"If today you hear His voice, harden not your hearts."
PS
95:8
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10.5.18 St. Michael -
St. Gabriel Newsletter
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Message from the Principal
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Dear Families and Friends,
We want to thank those parents and staff members who have completed our stakeholder survey. If you have not had an opportunity to do so, please know that the window to complete this survey will close at midnight tonight, so please help us to improve our school, operations, and facilities by providing us with the requested feedback. You may access the survey
here
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Next Friday is our annual Walk-A-Thon: Footsteps with God! As of last Thursday, our students have brought in $5,133.77, which means that our students have earned one of five incentives. All final prizes will be announced next Friday during our school pep rally just before the Walk-A-Thon. We want to thank those students from St. Gabriel Parish who spoke at the Masses last weekend and collected an additional $1,000 for the school. Please know that we will be collecting student donations each day next week until the day of our Walk-A-Thon. All we ask is that each student do his or her part in helping to earn money for our school.
Finally, next week is also our last week of Quarter 1, which means grades will be finalized next weekend. Please check with your student to see if there are any missing assignments or tests that need to be made up before the quarter ends. As a reminder, please be sure to sign-up for a conference with your child’s homeroom teacher using the Sign-Up Genius links found in this newsletter.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Mrs. Ramos
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No After Care During Parent-Teacher Conferences
Please note that there will be no After Care for any student in Grades PK-8 on Wednesday, October 17
th
or Thursday, October 18
th
, due to Parent-Teacher Conferences. Please begin making alternative plans for these two nights. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
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8
th
Grade Shadow Date at Cardinal Ritter High School
On October 16
th
from 9:00 a.m. until 12:30 p.m., all St. Michael-St. Gabriel eighth grade students will shadow at Cardinal Ritter High School for half the day. Students will meet with some of the administrators and teachers, visit some of the classes, and also eat lunch at the high school.
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Sign-Up for Parent-Teacher Conferences
Parent-Teacher Conferences will be held on October 17 and 18 from 3:00-7:00 p.m. We ask that you click on the Sign-Up Genius links below to sign-up for conferences in advance. If you have any questions, please contact your student’s teacher or the main office. Mrs. Treminio will also be working with our families to set up conferences for which she is needed for translation.
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Fall Music Concert
Just a quick note that our St. Michael-St. Gabriel Elementary School children (Pre-Kindergarten through 2
nd
Grade) will be performing a concert entitled “God Created.” It will be held on Tuesday, October 9, at 6:30 P.M. at St. Gabriel’s Catholic Church. All are welcome to join us for an evening of entertainment.
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ILEARN Information
This year the state of Indiana is transitioning from the
ISTEP+
assessment to the ILEARN assessment. Students in Grades 3-8 will take both the English Language Arts and Math exams. Students in Grades 4 and 6 will also take a Science exam, and students in Grade 5 will also take a Social Studies exam. For more information about the changes in this year’s exam, please view the
Parent Brochure
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Vote for our Art teacher, Amanda Keller, as Indy's Best local visual artist in the Nuvo Best of Indy 2018 - Arts + Entertainment category.
Click
here
to cast your vote!
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Walk-A-Thon Announcement
Parents, if you have a free morning and you are Safe and Sacred trained, please help us count money brought in for Walk-A-Thon. We meet in the cafeteria at 8:00 a.m. and are usually done by 9:30 a.m. You can sign up using the Sign-up Genius link
here
.
Click
here
to view the Walk-A-Thon incentives.
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Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) Meetings
Our Parent-Teacher Association will be meeting on the following Sundays at 7:00 p.m. in the school cafeteria. As a reminder, parents who attend these meetings receive one hour (per meeting) toward their ten required service hours.
October 21st, November 18th, December 16th, January 20th, February 24th, March 17th, April 14th, May 19th
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Safe and Sacred Training
We would like to remind all our families wishing to help with activities where our students are present that individuals must have completed the Safe and Sacred online training and completed a background check in order to volunteer or to serve as chaperones for a field trip. Please understand that until the certificate and background check are on file, we cannot, per the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, allow individuals to volunteer or work as employees of the school without this training and background check completed. If you completed your Safe and Sacred training, but did not complete the background check, simply log in to your account with your password and press the background check to complete the entire process. If you completed your training over a year ago or are unsure of your status, please log in to your Safe and Sacred account to see whether your training and background check are current. All Safe and Sacred certificates will have an expiration date on them, allowing your training to be valid for three years. To access the Safe and Sacred website, please go to the following:
https://safeandsacred-archindy.org/login/index.php
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Click
here
to view the info sheet on how to apply for freshman admission at Cardinal Ritter High School.
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Box Tops Collection
Remember to save your Box Tops and bring them in to help support St. Michael-St. Gabriel.
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Trash Bag Order Forms
To place your order for trash bags and help support the 8th grade class, please complete
this order form
and return it to the main office, or call us at
317-926-0516
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