Next Week Labor Day, No School
Wednesday, September 5Charity Spirit Day--In exchange for $2 students, faculty and staff may wear jeans and Guerin Catholic spirit wear. Proceeds will benefit CYO (Catholic Youth Organization).
Thursday, September 6 Freshmen Retreat at St. Mary's of the Woods, Terre Haute, IN
The theme of this retreat is Tradition. This setting helps students come to know Mother Guerin's historical impact and how she continues to touch our lives in the present. Please keep our freshmen in your prayers.(More Info Below)
Dad's Day Breakfast
Have you RSVP'd for our first Dad's Day Breakfast of the 2012-13 school year? On Friday, September 14, at 6:15 a.m. join us in welcoming the founder of Dad's Day---Mr. Bill Bissmeyer. Please come learn how & why Dad's Day was created--this is a magnificent story you won't want to miss.
So we are able to determine food quantities, please RSVP no later than Friday, September 7 to Cathy Dolan. You may pay at the door ($7.50/pp) the morning of the event. Campus Ministry Service Hours Opportunities
Be sure to visit the
Service Hour page on the Guerin Catholic website to view the most up-to-date listing of service hour opportunities.
Attention Parents of Freshman
Next Thursday, September 6, 2012, the freshman class will be going to St. Mary-of-the-Woods College, founded by our patroness Saint Theodore Guerin, in Terre Haute, Indiana for his/her class retreat. If you have not already done so, please turn in your permission slip to the Office of Campus Ministry and Student Life no later TUESDAY, September 4th. On September 6th the buses will leave promptly at 5:30 a.m. You may drop your student off as early at 5:15 a.m. Please have them check in at the cafeteria when they arrive. We will attend Mass when we arrive at St. Mary's. All meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner) will be provided, buffet style, with plenty of options/choices. If you have further questions please contact Amy Vaiana at 582-0120 ext. 317.
Give It Away Now
On
Friday the 21st of September, Guerin Catholic is helping host the Life Teen Give It Away Now project.
This project will help provide necessities to local charities, St. Vincent De Paul and The Birthright of Cicero.
As a school we will come together to donate certain items and pledge service hours to these charities.
Please mark this date on your calendar and watch for more details to come!
Mission Trip to Henryville, IN
Guerin Catholic is planning a fall break mission trip to Henryville, IN to work with Catholic Charities to help the victims of the March 2nd tornado. We will also be staying at Hanover College, making this a great opportunity for students to also see what a college campus is like. For more details on the trip, come to the call out meeting on September 11th at 5:00 p.m. or contact Kate Warne at kwarne@guerincatholic.org
Parent Guild
Meeting Join the Parent Guild in the media center on
Tuesday, September 5, at
9 am for the monthly meeting.
Volunteer Form
Guerin Catholic needs you! The Parent Guild is an organization that supports the school, students, staff, and the community. We have many exciting opportunities for which parents can volunteer. There is still time to turn in your purple "Volunteer Opportunities" form. If you have misplaced your form, simply click here to print a new one. We look forward to working with you!
Dues Form
Also, don't forget to turn in your Parent Guild dues along with your volunteer form. This is a suggested donation of $20.00 (which would be tax deductible) and these dues greatly help Parent Guild get started on the year with all of the activites, such as homecoming, Grandparent's Breakfast, Winter formal, etc.. We also are able to fulfill many teacher "wish lists" because of your dues donations. For the Parent Guild dues form, please click here. Thank you so much for helping the Parent Guild!
Fundraising
Parents who work for a business that uses inkjet and/or laser cartridges can help support Guerin Catholic by having the used cartridges shipped to the Funding Factory for recycling. Prepaid labels are provided so shipping is free. Registration is available using school id #136300 at http://www.etcep.com/register/register_supporter.aspx or by contacting Carolyn DeFelippis at defelippis@sbcglobal.net
Trivia Night--Save the Date
TRIVIA NIGHT has MOVED to November 10 this year! Be sure to mark your calendars, start brushing up on your trivia, and gathering your friends to prepare for the always fun evening!!!
The Trivia Night Committee is still in need of volunteers to help with this fun filled evening on November 10. If you would like to volunteer, please contact Christina Banks at tchjabanks@gotown.net.
Family Directory
It's time to begin working on the Guerin Catholic Family Directory
PLEASE NOTE:
Sophomore, Junior and Senior information (home address, emails, phone numbers) from last year's directory will be used for this year's directory. If you have any changes from last year, please email Leona Chianello at
lchianello@guerincatholic.org Freshmen information was sent home on Monday, August 27th
to be confirmed and returned to the Guidance Office by August 29th.
Volunteers are needed to proofread and make corrections i.e. address, cell phone, etc...before sending to print.If you are available to proofread (can even be done in your own home)
please email Laura Kimmerling at
lkimmerling@sbcglobal.net or call Leona Chianello (317) 582-0120 ext 231.
Thank you for any time you can spare in order to get the
directory information to the printer in a timely manner.
Guerin Catholic Website Many may have noticed that we made some changes to our website over the summer. It may take a while to learn where everything is now, but rest assured, the content remains. Many of the Guerin Catholic-specific items (Lunch menus, ANGEL, MySchoolBucks, Immunization info, etc.) can be found on the
Parent Portal link under
Quicklinks about halfway down on the left side of the home page. If you have trouble finding something or need some help navigating, please feel free to email
Colleen Ward.
Parent Information Nights
Are you the parent of a 7th or 8th grader? Do you have questions about the application process? Are you looking for additional information about Guerin Catholic?
Then please join us at one of our Parent Information Nights:
Where:
St. Theodore Guerin High School Media Center
When:
September 12, 2012 and September 26, 2012 7-8:30 PM
If you have any questions, please contact Chyrise King, Director of Admissions, cking@guerincatholic.org or 317-582-0120 ext. 279
Ken-Ya Club The members of the Guerin Catholic Ken-Ya Club would like to invite everyone to attend the Kenya Carnival this Saturday! The Kenya Carnival is organized and run by students around the Indianapolis area from different schools and faiths who come together with the shared interest in helping orphans in Kenya attend school. The carnival will be held at Second Presbyterian Church (7700 N. Meridian St) from 2-6 pm and will have many games and inflatables for all ages. All of the proceeds from the Carnival are used to pay the tuition and provide uniforms for high school students in Kenya who are orphaned. It takes $325 to send one Kenyan student to high school for one year and the organization has the annual goal of sending 100 students to school! Ken-Ya Help us? Yes, you can! For more information about the carnival and the Umoja project, please visit www.kenyahelpus.org
Heavenly Cookies
Have you tried Mrs. Haas' made-from-scratch cookies? Be sure to order some for your student today! Click here to download the order form. For future reference the Heavenly Cookies order form can now be found in the Parent Portal section of the website, under Quick Links on the home page.
DECA
(DECA prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs for careers in marketing, finance, hospitality and management in high schools and colleges around the globe.)
We are currently signing up for the 2013 Guerin Catholic DECA team. Any student who is interested in exploring and/or pursuing a career in business should strongly consider signing up for DECA. Students will compete at the District level at Carmel High School in January and at the State Level in March. All students are eligible to participate in the Guerin Catholic DECA Club. There is a Fall Leadership Conference in Downtown Indianapolis (Oct. 9) for all students wishing to become a district officer or a state officer. If you need further information, please contact Polly White -
pwhite@guerincatholic.org
Service Hour Opportunity
Tools for School needs your help on Monday,
September 3rd from 1:00-3:00. We will sort, inventory and move school supplies. This will take place at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel's Merciful Help Center. We need 15 teen volunteers. Please contact Pam Curtis to volunteer by email
bpbkcurtis@aol.com or phone (317) 581-8988.
First Friday Adoration Guerin Catholic is privileged to offer First Friday Adoration to its students, staff, parents, and community! The first Friday of each month, the Blessed Sacrament will be exposed from 7am to 4pm in the St. Joseph Chapel at the school. Next Friday, September 7th, we will have our first adoration time of the school year. If you'd like to sign up for an hour, please email Janette (JanetteG@indy.rr.com) and let her know which hour you are available. If you are available more than one hour, please list them in the order of your preference, and one hour will be assigned to you. Please respond by Tuesday, September 4th, and a schedule will be sent to you on Wednesday. What a wonderful way to begin a new school year! Thank you for being a part of this very special prayer ministry!
Garden Club
Major Kudos to Mr. Boise for heading up our new Garden Club. The Garden to the north of Guerin Catholic has yielded nearly 2,500 pounds of produce this season and more is coming!!! The beneficiaries are the local food pantries!
This is awesome news, but more student involvement is needed!! Can your student jump on board to help with the gathering? If so, please contact Kate Warne in Campus Ministry.
Athletic Updates Good luck to our Golden Eagles who take on Archbishop Alter 7:30 p.m. tonight at home! Can't make the game? Watch live on the
Guerin Catholic Faith Network. GO GOLDEN EAGLES!!
CYO NightAll CYO athletes are invited to join us tonight, at 7:30 p.m. at Guerin Catholic when the Golden Eagles face Archbishop Alter High School from Ohio! CYO athletes will receive free admission and a t-shirt on a first-come, first-served basis.
Cross Country
Both Men's and Women's varsity cross country teams won the team titles at the Rushville Invitational this past Saturday! The ladies were led by seniors Morgan Abernathy, Erica Fuller & Annie Barrett. All three placing in the top ten in second, sixth and eighth places respectively. The ladies outdistanced the runners-up by 55 points. The men were dominating in their race led by junior Joe Taylor in 3rd, Sophomore Chris Bluish in 4th, sophomroe Kip Curtis in 6th, junior Andrew Bentivoglio in 9th and Freshmen Kent Linton in 11th. They out distanced the runner-up team by 63 points.
Come see the team in action tonight during the halftime of the football game. Then join the team again on Saturday, September 8th for the All-Catholic State Cross Country Championships held here at Guerin Catholic. The first race begins at 11:00am. Students are welcome to come at 8:00 to help set up for the meet and earn service hours. See Coach Elston for details.
Boy's Soccer
The boy's varsity soccer team is now ranked #1 in the state! After defeating Brebeuf last weekend 2-0, they went on to beat #10 ranked Park Tudor, 4-1. This week they have a home game on
Tuesday, September 3 vs. Pendleton Heights at 5:00 pm. On Thursday, they have an away game vs Lawrence North at 6:30. Come out and support your team. Go Golden Eagles!
CYO NightThe boy's soccer will host CYO Night on
Monday, September 10, with their match-up against Cathedral. Game time is
5:30 p.m. All CYO athletes are admitted for free and will receive a free t-shirt! Go Golden Eagles!
Volleyball
The Volleyball team had its first home matches this week and lost to Lawrence North on Monday night in a 5 set thriller (25-19, 25-22, 19-25,16-25 and 18-20) and beat Park Tudor on Wednesday in 3 sets (25-18, 25-18 and 25-12). The JV team went undefeated this week beating Lawrence North 21-25, 25-18 and 15-8 and beating Park Tudor 25-13 and 25-16. The Freshman traveled to Lawrence North and fought hard, but lost 17-25 and 10-25.
All three teams travel to Lebanon next Tuesday, September 4. The JV and Varsity teams travel to Sheridan on Wednesday and host Western Boone on Thursday (JV starts at 5:30pm, varsity at 6:30pm). The Varsity travels to Shelbyville on Saturday for the annual Shelbyville Invitational. Come and support your Golden Eagles!
Girls Golf
The Girls Golf Team competed at Prairie View on a beautiful Tuesday evening with Carmel and North Central. Guerin Catholic had a score of 184, only 14 strokes behind state-ranked Carmel, and 42 strokes better than North Central. Sarah Baxter had the best score of the match at 38, earning the Medalist title. Other scoring team members were Lucy Stevens (41), Kara McDonald (52) and Nora Sego (53). Also golfing were Maggie Kroeff with a personal best of 59, as well as Rachel Cockman and Maddie Lorek. Another match was played on Thursday at Wood Wind where GCHS defeated Brebeuf 176 to 183. The team was led by co-Medalists Sarah Baxter and Lucy Stevens with scores of 37, followed by Kara McDonald (49) and Mariah Callon (53). In the coming week the team will play a 9-hole match on Thursday, 9/6 with Lawrence North at Wood Wind at 4:30 pm. Good job on another successful week!
Mens Tennis
Guerin Catholic defeated Bishop Chatard on Tuesday night. GC scores and names are given first.
Singles
- Matthew Moe def Michael Reidy 6-2 6-2
- Make Dunbar def Tommy Barrett 6-0 6-0
- Cam Metzger def patrick Huffine 6-1- 6-2
Doubles
- Sean Warner-Austin Arceneaux def Andrew Nightingale-Andrew Pluckebaum 3-6 6-4 6-3
- Sam Catton-Chris Hacker lost to Mike Sokol-Danny Pruitt 4-6 6-3 2-6
Reserve winners were Weise, Ludwig, Hepp, Collins, Saunders
Coach Krauter's commented, "Enthusiastic play resulted in a good win. Chatard always brings the effort from start to finish. Big win for seniors Arceneaux and Warner. Arceneaux's positive energy and Warner's solid focus results in a big comeback win."
Women's Basketball
The women's basketball coaches would like to announce an upcoming call-out meeting for any girl interested in playing basketball for GCHS this upcoming season. The call-out meeting is scheduled for Sunday, September 9, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. in the Media Center.
Internships
Guerin Catholic Professional Career Internship Program has a few students who are still looking for mentors for their internship this trimester. The area of interest includes; Optometry, Sports Medicine and/or Nutrition, Physical Therapy and finally Journalism. If you are interested in mentoring one of our future professionals, or know someone who might be, please contact: Polly White at
pwhite@guerincatholic.org or (317) 582-0120 ext. 260
Students in the Professional Career Internship Program are available in the afternoons and need 5-10 hours of experience each week through November 9. European Trip Meeting There will be an informational meeting on
Tuesday, September 11, at 5 pm in the media center regarding the 2013 trip to Eastern Europe. For more information please contact
Mrs. Murphy.
Deacon Rick's Letter
