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The Advent Retreat for high school presidents and for elementary and secondary school principals will take place on December 4th from 8:30am to Noon, at St. Paul Inside the Walls in Madison. Fr. Paul Manning, Vicar for Evangelization, will be the retreat master.

December 2013 TESTING

TERRA NOVA TESTING All Terra Nova Testing Materials should be delivered to schools during the week of December 9-13. 2013. These are secure materials and must be stored in a locked cabinet or closet at all times. The last day to order additional test materials from CTB is February 24, 2014. COOP INFORMATION All 9th Grade Application Records are due to the high schools by December 6, 2013. ACRE TESTING The ACRE test has been revised and is now known as the NCEA Information for Growth: Assessment of Children/Youth Religious Education referred to as NCEA IFG: ACRE. Please note that the cognitive section of the revised test, that is, areas questioning core faith concepts, will change from eight domains to six domains: 1) Knowledge of the Faith; 2) Liturgical Life; 3) Moral Formation; 4) Prayer; 5) Communal Life, and 6) Missionary Spirit. Materials may be purchased at http://ncea.caltesting.org/. Testing is required in Grades 5, 8, & 11.

ADMINISTRATORS RETREAT

HIGH SCHOOL PRESIDENTS MEETING

High school presidents will meet on December 5th, from Noon to 2:00pm at Morris Catholic High School. Please e-mail agenda items to Br. William by December 3rd.

TEACHER EVALUATION COMMITTEE

The Teacher Evaluation Committee will meet on December 11th from 7:30 to 9:30am in the Molloy Center, St. Phillips Parish, Clifton.

SALARY COMMITTEE MEETING

The committee charged with presenting a recommendation for salary increases will meet on December 11th at 1:30pm at the Diocesan Center in Clifton.

HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS MEETING

High School Principals will meet on December 12th, from 1:00am to 1:00pm at Morris Catholic High School. Please e-mail agenda items to Br. William by December 10th.

CATECHIST WORKSHOP
The next workshop for catechist certification is scheduled for Thursday, January 23, 2014, from 3:30 5:30 PM at the John Paul II Center, Valley Road in Clifton .

NON-PUBLIC SCHOOL ENROLLMENT REPORT

The Non-Public School Enrollment Report must be submitted by December 4, 2013. The data provided from this report is used to determine eligibility/entitlement of nonpublic school students for state and federal programs. Principals must check yes in the box following each question for the school to be considered eligible for textbook aid, nonpublic technology, and nursing and federal grant programs. When completed, each Principal must fax, to my attention, your ID #, your password, a copy of the completed form in its entirety, and proof of submission of the form. Fax to Dr. Marianne Conway at 973-779-0083.

E-RATE
The 2014-2015 E-Rate Application Filing window dates have been established. The filing window OPENS at 12 noon on Thursday, January 9, 2014, and CLOSES at 11:59pm on Wednesday, March 26, 2014. To comply with program rules, a school must file its Form 471 while the filing window is open, BUT a school must post a Form 470 and wait a minimum of 28 days before it files the Form 471. Note that if a school has already posted the Form 470, and the 28 day waiting period has already passed, the school still must wait until the window opens on January 9th to file its Form 471. If the school has NOT yet posted its Form 470, it still has time to post it. The school does not need to wait until January 9th; the Form 470 can be filed now. February 26, 2014, is the absolute LAST day that a school can post a Form 470 and still be able to file the Form 471 before the window closes. The absolute deadline for submitting the Form 471 for 2014-2015 is Wednesday, March 26, 2014. Item 21 attachments to the Form 471 must be submitted by the close of the filing window. Remember that all the required forms can be filed online or using paper forms. If a school chooses to submit the paper forms, allow extra time to accommodate mailing delays.

MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
Principals in Morris County Schools are asked to return their signed Memorandum of Agreement forms, after having the Chief of Police in their town sign it. Please fax the forms to Dr. Marianne Conway at 973-7790083. As soon as forms are received from the Prosecutors Offices in Passaic and Sussex Counties, they will be forwarded to the Principals in those counties.

GRANT THORNTON REPORT

Thanks to the pastors, presidents, principals and members of school governance bodies who attended one of the four listening sessions. Click on this link to access a summary of the themes for each of the recommendations that were addresses during the listening sessions. A list of action items to address the themes of the listening sessions is being formulated.

LITURGYYEAR OF FAITH
Thanks to all those who assisted with the Liturgy to mark the end of the Year of Faith. The response from participatants has been very positive.

NCEA
The Annual Convention of Catholic Educational Association will be held in Pittsburgh, PA, from April 22-24, 2014. Registration and Housing for NCEA 2014 are now open: http://www.ncea.org/convention. the National