Saint Gabriel School Weekly Newsletter for Parents
Week 8 - October 10
Picture Make-Up day
Unity Day
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2024 WEAR AND SHARE ORANGE (uniform break)
Send a visible message of building commUNITY through kindness, acceptance, and inclusion to prevent bullying.
#UnityEveryDay
Open House
Help us spread the word! Open House for Prospective Families will be Thursday, October 17 from 6-7:30 p.m. Families can find more information at https://www.stgabrielcatholicschool.net/admissions/visit-sgs. We also need parent volunteers to help give tours! If you are interested in helping, please contact Becca Thornton at bthornton@stgabriel.net.
Fall into Reading night
Fall Into Reading Night for K-3 will be Monday, October 21. Space is limited so families must pre-register please. Families will enjoy several activity stations followed by a bonfire and s'mores!
Letter from Administration
How was your day?
Hello Everyone,
Welcome Fall. I hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful weather and taking advantage of being outside while we still can. I have enjoyed seeing people in the afternoon car line and having a few seconds to say hello. Some of our quick conversations are about the school day and it reminds me of my boys’ younger days and our conversations at dinner.
“How was your day?”
“Fine.”
“What did you do today?”
“Nothing.”
“How was school?”
“Fine.”
“What did you learn?”
“Nothing.”
Sound familiar? It took me a while to realize I was asking the wrong questions. What did I really want to know about their day? I wanted to know what made them happy, or sad, or laugh. I wanted to know if they had a good day and why it was a good day. I wanted to know if they had a moment that made them proud. Those are the important conversations to have. I changed my questions, and sometimes I still got the standard, “fine, nothing” answers, but not as often. Try some of these questions instead and take a few minutes to really listen to the answers. Ask some questions about their answers and you may discover a very thoughtful, talented, funny child.
What made you smile today?
Did anyone do anything silly?
What was the best part of today? What was the worst?
What was the hardest thing you did today?
Can you show me something you learned today? Was it easy or difficult?
Tell me 3 good things that happened today.
Did anyone do anything nice for you? Did you do something nice for someone?
What are you looking forward to tomorrow?
Share some of these same details about your day with your kids. It might reassure them to know that something made you smile or someone did something nice for you.
Have a great long weekend. Stay well and happy.
Sincerely,
Denise Chancellor
Learning Coordinator
HIGHLIGHTS
2025-26 Tuition Assistance
It's time to start thinking about the 2025-26 school year. Tuition assistance applications are now available at www.ceflou.org. Parents/guardians will need their 2023 federal tax return and 2023 W-2’s; (additional documents may be requested if they have additional income). Deadline to complete the application and provide all documentation is November 30, 2024 for consideration in the initial round of funding. These families will receive award notifications no later than March 1, 2025.
Tuition Assistance Information Flyer (English)
Tuition Assistance Information Flyer (Spanish)
Bingo
Bingo is one of our largest fundraisers. Funds are used to offer tuition assistance and capital projects. A schedule for this year has been created to assist with staffing volunteers. If you volunteer, your child may have a uniform break the next non-mass day! Please sign up using Sign Up Genius.
Oct. 16- 5Livingston
Oct. 17- 6Langenkamp
Oct. 23- 6Passanisi
Oct. 24- 6Rhea
Honor Thy Child/ Safe Environment Training
Are you planning to volunteer or attend a school event this year?
Field Trip chaperones and special event volunteers need to have a background check on file and have attended the Safe Environment Training. For more information, visit https://www.stgabriel.net/background. Not sure if we have your information? Contact background@stgabriel.net. To view upcoming Honor Thy Child trainings, visit https://www.archlou.org/about-the-archdiocese/archdiocesan-policies-guidelines-and-handbooks/restoringtrust/safe/. Background checks and safe environment training refresher must be completed every five years.
Save the Dates
October 17- Open House (Prospective families)
October 21- Fall Into Reading Night
October 24- Walk-a-thon
October 31- Halloween parties (K-3) @ 1:45 p.m.
December 13- Eat Lunch With Your Child Day
March 13- Grandparents Day (2nd)
April 24- Grandparents Day (8th)
April 26- Confirmation
Post of the week
From The PTSO
Walk-A-Thon Giving is live!
Saint Gabriel will be hosting its annual PTSO “Fall Crawl” Walk-A-Thon on Thursday, October 24th. Funds raised help provide student scholarships, school enrichment, teacher requests for their classrooms and teacher encouragement throughout the year. Our goal this year is to raise $32,000.
Walk-a-thon giving is now live! Visit https://fundraise.givesmart.com/vf/SGWALK to get started.
Our school goal is $32,000. All proceeds directly benefit the students at St. Gabriel by providing funds to support our play park refresh, classroom equipment and furniture, teacher appreciation, student scholarships, and enrichment.
Two Ways to Give:
Click on Become a Champion to set up your own fundraising page*. Click on "Join a Team" to join your homeroom team. You can then personalize your page and share your direct link with family and friends! *This year your page will NOT require approval before it goes live.
or
Donors can register on the main page and select “Donate”. The form will ask donors if they want to attribute to a child or homeroom.
Family goal is $150 to win awesome prizes!
Box Tops
Box Tops is a great fundraiser for PTSO! Download the Box Tops for Education app and scan your receipt for a contribution of $1.50 or more. Be sure to enter the name of the child who should receive credit. Our next Box Tops Uniform Break will be October 28.
Our school ID is ID: 393279.
PTSO Group Me
Not on social media but want to stay up to date on PTSO news? Join our GroupMe chat. GroupMe link
PTSO Events 2024-25
Walk-a-thon- October 24
Mother/ Son event- November 9
Santa Shop- December 2-4
Father/ Daughter Dance- January 11
Paint Night- February 5
From The Parish
Link Your Kroger Card
Choose St. Gabriel for your Kroger Community Rewards! This can be done easily by selecting our program on your digital account.
St. Gabriel ID # is: QA178
Learn more at https://www.kroger.com/i/community/community-rewards
From The Community
We support Amendment 2
The Archdiocese of Louisville and Catholic Conference of Bishops supports the Kentucky Amendment 2 and encourages Catholic school families to vote yes this November.
To learn more about this bill for , visit https://www.kentuckystudents.org/.
High School Information
We have added a section on News You Can Use for high school information. Check out this section for upcoming events for prospective students. This section will continue to be updated.
To view information about Catholic high school open houses, visit https://louisvillecatholicschools.com/schools/high-schools/.
Saints for Kids Art Submissions
Youth who are high school age and younger are invited to submit original visual art, such as a drawing or painting, to be featured in the “Saints for Kids” section of Youth Focus in The Record Newspaper.
Students can submit art depicting the following saints:
St. Martin de Porres, deadline to submit — Oct. 17
Our Lady of Guadalupe, deadline to submit — Nov. 21
A photo of the artwork can be submitted via email to ocastlen@archlou.org or the original can be mailed to the attention of The Record at the Maloney Center, 1200 S. Shelby St., Louisville, Ky., 40203, with a stamped return envelope.
Fern Creek Chamber Fall Festival
Fern Creek Chamber Community Fall Festival is right around the corner! This year, with all of the renovation at the Community Center, it will be held at Fern Creek High School, 9115 Fern Creek Road on Thursday evening, October 17, from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. It is a fun-filled family night of trick or treating, networking and family fun!
Mercy Trunk or Treat
Join us on Wednesday, October 23, from 6 PM to 8 PM at Mercy Academy for a family-friendly event, and ALL are welcome! We are so excited to see everyone!
