Back to School Night:
Meet the Teachers and Staff
Back to School Night will be at 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 26. Please note the date change. You'll be able to meet the teachers and staff and get a peek at the cafeteria renovations. Stay tuned for more information.
Theology focuses on Circle of Grace
Next week (week of Aug. 17) Scecina theology students will participate in the Circle of Grace (COG) program provided by the Archdiocese of Indianapolis.
What is Circle of Grace?
- The love and goodness of God that surrounds us and all others.
- The reCOGnition that God is always with us and is there to help us in difficult situations.
- Holds your very essence in mind, heart, soul, body and sexuality encompassing all of your senses.
For freshmen, COG will encompass four days of work; upperclassmen will complete it in a single lesson. All students will need a signed Code of Conduct by Monday Aug. 17 so we know that parents are informed about the program. Please click here to download the form.
Freshmen Student Council elections
Freshmen interested in Student Council can pick up information packets in their Catholic Theology class starting Friday. Election packets are due to Mrs. Rosswurm in 206 on Tuesday Aug.18. The class election will be held on Friday Aug. 21. Anyone with questions should come see Mrs. Rosswurm.
Our new lunch policy
Students may not charge more than $21 on their lunch accounts. If they are above that amount, the cafeteria will serve them a peanut butter and jelly sandiwich and a milk until the lunch account is current
Please check with Julie Brown at jbrown@scecina.org if you need to know your student's balance. Please try to keep money in their accounts this year!
Cafeteria update
Free kidney screenings
Scecina's chapter of Health Occupations Students of America is partnering to help provide free kidney screenings:
- Saturday, August 22
- 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
- St Philip Neri Catholic Church, 550 N. Rural St., Indianapolis, Indiana 46201
Visit our Supporting Our Community page for more information.
The Weekly
We've made the transition to a weekly parent newsletter. The newsletter will be sent once a week to Scecina families. To easily submit newsletter items to The Weekly, go to www.scecina.org/the-weekly-newsletter for the submission form. The deadline is noon Thursday for inclusion in that week's newsletter. You can find past editions of The Weekly on our website archives page.
Parent Help Needed: Staff Meal
on Meet the Teachers Night
In addition to food, four volunteers are needed to set up and serve (5-6:30 p.m.) a meal for our teachers and staff on Meet The Teachers Night, Wednesday, August 26. Please click here for details and to sign up.
This signup is on VolunteerSpot. You do not need to register for an account to sign up and your email is used for this purpose only. Contact Julanne Sausser at jmsausser@att.net if you have any questions or trouble using the link.
Club 53: Live and Local
Club 53 is Scecina's night of fun, local food and drinks, socializing, dancing and silent and live auctions. Club 53: Live and Local will take place on Saturday, Nov. 14. Our live band is Tastes Like Chicken.
Parents can give back to Scecina by volunteering at the event or buying a ticket to attend. Volunteer activities include following up on auction solicitations, ticket selling and helping on the night of the event.
Please contact Beth Murphy, director of marketing communications, if you would like to help at bmurphy@scecina.org.
Service opportunity at animal shelter
High school and college students needing service hours for school are invited to come help Indianapolis
Animal Care & Control with various landscaping and clean-up projects at our facility. You do not have to be a current volunteer with IACC to participate. Lunch will be served and bottled water will be available. Please bring gardening gloves if you have some!
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8 a.m.-Noon, Sunday Aug. 23
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Indianapolis Animal Care & Control, 2600 S. Harding St., Indianapolis IN 46221
Class of '63 news
The Class of '63 Euchre club will join their classmates Saturday Aug. 15 at the Woodstock Club for their 70th birthdays.
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Scecina sports passes
Scecina Sports Passes are on sale in the Athletic Office. The passes are $75 for one or $125 for two. Each pass will admit one adult to all Scecina Home Athletic Events for the 2015-16 school year. As always, our Future Crusaders (Scecina siblings and Partner School students) are admitted at no charge. The Scecina Sports Passes are not valid at away games, city tournaments, or IHSAA sectional games even if they are hosted by Scecina. Please contact Cari Gallagher at 352-3272 for more information, or to make plans to purchase a pass.
Pancake breakfast Aug. 22
Scecina's Cross Country team is hosting a pancake breakfast from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Aug. 22 in the cafeteria. Tickets are $5 for all-you-can eat pancake breakfast. Tickets can be purchased from a runner or at the door.
This would be a great time to check out the recent renovations to the cafeteria, and to support our Cross Country team.
Athlete echo screenings
St. Vincent Medical Group Cardiology Services will offer student athlete echo screenings:
- 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. Monday Sept. 14 at the St. Vincent Medical Group Professional Building, 10590 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis, 46290.
- Please call (317) 338-CARE (2273) to pre-register. No walk-ups or money can be taken at the time of the screenings.
- The screening focuses on the four leading causes of cardiovascular compromise (including sudden cardiac death) in athletes: hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, Marfan's aorta, mitral valve prolapse and aortic valve stenosis.
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Service opportunity
The Downtown Mater Dei Knights of Columbus at 13th and Delaware can always use help to take care of cleaning projects, move tables and chairs, sprucing up the garden, etc. Also there are opportunities to help with our pro-life monthly fundraising brunches and other charitable events. If you would like to help, contact event coordinator Robert Newport at ranewport@gmail.com or by phone at (317) 631-4373 (office) or (317) 476-5793 (cell).
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Free and reduced lunch
You can learn more about receiving lunch at Scecina for your children for free or at a reduced price by visiting our website at www.scecina.org/scholarship-tuition-assistance. You will find information in both English and Spanish, including the application forms and instructions and eligibility rules.
SAT prep class A special SAT prep class for Scecina students only will take place at the school from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12. The price is $79.99. Students will learn tips and strategies during the five-hour ZAPS test-prep seminar.
Senior portraits
For the 33rd year, Tiffany Photography Studio will be helping to make this year a memorable one as the official school photographer for the Senior Class of 2016.
Tuition contracts must be turned
in for students to start classes
Thank you to the families who have returned their tuition contracts.
Many families have not returned their tuition contracts to the Tuition Office nor have all their steps from the checklist been completed. These steps must be completed as soon as possible in order for your student/students to start school in August.The 2015-16 tuition paperwork was mailed to each family in May.
Parents, please open your tuition packets and complete the paperwork and steps on the checklist to assure your student is ready to start school. Tuition assistance and voucher renewal steps are included in the tuition packet. If you have questions, please contact Tuition Manage rMaureen Okerson at 352-3262 or Tuition Assistant Ivette Clinger at 352-3224.
2015-16 Uniform Policy
There are some changes to our Uniform Policy for next school year. Students must wear Schoolbelles shorts. Students will be able to wear long khaki dress uniform pants from Schoolbelles as well as three other brands: Dockers, Dickies and French Toast. They must be neat and unmarked (no stripes, designs, etc.). The following pants are not allowed: Capris or cargo or "skinny" pants, or pants made of denim, fleece, velour or athletic warm-up style.
Students will continue to wear the uniform polo shirt. There will be two styles of uniform sweatshirt (pictured below): crewneck and quarter-zip. The polo shirts and sweatshirts are available only in the Scecina Bookstore. Students will not be able to wear hooded sweatshirts (hoodies) at any time, including on Friday Spirit Days.
Senior immunizations
The Indiana State Department of Health now requires that all seniors have a second MCV4 vaccination. The only students exempt from this requirement are those who received their first MCV4 on or after their 16th birthday. Please be sure to get your senior's updated record to the main office. Summer office hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The office fax number is 322-4287.
National Catholic Youth Conference The National Catholic Youth Conference will be in our city, Indy, Nov. 19-21. Registration and scholarship information is due over the summer with final payments due Sept. 14.
The theme for NCYC 2015 is Here I am Lord-Aqui Estoy Senor. About 23,000 high school students and chaperones will be in attendance.
Shop and support Scecina Help our school earn free educational equipment from Marsh! Enroll your 12-digit Marsh Fresh IDEA, O'Malia's CouponPlus or MainStreet Rewards card number to our school. Then, each time you shop at Marsh Supermarkets, O'Malia's or MainStreet Markets, our school will automatically earn points towards free equipment and supplies.
Scecina will earn double points on all Guiding StarŪ product purchases.*
Cards were enrolled before Aug. 1, 2014, must be re-enrolled to continue supporting our school.
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Progress Report Night
Oct. 8
Open House
Fall Break
Bookstore Hours
Mornings:
7-8:30 a.m.
Friday and Thursday
2:45 -3:30 p.m.
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