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from the church and school office...


Meet Mark & Mary Garr... Mary is our music and technology instructor. Mary is full of energy and an enthusiastic teacher. She enjoys motorcycle riding with her husband in the summers!

News Notes

REMINDER TO ALL PARENTS:
To all parents/guardians who will be Field Trip drivers - please meet in the SCHOOL CAFETERIA so that the noise level does not disturb the rest of the classrooms. Thank you.
SCHOOL PUBLICATIONS

The school newsletter "From the Eagle's Nest" is published weekly. An updated school calendar is published monthly. Classroom teachers send a weekly newsletter home in folders. The folder is to be signed by the parent and returned by the student within two days of receiving it.
NEW PROJECT AND HELP IS NEEDED
The school is in need of an overhaul of the main building’s bathrooms. This project includes new stall partitions, toilets, sinks, faucets and lighting for the girls and boys bathrooms. The cost is $17,126.00 which includes the cost for labor. We have been very fortunate that a donation of $2000 has already been given towards this project. Along with the school’s students these bathrooms are also used for many events including our parish dinners, funeral dinners, community use of the building such as the annual dinner auction and KCHI’s Working Women’s Night Out. If you would like to donate to this worthy project, place your donation in an envelope marked “BATHROOMS” in the collection. Let’s see if we can have this project complete by the start of the 2008 school year or before!
REMINDER TO PARENTS
The teachers are on duty from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. If you need to meet with the teachers, please arrange to do so AFTER these hours. Thank you to those of you who do pay attention to this request.
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEKS
Thank you to the following students that participated in the opening Mass of Catholic Schools week on January 27. Hunter Keller, Morgan Graham, Brooks Sturm, Elliott Keller, Hannah Boon, Nathan Laidler, Matt Sturm, Carly Carlton, Stephanie Summerville, Jared Lauhoff, Zach Quinn, Brandon Murray, and former student Andrew Jones.
AFTER SCHOOL NEWS & NEEDS
The after school is going through some major changes, and we would like to ask the parishioners to help us. We are asking for donations of any item listed below to help us replenish our supplies for our children. Items to be donated: Plastic kitchen food, play doh, cars for the boys to run on the car rugs, any chapter books (paper back or hard back) for ages 1st through 5th grades, board games, puzzles, 250 pieces or more, different colored sharpies, old scraps of material, yarn of any type and color, inexpensive baby dolls for that mothering instinct and anything else you might have around that we could give a great home. Thank you from the ELC and After School.
VOLUNTEERS
We are still looking for volunteers at school this year. Please call the office with any questions. Lunch hour is from 11:00 to noon.
THINGS TO SAVE
As most of you are well aware, we need everyone to save their Campbell Soup Labels, Box-Tops for Education, Tyson A+ Labels, printer cartridges and their aluminum cans. These projects are very worth while to the school. Thanks to the many donators or savers that we have. A special thanks to Dorothy Carlson and Mildred Saale for coordinating the labels. Without the help of these two ladies, these programs would not be possible.
LITURGICAL SCHEDULE - At Bishop Hogan School, we have an educational program for children 6 weeks old through 8th grade. Society challenges us to share with the students the gift of faith we have and to prepare them for high school and college. We need the support of parents who want a strong faith based educational school for their children.
SCHOOL CLOSINGS
Listen to KCHI (98.5 FM) for weather information and updates on school dismissals/closings.

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SHADOW STATIONS OF THE CROSS
March 14, 2008... Photos courtesy of Chris Fleming

Shadow Stations of the Cross was presented by Bishop Hogan's 7th & 8th grade class at St. Columban's Church the afternoon and evening of March 14.

CAST
Hunter Keller - Jesus
Addie Stottlemyre - Virgin Mary, Veronica
Jake Mathew - Pilate, Joseph of Arimathea, High Priest, Roman Guard
Zachary Garr - Simon the Cyrenian, Nicodemus, Roman Guard
Morgan Graham - Woman of Jerusalem
Bridgett Kieffer - Woman of Jerusalem
Brooks Sturm - Narrator
Jackson Haney - Lights


The Shadow Stations Cast 2008 from left to right:
Zachary Garr, Morgan Graham, Addie Stottlemyre, Jake Mathew,
Hunter Keller, Bridgett Kieffer, Jackson Haney, Brooks Sturm and (teacher) Brian Murrell

Program

The Way of the Cross with Divine Mercy Reflections

Bishop Hogan School
7th & 8th Grades
Present
Shadow Stations



Please pray with us the Lenten traditional prayers and reflections of Christ's Passion as we prayerfully
depict the scenes of the Way of the Cross in silhouette
.

Reading Along Maggie Pfaff and
Hayden Montgomery
Greet Guests
The Performance

TEACHER APPRECIATION DAY
During National Catholic Schools Week, the students were asked to dress like a teacher. Ryan Fleming chose to dress like our 7th/8th grade teacher, Brian Murrell.

SCHOOL SCIENCE FAIR 2008
Congratulations to all of the students who participated in the Bishop Hogan Science Fair during National Catholic Schools Week.

Connor Bonderer won first place
with his "Distillization" project.
Elliott Keller received second place honors for his
"Fingerprint Similarity of Family" project.

BHS students were told that they could dress as a scientist...in celebration of the school's science fair that took place during National Catholic Schools Week. Ryan Fleming and Garret Donoho dressed as their favorite scientists from The Mythbusters TV show which airs on The Discovery Channel. Maggie Pfaff, dressed as Research Scientist Dr. Pfaff.

Maggie Pfaff Ryan Fleming and Garret Donoho

Martin Luther King Day Memorial Program
Only 21/2-months shy of the 40th anniversary of the assassination of The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., fifth- through eighth-grade students of Bishop Hogan Memorial School in Chillicothe on Friday held their annual public memorial program in anticipation of today's Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday. The program, organized by Mrs. Charlene Thompson, fifth and sixth grade teacher at BHMS, with music coordinated by Mrs. Mary Garr, the school's music instructor, this year centered around the theme, “He Had A Dream.”


C-T Photos / Paul Sturm

The approximately 40-minute program included several vocal music performances by the school's Eagles Wings choir (above) and short reflections on King's life, faith, and work. The program again featured Charles Epps of Chillicothe (inset, lower left), who gave some reflections and also re-read a portion of King's final public speech, which has come to be known as the “I've Been to the Mountaintop” speech given in Memphis at a sanitation workers rally on April 3, 1968, the night before he was slain outside a Memphis motel. In addition, BHMS sixth grade student Matthew Sturm (inset, lower right) recited an abridged version of the latter portion of King's most famous speech, “I Have a Dream,” given during the August 1963 civil rights “March on Washington.” In addition to the school's students and faculty, an estimated 30-40 parents and other members of the public attended.

THE 35TH ANNUAL MARCH FOR LIFE
This January 22 the 35th Annual March for Life was held in Washington, D.C. Pilgrims have faithfully braved the cold weather every year since 1973 to peacefully and prayerfully protest the Supreme Court decision, Roe v Wade, that legalized abortion on demand in our country. The numbers of pilgrims have steadily increased over the years until today, with close to 100,000 or more gather in front of the White House and march up Constitution Ave to the Supreme Court Building past the Capitol Building. Catholic schools and parishes from all over the country send busloads of pilgrims. The numbers of young people are amazing. Cardinals, Bishops, priests, seminarians, and religious sisters join the laity and pray the rosary, chant and sing along the way. The night before most of these pilgrims join together at the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Washington for Mass that has come to be known as the Rose Mass or Mass to end Abortion.
The huge basilica which holds 3000 is bursting at the seams with standing room only and overflow in the halls, side chapels and downstairs in the Crypt Church with those participating through closed circuit TV.

We are thankful to Father Tom for allowing our parish 8th graders the opportunity to experience this faith-building pilgrimage. Those from our parish attending were: Brian Murrell, teacher; Mary Garr and Mary Mathew, adult chaperones; Zachary Garr, Jake Mathew, Hunter Keller, Addie Stottlemyre, Stephanie Wade, and Emily Clark, students. Thank you to the parishioners that have supported us through your donations at our breakfasts and dinner with your free will offerings and to the Knights of Columbus. Without your help, these young people would miss a very important opportunity that helps to shape their moral lives.

CHRISTMAS PROGRAM 2007
The Bishop Hogan Memorial School's preschool class performed “Up on the Housetop” and “O Come Little Children,” during the Christmas program held in the school's gymnasium December 18, 2007. The evening included a variety of performances by students in all ages. Cast members for the production included Addie Stottlemyre, Bridgett Keiffer, Jake Mathew, Jackson Haney, Morgan Graham, Hunter Keller and Zachary Garr.


C-T Photo by Paul Sturm

BASKETBALL NEWS
 Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2007

CAPTION: Addie Stottlemyre of Chillicothe's Bishop Hogan Memorial School Lady Eagles gets an early layup during the team's 21-13 victory over visiting Livingston R-3 of Chula.

C-T Photo / Paul Sturm

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BISHOP HOGAN MEMORIAL SCHOOL
Father Tom Hermes - Principal
Peggy McClure - Admin. Assistant
TELEPHONE & FAX
660-646-0705

POSTAL ADDRESS
1114 Trenton Street, Chillicothe, MO 64601

EMAIL
General Information: kidsareus@bishophogan.org
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