Celtic Courier: May 25- May 30

"Vision to See, Faith to Believe, Courage to Do"

Dear Staff,

Memorial Day Weekend!  We hope you have enjoyed this beautiful weather with your families. Wow. What a fabulous weekend!

On Monday, the nation will pause to remember and honor all of those brave men and women who gave their lives in military service so that we can we can enjoy freedoms like no other country on this earth.

Marine carry the flag for all Americans no matter where they are. Photo courtesy of Photo Pin.

On Memorial Day, I will put on my Dad's Marine Corps shirt from one of his last reunions and the dog tags that he wore into the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. We will to to the Dublin's Memorial Day march, this year with the Dublin Jerome Marching Band representing Dublin City Schools. I hope you enjoy this Memorial Day video tribute to all those who gave their lives for us.

We want to sincerely thank you for a wonderful school year.  You dedication and commitment to our Jerome students and families is unsurpassed.

On Graduation Day, we will also celebrate the graduation of our IB Diploma Candidates.  Much thanks to Karen Kendall-Sperry, Magen Beatty, Marla Morris, Diane Murphy, Michael Cook and all of our IB teachers, as well as all of you who have worked to prepare these students for this prestigious diploma.

Karen Kendall-Sperry and our IB Diploma students in their new IB shirts.

This week we will run and lock the schedule.  As soon as it is locked we will distribute it so that each of you can know your teaching schedule for next year.  The department chairs will assign plan periods and duties in each core area and will do the majority of the room assignments.  Please remember that room assignments will be difficult for next year as we will be sharing more rooms and have more traveling teachers due to the increase in student enrollment.  As soon as the entire schedule is done with rooms, plans and duties we will send you an email letting you know.  This will be completed in the summer.

Please understand that room assignments may not be complete before you leave but we will do our best.  Since we are short of rooms, we will have to wait to run a free room report to assign those rooms that department chairs are unable to do so.

This Week--

Tuesday: Graduation Practice 1 PM.  Please continue to inform us of any senior in academic difficulty.  At practice we also read the names of any senior who has a fine or fee due so please make sure you have communicated that to Sharon Nameth so we can communicate at practice with all seniors accurately.

Last day of senior exams.

Wednesday: Underclass exams start.  Please make sure you have turned in a copy of your exam and answer key to Carol Jacobsen in the main office.  With same-subject team exams, just turn in one copy with all team members names on it.

Friday: PTO Luncheon for all staff, starting at 12:45.  Also Bowling at Plain City Lanes for staff and families starting at 3;30 PM.  Thanks to Kelli Snyder for organizing this fun year-end staff outing, planned by staff for staff.

Saturday: Graduation 1 PM at Schott.  All Staff please arrive by Noon.  Thanks so much for your wonderful support of graduation.  All staff who work graduation will be able to leave a .5 day early on Monday.

Please be sure to read the instructions for all staff working graduation so that you are aware of the responsibilities so we can enjoy graduation without incident.  Kay will be providing these instructions.

Monday, June 2: Last day of school for students and staff.  Grades need to be posted by midnight on June 2. We will be sending out other reminders.  Please make sure that all fines are sent to Sharon Nameth.  If textbooks are exceptionally old and/or will no longer be used, please do not charge students a rebind fee or a fee for damage.  Questions? Please check with an administrator.

June 3: The start of summer vacation!!  We hope you have a wonderful summer vacation!

Have a great last week of school!

Cathy