Dear Staff,
Happy Mother's Day weekend! What a glorious weekend of weather and Mother's Day! Ours began with seeing God at 2:34 AM May 9 with the birth of Marisol Ann Mitchell, 7 lbs. 2 oz, 19.5 inches! Jennifer's water broke at El Vacquero's right as I was leaving for Volleyball Senior night from home. Because of bleeding she was transported by squad to OSU Medical Center. Because the baby was breech a C-Section was performed and so we pulled an all-nighter Friday night and have been on Cloud 9 ever since. And yes-- I beat the squad to the hospital. :)
The baby's "aunts" Susie Quinn, Sharon Nameth and Kay were also at El Vacquero's at the same time having some water after working out and came to our rescue, helping Ryan and Jennifer as the squad came, calling me, and then caravanning to OSU with Kay driving Ryan's car so that he would have a car there. They also sat with me in the waiting area as we initially waited word on whether Jennifer and the baby were OK. Truly-- they personify what it means to work in the Jerome family. I think they also have some fun stories to share about that drive to OSU!
And so our lives will never be the same-- last week started with Jennifer's surprise shower from her students, Jennifer's birthday dinner with us at Buca's on Wednesday and now, we have spent the weekend with little sleep, numerous trips to OSU and looking in the eyes of the future of our family. Amazing! Jennifer kept the name a surprise-- it is Spanish. Jennifer is bilingual and studied in Spain for a semester, living with a family who spoke no English. The name ends in Sol-- which means sun-- and Marisol is and always will be the sunshine of our lives.
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| Marisol is staring into my eyes here as Jennifer looks on. |
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| Every new baby at OSU this year gets a National Champion baby blanket. Future member TBDBITL rookie member Class of 2033. |
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| Happy Mother's Day to Jennifer and to all mothers! What a special Mother's Day! |
This Week:
AP and IB Testing continues. Much thanks to Lisa Bauer, Karen Kendall-Sperry, Forrest and Andy for all of their hard work in giving almost 1700 AP or IB tests. Wow!
Monday: Our school board will recognize Linda Qin for being a Presidential Scholar and Michael Zeng for being Fencing State Champion in Foil. A great night to be a Celtic!
Tuesday: Senior Awards Night at 7 PM. Seniors receive Academic Awards and Local Scholarships. A special night for them and their parents.
Wednesday: Kenny Titus fundraisers all lunches Wed. Thurs and Fri. Please try to come down and buy a raffle ticket. All proceeds go to Kenny's family for his heart transplant costs.
Staff Meeting at 7:15 in the Band Room. Last one for year. English will present important info on Turnitin.com and its usage. This is important info for every dept given the problems with cheating we have had this year. Heidi Muirhead sent you information for you prior to this staff meeting last week. Coffee will be provided. I will start the meeting and then leave for a presentation at OU. Dusty will also be at the meeting to meet and talk with the staff.
Also our Spring Orchestra concert at 7 PM. Both orchestra and band have their spring concerts this week and if you get a chance, please come. They are always special!
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| As we end the year, we thought you would enjoy all the ways to be a good teammate to your fellow staff members, courtesy of Jon Gordon via Twitter from @jongordon11 |
Thursday: Band Concert 7 PM.
Friday: Seniors grade for the semester as of May 15 determines if they take the exam in your class or not. All students who take AP or IB tests are exempted. Seniors with an 80% or higher cumulative for the semester also exempt the exam. Please tell seniors on Friday if they are taking your exam or not.
Spring Fling picnic all 3 lunches with Jazz Band providing music! Come outside and enjoy lunch in our back parking lot with great music!
Also Senior Dinner at 6 PM.
A word about next week and Seniors:
May 19: Seniors last day in class. Make sure you have collected books, all work, etc.
May 20: Seniors last day at Jerome. Yes, they will be riding trikes, bikes, wagons, boats, etc to school so we need your help inside and out. Yes, they are planning a beach, concert today and will be out by the tennis courts.
How you can help-- do not ask seniors to see you on May 20 for any reason. Our goal is not to have them in the building for any reason. If you are collecting work for them or asking them to pick up projects etc, they need to do it either on May 19 or sometime during senior exams that start on May 22.
Be in the halls as much as possible from now until the seniors last day. If you hear of any senior pranks please notify an administrator as soon as possible so that we can intervene.
May 21: Senior trip to Cedar Point. You may have some seniors in class who are not going and who have to be in class because they are athletes and have a contest that night.
May 22- 28: Senior exams. Mike Aurin previously sent out an informational email. Please inform your seniors on or before May 19 that they have an exam, and the date and time of that exam. It is your responsibility to notify seniors of exams.
Have a terrific week!
Cathy (Meemaw)
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