Cathedral High School Vision

Cathedral High School, a Catholic institution,

will be the model for all high schools

as she profoundly shapes the way students

think, serve and lead.

Cathedral High School Mission

Cathedral, a Catholic college preparatory high school,

provides to a diverse group of students opportunities

for spiritual, intellectual, social, emotional

and physical growth through service and academic excellence.

February 13, 2008

Dear Cathedral Parents,

We are into a full week of Lent by this time and I wish to explain our Lenten offerings for our students and for you.

  • Father Munshower has encouraged our students to come to daily Mass one extra time per week. As an adult, this is a good practice for us, also. If you are able to join us for Mass, please feel free to do so in our Chapel at 7:00 a.m. Tuesdays – Fridays. Specific dates are shown on the next page under Mass Information.
  • We will also be having a Reconciliation Service for all of our students on Tuesday, March 11th. This is not open to parents since the visiting priests are very busy hearing the confessions of our students.
  • As a Catholic institution, no meat or meat products are served on Ash Wednesday or any Friday in Lent.
  • Our students have been encouraged to go beyond the “giving up of something…” for Lent and have been asked to do something extra for another in a way that the other person receives it, perhaps not been aware from whom the service came.

As models to teens, it is important that we each do something special for this time of coming closer to Jesus.

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Dates to Remember:

February

Fri, Feb 15Dad’s Day Breakfast – 6:00 a.m. in cafeteria – information inside

Mothers’ Club Exec. Board Meeting – Baker Board Room at 9:00 a.m.

Mothers’ Club meeting in Baker Board Room at 9:30 a.m. – speaker: Mrs. Ramona

Powell, Director of Diversity

Sat, Feb 16Speech team at Carmel H. S.

ISSMA State Vocal & Piano Contest

Sun, Feb 17CYO Honors Music Recital in Auditorium at 3:30 p.m.

Tues, Feb 19Professional Learning Communities – 7:15 a.m. – school begins at 8:06 a.m.

Wed, 2/20 – Thurs, 2/21 Junior Women’s Overnight Retreat

Thurs, Feb 21The Masquerade Ball – 8:00 – 11:00 p.m. @ Laurel Hall Mansion (information inside)

Parents check ParentConnect

Fri, Feb 22Shamrauction Prep Day – no school

Sat, Feb 23Shamrauction

ISSMA Instrumental State Solo and Ensemble at North Central High School

Speech Team at Lawrence North High School

Certamen Invitational at Elwood High School for some Latin students (info inside)

Mon, Feb 25Sophomore Day of Recollection (for ¼ of class)

Summer School Registration begins at 7:00 a.m.

Mon, 2/25 – Fri, 2/29: Winterfest (themes for dress-up are including in this email)

Tues, Feb 26Black History Month Speaker – Tasha Jones – Special schedule for this day

Professional Learning Communities @ 7:15 a.m.– school begins at8:06 a.m.

Wed, Feb 27Sophomore Day of Recollection (for ¼ of class)

Thurs, Feb 28Masquerade Fashion Show at 7:30 p.m. in Commons

March

Sat, Mar 1Speech Team TBA

Mon, Mar 3Cathedral Connection Fireside Chat in Commons @ 7:00 p.m.

Tues, 3/4 – Fri, 3/7 Senior Retreat #6

Thurs, Mar 6Parents check ParentConnect

Promise To Keep Luncheon

Fri, Mar 7Prep work in kitchen and cafeteria (for Festa Italiana) beginning at 4:00 p.m.

End of 3rd Quarter

Summer School Registration Ends at 4:00 p.m.

Sat, Mar 8Festa Italiana – Choirs give an Italian Dinner in cafeteria

Speech Team at Fishers High School

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Mass Information:

From the Desk of the Chaplain ~ Daily Mass is offered in the Chapel at 7:00 a.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. Fr. Munshower encourages members of the Cathedral Family to contact him to have a mass said in memory of a loved one. The $10 mass stipend would go to a fund to help financially marginalized students here at Cathedral High School – helping those within our midst who need our help! If you are not able to pay the $10, you may still submit an intention for our daily Mass. Please contact Fr. Munshower at 968-7362 for details and arrangements.

Religious Ceremonies for February 14th – 23rd:

Thurs, 2/14Sts. Cyril & MethodiusRIP Sr. Dorothy Wargel, OSB, from Munshower

family

Fri, 2/15Lenten WeekdayRIP Gizela Kizym from Sue Flick

Mon, 2/18Communion Servicepersonal petitions

Tues, 2/19Lenten WeekdayRIP Paul Fangman '51 from CHS Family

Wed, 2/20Lenten WeekdayRIP Margaret Bonke from Munshower Family

Thurs, 2/21St. Peter DamianRIP Jack Forkner from Bonnie Dobbins

Fri, 2/22no school - Shamrauction set-upnone

Update on Archbishop Daniel Buechlein: For those of you who have been praying the requested Novena for Archbishop Buechlein and others who are ill, the official ending date of the Novena was on Monday, February 11th. We do ask that you keep all of these people in your personal prayers, however.

General Announcements:

For Valentine’s Day, students will be allowed to wear red tops, but are to be in dress code from the waist down. The tops must meet our description of Christian modesty – in style, length, and message (if any). Happy Valentine’s Day!

Letters of academic eligibility have been mailed to all juniors with a cumulative GPA of 3.6 or higher inviting them to apply for membership in the National Honor Society. Letters have also been sent to all qualifying seniors not currently members. If you believe your student qualifies and has not received a letter, please contact Mrs. Debbie Boyd or Mrs. Allison Holman.

What: The Masquerade Ball- Dance the night away and enjoy entertainment in the study, featuring a Karaoke Lounge and “Casino” table of various games.

  • When: Thursday February 21, 2008 (8p.m.-11p.m.)
  • Where:Laurel Hall Mansion (next door to Cathedral)
  • Why: It is a fundraiser for Invisible Children

More specifics about the Masquerade Ball.

  • Semi Formal
  • Cost: $5.00 presale and $7.00 at the door.
  • All participants are bused to and from Cathedral to the Dance.
  • No participants are admitted after 9:00 PM.
  • No participant can leave the dance before 10:30 PM. Each student is permitted one guest. The guest must have a completed dance permission slip. These slips are available in the front office.
  • Cathedral student ID is required. Any new students without an ID can see Mr. Greer to get one.

Coffee House Jam 2008

What:After Ben Davis/ Cathedral Basketball game, Student Life Council is hosting an acoustic concert in the Student Life Center. There will be free coffee and food. Different people will perform.

Who:The performers are Jon Mecker, Oliver Hopkins, Jimmy Steinmetz and Bobby Arthur.

When:9:30 PM on Friday, February 15.

Admission $3.00 , but food and coffee arefree.

Dad’s Day will be on Friday, February 15th from 6:00 -7:15 a.m. in the Cathedral Cafeteria. Please bring your high school aged sons, and younger ones, also. Please call 317/546-3000 to make reservations. Bill and Helen Bissmeyer, sponsors of this monthly meeting, have sought a fun and positive way to allow our children to hear positives spoken about them instead of the negatives so often voiced about teens. Interested? What a powerful and positive way to begin a Friday! Cost of breakfast is $8.00 per person or $15.00 for a father and son. It is very important that you RSVP so we will know how much food to prepare.

“What is Certamen?,” I hear you ask. Certamen is a Latin competition by teams. Six Latin students will take part in a Certamen competition at Elwood High School on January 23rd. We have 3 young men from Latin I entered in the Novice division and 3 Latin III students entered in the advanced division. It is like the Brain Game, with teams competing against teams. Subject matter is anything pertaining to the Classical world: Latin vocabulary and grammar, Roman and Greek history, art, architecture and mythology, biographical information, etc.

Congratulations to Connor Hofmeister (12) and Dave Page (12). Both of these wrestlers have been named as members of the First Team Academic All-State Wrestling. This means that both young men were recognized for both their wrestling and for their academics, also. Congratulations to each of you - and to your coaches and teachers!

Update on Samantha Peszek: Samantha received an invitation to compete in the Tyson American Cup, March 1, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. We are thrilled that Sam was selected for this competition, which will air live on NBC Sports, March 1 from 1:00-3:00 p.m. EST. In addition, she is training for a possible invitation to a competition in Italy. Keep up the great work, Sam!

The Prelude Competition was held this past weekend. Congratulations to Hillary Smith, who was one of the Collaboration Group winners and was presented with a financial prize. We also congratulate Tyler Webb for making it to the finalist competition and for earning a scholarship.

Cathedral High School’s Black History Month Assemblywill be held on Tuesday, February 26th at 10:00 a.m. in the Welch Activity Center

Guest Speaker - Tasha Jones, Poet, Educator

“Tasha will share with us how two words “Hello Beautiful” changed the classroom environment, behavior, and the expectation of students. Tasha Jones was recently featured on the front page feature in the Indianapolis Star!”

Cathedral High School - Black History Month Program & Dinner

A Celebration of Black History & Culture will be held on Monday, February 25, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. in the Student Life Center Commons.

Guest Speaker: Reverend L. D. Ervin, Interpreter, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati, Ohio

Theme: “Claim Your Freedom”

  • Special Guest Performance: Miss Ashley Rogers, Mezzo Soprano
  • Musical Performance by Cathedral’s Gospel Choir

Join us for an evening of Trivia games, prizes, and a delicious “soul food” dinner.

Cost - $12.00 per person age 10 & up

$7.00 per person age 9 & under

(Reservations due by Friday, February 22, 2008)

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Black History Month Dinner Reservation:

Reservation Made By: ______Phone______

Number ( ) X$12 = ______Number ( ) X $7.00 = ______

Amount Enclosed $______Check ( ) Cash ( )

Return reservation form to Ms. Erin Reardon by February 22.

Any questions, please contact Ms. Ramona Powell 542-1481 ext. 367

Host families sought for children of Northern Ireland: The Irish Children’s Fund is seeking host families to welcome children from Belfast, Northern Ireland into their homes for one month in the summer of 2008. This will be the twenty-sixth summer that the ICF has brought an equal number of Catholic and Protestant children to the Indianapolis area. During their visit, the children will participate in activities designed to foster the spirit of cooperation and friendship, bridging the divide between the two communities.

  • Upon returning to Northern Ireland, the children have a follow-up program available to them through which they can continue to come together in ICF-sponsored activities and maintain the friendships formed in the United States.
  • The ICF is proud to have played a part in the current stability that is being developed in Northern Ireland. Yet there is a continued need for cross-community work to help in healing the scars of the past while moving forward towards permanent peace.
  • For additional information, call Kim at 823-7040 or visit to open your home and hearts this summer….and build a lifetime of memories and friendships

Did you attend Our Lady Of Lourdes? If so, this school is in her 99th year andthe folks there are preparing to celebrate their 100th anniversary. They hope to contact all alumni of the school. If you attended there and would like to be involved in the reunion, you can contact the Alumni Director @5333 E. Washington St 46219 or Email has many wonderful memories of many terrific people!

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Below are some reminders in which you can help assist our front office personnel when you come in contact with them:

  1. When your child has an appointment, please call either the night before or early in the morning. The rule is that you call ahead so that we can have a pass in your student’s hand and he/she is in the office waiting for you when you arrive.
  • If the appointment is with a doctor or dentist, always ask for a doctor’s note for school before you leave the office.
  • It does not help when a parent calls the school as he/she is driving up the hill.
  • Merely telling your student does not help, either, but you could send a note or call early in the morning.
  1. The school needs to be the authority to release a sick child. If your child calls you to come and get them, please call the front office to see if anyone there is aware that your child is ill. We do not wish to keep ill students at school and will call you if they are ill and need to go home.
  1. When you text message your child, know that the message will not be received until after school. Otherwise, you are encouraging him/her to break the “no cell phone during the school day” rule.
  1. Please do sign in any time you are in the building. We are responsible for 1,283 students and must know who is in the building at all times.
  2. Juniors and Seniors taking a college day must have filled out the proper paperwork and have it signed by all their teachers before it is an official “college day.” We ask for this paperwork so that all of your teachers know you will be missing that day and so you have your assignments and can come back to school prepared when you return. Merely calling in and saying, “Joe was on a college visit,” or sending a similar note, will not count as a college visit. The student must do the necessary paperwork before he/she may use this privilege.

Thank you very much for your cooperation in these matters!

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The following students took the American Math Conteston Tuesday, February 12th. This represents some of our strongest math students, who were invited to take this test..

SENIORS

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  • Brian Bowman
  • Conor Hofmeister
  • Joe Kluemper
  • Tyler Knight
  • Ben Deitch
  • Tori Schopper
  • Sarah Smith
  • Colleen McGrath
  • Chris Merchun
  • Erin Mershon
  • Rebecca TeKolste
  • Sarah Niederberger
  • Jeff Sterrett
  • Rose Plomin

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JUNIORS

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  • Samantha Stempky
  • Katie Laine
  • Elizabeth Kelly
  • Christiana Gray
  • Alec MacDonell
  • Lisa Edwards
  • David Wacker
  • Ethan Helvering
  • Laura Braswell
  • Stevie Kennedy
  • Pat Sullivan
  • Taylar Marshall
  • Emily Oskay
  • Jack Gibbons
  • Adam Broady
  • Stephen Scheller

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SOPHOMORES

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  • John Macke
  • Kelsey Fink
  • Sarah Renie
  • Patrick Laskowski
  • Joel Becker
  • Zach Czachura
  • Greg Welage
  • Chris Kauffman
  • Sam Quigley
  • Jack Leemhuis
  • Melissa Schopper
  • Anna Ventimiglia
  • Lizzy MacGill

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FRESHMEN

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  • Kelley Ford
  • Nick Smith
  • Sarah Tekolste
  • Allison Crone
  • Allison Lowe
  • Nick Petruzzi
  • Jay Ruchleshaus

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You might want to give a card or a note to our Cafeteria staff who provide a good lunch for your children each day. They are often “unsung heroes,” and can feel taken for granted much of the time. A card or a note would be wonderful. The Director of the Cafeteria is Marty Dugan.

2008-2009 CATHEDRAL HIGH SCHOOL - CALENDAR AND DIRECTORY - “THE BLUE BOOK”

  • BIRTHDAYS and EXTRA BOOKS - The 2008-2009 CHS Directory is now in progress. These calendars are a valuable resource for your home office or car. They contain important school dates, athletic schedules and directions to other schools. The names, addresses and home numbers of the entire student body are included in the directory.

** Each family will receive at least 2 directories, one for each student and one for the family.

** Additional blue books may be purchased for $7 each (shipping included). Please indicate below the number of additional books desired.

# additional blue books ____ * $7 = $ ____

  • To publish your student’s birthday in the Blue Book and/or to purchase additional books, please complete the form below:

Student Name and Birth Date: ______

Student Name and Birth Date: ______

Price: $10 X # b-days ___ = $ ____

Total (add’l books + b-days) = $ ____

Parent Name: ______

Shipping Address: ______

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Phone: ______

Checks payable to: Cathedral Mother’s Club

Please send payment and form to: Anne Casavant

7412 Oakland Hill Circle

Indianapolis, IN46236

Questions? 823-0852

Deadline is May 1, 2008

ADVERTISING SPACE AVAILABLE

The Cathedral Mother’s Club is offering advertising space in the 2008-2009 Student Calendar and Directory (Blue Book). Every Cathedral student and household receives this book as well as CHS faculty and staff. Your ad will get high visibility in a target market with great demographics!

  • Rates are extremely reasonable, starting at $50 for a ¼ page ad (business card ad), $100 for a ½ page and $150 for a full page ad. If you have advertised in the 2007-2008 and want to run the same ad in 2008-2009, please indicate with a √ below.
  • To place your ad, please complete the form below:

Name: ______

Phone: ______

Address: ______

City: ______State: ____ Zip:______

¼ page$ 50_____

½ page$100 _____

Full page$150_____

Last page$250sold

Inside cover$400sold

Back cover$500sold

Please use my ad from 2007-2008

Checks payable to: Cathedral Mother’s Club. Please send payment, form and camera ready ad to:

Cheryl Beckerich

6448 N Olney St

Indianapolis, IN 46220

Questions? 696-1595

Ads may also be submitted electronically in .jpg, .tif, or .pdf format to

Deadline is May 1, 2008

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“RETURN TO LITTLE ROCK” - Fifty years later –on February 21stat 7:00 p.m. at The Orchard School, 615 West 64th Street

Minnijean Brown Trickey - One of the historic “Little Rock Nine”

Fifty years ago, Minnijean Brown Trickey was one of the students who first desegregated all-white Little Rock Central High School. Her bravery and tenacity places her in the eye of a national storm over racial segregation. Come for an eyewitness account of the events that forever changed the course of education in America.

  • As a 16-year old high school student in 1957, Minnijean Brown Trickey and eight other black students courageously faced threatening, angry crowds blocking their entrance and their right to go to high school.
  • The world watched as these young students-the Little Rock Nine, as they came to be known-were escorted by National Guard troops, under Presidential order, through the doors of Little Rock Central and into the consciousness of America.

Free event, but tickets are required. For tickets, please contact Ms. Ramona Powell, Director of Diversity/Assistant Director for Enrollment at 317-542-1481 ext.367.