Mothers' Guild News

Dear Brophy Moms:

Our theme for the Mothers’ Guild this year is “Grow Where You’ve Been Planted!”  I wanted to give you some background on why this theme was chosen.  One of the 5 Grad and Grad qualities at Brophy is “Open to Growth.”  We hope that we too as parents of our students will demonstrate a willingness to stretch our talents and try new and different things and then use those talents to give back to our Guild, our boys and their school.   Each month, I am amazed at how much we as parents model that Open to Growth principle for our sons by engaging in one of the over 35 Mothers’ Guild committees, attending our meetings, and donating our time and talent in countless ways.

Please take a moment to read the “Thank You for Growing Where You’ve Been Planted” section of the newsletter to see the many activities that we engaged in this past month.  You truly have each made a difference as we shared a day of fashion and lunch at our Fashion Show, spent a spiritual time together at our Mothers’ Guild Retreat, read books together, hiked together, took care of our Chapel, prayed together in our Prayer Group, made breakfast for our faculty and staff, baked countless cookies, attended either our day or evening meeting, and came together for lunch just for fun.  

Our next day meeting is November 6 at 11:30 a.m. in the Great Hall.  Our program will be a presentation by our Counseling Department as we learn how we can plant the seeds for the college admission process from Freshman year through Senior Year.  Please check the calendar and the weekly e-news for other activities. I hope to see you at one of our November events.

Sincerely,
Marlene Pontrelli Maerowitz
Brophy Mothers’ Guild President

Mark your calendar for Mothers’ Guild tentative dates!
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Thank you for Growing Where You’ve Been Planted
This section is dedicated to all those who helped made our October events so successful.  Although not intentional, with over 100 volunteers this month and over 1,000 hours of volunteer time each month, we know we have missed identifying many of you by name.  Know that we are thankful for all that you do for our boys, our Guild, and the school. 

A special thank you to our fabulous co-chairs of the Fashion Show, Stacy Hornacek and Ann Wolf and their committee.  What a wonderful day of fashion, lunch, and fun and all for a good cause!

Kelli Butler, Dena Mills and Cherie Malkoff helped us all relax and enjoy a special time together at our Manresa Retreat.  Thank you to Brophy Vice-President Adria Renke for her continued dedication and support of our Guild.

A huge thank you to all of the volunteers who helped on the New Student Sponsor Committee.  We could have not done this important work without you!  Bibi Abrate, Stephanie Altdoerffer, Rita Jo Anthony, Lisa Beasley, Janette Bell, Sheila Bender, Sandra Bolosan, Cindy Brannon, Melanie Bucon, Kelly Butler, Melissa Coy, Teresa Dominguez, Jennifer Fletcher,  Susan Garoutte, Nancy Herbst, Mary Anne Herding, Melany Hoffman, Mary Hosier, Kelly Jackson, Michelle Jesberger, Jean Kennedy, Nancy Landry, Shannon Lopez, Cherie Malkoff, Karen March, Liz Mathers, Vicki Maus, Kim McQueen, Torre Middleton, Dena Mills, Ronnajean Murphy, Susie Muzzy, Annette Norton Benites, Patti Oleson, Cheryl Padden, Kathy Petsas, Jill Pilcher, Karen Quinif, Candy Ranshaw, Michelle Ray, Kelli Rice, Cheryl Rubbelke,  Kathryn Saint Amour, Shelly Scheuring, Marita Sinclair-Ludgate, Asha Solsi, Paula Sperco, Amanda Troutman, Teresa When, Dominique Weigel, Julie Wentworth, and Janice Wojciechowski.

Thank you to our Eighth Grade Information Social chairs Theresa Keeley, Shelly Scheuring, and Gloria Jewett.  Thank you to everyone on the committee that helped provide refreshments and to the following families who opened their homes for these events: Terry and Tim Smith, Robin and Richard Milne, Paul and Chris Letter, Ellen and Bob Uhl, Patti and Paul Oleson, Gloria and Pat Jewett, Bibi and Daniel Abrate, and Liz and Martin Mathers. 

A special thanks to Chistine Wilson for volunteering to be the new co-chair for Daytripper.

Our volunteer chair Laurel Underseth, continues to help coordinate all the volunteers for our many events.   Thank you Laurel!       

Thank you to Liz Richard for hosting the Just for Fun Lunch Bunch at her house this past month and Annette Norton Benitez for chairing this “fun” committee.

In addition to all of the above, we took care of the Chapel, we met in our Prayer Group, we hiked Pinnacle Peak, and we gathered to discuss our book this month, Down River. 

Thank you all for each month continuing to “Grow Where You’ve Been Planted.”

Marlene Pontrelli Maerowitz
Mothers’ Guild President

                 
Would you like to join the Mothers’ Guild or volunteer?
Would you like to join the Mothers’ Guild or volunteer? Your lifetime membership of $175.00 entitles you to admission to all Brophy (Home) Athletic Events and Drama Productions at Brophy.  In addition, it supports the events sponsored by the Mothers’ Guild as well as our year-end gifting to Brophy.  It’s not too late to sign!  Membership forms and additional information can be found at: http://www.brophymothersguild.org/howtojoin.html and are attached for your convenience.

I hope you take the time to get involved and share in our many scheduled memorable events. I look forward to continuing to share with you as we all grow where we’ve been planted.    

Marlene Pontrelli Maerowitz
President, Brophy Mothers’ Guild
Marlene.pontrelli@mwmf.com

• Mothers' Guild Membership Form
• Volunteer Sign-up Form

Brophy 2008-2009 Committee Directory
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Would you like to receive the Brophy Mother’s Guild E-News?
If you would like to receive Brophy Mothers’ Guild E-News, please make sure that when you send Brophy registration forms to the school; include the e-mail address that you would like to be used to receive E-News.  Any changes to that address should be noted with the school as well as to me at
CLTree@cox.net.

Thank you,
Candy Tree
Communications Chair

Informed Parents Network Agreement
The Informed Parents Network is dedicated to preventing alcohol and other substance abuse by adolescents. Parental awareness, action and mutual support are critical in this endeavor.  Please join and be a part of this effort.
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Brophy Mothers’ Guild Hiking Club
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2008-2009 Carpooling
If you are interested in participating in a carpool to Brophy, the Mother’s Guild can help you find other families in your area.  We will provide you with a zip code list of Brophy families in or near your home.  Your job is to contact them and set up the carpool.  Please contact either Asha or Laura below by email with your ZIP CODE when you send in your request.
Send email requests to one of the following:
A-M  Asha Solsi, solsi@cox.net
N-Z   Laura Seitz, zseitz@cox.net

8th Grade Information Socials
Thank you to all of the families that assisted with the 8th Grade Information Socials this fall. There were eight socials and we spread the good news about Brophy to over 400 prospective students and parents!  Special thanks to these families for hosting:  Terry and Tim Smith, Robin and Richard Milne, Paul and Chris Letter, Ellen and Bob Uhl, Patti and Paul Oleson, Gloria and Pat Jewett, Bibi and Daniel Abrate, and Liz and Martin Mathers.  And our evenings would not have been complete without all of the goodies and water bottles donated by over 40 parents.  And finally, thanks to the parents who provided us with school directories and stuffing the 1,600 invitations.  Thank you everyone!  Co-Chairs Theresa Keeley, Gloria Jewett, and Shelly Scheuring.

 
Annual Christmas Dinner Dance
The Joy of Christmas is quickly approaching and so is the annual Faculty-Staff/Parent Christmas Dinner Dance! Everyone should have received an invitation in the mail by now and hopefully is making plans to attend this festive and fun evening on Saturday, Dec. 6th, 2008.  Harper Great Hall will be decked out, dinner will be provided by Main Course (formerly Michael's), dancing and entertainment by Chuck E. Baby and the All Stars, and a no host bar.  We encourage parents to host our wonderful faculty and staff at this event. Please note that this evening is also the annual APS Light Parade and so access to campus will be limited.  A map with detailed arrival instructions will be emailed to all guests.   All reservations questions can be directed to the Reservations Chair, Jennifer Donley at j.donley@cox.net.  If you have general questions or if you want to assist on one of the committees, contact co-chairs Shelly Scheuring at mmscheuring@qwest.net or Beth Mittelstaedt at bmittels@aol.com. Come celebrate the joy of the season!

Save this date!  Brophy Auction – March 7th, 2009
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