St. Gabriel Catholic School

Newsletter - Tuesday, November 29, 2022

 

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MASS/CONFESSION SCHEDULE

Tuesday, December 6th - 2nd Week of Advent - 5th grade Mass 

Thursday, December 8th - 3rd grade Confession

Tuesday, December 13th - 3rd Week of Advent - 4th grade Mass

CHRISTMAS CONCERT

This year’s Christmas concert will take place on Thursday, December 15th in the school auditorium.  Preschool through 3rd grade will start at 6:30 p.m. and 4th grade through 6th grade will start at 7:45 p.m. Students will need to report to their classrooms 30 minutes prior to the start of their concert start time. Students may wear their dressy Christmas outfits or favorite dressy attire, but no jeans will be permitted. 

FOOD DRIVE

Kindergarten and third grade students are partnering to collect non-perishable food items as well as small items useful during the colder months. Items will be collected beginning Monday, November 28th through Friday, December 16th. Items will be distributed between the blessing box near our school on Grand Avenue and the Salvation Army. Items that are extremely useful include: can openers, salt, pepper and other seasonings, plastic silverware, pull top cans, gloves, scarves, small blankets and hand warmers.  Help us to spread the holiday cheer by helping those most in need this holiday season. 

CLASS DOJO

Class Dojo is our primary means of communication between teachers and parents. Please make sure you are checking this daily! If you are not getting messages or cannot see the school story, please contact your child’s teacher or the office.

BOOK FAIR

The Book Fair will take place next week in the multipurpose room. The schedule is as follows:

December 5th - Students will preview books to make a wish list during school.

December 6th - Open for students and parents to purchase from 9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

December 7th - Open to parents from 6:30 - 7:00 p.m.

All checks should be made payable to St. Gabriel School.

SACRAMENTAL PREP

Sacramental Prep is mandatory for 2nd grade children to receive their First Holy Communion in May.  All children in 2nd grade, whether attending public school or St. Gabriel School, and a  parent, will need to attend these classes.  Our next class will be Wednesday, December 7th. For more information, please contact Melissa at [email protected] or 765-825-8578. 

MAKE-UP WORK

If your child is absent and you are requesting make-up work, please make sure you are picking it up that day.  Make-up work will be located on the table in the breezeway. If a Chromebook is required for make-up work, it will need to be picked up in the office.

TARDIES & ABSENCES

Students need to be at school and on time each day.  Students are counted Tardy if they arrive after the 8:15 a.m. bell. Students are counted Absent if they arrive after 9:00 a.m. Those with excessive tardies and absences will receive communication from Mrs. Struewing. 

All absences are to be reported to the office at the start of the school day by calling 825-7951. Do not rely solely on texting or messaging the teacher. Students with medical appointments are to bring a doctor/dentist note to the office when they return to school. 

DRESS CODE

With the temperatures dropping, please be sure you are sending your child to school with a coat every day. A hat and gloves are also recommended. Students who do not have a coat will not be permitted to go outside for recess.

SCHOOL DELAYS

There are times when the weather may require us to call for a two-hour delay or early dismissal.  For the 2022 – 2023 school year, we have 2 make-up days built into the calendar.  These are February 20^th and April 10^th. If these make-up days are not used, they will be scheduled days off from school. If we have a winter with more than 2 missed days, any additional days missed will be added to the end of the school year beginning on May 25^th.

Since we use Fayette County School Corporation bussing, we will observe the same weather related closings or delays. Look for announcements from the school as well as listening to radio stations 1580 AM or 101.3 FM, or the emergency notification system for school closing and delays. All attempts will be made to post on social media (Facebook and Class Dojo) as well.

The following link allows you to sign up to receive emergency alerts and severe weather warnings:  (https://public.alertsense.com/SignUp/?RegionId=1679).

Closings - If school is delayed Before School Service will be delayed also.

Special Circumstances - There may be days when St. Gabriel Catholic School and the Fayette County School Corporation do not coordinate days. Special notice and directions will be given for those days.

Parents always have the final decision as to whether they send their children to school during inclement weather.

SAFE PARISH

If you will be volunteering in the school or going on a field trip, you must have a completed Safe Parish training on file AND a completed background check through the program.  Both must be completed before you can volunteer. Please go to www.archindysafeparish.org and use our passcode Archindy2021.

Remember that all families are asked to volunteer three times throughout the school year. 

 

DATES TO REMEMBER

 

December 5th - 9th - Book Fair

December 6th - 5th grade Mass

December 6th - Pesticide application (after hours) - NO AFTER CARE

December 7th - Sacramental Prep (6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.)

December 8th - 3rd grade Confession

December 13th - 4th grade Mass

December 14th - First Reconciliation

December 14th - Pancakes and PJ’s

December 15th - Christmas Concert (Pre - 3rd grade 6:30 p.m. and 4th - 6th grade 7:45 p.m.)

December 15th - 16th - Santa’s Workshop

December 20th - 3rd grade Mass

December 22nd - January 3rd - Christmas Vacation