BGHS NEWSLETTER --- PAGE TWO February 2008 Music
Department notes The Instrumental and Vocal Music Departments
invite you to this year’s “Leap Year” Pops Concert. With the start of a new
semester, you will find students in both the Band and Choirs busy preparing
a very entertaining evening for you. The large groups performing will be
the Concert Band, A Cappella Choir and the Varsity Choir. Also on the
program will be the Jazz Band, Vocal Jazz Ensemble and the newly-formed
Show Choir, as well as solos and ensembles from the various groups. You
will hear selections from Phantom of the Opera, Hairspray, Motion Picture
Hits of the ‘80s and much, much more. Come for an enjoyable evening of music
and fun, Thursday and Friday, Feb. 28 and 29, at 7:00 p.m. in Friedmann
Auditorium. The Music Department is completing its
Premier Pizza fundraiser and will be taking Butterbraid orders Feb. 11-16,
with delivery the week prior to Easter. The money raised will go toward the
music trip in the spring of 2009. Thank you for your continued support for
music at Bishop Garrigan. On Friday, Feb. 22, the Music Department
will host John Kohlhaas and his A Cappella ensemble from From the Theology Department Confirmation candidates: Confirmation will be
Monday, April 28, at 6:30 p.m. at St. Cecelia parish. Included are the
parishes of St. Joseph, Wesley; St. Benedict; Sacred Heart, Livermore; St. Joseph,
Bode; St. Michael, Whittemore; St. John the Baptist, Bancroft; Sacred
Heart, Ledyard, and St. Cecelia, Algona. We will be blessing throats at both
Seton and Garrigan on Friday, Feb. 1. We will also have a Word and Ashes
service for the entire school on Ash Wednesday at St. Cecelia. Our students are very active in all of
our liturgies, both by preparing and taking part. We will have other Lenten activities as
we progress through Lent to Easter. On
behalf of Bishop Garrigan and our Theology Department, we wish you a very
reflective and holy Lenten season. God bless. More
Reminders The
west end of *Seating on the stage is
reserved for Seton students and senior citizens. *Students are asked to not
leave vehicles parked overnight in the parking lots at BGHS. This allows us
to clean our lots appropriately after a snowfall. President: Mr. Eugene
Meister Principal: Mr. Michael
Stence Pastoral Director: Rev. Mr. Robert Larsen Curriculum Director: Mr. Lynn Miller Activities Director: Mr. Ron Patterson (515) 295-3521 Quiz
Bowl victories The Bishop Garrigan quiz bowl teams had their
most successful day ever at the Cougar Invitational Tournament Saturday,
Jan. 5, at North Kossuth in The team of Ethan Dahlhauser,
Shane Koob, Brittany Berte and Rebeccah Erdman defeated West Bend Mallard,
Boone and Sioux Central in play-offs to take the overall championship. Joe
Straub, Brent Kajewski, Lee Brashear and Christopher Schmidt won the Blue
Division. Their play-off victories were over Two other Golden Bear teams
also made play-offs. Anna Kollasch, Michael Fakler, Jake Rosenmeyer and
Alex Hamilton were the #3 seed after the morning games. They lost to Sioux
Central in the quarterfinals. Mark Poeppe, Jacob Zittritsch and Vince
Cruise were seeded #12 overall. They fell in the play-off opener to North
Kossuth. The team of Melissa Cruise, Ashley Beisch, Mike Hellman and Nora
Krahenbuhl just missed making play-offs after losing to the championship
team. On Jan. 12, the Bishop
Garrigan quiz bowl team made it to the championship game at The team of Shane Koob, Ethan
Dahlhauser and Joe Straub was undefeated in the preliminary rounds. Their
victories included wins over Algona and The Bears will attend one more
major tournament in the regular season, which will be March 29 at Boone.
The team has also decided to accept the challenge of competing at the 26th
Annual National Academic Championship to be held June 6-9 in SCRIP
news The winner of this year’s $250 Pioneer
Tuition Credit Scholarship through the SCRIP program is the Larry and Mary
Hellman family. Congratulations to them. Their name was drawn from the
families who participate in the Bishop Garrigan SCRIP program. Our SCRIP program has over 50 local
businesses that participate. In a little less than three years, we have
$3.7 million in sales, generating $182,500 for tuition. Our thanks to all
who volunteer and participate in the program. Barb Stence Jill Book Quilt raffle Tickets for a quilt raffle to help with
medical expenses for on-going cancer treatments for long-time Seton teacher
Chuck Stillman, are available by calling Rhonda Wieland, 295-5465 or Marty
Patterson, 295-9563. The drawing for the Black & Gold flannel quilt
will be held after Feb. 15. Tickets are $1 each or 12 tickets for $10.
Tickets are also on sale at the BGHS and Seton offices. Important
dates Feb. 6
— Ash Wednesday, Word
and Ashes service at St. Cecelia,
8:45 a.m. Feb. 13 — No classes at BGHS Feb. 23 — District Individual Speech Contest at BGHS Feb. 28, 29 — Pops Concert, 7:00 p.m.
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