HGP Ghost Stories -- April 20, 2018

A dozen Holy Ghost Prep students excelled in an intense international math modeling competition, the Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications (COMAP) High School Contest, this year. To read more about it, click more.

The 26th Annual Holy Ghost Prep Fine Arts Festival will take place on Thursday, April 26. This event showcases the work and talent of the HGP artists and musicians. To read more about this year's Fine Arts Festival, click more. (Work of art by Christopher Corr '18)

Forty HGP students recently participated in the 2018 TEAMS competition, a competition for high school students designed to help them discover their potential for engineering. To read more about the competition, click here.

The World Language Department took Holy Ghost Prep's sophomore class to Philadelphia for a guided walking tour of murals on April 17th. The tour, organized by Mural Arts Philadelphia, took them through Philadelphia diverse neighborhoods to look at 15 murals illustrating the theme of diversity. The tour ended at the Reading Terminal Market where the students enjoyed lunch of their choice.

Holy Ghost Prep senior goaltender Tristan Devine (pictured) was named the area's Ice Hockey Player of the Year by the Bucks County Courier Times. To read the paper's story about Tristan, click here. (Photo by Bill Fraser/Staff photographer for Bucks County Courier Times)

Holy Ghost Prep junior Andrew Iannacone (pictured) was named the area's Boys Swimmer of the Year by the Bucks County Courier Times. To read the paper's story about Andrew, click here. (Photo by Kim Weimer/Staff photographer for Bucks County Courier Times)

A group of HGP students recently attended Senator Tomlinson's Senator for a Day program at Bucks County Technical High School. This seminar allows students the opportunity to role play as a State Senator in a mock legislative session. Your students will have the chance to select one of five committees that is of interest to them. Each committee will address two pieces of legislation. The students are encouraged to study the topics and come prepared to debate and discuss the features of the bills. As in past years, our HGP students took to the day's activities very well and often took a leading role during debates. (Pictured from left to right, in addition to HGP teacher John Scanlon and Senator Tomlinson, are Colton El-Habr, Puneet Gupta, Sean Elliott, Jarett Zelinsky, Louis De Luna, and Miguel Mills.

Swing for the fences and celebrate our five PIAA District championship baseball teams

Break out your bat and glove and join HGP varsity baseball coach Vince Rossomando '02, the HGP Alumni Association, and former Holy Ghost baseball teammates on Saturday, April 28. All 5 of HGP's PIAA District Championship Baseball Teams will also be honored at this annual alumni gathering: 1985, 1990, 2003, 2013, and 2015!

The varsity team baseball will take on Archbishop Wood High School in a battle between two of the area's best teams at noon, followed by the Alumni Home Run Derby at 3:00 p.m. It's a great time to come together and reunite with fellow alums and former teammates. Invite your friends and family to help cheer you on! Click here to RSVP.

The 2018-2019 Course Registration is complete. College guidance counselors have met with all members of the junior and sophomore classes. Course selection verification forms have been sent home for parent signatures and have been returned. All requested courses are now entered in PowerSchool and can be viewed and verified by choosing the “Class Registration” tab on the left upon login. Any changes in course requests will be updated in PowerSchool as they occur. Please keep in mind that at this time these are only course requests and enrollment in electives cannot be guaranteed as conflicts will occur. Please check the course requests regularly and, if there are any concerns, please contact the current teacher, department chair, or Dean of Studies.

Next Mothers' Guild Meeting and Senior Mothers' Tribute - Monday, May 7th

Our final meeting of the year will take place on Monday, Monday, May 7th, beginning with our 7:00 p.m. Annual
Remembrance Mass in the Chapel.

Following Mass will be our meeting and a light catered dinner in honor of our Senior Moms and Guardians. All
are invited! Please click here to view the invitation. Please click here to RSVP.

Junior moms and guardians who would like to help host this event by volunteering your time or donating
desserts or wine may click here to access our Sign Up Genius.

Annual Remembrance Mass - Monday, May 7th 7:00 p.m.

The May Mothers Guild Mass is our Annual Remembrance Mass during which we pray for loved ones we have lost. If you have a deceased loved one you would like remembered at this liturgy, please click here to submit his or her name.

Alumni Dinner Thank You

At our April 9 meeting, we welcomed back to HGP more than 50 alumni moms and guardians. They were treated to a tour of The Holt Center, followed by Mass and a catered dinner shared with current moms and guardians.

A warm thank you to our Senior Grade Representatives, Toni Arnone, Kate Lawall, Cathleen Parsons, and Teri
Seibert and our Alumni Representatives, Anne Marie Horgan and Stephanie Marcinkowski for planning this
wonderful event. We also thank our Hospitality Coordinators, Peggy McLean and Joanie Cancelliere, the senior moms who volunteered and donated items for the celebration, and our alumni moms who participated in the liturgy.

Senior Portrait

Today (April 20th) is the deadline to order the Class of 2018 senior group portrait with a dated brass plaque. The portrait will be taken on April 24th (rain date April 26th) by Catalano Studio. The portrait may be ordered on their website. Please click here to order.

Senior Memory Video

The Class of 2018 Senior Memory Video can now be ordered. Included is footage from the Prom, Charity Ball, Mother-Son Dance, Baccalaureate Mass, Graduation, etc. Please click here to print and mail the order form through All Occasion Video Productions.

Save the Date! Graduation Reception - Saturday June 2nd

Graduation is right around the corner! Traditionally, the junior, sophomore, and freshman mothers join
together to host a reception honoring our graduates and their families after the ceremony. We invite all moms to
participate in this event. Help is needed setting up the Field House on Friday June 1, serving and cleaning up on
Saturday June 2, and donating cases of water, desserts, cheese & crackers and fruit. A Sign Up Genius will soon
be posted on the Mothers' Guild website - please save the date and check back on the website to sign up!

Please visit our website often for updates on all our events: holyghostprep.org/mothersguild.

Holy Ghost Prep juniors participated in the annual HGP Spring College Day on Tuesday, April 17. Sixty-one colleges and universities visited campus that day. Each HGP junior participated in a 15-minute interview process with five colleges and universities, and also took part in three important breakout sessions—including Kaplan Test Prep for the SAT and ACT, and presentations by HGP alums on college survival and finance.

With the new additions to facilities and curriculum, there is an opportunity for each and every student to find his place at Holy Ghost Preparatory School. We are so very proud of the advancements we have made and the goals we have to improve the education of our young men. Every member of the HGP team plays a unique role to impact positively the lives of our students. Please consider joining our team or sharing these employment opportunities with someone you think would be a good fit at HGP!

The purpose of Holy Ghost Prep's summer sessions is to provide HGP students with unique elective courses that allow for engaging, real-world experiences with trips to NYSE, Broadway, Philadelphia Magazine and ESPN Studios. To read more about the three summer electives (Indie Film & Theater, Journalism, and Finance), click here.

The 2017-18 school year at Holy Ghost Prep will end soon, but yearbooks last forever. So please click here to order the 2018 Firebird Yearbook today.

Updates and Announcements

May 2018
5/6 – Father/Son Communion Breakfast

5/8 - All are welcome and encouraged to attend our next Fathers Association General Meeting at 7:00 p.m. in Sager Conference Room

June 2018

6/1 - Baccalaureate Mass - Parking

6/2 – Graduation - Parking

6/12 - All are welcome and encouraged to attend our next Fathers Association General Meeting at 7:00 p.m. in the Sager Conference Room.

Fathers Association Dues Donation
The Fathers Association would appreciate a suggested donation of $15 per son/class to assist with offsetting the costs of the various community-building events we host each year.

Donations can also be sent to school with your son, brought to a meeting or mailed directly to the school at:

Holy Ghost Preparatory School
Attn: Fathers Association
2429 Bristol Pike
Bensalem, PA 19020

Please make your Donation check payable to: Holy Ghost Prep Fathers Association. Thank you for your support.

For additional information regarding the Fathers Association, contact Ron Spangler at rgspangler@comcast.net.

Senior class portrait will be taken April 24

FYI: HGP senior students will be photographed April 24th (rain date 4/26) for their commemorative Class Portrait. This image, taken by Catalano Studio, will be created on the school campus with the seniors in their NAVY BLUE BLAZERS, khaki pants and tie featuring the cherry blossoms. To find out more information or to order this keepsake, click here.

Catalano Studio's "Senior Experience"

Go above and beyond with your son in capturing his monumental high school moments with a Senior Portrait from Catalano Studio. Jeani Grady, award-winning master photographer and owner of Catalano, has been asked to document the Holy Ghost seniors’ drive for excellence. Her portraits are more than just photos, they capture the face of Holy Ghost and the components of a strong young man. Your son's portrait will also be featured in special section in the yearbook.

You send your son to Holy Ghost for an extraordinary experience, so let Catalano capture their picture-perfect senior year in an extraordinary portrait.

Contact Catalano Studio today to schedule "The Senior Experience" session for your son!

www.catalanostudio.com

(215) 604 - 4000

Know an alum who recently had a baby? If/when you get the news about the child, can you pass along that information (boy/girl & name) to Advancement? We can be sure that our database gets updated while taking the opportunity to send a gift to the newborn!

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April 20, 2018

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