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Malvern Weekly
For the Week of August 30, 2010
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Welcome new Malvern families and welcome back returning ones!
Each Thursday evening, the Malvern Weekly will keep you up-to-date on all the upcoming events for the weeks ahead and recent Malvern news. Often, this electronic newsletter may be the only place an event or initiative is advertised. Stay in the loop and read the Malvern Weekly - your source for School news and information. To request postings to future publications, please e-mail Jim Mack, Director of Communications, or call 484-595-1117.
Malvern Prep Website Login Information
Point Person: Christa Amos, Director of Web Communications - 484-595-1157
Occasionally, select news and information on the Malvern Prep website is password protected to ensure that the information is exclusive to select Malvern Prep constituents such as Parents, Students, Faculty, Staff and the Board of Trustees. Login is necessary to access these exclusive news items. Malvern Prep parents, students, faculty, staff and trustees are each supplied a unique User ID and Password. Your unique User ID and your password can be located in your emailed distribution of the Weekly. This information is posted at the upper right hand side of that email
. Please make a note of it. Following login, you have the ability to update your profile, change your password and, when necessary, change your e-mail information.
PLEASE NOTE: Login Accounts to the Malvern Prep Website are different than the login accounts for My Backpack and Naviance Family Connection.
If you have any questions regarding your Malvern Prep Website account, please contact Christa Amos.
Early Optional Registration – August 27 – O’Neill Center
Point Person: Steve Valyo, Upper School Dean – 484-595-1155
This year, Malvern is offering an Early Optional Registration Day on Friday, August 27 in the O’Neill Center. You will be able to register, receive your class schedules/rosters, purchase your books and take your yearbook and I.D. photos. Please note that you will not be able to register for classes or participate in any fall sport unless all medical forms have been turned in. All medical forms can be found here on the Malvern website.
- Register for classes.
- Receive class schedules/rosters.
- Take yearbook photos. Formal dress is required for yearbook photos: shirt, tie, sport coat. If you take your yearbook photo this day, you do not have to wear formal dress on the first day of school.
- Registration times are as follows:
- 6th grade, 8:00 a.m.
- 7th grade, 9:00 a.m.
- 8th grade, 10:00 a.m.
- 9th grade, 10:00 a.m.
- 10th grade, 11:00 a.m.
- 11th and 12th grades, noon.
- Registration will last until 3:00 p.m.
- Parents with students in more than one grade may choose which time to come. All students in the same family may register at the same time.
- Please note – class schedules/rosters will not be available at the Book Sale in Stewart Hall – you must register in O’Neill to receive your class roster and all medical forms must be turned in.
Back-to-School Book Sale and Friars Resale – August 27 – Stewart Hall
Point Person: Nancy Gustitis, Director of Purchasing – 484-595-1126
- The Malvern Prep Back-to-School Book Sale will be open on Friday, August 27 in Stewart Hall as follows:
- 8:00 a.m. - 6th grade (Campus Store)
- 9:00 a.m. - 7th grade (Campus Store)
- 10:00 a.m. - 8th grade (Campus Store)
- 11:00 a.m. - 9th grade (Dining Hall)
- Noon - 10th grade (Dining Hall)
- 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. - 11th and 12th grades (Dining Hall)
- Parents with students in more than one grade may choose which time to come. All students in the same family may purchase books at the same time.
- I.D. photos may also be taken at this time if needed. Tom Gray, Director of Dining Services, will be set up in Stewart Hall for I.D. photos. All new students must have their photo taken for their I.D. card.
- The Friars Resale Shop will be open during all Book Sale hours.
NEW FOR FALL in the Campus Store! Under Armour Sports Sweatshirts for Football, Lacrosse and Soccer! Also stop by and see all the new Under Armour and the latest item from NIKE available exclusively at Malvern Prep - The Hoodless Hoodie!
The Book Sale and Campus Store will be completely stocked with everything that your son needs for back to school including shorts, T-shirts and all new Under Armour clothing, uniform polos and sweaters, as well as stationery, Malvern Day Planners and calculators. Grades 7-12 will receive a list of stationery items that they will need from their teachers during class and the Campus Store will have in stock all necessary items including book socks, notebooks, pens and pencils, etc.
Back-to-School Book Sale and Friars Resale – August 30 – Stewart Hall
Point Person: Nancy Gustitis, Director of Purchasing – 484-595-1126
- The Malvern Prep Back-to-School Book Sale will be open for all grades from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
- Class schedules/rosters will be available at the Book Sale. All medical forms must be turned in to receive class schedule/roster.
- I.D. photos may also be taken at this time if needed. Tom Gray, Director of Dining Services, will be set up in Stewart Hall for I.D. photos. All new students must have their photo taken for their I.D. card.
- Yearbook photos will NOT be taken on August 30.
- The Friars Resale Shop will be open during all Book Sale hours.
Friars’ Resale Shop Open During Book Sales – August 27 and 30
Point Person: Janet Satterthwaite, jjsatterthwaite@verizon.net
The Friars’ Resale Shop will be open during the Book Sale Hours in Stewart Hall on August 27 and 30. The resale shop has discounted blazers, shirts, ties, khakis, polos and more. All proceeds benefit the Malvern Prep Mothers' Club. Questions? Donations? Contact Janet Satterthwaite at jjsatterthwaite@verizon.net.
Middle School Registration and Picnic – August 30 – O’Neill Center
Point Person: Ron Algeo, Middle School Dean – 484-595-1131
- 6th, 7th and 8th Grades Report to the O’Neill Center at 5:00 p.m.
- Registration and Picnic.
- Dress is picnic casual.
- Yearbook or I.D. photos will NOT be taken.
9th Grade Registration and Picnic – August 31 – Duffy and O’Neill Centers
Point Person: Jim Fry, Activities Director – 484-595-1166
- 9th Grade Reports to the Duffy Center at 5:00 p.m.
- Picnic in the O’Neill Center.
- Dress is picnic casual.
- Campus Store will be open for 9th GRADE ONLY from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
- Yearbook or I.D. photos will NOT be taken.
Garnet Valley Bus Transportation Begins September 7
Point Person: Joy Pancoast, Main Receptionist – 484-595-1100
Please note that Garnett Valley School District does not begin bus transportation until September 7. Students using Garnett Valley buses will have to arrange their own transportation on September 1 and 2.
First Day of School – September 1
Point Person: Steve Valyo, Upper School Dean – 484-595-1155
- All students report to Homeroom by 8:15 a.m.
- 10th, 11th and 12th Grade Registration.
- Middle School and 9th Grade Orientations.
- Yearbook Photos in the O’Neill Center. Formal Dress is required for yearbook photos: shirt, tie, sport coat, slacks. If you already took your yearbook photo, you may wear the School’s casual dress uniform (polo shirt) on the first day of school.
- Campus Store is open from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Crew Try-outs – September 1
Point Person: Craig Hoffman, Head Coach, 610-812-6957, choff69845@aol.com
All Freshman and Sophomores who want to try out for the Fall Rowing Team, report to the Rowing Tanks on campus after the first day of school, Wednesday September 1. Any questions, call or e-mail Head Rowing Coach Craig Hoffman at 610-812-6957 or choff69845@aol.com.
Student Lunch Accounts / MyKidsSpending.com
Point Person: Tom Gray, Director of Dining Services – 484-595-1175
Parents - you can now access Student Lunch Accounts at home by using the MyKidsSpending.com website (note the two "s"). New students can be set up using the "Setup an Account" option. Visit www.MyKidsSpending.com to view balances and all activity on the student accounts, deposit money to their account, or to set up an account for new students. Using this website is optional and is not necessary for students to use their Lunch Accounts. Students and parents will still be able to deposit money to their Accounts with cash or check in the Cafeteria Office during Book Sales, Registrations or in the Cafeteria Office anytime throughout the year. If you would like to access your Account, but cannot recall your login information from last year, please use the "Send Password" button or contact the website at support@MyKidsSpending.com. If you have any further problems, please feel free to call or e-mail Tom Gray at 484-595-1175 or tgray@malvernprep.org.
Opening Mass – September 2
Point Person: Rev. Jim Flynn, O.S.A., Head of School – 484-595-1105
Malvern Prep will celebrate its Opening Mass at 8:30 a.m. in the O’Neill Sports Center.
Parent Meeting for September MECO – September 2
Point Person: Rev. Jim Flynn, O.S.A., Head of School – 484-595-1105
There will be a meeting for senior parents whose sons are participating the September M.E.C.O. retreat at 7:00 p.m. in the Chapel on Thursday, September 2.
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Save the Date – PAC Groundbreaking Set for September 2
August 18, 2010
On September 2, after the School’s Opening Mass at 8:30 a.m. in the O’Neill Sports Center, Malvern will hold a ceremonial groundbreaking at the construction site with the student body. All donors to the Campaign for Malvern Athletics are invited to Mass and the groundbreaking ceremony. RSVP to Carrie Snyder at 484-595-1115 or csnyder@malvernprep.org.
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Liz DeAngelis, wife of Malvern teacher John DeAngelis ’79
August 26, 2010
Liz DeAngelis, wife of Malvern teacher John DeAngelis ’79, lost her long battle with cancer late Tuesday morning. There will be a viewing held at Donohue Funeral Home, 43 W. Lancaster Ave., Downingtown, on Friday August 27 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and Saturday August 28 from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. The funeral Mass will be held at St. Joseph's Church in Downingtown at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 28. Please pray for Liz and her family. The Daily Local News in West Chester ran a very nice obituary for Liz:
Lizann Moran DeAngelis of Downingtown
Lizann Moran DeAngelis, 47, who inspired breast cancer survivors with her eternal optimism and indomitable spirit, died peacefully at her Downingtown home on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010, after a 14-year battle with the disease …
Stewart Joins La Salle Board
August 23, 2010
Malvern President Jim Stewart has been named to the Board of Trustees of La Salle College High School. La Salle is a Catholic, independent, college preparatory school for young men and is located in Wyndmoor.
Five New Members Named to Board of Trustees
August 24, 2010
Malvern Preparatory School is pleased to announce that it has named five new members to its Board of Trustees. The Board also named a new Trustee Emeriti at its year-end meeting at Overbrook Country Club.
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Reinventing himself
Daily Local News – August 26, 2010
"I think about it every day," says Davis, the former Malvern Prep star, who was drafted in the first round by the Los Angles Dodgers in 1997, ...
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S.E. Pa. Class of 2011 Baseball Commits
Blog Post | philly.com – August 14, 2010
...P/1B Archbishop Wood Villanova • Matt Hollenbeck 2011 P Hatboro Horsham Georgetown • Chris O’Brien 2011 P Malvern Prep North Carolina • Kyle McCrossen 2011 MIF Archbishop Wood Temple • David McInerney 2011 C Upper Moreland Cincinnati...
S.E. Pa. Products Playing Division I-A Football
Blog Post | philly.com – August 14, 2010
...Navy, Sr., K, 5-9, 176, Malvern Prep Ibraheim Campbell, Northwestern...Syracuse, Jr., QB, 6-2, 224, Malvern Prep Charlie Noonan, Rutgers, Sr...Virginia, Sr., DB, 5-11, 185, Malvern Prep Ryan Woods, Temple, Fr...
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September 2
-Opening Mass
-Pellegrini Athletic Complex Groundbreaking
-Campus Store Open 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
-Parent Meeting for September MECO
-Labor Day Weekend Begins at End of School Day
September 7
-Classes Resume
-Ninth Grade Brotherhood Ceremony
-Campus Store Open 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
September 8
-Upper School Student Council Meeting
September 9
-Middle School Orientation Field Trip
-Mothers’ Club Opening Mass and Reception
-Fathers’ Club Meeting
-Urban Challenge 1 Parent/Student Meeting
Please see the attached letter for more details.
September 10
-Ring Measurements
-Last Day to Drop/Add
September 13-14
-Ice Hockey Try-outs
September 14
-Friars' Resale Shop Open
September 15
-Senior Parent College Information Night
September 16
-Moms in Touch Prayer Group
September 19-21
-M.E.C.O. and Christian Service Weekend
Please seee the attached lists to make sure your son is in the correct group. 10th Grade Service Groups and 11th Grade Service Groups.
Visit the School Calendar...
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