ALL: Villa to Host VIRTUS Training Session on June 2 Any adults interested in volunteering or working at VMA or any other child-related institution in the Diocese of Covington are required to become certified through the diocesan program for the protection of children, VIRTUS. A training session will take place on Tuesday, June 2, 6 p.m. in the Villa Madonna Theater for any adults who are not yet VIRTUS-certified. Note that this session is limited to 75 participants and is open to the entire diocese - so register early if you are interested. To register for the June 2 (or any other session in the Diocese)Click here to register. At the "Select Your Organization" drop-down menu, choose "Covington Diocese". Please contact Villa's VIRTUS coordinator, Pat Martin, at pmartin@villamadonna.net if you have any questions.
ALL: Parents, please send in your camp registrations by tomorrow Thursday- the last day of school. The Athletic Department needs to know how many campers we will have for each camp (basketball, volleyball, tennis) so we can make arrangements for coaches, prizes, and order the correct number of t-shirts. If you have any questions call Mary Pavel @ 331-6333 ext 506 today or tomorrow. Thanks!
ALL: A very sincere Thank You to all Villa Madonna families and staff for support of the PTAO during the 2008-09 school year! Because of your support, the PTAO exceeded all budget and activity goals for the school year!
ALL: Summer tennis camp is available for students in grades 6-12. These afternoon sessions are taught by Tennis Coach Arohanui Bender on June 8-11 or June 15-18. These are wonderful lessons and classes are small so you can get alot of one on one instruction. The fee is $100 per week. If you have already signed up for a camp, you can get a $10 discount on your second camp. Register by downloading a Summer camp form from the website. Questions call Mary Pavel in the Athletic office at ext 506.
ALL: Congratulations to the May Thunder & Lightning Raffle winners: Elizabeth Penn (Alumni '65) and Eileen O'Connell (Alumni '84 and HS Faculty). Each of these winners will be receiving a check for $500. What a great way to start the summer!
ALL: Looking for ways to keeping helping VMA over the summer? Please clip and save the Campbell Soup labels, Nestle water bottle labels, and Box Tops for Education labels. Also, continue to collect used ink and laser cartridges,cell phones, and paper for recycling. These are great ways to get all of your friends and family members involved this summer!
ALL: On behalf of the faculty and staff, we thank Mrs. Motley and PTAO for our appreciation week last week.
ALL: The High School Student Council has for sale cloth grocery bags with the Villa logo! Cost is $3.00. If you use cloth bags when you shop, please stop in and see Mrs. Martin for the cloth bags – they are a beautiful royal blue with our logo!
ALL: News from SCRIP: JCPenney gift cards will no longer be accepted as payment on your JCPenney charge account. Unfortunately, it appears as though some stores are implementing this new policy sooner than others, so please make your last payment as soon as possible. The JCPenney Gift Cards are still redeemable for merchandise or services and may also be used for jcp.com and phone-in JCPenney catalog orders for home delivery. The contribution on the $25 and $100 gift cards remain unchanged at 5%.
ALL: FAP Officers for 2009-2010 have been elected. Congratulations to the following: President - Teresa Izquierdo, Secretary - Cathy Gieske and Treasurer - Karen O'Sullivan. We are still looking for a parent to serve as Vice President. Please contact Teresa Izquierdo @ tgizquierdo@fuse.net if you have an interest to help the FAP.
ALL: We are proud to announce that one of our teachers has been recognized by the presidents of Northern Kentucky University, the University of Cincinnati and Xavier University as “2009 Outstanding Middle School Teacher Award.” Congratulations to Ms. Jenna Yuenger who exemplifies the best in classroom instruction and professional involvement with our school and the community. Ms. Yuenger is one of two middle school teachers selected from the Greater Cincinnati area to receive an Outstanding Teacher Awards for 2009. Ms. Yuenger will be recognized at a dinner on Friday, April 24 at Northern Kentucky University she will also receive a cash prize of $1,000 and an award plaque noting her achievement.
E.S.: After Care Parents there will not be after care in Ms. Haskamp's room on the last day of school. Please make arrangements for child care. Students will be dismissed at 11am on May 21st. Please make sure all charges for the year have been taken care of. Thank you and have a wonderful summer break. Ms. Haskamp, Ms. Reutman, Ms. Yuenger, Ms. Mitchell, and Mrs. Wischer
E.S.: 2009 Summer Camps are almost here. We have camps for Volleyball grades 4-8, and Basketball and Tennis. Camps are $100 if you register in May. Forms can be found on line. Each camper will receive one-on-one instruction. Call Athletic Director, Mary Pavel, at 331-6333 ext 506 for more information.
H.S.: Seniors are reminded to report to the theatre by 6:00 P.M. on May 21 for individual pictures. The group graduation picture will be taken on May 22, graduation day, at 9:45 A.M. in the church.
H.S.: Exams take place on May 21. The exam schedule is attached to your Villa Week notification. Exam days are regular uniform days.
H.S.: Students must submit service hours, textbooks, and have locker cleaned and checked prior to release of report cards.
GOING PLACES WITH EXCELLENCE
Congratulations to Corey Stoll and Michelle Lonnemann who were honored at The Remke’s Student Achiever Awards Banquet. Michelle was one of the 6 students who received a $1500 scholarship. Congratulations to both Corey and Michelle for the positive manner in which they represent Villa Madonna Academy High School.
Congratulations to senior Emily Schubert whose art work entitled Inside Ava's Head won the Covington Art Club's $300.00 scholarship. This is yet another honor for Emily, so congratulations!
Congratulations to Villa Seniors Emily Schubert and Corrinne LeNeave who received the top two awards at the Taft Museums Artists Reaching Classrooms Awards Ceremony held Thursday, April 23rd. They competed for awards with students from schools such as Covington Catholic, Newport Catholic, McAuley, Taylor, Winton Woods, Lakota West, Harrison, Hamilton, Dater, Cooper and Anderson High Schools.
Emily Schubert received a $2000 scholarship and Corrinne LeNeave received a $1500 scholarship from the Docents of the Taft Museum.
In addition, Erin Deye (sophomore) and Monica Pence (junior) received Awards of Merit from the Docents of the Taft Museum and $100 gift certificates to purchase art supplies.
Congratulations to seventh grade student, Whitney Cox, who has received the Youth Leadership Award from United Way of Greater Cincinnati. This award was given to Whitney for the volunteer work that she does at Welcome House. Whitney will receive the award at a special luncheon on May 5 at the Duke Energy Center. Congratulations to Whitney on this honor and for her dedication to serving others in our community.
We congratulate two of our sophomores who are alternates in the Governor’s School for the Arts Program: Hannah Knochelmann and Sarahmarie Specht-Bird. This year over 1,600 high school sophomores and juniors auditioned at four regional sites across the state. From this number, only 223 from the nine artistic disciplines were invited to attend this premier summer arts program. Both Hannah and Sarahmarie auditioned in instrumental music, piano.
Congratulations to 7th grader, Maria Blom. Maria has received a gold medal from the National Scholastic Art and Writing Award for her short story titled, Chances. To celebrate her accomplishment, Maria has been invited to a National Celebration to be held in New York City at Carnegie Hall.
Congratulations to 7th grader, Radek Lord. His photo that was taken during the ice storm this past winter has been selected to appear in the April Current Science magazine in the mystery photo section.
Duke University Talent Identification Program - This year 18 seventh grade students at Villa were invited to participate in the Duke University Talent Identification Program (TIP). This program seeks to locate academically gifted seventh grade students. To qualify, a student must have scored in the top 5% of the national age-grade norms on a recognized standardized achievement test in verbal, mathematics, or composite. They had the opportunity to take the ACT or SAT as seventh grade TIP participants. The students who were eligible for the 2008-09 TIP are Ben Bertsch, Maria Blom, Adam Comp, Whitney Cox, Carson Curry, Amanda Greenwood, Thomas Hiltz, Logan Laskarzewski, Kristin Mardis, Kyle McLaughlin, Will McMurtry, Sean Nemann, Gabrielle Notorgiacomo, Marcus Schwarting, Michelle Tingley, Morgan Trusty, Samantha Wilson, and Nicole Zatorski. Congratulations to these students for this outstanding achievement!
Of these 18 students, the 13 students who chose to participate in the Duke TIP by taking either the ACT or SAT are Ben Bertsch, Maria Blom, Adam Comp, Carson Curry,. Amanda Greenwood, Thomas Hiltz, Kristin Mardis, Kyle McLaughlin, William Mcmurtry, Gabrielle Notorgiacomo, Marcus Schwarting, Samantha Wilson and Nicole Zatorski. Of these 13 students who participated, eleven qualify for the State Recognition ceremony at Western Kentucky University on May 29, 2009 by scoring very competitively on these college entrance tests. The eleven students who are receiving State Recognition are Ben Bertsch, Maria Blom, Carson Curry, Thomas Hiltz, Kristin Mardis, Kyle McLaughlin, William Mcmurtry, Gabrielle Notorgiacomo, Marcus Schwarting, Samantha Wilson and Nicole Zatorski. Congratulations to these outstanding Villa students!
In addition, two students qualify for Grand Recognition! Gabrielle Notorgiacomo and Nicole Zatorski are invited to the Grand Ceremony to be held at Duke University, Durhan, NC on May 18, 2009. Special Congratulations to Gabrielle and Nicole!
Every year, students who are passionate about world politics prepare themselves for a three-day state wide mock United Nations assembly. They choose what country they want to represent, and learn everything they can about that country. This year several students involved in KUNA along with Ms. Mitchell and Mr. Tilley have prepared themselves for the mock United Nations meeting. Over 900 students attended the statewide convention, each delegation representing a different country in order to propose answers to certain problems the world faces. At the event, Daniel Hillenmeyer, Clay Jackson, Nicole Zatorksi and Whitney Cox were recognized for writing a ‘highly ranked’ proposed that was presented in the General Assembly. In addition to this honor, 7th grader, Nicole Zatorski received an outstanding speaker award. Congratulations to the students and to Ms. Mitchell and Mr. Tilley.