RE-REGISTRATION FORMS DUE
Re-registration forms are being sent home on Monday, March 12th and must be returned by Monday, April 2nd.  Once you have indicated that you would like to
re-register, we will send home the actual re-registration forms.  Please return your
re-registration forms, together with the registration fee for next year, on or before Monday, April 2nd. 

We are getting numerous phone calls from parents of new students.  I want to give first priority to current students already attending Hope Hall, but will only hold places for them until Tuesday, April 3rd.  After that date, new students for the 2007-2008 school year will be accepted into Hope Hall, and your child will not be guaranteed a spot.

Transportation Requests are due to each district by April 1, 2007.

Tuition Scholarship Application Forms are due by April 30, 2007. Applications for Scholarships cannot be given until registration is complete and registration fee is paid.

ANNOUNCING:  ICE CREAM SOCIAL AND “BUY ONE-GET ONE FREE” BOOK FAIR
On Thursday, March 30th, Hope Hall will sponsor an ice cream social for our families, and a “buy one-get one free” book fair.
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UPCOMING READING MARATHON
Last year between April 1st and June 1st, Hope Hall students, parents, and teachers read over 180,000 pages as each reader, represented by a symbol from the Middle Ages (including the jester hat, the knights and their ladies, shields, crowns, or other items representing the time period), moved across a giant time line in order to reach the Community Room Castle.
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SPORTS UPDATE: Flower City Basketball League – Year One    
As you know, Hope Hall and several other teams were not allowed to play in the CYO League this year because we were not a Catholic School or part of a parish.
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SERVING OTHERS:  PENNIES FOR PATIENTS    
During the month of February, students and staff participated in the “Pennies for Patients” program to benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.  All during the month, pennies and spare change were collected in each homeroom and in the Main Office, and even though we had no school for one week, and were missing from school on 4 additional snow days, the final total collected was $650.00.

Congratulations to all of our 112 students, our staff, and some generous friends of Hope Hall for putting others first and making this program a success.  You can all be proud of your commitment to your community!

Walk for Hope
The third annual Walk for Hope will take place on Thursday, May 24th.  All students, faculty, and staff will take part in the walk and will be gathering sponsors.  Our goal is for each participant to raise  $100.00.  This Walk for Hope is a critical element in our operating budget.  We need to raise $15,000 total.

If you would like to sponsor a student, please send your donation to Linda Foster in the Development Office and she will give credit to a student in need of sponsors.  Checks should be made payable to Hope Hall.   You may sponsor a child for as little as $5.00 or you may sponsor several children, or you may sponsor an entire homeroom at 12 students for as little as $60.00.  Thank you for any help you can give to our Walk for Hope.

United Way Donor Option
It is more important than ever for us to increase our United Way Donor Option base.  The cost per student for next year’s budget will be based on 115 students.  The deficit we’ll need to raise for each child is $8000.  Money received from United Way Donors is crucial to our operations.  Please, please, please consider becoming a United Way Donor yourself and designating Hope Hall to receive your gift.  Please ask family members, friends, and co-workers to do the same.  For Hope Hall, each dollar from United Way Donors is not extra or “icing on the cake.”  It is desperately needed for us to meet our basic, bare bones, no-frills budget.

The campaign begins on April 1 and runs until May 15th.  Here are the steps to follow to contribute to Hope Hall through the United Way Donor Choice Option:

• Ask your United Way Volunteer for a 2006 United Way Donor Choice Designation Form.  Without it, you cannot specify that you wish your contribution to go to Hope Hall.
• Fill out Choice No. 4 on the Donor Choice Designation Form.
• Indicate the portion of your donation that you want to go to HOPE HALL, UNITED WAY AGENCY ID # 2108.
• Return your completed Donor Choice Designation Form, along with your Pledge Card, to your Volunteer Fund-raiser.