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DIVERSITY WEEK - NEXT WEEK!
Please, remember that next week is our Diversity Week, which is coordinated with Catholic Schools Week. We especially invite you to bring food and help us with serving it for the International Food Festival on Thursday. If you can’t stay to help, please, don’t hesitate to send the food with your daughters! Also, encourage your daughters to dress up for Ancestral Dress Day on Wednesday. We encourage them to wear any kind of array of cultural dress, no matter how many cultural heritages they can name! Thank you for your participation and support! Please click here to see important information about the week's schedule of Diversity Week events.
-The Diversity Club and the Solidarity Committee

SOLIDARITY DAY NEED VOLUNTEERS & FOOD
If you think feeding one class is a challenge, get READY for the Annual Solidarity Day Lunch when we serve the ENTIRE student body! At this lunch we try to give the girls a tasting of foods from as many ethnic backgrounds as possible. We need many families to donate a homemade food item (donor forms set home on Fri, Jan. 18) that serves 10 to 20 portions and can be delivered to school on Thursday, Jan. 31. We also need 75 parents to help pull this feat off. If you are interested in volunteering, please e-mail Ann Laws at ferris104@aol.com. REMINDER: If you are providing food for the luncheon, please bring it in a disposable aluminum tray or container, label the dish (what it is and country or origin) and inidicate if is to be served hot or cold.

LENTEN RETREAT ON SCHEDULE, RSVP TODAY
The Strake Jesuit and St. Agnes Mothers’ Clubs’ Lenten Retreat
Spending the Day with the Jesus of John’s Gospel
Facilitated by Fr. Mark Thibodeaux, S.J.

Wednesday, February 27th
8:30 a.m. Coffee and Pastries
9:00 a.m. Retreat Begins 
12:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. Eucharistic Celebration

The Cenacle Retreat House
420 Kirkwood, Houston, Texas
$30 per person

Space is limited, so please reply soon. 

IMPORTANT NEWS FROM THE SAA BOOSTER CLUB
The Booster Club is pleased to announce new times and more chances for all members of the St. Agnes community to purchase your much needed and in-demand sweatshirts, uniform attire, coffee mugs, water bottles, polo shirts and all other items supporting St. Agnes Academy.  Starting Tuesday February 5, 2008, the concession stand will be open from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. for the students and SAA community to come browse and buy whatever merchandise and items you need.  The concession stand will be open EVERY week on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 11:00 am to 1:00 p.m.  You will also be able to order any items you desire from our new internet store. Prices and merchandise items will be listed on the Web site. Any questions, please feel free to contact Jerry Kimmitt at jerrykimmitt@leggefarrow.com.

FATHER/DAUGHTER BRUNCH
Dads and daughters, mark your calendars for the Father/Daughter Brunch and Liturgy, held on Sunday February 3, 2008. Our speaker this year will be former NFL coach and SAA grandfather Jack Pardee. Send in your reply card by January 25th or click here to print it out! Cost: $25 per person.  

ATTENTION SENIORS & PARENTS: College Rush Information Program
Time Change: Tuesday, JANUARY 29 @ 6:00 PM - SAA Strake Family Cafeteria
The SAA Mothers’ Club will provide information concerning sororities in general, area recruitment roundtables/registration schedules, example of how to put together a recruitment packet, tips on appropriate attire, etc. Guidelines and deadlines will be discussed and a helpful informational packet will be available.  NOTE: this is the only scheduled meeting; so PLEASE attend. 

MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR GALA!
The Gala is right around the corner! Be on the look out for Web site updates and groovy sign up parties....all to come soon! Reserve your spot at the Gala ASAP. Mail in your reply card by Feb. 8th. Questions? Contact Mary Louise Berry. mlberry@st-agnes.org

WE NEED YOUR MILES!
Interested in donating airline mileage for the gala? Help us get a TICKET TO RIDE for this GROOVY GALA and spruce up our travel packages!  Contact Mary Louise Berry at mlberry@st-agnes.org

The Wings to Fly: 2008 Mother/Daughter Luncheon and Senior Style Show
The 2008 Mother/Daughter Luncheon and Senior Style Show will be
held April 28th at the George R. Brown Convention Center.  Everyone 
is invited and encouraged to attend. All senior girls participating in the 2008 Style Show should note that fittings are scheduled to take place the week of April 21st after school and in the evenings. Exact dates will be available in the spring but for now, models, please leave those afternoons open.will be held April 28th at the George R. Brown Convention Center. Everyone
is invited and encouraged to attend.

SAA Laptop Program Info: Important Warranty and Repair Info
ThinkPad warranty:
4-year standard manufacture warranty
4-year ThinkVantage accidental damage warranty (physical damage not covered under the standard warranty)
4-year 24x7 manufacture warranty telephone support

St. Agnes Academy provides an onsite warranty depot for notebooks purchased through the school.
St. Agnes ships all notebooks with physical damage to Lenovo for accidental damage repair.
The CAVE provides basic PC maintenance such as software updates, spyware removal and virus scanning.
The CAVE provides support for school supplied software.
The CAVE is open Mon-Fri from 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

For after hours support you can take advantage of the Manufacture warranty support line:
Lenovo ThinkPad Support
24 hours/day - 7 days/week
1-800-426-7378 - www.lenovo.com

If you need after hours help beyond your warranty Lenovo has a pay-per-issue support line:
Lenovo Expert Live ($99 per issue)
24 hours/day - 7 days/week (U.S. based support)
Help with how-tos, Operating System, software, networking, virus and spyware issues, system and internet security, accessories, multimedia and more.
1-866-63-THINK - www.lenovo.com

Important dates from the music department
TPSMEA in San Antonio - Thursday, Jan 31 to Saturday, Feb. 2 
Spring Musical, "Merrily We Roll Along" - Feb. 28, 29, and March 2, 7, and 8  

Attention, Senior Parents -
Senior students received their most recent rank during homeroom on Thursday, January 24th.  Students will be ranked one more time after completing their eighth and final semester worth of work.  If your daughter was not in homeroom on Thursday, she may pick up her rank letter from Mrs. Willhelm in the counseling office.

Attention, Junior Parents -
We will be mailing the junior rank letters home sometime around Wednesday, February 6th.  This will be the first ranking for the juniors and the purpose is to give the students an idea of how they are doing in comparison to their classmates.  This ranking is not shared with colleges since students do not apply until the fall of their senior year and will have a new ranking a the end of this school year.  The ranking you will receive in the mail is based on a quintile system which differentiates students into 5 distinct groupings.  If you have any questions after you receive this information, please let your daughter’s counselor know.

We will also include a letter about our new web-based college resource, Naviance. We are excited about this program and will be sharing details with your daughter during their spring conferences.  Some of the tools included are College Search, College Match, College Compare, Acceptance History, Visit Schedule, Scholarship List, Scholarship Match, and Tracking Transcripts.  Look for more information about this wonderful tool in future Tiger Tracks.

Attention Sophomores, Juniors, and your families!
Please join us for the annual St. Agnes/Strake Jesuit College Information Night on Tuesday, February 5 from 7-9 p.m..  This is your chance to learn about the college admission and application process from experts in the field.  Representatives from Rice University, Southwestern University, Texas A&M, University of Texas at Austin, Texas Tech University, Trinity University, and University of Houston Honors College will be discussing a variety of topics related to admissions, programs of study, and financial aid. We will also have four student representatives from the senior class who will discuss their experience with the application process and answer any questions you may have about the college search/application process. Our program begins at 7 p.m. in the St. Agnes Auditorium. We look forward to seeing you there!

January events .. 
Diversity Week is next week and The International Food Festival, also known as Solidarity Day, is scheduled for Thursday, January 31, 2008.  All families at the school are encouraged to send in their favorite ethnic dish to share.  Many volunteers are needed to set up and serve these delicious dishes.  Please contact Ann Laws, Ferris104@aol.com , if you are available to help.

Upcoming events ..
Many, many volunteers/hosts are needed for Career Day on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008.  Please contact Suzanne Nelson, snelson62@comcast.net  if you can help.

A Lenten Retreat, in collaboration with Strake Jesuit Mothers’ Club is planned for Wednesday, Feb. 27 at The Cenacle Retreat House.  Please check the website to download a registration form. Featured speaker is Fr. Mark Thibodeaux. S.J.  Please contact Karen Counter, karencounter@aol.com  with questions. Space is limited.

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