Friday Focus Newsletter

As we embrace the Advent season, I want to express my heartfelt gratitude for your continued support of our school community. This season invites us to focus on hope, peace, joy, and love—values that are beautifully reflected in our school community.

This season, as we light the Advent candles, let us also celebrate the light each of you brings to our school. Over the past year, your unwavering support and dedication have been instrumental in fostering an environment where our students can thrive academically, spiritually, and personally. Whether through participation in school events, volunteering your time, or contributing to our advancement initiatives, your involvement has made a significant impact.

As we look forward to the new year, we invite you to continue to be a light to our school community, sharing your time, talents and resources. Your partnership is a beacon that guides our students to become compassionate, thoughtful, and faith-filled individuals. Your support of our mission ensures the continued growth and success of our school.

This time of year also brings the excitement of welcoming new members to our family. When we return from Christmas break, we look forward to sending acceptance packets to the Class of 2029! We are excited to welcome them into our tradition of faith, learning, and service.

Thank you for entrusting us with your greatest gift, your child, and believing in our mission. We sincerely appreciate all you do for our school. Wishing you and your family a joyful and peaceful Christmas!

Mrs. Kaitlin Bordeaux

For Marian Central’s 2024 Christmas drive, our Student Council collaborated with the St. Vincent DePaul Society to sponsor several families in need of support this Christmas. Over the past ten days, we set a target goal of raising $1,200 as a school. We are very proud to announce that our students exceeded that goal by 50%, raising approximately $1,800!

We have been in communication with the families to distribute the gifts, and they are very appreciative of our efforts and support this Christmas. Marian Central Student Council wants to thank our community for being inspired by our Catholic faith and our calling to seek the common good and well-being of all. Thank you so much for your support. Have a very Merry Christmas.

The Marian Central Cafeteria is available for team and club events but must be reserved in advance. Please email Mrs. DiSilvio at ldisilvio@marian.com to make sure that the Cafeteria is available before starting to plan your event.

Mr. Fearn presented ACT results to the juniors on Wednesday, December 11 and Friday, December 13. These are the results from the official ACT test that all juniors took here at Marian back in October. Each student received their official score report. We encourage you to ask them to share and discuss the results with you.

Marian Central is an official site for the national ACT test on Saturday, April 5, 2025. Our Guidance department strongly encourages all juniors to register to retake the ACT on that date at Marian as soon as possible. The deadline to register for the April ACT is Friday, February 28. ACT reports that over half (56%) of the students who retest improve their composite score. We want all of our students to achieve the best score they can in order to maximize both college admission opportunities as well as earn the highest merit scholarships possible.

Marian Central English and Math teachers will be doing some work with the juniors to help them prepare for the spring ACT. If your student could benefit from 1:1 support preparing for the test or just needs some additional resources, please check out the ACT website and the Guidance website for a variety of ACT test preparation options.

The Athletic Booster Club is excited to rock the night away with your headliner, Mike & Joe! Mike & Joe is a modern rock cover band widely regarded by its audiences, and peers as one of the best sounding cover bands in the nation.

With opener, Justin Wallace, a talented Johnsburg native, who is now sharing the stage with renowned artists like David Cook, winner of American Idol, and AGT’s very own Mitch Rossell, this concert is sure to be a good time.

Join us on Saturday, February 15 at The Vixen in McHenry at 7:00pm as we enjoy a night filled with music, food, energy, and good vibes – all to support a great cause. All proceeds go to the Athletic Booster Club, which helps support the needs of our athletic teams and student-athletes. Both general admission and VIP tickets are available!

We are asking each class to donate two themed baskets for Marian Central's Gala, which is our largest fundraising event for the school and is on April 5 at the Grand Geneva. Each grade's themed baskets, needs, and sign up are listed below. We hope that sending this out before the holidays will give families the opportunity to shop the holidays deals and also plenty of time to plan. Thank you for your generous support of Marian Central Catholic!

Freshman Class Baskets

Sophomore Class Baskets

Junior Class Baskets

Senior Class Baskets

Please save the date for the annual College Information Night. This in-person program will take place on Tuesday, January 14th from 6:30pm - 8:30pm, with a meet and greet with college reps from 6:00pm - 6:30pm.

More information will be available after the first of the year. This program is also open to freshman and sophomore families.

Key Club will be hosting a food drive at all home Varsity Basketball games. Please consider donating non-perishable items for our local community. A bin will be available in the Gym Commons area.

Especially during this holiday season, any donations will be greatly appreciated to allow families to put food on the table.