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October 14, 2011
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Lead with Humility Serve with Love Trust in Providence
Next All-School Mass:
Wednesday, October 19, 9 a.m. Join us!!
Mr. Wagner's Letter
I wish I understood death. I don't mean the shutting down of biological systems or the gradual deterioration of the body; I get that. I want to understand the 'why' questions. Why him? and Why now?
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Xavier Murphy Funeral ArrangementsThe visitation for Xavier Murphy will be held today from 3-7 p.m. at the Robert Loose Funeral Home in Anderson. There will be another visitation from 9-11 a.m. tomorrow, Saturday, October 15, at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, in Carmel, Indiana with the funeral mass to follow at 11 a.m. Burial will be at the Maplewood Cemetery in Anderson with a luncheon at the Anderson Knights of Columbus immediately following the burial. Your prayers for the Murphy Family are much appreciated!
Tuesday, October 18Just a reminder that students will be released at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 18 in order to accommodate an extended Faculty meeting. Also on Tuesday will be Charity Spirit Day. In exchange for $2 students may wear Jeans and Guerin Catholic Spiritwear. This month's Spirit Day recipient will be the "Best Buddies" program.
Choral & Band Concert Be sure to attend the annual Fall Choral & Band Concert on Tuesday, October 18, at 7 p.m. at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in Carmel. Blood Drive Guerin Catholic and the Indiana Blood Center would like to thank all of the donations from last week's Blood Drive that was in support of Xavier Murphy. We had 90 potential donors through the door with 24 being deferred for various reasons... two main reasons being traveling out of the country to various places and low iron levels. Therefore, we had 66 pints collected. Our next Blood Drive will be Friday, March 2. Mark your calendars and we will see you then.
Yard Signs
The Athletic Department will be taking orders for yard signs once again. Yard signs are not limited to sports, they can also make them for, drama, music, band, dance, etc. Please have your order in no later than Oct. 21, 2011. Any orders that come in past that date will have to wait until we do a Spring order, so please get your orders in on time! Click here to download the form. Thank you!
SEAS Oktoberfest
Please mark your calendars for October 22 and plan on attending the 2011 Oktoberfest at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in Carmel. Once again a portion of the proceeds from this event will help fund scholarships to Guerin Catholic High School!! Thank you St. Elizabeth Ann Seton!! Click here for all of the details!!
Math League
The Math Club opens the Math League season on Tuesday, October 18th. As with all the contests, it's being held in our media center and begins at 7:00 a.m. Each contest contains 6 questions that range from challenging to difficult. Mathletes have 30 minutes to complete their quest, armed with their pencil, calculator, and mathematical acuity, to answer as many correctly as they can ! ALL math teachers encourage participation and even award some extra credit for getting up a half an hour earlier to test their problem solving skills. Our top 5 scores are compiled and sent to the Math League to see how we measure up to over 80 Indiana high school participants! You can check out those results at www.mathleague.com. Awards for the top-scoring mathlete in each of the grades will be presented at the spring recognition program. Mark your calendars for the other contest dates: November 15, December 13, January 10, February 14 , and March 13.
Sammy Pancol at the Palladium
Sammy Pancol, a senior in Guerin Catholic's Professional Career Internship Program, currently interning at the Palladium in Carmel, was invited to sing at the dedication and opening of the Palladium's GI Jive Music Museum.
Sammy sang among many performers; including singer, pianist and music revivalist--Michael Feinstein himself!! Following the performance, Sammy had an opportunity to talk with Michael Feinstein about her ambitions to attend Juilliard in the fall. Sammy's performance was outstanding as she sang God Bless America to a crowd of local supports of the Center for the Performing Arts, U.S Veterans, as well as, Linda Hope, Bob Hope's daughter. Congratulations to Sammy Pancol on an outstanding performance!
Club Fair Guerin Catholic will be hosting a Club Fair during lunch periods on October 17-19. Please remind your student to check out all of the fantastic Club offerings available to them!
Pilgrimage Postponed The pilgrimage led by Mrs. Murphy to St. Mary-of-the-Woods scheduled for Sunday, October 16, has been postponed. A new date will be scheduled soon.
Athletics Updates
Spiritwear
Design your own Guerin Catholic spiritwear online!!! Visit www.shop.mylocker.net and enter locker # do922 to design and purchase some pretty cool Guerin Catholic spirit wear!!!
Winter Athletics Registration
If you student is planning on participating in Guerin Catholic's winter athletics, please click here to download and fill out the registration form.
Men's Soccer--Regional Championship Saturday @ Tipton!!!
The men's varsity soccer team beat Northwestern 5-1 Thursday night to advance to the Regional Championship game against Muncie Burris. The Regional Championship game is Saturday night at 7:00 p.m. at Tipton High School, only 20 minutes from Guerin Catholic so please come support the boys!!!
Volleyball The Lady Golden Eagles finished their regular season this week against Fishers and Hamilton Heights. The Varsity team ended their season with a season-best 19-12 record. Thank you to all the students, staff and fans who have come out to support the team this year!! The Golden Eagles will begin Sectional play at Mount Vernon on Thursday, October 20 at 6:00pm vs. Indianapolis Arlington. Good luck, ladies!!
Cheerleading Call-Out and Try-outs The Cheerleading team will have basketball tryouts on the following dates and times: Monday, Oct. 17: Basketball Cheer Tryout Clinic 7-9 PM - gym Tuesday, Oct. 18: Basketball Cheer Tryouts 7-9 PM - gym Hockey
Your hockey team jumped out to a strong start in league play with a 6-0 win over South Stars Red. Guerin Catholic players scored all six NHC Miiller goals -- one each by Will Hadden and Patrick Martin and two each by Andrew Eicher and Alex Heger. You know how it seems like some sports are over before the season even begins? Not with hockey! Your Guerin Catholic skaters started playing games in mid-September and won't finish until early March. So much hockey to love! The Millers host Carmel Blue at the Fishers Forum on October 16 at 12:30 pm. They need your support and once you watch a game you'll be hooked! On October 23 your team hits the road to South Bend to play Adams and Penn. Go to www.noblesvillehockeyclub.com to find the game schedule and results.
Men's Lacrosse
A PLAYER call out meeting will be held for all former and future GOLDEN EAGLE MEN's LACROSSE players on Tuesday, October 18. The meeting will be held in the school's Cafeteria immediately following the 2:30pm dismissal. This will be a quick meeting to simply obtain communication information from any interested players. Also, coaches will be on hand to answer any PLAYER questions.
A PARENT call out meeting will be held for all PARENTS of former and future GOLDEN EAGLE MEN'S LACROSSE players on Tuesday, November 29. The meeting will be held in the school's MEDIA CENTER beginning at 7pm.
Coaches will be available for questions and Parent Sign Up for various TEAM OPPORTUNITIES.
We have an exciting season ahead...Don't miss out on the fun and excitement of LACROSSE and especially GUERIN CATHOLIC LACROSSE !!! Questions can be directed to Jeff Weller (jweller7@gmail.com) or Jackie Mewborn (jmewborn@indy.rr.com). back to the top
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