August 21, 2019  |  PARENT ENEWS 

Dear Mercy Families,

  

It has been so wonderful having your daughters back to school. I am enjoying getting to know them and appreciate the smiles they are sharing with all of us. 

 

Next Tuesday is Back to School Night at 6PM. At 5:30PM that same evening we will have our New Parent Orientation as well as our Sophomore Parent Night. We hope that you will attend these events- parent partnership and participation are so important to ensuring student success, and we want to partner with you to ensure your daughters are as successful as they can be. If for some reason you are unable to attend please be sure to follow up with your daughter's teachers and counselors. Please remember that the following day, Wednesday, August 28th, we have a 9:15AM late start.

 

Should you have any questions or concerns please don't ever hesitate to reach out. Have a wonderful rest of your week. 

 

Thanks,

Natalie Cirigliano Brosnan '02
Head of School

Back to School Night
Tuesday, Aug. 27 - 6:00 - 8:00 pm

Join us for Back to School Night on the Mercy campus for an opportunity to take a walk in your daughter's footsteps.  A schedule of the night's events will start with your daughter's first class and follow her entire schedule. Click HERE to print out a blank template for your daughter to fill in her schedule, room numbers and teacher names for this event. Click HERE to view the invitation.

 

New Parent Orientation (Great Hall) and Sophomore Parent Night (Sequoia) are at 5:30pm before Back to School Night. 

Dad's Project - We need your help!

The Mercy Dad's group is asking dads and guardians to assist with a hands-on project for our Mercy campus on Sunday, August 25th 8:30am-2pm. We are in need of some helpers to assemble flexible classroom seating for our girls! This project will facilitate a collaborative learning environment through movable classroom furniture. Come connect with fellow dads/guardians! CLICK HERE if you can attend a shift. Lunch will be provided. If you have any questions please contact asilva@mercyhsb.com. 

Mercy Student and Parent Handbook

All Mercy Students and Parents are responsible for reading and following all policies in the Mercy Student and Parent Handbook. The Handbook can be found HERE. After reading, both parents and students must click and fill out the digital Acknowledge Form by Sept. 1st. If you have any questions please email Claire Rietmann-Grout the Assistant Head of School for Student Life.

2019-2020 Book List

The Mercy Book List is posted online, and you will notice Mercy has a new procedure for apps, books, and supplies provided through the school. Families with students enrolled in the classes highlighted in yellow will be billed for the book through the FACTS system on Aug. 30. Mercy will no longer collect checks for these items. You can email your teacher or the department chairs with any questions. 

 

Use our Amazon Associates link on the SHOP FOR MERCY page to earn money for Mercy as you do your back-to-school shopping! 

Frosh Splash at Serra High School Pool
Friday, August 23 - 3:15-4:45pm

All Freshmen are invited to the Frosh Splash at the Serra High School Pool. Permission slips were given in advisory and are due by Friday at late lunch to the Main Office. If you have questions contact Coach RG.

Freshmen Tri-School Dance
at Notre Dame Belmont High School

Friday, August 23 - 7:45-9:45pm

Tickets are $10 at the door. Dress code will be posted on Schoology.

New Parent Orientation is 5:30pm - Tuesday, August 27th - Great Hall - before Back to School Night 

School administration will provide new families with information important to your transition into Mercy High School such as how to access PowerSchool and Schoology, our online learning management systems.

Cheers to you!

Please join us at the Class of 2023 Head of School New Parent Reception, September 11, 2019 at 7:00 pm. Meet and mingle with other freshmen parents, members of our Leadership Team and Mercy Parent Club representatives. View invite HERE.

 

Click HERE to RSVP.

Sophomore Parent Night is 5:30pm - Tuesday, August 27th before Back to School Night

The Sophomore parent meeting is at 5:30 in Sequoia on August 27th. We will be giving a general overview of what to expect in the sophomore year. 

The make-up date to order a Mercy Class Ring is Thursday, August 29, before school 7:30am in the Cafeteria.The rings that are ordered now will be blessed and delivered at the ring ceremony on October 23rd.

If you have any questions please reach out to Mr. Bill Reid from Jostens -415-472-7871 or bill.reid@jostens.com

Senior Parent emails: On Fridays, I will send out emails with reminders and checklists for students to work on. The first one will go out this Friday. If you do not receive it, please email me right away. My calendar will be available as of Friday to schedule college meetings. - Francesca Ohanessian

Parent Response Form: Please complete this form by September 1st! The form can be returned via email to fohanessian@mercyhsb.com

 

Save the Date:  Senior Parent Meeting on September 10th at 6:30 in the Great Hall. We will also be hosting a Coffee with Counselors for the Senior Parents on September 20th at 8:00 in the Reception Room.

Please feel free to contact me anytime with concerns or comments at 650-762-1107. I am looking forward to a great 2019-20 with Mercy Athletics!

Charlie Dougherty, Athletic Director

 

Follow Mercy Athletics on Twitter for game updates and scores!

All results of each team can be found in the Mercy scoreboard-place HERE

Congratulations to all of our fall athletes who successfully completed the fall tryout process. For the most part, all of the rosters have been finalized for Volleyball, Tennis, Golf, Cross Country and Water Polo. We had a significant number of athletes turn out for our fall teams! We look forward to a great fall season of competition with all of our teams. We will be notifying all parents of the individual team parent meetings in the coming weeks.

Games & Practice Schedule

August 22 - 28

It's back-to-school time and we know that means shopping lists for the family! Mercy earns a percentage when you shop on Amazon, shop for groceries, eat out, travel, etc. at no cost to you! Visit our SHOP FOR MERCY page to learn more. 

Calendar & Important Dates

Important dates for the beginning of the school year can be found on the Calendar Page of the Mercy website. You will find the full Mercy Calendar as well as instructions on how to add it to your own personal calendar. 

Parent Opportunities Survey 

The Mercy Parent Club is looking forward to this year's events and opportunities! MPC hosts many beloved Mercy traditions and supports various branches of the Mercy community throughout the year. Please take a moment to share with us your interests, and provide feedback on what you'd like to see at Mercy next year by filling out the 2019-2020 Parent Volunteer Opportunities form.

Parking Lot Etiquette 
Pick up and drop off at Mercy is often a busy time. Student safety is our biggest priority. The following suggestions will help keep traffic flowing both on and off campus. 

 

• Enter the campus through the Main Entrance on Adeline and Alvarado. This is the only high school entrance. 
• Students must enter or exit vehicles on the passenger side only.
• For safety purposes, students may not be dropped off or picked up off campus or on side streets. 
• Carpool whenever possible.
•  Drive slowly (10mph maximum) while on campus, and drive with care while entering and exiting the property. Keep in mind our school is in a neighborhood and we want to be respectful of our neighbors.
• Consider dropping your daughter off between 7:20 a.m. and 7:40 a.m. when the traffic is lighter.  After school, we recommend that you wait and pickup 15 minutes after the school day has ended. With the juniors and seniors leaving campus, it is very congested immediately after school.

Mercy Library Research web page updates
This summer the research page has undergone some major changes.  We now have a single search box which allows all the databases and the catalog to be searched with one click of a button, as well as new databases and a new look for the page.  All students should have a close look at this page in preparation for their first research papers.

Summer reading book clubs - We are excited to host our Summer Reading Book Clubs on Aug. 30 during Collaboration. All students chose their books in May, and should have just about finished reading. Please ask your girls about the book they chose! They will be expected to discuss the book as though they were at a book club - relating it to their own lives, considering which character they liked best and why etc. 
 

Reading for pleasure - This year the library has even more e-books available and the hard copy books are being updated frequently.  Please drop by the library to find the perfect book to read for that occasional bit of down time.