Hello St. Gabriel Families,

Check out the following headlines and links to stay up to date on everything happening at St. Gabriel Parish School.

Tuition Reducing Programs:

Are you interested in lowering your child’s tuition for the 2023/2024 school year? Here are some ways to do just that…

• Refer a family (who enrolls) and receive $500 off the total tuition
• Use $crip and receive 50% profit towards tuition - credits given monthly
• Commit one day a week for the ENTIRE SCHOOL YEAR as a playground/lunch aide and receive $500 off per "committed day" (sign-up is in August for the upcoming school year and is FIRST COME FIRST SERVE)

2023/2024 School Year:

Our calendar for the next school year has been finalized. Please note we will be doing a couple of things differently next year.

• Save the Date for an all-school "Ice Cream Social" on Tuesday, August 15th from 6:30 - 7:30 pm
• School pictures will be taken during our Meet and Greet on Wednesday, August 23rd beginning at 12 pm.
• Our conference schedule has changed. 
• October 26th will be a half day for students and conferences will be held from 12:00 - 8:00 pm.
• There will be no school on October 27th and conferences will be held from 8:00 am - 12:00 pm.

2023/2024 School Calendar

After-School Care:

If you need after-school care for your child, please remember to complete the May calendar.  

In order to be able to provide adequate supervision we ask that parents sign their children up at least one day in advance. Any changes should be reported to the office that morning. Due to staffing requirements, we may not be able to accommodate last-minute requests. If your child is not on the after-school care list they should not be staying after school! Supervision is required for any student in the building after hours.

After-School Care Sign Up

$crip Certificates:

$crip certificates are the perfect gift ideas for Mother's Day, First Communions, Confirmation, graduations, birthdays, anniversaries, and thank yous. $crip is available in the School Office Monday through Friday from 9:00 am until 2:30 pm, after the weekend Masses, or online. Interested in learning more about buying online certificates using the RAISE RIGHT app? Please contact Laura Rogacki in the Parish Office (262-628-1141) for the program code.

FROM THE PARISH BUSINESS OFFICE:

• Scrip Rebates = Tuition Credits - For the month of March, we issued a total of $231.94 in $crip Credits earned by 18 families. Thanks for participating in the $crip Program.  Our $crip year closes on April 30, 2023. The $crip Rebates earned in April will be applied to tuition statements at the end of April. Your May-September rebates will be applied to your September statement.  Please call Mrs. Rogacki at the parish office, 262-628-1141, to request the enrollment code and join our program to start earning tuition credits.

• Tuition Statements - We e-mailed tuition statements on April 6. If your statement is paid in full and holding your $200 registration fee, we thank you! If you have not yet paid your 2022-2023 tuition in full, please make arrangements to do so before May 15, 2023, thank you! Payments may be made by cash/check at the school office or by credit card on our website. 

• After-School Learning Program - We e-mailed ASLP statements on April 5. Please remember that this program is a register and pay-in-advance program. Payments may be made by cash/check at the school office or by credit card on our website. 

• Playground Helpers - Special thanks for helping us monitor our playground for the school year. During the first week of May, we will email tuition statements with your credits.

• Rice Bowls - Catholic Relief Services needs our support. Please return your Rice Bowls to the school office as soon as possible. While we will accept a Rice Bowl with cash/coin inside; we prefer that each family counts up the cash/coin in their Rice Bowl and make a check payable to St. Gabriel Parish for that amount, writing “Rice Bowl” in the memo line.

Laura Rogacki

Senior Accountant

St. Gabriel Parish

262.628.1141

Dress Code:

2022-2023 Dress Code Policy

Our Lands End school account has been updated to reflect this year’s dress code. Our school number is 900129099.

Lands End School Account Info

Lands End Website

IVolunteer:

Click the link below to view all the parish and school volunteer opportunities.

https://stgabrielhubertus.ivolunteer.com/

NOTE - Non-school families will NOT be allowed to volunteer at events when students are present. All school volunteers are required to be certified in the Archdiocese Safe Guarding All of God's Family Class. Please visit this webpage for more details.

We encourage every committee who has volunteer opportunities to email Nikki Packee their needs at this email - [email protected]. Please reach out to her should you have questions or visit this URL to volunteer!!! #manyhandsmakeworklight

Articles and updates for the school Gazette, weekly Parish Bulletin, website, or social media may continue to be sent to the [email protected] email address.

On the Calendar...

4/21 Spirit Groups (Spirit shirts and out-of-uniform bottoms permitted)

4/23-4/29 Safe Environment Week

4/24-5/1 Read a Thon

4/26 6th grade Ancient Egypt Museum in Parish Hall (after Mass until 10:30 am)

5/11 Grades 3-5 field trip to Richfield Historical Society (8:40 am-2:15 pm)

5/17 Grandparents’ Mass 8:30

5/25 K4-2nd grade field trip to Green Meadows Farm (8:30 am-2:30 pm)

5/26 Inservice Day - No School

5/29 Memorial Day - No School

5/30 Field Day

5/31 8th Grade’s Last Mass

6/1 8th Grade Graduation - 7:00 pm

6/2 Last Day of School - Dismissal at 11:00 am (No After School Care)

Peace and Blessings,

Kim Lestina

Principal

St. Gabriel Catholic Parish School

"Plant the seeds of kindness and watch love grow."

SCHOOL & PARISH EVENTS

Teacher for the Day:

Tucker Gitter was our "6th Grade Teacher of the Day" today. He had a super time helping Mrs. Merkel! This cool experience was available at this year's parish and school auction. A BIG thank you to Mrs. Merkel and Tucker's parents for their support.

St. Gabriel Athletics will be hosting Open Gym for ALL STUDENTS in GRADES 2 - 8 from 3 pm - 5 pm on the following dates:

April 23

April 30

May 07

May 21

May 28

Please enter through the school doors.

All participants will need an extra pair of gym shoes that are not the shoes they arrived in.

Parents can stay and watch, help, and/or hang out in the parish hall during this event.

 We are still looking for volunteers as gym supervisors during Open Gym and

we require two adults for every Open Gym event.

Parents, if any of you are interested in helping with Open Gym, please sign up and the link below.

CLICK HERE TO VOLUNTEER!

Mark your calendar for the 3rd annual

St. Gabriel Volleyball Camp, June 19th-22nd from 2:00 pm-4:00 pm.

It is open to all day-school and religious education students currently in 3rd-7th grades.

More information to follow.

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