St. Gabriel Catholic School

Newsletter - Tuesday, November 15, 2022

 

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MASS/CONFESSION SCHEDULE

Tuesday, November 22nd - 3rd grade Mass 

THANKSGIVING BREAK

School will be out Wednesday, November 23rd - Friday, November 25th.  

ADVENT

Advent begins Sunday, November 27th.

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. 

SPELL BOWL

Congratulations to Mrs. Hauger and the Spell Bowl Team on their STATE CHAMPIONSHIP win! The team competed against 74 other schools and finished first with a score of 53 correct words out of 56! This is our 11th consecutive (12th overall) state championship win! 

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.

CHRISTMAS CONCERT

This year’s Christmas concert will take place on Thursday, December 15th.  Times and additional information will be provided at a later date. 

WATER BOTTLES

Please remember to send a water bottle in with your child each day.  We would appreciate any donations of water bottles or plastic cups to keep on hand for those times when a student does not have their water bottle with them.

CLASS DOJO

Class Dojo is our primary means of communication between teachers and parents. Please make sure you are checking this daily! 

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

As the weather gets colder, coats will be required for students to 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. 

WEBSITE

Please visit our website at www.stgabriel.k12.in.us for a calendar of events, weekly menu, financial information, newsletters, photos and more.  If there is something you feel would be helpful to add, please let us know! 

DATES TO REMEMBER

November 20th - Confirmation (Richmond)

November 22nd - 3rd grade Mass 

November 23rd - 25th - Thanksgiving Break

November 29th - 6th grade Mass

December 5th - 9th - Book Fair

December 6th - 5th grade Mass

December 13th - 4th grade Mass

December 14th - First Reconciliation

December 14th - Pancakes and PJ’s

December 15th - Christmas Concert

December 15th - 16th - Santa’s Workshop

December 20th - 3rd grade Mass

December 22nd - January 3rd - Christmas Vacation