Yesterday, March 14, was Pi Day and Gayle Mass celebrated with her geometry classes with some pies and pizzas! Pi Day is celebrated on March 14 because 3, 1 and 4 are Pi’s first three significant digits. |
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Friday, March 17
- 2:11 p.m. Dismissal
- Happy Saint Patrick's Day!
Saturday, March 18
Monday, March 20
Friday, March 24 - Friday, March 31
Monday, April 3
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Support School Choice Legislation |
The proposed budget bill (HB1001) currently being considered by Indiana lawmakers passed the Indiana House of Representatives and now moves to the Indiana Senate for a vote. This bill seeks to eliminate the eight pathways currently in place for the Indiana Choice Scholarship as well as raise the income ceiling to 400% of the amount required for a student to qualify for the federal free or reduced price lunch program. Currently, the income ceiling is set at 300%.
As you can read here, there are Indiana Senators who are unsure about "school choice" voucher expansion. Because of this, it is important to reach out to our state senators to support the expansion of the voucher program. Please find your state senator using this link.
Thank you for taking the time to let your voice be heard.
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Financial Aid applications due March 15 |
Financial Aid Applications
Financial Aid Applications for CURRENT families are due today! APPLY THROUGH FACTS. Applying by this deadline guarantees inclusion in the pool considered for BCHS financial aid for the 2023-2024 school year. Click here for more information.
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Attention Senior Parents: A message from senior picture photographer Sarah Shields |
If you have not had a chance to view your son or daughter's senior headshots, please take advantage of this opportunity to view them here: Class of 2023. They turned out great this year, and we don’t want you to miss your chance to purchase a download or a print.
Your child was sent a login code on photo day, but if that has been lost, please send senior picture photographer Sarah Shields your child's name at (text) 419-351-7144 or (email) sarah@sarahshieldsphotography.com, and the code will be sent to you.
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BCHS Athletic Booster Club invites you to Trivia Night 2023! In cooperation with Hambone’s Trivia, we’re looking forward to an evening of fun on Saturday, March 18, in the main BCHS gym!
Hambone’s creates entertaining, immersive, experiential games that require reason, not just recall, so everyone can play, no matter your level of trivia knowledge.
We’ll have TVs showing March Madness basketball games too!
Put your thinking caps on to capture the prize for the most creative ‘theme’ table/member decorations.
- Check in begins at 7 p.m. with trivia starting around 7:30 p.m.
- $300/team for 6 rounds of play with up to 10 members per team
- Make a reservation as a single person ($30) and we’ll create a table for you.
- This is an over-21 event for all players.
- Sponsor a Round for $500, which includes a table of play
- 20 beers per team are provided; bring additional refreshments and food of your choice
- A bonus ‘VIP” will be auctioned whose answers can be used for one round at the auction-winning table.
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Join us at Improv Senior Night on March 22 at 6 p.m. in the Kyle Guyton Theater to celebrate Seniors Zeke Jarzyniecki, Chris Board, and Captain Riley Kramer! All are welcome! |
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Bring your family and join Bishop Chatard on Saturday, April 8, at 9:30 a.m. for the Annual BCHS Easter Egg Hunt! Children are invited to bring their Easter baskets to collect eggs on the front lawn of the school. The Easter Egg Hunt begins promptly at 9:30 a.m. led by our special guest, the Easter Bunny! Following the hunt, all are welcome to continue the Easter fun on the front lawn!
To ensure the safety of all the children, we have made arrangements to block Crittenden Ave. from vehicle traffic beginning at 9 a.m. Please park in the back of the school. That lot can be accessed prior to 9 a.m. from Crittenden or from Keystone, Northgate and 58th St. at any time. Click here to RSVP.
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Save the Date: Senior Blood Drive! |
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Order Spring Sport Yard Signs |
Recognize your spring sport athlete with a BCHS yard sign! Online orders are now open: $25 for a one-sided sign or $35 for 2-sided (both sides are the same). This is an optional sign for personal yards.
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Spring Musical: Order an Ovation, Become a Sponsor or Patron
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Support the cast/crew of our 2023 spring musical Fiddler on the Roof and the BCHS theatre program by becoming a Theatre Patron or Sponsor or by placing an Ovation for a cast/crew member in the playbill!
Ads and Ovations are due March 24. Become a patron before that date, and your name will be in the playbill too! Click here to learn more!
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BCHS Spirit Shop
Check out our new items for spring!
The BC Spirit Shop is open from 11:30 - 1:30 p.m. Tuesday - Friday on full school days. We will have extended hours this week for Freshman Registration. All are welcome!
- Wednesday, 3/15 - 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
- Thursday, 3/16 - 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.
- Friday, 3/17 - 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Can’t make it in to the store? Shop online 24/7! Select the “Take Home” option during checkout and your order will be sent home with your BCHS student for free! Or select the “Shipping” option and items will be delivered to your door ($10 shipping fee applied). Click here to shop online!
Follow the BCHS Spirit Shop on Twitter @ChatardS for news, sales and special store hours.
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Parents of seniors interested in purchasing a congratulatory ad in the yearbook can now place that order online. Payment and design must be submitted by March 16 to guarantee placement in the yearbook. Click here for more information.
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Service Hours are due April 15 |
All Christian Service hours need to be completed by April 15! Please check in with your student(s) to see how they are doing in completing their hours. If they have not logged any hours, it's time to get to work!
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Reporting student tardies & absences |
Please report any student tardies and/or absences by calling Marilynn Fagan, Attendance Officer, at 317-251-1451. |
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From the Counseling Office |
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Seniors: Send in College Acceptances & Scholarships
We want to celebrate you! Please send all college acceptances AND all scholarship award letters (even if the awards are from schools you aren’t going to) to the School Counseling Office. You can take a screenshot and email it to Mrs. Saurine at asaurine@bishopchatard.org or bring in a physical copy of the award.
Please send awards as soon as possible, and by April 1 at the latest.
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Northeast Indianapolis College Fair tonight
These are great opportunities for juniors to build their list of interesting colleges! Attend these Indianapolis College Fairs to meet with College Admissions Representatives from colleges and universities in Indiana and other states. Students can come alone, with their family, or with their friends. Students do not have to stay the whole time. These events are free!
Northeast Indianapolis College Fair
March 15 from 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Lawrence North High School
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Course Selections for 2023/2024 school year
School Counselors are meeting with current Freshmen, Sophomores and Juniors to discuss scheduling classes for next year. Please be on the lookout for course selection sheets coming home, which will include recommendations from teachers, instructions for selecting courses, and a list of all courses available to your child.
School counselors will meet one-on-one with your child before Spring Break to go over their choices.
Please reach out to your child’s school counselor if you have any questions!
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Senior Grandparent Mass: April 13 |
The annual Senior Grandparents Mass is on April 13. Grandparents and grandchildren will enjoy a special Mass followed by a light reception. Parents: Please RSVP for your student's grandparents by April 2. Click here for more information and to RSVP!
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Donate your Used Uniforms & Spiritwear |
We need your used uniforms and spiritwear for the annual Used Uniform Sale. A box will be placed outside Door 10 for donations from mid-April through the sale. Until then, donations can be dropped off at the school office or at the home of Jennifer Zyromski at 5732 Broadway St., Indianapolis, 46220.
Mark Your Calendars: The Used Uniform sale will take place coinciding with the Freshman Parent Orientation, exact date usually in early to mid-June. More information to come!
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BCHS will offer Health Class during the summer 2023. One credit hour is earned for the course and cost is $200. Classes run Monday to Friday, from June 5 – 23, from 8 to 11:30 a.m.
This course will be conducted in-person at BCHS.
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7th grade High School Placement Test |
Bishop Chatard will provide 7th grade students the opportunity to practice taking the High School Placement Test on April 15. There is no charge for this opportunity and students are welcome to use the results on their application for the BCHS Class of 2028.
Testing will take place between 8 a.m. and noon at BCHS. Pre-registration is required. The deadline to register is April 5.
A Parent Questions & Coffee session will take place on the same day from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m., and all parents of students who are testing are invited to attend. Click here to register.
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Q3 BCHS Career Seminar Speakers
In an effort to assist students in their career exploration process, sophomores, juniors and seniors will have the opportunity to hear from Bishop Chatard alumni career speakers each quarter during Seminar A in the theatre room.
Signup for Q3 Seminar speakers is now open.
- Each student is expected to sign up for at least one career seminar this quarter during Seminar A.
- You are welcome to attend multiple seminars if you are interested in more than one.
- Be sure to sign up early as space will be limited for some of the presentations.
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Driver's Ed: Summer 2023
Bishop Chatard will be offering Driver Education this summer. The 2023 Summer Driver’s Education Course at Bishop Chatard is a state-certified course open to all BCHS students who are at least 15 years of age by May 27. The cost is $450, which includes both the classroom session and the in-car driving sessions. This course is open to only current or incoming BCHS students.
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Bishop Chatard Summer Camp registration is open! |
Bishop Chatard is offering both athletic and enrichment camps designed to keep your students engaged and having fun in the summer!
Three weeks of summer camps will run June 12 - 15, June 19 - 22 and June 26 - 29. A variety of activities will be offered! From theatre, ceramics and robotics with our award-winning teachers, to a number of athletic camps with our champion high school coaches, we offer something for every North Deanery student at our Trojan Summer Camps!
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Ways for Students to stay informed |
Is your student interested in getting involved, but not sure how? Contact Mr. Tim Boyle at tboyle@bishopchatard.org or stop by the Student Life office (in the Cafeteria). Other ways for students to stay informed include:
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Follow @BCHStudentLife on Twitter!
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Download and check out the BCHS Student News App! Students should have this on their school iPads, but can add it to their phone's home screen as well!
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Visit the Student Page on the school website.
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Click here to see Mr. Boyle's weekly Student Life email (sent weekly to students).
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There will be a sale going on at Schoolbelles Uniforms on Friday, March 17. It will be 17% off *almost everything* and 17 cents shipping both in-store at 6315 N. Keystone and online at SCHOOLBELLES.COM (BCHS code: S1664). Join the Schoolbelles mailing list by texting 'Schoolbelles' to 22828.
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Blood Drive at Saint Simon |
St. Simon the Apostle Church invites all to save lives and donate blood on Sunday, March 19, from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. at the church. Each donor receives a $10 amazon gift card. Click here to register.
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5885 Crittenden Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46220
P: 317.251.1451 | F: 317.251.3648
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