Shuttle bus
Holy Cross High School recently purchased a 15-passenger shuttle bus to transport students to the school located at 5144 Dixie Highway.
Tim Weihe, president of Holy Cross, said in a phone interview last week that the purchase of the shuttle bus was a direct response to concerns from parents at an open house last year.
“The families said they really liked Holy Cross and wanted their children to come here but were concerned about transportation in the morning because of their work (schedule),” he said.
The shuttle bus picks up seven students at 7 a.m. at St. Gabriel Church. Weihe said the service allows the school to “attract more students from areas outside our standard drawing area.”
Shoe donation
Carleigh Hoeflich, a student at St. Patrick School, donated more than 200 new pairs of tennis shoes to children at Our Lady of Peace Hospital.
A news release from the hospital said that all Hoeflich wanted for her eighth birthday “was to do something nice for children receiving help at Our Lady of Peace.”
The nurses and staff at Our Lady of Peace held a “thank you” and birthday reception for Hoeflich Sept. 5.
Our Lady of Peace Hospital offers psychiatric services to people of all ages — from children to senior citizens.
Fall play
St. Xavier High School’s drama department will present Don Nigro’s “Robin Hood” Sept. 20, 21, 27 and 28 at 7 p.m. and Sept. 22 and 28 at 2 p.m.
All shows will be held in the school’s Brown-Forman Cultural Arts Center. Tickets are $8 for adults and $6 for students, children and senior citizens. Tickets can be purchased online at www.saintx.com/drama or at the box office one hour prior to the show.
Merit scholars
Fifteen students from five high schools in the Archdiocese of Louisville have been named semifinalists in the 2014 National Merit Scholarship Program. The winners will be announced next spring. The semifinalists are:
- Assumption High School — Nicole Karem, Caroline Radmacher and Natalie Webb.
- Holy Cross High School — Rachel Young.
- Sacred Heart Academy — Amy Teta.
- St. Xavier High School — Samuel Bibelhauser, Scott Cox, Paxton Duff, John Fultz, Stephen Kinny, Maximilian Mudd, Ian Scott and Frederick Weitendorf.
- Trinity High School — Thomas Beyerle and Blake Merkley.
