7th grader Jared Alex, whose grandfather Gilbert Alex, Jr., passed away; faculty member Veronica Alonzo, whose mother-in-law, Rosa Alonzo, passed away; Advisory Council member Mike Buchanan, whose mother, Dorothy Buchanan, passed away; freshman Nina Gavos, whose grandfather Paul Davenport, passed away; and junior Alexis Oakes, whose grandmother, Gladys Pereria, passed away.

Morning Prayer Services
Starting Monday, September 28, 2009, the Campus Ministry will resume the daily Morning Prayer services. On Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays of each week, a communion service will be held from 8:00 a.m. through 8:20 a.m. On Wednesdays, we will pray the rosary again, and we will start at 8:00 a.m. On Fridays at 8:00a.m., we will have Mass with Father Rudy Garcia.

Sacrament of Confirmation Classes 2009-2010
Preparation for the Sacrament of Confirmation is about to begin. Bishop Dunne students in the 8th through 12th grades who are interested in receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation are welcome to register. The classes consist of three mini-retreat experiences, a large retreat experience, and a service experience. The mini-retreats will be on the Saturdays of November 7, 2009, December 5, 2009, January 16, 2010, from 10:00 a.m. through 1:30 p.m. With the registration is a fee of $15 to cover the cost of materials and the large retreat expenses. To register, please contact Mr. Nicholas Hurt at nhurt@bdhs.org. Registration closes on Monday, October 19, 2009. Please do not hesitate to contact Mr. Hurt with any questions.

News from the Gardens
The Bishop Dunne Garden Club invites parents, teachers, and students to partner with Target and Tom Thumb to bring funds to our school gardens. Each of these organizations has a program to allow a percentage of everyone’s purchases to go back to the school of his or her choice.

Through Target REDcards and Target Debit Cards, we can Take Charge of Education. This month our school received $407 from Target’s Take Charge of Education program. With these funds we will be purchasing two composting tumblers to help us reduce the waste in our cafeteria and recycle our garden refuse. We want to make it easy for everyone to designate our school as a REDcard recipient. Our 5-digit school ID assigned by Target is 16214. If you would like to participate in Take Charge of Education but prefer an option that doesn’t involve credit cards, you can choose the Target Check Card. It links directly to an existing checking account, with all the ongoing rewards of a REDcard credit account.

Tom Thumb’s Good Neighbor Program offers a similar opportunity for our school. Since 1996, Tom Thumb has been partnering with non-profit organizations to allow customers to give back one percent of all purchases made with a Tom Thumb Reward card to the non-profit of their choice. Most everyone who shops at Tom Thumb has a Reward card and we would love to be linked to yours! Forms to set up new cards or to link existing cards will be available at our school, and cashiers at all stores can also help you to link your card. Our school ID assigned by Tom Thumb is 4123.

In other news, get ready for a fresh crop of lettuce, spinach and cilantro from the garden! Bishop Dunne students have planted seeds in our new vegetable patch and we hope to harvest in the next two weeks. We will be selling these crops and the proceeds will go Catholic Charities of Dallas to help needy people in our community.

Finally, our butterfly garden is growing and we need your help to make it beautiful! Several people have inquired about making a donation to the gardens. Please help us by donating healthy plants which attract butterflies, including: all verbenas (pink, white, purple and sweet almond); lantana (confetti, white, yellow and the red orange variety); pink and white skullcap; mint; rosemary; butterfly weed; butterfly bush; honeysuckle; and passion flower vine. We also need seeds such as: lettuce (all varieties); kale; cabbage; Brussels sprouts; peas; beets; cauliflower; parsley; cilantro, and wildflower mix. Other items we need are bird baths, feeders, and bird seed.

Bishop Dunne Service to St. Cecilia Catholic School
Bishop Dunne has partnered with The University of Notre Dame Alumni Club to provide tutors for St. Cecilia Catholic School. If parents are interested in tutoring young students from St. Cecilia Catholic School, please arrive at 8:45 a.m. at the St. Cecilia library where volunteers will be assigned a student to work with for two hours. St. Cecilia is located at 635 Mary Cliff Road, Dallas, TX 75208. The dates for this school year are listed below. Thank you for your anticipated participation.

Tutoring Dates:

• October 3, 17, and 31, 2009
• November 7 and 21, 2009
• December 5, 2009
• January 16 and 30, 2010
• February 20, 2010
• March 6 and 27, 2010
• April 10 and 24, 2010
• May 8 and 22, 2010

Volunteer Hours
Looking for Volunteer Hours? Look no further. Your school is in need of volunteers for the following events:

Friday, September 25, 2009 – Football Game Concessions and other areas:

• 5:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
• 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.

Thursday, September 30, 2009 – Development Luncheon

9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

If you are Safe Environment cleared and need volunteer hours, please be sure to email or call Mrs. Echavarria at nechavarria@bdhs.org, 214-339-6561 extension 247 to be scheduled. If you need to become Safe Environment trained, the next training is on Tuesday, October 13, 2009, at 6:00 p.m. in room 304.

Senior Fundraiser
On Saturday, October 17, 2009, the senior class will participate in an event to raise funds for the Bishop Dunne Prom in April. During this event, students and chaperones will help to clean up after the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure Cancer Walk, which takes place at North Park Mall.

The Senior Class needs volunteers both students and adults, from 5:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. and from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. All volunteers on the last shift should wear old clothes and gloves.

Please email Mrs. Marcela Garcini at mgarcini@bdhs.org if you are interested in participating. More details will be given to participants at the time of registration.

Coaches’ Wish List
Our coaching staff and hard working teams have a wish list for this season and we invite parents to help us out with these much needed items:

• 5 new Wilson Evolution indoor men’s game balls for the boys’ basketball program
• Radio Shack stop watches for the cross country and track teams
• cans of unopened yellow tennis balls (any brand) for the tennis team
• Tachikara (navy TK-BC) ball cart from www.spikevolleyball.com.

Please drop items by at the front desk with your name and address. Thank you to our parents for helping with these much needed items.

Tech and Tradition

Senior Panoramic Portraits
If there are any seniors who missed the opportunity to purchase a panoramic photo of the Class of 2010, please call Goldbeck Photographers at 1 800 656 9289 and place your order. Please be sure to contact the photographers soon, however, so you can be sure to get a photo before they are gone.

Spirit Bus
There will be a Spirit Bus available to transport students to the Bishop Dunne football game at Nolan High School on Friday, October 2, 2009. The cost is $12 per student and includes a hot dog, drink, and transportation to and from the game. The $12 does not include the admission fee to the game. If you have any questions, contact Mrs. Marcela Garcini at mgarcini@bdhs.org or Mr. Michael Alfers at malfers@bdhs.org.

Spirit T-Shirts
Spirit t-shirts will be on sale soon for $10 each to show your Falcon pride and help support our athletic teams. There will be certain athletic events throughout the year and fans will be encouraged to wear the spirit t-shirt.

Homecoming
The 2009 Homecoming Dance will be held Saturday, October 3, 2009, from 7:30 p.m. through 11:30 p.m. in the Orion Ballroom at the Bank of America building on Zang Boulevard. The dance is for students in grades 9 through 12. Tickets for the dance will go on sale the week of September 21, and ticket prices are $35 each. Directions and other information will be handed out to students when tickets are purchased.

Students may bring one date or guest of the opposite gender. Students must register all dates even if they are a Bishop Dunne student. If a student wishes to bring a guest who does not attend Bishop Dunne, the Bishop Dunne student must fill out and turn in a guest registration form before purchasing their guest's ticket. All guests must be of the permitted age, and everyone is expected to act appropriately at the dance. The latest students may arrive at the dance is 8:00 p.m., and the earliest they may leave the dance is 11:00 p.m. The dress code for the dance is semi-formal with gentlemen typically wearing a dress shirt, tie, dress pants, sport coat or a suit and ladies wearing full length dresses. Other school guidelines do apply as well at the dance and are listed in the Student Handbook. The dance will be an elegant, memorable, and fun time for the students.

If there are any questions, please contact Ms. Marcela Garcini at mgarcini@bdhs.org or Mr. Michael Alfers at malfers@bdhs.org.

Spirit Days
During the week of October 5 through 9, the Bishop Dunne community will have Spirit Week to celebrate the homecoming activities on October 9, 2009. Each day of the week will have a particular theme in which students can dress to show their spirit. Because the Homecoming Dance theme is "Once Upon a Time..." the spirit days are as follows:

• Monday, October 5, 2009 - "Monday Madness" (Dress in the style of your favorite Disney character)
• Tuesday, October 6, 2009 - "Twin Day" (Dress in the same outfit as another student)
• Wednesday, October 7 - "Walk on the Wild Side" (Dress in a Jungle Book / Lion King theme)
• Thursday, October 8 - "Retro Day" (Dress in an outfit in the style from the 1960s, 1970s, or 1980s)
• Friday, October 9 - "Spirit Day" (Wear your "Falcon Wave" spirit shirt or a red Bishop Dunne shirt)

Dunne Honorably

Middle School Varsity Football
The Falcons went down to St Thomas in their first DPL match of the season. Bishop Dunne spotted the Wildcats a 20-point lead in the first half to comeback on them but fell short, 28-26. Notable was the play of quarterback-safety Orion Salters and receiver-cornerback Micah Simon, as well as a spectacular hit on a kickoff tackle by Devin Haynes. The footballers next face Christ the King on September 23, 2009, and then play St Pius X on Sunday September 27, 2009, at noon at Bishop Lynch field.

High School Cross Country
Congratulations to our High School Cross Country team. At the North Mesquite meet the team placed third. Top performers in the Varsity Division were Austin Yaeger placing second, Woody Lawson placing ninth, and Edgar Barrientos placing eleventh. The girls’ top performer in the Varsity Division was Aracely Ramirez placing twentieth. In the Junior Varsity Division, Michael Trejo placed ninth, and Parker Spence placed thirteenth.

At the Baylor Invitational on September 19, the boys placed third in the Varsity Division. Top performers were Austin Yaeger placing sixth, and Woody Lawson placing eighteenth.

Come out and support these young athletes at the TAPPS 5A District 1 Championship meet on October 8, 2009, as they try to bring home a District title. The meet will be held at Norbuck Park, Dallas, at 4:30 p.m. For more information, please contact Coach Guerrero at sguerrero@bdhs.org.

REMINDER Transportation / Bus Schedule Changes
We will use the following schedule for the remainder of the school year:

• Holy Trinity - Pick up 7:05 a.m., Drop off 3:50 p.m.
• St. Monica - Pick up 7:25 a.m., Drop off 4:10 p.m
• St. Luke - Pick up 7:25 a.m., Drop off 4:15 p.m.
• Holy Spirit - Pick up 7:45 a.m., Drop off 3:50 p.m.

In the afternoon the bus will depart from Bishop Dunne at 3:30 p.m. Thank you for your patience and understanding with this.

Car Pooling
If you are interested in car pooling with other Bishop Dunne families, please email Mr. Guerrero at sguerrero@bdhs.org. In your email to Mr. Guerrero, please include your home address and phone or cell phone number. Mr. Guerrero will compile the list of families interested and will communicate possible scenarios with the families.

Middle School Cross Country
It is time to start signing up for cross country. If you are interested, please contact Coach Guerrero at sguerrero@bdhs.org. The cross county registration form and schedule are posted at www.bdhs.org.