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CPFA
CASCIA HALL PARENT FACULTY ASSOCIATION
Dear Cascia Hall Community,
Well, summer is finally here! We have experienced another spectacular
graduation at St. Rita Chapel, which has to be one of
the most beautiful graduations in Tulsa! The red roses that adorn the
Chapel are always absolutely gorgeous and make for such a special evening.
Congratulations to all the graduates and award winners!
Spring was a very busy time around the school for the CPFA volunteers.
First, I would like to thank Robin Cargile and Cindy Marshall
for a very fun and successful Celebrate Cascia. Everyone looked great
in Great Gatsby attire and it was the most successful Celebrate Cascia
in history! Their committee worked many hours to put on the event.
I would like to give a special thanks to Christy Carter and Tammy
Hern for chairing the Patrons this year. Dianne Henderson did an
outstanding job gathering live auction items for this year’s auction as
well as Shea Roach and Theresa Peters and their committee for collecting
online and silent auction items. This year’s Celebrate Cascia
included the “Pearls of Wisdom” which raised over $15,000 in scholarship
funds. Other committee members doing an outstanding job
were Chris Lambert, Margaret Ferrell, Jill Powers, Heather Duncan,
Melissa Phenicie, Lee Taylor, Corey Elias, Jamie Wilson, Catherine
Hickman, Donna Merrifield and Nikki Rhoades.
I would like to thank my Executive Board for arranging the reception
for the New Student/Parent Orientation in April. Many thanks
also go to Mary Sokolosky and Sadie Fuller for hosting the Teachers
Appreciation Spring Luncheon in April. To wrap up other CPFA
events, I would like to thank Cathy McClanahan for the 8th Grade
Recognition reception, Kimberly Martindale and Wyn Dee Baker for
hosting the Scholastic Recognition receptions and Laura Dennis for
the graduation reception. CPFA supports several senior activities as
well. Many thanks to Teresa Butler and Janice McKee for organizing
the Road Rally and Mary Sokolosky for chairing the senior graduation
all night party. Mary Eck and Catherine Hickman did a fabulous job
chairing the Baccalaureate Dinner and coordinating a large group of
junior class volunteers to act as hosts. This Cascia tradition is certainly
a highlight for the graduates and their families.
Finally, as I wrap up my year as CPFA president, I truly feel blessed
to have had this opportunity to serve the Cascia Hall Community. I
would like to welcome Nikki Rhoades as the new CPFA president.
Please take a few minutes to complete and return the CPFA Volunteer
Form that she mailed to you in May. Please support her and the
upcoming CPFA Board to have another successful year!
Sincerely,
Ketrin Boone
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Faculty Enrichment
The following faculty received federal Title
IIA funding to attend professional development
activities this year. Thank you to Mary
Brown for all her time and expertise in helping
them navigate the bureaucratic waters to
secure this funding!
Jan Polumbus, Tami Gnaedig, and Eva
Cieri attended the annual conference of
the American Council on the Teaching of
Foreign Languages.
Three teachers attended week-long summer
Advanced Placement Institutes: Pam Benne
for both calculus and statistics, Sally Fenska
for biology, and Tami Gnaedig for Spanish.
Four teachers attended an Advanced
Placement and pre-AP math workshop:
Angela Kaase, Sandy Cook, Pam Benne,
and Susan Robinett.
The entire English department participated
in a Shared Inquiry training from the
Great Books Foundation: Cathy Luccock,
Catherine Sims, Mary Elliott, Ashley
Dugan, Lee Ann Cavener, Ali Barnes, Carla
Fox, and Elise Baie.
Joan Hubble attended the Oklahoma
Technology Administrators’ Encyclo-Media
conference.
Ashley Dugan and Elise Baie attended the
annual conference of the National Council of
Teachers of English.
Sally Fenska attended the annual conference
of the National Association of Biology
Teachers.
Thomas Perrault began work on his master’s
degree in educational leadership at Southern
Nazarene University.
Catherine Sims attended the annual convention
of the International Reading Association.
Debby Powers and Roxi Vincent attended
the National Science Teachers Association’s
Next Generation Science conference.