Mr. Wagner's Letter
Greetings!
This Wednesday, February 22nd, is Ash Wednesday and the start of the Lenten season. Guerin Catholic will be getting the Lenten season off to a strong start by incorporating prayer, fasting, and almsgiving into our day. (more...)
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Key Calendar Dates
Friday, February 17
No classes--Destination Jesus set-up day
Monday, February 20
Flex Day-No classes President's Day
Wednesday, February 22
All-School Mass 9 a.m. in the gymnasium, Ash Wednesday
Annual Soup & Bread Lunch (see Mr. Wagner's Letter for more details)
Thursday, February 23
Trimester Finals
Friday, February 24
Trimester Finals
Gala--A Record Success!
We are proud to report that the 2012 Gala succeeded on many levels this year. The 2012 Gala boasts many firsts including hosting the largest attendance since its inception--nearly 500 people! Also, this year's Gala raised a Guerin Catholic record-setting amount of over $275,000!
Congratulations to our raffle winners:
50/50: Jim & Diane Vuotto
$5,000 Tuition: Rob & Amy Edwards
$5,000 Tuition: Mark & Suzanne Robinson
Most of all, congratulations to our Director of Gala--Shari Vickery and her co-chairs, Lisa Hammons and Kay Crawford. Your tireless dedication to the mission of the Guerin Catholic High School is recognized and appreciated! To pull off such a wildly successful event in a shortened time period is incredible!! We are blessed to have you as members of the Guerin Catholic Family!! Thank you!! Click here for the final Gala Updates recap!!
From Campus Ministry
Click
here to read a letter from Mr. McNamee regarding Service Hours.
Click
here for the service hour forms.
2012 Trivia Challenge Volunteers are STILL needed for TRIVIA NIGHT--Friday, March 16th at Guerin Catholic High School. This annual fundraiser needs many hands to help create the fun and festive atmosphere the event is known for...here are the opportunities:
DAY OF EVENT: 12pm - 5pm : Parents and Students are invited to help with SET UP for the event. Tables, Chairs, Linens, Ice, Beverages, etc.
Students may arrive AFTER SCHOOL for SERVICE HOUR opportunities. If interested, please email Jackie Mewborn at
jmewborn@indy.rr.com .
EVENT NIGHT: 5pm - 11:59p.m:
MUST BE 21 to VOLUNTEER at the EVENT! We need about 20 more volunteers to help serve, collect, judge, and just be there to help assist our nearly 600 guests ! If interested, please email Jackie Mewborn at
jmewborn@indy.rr.com. Volunteers get to eat, drink and be merry as well!!!
Registrations are still welcome
if you plan to put together a team. However, tables sell out quickly!!! Get your registration and payment and your thinking caps and get ready for a GREAT event !!
Click here to download the registration for the for the Trivia Challenge to be held on
Friday, March 16!! This is a one of the most spirited nights at Guerin Catholic and it does SELL OUT, so be sure to turn in your registration form soon!!
Scheduling Information Night On Wednesday, March 7th, we will hold our Scheduling Information Night for 9th-11th grade parents at 7:00pm in the Guerin Catholic Cafetorium. Information that we've shared with the students about the scheduling process will be covered as well as specific information regarding the International Baccalaureate Programme. We also will explain how to help students complete the Course Selection Sheets and answer any questions. Please make an effort to be in attendance in order to receive any necessary information to help your son or daughter plan their course requests for the 2012-2013 school year. Please note that this program is intended for parents only.
SMG Service Opportunities St. Maria Goretti Sports Ministry has service hour opportunities week nights and weekends now until March 17. For exact times and dates please contact SMG Athletic Director, Pat Biddlecombe at p.biddlecombe@smgonline.org Chris Herren to Speak at Guerin Catholic Save the Date for
Monday, March 19, when former NBA player Chris Herren will visit Guerin Catholic to speak to students about his life of stardom, addiction, failure and recovery.
Herren will speak to Guerin Catholic students and junior high students from the Carmel Deanery schools at
12:30 p.m. on March 19. Herren will have a
separate presentation for parents at 7 p.m. that evening. More information, including a detailed flier, will be included in next week's Guerin Updates. In the meantime, please mark your calendars for March 19 and plan on attending--this is one presentation you won't want to miss!!
Yearbook
Sponsor Opportunity
"Building a Legacy" is the theme of our second full-color yearbook! The yearbook staff would like to give the Guerin Catholic community the opportunity to help the school's publication by offering sponsorships - this will also help cover the cost of the color. For $50 you may appear as a sponsor in the yearbook. In addition to sponsor listings, if you or a relative or close family friend would be interested in placing a business sponsorship in the yearbook, you may open the attached file for further information. Our yearbook reaches many areas; this is a great opportunity not only for publicity but also for support of our school publication - AND this section of our book won an award last year! Please contact Mary Lynne Voigt, mvoigt@guerincatholic.org or 582-0120, x. 281, if you have any questions. Thank you!
Senior Ads
Consider placing an ad in our Yearbook to recognize your Guerin Catholic senior!! Click
here to download the form which details all of the information.
Indiana Tax Deduction There is a new tax deduction available for tax payers who have children attending private or parochial schools. The deduction is $1,000 per child but applies only to children attending a private or parochial school. It does not apply to children attending a public school.
Attached is the information directly from Income Tax Information Bulletin #107. For more information, please read the Bulletin at http://www.in.gov/dor/3650.htm or consult your tax advisor.
Help Needed at Lucas Oil Events
As Guerin Catholic prepares to work at the last two Lucas Oil Stadium events this year, volunteers are needed to assist the Women's Soccer Team on March 3, 2012 at the Monster Jam and the Cheerleading Squad on March 17, 2012 for the Super Motor Cross.
Adult Volunteers with TIPS licenses are needed for both events, as well as adults to be cashiers and students to work food prep and serving.
Please contact Jonathan McClure (Soccer Coach at jmcclure@guerincatholic.org) or Misty Booher (Cheerleading Coach at misty.booher@Gmail.com), as soon as possible, if you are willing (and able) to assist them in their efforts. Thank you!
Parents of Sophomores & Seniors
On February 28th, our sophomores and seniors will be participating in the Indiana Prevention Resource Center's (a department of Applied Health Science of Indiana University in Bloomington) survey of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use amongst Indiana students. The survey will take place during a 30-minute portion of their Kairos period. This will be the first day of the new trimester, so using a portion of their Kairos time to take the survey should not be a problem for students.
The survey is conducted for two purposes: (1) to provide local schools and their communities with valid estimates of the prevalence of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use among their students, and (2) to provide the state of Indiana with similar estimates of prevalence on a statewide basis.
The survey is completely anonymous. It will be completed online, without any personally identifiable information that could be traced to an individual student.
While we strongly recommend that all sophomores and seniors participate, parents may opt out for their student by putting their request in writing and submitting it to Principal Rick Wagner by the end of the school day on February 24.
