A message from the president
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Greetings!
On behalf of the staff at Scecina Memorial High School, I want to welcome everyone to the new school year. We continue to show growth in enrollment and, with 451 students starting school this year, we are well on the way to our target enrollment of 475 students in the next five to seven years.
We welcomed the Class of 2019 with 128 freshmen, as well as 29 transfer students, and their families.
Whether your family is new to Scecina, or you've been a member of the Crusader community for years, you'll be pleased to find many upgrades to our school this year:
- Students ate in the renovated cafeteria for the first time this week. You can see before and after photos at www.scecina.org/cafeteria-renovation.
- Our Biomedical Science program begins its third year at Scecina.
- The city of Indianapolis has upgraded and added sidewalks and curbs in front of and close to our school.
- We are in the process of replacing the computers in the library to improve access to research and activity resources as well as provide technology for state-required assessments.
Fall is a busy time at Scecina. Taking part in some of our many activities is the best way to get to know your students' friends and other parents. We hope you can come to Back to School/Meet the Teachers Night at 7 p.m. Aug. 26; get out to cheer on one of our sports teams; attend homecoming at 6 p.m. Sept. 5 versus Park Tudor High School; and join in the fun at our annual fundraising event, Club 53: Live and Local, on Nov. 14.
We know that, with our great students, staff and parents, we can make it a year to remember!
 Joe Therber President
Back to School Night:
Meet the Teachers and Staff
Back to School Night/Meet the Teachers 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.
Freshman Student Council election
The freshmen elected their officers today. Congratulations to: Josie DeFreese, president; Sarah Drewes; Alex Marshall; and Christina Schroedle.
Is your teen interested in getting service hours? Consider Key Club
We get out and do service in the community and our school. We learn about leadership. And we have fun with friends we care about, like the Jenny Deery Memorial Ultimate Frisbee Tourney, which we held to raise funds for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Weekly meetings are at 7 p.m. Tuesdays ain the cafeteria. Sign up! Our call-out meeting is at 7 a.m. Tuesday Sept. 1 in the cafeteria. Email questions to scecinahskeyclub@gmail.com.
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!
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Parent Help Needed: Staff Meal
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, Aug. 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.
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Gymnastics call-out
Any girls interested in the Scecina Gymnastics program need to speak with Mr. Kehrer in the athletic office by Thursday, Aug. 27.
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 Saturday
Scecina's Cross Country team is hosting a pancake breakfast from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. this Saturday 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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Scecina students are required to have service hours. Here are some current opportunities:
- 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. This akes place 8 a.m.-Noon, Sunday Aug. 23 at Indianapolis Animal Care & Control, 2600 S. Harding St., Indianapolis IN 46221.
- Scecina's Key Club performs service at school and in the community. If you would like to join Key Club, please attend call-out meeting at 7 a.m. Tuesday Sept. 1 in the cafeteria. Email questions to scecinahskeyclub@gmail.com.
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The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is in need of volunteers this Saturday at its Distribution Center. St. Vincent de Paul receives donations of appliances clothing, bed linens, sick room equipment and furniture for distribution to the poor and needy in Indianapolis at no cost to them. The distribution center is located at 1201 E. Maryland St., Indianapolis, IN 46202
If you can give up Saturday morning and early afternoon of 8/22, please come prepared at 8 a.m. to either drive or ride on a collection truck as a helper -- and bring a buddy. It will be very much appreciated.
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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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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.
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.
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.
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
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