2012 Open House Brochure

open house November 18, 2o12 1:00 - 3:00 P.M.

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BISHOP GORMAN HIGH SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION Mr. John Kilduff

President

Mr. Kevin Kiefer

Principal

Ms. Virginia Cunningham

Assistant Principal for Academics

Mr. Tracy Goode

Assistant Principal for Student Services

Ms. Bridget Moore

Director of Advancement

Mrs. Deidre Roberts

Director of Finance

Mrs. Sally Nieman

Director of Athletics

Mrs. Ann Wozniak

Director of Admissions

Mrs. Irene Anderson

Dean of Students

Mrs. Tessa Rivera

Dean of Students

Mr. Tony Sanchez

Dean of Students

Mrs. Michele Young Mrs. Kim Martinez Mrs. Dana Porrello Mrs. Susie Portz Mr. Grant Rice Mr. Rick Spiritosanto

Director of Student Activities Campus Minister Director of the Learning Center Christian Service Coordinator Assistant Athletic Director Counseling Department Chair

If you would like to speak to one of the above administrators, they will be on campus and can be identified by their name badges. Please feel free to stop them in the hallways to ask questions about Bishop Gorman High School.

BISHOP GORMAN HIGH SCHOOL 19TH ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE We would like to welcome everyone to Bishop Gorman’s annual Open House. This booklet serves as a guide to all of the activities that will be taking place. Please make time to visit the Gym where clubs, organizations and sports teams are located. Some highlights for the afternoon include:  The music, dance and drama performances in the Theatre complex  The Admissions workshop at 1:15 and 2:45; the Financial Aid workshop at 1:45 and 2:15; both in the Student Commons  The experiments in the Science Department, Rooms 313, 316, 317 & 320  Student led tours that begin in the Chapel Courtyard or the Student Commons  The Mock Trial Team in Room 309  The College Planning Program presentation at 1:30, 2:00 and 2:30 in Room 300

We encourage you to speak with teachers and administrators regarding the varied curriculum that we have to offer. We are sure that as you speak with the students and faculty members you will see how we incorporate our values of God, Accountability, Excellence, Leadership and Stewardship in all that we do.

CAMPUS TOURS If you are interested in a guided tour of our school by our student leaders, please proceed to either the Student Commons or the Chapel Courtyard.

MY OPEN HOUSE AGENDA While you are reviewing the events for the day feel free to use this page to organize your visit.

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Thank You for Attending our Open House!

HIGHLIGHTS… ADMISSIONS WORKSHOP

STUDENT COMMONS

ARTS IN PROGRESS

ROOM 110, 117, DARK ROOM

Come meet with Mrs. Wozniak, the Director of Admissions, to have all of your questions regarding the admissions process, the Placement Exam and course registration answered. Presentations will be given at 1:15 and 2:45. Additionally, visit the IMET Center Library if you would like to complete our online application and register for the Placement Exam while on campus.

Visit the south end of the 100 hallway to see all that the BG Visual Arts Program has to offer!

Hallway display cases will have current student work. Additionally, students will be participating in open studio time to draw, paint and work with ceramics.

Visitors to the dark room will have an opportunity to view a display of student projects and speak to photography students about how they develop their own photos.

ATHLETIC TRAINING CENTER

ATC

BROADCAST MEDIA

TELEVISION STUDIO

CAMPUS STORE

STUDENT COMMONS

COMPUTER LAB

ROOM 208 COMPUTER LAB

COLLEGE COUNSELING

ROOM 300 COLLEGE LECTURE HALL

The Athletic Training Center offers strength conditioning for our student-athletes, a fitness center for all of our students and faculty, trainer’s room, lecture hall, nutrition bar, offices and locker rooms.

This facility also boasts a fully-equipped reception center for use by the Bishop Gorman community.

Tours of the ATC will be available from 2:30 – 3:00. Please meet in the Activity Foyer (between the gym and theatre).

Parents and students are invited to come and see the BGTV studio. Visitors will have the opportunity to see how our students gain hands-on experience in producing film and TV programs as producer, camera operator, director, lighting designer, editor, on-air talent and more.

Come experience our Campus Store where you’ll find exciting spirit gear for the entire family.

Join us in the computer lab for a video presentation of student work from Computer Programming, Computer Graphics and Digital Photo classes. Students will be participating in open lab time to work on current projects.

Join our college counselor, Mr. McAllister, to learn about the comprehensive College Planning Program offered to our students. Presentations given at 1:30, 2:00 and 2:30.

COUNSELING PROGRAM

200 HALLWAY ALCOVE

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

ROOM 201, 203

Counselors will be available to discuss the Placement Exam, the Summer Enrichment Program, PSAT, AP Exams and Proficiency Testing at Bishop Gorman as well as to explain the differences between the College Prep, Honors and Scholars diplomas.

Do you have questions regarding the difference between English 1 College Prep, English 1 Honors and English 1 Scholars? If so, please come and visit the English Department in Room 201. Visitors will have an opportunity to view student displays, posters and projects. English books, book lists and course curriculum will be available.

Join us in room 203 to learn more about our Creative Writing Club. Information will also be available regarding the Scholastic Art and Writing Scholarship program, which is open to students in grades th th 7 – 12 .

FINANCIAL AID WORKSHOP

STUDENT COMMONS

Our Director of Finance, Mrs. Roberts, will review the financial aid process with presentations at 1:45 & 2:15.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE: FRENCH 1, 2, 3 & 4 ROOM 109

Mrs. Dixon will be available to speak with parents and students about the French curriculum.

Classroom texts and syllabi will be available.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE: LATIN 1, 2, 3 & 4

ROOM 206

Mr. Rivera will be available to speak with parents and students about the Latin curriculum.

Classroom texts and syllabi will be available.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE: SPANISH 1, 2, 3 & 4 ROOM 101

The Spanish Department will have cultural presentations, text books, syllabi and resources used in class available. Student work samples and projects will also be displayed.

LEARNING CENTER

ROOM 301

Stop by the Learning Center and speak with the Director, Mrs. Porrello and Learning Specialists, Mr. Cooley, Mrs. Davis and Mr. Rivera. The Learning Center offers services for students with a diagnosed mild learning difference due to a learning disability, ADHD, medical conditions, etc. A variety of assistance is available to help students experience success in a college-preparatory curriculum.

Applications for the Learning Center will also be available.

LIBRARY

IMET CENTER LIBRARY

See how traditional and digitized resources combine to provide students with a large and diverse local and virtual library collection, designed to enhance and enrich our students’ learning experiences and meet their curricular goals, while ensuring that they become informed digital citizens as they prepare for college. Visit the BGHS Library, part of the Information Media & Technology (IMET) Center, and see a friendly environment in which students can collaborate, research, learn and study.

Redesigned and highly upgraded with 28 new computers in the summer of 2011, the IMET Center Library now houses 10 state-of-the-art HP TouchSmart 610 all-in-one desktop computers with nextgeneration touch applications; eight HP 3200 Elite desktop computers; and 10 HP ProBook laptop computers. With this updated computing hardware, our new web-based, Follett Destiny library catalog and advanced digital resources, our IMET Center Library provides our students with a complete 21st-century research and learning experience.

In order to provide quality and varied materials for student information and research needs, the BGHS IMET Center Library houses print media in addition to affording access to a variety of electronic information media via subscriptions to five database services. Through these services, students have access to more than 35 databases through several highly-regarded secondary and college-level collections. Also, the library’s virtual collection consists of specialized reference resources for ondemand multidisciplinary research. Through all of these online resources, students have access to materials not available to them on the “open web” through search engines such as Google and Bing, as well as numerous web resources that have been evaluated for content appropriate to our students’ coursework.

Come in and experience our digital resources and our upgraded technology for yourself!

MATHEMATICS CURRICULUM OVERVIEW

ROOM 307

MU ALPHA THETA

ROOM 304

TECHNOLOGY

ROOM 305

The Math Department will have a PowerPoint presentation outlining the math curriculum and describing the three levels of math: College Prep, Honors and Scholars/Advanced Placement. The presentation will include the projected math path for students, including how a student is placed in a math class initially, monitored throughout the year and progresses during their four years at Bishop Gorman.

The Math Honor Society will have videos and demonstrations highlighting projects that students have made to explain math concepts. Examples will include using volume formulas to predict the amount of candy in a jar.

Parents and students will have an opportunity to come and find out how the Math Department incorporates technology into their daily lessons. We will present the use of e-texts within our math curriculum.

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317

STUDENT COMMONS

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CAMPUS STORE

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CONFERENCE ROOM ATHLETIC/ACTIVITIES OFFICES

ST. VIATOR SENIOR PLAZA

404

GIRLS LOCKER ROOM

403 WEIGHT ROOM

402

LIBRAR

401 208 COMPUTER LAB ACTIVITY FOYER

GYMNASIUM BOYS LOCKER ROOM

TELEVISION STUDIO

BLACK BOX

405

AUX. GYMNASIUM

THEATER 400

GYM/ THEATER ENTRANCE

FERTITTA FIELD & ATHLETIC TRAINING CENTER

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321

318

322

316

315

314

313

312

TESTING CENTER

310

311

309

308

307

305

302

303

GROTTO 300 COLLEGE LECTURE HALL

AMPHITHEATER DARK ROOM 206 JOURNALISM

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301 LEARNING CENTER

GAEL OURTYARD

205

306

203

ALUMNI CHAPEL

200

101

201

103

102

ART COURTYARD

ARTS STUDY AREA

202

STUDENT SERVICES

CAMPUS MINISTRY

105

104

107

106

109 111

108

STUDENT ENTRANCE

VISITOR RECEPTION

113 115 ADMINISTRATION BUILDING

110 117

PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTATIONS 12:50 – 1:05

ROOM 106, THEATRE & BLACK BOX

Members of the Varsity Band will be in uniform at the main entrance playing pep music from their repertoire. They will also be playing at Senior Plaza throughout the afternoon.

1:00 – 3:00

ROOM 106

1:10 – 1:40

THEATRE

1:55 – 2:25

BLACK BOX

2:40 – 2:55

THEATRE

Students from our Speech and Debate Team will be presenting the following current tournament events: Oral Declamation, Impromptu, Original Oratory and Congressional Debate.

Gaels on Broadway JV and Varsity / Heart & Soul / Directing Practicum and the Worship Choir will present musical theatre production numbers from their repertoire including I Sing the Body Electric from Fame, A New Argentina from Evita, Ya Got Me from On the Town, One Direction’s What Makes You Beautiful, God Bless America and much more!

Advanced Theatre 1, Advanced Theatre 2 & Theatre Practicum will present scenes from Jonathan Rand’s Check Please.

Gaels Theatre Guild presents highlights from their musical revue; You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown.

2:55 – 3:10

Members of the Varsity Band will be in uniform at the main entrance playing pep music from their repertoire.

INTERESTED IN WATCHING THE CREW OF GAELS THEATRE GUILD? Come to the Theatre in between scheduled performances and watch the transition of set pieces!

PHOTOGRAPHY

DARKROOM (ADJACENT TO ROOM 206)

PUBLICATIONS

ROOM 206

Visitors will have an opportunity to visit the darkroom where students will explain how they develop their own photos. Student projects will be on display.

Journalism students will be working on The Lance student newspaper and Yearbook staff members will be working and designing yearbook pages for The Archive. Students and parents will be able to view previous copies of The Lance and The Archive.

SCIENCE DEPARTMENT

Students and parents will have an opportunity to examine the books for all science courses as well as the syllabi and student projects from Marine Biology, Earth Science and Environmental Science.

ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY

ROOM 320

BIOLOGY

ROOM 317

CHEMISTRY

ROOM 316

PHYSICS

ROOM 313

Honors students will put together a skeleton from a pile of bones and they would appreciate your input in reconstructing the skeleton and naming all of the parts. Visitors will also have an opportunity to test their reflexes with the help of some of our students.

Activities will take place every 30 minutes beginning at 1:15.

Students and parents will have the opportunity to explore how using technology can increase the analysis of lab experiments. Students in our AP Biology and Scholars Biology courses will demonstrate the use of the Lab Quest and the probes.

Chemistry Is All Around Us Paper Chromatography - Do you enjoy watching shows based on forensics? Do you wonder about the techniques that scientists use to separate and identify different molecules, such as DNA? Stop by room 316 to learn about paper chromatography. You will attempt to separate the different molecules found in markers and pens, and possibly create a work of art. Experiments will be conducted at 1:30, 2:00 and 2:30.

The Magic of Physics – Students and parents will have the opportunity to participate in several activities and then understand the physics behind them. Get a Charge - Come and find out about electric fields and charges. See what happens when we fire up the Van De Graaff generator and create an electric charge on a metal sphere and cause it to jump to another metal sphere. Experiments will be conducted at 1:30 and 2:30.

SOCIAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT

ROOM 309, 310 AND 312

Room 310 will host an overview of the social studies curriculum with department faculty members.

Textbooks, syllabi and student projects will be available. In addition, try your skill at US History Revolutionary War Jeopardy!

Our award winning Mock Trial team will conduct a live practice session in Room 309.

Come to room 312 for a discussion and demonstration of our Cultural Geography program.

STUDENT SERVICE CENTER

GYMNASIUM

THE GAEL TRADITION

GYMNASIUM

THEOLOGY AND CAMPUS MINISTRY

CHAPEL

You will receive answers to questions regarding school rules and regulations pertaining to discipline, attendance and dress code.

Stop by the Bishop Gorman Alumni table to get a glimpse of what the Gael Experience is all about.

Nearly sixty years in the making, it’s a lifetime bond you will share with your classmates and thousands of alumni, parents and friends. See how a true community of excellence, camaraderie and spirit can enrich you.

The Department of Theology and Campus Ministry will present an overview of the Catholic Faith and highlights of our Theology curriculum, as well as the scope and sequence of our courses. Our Theology teachers will be available to answer questions.

Come in to learn more about how your student and family can become involved in one of our many exciting Campus Ministry programs. Our campus ministers will present information regarding retreats, liturgy involvement and our community service program.

ATHLETICS The following sports will be represented in the Gymnasium SPORT:

COACH:

Baseball

Mr. Nick Day

Basketball (Women’s)

Ms. Sheryl Krmpotich

Basketball (Men’s)

Mr. Grant Rice

Bowling

Ms. Amy Dawson

Cheerleaders

Mrs. Donna White

Cross Country

Dr. Nick Savatgy

Football

Mr. Tony Sanchez

Golf

Mr. Jim Stanfill

Lacrosse (Women’s)

Ms. Lauren Bennett

Lacrosse (Men’s)

Mr. Ian Devlin

Soccer

Mr. Doug Borgel

Softball

Mr. Kevin Smith

Swimming & Diving

Mr. Ron Aitken

Tennis (Men’s)

Mr. Craig Witcher

Tennis (Women’s)

Mr. Gordon Hammond

Track

Mr. Scott Cooley

Volleyball (Women’s)

Mr. Ed Van Meetren

Volleyball (Men’s)

Mr. Range Larson

Wrestling

Mr. Ricky Lundell

CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS CLUBS:

MODERATOR:

Academic Society Art Club ASG (Student Government) ASL (American Sign Language) Club Band Best Buddies Chess Club Creative Writing Club Cyberpatriots & Computer Graphics Dance Team Gaels Theatre Guild/ International Thespian Society Environmental Club Equestrian Club French Honor Society Gaels Guitar Club Gaels on Broadway Heart and Soul Journalism Latin Club Medical Society Micro Bank Mock Trial Mu Alpha Theta National Art Honor Society National Honor Society National Science Honor Society Photography Club Pre Law Club Science Club Spanish National Honor Society Speech and Debate Varsity Quiz Worship Choir Yearbook

Mrs. Esther Stephenson, Gym Ms. Amy Dawson, Room 110 Mrs. Michele Young, Gym Dr. Mark Hancock, Gym Mr. Steve Purifoy, Theatre Complex Mrs. Dana Porrello and Ms. Nicole Davis, Gym Mr. Kevin Nixon, Room 115 Mrs. Christi McEachern, Room 203 Mr. Sean Feely, Computer Lab Room 208 Mrs. Jackie Sikora, Gym Ms. Elena Ferrante-Martin, Theatre Complex Mr. Ian Devlin, Room 315 Ms. Michelle Migneron, Gym Mrs. Jeanette Dixon, Room 109 Mr. Steve Purifoy, Theatre Complex Ms. Elena Ferrante-Martin, Theatre Complex Ms. Elena Ferrante-Martin, Theatre Complex Mrs. Jacqueline Sikora, Room 206 Mr. Dan Rivera, Room 206 Ms. Sherry Burris and Dr. Karen Alessi, Gym Mr. Kerry Lieb, Gym Mrs. Jodie Gallagher, Room 309 Ms. Kristin Block & Mr. Barrett Henzel, Room 304 Ms. Amy Dawson and Mrs. Lora Feely, Room 117 Mr. John Goertemiller, Gym Dr. Karen Alessi, Gym Mr. Greg Cava, Darkroom Mr. Jay Bonar, Gym Dr. Karen Alessi, Gym Ms. Suzanne Wilson, Room 107 Mrs. Chrissie Ramos, Room 106 Mr. Jhordan Canfield, Gym Ms. Elena Ferrante-Martin, Theatre Complex Mr. Dan Rivera, Room 206

EXPANSION UPDATE

Future Development

Future Development

Practice Field Future Development

Commons Expansion

Education Building

Lecture Halls

As we move forward to meet the needs of the 21st century student, the first phase of our north expansion is in process and is scheduled for completion by August 2013. This phase will include: • Expansion of the Commons to accommodate 750 students • Two additional lecture halls • An education building with 10 classrooms • Two science labs and two computer labs • A lighted practice field for football, soccer and lacrosse • Additional student parking and a landscaped park-like quadrangle 15

KEY DATES FROM BISHOP GORMAN EVENT

PLACEMENT EXAM WINTER MUSIC EXTRAVAGANZA MAKE-UP PLACEMENT EXAM DEADLINE TO APPLY FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE SPRING MUSICAL INTO THE WOODS NEW STUDENT REGISTRATION GUITAR JAM SPRING ACTING SHOWCASE SPRING MUSIC SPECTACULAR

DATE

DECEMBER 1, 2012

TIME

DETAILS

8:00 a.m.

Complete the online application and register for the Placement Exam at bishopgorman.org Theatre

DECEMBER 14 & 15, 2012 JANUARY 12, 2013

8:00 a.m.

Gymnasium

FEBRUARY 28, 2013 MARCH 1 – 10, 2013

Theatre

MARCH 18 – 22, 2013 APRIL 4, 2013

Black Box

APRIL 26 & 27, 2013

Theatre

MAY 17 & 18, 2013

Theatre

DID YOU KNOW…  Bishop Gorman awarded over $1,000,000 in financial assistance for the 2012-2013 school year  Forty percent of the students at Bishop Gorman receive financial assistance  Applications are being accepted for Tuition Assistance for the 2013-2014 school year Application may be filed online at www.factstuitionaid.com  The due date for Tuition Assistance applications is February 28, 2013 Incoming freshmen will be notified in March 2013

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