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BGHS admits students and hires staff without regard to race, national origin, gender, or disability.
The vocal music department will present its Christmas concert on Wednesday, December 12, at 7pm in the St. Cecelia sanctuary. The 7th/8th grade chorus will present a portion of the program, as well as the Bishop Garrigan varsity choir, a cappella choir, and vocal jazz ensemble. There will be a variety of instrumental accompaniments, including a handbell ensemble. Styles of music vary from Renaissance to traditional to gospel. The concert will close with the singing of the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's Messiah. The choirs invite parents and choir alumni to join us on the risers for this final number. Please plan on joining us in this celebration of the birth of Christ.
The band department will present our grade 5-12 instrumental Christmas concert and art show on December 19 at 7pm in Friedmann Auditorium. Please mark your calendar.
Thank-you for your continued support with our pop can recycling. In January music students will be selling Premier Pizza cards.
Bishop Garrigan players named to the Class A, District 4, First Team include: D.J. Thompson, A.J. Doughan, Andrew Elbert, David Frideres, Chase Reding, Joe Straub, John Parrish, and Peyton Schindler.
Rating honorable mention were Jack Bradley, Kory Wieland, and Shane Koob.
Marty Wadle was named Class A, District 4, coach of the year.
Making the Class A, District 4, Academic First Team were Jake Lane, David Frideres, and A.J. Doughan. Academic honorable mention players included Jake Grein, D.J. Thompson, and Lee Brashear.
On occasion parents excuse their students for lunch for various reasons. A reminder to parents that lunch period is 31 minutes in length for our students. W would appreciate having the students return in a timely fashion for their regularly scheduled class. Your help is appreciated.
Bishop Garrigan Schools are dedicated to providing quality, value-centered Catholic education to young people of north central Iowa. We seek to achieve a balance between academic excellence and Christian social conscience through a combination of intellectual preparation, physical development, belief in God, and service to our fellow human beings.
On Friday, December 7, the entire Bishop Garrigan system will have classes and parish busing. Pick-up will be at 7:50am at the parish center. There will be no school at Bishop Garrigan Schools on Thursday, December 6, due to a teacher in-service.
Bishop Garrigan Schools held a Thanksgiving liturgy for grades K-12 on Wednesday, November 22, in Friedmann Auditorium. The liturgy featured a tribute to Bishop Garrigan deceased alumni.
The Bishop Garrigan cross-country team will host a chili supper fundraiser on Tuesday, December 11, in the high school cafeteria. Bishop Garrigan hosts Fort Dodge St. Edmond in four basketball games that evening, beginning at 3:45pm. The chili supper will be available from 5pm to 8pm. The menu includes chili, a large cinnamon roll, carrots, and a drink. Cost is $5 for adults, $3 for children under 10.
Bishop Garrigan's freshman/sophomore team took first place out of twenty-two teams in their division at the Little Dutch Quiz Bowl at MOC/Floyd Valley High School on Saturday, November 17. The team made it through the preliminary rounds with a perfect 4 - 0 record and the highest number of points scored by any team. They easily beat Sioux Central in the semi-finals and then edged past Boyden Hull to take the championship. Team members were captain Brittany Berte, Rebeccah Erdman, Jake Rosenmeyer, and Anna Kollasch.
Garrigan's junior/senior team also made a good showing. They finished with a 3-1 record overall and missed making playoffs by 25 points out of more than 1000 scored. Members of that team were captain Ethan Dahlhauser, Christopher Schmidt, Shane Koob, and Melissa Cruise. David Burrow is the coach.
The next competition will be Saturday, December 1, at Spirit Lake. Later in December they will compete in the Knowledge Master Open at Garrigan and in tournaments at South O'Brien (Paullina) and Iowa State Unversity.
Following is a review of the BGHS policy regarding school activities when adverse weather affects the school schedule:
Rationale: When weather conditions are too threatening to permit the usual schedule of classes, it is not consistent to permit students to be in the building for activities.
Parents are reminded to listen to the following stations for announcements of early dismissals in bad weather: KLGA AM/FM (1600/92.7); KIMT-TV, Channel 3, Mason City; KICD-AM/FM (1240/107.7 and 104.9) Spencer, KCCI-TV, Channel 8, Des Moines, KEYC-TV, Channel 12, Mankato, KJYL, Blue Earth, KILR, Estherville, WHO-TV, Channel 13, Des Moines
College planning financial aid meeting for senior and junior parents will be at BGHS on December 3 at 7:00pm. A representative from the College Planning Center of Des Moines will present.
Seniors and parents should be scheduling visits to colleges at this time and making applications if they have not yet done so.
If any parent of seniors will not be able to make our financial aid night, we will have extra materials available in the counseling office. Please stop and pick them up at your convenience.
FAFSAs (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) will be available soon for senior parents. This is the federal form to apply for financial aid for college. They may be filed any time after January 1st. It is also a good idea to make your tax appointment now for early February - many schools have priority deadlines of February 15 - March 1 when filing FAFSAs.
FAFSAs can be filed electronically on the web from home or here at BGHS. We would be more than happy to assist you. Please call for a scheduled time so that we do not have too many parents at the same time.
Make your holiday an easy one--save gas and time by ordering gift cards through us. You will also earn money towaerds tuition with the percentage that each business gives. Involve your family and friends to boost your money saved for tuition.
We have added three new businesses: Best Buffet at 10%, Cinco de Mayo at 10%, and K&H Co-Op (gas, deli, convenience) at 3% (use the gift cards at Algona, Burt, Buffalo Center, Mason City, and Thornton).
We are pleased with the success of the scrip program. Since starting we have purchased more than $3,500,000 in gift cards. Those businesses have given a tuition return of more than $165,000 to be used to help pay tuition. Ninety percent of that money is from our local businesses. Keep up the good work ordering gift cards to pay for your everyday expenses.
-Jill Book and Barb Stence
On Wednesday, November 21, the BGHS Christian Leadership group sponsored a hunger meal during the school lunch period. The meal consisted of chicken noodle soup, crackers, and a drink. Students gave presentations during the meal, and information was distributed informing students about a typical day in the life of people in various regions of the world.
Named to the NCC all-conference first team was Macy Fickbohm. Christina Richter made the second team, and Meredith Meyers was named to the third team.