We also have Men IN Action coming to read to our classes on Thursday. Men IN Action is brought to us through Sheltering Wings. The goals of the Men IN Action are:

1. Teach and prompt conversations with children about 4 important character values: support, positive identity, cultural competence and commitment to learning. This is in line with Sheltering Wings’ new focus on the prevention of domestic violence- utilizing the 40 Developmental Assets (www.search-institute.org).
2. Engage men in a volunteer initiative. The hope is to expose men to the schools to encourage them to continue volunteering in the schools (or anywhere) with youth.
3. Show our community we are a community that stands for healthy values and relationships. It is our desire to raise a new generation built on trust, honor and respect for one another. We believe men have a unique role in this preventative measure.

The volunteers will be reading the book “Marisol McDonald Doesn’t Match” by Monica Brown, and then they will then engage the students with a couple of questions pertaining to the character traits of support, positive identity and cultural competence. Once the time of interaction is over the reader

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

Wednesday

• Preschool - Kindergarten Prayer Service at 2:15 PM in the Church

• All-School Rosary in the classrooms at 2:15 PM for Lent

• 2:50 PM Release
  

• We Are Family Shirts

• Teacher Meetings

Thursday

• St. Patricks Day - Students may wear a green shirt with uniform bottoms

• Mass at 8:45 AM hosted by 7M/B. Livestream available on our YouTube Channel.

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

• Irish Dancers Presentation at 10:00 AM in Zore Hall

• Sheltering Wings - Men in Action Read - visitors from this organization will visit our younger grades to read a book

Friday

• Spiritwear tops with uniform pants or spirit wear bottoms
• Report cards sent home - electronically and physical copies

• 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

"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.