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Ascend Screening Information

August 7, 2020 | Announcements

Required for all families and employees

As noted in prior “Friday Notes,” all families and employees of the School will be required to register for and use the Ascend Screening application. Along with daily temperature checks, parents will be required to complete the app each day before bringing student(s) to campus. Parents of students responding “yes” to overall symptom or screening questions should keep student home, monitor, and refer.

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Instructions for Installing Ascend

  • Parents will receive an email from BaseCamp Health with individual username.
  • Follow instructions in their email to establish a password for the account.
  • Once you have your new password, click on the Ascend link in the email to reach the log-in page where you will enter your information.
  • Since the website works well on smart phones, there is no app for Ascend; however, you can set up a shortcut button on your phone or other device by following these instructions

Hawk Happenings

Blessing of the Bats

Hawk Baseball held their annual Blessing of the Bats with Fr. Anthony this past week. One of Hawk Baseballs best traditions.

Student Council President

This morning, our Student Council President for the 2026–2027 school year was announced. Leadership is handed off. The torch is passed. Ardere et Lucere!

Rockets!

Each year, our Form III students take to the Hidden Field with Fr. Mark for one of Cistercian’s favorite traditions: the annual Rocket Launch.

Experience Cistercian

Publications

‘The Lord is with you’

Gabriel is not the first messenger of the LORD to greet someone with the phrase “The LORD is with you” (Lk 1:28). An anonymous angel hails Gideon, a young man from a poor and insignificant family, as the lad desperately hides his family’s wheat harvest from the marauding Midianites: “The LORD is with you, you mighty warrior!” (Jgs 6:12). Gideon then receives his commission to save Israel from the hand of its enemy and to be a judge over the 12 tribes.

Discerning Communion calls for truth in charity

Discerning whether to offer or receive Communion can be a challenge, spiritually and pastorally; but such discernment can always also be fruitful.

Hail Mary, full of grace

St. Luke gives us the angel Gabriel’s annunciation greeting to Mary as “Chaire, kecharitōmenē” (Lk 1:28). There are thrilling grammatical and theological mysteries packed into these two Greek words.