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I N S I D E T H I S
I S S U E :
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LASALLIAN TRADITION
Diocese of Tulsa
DEC 2014/JAN 2015
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Upcoming Dates: Mass for Feast of the
Immaculate
Conception, December 8
Faculty Day of Recollection,
January 4. (Monday).
Dr. Greg Kopra, Assistant
Director of Education from the San Francisco-New Orleans
District of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, will be
facilitating.
Search, December 12-13
Lasallian Service Saturday Food Basket Distribution at Catholic Charities, December 20.
Men’s Kairos 90,
January 22—25
Catholic Schools Week Mass,
January 29
http://www.bishopkelley.org/student-life-faith/christian-service
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To register for these tests go to www.actstudent.org and sat.org/register.
When you register for a test, make sure that you put in Bishop
Kelley’s school code 373-620, or we will not receive the scores.
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Students interested in learning about the opportunities available for high school students at Tulsa Tech-nology Center should visit with their Guidance Counselor as soon as possible. Interested students should plan to attend the Tulsa Tech
Informational Forum scheduled for Tuesday, December 9th, during first block. Sign up in the MQP.
Vicki Hendrickson, Director of Financial Aid at the University of Tulsa will be on campus, Wednesday, January14, 2015 at 6 p.m. in the Student Commons to discuss the college financial aid process. She will discuss the FAFSA, scholarships, loans, grants, and work study plus leave time to answer questions. For more information or questions, contact Cheryl Sanders or Maureen Lawler in the Guidance Office.
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CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations to BK's
Girls Cross Country Team
who qualified to receive an
Academic Achievement
Certificate from the
Oklahoma Secondary
School Activities
Association! To receive the
certificate, the team had to
have a minimum
cumulative grade point
average of 3.25 and rank in
the upper one-third of the
their classification.
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Karen, Kristi, Father O’Brien, and the Grisaffe children
Karen with her children—Corrine ‘08, Kat, Anna ‘05, and Chaz ‘12
Parent Teacher Organization Sharon Hammond, PTO President
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All families are
invited for pictures with
Santa, ice cream
sundaes, games, holiday
movies, and more!
Donations will be
accepted at the door and
all proceeds will benefit
the Bishop Kelley
Academic Bowl Team.
Sundaes with Santa is
open to the public, so
please invite your
friends!
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https://
www.bishopkelley.org/
about/spirit-store
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Giving to Bishop Kelley is a personal thing as most gifts to BK come from the heart. Either the alumnus who is giving had a great
experience while a student at BK, or he or she recognizes the need for a Catholic, diocesan high school in Tulsa to remain a strong
force for generations to come. It’s the same for current or alumni parents who give as they recognize what BK has done for their
children and may possibly do for their grandchildren someday.
This past summer, we finished a $2.1M project to put geothermal energy in half of our campus facilities. That couldn’t have been
accomplished without help from the Catholic Foundation of Eastern Oklahoma or the three-year pledges that so many of you
have made and will complete in 2015.
There’s brand new furniture and furnishings in the Admissions/Guidance area and in the main building faculty and staff lounge
thanks to a donor family that saw the need. They even gifted a new tile floor, new cabinetry, and other improvements for the
lounge which provides a great respite for our faculty and staff who often spend very long hours on the BK campus.
A new lighting system in the chapel was gifted by a family that feels strongly about the upkeep of our campus worship space.
And what makes their gift even better is that the new lights are so much more energy efficient than the old system; thus,
lowering operating costs just like our geothermal system.
Several donors stepped up and funded trees and crepe myrtles that will be full of BK-red blooms next fall. Some of these trees
were planted in honor of former students who are now deceased. Other donors provided new campus signage which has
benefited first-time visitors on a daily basis.
Recently, we put together a proposal for a grandparent of current BK students to consider funding a second Robotics team at BK
including all of the necessary equipment; in addition, the proposal called for the donor to fund equipment that BK will place at
diocesan elementary schools to establish new, or bolster existing robotics teams at the middle and even elementary school level.
Thankfully, the donor agreed to make the $73,000 gift needed to make this project a reality over the next few months.
As more and more students become involved in BK’s very strong Fine Arts program, it became apparent to us that better lighting
and sound systems were needed for the theater along with a host of many other upgrades that will benefit our students who are
performing and their teachers as well. The $67,000 project was presented to a donor who agreed to fund half of it as long we
secured the other half matched by other Bk supporters. We did that, and thanks to many of you, our students will put on five
performances of Cinderella in late January with a host of new features.
As you can tell by reading this, there are many needed improvements across the campus; whether it’s planting more trees that
will provide shade enjoyed by other generations, or much-needed upgrades to athletics facilities which are currently underway,
or new gifts to help grow our endowment that can be channeled to such things as named tuition assistance funds, the needs are
many.
Hopefully you’ve noticed the physical plant improvements that have been made, are aware of the ones that still need to be
made, and are willing to utilize your connections in the community as well as your own personal resources to help make future
improvements for our students and the students to come.
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And please don’t forget about our endowment, gifts to tuition assistance for our needier families, and planned gifts
through your estates that can benefit BK many years down the road. We’ve secured just over $2M in planned gifts
over the past 18 months and I know we have the affinity among the BK community to secure that much and more
over the next 18 months.
So thank you for recognizing the need to support BK in so many different ways. And thank you especially for
answering the call from student or parent callers who are soliciting gifts for annual fund, for reading emails asking
you to provide support to BK, and for contacting Father and me without being asked and offering your support. It’s
the wonderful response from you that makes Bishop Kelley such a special place.
Doug Thomas,
Director of Advancement
[email protected] Mobile: 918.949.8872
Some statistics of note to you:
Only about 3.5% of BK alumni give back to the school annually. That’s the lowest of all Catholic high schools in
Oklahoma and well below the national average at other top Catholic High Schools.
While our oldest alumni are now in their 70’s as we finish our 55th year of existence, the total gifts made to BK by
parents of alumni far outpaces overall giving from alumni.
Just over 50% of all parents of current students at BK typically give to the annual fund (Believe in Kelley) each
year. Last year’s annual fund provided our students with six new buses including a first-ever coach bus along
with substantial support for tuition assistance.
Over 90% of our faculty and staff make monetary gifts to BK annually.
All members of BK’s Advisory Council give back to the school each year, with a record $140,000 in gifts coming
from last year’s Advisory Council members.
Thank you to all those that continue to generously donate to Bishop Kelley!
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Club ‘16 Christmas Party Hosted by Lori Lassman 7:00
Visit www.BishopKelley.org
for complete calendar, school,
and sports information
December 2014
Late Start - 9 am
Late Start - 9 am
Adoration 7:45 am-2:45 pm PTO Meeting 8:30 am
Library Meeting Room Book Fair
Dec. 1-5
Feast of the
Immaculate conception
9:40 am All are welcome
All-School Mass
B/G Soph BB @ BA
B/G FR BB @ Sand Springs
NHS Induction Ceremony Chapel 7 pm
Faculty Meeting
Finals: 1st & 2nd Finals: 3rd & 4th
Late Start - 9 am Late Start - 9 am
12:15 Dismissal 12:15 Dismissal
Lasallian Service Day
Beans & Jeans Day
Sundaes with Santa
2-4 pm Commons
Christmas Break—Classes Resume on Tuesday, January 6th
Faculty Inservice—Monday, January 5th
Auction Free Dress Day
Father/Daughter Dance Cafeteria 6:30-8:30 pm
B/G FR Basketball @ Union 9th Grade Tournament Search Retreat—Friday through Sunday
Club ‘15 Christmas Party Hosted by Lori &Terence McNulty
6:30 pm Break out your
ugliest Christmas sweater!
Club ‘17 Holiday Celebration Hosted by Aurora & Victor Young
7:00 pm
Winter Choir Concert
STC 7:00 pm
BK Spirit Store 2:30-4:30 pm Cafeteria
BK Spirit Store 2:30-4:30 pm Cafeteria
BK Spirit Store 2:30-4:30 pm Cafeteria
Late Start - 9 am
B/G Soph BB vs Union
B/G BB @ Vinita Tournament December 8-13 TBA
B/G BB vs Muskogee
B/G BB @ Union B/G BB @ Sand Springs
B/G FR BB vs Sapulpa
B/G FR BB @ Union
Boys Soph BB vs Bixby
B/G Swimming @ Bixby
Wrestling vs Hale
Wrestling vs Webster
Wrestling @ Okmulgee Tournament
Wrestling vs Tahlequah/Shawnee
Wrestling @ Norman
...Prepare a way
for the Lord.
Make his paths
straight! John 1:23
Advent Reconciliation 1st & 2nd Blocks
Advent Reconciliation 3rd & 4th Blocks