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Fall Break, Picture Day, Vaccine Clinic
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October 8, 2021
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Upcoming Key Dates
  • Oct. 11-15, Fall Break
  • Oct. 18-22, StuCo Sock-tober Sock Drive
  • Oct. 20, School Pictures
  • Oct. 25, Father Tom Day
  • Oct. 26, Testing Day for Grades 9, 10, and 11
  • Oct. 26, 12th Grade College Visit / College Application day
  • Oct. 26-29, Second Senior Retreat
  • Nov. 1-18, Canned Food Drive
  • Nov. 4, Open House for prospective students

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Sacred Music Concert

Scecina's Advanced and Beginning Choirs performed in the annual Sacred Music Concert Thursday night at Holy Spirit Catholic Church. It was the first Scecina music concert since COVID and was well attended.

Thank you to Music Director Chris Ritchie for the inspirational concert. Also, thank you to Holy SpiritΒ  Music Director Christian Kuphal, who accompanied Scecina's choirs on piano and flute.

School Pictures

Picture Day is Wednesday, October 20. Students will be permitted to either dress up for pictures or wear their school uniform.

Students have received their order forms today. Please return them on October 20 if you want to purchase your school photos.


This week in Crusader sports

  • Friday Night Football tonightΒ  – Scecina vs.Β  Cardinal Ritter. The game will be played at Roncalli HS starting at 7:00 p.m.

  • Cross Country Sectionals will take place on Saturday, Oct. 9, at Mount Vernon HS.Β  The boys will run first starting at 9:45 a.m.

  • Freshman volleyball will play Cathedral in the City Semi-Finals on Saturday at 11:00 a.m. at Heritage Christian.

  • The Girls Soccer Team will play in the Sectional finals at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 9.Β  The Crusaders will play Heritage Christian at Triton Central. Admission is $6.00.

StuCo Sock-tober Sock Drive

The Student Council is hosting a sock drive to help our homeless and vulnerable community prepare for the colder months. Socks will be donated to Wheeler mission. Collections will begin Oct 19-Oct 22!

Any student or staff member who contributes new, unwashed socks will be allowed to have a free dress-out day on November 2. Students will be entered into drawings for gift cards.

Please consider helping StuCo with this effort by picking up some new men's or women's socks over fall break.

Basketball callout

All boys interested in playing basketball, please gatherΒ Tuesday, October 19, immediately after school in the cafeteria for a call-out meeting with Coach Scott Miller. The meeting will be from 3:10 p.m. until 3:25 p.m.

Anyone interested needs to be in attendance.

Advanced Placement registration and payments
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Advanced Placement Exam registrations and payments will be due soon. Look for registration and payment information in the near future.

Oct. 26 mandatory testing

Crusader 9th, 10th, and 11th graders will be participating in a mandatory assessment on Tuesday, October 26.

9th Graders will take the Pre-ACT.
10th and 11th Graders will take the PSAT.

Seniors! Oct. 26 college visits

12th Graders will have a college visit/college application day. Seniors can check Naviance and Canvas for more information, or contact Mrs. Hagen directly via Teams or email.


Vaccine and flu shot clinics

Scecina will host two COVID vaccination and flu shots clinics for students and staff. The clinics, administered by Franciscan Health, will be from 9:30 a.m. to noonΒ Β Thursday, Oct. 28, and from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday, Nov. 1. Additional details will be provided later.

We are also going to invite East Deanery parishes and schools to invite members of their communities to participate.

Scecina volleyball team, coachΒ  reach out to injured player

When Cascade High School volleyball star Josie Jones (left, above)* suffered a head injury recently, the Crusaders reached out. Crusaders coach Kevin Griffin's daughter Betsy (right above), a 2013 Scecina graduate, also had suffered a brain injury at age 11.

*The photos were labeled incorrectly in The Weekly last Friday.
Student parking passes

Students who are driving to school will need to buy a 2021-22 parking pass. The cost is $11.

Click here to purchase a pass from the Online Spirit Shop.



Sports passes for Crusaders fans

2021-22 Crusader sports passes are on sale in the athletic office. Passes allow you to enter all Scecina home games that are not city or state tournament games. $75 each or 2 for $125

Raffle for Booster Club
Next drawing coming up!


The next drawing is Oct. 15 for $300. There are 15 drawings left for $100 and $300 each month, and for another grand prize of $1,000 on May 15, 2022.

Get tickets in St. Francis Hall or the athletic office. Or order tickets Β at: scecina.org/booster.
Part-time cafeteria position

Scecina is seeking a part-time cafeteria assistant.

The person for this job will assist in food preparation, serving food to students at lunch, cleaning and stocking the serving line, cleaning dishes and food prep areas, and other duties assigned by the cafeteria manager.
This is an hourly, part-time school year position.

Candidates should call Marty Dugan at 317-352-3235.



Free and Reduced Lunch

Scecina participates in the federal school lunch program. Use these forms to see if your family qualifies.
You can also go to scecina.org/crusader-cafe






Keep your information updated

It is vital that we have up-to-date contact information for all parents and guardians. Many of our communications happen through email, but in case of any emergencies, we need to have at least one phone number we can contact.

If you need to change any of your contact information or add an emergency contact, please send an email to the receptionist, Casady Williamson, at cawilliamson@scecina.org.

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Scecina Memorial High School, established by the Archbishop of Indianapolis, is a co-educational Catholic college and life preparatory school that motivates our diverse and gifted community of students to attain educational excellence, to be lifelong learners, and live as servant leaders in the inspiring footsteps of Father Thomas Scecina.
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