Dear Bishop Hartley Families:

As we approach the beginning of the 2019-2020 school year, I would like to take this
opportunity to welcome all our families. To old friends and new families, our pledge to
provide the best Catholic education for your children will continue to resonate loud and
clear. Our school from its founding has stressed excellence, defended traditions, and
honored legacies ... in this there is no compromise or change.

We are driven by the desire to give our young people the very best ... be it prayerful
reflection through retreats, the best in academic preparation, elite facilities, or the
security of a safe environment. This year, our students, teachers, and staff will have full
access to the TACC (Telerski and Casson Center), a multi-purpose facility providing
additional space for classrooms, clubs, and retreats. We will be replacing the turf on Jack
Ryan Field, and upon this reading, Bishop Hartley will launch a new website that will be
aesthetically pleasing and user friendly.

This August, Bishop Hartley will open its doors for the sixty-third year with the same
dedication to Catholic education as the good Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur did in year
one.

Last year's theme stressed the importance of everyone in our Hartley community
positively impacting our culture so we could be at our absolute best.

"Tradition does not mean to look after the ash but to keep the flame alive."

Jean Jaures

This year's theme centers our same attention not on the "ash" of past accomplishments
but rather on continuing our excellence, on making Bishop Hartley better than it's ever
been, on building a better future, and the need to pass down an even more exceptional
school for future generations of Hawks. Let's Go! Let's continue to stoke the "flames" of
greatness and distinction.

If there is anything we can do to help your child this school year, please do not hesitate to
contact me or Assistant Principal, Chris Kowalski. The unvoiced problem cannot be
resolved, as the missed opportunity rarely offers itself again. We trust that your
experience with Bishop Hartley will strengthen your faith in Catholic education and
provide a learning environment worthy of your love and care for your child.

Sincerely,

Michael R. Winters
Principal

We are also excited to share our redesigned website with our families! In addition to being aesthetically-pleasing, the new website is designed to make it easer to find information easier to find and be more mobile-friendly as we know more of our students and parents are accessing the website through cell phones.

We begin by saying “goodbye and thank you” to the following faculty members:

Megan Giardina (Math) will continue her teaching and coaching career at Pickerington North High School. We will miss her dedication to students both in the classroom and on the volleyball court.

Mr. James Kirby (long-term substitute Health) has moved to Arizona where he has a new teaching position. We wish him and his wife well and will miss his willingness to help in all situations.

Mrs. Melissa Shinaberry (English) will be a full-time mom to Charlotte who was born in March. We wish the Shinaberry family many blessings.

Five long-time members of the Hartley family left us after this school year. Their dedication will be honored with bronze plaques placed in our hallways. We share the text of those plaques below:

Jennifer Douglas leaves after a 20-year teaching career at Bishop Hartley.  She will be teaching in Florida next year. An Art teacher for 20 years, Jennifer Kembring Douglas led the expansion of department offerings and produced award-winning students. Her core philosophy that creativity is a product of a growth mindset inspired students and colleagues.

Jennifer taught all grades and every art class offered. She developed and taught the AP Art courses, served as the Art Club moderator, the school yearbook teacher/advisor, a valued Rosary House mentor and a member of Academic Council.

A practicing artist who believed art is a tool for self-discovery and a form of communication, Jennifer emphasized from the outset that creating art is a product of a growth mindset. She taught students to find artistic and personal growth through the challenges of the creative process.

Jennifer and her husband established the Jennifer A. Douglas Legacy Art Scholarship to support an outstanding AP student planning to pursue a degree in visual arts.

Every artist was first an amateur. --Ralph Waldo Emerson

Cynthia Mayo also served the Hartley community for 20 years. She leaves big shoes to fill in the library media center, but Mrs. Juli Roberts is ready for the challenge. Cynthia Silcott Mayo served Bishop Hartley for 20 years. Cyn began as technology consultant and taught computer classes. She was part of the team which rolled out Hartley’s one-to-one computer program and continued to provide technology support as library and media center director. She promoted reading for information and pleasure by teaching research skills and materials classes, serving as moderator for the Book Club and In the Know team, initiating Hartley’s Community Read program and Hawks Read Programs, and hosting the Diocesan middle schools’ Battle of the Books contests. This led to the formation of a Hartley Battle of the Books team.

Cyn was a member of the Ohio Educational Library and Media Association and the Diocesan School Librarian Committee. She was a proud Aquinas House mentor teacher from its inception to her retirement. Cyn’s departure ends the line of Silcott-Mayo family members who began service to Hartley in 1992.

“We read to know we are not alone.” --C. S. Lewis

Don Iacoveta officially retired in April after serving Bishop Hartley since 1983. He is enjoying his retirement so far, and we wish him the best.

Beginning in 1983, Don Iacovetta supervised Bishop Hartley maintenance until his retirement in 2019. At first the lone man in the department, Don eventually supervised three additional employees in the care of the school building, parking lots, grounds, and athletic facilities. This included the sanitation as well as the   upkeep and repair of equipment, machinery, lighting, and building systems. Working with five principals, Don ensured and documented that the building and grounds met city safety codes.

Don was also an active consultant in the many physical changes made to the building and grounds during the last 20 years he was here. These included renovations to both athletic fields, the main lobby and office, C wing, and the St. James the Greater Chapel as well as the construction of D wing and the multipurpose facility.

All five principals for whom Don worked respected his no-nonsense approach to every job, large or small, which Don sums up as, “If you can’t do it right the first time, don’t do it at all.” Bishop Hartley honors Don Iacovetta for his dedication to providing a safe, comfortable, and beautiful space for our students to pray, learn, and play.

“For we are God’s co-workers, you are God’s field, God’s building.” --I Cor. 3:9

Tim Grannan retired after 33 years at Bishop Hartley and 42 years in Catholic Education. He is looking forward to spending time with his wife who will retire in September. Tim expressed thanks daily for the blessing of working with his Hartley family.  And we—touched by thirty-three years of his good vibrations—likewise express much thanks.  Making a visit to the chapel his first stop on a day’s journey, Tim worked hard to be true to his school: thirteen years as guidance counselor; twelve as swim coach; two each as campus minister and student newspaper advisor; and more than thirty years as teacher of Senior Religion.  Tim treasures the relationships forged here, feeling especially proud that many former students became his colleagues and friends.  And Tim sure got around, enriching lives at The Josephinum, the Carmel Contemplative Community, St. Charles, Flaget, Wehrle, and Ohio Dominican where he taught theology for two decades.  But home is where the heart is, and Hartley has been Tim’s home since 1986.  Equally at peace with both heroes and villains, Tim is valued as a peacemaker and man of deep faith.  He’s helped make all of us better people.  Tim has worked tirelessly for the greater glory of God at Hartley and will continue to do so when he leaves our hallowed halls for continued blessings with his wife, Kathy, and their children, Bob and Kelly.  Thank you for your service, Tim.

God only knows what we’d be without you (Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys).

Last, but most certainly not least, we say “thank you and see you later” to Barbara Casson who has served in various capacities in Catholic education. We are most grateful that she returned to her alma mater 20 years ago! We wish her joy and adventure in retirement.

After teaching at Fr. Wehrle High School and serving as Diocesan Director of Curriculum, Barbara Casson returned to her alma mater in 1999 as Assistant Principal and Academic Dean.

In her first 10 years, Barbara supervised the Admissions Office including communications activities, Open House, placement testing, and scholarship selection. During this time, enrollment increased 18%.

Barbara supervised lesson planning, instruction, and assessments; arranged for teacher orientation and staff development; and guided faculty in maintaining state and Diocesan credentials. She also managed the State of Ohio testing program and oversaw the development and implementation of Hartley’s Ohio Catholic School Accreditation plans.

Barbara supervised establishment of the Notre Dame program, the first formal program in the Diocese to address needs of students with learning disabilities.

Barbara believes her most important contribution was managing the teacher selection team. Beyond competence in a subject, the team sought faith-filled adults who would teach students to apply critical thinking skills to real life topics.

She is grateful for her colleagues and believes the Holy Spirit’s grace guided each of them to Bishop Hartley.

“Far and away, the best prize life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.” Theodore Roosevelt

We welcome (in one case, welcome back) the following people who will join us at Bishop Hartley for the 2019-2020 school year:

Linda Eplin - Math

David Giesler - Instrumental Music

Tim Karl - Facilities (joined us in April, 2019)

Michael Krause - Math

Marcus Phelps - Health/Physical Education

Joseph Reveles - Religion

Monica VanHorn - Art

Please look for more detailed introductions to the new and returning members of our community in the first Herald of the School year, August 22^nd.

The Student Information System (SIS) and Learning Management System (LMS) for the 2019-2020 school year will be PowerSchool. PowerSchool will replace the previously-used system, ALMA. The Hartley community found that ALMA did not meet the needs and expectations of our administrators, faculty, staff, students, and parents. Through extensive research and consultation with many other schools in our area (both public and Catholic high schools) it was determined that PowerSchool will provide solutions that will assist instruction, assessment, and communication to strengthen the academic experience. Please check the school website for updates on training and assistance that will be provided for both students and parents at the beginning of the school year.

• Summer Assignment Geometry (for students entering Honors and CP Geometry)
• Algebra 2 Summer Assignment 2019 (for students entering Honors Algebra II/Trig and CP Algebra II)
• 2019 CPAT summer packet (for students entering CPAT)
• PC summer assignment 2019 (no answers) (for students entering Precalculus)
• Calculus Summer Assignment 2019 (for students entering Honors Calculus, AP Calculus and College Credit Plus Calculus)
• Calculus 2 Summer Assignment 2019 (for students entering Calculus 2)

SPANISH

• Spanish 1 to 2 Summer Work for 2019
• Spanish 2 to 3 Summer Work for 2019
• Spanish 3 to 4 Summer Work for 2019
• Spanish 4 to 5 Summer Work for 2019

ENGLISH

• Summer Reading 2019
• Community Read 2019

Student Handbook Changes and Points of Clarification

Academic Integrity Policy

Bishop Hartley Updated Mission and Belief Statements

Athletics Participation Fees Policy

FINAL FORMS: PAPERLESS PAPERWORK FOR BACK-TO-SCHOOL

Bishop Hartley utilizes a paperless system which is more convenient for our families - No more filling out the same form again and again. In addition to most of the back-to-school “paperwork” which can be completed online via Final Forms, Hartley also uses Final Forms for athletic forms and payments.

This year we are requiring a hard copy of the handbook acknowledgement, the technology agreement, and photo release consent form. Forms will be distributed to students during class meetings the first week of school.

If you are a new family, you will have to set up an account for each of your students. Returning families will find the forms for the 2019-20 school year in their existing accounts.

HOW DO I SIGN UP?

1. Go to http://bishophartley.finalforms.com
2. Click REGISTER under the Parent Icon and follow the directions.

As an established non-profit, Bishop Hartley High School has a comprehensive development program.

The Hartley Family Tree Fund is our annual fund and assists Bishop Hartley High School families in their most immediate needs. This fund is a wonderful way to invest in Hartley. When you donate to support the Family Tree, your gift permits students to receive a quality, Catholic education when their life situation may make that difficult on their own. This Fund is a vital part of a comprehensive advancement program and sustains our school in key areas:

+ Educational programs and activities to enrich our students;

+ Merit scholarship opportunities for incoming freshmen; and,

+ Tuition assistance for those in need.

The Evening of Excellence is our annual dinner auction that also supports our tuition reduction program. The Evening of Excellence is the event of the spring.

As we move forward continuing to deliver the best quality Catholic education in Central Ohio, we look at what matters most: the safety of our student body, and the ability to create more opportunity for growth. This Vision campaign enables us to do both while providing the means to utilize current facilities in more efficient and diverse ways.

We have just built a multi-purpose facility, the Telerski & Casson Student Center (TACC), that will provide additional athletic and group meeting space, as well as an on-campus retreat center, and state-of-the-art weight room.

The Development Office is planning the blessing and dedication of the TACC. It is not too late to get involved.

Next, we will expand the entrance to the Dick Geyer Gymnasium, creating a student commons.

To support these initiatives through a monetary gift or to get involved in the Development efforts, please contact Director of Development Tiffiney Hatem at thatem@cdeducation.org or 614.237.5421, ext. 10625 for information.

Below is a list of Bishop Hartley coaches and their contact information.

(listed by season)

HERE is a list of Bishop Hartley extra-curriculars and moderator's contact information.

Parents: Please look at the calendar before planning your winter vacations or summer activities. Our Christmas break is 17 days long. Please plan your holiday trip accordingly. Inform family members, club coaches, parish leaders working on service trips or retreats, etc., that your child is not available until exams are over. 

With the exception of students who have a doctor's office note for an unseen illness or family emergency

• Students will not be allowed to take December exams early or after Christmas break. 
• Students will not be allowed to take June exams early or after the last day of school (June 3rd). 

Mid-Term Schedule – December 2019

Monday, 12.16

7:45am-8:00am     Attendance, Prayer, and Announcements

8:00am-9:30am     Exam #1

9:30am-9:50am     Break

9:50am-10:00am   Attendance and Exam Prep

10:00am-11:30am  Exam #2

11:30am-11:35am     Announcements and Prayer

Tuesday, 12.17

7:45am-8:00am     Attendance, Prayer, and Announcements

8:00am-9:30am     Exam #3

9:30am-9:50am     Break

9:50am-10:00am   Attendance and Exam Prep

10:00am-11:30am  Exam #4

11:30am-11:35am     Announcements and Prayer

Wednesday, 12.18

7:45am-8:00am     Attendance, Prayer, and Announcements

8:00am-9:30am     Exam #5

9:30am-9:50am     Break

9:50am-10:00am   Attendance and Exam Prep

10:00am-11:30am  Exam #6

11:30am-11:35am     Announcements and Prayer

Thursday, 12.19

7:45am-8:00am     Attendance, Prayer, and Announcements

8:00am-9:30am     Exam #7

9:30am-9:35am      Announcements and Prayer

Finals – UNDERCLASSMEN – May/June 2020

Friday, 5.29

7:45am-8:05am     Period 1

8:09am-8:32am     Announcements, Prayer, and Period 2

8:36am-8:56am      Period 3

9:00am-9:20am     Period 4

9:20am-9:33am      Call Down to Senior Honors Assembly

9:33am-11:08am     Senior Honors Assembly

11:12am-11:32am      Period 6

11:32am-12:00pm   5A Lunch

12:00pm-12:28pm 5B Lunch

12:28pm-12:56pm  5C Lunch

1:00pm-1:10pm      Attendance and Exam Preparation

1:10pm-2:40pm      Exam #7

2:40pm-2:45pm    Announcements and Prayer

Monday, 6.1

7:45am-8:00am     Attendance, Prayer, and Announcements

8:00am-9:30am     Exam #6

9:30am-9:50am     Break

9:50am-10:00am   Attendance and Exam Prep

10:00am-11:30am  Exam #5

11:30am-11:35am     Announcements and Prayer

Tuesday, 6.2

7:45am-8:00am     Attendance, Prayer, and Announcements

8:00am-9:30am     Exam #4

9:30am-9:50am     Break

9:50am-10:00am   Attendance and Exam Prep

10:00am-11:30am  Exam #3

11:30am-11:35am     Announcements and Prayer

Wednesday, 6.3

7:45am-8:00am     Attendance, Prayer, and Announcements

8:00am-9:30am     Exam #2

9:30am-9:50am     Break

9:50am-10:00am   Attendance and Exam Prep

10:00am-11:30am  Exam #1

11:30am-11:35am     Announcements and Prayer

Click HERE to read about our Cafeteria and Food Service Program.

Click HERE to read about the use of biometrics in the cafeteria.

Bloom Carroll Local School District

(614) 834-6706

FAX: (740) 756-7540

Bloom Carroll Local School District offers reimbursement for transportation to Bishop Hartley.  Parents must go to the Bloom Carroll website (www.bloomcarroll.org), look under Departments and click on Transportation.  Scroll down the page and click on View Transportation Form under “Reimbursement in Lieu of Transportation.” Please check the current form information for the deadline, it is usually in December. Reimbursement is sent out to parents around the 2^nd week of June.

Canal Winchester Local Schools

(614) 833-2164

FAX: (614) 833-2165

Canal Winchester Schools does not offer transportation but does offer reimbursement.  Please contact Mrs. Kim Collura, Bishop Hartley High School’s School Registrar – Office of Administrative Services, at (614) 237-5421 ext. 10623 for information.

Columbus City Schools

(614) 365-5074

FAX: (614) 365-5815

A Hartley family who lives in the Columbus City School District and wants transportation needs to apply online at www.ccsoh.us/Transportation.aspx and scroll down to Transportation Request for Charter/Non-Public Students.  Note: if you had transportation from Columbus City Schools this year, you will not need to fill out the registration online.

If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Kim Collura, Bishop Hartley High School’s School Registrar – Office of Administrative Services, at (614) 237-5421 ext. 10623.

Gahanna-Jefferson Public Schools

(614) 751-7581

FAX: (614) 751-7584

Parents must contact the Gahanna-Jefferson Public School Transportation Office to apply for transportation at (614) 751-7581 by mid-July.

Groveport Madison Schools

(614) 836-4962

FAX: (614) 836-6008

A Hartley family who lives in the Groveport Madison School District and wants transportation needs to contact Mrs. Kim Collura, Bishop Hartley High School’s School Registrar – Office of Administrative Services, at (614) 237-5421 ext. 10623 to obtain an Application for Pupil Transportation. The application needs to be returned to Bishop Hartley for processing. 

Hamilton Local School District

(614) 491-8044

FAX: (614) 491-8323

Reimbursement is offered in lieu of transportation.  Parents need to contact the District at

(614) 491-8044, ext. 1236 for information.  Application for reimbursement must be done in early September.  Proof of residency (lease or mortgage) and a utility bill must be presented for reimbursement.

Lakewood Local Schools

(740) 928-8886

FAX: (740) 928-3731

Reimbursement is offered if the student’s home school (Lakewood High School) would be no more than 30 minutes from the school the student is attending. (Ohio Revised Code 3327.01)

Lancaster City School District

(740) 687-7366

Reimbursement is offered if the student’s home school (Lancaster High School) would be no more than 30 minutes from the school the student is attending.  (Ohio Revised Code 3327.01)

Licking Heights Local School District

(740) 927-3340

FAX: (740) 927-0173

Licking Heights School district does not offer transportation or reimbursement for travel to Bishop Hartley.

New Albany Plain Local Schools

(614) 855-2033

FAX: (614) 855-4030

New Albany Plain Local School District offers reimbursement for transportation.  Parents must contact the transportation office directly before the next school year, at the end of the current school year/first of August.

Pickerington Local School District

(614) 834-2164

Pickerington School District offers reimbursement for transportation.  Parents must contact the transportation office directly before the next school year, at the end of the current school year/first of August.

Reynoldsburg City Schools

(614) 501-1033

FAX: (614) 501-1049

A Hartley family who lives in the Reynoldsburg City School District and wants transportation needs to contact Mrs. Kim Collura, Bishop Hartley High School’s School Registrar – Office of Administrative Services, at (614) 237-5421 ext. 10623 to obtain the packet for Residents Requesting Pupil Transportation. Families need to take the completed forms to the Welcome Center, 1555 Graham Road, open 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, with all required documents for new or renewal.  The forms can also be mailed to 1555 Graham Road, Reynoldsburg, OH 43068 or faxed to (614) 501-1049.

South-Western City School District

(614) 801-8550

FAX: (614) 277-3591

Parents need to contact the South-Western City School District Transportation to get a form for reimbursement.  Any family currently enrolled in the reimbursement program need not reapply.  You will receive a renewal form in August along with the reimbursement.  Only new families need to apply.

Southwest Licking Local School District

(740) 927-5901

FAX: (740) 964-3234

Parents need to go to the Southwest Licking School District Transportation Office, 10653 Hazelton-Etna Road, Pataskala, OH 43062 to pick up an application.

Westerville City School District

(614) 797-5950

FAX: (614) 797-5951

Parents must register for transportation at the Westerville City Schools’ Enrollment and Family Resource Center (EC), located inside the OhioHealth Medical Building at 300 Polaris Parkway, Suite 3200, Westerville, OH 43082. All necessary forms and information will be available on the website (www.wcsoh.org). If you have any questions or to set up an appointment, please call the Enrollment Center at (614) 797-7700. The family needs to visit the Enrollment Center, in person, to ensure the forms are submitted in a timely manner. Deadline for the 2019-2020 school year is July 19, 2019.

Whitehall City Schools

(614) 417-5122

FAX: (614) 417-5142

Whitehall City School district does not offer transportation or reimbursement for travel to Bishop Hartley. 

Notice to Parents Re: Meningitis Vaccine Requirements For All Students Entering 12^th Grade

Students entering the 12^th grade are required by state law to be fully vaccinated against meningitis upon the start of the school year (ORC 3313.671).

The meningococcal vaccine helps to protect your child against meningitis, a deadly infection of the covering of the brain and spinal cord. Parents / Guardians of incoming seniors are required to provide documentation from a health care provider indicating that their student has been fully vaccinated against meningitis.

“A single dose of Menactra or Meneveo vaccine should be given at age 11 – 12 years with a booster dose at age 16 years. However, if the first dose is administered at age 16 - 18 a booster is not needed” ( U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control).

Documentation is expected to be turned in on or before the first day of school. Students who are not in compliance with this state requirement by Friday September 13 will be excluded from school until the necessary documentation is provided.

*** Don’t wait until the end of summer, act now! Doctor offices and clinics get very busy in August and September as parents scramble to get yearly physicals and to update immunizations.

If you have any questions please contact Regina Hinterschied RN, School Nurse  614 237-5421 Ex. 10629 or email rhinterschied4163@columbus.k12.oh.us

Reminder Regarding the Use of Over the Counter Medications at School

For the health and safety of our students, Bishop Hartley has an established policy regarding the use of over the counter (OTC) medications while at school.

Ohio Law requires that all medication be sent to school in the container in which the medication was dispensed/purchased. The container must have the original label indicating the name of the medication, dosage, and instructions for administration. In other words, no baggies of unidentified pills!

The school does not dispense any medication without a parent signature and doctor’s order. This includes OTC medications such as Tylenol, antacids, or cold remedies. If a student anticipates the need for such medications during a particular school day he/she is permitted to bring one or two doses of the medication for their own personal use for that day. Again, the medication must be in the original container indicating the name of medication. Medications must never be shared with other students!

For questions or concerns please talk to Mrs. Hinterschied, our school nurse. You are also encouraged to refer to the Student Handbook for a complete explanation of the medication policy including the use of prescription as well as OTC medications.

If you have any questions please contact Regina Hinterschied RN, School Nurse

614 237-5421 Ex. 10629 or email rhinterschied4163@columbus.k12.oh.us

2019 Bishop Hartley Community Read

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

The Bishop Hartley Community Read Committee is happy to announce this summer’s book, The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

“Antoine de Saint-Exupéry first published The Little Prince in 1943, only a year before his Lockheed P-38 vanished over the Mediterranean during a reconnaissance mission. More than a half century later, this fable of love and loneliness has lost none of its power. The narrator is a downed pilot in the Sahara Desert, frantically trying to repair his wrecked plane. His efforts are interrupted one day by the apparition of a little, well, prince, who asks him to draw a sheep. "In the face of an overpowering mystery, you don't dare disobey," the narrator recalls. "Absurd as it seemed, a thousand miles from all inhabited regions and in danger of death, I took a scrap of paper and a pen out of my pocket." And so begins their dialogue, which stretches the narrator's imagination in all sorts of surprising, childlike directions.” (Editorial review from Amazon.com)

Available at bookstores and local libraries.  ISBN-10: 0156012197; ISBN-13: 978-0156012195

Dear Parents/Guardians:

The Student Services Team, in conjunction with the technology team, will be sending audio and video podcasts throughout the school year with tips for parents on various issues including technology and social media.

We do offer this reminder that, as the school year comes to an end and summer begins, freedom abounds, and structure can fall by the wayside. When it comes to your teen’s technology use, whether on a cell phone, internet use or video games, please remember healthy boundaries and rules are more important now than ever.

The internet should be treated like a house party or open playground. Just as you would want to know where your child is going and with whom he/she may be interacting, cyberspace is no different. Please encourage your family to do the following this summer:

• Sit down with your teen and look through his/her phone together, once a week is      suggested.
• If you do not feel comfortable with the number of apps, or do not understand certain apps, then delete them until you are able to do some research or feel more comfortable with your teen using them when you’re not around.
• Follow your teen on his/her social media accounts (Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram, etc.)
  Talk with your teen about his/her accounts and what is good and bad about them.
• Look through their list of “followers” together: do you know these people? How many are strangers?
• Continue to put phones/computers/tablets in one place at night (i.e. 10pm in the parent’s bedroom) because, as many of us know from our teenage years, nothing constructive happens after midnight.
• Remember many teens communicate through Snapchat, an app where you can text and send photos or video, and the content disappears after a certain amount of time.

It can be helpful to download these apps on your own phone to experience the features yourself instead of trying to understand how they work exclusively from your teen’s point of view. Snapchat is both useful and fun especially when keeping up with friends and family, but since content disappears quickly it can be tempting for some teens to send inappropriate content to one another. This is dangerous and should be discussed openly within your family.

We encourage you to read this article and visit our School Counseling webpage for more parent resources. We wish you a safe and relaxing summer break and look forward to seeing your students in August!

Student Services Team

What is the HPO?

The House Parent Organization (HPO) provides parents, guardians, grandparents, and friends of Bishop Hartley with many opportunities to be active in the Hartley Family. The mission of the HPO is to foster parent participation through communication and a sense of belonging while advancing the spirit of the six pillars which are the foundation of Bishop Hartley High School.

“Every House a Home…In Every Home a Hawk” - Every parent is a member of the House Parent Organization. The HPO is similar in some ways to a home and school association, but it is more dynamic than the traditional parent group.

We send information about our events through many channels –, our school newsletter, The Herald; Facebook; Twitter; and, occasionally, Final Forms. All parents are invited to attend events sponsored by the HPO. HPO parent volunteers determine and organize events.

We try to use a shadow system for volunteers willing to serve as coordinators for our annual events. This provides an opportunity to see how everything works before stepping into a coordinator’s role. Please join us at our kickoff meeting, Wednesday, August 14^th at 6:00 p.m. in the Cafeteria.

Also, mark your calendar now for the 10^th Annual House Tailgate before the football game against Gahanna, September 13. We are bringing back the Chili Cookoff this year! Watch the Herald newsletter for details. Plan now to be a part of this great tradition as a volunteer and a participant!

Hawks Nest Volunteers

The Hawks Nest, our spirit wear, house apparel and bookstore, is looking for volunteers to allow the store to be open during school lunch periods Monday-Friday. The time frame for school days is approximately 11:30AM-1PM. However, there are other occasions like sports games, meet the teacher nights, and special events which are great if you are looking to volunteer in the evenings. We welcome all volunteers, whether they can work once a month, once a week, or one evening event. Any time you can share is greatly appreciated. All volunteers must complete Protecting God’s Children and participate in a background check. Please contact Linda Strapp, 614-855-3369 or momlakes@aol.com, for more information or to sign-up to help.

Cafeteria Volunteers

The cafeteria is in need of volunteers to help serve lunch and clean up from 11:15-2 p.m. daily. If you are able to help, please contact Shannon Payer at Bishophartleycafeteria@hotmail.com. Any time you can give us would be greatly appreciated. PLEASE NOTE: Bishop Hartley no longer offers a volunteer option for EdChoice families.