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HOME February 2008 BGHS admits students and
hires staff without regard to race, national origin, gender or disability. Counselor’s Corner The following scholarships are now available: Women’s
Federation Club scholarship MaxYield
scholarship Kossuth
Soil and Water scholarship Mediacom
scholarship Stateline
scholarship Best
Buy scholarship Iowa
Soybean scholarship
Attention parents of college-bound seniors: FAFSAs (Free Application
for Federal Student Aid) should be filed as soon as possible. March 1 is
the latest that I recommend filing in order to be on the high priority list
of most institutions.
FAFSA forms are available in the BGHS counseling office. Also,
electronic filing is available at BGHS through FAFSA on the Web at www.fafsa.ed.gov. If you need any assistance and want to
set up a time to file electronically, please feel free to contact me at Bishop
Garrigan, 295-3521, or at my home, 295-5139.
Juniors should consider
registering now for the April or June ACT test times. Registration forms
may be picked up from my office. You may also register online at
www.act.org. These two test dates are the recommended times for juniors to
take ACT tests.
Over the next month, many of the local scholarship applications will
be available, like Knights of Columbus, Rotary, Lions, etc. Remind your
son/daughter to check weekly for new ones as they become available.
BGHS general scholarship applications will be given out in late
March to all seniors. This application makes students eligible for all the
alumni and memorial scholarships established through BGHS. Lynn
Miller H&K Scholarships Preparations are underway for the 2008-2009
H&K Scholarship application process. Applications will be mailed out
mid-February for college students and will be available for this year’s
graduating seniors at that time, also. They are due back mid-April. If you
have a college student with a medical or ag-related major who has not been
participating in the program, please call the office at 295-3521. We also
welcome address change information. District speech At the District Large Group Speech contest in
Spencer Saturday, Jan. 19, the Bishop Garrigan High School and Junior
Varsity teams earned five Division I or excellent ratings and six Division
II or good ratings. Students earning Division I ratings were in two
Improvisational Acting pieces: Michelle Kollasch, Allison Missal, Holly
Byrkeland, Ashli Krieps, Nora Krahenbuhl, Anna Kollasch, Jake Rosenmeyer
and Alex Hamilton; two Group Mimes: Gui Klein, Jade Kajewski and Cassie
Reising in “Kindergarten Rocks;”
Brie Blocker and Becky Jennings in “Zoomania;” and one Musical
Theatre: Ashli Krieps, Rebecca Brosnan, Sam Norland, Alec Boeckholt and
Vinnie Humble in “West Side Story.” Students earning Division II ratings
were Jenna Richter, Amber Broesder, Carrie Courtney, Cassie Reising, Joe
Straub, Sam Norland, Melanie Myers, Jade Kajewski, Melissa Cruise, Katrina
Even, Taylor Brandenburg, Kelly Klein, Beth Broesder, Megan Boever, Casey
Arndorfer, Rebecca Brosnan, Brittany Berte, Gina Rasmussen, Rebeccah
Erdman, Amy Rasmussen, Becca Kramer, Michelle Kollasch, Allison Missal,
Brian Patterson, Anna Kollasch, Nora Krahenbuhl, Brie Blocker, Becky
Jennings, Ryya Kumm, Jake Rosenmeyer, Mike Hellman and Alex Hamilton. Congratulations to these students and
their coaches, Miss Mary McCall and Mr. David Burrow. The next contest is at Sioux City East
on Feb. 3 for the State Large Group contest. Tuition and textbook tax credit The Tuition & Textbook Tax Credit Law
allows a $250 credit for $1,000 paid for each dependent for expenses
related to tuition, textbooks, fees and other qualifying school expenses
(i.e., band instruments). Be
sure your tax preparer reviews your records on this item. Reminders Normal
office hours are 7:30 a.m. — 4 p.m. Parents who wish to phone in student
absences after hours may call the Garrigan answering service at 295-3521
and leave a message. * If a
student is going to be absent three days or more, please call or send a
note to the office three days in advance. The student will be given a form
for all his/her teachers to sign. * Also, students who become sick during
the day should come to the office. The office staff will then contact the
parents. *Parents: on shortened school days or
days when there are activities involving a large number of students,
classes are still held and learning is still going on. It is important to
have students in attendance.
* When sending a note to excuse a student for being tardy or absent,
please include the date and time.
*Occasionally, parents ask for students to be released during their
lunch period. The lunch period is only 30 minutes long and students are
expected to be back in the building in a timely fashion for their classes.
*All visitors to BGHS are asked to please check in at the office
when entering the building. BISHOP
GARRIGAN SCHOOLS Bishop Garrigan Schools are dedicated to providing
quality, value-centered Catholic education to young people of north central
