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St. Barnabas Catholic School
G R O W I N G
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May 26
6:00—8th
Graduation
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508 students in grades PreK-8 grew in mind, heart, and spirit at
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May 29
Last day of school
9:30—Mass
Dismiss at 10:30
NO AFTERCARE
H E A R T ,
1 Mission—Growing in Mind, Heart, and Spirit
1 Vision—To Become Leaders in the World
May 27
8th Grade Class Trip
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to King’s Island
May 28
Field Day
12:45 Dismissal
NO AFTERCARE
M I N D ,
A GREAT Year in Review!!
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May 25
Memorial Day
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St. Barnabas School
59 8th grade students will graduate and become leaders in the world
1 8th grade student placed in the Top 10 on the Roncalli Placement Test and
received a $2500 scholarship
1 Staff of 47 Amazing Stewards who could earn 25%-35% more in
public schools:
31 Teachers
2 Administrators, Master Teacher role
2 Office Staff
6 Instructional Assistants
2 Part-time Counselors
4 Full-time Cafeteria Staff
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298 School Families
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1 dedicated PTO team of officers and 1 hardworking School Commission
Safe and Sacred-trained parent volunteers contributed many, many hours of
volunteer time
In classrooms, on field trips, in the library, 8th grade responsibilities,
coaching
$25,000 raised by PTO
$39,000 raised through Dinner for Warriors V to meet school needs
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GROWING IN MIND – 1,305 Hours of Class Time
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Named a Four Star School
School and PreK Accreditation by AdvancED and state of Indiana
STEM Days and Literacy Days
Layered curriculum in Reading and Math in grades 1-8
96.2% ISTEP+ Pass rate in English/LA
95.4% ISTEP+ Pass rate in Math
20 students (100%) Pass rate on Algebra End-of-Course Exam
17 students (85%) Scored in the Pass+ Range
34 Medals and Ribbons awarded at Roncalli’s Quest for Excellence
Placed 1st in 6 categories
17 Off-site learning experiences – Field Trips
Teacher webpages and Channel One News
Branch library of the Marion-County Public Library
Elmos, projectors, Smartboards in each classroom
60 hours of professional growth and collaboration time shared by staff
Spanish instruction for students in grades PreK-8
20:1 Student-Teacher ratio
Resource teacher and resource assistant
Four Teachers chosen for Notre Dame Teaching Fellows Program
Jupiter online reporting system
Standards-based reporting system
Two computer labs
Laptops, LearnPads, Chromebooks
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GROWING IN HEART to serve others – 5 School-wide Service Projects
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$10,000 raised through Walk-a-thon for Lane
200 WWII veterans received letters written by our students
10,000 cans collected and donated through Canned Food Drive to St. Vincent de
Paul Society, Little Sisters of the Poor, Hunger, Inc., Holy Family Shelter
Toiletries, socks, hats, and gloves contributed through St. Nick Stockings project
$3,000 raised through Hoops and Jump Rope for Heart
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GROWING IN SPIRIT and sharing our Catholic Faith
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38 all-school Liturgies
75 student choir members and musicians led us in prayer and song at every Mass
160 students took part in the peer chastity program, A Promise to Keep
49 second grade students received the sacraments of Eucharist and Reconciliation
May Crowning and Living Stations of the Cross led by the 8 th grade class
Olweus Bullying Program part of the curriculum in all grade levels
250+ students participated in CYO sports
508 students shared their musical talents
“The Stingiest Man in Town” middle school cast and crew of 70
Mini-musicals for grades 1-6
Christmas programs
Music ministry – Liturgical choir, bell and chimes choir, band
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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR GRADUATES
Best of luck to our 59 graduates who will leave us on Tuesday
evening. Their quiet leadership has been visible in many ways.
Throughout their years here they have each personally acted to
help themselves or others do the right thing—the definition of a
leader. They stood up and spoke up for classmates. They gave
service to others. They offered compassion and friendship. They
worked diligently on their studies. They prayed for each other.
We will miss them and want them to know they will always be
Warriors and welcome back to see us.
For everyone’s safety… we ask that NO children play on the playground equipment until ALL cars have exited the back parking lot.
Please keep preschool and school age children inside cars until Miss Hoefling has moved the last car on its
way. We don’t want any child to be hurt by running into traffic exiting the parking lot.
Thank you for your cooperation.
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May 25
NO SCHOOL
May 26
Chicken Quesadilla
Sour Cream/Salsa
Spanish Rice
Fruit
May 27
NOTE: Participating Parishioner Balances: As per the Tuition and
Participating Parishioner school policy (signed each year at registration), the families with unpaid participating parishioner balances, who received recent reminders of balances due, will have a $100 late fee assessed. These payments were
due May 15th.
UPDATE: SGO $500 Scholarship ~ Institute for Quality Education
The URL to apply for the SGO scholarship is available online at: sgo.i4qed.org/apply
When households arrive at this link they will be asked to first ‘Create an Account’.
Once the household account is created, households will have access to their portal. Before creating a new application, households ought to first add each child(ren) for
whom they will be submitting a scholarship application. Once all the applicable children
have been entered, the household will then click ‘New Application’. Each child that is
eligible for a scholarship must have their separate application. Households will need to
create a new application every academic year. This information is saved in the household’s portal and can be revised for future applications. Although the application is
electronic, the documentation cannot be uploaded to the software. Please send income verification documentation to the attention of Angela Boyle. Use the graphic below as a guideline. A 2014 income tax return and any other forms of income not included on the return should be included in the support as well.
Stuffed Crust Pizza
Garden Salad
Carrot Sticks
Fruit
May 28
FIELD DAY
MUST BRING SACK LUNCH &
DRINK
CAFETERIA CLOSED
12:45 Dismissal
NO AFTERCARE
SAVE THE DATE
WHAT:
Used Uniform Sale
WHERE:
St. Barnabas Cafeteria
WHEN:
Drop off clean/used uniforms Friday, July 31st
from 5:30-7:30 pm
May 29
SALE is Saturday, August 1st, 7:30-10:00 am
9:30 MASS
10:30 Dismissal
NO LUNCH
NO AFTERCARE
Look for more detailed information in the church bulletin during the
month of July, regarding the preparation of your sale items and purchasing items at the sale.
Any questions you can email Angela Rund at [email protected].
Thank you for participating!
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ST.
BARNABAS
CATHOLIC
SCHOOL
SCRIP INFO…
If you purchase $75 in Scrips by Monday the 25th at noon, your student
can be out of uniform, Wednesday May 27th.
Do you need to purchase end of the year teacher gifts? Graduation gifts?
Shop with Scrip offer many $10 gift cards! Check it out!
We hope many of you will continue to use Scrip throughout the summer!
Whether it be reloads, ScripNow, or purchasing plastic cards. We will end
the Scrip year on June 30th and the new year will start July 1st. This
means families will start with a clean slate on July 1st for their rebate status.
Next school year, we will challenge each family once again, to purchase
Scrips throughout the year and try to earn a rebate of $100 per family.
Each one hundred dollars after that; $200, $300, $400 etc.... Families will
receive a $25 gift card.
Summer Schedule is as follows:
We will place orders for physical cards onJune 8th
June 22nd
July 6th
July 30th
August 3rd
And will resume weekly when school starts.
For those who reload weekly and prefer to pay by a check/cash, you can
drop your order and/or payment in the Collection basket on Saturday evenings or Sundays. Just label it Scrips and we will be made aware.
If you have any question at all, please don't hesitate to email us and ask.
Scrips is too easy not to take advantage of and I hope many of you are realizing that!
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St. Barnabas 2nd Annual
Creativity Camp
Please complete and return to the school office
with payment in cash, or check made out to St. Barnabas School
(Attn: Mrs. Bridgewater)
Child’s (s) Name: _____________________________ Grade just completed: __________________
Parent/Guardian Name: _____________________________________________________________
Address: _________________________________________________________________________
City: ____________________________________ State: _______ Zip: ________________________
Day Phone: ____________________________ Evening Phone: ______________________________
Emergency Contact Name: ___________________ Emergency Contact Phone __________________
Email Address _________________________________________________________
T-Shirt Size (please circle) Youth Size: S(6-8) M(10-12) L(12-14) Adult Size: S M L XL
I understand that my child may be photographed for the St. Barnabas Website.
Parent Signature __________________________________________________________________________
Any Special Information (allergies/medical conditions)
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Dates: June 1st- 5th
Time: 8:00 am to 2:00 pm
Cost: $175 for the week. The cost of the camp covers a t-shirt, cost of art supplies, and cost of instruction.
The camp will help fund future art and music supplies at St. Barnabas School. (Family discount 2nd child
$150, 3rd child $125)
Preparation: Children need to bring a snack, a lunch, a water bottle, and plenty of enthusiasm!
Sessions: Children entering Grades 1-7 will rotate through three stations divided by grade level.
Capacity: 60 children (20 per group)
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S T. B A R N A BA S 5 0 T H A N N I V E RSA RY
2 0 1 5 PA R I S H P I C TO R I A L D I R EC TO RY
EACH FAMILY PARTICIPATING WILL RECEIVE:
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A FREE 8x10 portrait or 9 Wallets, AND a FREE DIRECTORY!
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A 20% DISCOUNT ON All Purchases!
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With a non-perishable food donation you will receive $5 OFF
additional portraits!
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Also, a $10 DISCOUNT coupon available.
EASY ON-LINE SIGN-UP
CHURCH SIGN-UPS
Sign up from your own computer!
Beginning this weekend,
May 16/17
in the
Narthex
of Church.
Go to: www.stbindy.org. At the top of the page, hit LINKS—then
Lifetouch Photo Signups - follow easy instructions to book your
own appointment. You will get a reminder call about your session. If
you sign up online, please stop by the tables in the Church entrances
and pick up your portrait guide!
Scheduled photo sessions are easy to change by going back to the
link.
PHOTO SESSIONS IN THE PARISH HALL
Weekdays: 2:30/9pm
Saturdays: 10am/4:30pm
Dates: Tuesday, July 14 through Saturday, July 18
Tuesday, July 21 through Saturday, July 25
Tuesday, July 28 through Saturday, August1
REMEMBER
EARLY SIGNUPS GET THE BEST
CHOICE OF
One Hour Appointments. Your appointment is your arrival time.
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First you will Sign in
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Wait your turn for the photographer
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View your portraits, choose picture for directory
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Have option of selecting additional photos for purchase.
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APPOINTMENT TIMES.
SAVE THE DATE
Kickball Tryouts
4TH-8TH Grade girls (2015-2016 school year)
Monday July 13th - 4th grade 4 to 5:30
5th and 6th grade - 6:30 to 8:00
Tuesday July 14th - 7th and 8th grade- 6:00 to 7:30
Wednesday July 15th- 5th and 6th grade - 6:00 to 7:30
Thursday July 16th - 7th and 8th grade 6:00 to 7:30
*****Please note that all girls trying out will need to have
a current physical on file prior to tryouts+++++
If you have any questions or have a conflict with those
dates please contact Tracy Miller at 605-9546.
Sign ups will be required on line at www.archindy.org
starting in mid June.
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CONGRATULATIONS WARRIORS
The 7th grade baseball Warriors (7-1) ended their season Tuesday against a very solid St Pius X 8th grade
team, 16-7. The 7th graders won the Cadet Division 3 title, but could not overcome St Pius X in the semifinals. Our 8th grade baseball Warriors (5-1) won the Division 2 title and will face the St Pius X in the city
championship. Congrats to both teams on their division titles, and good luck to the 8th graders in the championship!
OPEN GYM
Basketball open gym for all Boys and Girls entering grades 5-8. Open gym will be in the evenings from 6-8.
Dates:Boys: Tuesdays June 2nd, 9th and 16thGirls: Wednesdays June 3rd, 10th and 17th
If you have any questions please contact the coordinators:
Boys: Joe Schaefer @ [email protected] or Kyle Heidelberger @ [email protected]
Girls: Ron Carr @ [email protected]
2015 St. Barnabas
SUMMER WRESTLING CAMP
The sixth annual St. Barnabas Wrestling Camp
June 22 – June 25 in the St. Barnabas Gym
(register by June 12th or may not receive camp shirt / shorts)
5:30 – 7:00 p.m.
The camp is open to boys entering K-8
Will be divided into two groups based on age/experience levels
Perfect opportunity to give the sport a try – without a long-term commitment
Registration fee will be $20 and includes a camp T-shirt and shorts
If you have any questions, or would like to receive a registration form via email, please contact Jim Chapman
at cell 847-2267, home 883-2604, or [email protected]
Interested in Learning about Lacrosse?
Roncalli Lacrosse is holding their first summer camp! Come out and learn the basics, try out some skills, and
make new friends. The camp will be held at Roncalli High School June 1-4, 2015. This is open to all boys,
grades 3rd-9th grade. Time is 6:00 – 8:00 PM. Cost is $50. Wear comfortable workout clothes, tennis shoes,
and bring lacrosse equipment if you have it. If you do not have equipment, we can provide it for you for
camp use. Visit http://www.roncalli.org/athletics/summer-sports-camps to register. Any questions, please
contact Sean Cross, Rebel Lacrosse Varsity Coach at [email protected].
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