Hello, Cardinal Ritter Family, I hope you all had a great Fall Break. We are well into quarter two and have some important events coming up.

This Saturday (tomorrow) 8th graders will be taking the high school placement exam here at Cardinal Ritter from 9-12. Please have your student arrive early and enter through the main doors to register. If your child did not inform you, or there is a scheduling conflict, your student has one other opportunity to complete this exam. The next test date is December 3rd from 9-12. Please make sure your student tests on one of these dates.

Not to get too far ahead, but final exams will take place before we dismiss for Christmas Break. I want to get information out now so that your student can prepare and increase their success on exams. 

Here at Cardinal Ritter every student in every grade takes a final exam for each class- including all Junior High students except for the Exploration classes - theater, art, and college and career readiness. To prepare students for the exam, teachers host “study tables” in the weeks leading up to the exams. Students should come with their class materials, exam reviews (that will be given as we approach exams), and any questions they may have about the class content. Students who are most successful on the exams attend these study sessions. Please ensure that your child attends study tables, especially in classes they may struggle with.

As always, thank you for your time and reach out to me with any questions you may have.

Peace,

Nicole Gardner

HAPPENING THE WEEK OF 11-7

MONDAY - November 7

Red Day

TUESDAY - November 8

Black Day

WEDNESDAY - November 9

Red Day - 2pm Dismissal

THURSDAY - November 10

Black Day - SEL Speaker

FRIDAY - November 11

Red Day - Veteran's Day All School Liturgy

HAPPENING THE WEEK OF 11-14

MONDAY - November 14

Black Day - Toy Drive Begins

TUESDAY - November 15

Red Day

WEDNESDAY - November 16

Black Day - 2pm Dismissal

THURSDAY - November 17

Red Day

FRIDAY - November 18

Black Day - Black Student Union Jeans Day

SATURDAY - November 19

6pm - CRHS Coffee Cabaret - CRHS Gym

Upcoming Dates:

11/05- 8th grade HS Placement Test 9-12 @CRHS

11/06/22- Daylight Savings ends at 2:00am

11/08- Election Day

11/10- Veterans Day

11/11- Veterans Day Liturgy

11/16- Progress Reports

11/18- Jeans for $1 (BSU)

11/22- Thanksgiving Day Luncheon (Volunteers Needed to set up and serve food.

Contact Brittany Cottrell at bcottrell@cardinalritter.org)

11/23-11/25- No School; Thanksgiving Break

12/07: Christmas Concert; 7pm

7th Grade: Dulce De Los Santos

Dulce is being recognized for her work ethic and contributions academically and musically to Cardinal Ritter. She has recently decided to perform in the Jazz band for the winter concert and Miss. Leyba is thrilled! She earns excellent grades in all of her classes and puts forth a tremendous amount of effort every day.

8th Grade: Aiden Lane

Aiden is a driven young man who exceeds expectations in his classes. He gives great effort and careful consideration when completing assignments and is kind and helpful to those around him. He also has a great sense of humor!

Congratulations to our Raiders of the Week! See Mrs. Gardner on Monday for a token of appreciation for all of your hard work at Cardinal Ritter.

Our junior high team is here to support your child. If you have any questions or concerns about your child’s grades, please contact their teachers via the email addresses found below or call the school office at 317-924-4333. 

In Science Class This Week:

Caroline Sperry (7th Grade):csperry@cardinalritter.org 

7th grade scientists are starting their unit on the Scientific Method.   We will be discussing the different steps involved in the Scientific Method, procedures, variables, graphing, and reporting results.  This is a very important unit for us as we will be using these steps to begin working on our Science Fair projects.  Science Fair will be held on Tuesday, February 7th, so be looking for more information to come.

John Riley (8th Grade): jriley@cardinalritter.org 

8th grade Science: Students are learning about Lewis dot structures and types of molecular bonding. Students are continuing to work on their Science Fair projects.

In Math Class This Week:

Matthew Harrison: mharrison@cardinalritter.org

7th A- we are still practicing Solving equations and now moving on to multi-step equations with 3-4 steps to solve.

For Pre-Alg (8th & 7th A+): we are starting our new chapter 4 all about graphing linear equations, finding slope, finding intercepts and so on...BRING graph paper!

Brittany Cottrell: bcottrell@cardinalritter.org

For Pre-Algebra, we are working on linear and nonlinear functions.

For Algebra 1, we are working on adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing inequalities.

In Language Arts Class This Week:

Claire Anderson: canderson@cardinalritter.org 

7A+ ELA: The students are learning about plagiarism and how to avoid it.

8th grade ELA: We're writing what happens next in Edgar Allan Poe's “The Tell Tale Heart” while learning about different components of a narrative.

In Social Studies Class This Week:

Nicole Gardner: ngardner@cardinalritter.org 

7th grade students learned the ins and outs of population and migration with some in depth discussions about challenges faced by immigrants.

8th grade students are studying European history prior to the 1500s with an emphasis on the Renaissance.

In Theology Class This Week:

Megan O’Brien: mobrien@cardinalritter.org 

7th Grade: This week we are learning about the hypostatic union of Jesus, which tells us that Jesus has two natures (human and divine) united in one person. 

8th Grade: We are moving on to a new period of Church history (1000-1500 AD), and used our collection of Saint plushes to learn about the Saints for all Saints day on Tuesday!

In PE Class This Week:

Brian Edwards: bedwards@cardinalritter.org 

PE classes have moved onto mattball (another form of kickball), and we will continue to take advantage of any nice weather as well!

In Music & Theater Class This Week:

Kelly Leyba (Music): kleyba@cardinalritter.org

Beginning band is continuing to make strides on their Christmas Music. We have been focusing on correcting rhythms and making sure students know who has the melody in each song. They are working hard to get ready for the Christmas concert!

Also,

Shoutout to our Junior High Students that will be participating in the Veteran's Day Parade next Friday! 

Nicholas Buell 

Abigail Taybior 

Makenzie Jones

Ted Bourke(Theater): tbourke@cardinalritter.org

Please check Google Classroom for weekly updates!

In Art and Family & Consumer Science Class This Week:

Anna Roberts (Art): aroberts@cardinalritter.org

Students are putting their finishing touches on “International Scooby” and have begun using their creativity creating art using their name.

JennyLengerich-Pleiss (FACS): jlengerich@cardinalritter.org

Please check Google Classroom for weekly updates!

GOOD LUCK CRUSADERS!

The Cadet Crudaders will take on St. Barnabas on Sunday at Roncalli at 2:30pm in the CYO Cadet Boys Football Tournament Championships.

We wish them GOOD LUCK !!!!!