SHDHS Parent Newsletter

Information from the front office

Senior Parents: Date change
Crusaders En Blanc is now scheduled for Saturday, April 9th.

First Semester Report Cards

The official report card for the first semester is now available. Report cards are not mailed home but are available on our school system Tyler SIS.

School Information System - Tyler SIS is our Student Information System to view academic history, attendance, final grades, and other school information. If you need help logging in, please click here for more details. If you have any questions, please contact [email protected].
First Semester Final Grades - You can access grades by selecting “Academic History” or “Go To Grades” when logged in to Tyler SIS. If you would prefer an official printed grade report on St. Henry letterhead, please contact Toni Lehan [email protected].

Academic Level of Distinction Awards

SHDHS will be using the Latin Honors Level of Distinction for all grade levels; students will be recognized at the conclusion of each semester based on the weighted GPA below.

Summa Cum Laude - 4.00 GPA or above

Magna Cum Laude - 3.75-3.99 GPA

Cum Laude - 3.50-3.74 GPA

Click here for the full list of students' Semester 1 Cum Laude.

Financial Aid for 2022-2023 School Year

The FACTS Financial Aid application is open. Applicants can use 2020 Tax returns and 2021 W-2's. Applications are accepted throughout the school year, but the first awards deadline is March 1, 2022, and award notifications will be made on March 15, 2022. Please click here to apply.

Updated COVID-19 Protocols, January 14, 2022

Please click here to review the updated Protocols for the Diocese of Covington Schools. This information was emailed on January 14, 2022.

Mask Update
As required, we are monitoring COVID cases weekly in Boone County and here at SHDHS with the information provided by the Kentucky Department of Public Health. Data indicates Boone County is a high incident area for COVID. St. Henry District High School will require masks indoors on January 24-28. Data is provided weekly and will determine any changes to mask requirements for the following week. Please check the newsletter on Fridays to determine the following week's mask guidelines.

CRU Bid & Bash

$10K Raffle

Congratulations to the 5 winners of our $10K Raffle Early Bird Drawing. Each of these lucky people took home an extra $100 while still being eligible to win our $10,000 grand prize on February 19. Our Early Bird winners are:

Jenny Ives
Judy McMahon
Nonda Strassburger
Polyana Seguim
Claudia Kirchgaessner

You can still purchase your $10K Raffle Ticket for a chance to win $10,000...all while supporting your Crusaders. The link to purchase can be found on our school website at shdhs.org. Thank you for all that you do to support SHDHS...and Go CRU!

Academic Showcase

Out of Uniform Collection
Freshmen members of the Student Council helped collect close to $800 in order to support IHM's Food Pantry. Student Council students are the key volunteers for all food pantries that SHDHS supports.

Cyber Science Project Trial 1
Cyber Science students performed the first real-life testing of VIAS (Visually Impaired Assistance System). The project is finally at its testing phase and Anna Dinius, Michael Renaker, William Bartlett, and Carson Schmidt outfitted the 400 hallway to be accessible by a visually impaired person.

STEM
The STEM students are into our engineering semester so that means projects! For a warmup project to practice measurement, spatial relationships, specifications/calculations, and creativity, they did a two-day paper science engineering project. Ask your student about their project, how successful they were at “building” their package, and the advertising they put on their package. Above are pictures from 3rd Period STEM on Day 1 of the project. The following link is a song that inspired this introductory project: https://youtu.be/5fVGZZMx3No

Sophomore Religion Classes
The Sophomores are currently wrapping up "Unit 8: The Incarnation" in Religion class. During this unit, the students wrestle with theological concepts that require some mental effort. Topics such as the Hypostatic Union and Kenosis call for some creative lesson planning so that students can wrap their minds around the topic matter. This year, we brought Chemistry into the classroom! Mr. Z had arranged a series of experiments and called forward student volunteers to assist with the demonstrations. The demonstrations included foam cubes, plush cotton balls, colored water, cabbage juice, salt, and a combination of vinegar and baking soda which led to bubbling results! Without having had the purpose of the demonstrations revealed to them, the students analyzed the experiments and drew excellent connections to class. Mr. Z then revealed that each demonstration was used to metaphorically represent a Christian heresy that denied the Hypostatic Union of Jesus Christ, which in turn led to a full class discussion. A little cross-curricular learning and doing things outside the norm can go a long way to enable students to understand the course material. Bonus points if they have some fun along the way!

Honors Geometry
Mrs. Vaillancourt's sophomores in Honors Geometry are applying what they learned about Similar figures to create scale drawings and blueprints of their homes.

Athletic News

Booster Meeting January 31 at 6:30 pm in room 105.
If you cannot attend the meeting, please reach out to Matt Schneider [email protected].

Please consider donating to the turf. Every dollar counts, we have a generous donor who will match dollar for dollar donation until February 15.
If you have questions please reach out to Matt Schneider, Athletic Director [email protected]
turfforthecru.com

Don’t Forget to Shop and Support SHDHS

SHDHS participates in Remke’s Caring Neighbor Program and the Kroger Plus Community Rewards Program, where you can earn funds for SHDHS without spending any additional money! Simply link your shopper’s cards to St. Henry District High School and start shopping.

Remke’s Caring Neighbor Program

Sign in to your account at https://www.remkes.com/rewards/caring-neighbor
Go to My Account in the top right corner of the page
Choose St. Henry District High School from the drop-down box toward the bottom of the page

Kroger Community Rewards

Visit https://www.kroger.com/i/community/community-rewards for detailed instructions.
Search for St. Henry District High School from the list, select, and click “Save”

If you have any questions, please contact Sue Kolkmeier at 525-0255 or [email protected].

Campus Ministry

Friday, January 21 a day designated for Prayer and Penance for Life, was observed with a prayer service and rosary, in solidarity with the Diocese and the March for Life in Washington D.C.

Collection for Emergency Cold Shelter of Northern KY during Catholic School Week: January 31- February 4
The Emergency Cold Shelter of Northern KY will move to its new and expanded location soon. The shelter has been full, to where guests have been using Mother of God Church facilities for overflow. While we cannot provide shelter, we can provide basic necessities that are in great need, shoes, and underwear. Plan to donate gently used gym shoes (both men and women’s) and packages of new boxer underwear (men’s size small) the first week of February.

Join us for World Youth Day August 1 – 6, 2023

The Diocese of Covington is coordinating a pilgrimage to World Youth Day 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal, for youth and young adults ages 16 and up. Experience the universality of the Catholic Church in the presence of our Holy Father, Pope Francis, alongside millions of young Catholics from around the world. The pilgrimage includes several days spent in service to the local diocese of Lisbon and a day trip to the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fatima. Our Bishop, John C. Iffert, is hoping to join us along with a few priests from the diocese.

The cost is $3,700 per person and includes round-trip airfare, transportation, lodging, meals, and tours. Initial payment of $300 is due by March 31, 2022, with the full amount of $3,700 paid by Friday, March 31, 2023.

If you are interested in attending, leading a group, or making donations to help the youth of our diocese attend this powerful experience, please contact Isaak Abraham at 859-392-1500, ext. 1529 or [email protected].

Grandparent Masses
Please invite grandparents (or grandparent figures) to the annual grandparent Mass(es)! Each grade level will celebrate Mass in the auditorium. Grandparents will be seated at 10:00, Mass starts at 10:15 followed by a light refreshment/reception.

Freshman - Feb 10
Sophomore - Feb 25
Junior - March 10
Senior - March 31

Please RSVP here.

Service Reminder
Students must log service hours on MobileServe the month in which they are completed. Students are required to complete at least five red service hours (with non-profit agencies) by April 29. Several organized group projects will be made available in February and March.

Respect Life Reflection:

“As a society and as individuals, we often measure ourselves by false standards: by what and how much we do, our successes or failures, how others treat us, the degree of our pleasure or independence, etc. And when these changeable substitutes prove to be insufficient, or when we are faced with challenges and suffering, we may feel helpless, alone, or abandoned; we may be tempted to feel as though our lives have decreased value or worth. But God's love—individual, real, unchanging—is the true source of our worth, identity, and dignity. It really is not a question of who we are, but rather whose we are. Because his love will never change, nothing can reduce our God-given dignity, and nothing can diminish the immeasurable worth of our lives.”

Crusaders of the Week

Mr. Avina and Ms. Vollmer nominate Jack Theus Drama 1 Crusader of the Week. Jack is always attentive and willing to take a stab at what is thrown his way in Drama 1. Be it a historical lesson and connecting the dots, or working on a group project and offering his ideas. He is studious and takes direction extremely well. He has a great attitude about group projects and class activities. His genuine interest in subject matter and discussions is enlightening, but most of all, he shows up with his authentic self each and every day. Congratulations Jack!

The Crusader of the Week for Latin 1 is Molly Krallman. Molly began this school year in the regular Latin 1 class but soon discovered that she had an interest in, and a great aptitude for the language. As a result, Molly took the initiative to meet with her teacher and counselor and move up to the Latin 1 Honors class for the second semester. She has been studying diligently in order to learn in just a couple of weeks the extra vocabulary words and materials which Honors students learned last semester. Even though she has had to do a lot of work on her own, Molly has really impressed her teacher by keeping pace with the Honor’s workload. Besides having a natural talent for the Latin language, Molly has also proven to know a great deal about Greek and Roman mythology - even helping her teacher Ms. Kempf to remember a name or fact when it eludes her. Congratulations Molly - keep up the stellar work!

Counselors Corner

Governor's Scholars Applicants
St. Henry District High School is happy to announce seven students will have their applications reviewed by the Governor's Scholars Program (GSP) Committee in Frankfort, KY! The students moving on to the next round are Paige Arthur, Henry Barsan, Sean Ihrig, Samantha Lewis, Isaac Portwood, Gabriella Rolfsen, Mitchell Wolking. Students will receive a notification about the status of their GSP application at the beginning of April.

News from the Counseling Department
Course scheduling (2022-2023 school year) for new and returning students is underway. Over the past week, the counselors met with every grade level. We challenged students to find a balance when selecting their course requests. We want students to be appropriately placed, so they are academically challenged, but not overwhelmed.

We discussed the following topics during our classroom visits:

Timeline for 22-23 Scheduling
Review Graduation Requirements
Scheduling Worksheet
Course options for each grade level
“Scheduling in Context” (Making sure students are accounting for extracurricular activities and family responsibilities.)
Processes and Procedures - How to schedule
Next steps

Timeline for 2022-2023 Course Scheduling

January 18-20 - Classroom Meetings

January 27 - Scheduling window opens

February 11 - Scheduling window closes

March - April - Mr. Gish creates the ‘master schedule’

May - Counselors places students in schedules

May 26 (last day of school) - Students receive class schedules for the 2022-2023 school year!

Students were instructed to follow these "next steps":

Review Course Description Guide
Consult teachers, parents, and counselors
You can count on the counselors to advise students to select courses that will ensure they meet graduation requirements and position them for college admission and scholarship consideration or any other post-secondary plans the student may have.
Make their choices
Input their course requests in Tyler SIS before February 11 (Classes are not filled on a first-come, first-serve basis. The master schedule is not built until all course requests are entered.)

Individual Incoming Freshmen Course Scheduling Meetings

Once a student has applied and been accepted as an incoming freshman for the 2022-2023 school year, a meeting with the student, their parent(s) or guardians, and one of our counselors will be scheduled.
Meetings will be offered from Jan. 17-March 3.
During this meeting, counselors will work with families 1:1 to finalize the student’s freshman year course requests.

FEC NEWS

JANUARY FEC MEETING RESCHEDULED - The January FEC meeting originally scheduled for Tuesday 1/18 will now take place on Tuesday 2/8 at 7 pm in the Media Center. If you have any questions or suggestions before then, please reach out to Elaine Stich at [email protected].

CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK HELP NEEDED:
The FEC will be providing/serving donuts and hot/cold beverages to all students on Tuesday 2/1 at 7 am in the cafeteria for CSW. If you are able to help set up, serve, or clean up, please contact Leslie Duckworth at [email protected].