School News

This summer, the Chicago ACE Fellowship and St. Hilary School are offering an exciting summer opportunity for students entering grades 1-8:
The three-week Summer City Writers camp will be structured as a “Writer’s Workshop.” Whether your student wants to refine and reinforce writing skills to prepare for the next grade or enrich writing skills beyond grade level expectation, Summer City Writers helps each student achieve his or her goals. Our summer camp teachers are highly qualified and dedicated to providing a fulfilling and fun experience for all students!
The camp is structured around the following weekly themes:

Week 1: Poetry
Week 2: Fiction/Creative Writing
Week 3: Nonfiction

The cost of the camp is $150, which includes two field trips for some awesome experiential learning! To enroll in Summer City Writers, please download the following form and return the completed sign-up form below with a down payment check of $50, made out to St. Hilary School. If you have any questions, please feel free to email Annie Brusky at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it (the summer coordinator). Please return the form to the office by May 20th. Spaces are limited.

St. Hilary School is pleased to announce that the GiveCentral.org payment portal is now up and running!

Give Central provides anyone -- school families, alumni, anonymous donors, etc. -- with the ability to make secure online electronic tuition payments and donations to our school. You may use Give Central to make tuition and fee payments, pay religious education tuition and fees, donate to fund-raising efforts and much more!

With one individual login, you can direct payments to St. Hilary Parish and School, as well as any other participating parish or school in the Archdiocese of Chicago. Payment methods are fully user-managed and include one-time or recurring withdrawals from bank accounts, debit and credit cards. You can even pay tuition from one account and Sunday offerings with another. Only you have the control over how and when payments are made, and your financial account data is never stored locally by our parish or school. The payment processing engine behind www.givecentral.org is one of the largest transaction processors in the United States, and their systems are completely PCI-compliant and secure.

Call (773)561-3474 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for more information or to learn how to enroll in GiveCentral.

Ready to go?

Click here to register or login.

Congratulations to Fiona Kalensky who won the "Do the Write Thing Essay" contest in Chicago. She has earned an all expense paid trip to Washington DC to represent Saint Hilary and the Archdiocese of Chicago.

Also, congratulations to our fifth grade Girls Volleyball Team which took second place at Gordon Tech Tournament under Coach Amy Coletti. The girls on the team are Mary Brikha, Sara Coletti, Gabrielle Jule, Hunter Kogan, London McGarr, Rhea Omandam and Melina Yousif.

Way to go!

Service Hour Opportunities:
Saturday morning 6/5/2010 - 7am to 12pm - (heavy lifting involved).

Saturday afternoon 6/5/2010 - 1pm to 3pm - light set-up/food preparation.

Saturday evening 6/5/2010 - 4pm to 12am - serving food / cleaning eating area / kids activities/ kitchen clean up / ticket sales.

Sunday morning 6/6/2010 - 8am to 12pm - (tear down).

• If yo ucan help at any of these times, please print this page, complete the form below and return it to the school or rectory before Monday, June 1st.
• Times will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. Any request received after June 1st will be assigned only as needed.
• You will be contacted regarding the time and tasks you have been assigned. Please do not expect a definite time/task assignment before June 3rd.
• When you sign up to work a particular shift, the shift must be worked for the full time in order to receive credit for service hours. Also, keep in mind that ther e may be a few extra minutes at the end of each shift between 4pm and 10pm to cover the shift change.

For more info, please contact Diane Esmael at (773) 339-7450 or email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , or Amy Colletti at (773)619-3953 or email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

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