March 14, 2016 - St. Malachy Parish

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March 14, 2016
Bostrom’s Blog
Parents,
It is hard to believe we only have 46 days of school left. Time flies when you are having fun! We
have so much going on; Shamrock Summertime, Preschool and preparing for the 2016-2017
school year.
We still have a few spots in kindergarten but the rest of our school is full. We are so blessed
with supportive parents, staff and parish. We are working on our technology for next year. As you
can imagine we want to make sure we set up our teachers and students for success. We are working with other schools and learning from their mistakes.
Our summer program has a great number of students; not too big or too small. We will continue
to take summer registrations through May.
Blessings,
Angela Bostrom, Principal
God Makes All Things New
Scripture
Do not be like them. Your Father knows
what you need before you ask him.
Kennison Corner
—Matthew 6:8
It’s hard to believe we are beginning the last quarter of the
school year.
Students have so much to look forward to before the end
though such as our 3rd graders have IREAD, Spring Break
is April 1 – 10, students can wear shorts beginning April
11, then we have the second round of ISTEP in late
April, and Easter is only two weeks away!
Our students have reconciliation scheduled with Fr. Vince
and Fr. Dave during Lent and Stations of the Cross will
be Thursday, March 24 at 1:15 led by our 8th grade.
“I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength” Philippians 4:13.
I pray that God will keep all the families and students of St.
Malachy safe and healthy,
and helps them to do their very best every day!
Mrs. Kennison, Vice Principal
God Makes All Things New
Extended Day
Now Hiring
Extended day is looking
for a few great people who
are available Monday
though Friday, 2-6.
Great benefits such as
tuition discount and
the same schedule as
your kid!
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School News
Internet Safety Discussion
6:00 p.m. March 23 | Holy Family Room
Free and open to all school parents parishioners.
SMS Parent and Detective Darin Odier will be discussing Internet safety
in the Holy Family Room at church March 23 at 6:00 pm.
Darin has been a police officer for 27 years. For the past 9 years he has
worked crimes against children investigations. He will be speaking about
apps, trends and behaviors that endanger children online.
Hispanic Culture Presentation
On Monday, March 21 from 9:35 - 10:30, the 6th graders will be
presenting Hispanic culture topics in the school cafeteria to K-5
students and parents. They have topics from soccer to food to Flamenco dancing. (59 different topics) They will be dressing up, making posters and models, and sharing power point presentations.
We would love it if you could attend!
Preschool note
We will be looking to hire experienced preschool teachers and aides for our upcoming
preschool. We are looking for aides with experience working with children.
If you are interested please email your letter
of intent, resume and teaching license to
Mrs. Bostrom.
Individuals meeting these requirements will be
contacted to set up an interview.
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School News cont’d
St. Malachy School 2016 Clothing Drive
As a school wide service project for our community, our school is holding a Clothing
Drive the week of April 11-15, 2016. Clothing items collected will be taken to Goodwill to
benefit Sheltering Wings. Sheltering Wings is
an emergency housing system in Danville that
gives shelter to women and children who are
escaping from domestic violence.
As Sheltering Wings is unable to store the
clothing collected, St. Malachy will again team
up with Goodwill Industries. For every white
trash bag of clothing collected, Goodwill
will give St. Malachy a $5 voucher which we
in turn donate to Sheltering Wings. These
vouchers are then able to be used at a local
Goodwill store. The vouchers allow the women
at the shelter to choose clothing and other
items that meet their needs.
Also since the clothing does not go directly to
the shelter, we were able to collect all types of
clothing items including men’s, women’s, and
children’s.
Our school wide goal is to bring in 270
white trash bags of clothing. Each class is
asked to do their part by bringing in 15 or
more white trash bags. Each classroom that
reaches their goal will receive a casual day.
The classroom with the most white trash bags
brought in will receive the Spirit Trophy.
If you are interested in donating any clothing
items, please bring them to St. Malachy
School the week of April 11-15th. Just bring
them to the school office, and we will take
care of them for you. Thank you in advance
for your support of this worthy cause.
2016 Tax Info
While Saint Malachy
does not provide any
advice regarding personal income tax requirements or filing, we do want to inform parents that IC 6-3-2-22 authorizes taxpayers to claim a $1,000 income tax deduction for each dependent who is enrolled in a private school
or who is home schooled in grades K12 and incurs costs for tuition, fees,
computer software, textbooks or
school supplies.
To claim this credit, you will need to
provide your accountant with the
following information:
Saint Malachy Parish School #B285
under the Archdiocese of Indianapolis #9200.
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School News cont’d
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St. Malachy School
happenings in...
Sunday
Monday
29
Tuesday
1
Wednesday
2
Thursday
3
ISTEP
Testing
this week
Friday
4
Saturday
5
$1 or Punch
Card
Full Casual
Day
2:00 Early
Release
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
$1
Crazy Hat
Full Casual
Day
2:00 Early
Release
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
Last Friday
Casual Day
2:00 Early
Release
20
21
22
23
6:00 p.m.
Internet Safety
Discussion
Holy Family
Room
9:35-10:30
6th Grade
Hispanic
Culture
Presentation
24
28
29
30
2:00 Early
Release
26
1:15 p.m.
Stations of
the Cross
No School
or Flex day
2:00 Early
Release
27
25
31
April 1
April 2
Spring
Break
Begins
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Big “
” Awards
Congratulations to our students who were chosen by staff because they displayed one of the 3 “R” traits:
Respect, Responsibility
Resembling God
Every Friday morning, time is set aside to recognize these winners. They receive an award, ribbon and recognition in the newsletter.
Here are the recipients from March 4, 2016:
Jason Fernandez
Claire Maupin
Noah McGraw
Nia Stubblefield
Michael Mark
Zoe Rasp
Scarlett Adler
Izzy Decesare
Adam Abdoulaye
Mariah Wehrle
Alexa Moore
John Reynolds
Drew Crockett
Zander Deximo
Mary Buck
Tim Kokosa
Erik Eigenbrod
Brayden Dean
Jackson Lambert
Ethan King
Max Lindner
Vivian Bell
Santi Calero
Andrew Estes
Nikolas Donald
Emma Sanders
Fox Fenol
Calvin Mensel
Hannah May
Ella Eberts
Chloe Veach
Sophie Rasp
Laney Bradford
Isabella Briceno
Lacy Adams
Matthew Waning
Aiden Parks
LaTrail Ramsey
Alayna Frazee
Audra Kendall
Lauren VanMieghem
Justin Huang
Lolo May
Jordan Hinkle
Megan VanGheem
Grace Docktor
Liam Sullivan
Elba Breen
Tatum Hunt
Oscar Bard
Mary McCluskey
Here are the recipients from March 11, 2016:
Andrew Kendall
Addison Speelman
Jack Henninger
Ashley Sylvia
Rosa Sanchez
Fisher Thomas
Jack Hodde
Carmela Bell
Elizabeth Conley
Tanner Aspeslet
Caitlin O’Hara
Will Gehring
Juliet Jones
Tyler Beres
Lexi Baldini
Andrew Jines
Nick Dalton
Sophie Braun
Cain Maples
Sydney Griffin
Amelia Warner
Nicholas Bell
Jack Lindner
Sebastian Carbajal
Dylan Hergott
Ian Anderson
Joey Wynne
Becca Rogers
Scarlet Stader
Jason Fernandez
Caitie Tune
Stephen Bell
Jack Radecki
Megan Tuttle
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Around Our School
Honors Choir
From February 25-27, twelve St. Malachy students traveled to Chicago's Palmer Hilton House to sing in
the American Choral Directors Association Central Division Honors Choir. The elementary singers
worked with well-known conductor, Dr. Rollo Dilworth. The middle school singers had the privilege of singing
under the direction of Ruth Dwyer, another world-renowned choral conductor. The students performed for a
full audience of music teachers, choral conductors, and, of course, their own families. They did a fantastic
job and sang beautifully!
Elementary Honor Choir Participants: Vivian Bell, Amelia Warner, David Warner, Jenni Lively, Nia
Stubblefield, Taylor Maupin, Lucy Darrow, Jenna Ettenberger, Izzy DeCesare
Middle School Honor Choir Participants: Jillian Conway, Ziska Tuttle, Julia Sheringer
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Around Our School cont’d
West Deanery Art Show 2016
Congratulations to the nine students who represented St. Malachy at the West Deanery Art Show held at
Cardinal Ritter High School. We are very proud of our young artists! They are: Kindergartener Ian Anderson who entered his Picasso Guitar painting collage, First Grader Gwyneth Pritchard who entered her Perspective Sailboat drawing and won 3rd place, Second Grader Becca Rogers who entered her Capture A
Memory In A Jar painting and won 1st place, Third Grader Carmela Bell who entered her Piet Mondrian Cat
design and won 3rd place, Fourth Grader Mary McCluskey who entered her Glittering Tiles Tesselation design and won 1st place, Fifth Grader Aaron Hanny who entered his Woven Name painting and won 1st place,
Sixth Grader Cara Ploughe who entered her Oil Pastel Owl painting and won 1st place, Seventh Grader
Slater Sinden who entered his Howling Wolf Zentangle design and won 2nd place, and Eighth Grader
Alayna Frazee who entered her Oriental Landscape painting and won 2nd place.
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Around Our School cont’d
St. Malachy Prayer Shawl Group Makes Scarves
We love our scarf ladies. These women, who are the St. Malachy Prayer Shawl Group, spent
countless hours making each one of our fourth graders a hand-knitted scarf for our St. Patrick's Day Parade. Each year the fourth graders, with the help of many, many parents, march in
the St. Patrick's Parade downtown and represent our Parish School.
We wear our green scarves with pride! Thank you scarf ladies!
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Around Our School cont’d
Kind Club
March meeting: Kind Club discussed insecurities
we have and made affirmation statements to help
others who might have insecurities.
Spanish Club
On Thursday, March 3
the Spanish Club went to
La Hacienda in Avon to
enjoy some Mexican cuisine. The Spanish club is
comprised of 6th, 7th, &
8th grade students. They
did a great job ordering
their meal, and communicating with the waiter in
Spanish. It was an enjoyable evening of good food and fellowship!
Crazy
hair
and
hat
day
Here is
a new
student
in
science
class.
Children of St. Malachy Parish performed in Joseph and
the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
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Around Our School cont’d
Archery Arrives at SMS!
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Around Our School cont’d
Archery Arrives at SMS!
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Community News
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Community News cont’d
Missed a Meeting?
Access SMS Committee minutes and information here:
 School Improvement Board: http://stmalachy.org/school/about/committees/
 School Commission: http://stmalachy.org/school/about/school-commission/
 PTO: https://goo.gl/Qwb2Ep
 Marketing: http://stmalachy.org/school/about/committees/
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Community News cont’d
Cathedral High School Open House
and Placement Test
Spring Open House on Sunday, April 17
Cathedral High School invites you to attend their annual Spring
Open House from 12-2 p.m. on Sunday, April 17. This is a great opportunity for students and families
at any grade level to tour Cathedral’s 40-acre campus, meet teachers from every academic department
as well as other staff members, learn about the school’s 120+ activities, and more. To learn more and to
expedite the check-in process by pre-registering (optional) online, visit www.gocathedral.com/
openhouse. Or, call Cathedral’s Enrollment Management Office at (317) 968-7370.
Cathedral High School Placement Test Summer Academy
Current 7th graders who want to maximize their potential for success on the High School Placement
Test might want to consider Cathedral’s Placement Test Summer Academy. For only $85 for those who
register by May 1, students can take a practice placement test on a Monday, receive direct instruction
from math and English teachers for three days, and take another practice test on a Friday. The course
now also includes a prep book that students get to keep after the academy has finished! Prepare for
success on the test, and earn scores that can be used for admission and/or merit scholarships during
8th grade. Choose from mornings or afternoons during one of the two weeks—June 13-17 or July 1115. Visit www.gocathedral.com/hsptacademy or call (317) 968-7370 to learn more!
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Community News cont’d
Cardinal Ritter Math Proficiency Tests
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Community News cont’d
Cardinal Ritter Wine and Canvas
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ShamrockStrong Shirts
While supplies
last, we will
still take orders for
ShamrockStrong
t-shirts.
All proceeds
benefit Mrs.
Bostrom and
Mrs. Kennison
in their
continued
recovery.
Please see this
order form
and picture
for sizes and
prices.
A copy will also be coming
home with
your child.
Please email
shamrockstrong@gmail
.com if you
have any
questions.
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