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H1N1 Vaccinations at Bishop Dunne
Mobile Vaccine Solutions will be on campus in the auditorium of Bishop Dunne for an H1N1 Vaccination Clinic on Tuesday, December 8, 2009, from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. This clinic is open to all members of the Bishop Dunne community – faculty, staff, students, and family members of students. No appointments will be made. If your forms are completed before arrival, this will expedite the process. The Clinic will operate as follows:

• The cost of the vaccine is $20 per person, with cash or check made out to Mobile Vaccine Solutions.
• Parents and guardians bringing children to be vaccinated need to bring the completed forms with them to the auditorium. The forms may be obtained from the email Nurse Price sent out previously. Please email Nurse Price if forms are needed at yprice@bdhs.org;
• Students, parents, guardians, faculty, staff and family members of St. Elizabeth School can arrive anytime during the clinic hours to receive the vaccine. Parents of St. Elizabeth students must be present in order for their child to be vaccinated.
• Parents and guardians of Bishop Dunne students who cannot be present at Bishop Dunne on December 8, (working parents or parents whose children car pool with another parent or take the bus home) but still want their child to receive the H1N1 Vaccine can sign the attached consent/waiver of liability and screening forms and send with their student, along with payment. Students who do not have all three forms completed and signed by their parent/guardian will not be vaccinated. Parents/guardians cannot sign consent for any child other than their own. Faxed or emailed consents will not be accepted.
• Students who are age 18 years or older may sign their own consent.
• Faculty, staff and family members of students from Bishop Dunne or St. Elizabeth can arrive any time during the clinic hours to receive the vaccine.
• Remember children under the age of 9 years of age need to return to receive their second dose of the vaccine in order to reach the proper immunization level.

San Antonio College Trip
On February 19 and 20, 2010, students are invited on a college trip to San Antonio. This is an overnight trip and there are 50 available spaces for students interested in visiting Texas State at San Marcos, University of Texas at San Antonio, Our Lady of the Lake University, Incarnate Word University, and St. Mary’s University. The group will depart on a bus early Friday morning and return late Saturday night to Dallas. The approximate cost is $220, which includes transportation, hotel, and five meals. If students are interested, please email Dr. Alonzo at valonzo@bdhs.org. The first payment is due by December 11, 2009, with a minimum of $20 to save a spot. The final payment is due by February 5, 2010. All payments are payable to Bishop Dunne.

Tamale Sale
Buy your tamales for the holidays now! One dozen tamales will sell for $10. Orders and payment will be taken now until December 9, 2009. Tamales will be ready for pick up Monday, December 14, 2009, and can be frozen for consumption later. Please send orders with payment to Dr. Alonzo with the quantity, whether the order is for chicken or pork, and the student's name. All proceeds will benefit the San Antonio college trip.

Texas A & M Pre-Dental Program for 9, 10, 11 graders
Texas A & M Health Science Center Baylor of Dentistry, is offering a summer pre-dental program for students who are interested in dentistry. Students must have a minimum GPA of 2.75 on a 4.0 scale. If students are interested, please visit http://bcd.tamhsc.edu/education/studentdevelopment/ and click on the Bridge to Dentistry link and read more about the program. Please email Dr. Alonzo at valonzo@bdhs.org for the application.

Mitre 10 Survey
We hope you have been enjoying and taking advantage of the online Mitre 10 Yearbook Ning. The Ning is your opportunity to contribute to the 2010 edition of the Mitre, our school yearbook. As promised, we are working on a print edition available by the end of the year. After working with several publishers, we have determined that in order to include all the memorable senior activities, such as prom and graduation, we would need to do a fall release of the yearbook. All items will be posted to the Ning as they happen, but the print edition will be distributed in early September. The printed edition will be full color and approximately 200 pages, and the cost will be $50; the Ning will continue to be a free service. We ask that you complete the very brief survey on Edline, so that we can properly anticipate orders for the print edition. Link to survey: https://www.edline.net/pages/Bishop_Dunne_Catholic_School/Yearbook_Survey

College Counseling News

College Acceptances and Scholarship Awards
Congratulations to the Class of 2010 for a great start on college admission and scholarship applications! This semester, we have hosted two College Admission Application Workshops and two Scholarship Application Workshops and our seniors are having very early success. Stop by the 500 hallway to see the college pennants we have placed on the board representing all of the universities to which our students have been accepted by November 1. So far, our seniors have been awarded over $700,000 in academic scholarships as of November 1, 2009.

Please congratulate the following seniors on their recent college acceptances and scholarship awards:

College Acceptances: Brianna Aranda – University of Texas at Austin; Ignacio Aranda – Texas A&M Commerce and Northern Arizona University; Clarissa Barlow – Franciscan University; Christopher Cervenka – Texas Tech University, University of Texas at Arlington, University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M University; Andrea Champion – University of Texas at Austin, Oklahoma State University, University of Oklahoma and University of the Ozarks; Emma Chappell – San Francisco Art Institute; Lauren Clarkson – Texas Woman’s University; Michael Cruz – Baylor University, Houston Baptist University, Fort Hays State University, Hardin Simmons University and Willamette University; Alexandra Dean – Oklahoma State University; Jamie DeLaat – Oklahoma State University, University of Oklahoma, Texas State University and Texas Tech University; Kelli Grashel – Oklahoma State University; Danielle Kean – King’s College; Andrew Merlino – University of Mississippi; Sarai Morales – University of Mary Hardin-Baylor; Hannah Patton – Sam Houston State University and Academy of Art University; Martin Paz – Texas Tech University and Houston Baptist University; Candice Price – Texas State University, West Texas A&M University, McMurry University and Savannah College of Art and Design; Amanda Reyes – Sam Houston State University and Oklahoma State University; Michelle Stobb – Barry University; Ashton Vaughn – Sam Houston State and University of Houston; Eric Wright – University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Northern Arizona and Drexel University.

Scholarship Awards: Clarissa Barlow – University of Arkansas; Andrea Champion – University of the Ozarks, Oklahoma State University, The Art Institute of Dallas and University of Oklahoma; Emma Chappell – San Francisco Art Institute; Michael Cruz – Baylor University, Hardin Simmons University, Houston Baptist University, Willamette University, Fort Hays State University and Southern Wesleyan University; Alexandra Dean – Oklahoma State University; Rebecca Fernandez – Hispanic College Fund, Hispanic Youth Symposium Speech Competition and Saint Louis University; Alexis Gillum – Southern Methodist University; Sarai Morales – Newman University; Martin Paz – Houston Baptist University; Candice Price – McMurry University and Savannah College of Art and Design; Raul Saldivar – Texas A&M University and University of Alabama; and Eric Wright – Northern Arizona University.

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
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

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

MetroPCS and Kyocera Community Scholarship
Program This scholarship is for students who have exceptional involvement in community service and volunteerism in addition to strong academics. The award is $2,500 with the opportunity to be awarded $25,000. The deadline to apply is November 25, 2009. Please go to http://www.metropcs.com/about/scholarship.aspx

Being an American Essay Contest
In this contest, students are asked to answer the question, What Civic Value Do You Believe Is Most Essential to Being an American? The award amount is up to $5,000. For more information and to apply go to www.beinganamerican.org/TE

Hispanic Heritage Foundation and Colgate-Palmolive
The requirement for this scholarship is a 500 word essay, titled: How Do You Think Education Can Impact the Heritage of Hispanic Generations to Come? The award is an educational grant of up to $10,000. The deadline to apply is November 30, 2009. Please go to www.colgate.com/hazlau to apply.

Angelo State University Carr Scholarship
This scholarship is for students who rank in the top 45% of the class and score at least a 1020 on the SAT. The award amount ranges from $1,000 to $4,500 per year. To apply for this scholarship go to www.angelo.edu/carr.html. Application deadline December 1, 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.

Princeton Prize in Race Relations
This scholarship is for students who are involved in an activity that is helping to improve race relations in their school or community. The award is $1,000 and a trip to Princeton .The application deadline is January 31, 2010. Please go to www.princeton.edu/princetonprize.

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

St. Edward’s University Holy Cross Scholar Award
This scholarship is for students who rank in the top 10% of their class and score at least 1250 on the SAT or 28 on the ACT. The award is full tuition for four years. The application deadline is February 1, 2010. Please go to www.gotostedwards.com/meritawards.xml.

St. Edward’s University Guaranteed Trustees Scholarship Award
This scholarship is for students who rank in the top 20% of the class and score at least 1200 on the SAT or 27 on the ACT. The award amount is $40,000 and the application deadline is February 1, 2010. Admission application will serve for this scholarship.

University of Texas at San Antonio Terry Foundation Scholarship
This scholarship is for graduating seniors who have demonstrated leadership, strong academic ability, proven financial need, and who are unmarried and U.S. citizens. The award amount is $55,000. The application deadline is February 1, 2010. Please go to www.utsa.edu/terryscholars/.

KFC Colonel’s Scholarship
This scholarship is for students who graduate in 2010, have a minimum GPA of 2.75, are entering a 4-year university in fall of 2010, and who are U.S.citizens. The application deadline is February 10, 2010. Please go to www.kfcscholars.org to apply.

Texas A&M University Foundation Excellence Award
The award amount is up to $2,500 and the deadline is February 12, 2010. See Mrs. Brown for an application.

AXA Achievement Community Scholarship
Winners are selected based on ambition and drive, determination to set and reach goals, respect for self, family and community and ability to succeed in college. Award amount: $2,000 Deadline: February 15, 2010 Go to www.axa-achievement.com to apply

University of Texas at San Antonio Honors College Scholarships
This scholarship is for students who are in the top 10% of their class, have a minimum SAT of 1100 or minimum ACT of 24, and who are enrolled in UTSA Honors College. The award amount is $6,000. The application deadline is February 15, 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.

Al’s Formal Wear Scholarship
The award amount $1,000 and the application deadline is May 31, 2010. Please go to www.alsformalwear.com/scholarship.

Texas Instruments Math Scholars Program – University of North Texas Dallas
This scholarship is for students who wish to pursue a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics with Secondary Teacher Certification at the University of North Texas Dallas. Applicants are to be ranked in the top 25% of their class, exempt from TSI for Reading, Writing and Math sections, have a minimum SAT score of 600 on math and 580 on Critical Reading or a minimum ACT of 24 Math and 24 English, and four years of high school math to include Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II and Pre- Calculus.

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.

Washington DC Trip
Juniors and seniors will have an opportunity to travel to Washington D.C. with the high school Close Up program. Please note that there has been a change in the schedule from what was previously announced. The students will now be in Washington, DC, from February 14 through 19, 2010. All the same exciting and unique experiences will be available during this week as well, but the price will be just a bit lower. Students spend Sunday evening through Thursday learning how our government works from an insider’s perspective. 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 $1,688, 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 October 17, 2009, and final payments for the trip are due by January 15, 2010. If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Marylee Boarman at mboarman@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 and appendicitis. Please keep Mrs. Tove Ovila, grandmother of junior Anthony Brodner in your prayers, as she recovers from a fall. Please keep staff member, Mrs. Diane Horton, in your prayers as she starts chemotherapy and treatment for her struggle against cancer.

Please keep in your prayers those members of our community who are going through the difficulty of losing a family member: Chelsea Billups, whose uncle, Earnest Miles II, passed away; and senior Alana Aquino and 2009 graduate, Alyssa Aquino, whose father, Jaime Aquino, passed away.

Library Makeover
We are updating our library, making it a pleasant place for students to be and modernizing the resources. A wish list of books will be published soon for parents and students to help support the library. In the meantime, we invite families to help with the beautification of the library by adopting a fish for the aquarium. After our resident fish expert, Mrs. Alma Keglovits, examined the tank, we are asking for donations of the following fish for our tank: two African delhezi polyperterus; four Australian archer fish; one medusa pleco; two geophagus cichlids; six Congo tetra; and live and frozen fish food. These fish were chosen for student enjoyment and the opportunity to examine fish behavior. Parents and students are welcome to bring in the fish to Mrs. Keglovits or donate funds for the purchase of the fish. All families who adopt a fish will be recognized.

Koi Pond
Many thanks go to Ms. Kelly Bush and Mr. Roger Palmer for arranging for a work day for the latest addition to our outdoor science classroom, a koi pond. The pond has been carefully planned by Mr. Palmer and the Landscaping Committee - Mr. Javier Alonzo, Mr. Michael Arrambide, Mrs. Isabel Arista, Mr. Norberto Guillen and Mrs. Kellie Lawson. A large group of students worked on digging the pond and bringing in rocks and supplies. Thanks to Mrs. Lawson and Advisory Council member, Mrs. Shellie Driscoll, for providing lunch to the hungry crew, and to teachers and administrators Dr. Veronica Alonzo, Mrs. Isabel Arista, Ms. Wanda Boesch, Mr. Chris Dittrick, Ms. Kristen Keller, Mr. Jim Martin,

Thanksgiving
We wish all our families a happy, safe, and restful Thanksgiving. The next Friday Falconer will be distributed on December 4, 2009.

The 13th Day
Based on the memoirs of Sister Lucia de Jesus, The 13th Day is an Ignatius Press production retelling of the experiences of three shepherd children and their apparitions with the Blessed Mother Mary in Portugal between May and October, 1917, during World War I in Europe and the Communist revolution in Russia. This is a great opportunity to learn more about our Lady of Fatima, Mary’s message, and an important time in our history.

Bishop Dunne is fortunate to have the site license to show the movie with all proceeds benefiting Catholic education at Bishop Dunne. The first showing will be at the Uptown Theater in Grand Prairie on Sunday November 22, 2009, at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $5.00 each and can be purchased at the front desk or online at www.UptownTheaterGP.com. In celebration of the Year of the Priests, we invite all priests to attend free.

Future viewings will be held at Bishop Dunne Catholic School, starting in late November and December with days and times to be announced in the Friday Falconer.

More information on the movie, including a trailer, can be found at www.the13thDaymovie.com.

Please email any questions to lizarrambide@swbell.net

Volunteer Program
The football season has passed us by, but don't be alarmed if you haven't earned volunteer hours as there is still time. Basketball season is starting up with plenty of concession help needed. There are also other opportunities to earn hours.

Volunteer Requirements
Each family is required to give 40 volunteer hours or contribute $200.00 to the school annually. Volunteer hours are accumulated the beginning of the school year through May 15. If parents are working with students at the school, they are required to have a volunteer screening form on file. There will be an opportunity to obtain the required screening through a series of meetings that will be held throughout the school year. Volunteer hours accumulated over the summer months will count towards the following school year. Parents who have not completed volunteer hours by May 15, 2010, will be charged a fee accordingly.

Please call Mrs. Norma Echavarria at the school office for information regarding Safe Environment requirements.

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:

• 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

Tech and Tradition

Update on eBooks
This fall Bishop Dunne embarked on a new era of instructional tools. We offered the option of utilizing digital textbooks for as many courses as possible. Next school year, 2010-2011, most of our books will be eBooks or we will be using online technology for all classes. We believe that eBooks are more interactive with our existing SMARTBoard technology, pertinent to evolving information technologies, and more relevant to student directed activities and to research based projects. Laptops and eBooks are more cost effective than books in the long term, saving several hundreds of dollars over the student’s high school career, and furthering our objective in being a “green” school with a minimum of energy and paper usage.

Digital versions of textbooks are identical to traditional printed textbooks in content, in most cases down to the page numbers. Traditional textbooks can become out of date in some subject areas, almost as soon as they are printed, and are one dimensional interactively. Printed textbooks can also be extremely expensive and it is alarming to see how heavy so many of the students’ book bags have become. EBooks are electronic versions of a traditional print book and are an affordable and convenient alternative, requiring a laptop computer or an e-reader device. Students access digital versions of textbooks through the internet and will be assigned a unique login and password to access their books. Students will not need to cart heavy textbooks around or worry about leaving a textbook at school or home, as they can access their eBooks anywhere they have an internet connection. Students may also download chapters in PDF format for times when they do not have access to the internet; they can still read the text through a PDF viewer like Adobe Acrobat Reader.

EBooks are also more than a PDF or digital copy of the printed book, as they offer interactive tools to aid students in their learning. New terminology and vocabulary terms are linked directly from the chapters to audio files that read the term and definition. Often options are available for both English and Spanish translations. The eBooks also offer interactive reviews that provide students instant feedback on their understanding of the material they study. Another tool available to students is the ability to annotate and highlight the chapters as well as add bookmarks to important concepts, make notes, save selected text, check online dictionaries and glossaries and alter font sizes and styles. Students may also search through the text and their notes using the eBook’s search engine.

We have invested in making our entire campus wireless and are currently upgrading the speed of our network. Students are free to bring in their own WiFi enabled device for accessing the internet and their eBooks. This includes laptops, netbooks, iPod Touch, or similar devices. If you do not have one of these devices, but are interested in purchasing one, we have some recommendations as well as special pricing. There will also be netbooks available in the library for students to check out within the confines of the library to use while there. Computer labs will be open before and after school.

Netbooks
Netbooks are small, portable, lightweight computers that have come a long way in the last three years. They are now equipped with faster processors, larger hard drives, and improved WiFi access. Netbooks also have built in web cams and microphones and weigh about three pounds with a battery life of nine or more hours on a single charge.

We believe these tools, along with the advent of more digital versions of textbooks will eventually reduce a student’s 35 pound backpack to a small ruggedized computer and case. Over the past year we have been researching the various types of netbooks and have done trial programs with the 6th grade middle school students and a few high school volunteers, and the Technology Office is available to parents to discuss recommendations. We have also placed our recommendations in the News section of Edline.

Students will be responsible for the care and maintenance on their laptop, it will not be provided by the school. Therefore, we highly recommend an extended warranty and insurance.

Please email Director of Technology Mr. Paul Wood (pwood@bdhs.org) or Instructional Technology Coordinator Mrs. Christine Voigt (cvoigt@bdhs.org if you have any questions or need further clarification.

Advice on Buying a NetBook
The following are thoughts and things to consider if you are purchasing a netbook or mini-notebook.

1. Consider going to Best Buy or even Costco to look at the netbooks that they have in stock. Check it out and look it over. See how your child feels typing on the keyboard. Realize that there is not a media drive so you will not be sliding in DVD’s to add software. You will need to download software or add software from a flash drive/thumb drive.
2. Check out the battery life. In the stores they may not have the extended life battery; it may just be a standard battery. Also know that the more we ask the machines to do – wifi, games, etc., battery life decreases, meaning that the power drains more quickly.
3. Once you have settled on the machine you want, go online to check possibilities. Our testing machines were bought through Amazon.com.
4. We have looked at the Acer Aspire One and the ASUS EEEpc 1000. Both have 10.1 inch screens, feel comfortable and seem to be sturdy. Our preference was the ASUS as the keyboard was bigger and the mouse functionality of the touchpad and the left/right click seemed easier.
5. Both machines had 160 gig hard drives. That should be plenty of space for what your child wants to do or store as far as data for school. The ASUS had Bluetooth and a 10 gig cloud storage piece. That may not be necessary, as we also have 100 mgs of storage in the student file lockers on Edline that all students will have access to as part of their Bishop Dunne education. The ASUS also has Open Office, a free word processing and presentation software. The ASUS advertises a battery life of 9 hours.
6. Parents and students will be responsible for antivirus software that is up to date, such as Symantec or MacAfee. It is very important to not compromise on this.
7. Be aware these were the only two models we tested based on our discussions with other schools. Know that there are many models out there and many choices and they are changing almost daily. Prices will vary anywhere from $300 - $500 depending on options. Some models that are being phased out will go for even less.

Please do not hesitate to email Mr. Paul Wood at pwood@bdhs.org for further clarification.

Checklist for Netbooks

Falcon Store
Uniform sweatshirts with the new school crest are now available in the school store at a cost of $25.00 each. They are available in navy blue or red for any grade level and range in sizes from small to 3XL. These sweatshirts are allowed to be worn during the school day and on Mass uniform days.It's not too early to be thinking of your Christmas gift ideas. The Falcon Store has coffee mugs, knit caps, ear warmers, scarves, blankets, umbrellas, t-shirts and sweatshirts with the Dunne logo, all at a nominal cost to you. Please visit our online school store located through the alumni website, www.bdhs.org, and click on alumni, then click on online store.

Dunne Honorably

Advanced Placement Scholar
Congratulations to Sebastian Saldivar who has received the AP Scholar with Honors Award from Gaston Caperton, President of the College Board, in recognition of exemplary college-level achievement on the Advanced Placement Program Examinations.

Boys’ Soccer
The Boys Soccer team defeated the Home School Association at home with a convincing 6-0 shutout. In their last two games, the Falcons have scored 11 combined goals and allowed 0. They're flying high, but they'll need your support on December 1, 2009, as they take on FCA in the first district game of the season. The kickoff is 5:30 at Bishop Dunne.

High School Cross Country
Congratulations to Austin Yaeger for being selected to the TAPPS Cross Country All-Academic State Team for the 2009 Cross Country season. Austin was selected to the All-Academic State Team because he finished fifth at the state meet and has a high GPA. Austin has also been selected to compete in the Foot Locker South Region Cross Country Championship meet on November 28, 2009, in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he will compete against runners from sixteen states. This is a great honor and we wish him the best.

Dallas Parochial League Survey
The Dallas Parochial League is asking parents to please take a few minutes to complete the on-line survey regarding DPL athletics. Thank you for your assistance with this. For the English version of the survey please go to: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=KST6Us7vNEHoBRZHW6C9hA_3d_3d

For the Spanish version of the survey please go to:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=HJsULi89E0QmsnrGkgy5jg_3d_3d

High School Wrestling
Congratulations to Alex Dean and Rebecca Fernandez for placing third and fifth respectively in their division at the Arlington Wrestling Tournament on November 13, 2009. Alex won four matches and only lost one. Both wrestlers had over twenty wrestlers in their weight class. Congratulations on a successful start to the season.

There is still time to join the All-American program. Bishop Dunne wrestlers past and present have earned eleven All-American honors and one National Champion. We offer wrestling for all girls and boys in the high school. For more specific information, please email Coach Guerrero at sguerrero@bdhs.org. Practices are after school at Bishop Dunne. Here is a link to the November practice schedule and a link to the complete meet schedules for the season.

Boys' Meet Schedule
Girls' Meet Schedule

Middle School Wrestling
It is time to start organizing our young wrestling team. We offer wrestling for all girls and boys in the middle school. For more information and a registration form, please contact Coach Guerrero at sguerrero@bdhs.org.

Middle School Football
Congratulations to the following players for being selected to the 12th Annual Wesley Jackson DPL All-Star football game: Zachary Haynes, Max Heimburger, Orion Salters, and Nicholas Watkins. The game will be played on November 22, 2009, at 7:00 p.m. at John Paul II High School. Please come out and support these young men as they represent Bishop Dunne. Admission into the game is one canned food item with all proceeds being donated to the Catholic Charities Food Bank.