The Angel Wing of San Miguel

High School was dedicated on

October 18th. Angel Charity for

Children donated $575,000 to

help San Miguel reduce the

capital debt owed on the San

Miguel campus. An Angel

Wing recognition plaque was

created by local artist Nina

Borja Aberle and is hung out-

side of the Corporate Intern-

ship Program building.

Phone: (520) 294-6403 • Fax: (520) 294-6417 • www.sanmiguelcristorey.org

College and Career Counseling from Ms. Renteria and Mrs. Paz

Important

Dates

November 3rd

Bridge Parent

Meeting @5:30

November 10th

Parent meet-

ing @5:30 with

Grand Canyon University. Dis-

cuss Grand Canyon Consorti-

um: $20,000 scholarships for

San Miguel Students.

Stay Eligible!

The counseling department

will be sending out notices for

students who are ineligible or

whose G.P.A. is below 2.00. If your student should fail a

course at the end of the se-

mester they will be required

to attend summer school.

Senior Parents!

Please remind your student to

keep on track with all of their

college applications and

scholarships. All seniors have a

November appointment with

the counselors. During these

appointment seniors will be

putting together the applica-

tion packets that will be

mailed to the colleges they

have applied to. Please make

sure that your student had en-

velopes, stamps, and all pa-

perwork needed for the meet-

ing.

The months of November and

December should be dedicat-

ed to final touches and last

minute details on applications

Healthy Living Program from Ms. Schwindenhammer

A special thank you to Albertsons Grocery Store for sup-plying the National Arts Honor So-ciety with pumpkins this year for their Halloween pumpkin grams. The money raised will be used to create a mural in the art room.

Advancement Office from Ms. Hartmann

(Left to Right) Leslie Shultz-Crist President & CEO of San Miguel and Erin Vincent and Carla Kee-gan of Angel Charity.

finish the semester strong. We all

know their hard work and dedication

will someday pay great dividends.

As always, I want to thank you for

entrusting your precious children to

us and for having the confidence in

us that we will provide them the

quality education they deserve. We

don’t take this responsibility lightly.

Many blessings and a Happy Thanks-

giving to all.

Blessings,

Richard Reyes

Principal

I N S I D E

T H I S I S S U E :

MALOKAI

NEWS

2

PTO Updates 2

Corporate

Internship

3

Dean’s Corner 3

From the

Registrar

3

Heritage

Festival

3

College and

Career

Counseling

4

Healthy Living

Program 4

Advancement

Office 4

San Miguel High School N O V E M B E R 2 0 1 1

Family Foundation. On October

18 we officially dedicated the

Angel Wing which this tremen-

dous gift allowed us to build.

The Third Annual Heritage Fes-

tival on Oct 25 sponsored by

the Hispanic Honor Society was

bigger and better than the last

two celebrations. Please check

out our website for pictures of

all these events and other

school activities.

During the coming two months

before we end the first semes-

ter of the year, we will start our

boys & girls basketball season,

hold an open house for pro-

spective students & parents and

hold a number of masses and

prayer services. Please check

our school calendar for dates or

call our Campus Minister, Mr.

Meyer @ 294-6403 (ext 1418)

for more information on ser-

vices.

Finally, I urge you to continue

to give the support and encour-

agement to your students that

you so often do. As we ap-

proach the end of the semester

and we get into the holiday spir-

it, it becomes a little easier to

get distracted from the work

that we need to do in order to

Greetings From San Miguel High

School.

We continue to be a place

where there is lots of great

teaching & learning, lots of great

activity and events that nurture

the mind, body and tend to our

spiritual well-being.

To date we have already had

twelve acceptance letters to

colleges and universities for our

senior class. We’ve even had

one senior flown to Holy Cross

University, all expenses paid, for

a school visit in hopes that he

would select their school as the

place where he pursues his col-

lege education. As you will read

from the counselor section of

the newsletter, we are asking

seniors to continue over the

next couple of months to work

on college applications.

As we close out the month of

October, we will have our soc-

cer team traveling to Phoenix

for the first round of the state

championship playoffs. This is a

great achievement by our soccer

team and only the second time

in school history they have quali-

fied for state...great job!

The end of October also

brought a huge celebration as

we officially dedicated the Angel

Charity Wing of the Click Stu-

dent and Family Center. Some of

you may recall that during the

fall of 2010, the Angel Charity

for Children awarded $575,000

to San Miguel High School with a

generous matching amount by

Mr. Jim Click through the Click

Message from the Principal Points of Interest

Malokai to present

at Youthfest 2011,

Hispanic Honor

Society Heritage

Festival

Important College

Counseling updates

for all students!

Join PTO to stay

involved!

www.sanmiguelcristorey.org

P A G E 2

Through the Catholic Tuition

Support Organization, your

support of San Miguel --

whether $25, $100, or

$500 (up to $1000 for a couple filing jointly or $500

for an individual)-- can

become a dollar-for-dollar

tax credit on your 2011 Arizona state tax return, as

long as it doesn't exceed

your state tax liability.

Interested? Contact Nicola

Hartmann at (520) 294-

6403 x 1308 for more

information.

CTSO

We ask for everyone’s

support of the Fry’s Cool

Cash program. Additionally,

we say thank you to all who

have contributed ink

cartridges to our recycling

program at San Miguel. All

funds raised are channeled

back to student activities such

as athletics, Lasallian Youth,

Club Pagasa, and the Art festival.

Our next meeting will be held

on November 10th at 5:30 PM

in the library.

The San Miguel Parent group

invites parents to attend a

monthly meeting with

Mr. Reyes every second

Thursday of the month in

the Library. Parents get

together to stay informed on

upcoming school events and

activities, as well as to build

community with other

parents of San Miguel.

S A N M I G U E L H I G H S C H O O L

PTO Updates

Get involved with

PTO to support our

students!

Help San Miguel at no

cost to you!

MALOKAI from Mrs. Brady

MALOKAI is a Yaqui word

meaning altogether. Bringing

our school community together

is the focus of the newest stu-

dent organization on campus

this year. The group was an

outgrowth of a junior year so-

cial justice project done by now

senior, Alina Valle. Her project

focus was on the many forms of

bullying, its effect on students

and ways to combat bullying.

The first project MALOKAI un-

dertook was Respect Life Week

in October. Working with the

Lasallian Youth group, MALO-

KAI presented a weeklong look

at different types of bullying

and what we, as a community,

can do to respect each other.

The topics of the week included

respect for the dignity of oth-

ers, cyberbullying, physical and

emotional forms of bullying

and name calling. The week

ended with a beautiful prayer

service written and conducted

by Lasallian Youth using the

Stations of the Cross as a way

to see how Jesus handled the

name calling and abuse he

suffered.

MALOKAI’s second project

continues the bullying project

by taking the presentations to

the Diocese of Tucson’s Youth

Fest October 29. The group will

be presenting, in English and

Spanish, to almost 400 high

school and junior high school

students the message that it is

our responsibility to protect

the dignity of each other and

that there are ways to combat

bullying.

In November, MALOKAI shifts

its focus to highlighting Black

saints as the Diocese is cele-

brating Black Catholic History

Month. MALOKAI looks forward

to continuing the goal of bring-

ing together our community as

one community working for the

glory of God.

P A G E 3

October, 27, 2011-Ruben Que-

zada has been recognized as

the September Student Em-

ployee of the Month in the

Corporate Internship Program

at San Miguel High School.

His outstanding leadership

skills and professionalism were

recognized by the Tucson

Electric Power (TEP) Human

Resources Department.

Ruben’s supervisors noted his

professionalism, attention to

detail in his projects, and sharp

technical skills as major attrib-

utes to his success. One super-

visor said “Ruben is a bright

young man that any parent

would be proud of, and em-

ployer fortunate to have and

Corporate Internship Program

Dean’s Corner

www.sanmiguelcristorey.org

Morning tardiness continues to be a

problem at San Miguel. Please make

sure that your child arrives to school

on time. Sometimes it is not the fault

of the student, but they suffer the con-

sequences anyway. The only excuse for

morning tardiness is an appointment

with a doctor or dentist. Morning traf-

fic is not a valid excuse. Perhaps start-

ing earlier in the morning would solve

some of these tardiness issues. Lunch

detention is assigned for those students

arriving late. Students should work on

schoolwork during lunch detention.

Parental contact is usually made by email

or by text messaging during this time.

Students should be in their seat in their

classroom before 7:45 AM. Late stu-

dents should sign in the book in the of-

fice. Behavior, in general continues to be

excellent. The problem of gum on campus

seems to be less of a problem this year. Stu-

dents who have reached ten tardies during

the semester are included on the ineligible

list and they are assigned the duty of putting

away chairs in the gym after assemblies.

Hispanic Honor

Society Heritage Festival from Mrs. Rosales

December menus are due no later

than Friday, November 18.

any school should recognize.

Ruben is a gem that has an

extremely bright future.”

Ruben is a Senior at San Mi-

guel High School, and in his

second year working at TEP.

He previously worked at Old

Pueblo Anesthesia and

Emerge! Center Against Do-

mestic Abuse. Ruben is also a

proud member of the soccer

team and leading scorer at San

Miguel High School. He will

be applying to the San Diego

University, University of Ari-

zona, Northern Arizona Uni-

versity, and Arizona State Uni-

versity and plans to study

Business or Engineering.

From left to right: Cathy Ries, Vice Presi-dent of Human Resources & Information Technology at Tucson Electric Power; Ru-ben Quezada, Leslie Schultz-Crist, Presi-dent, San Miguel High School.

From the Registrar

On Tuesday, Oct. 25, San Miguel High School's Spanish department and the Hispanic Honor Society organized the school's third annual Heritage Festival. The purpose of the festival is to introduce the Tucson community and San Miguel students to cultures from around the world that they might not otherwise have the opportunity to experience. Each of San Miguel’s Spanish classes “adopted” a culture and set up a booth at the festi-val showcasing the customs, foods, dress and traditions of that culture. Every year the festival has grown, as has the enthusiasm of our students to make it a great experience for everyone. However, the festival wouldn't be successful without the help of the San Miguel community. We would like thank all parents who attended the event or supported their children to make it a rousing success. We look forward to seeing everyone again at the 2012 festi-val.