We have had a great week at Saint Susanna! Last week, we had visitors from the community reading in our classrooms, a short band performance, and a visit by the Indianapolis Irish Dancers. We enjoyed special science experiments, prayed the Rosary and stations of the cross, and celebrated mass as a community. Our grade levels met with their younger "book buddies" to read and share activities. Of course, we also studied all of our regular subjects as well!

The window for Choice applications has opened and I am able to process scholarships. To apply for a Choice Scholarship, please get a copy of your 2021 tax return to me at your earliest convenience.

If you have any questions regarding Choice or SGO tax credit scholarships, we will have an informational presentation by the Institute for Quality Education on April 19th at 7:00 PM in the Parish Center. This presentation is open to the community and all are welcome to attend. You can also contact me directly and I am happy to answer any questions you have about qualifications, process, etc.

The Knights of Columbus, Council 11896, are offering a college scholarship for parishioners of Saint Susanna and Mary Queen of Peace (one per parish). Information regarding this scholarship is available at the bottom of this newsletter. Please feel free to share with any Saint Susanna senior who is going on to college or trade school in the fall.

God bless,

Janet Abdoulaye, Principal

Monday

• Crazy Socks Day - World Down Syndrome Awareness Day

Wednesday

• All-School Rosary via Zoom at 2:15 PM. Parents may join and pray with us at https://us04web.zoom.us/j/77700227684?pwd=iF-wMwOwItO_5RSWAm8nyKB_rKY0_6.1
• 2:50 PM Release
  

• Regular Dress Code

• Teacher Meetings

Thursday

• Mass at 8:45 AM hosted by 4Rodebaugh. Livestream available on our YouTube Channel.
  

• Way of the Cross immediately following mass led by Middle School

Friday

• Spiritwear tops with uniform pants or spirit wear bottoms
• 1:20 PM Release for Spring Break :)

• March 25th: 1:20 PM Dismissal for Spring Break (EDM available)
• March 28th - April 1st: Spring Break
• April 9th: Parish Easter Egg Hunt 9 - 10:15 AM
• April 14th: Holy Thursday prayer service hosted by 5th grade at 9 AM
• April 15th: Good Friday Living Stations hosted by middle school at 10 AM with 1:20 PM dismissal (EDM available)
• April 18th: No school - Easter Monday
• April 23rd: Sparty Party Trivia Night

Thank you to all of the parents and community members who participated in last week's Men IN Action Read Day sponsored by Sheltering Wings. We enjoyed having visitors to our classrooms serving as positive role models for our students!

Kindergarten enjoyed working with colors in science class!

Our Preschool and Prekindergarten classes tried hard to catch the tricky leprechauns that visited us last week!

"Are your kids growing like weeds? And have you started your spring cleaning? St Susanna is hosting a uniform sale on Wednesday, April 6th. Educational Apparel will be on site to sell new uniforms and we will host a used uniform sale as well!

If you are interested in consigning clothes that your kids have outgrown, we would gladly sell them! Our stock of used uniforms is running low, so we are accepting all gently used clothing.

If you just want to clean out those closets and donate the clothing, we will gladly sell them to raise much appreciated educational funds for St Susanna.

All clothing (both donations and consignment) must be at St Susanna by 8:00 am on Monday, April 4th. You may leave them in the vestibule.

To sell items:

• Items should be freshly laundered.
• Please tag your items with your name and price in order to receive payment.
• If you cannot drop off items during set up, please contact Kandi Carson at kcarson@saintsusanna.com to arrange an early drop-off
• If you would like unsold clothing returned, please make note of that at drop-off.
• If you are selling uniforms, earnings MUST be picked up at7:30 pm on day of sale. Please mark each item with name and price, so we can track your earnings.

We also need volunteers to keep this sale running! If you can donate your time, please visit this Sign Up Genius:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0a4dada623a1f94-spring"

IREAD

IREAD is administered to third graders in Indiana to assess their reading skills. The test is made up of three sections and is administered via the computer over two or three school days. Our third graders will participate in this assessment on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings this week.

ILEARN

ILEARN is administered yearly to students in third through eighth grades. Every grade level is assessed in English Language Arts and mathematics. Fourth and sixth grades participate in a science assessment and fifth graders take a social studies assessment. Students will test several days for each subject area and testing is spread over a three week period. It is critically important that students are present each day. Please avoid scheduling appointments in the mornings during the test window.

ILEARN Testing Schedule

• Testing sessions will be held daily from 8:45 AM to 10:00 AM.
• April 19 - 21: Mathematics (3rd - 8th grades)
• April 25 - 29: English Language Arts (3rd - 8th grades)
• May 2 - 6: Science and Social Studies (4th - 6th grades)

I am actively looking for a Chess Coach to train and take over this Chess Club/Team in the future for me as my son Dane is aging out of CYO in 2 years and I want to make sure Chess lives on at St. Susanna!! I expressed this to my Chess families last year and no one was interested in completely taking it over for me as the Chess Coach, although I do have some volunteers who help at practices.

Here are the responsibilities of the Chess Club & Team Coach/Coordinator:

1. Communicate with Chess Club/Team families.
2. Schedule practices and reserve room space with Jackie Arnett. I've typically scheduled practices 4:00-5:15 pm on Saturdays for convenience before Saturday Mass. Practices have been once a month through Spring and Summer for 60-75 minutes. Weekly practices during the competitive season September-first week of November.
3. Lead the Chess Team in CYO competitions on 5 Wednesdays October-Nov from 4:30-6:30 pm in different school gyms. One all-day tournament on the second Saturday of November in the CYO Center.
4. Coordinate a Taco Bar for the All-day tournament on the second Saturday of November. Sign-up Genius has already been set up.
5. Coordinate and staff a week-long Summer Chess Clinic that is led by Aaron Dean ( Learning Through Games ) each summer at the chess coach's convenience.
6. Order Chess Club/Team t-shirts
7. Recruit new Chess Club/Team players
8. Become the keeper of St. Susanna's chess pieces and chess mats that are taken to each practice, every competition, and available for the Summer Chess Clinic.
9. The Chess Coach does not have to be a Chess Master but does need to know how to play in order to teach new players how to move the pieces. Although I often refer parents and new players to ChessKid.com | Online Chess For Kids - 100% Safe and Free to learn how to play prior to their first practice so they can come to the first practice and start playing right away.

I am hopeful that a parent or teacher steps up to help lead this Chess Club/Team. It's such a great group!! If you know anyone who may be interested they may contact me!

Thank you,

Elena

317-413-1546

1. Login to your FACTS account.
2. Click on "View Details" next to the heading Payment Plan and Billing.
3. Click on "View Payment Summary" and ensure that you have the year 2021 in the drop down menu.
4. Print this sheet. This will show totals paid per child and category and has our Federal Tax ID number on it.

The service hour tracking form can be found here and a copy will be sent home in the back-to-school packets. We ask that each family complete five service hours this school year. These hours can be completed during school or parish events.