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| Brebeuf Jesuit is Excited to Welcome Tony Dungy to Campus Next Week! Former Indianapolis Colts Super Bowl Winning Head Coach, current analyst for NBC Sports, and 2016 NFL Hall of Fame Inductee Tony Dungy, will be visiting Brebeuf Jesuit on Tuesday, March 22, 2016.
Mr. Dungy will address the Brebeuf community in an all-school convocation where he will discuss his journey as the first African-American coach to win a Super Bowl. Mr. Dungy will speak to the challenges he faced and overcame on his road to success and outline how his philosophy of faith, strength and solidarity can sustain and inspire others. Following Mr. Dungy’s presentation, students will have the opportunity to engage and ask questions during the scheduled Q&A.
Prior to the convocation, Mr. Dungy will be meeting with the Black Student Union in a small group setting.
A full of bio of Mr. Dungy can be found by clicking here.
Please Note: Students are encouraged to wear Colts apparel for the day but regular dress code still applies. The altered schedule for March 22 - Altered Day 1, 35-minute classes
8:15 - 8:50 a.m. - Period 1
8:50 a.m. - Dismissal to Convocation
9:00 - 10:00 a.m. - Convocation
10:10 - 10:45 a.m. - Period 2
10:50 - 11:25 a.m. - Period 3
11:30 a.m. - 12:05 p.m. - Period 4
12:05 - 12:25 p.m. - PRT
12:25 - 1:00 p.m. - Period 5
1:05 - 1:40 p.m. - Period 6
1:45 - 2:20 p.m. - Period 7
2:20 - 2:40 p.m. - PRT
2:40 - 3:15 p.m. - Period 8
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| Wednesday, March 23 - Holy Week All-School Mass
Guest Presider: Archbishop Joseph Tobin
On Wednesday, March 23 at 9:50 a.m., Brebeuf Jesuit's school community will come together to close the Lenten Season with an all-school mass. This meaningful event will be a great way to unite the community in reflection on this season of Lent and Passion. Archbishop Tobin will celebrate mass with our Jesuit community and will visit with students following the mass.
Appropriate convo dress for students is required.
Wednesday, March 23 will follow an Altered Day 2 Schedule:
8:15 - 9:05 a.m. - Period 2
9:10 - 9:40 a.m. - Period 1
9:40 a.m. - Dismissal to Gym
9:50 - 11:10 a.m. - Holy Week Mass
11:20 a.m. - 12:10 p.m. - Period 4
12:10 - 12:35 p.m. - PRT
12:35 - 1:25 p.m. - Period 6
1:30 - 2:00 p.m. - Period 5
2:00 - 2:25 p.m. - PRT
2:25 - 3:15 p.m. - Period 8
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| Speech Team Wins the State Championship!
The Brebeuf Speech Team won the State Championship at Fishers High School on Saturday, March 12. This is the second time in school history that the team has won the prestigious title. The first time was in 2001. Finalists for events were Kevin O’Sullivan '17, placing third in Impromptu and Umayr Shaikh '17, placing sixth in Declamation. Semifinalists were Spencer Wells '18 in Extemp, Umayr Shaik '17 and Zev Burton '18 in Original, and Zev Burton '18 and LeeAnn Cupp '16 in Duo. Congratulations to the Brebeuf Speech Team and Coaches Ferries-Rowe, Parson and Frank.
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| Dance Team Brings Home the State Championship Again!
The Brebeuf Dance Team culminated their 2015/2016 season as State Champions! Brebeuf retained the title of State Champion in AA Jazz and State Runner-Up in AA Hip Hop. This is the team’s fourth state championship in six years under head coach, Ann Coan, and the first for assistant coaches Alex Blackwell and Ambria White. Chloe Delumpa and Marcy Hiller both placed in the top 10 with their senior solos, and finished in the top three with their duet. Senior, Chloe Delumpa, was awarded the honor of Academic All-State as well as one of only five dancers on all teams in the association to be selected for an Indiana High School Dance Team Association college scholarship. Congratulations to all the dancers and coaches on the 2016 State Championship and all of your success this season!
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| friday - MARCH 18, 2016
Day 4
Daily Mass - 7:30 a.m.
Freshman Retreat
Diversity Dialogue - 11:50 a.m. - Auditorium
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MONDAY - MARCH 21, 2016
Day 5
Daily Mass - 7:30 a.m.
Winter Sports Convocation - 7:00 p.m.
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TUESDAY - MARCH 22, 2016
Altered Day 1
Daily Mass - 7:30 a.m.
Convocation for Guest Speaker, Tony Dungy - 9:00 a.m.
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WEDNESDAY - MARCH 23, 2016
Altered Day 2 - Holy Week Mass
No Daily Mass
Holy Week Mass - 9:50 a.m.
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THURSDAY - MARCH 24, 2016
Day 3
Daily Mass - 7:30 a.m.
Asian Fest - 11:10 a.m. - Auditorium
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| friday - MARCH 25, 2016Good Friday - No School/Offices Closed
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|  | The Black Student Union hosted its annual Celebration of Black Culture today, Thursday, March 17 in the Auditorium. The theme for this year’s celebration was The Melting Pot of Africa. Brebeuf students, faculty and staff, and community members enjoyed the event filled with exhibits, music, dance, painting, poetry, and spoken word
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Student Spotlight
NAIM JOHNSON '16 Loves about Brebeuf: One of the best things about Brebeuf are the people. Everyone is so nice and welcoming. During all of my four years at Brebeuf I have been able to see how great people are here. I think it’s rare to find that in a lot of other schools and it shows how the vast majority of people at Brebeuf are so accepting. I think retreats are a good reflection of this because people get to know each other to become not just classmates, but genuine friends. Favorite Class: My favorite class at Brebeuf was my Honors Anatomy and Physiology class with Mrs. McCarter last year, because it was cool to learn about the human body and how it works. I’m really interested in biology too. The labs helped me learn a lot because of the hands-on approach.
Future Plans: I would like to go to medical school and become a sports medicine doctor. I’m not sure yet what college I am going to attend, but I applied to schools mostly in the Midwest, and a couple of places outside of it such as in New Orleans and Maryland. I would like to study biology as an undergraduate. I will probably also keep up with at least one foreign language because I’m currently taking French and Spanish. Depending where I go, I might also play soccer.
Teams & Co-Curriculars: Soccer
Black Student Union
Kenya Club
Intramural Basketball
Community service at the Boys and Girls Club
Club Soccer Random Fact: My grandparents on my mom’s side are from Panama and their parents are from Jamaica. Is Brebeuf as academically rigorous as they say?
I think Brebeuf is pretty rigorous. Teachers can give a lot of work but they make it as manageable as possible because they want to push students to do our best. Teachers want you to succeed. When you have people that care about you so much, them giving you a lot of work isn’t necessarily a bad thing - they are pushing you to do your best. For example, I’m in AP Spanish and we have a lot of work to do but it’s because our teacher wants us to do well on the AP exam.
Would you rather…
Would you rather be Batman or Superman? I would rather be Batman because I think Batman is cooler than Superman and I like his lifestyle more.
Have a pet unicorn or pet dragon? I would rather have a pet dragon because in How to Train Your Dragon it looks cooler to have a dragon.
Travel to see the US sights by RV or helicopter? I would rather see the sights by RV because you could do more and stop more while the helicopter has to stay in the air.
Would you rather spend one year sailing around the world or living in the heart of London? I would rather go sailing for a year because you could see more places and I would want to see more places than just one for a year. Plus, I could be exposed to a lot more cultures.
Would you rather have your own action-figure/doll or a popular YouTube video? I would rather have an action-figure because growing up everyone plays with action-figures and has a dream of having one. It would be cool to have your own.
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College Counseling News
The Coolidge Scholars Program
The Coolidge Scholarship, administered by the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation, is among the most generous in America. The program launches this year and the scholarship is a full-ride presidential scholarship that covers a student’s tuition, room, board, and expenses for four years of undergraduate study and leadership training. The Coolidge may be used by recipients at any American university. Students of all backgrounds, pursuing any academic discipline, may apply to this non-partisan, need-blind, program. Students apply for the Coolidge Scholarship during their junior year of high school. Recipients of the Coolidge Scholarship are notified of their award in late May of their junior year, before college applications begin. Deadline for submission is tomorrow, Friday, March 18.
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High School Placement Test (HSPT) Prep This Summer at Prep @ Brebeuf
Looking for a way to help your middle-schooler prepare for the High School Placement Test (HSPT), the standardized test used in the admissions process by all of the Catholic high schools in Indianapolis? This summer, two of Brebeuf's faculty are helping middle-schoolers learn how to succeed through the HSPT Summer PREP Course as a part of Brebeuf's Prep at Brebeuf Summer Engagement Program. These HSPT Summer Prep Courses will be offered at Brebeuf at four different times this summer:
- June 13-17, 2016 – 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
- June 13-17, 2016 – 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
- June 20-24, 2016 – 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
- June 20-24, 2016 – 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
To take a closer look at the HSPT Summer Prep Course, the instructors and to register for a class, click here.
To browse some of the other exciting summer workshops that are designed to engage and prepare middle-schoolers for the adventures of high school in the Prep at Brebeuf series, click here.
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Final Week for the #BrebeufFoodDrive
There is only ONE week left for the Brebeuf Food Drive. St. Vincent DePaul will send their trucks to pick up donations the morning of Holy Thursday, March 24. This is the last week to bring in donations. Brebeuf had a good showing this past week, but we still are only halfway to our desired goal of filling two trucks.
The need is great. One in seven households in Indiana are food insecure as Indiana has taken longer than the rest of the U.S. to recover from the recession. One in five children in Indiana are living in poverty. As the largest food bank in the Midwest, St. Vincent DePaul is working to feed these families. Over the next year they will provide food for over 200,000 of our city’s working poor. Please consider bringing in a donation before next Thursday.
Heading into the final week, the homeroom leaders are Beck, Spotts, and, Moore. Homeroom classes with the most donations at the conclusion of the drive will receive a pizza party. It’s still a close race, so keep the donations coming and support St. Vincent DePaul.
Remember: Here is How to Help
To contribute to the drive, send any canned food items to Brebeuf Jesuit with a Brebeuf student, who will deliver the items to their homeroom collection. To contribute monetarily (Make checks out to: St. Vincent de Paul, memo: Food Pantry), bring donations of support to the front lobby desk at Brebeuf Jesuit.
By coming together during this food drive, the entire Brebeuf Jesuit community can make an incredible difference in the lives of thousands in need here in Indianapolis. Let’s bring in those cans to your student’s homeroom and support St. Vincent de Paul’s food pantry.
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Progress Reports
Teachers have posted Progress Reports to the Reports tab in the Portals. To view these reports, click on More and then Reports.
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For more detailed information about your child’s grade, selecting Scores while viewing your child’s progress report will give you the most recent information regarding your child’s academic progress.
Questions regarding academic performance should be directed to the classroom teacher.
Any technical concerns can be directed to Amy Pitcher at apitcher@brebeuf.org, or Jen Wagle at jwagle@brebeuf.org.
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| Prom 2016 - "Starry Night"
Brebeuf Jesuit's 2016 Prom - "Starry Night", will be held on Saturday, April 16 from 7:30 - 11:00 p.m. at The Willows (6729 Westfield Blvd.).
Prom ticket sales will be in the Dean's Office from Monday, March 28 - Thursday, March 31 and cost $50 per person.
After-Prom, hosted by the Mothers Association, is included in the price of the ticket. After-Prom will be held at Brebeuf Jesuit from 11:30 p.m. - 1:30 a.m.
Students must arrive to Prom by 8:00 p.m. with their school ID. If a student is bringing a non-Brebeuf guest to Prom, the student must fill out a guest form which is available in the Dean’s Office. Guest forms are due for approval before tickets are purchased and will not be accepted after Thursday, March 31.
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| Brebeuf Teacher Sherry Annee and Emma Mazurek '17 further Science Research Brebeuf science teacher, Sherry Annee, recently accepted an invitation to be a member of Bio-Rad’s Explorer Educational Advisory Board. Bio-Rad is a science research company. The board provides insight and dialogue on key trends and best practices in science education. As a member of the Board, Mrs. Annee will also travel to California in August for a two-day collaborative meeting. In addition to being a member of Bio Rad’s Explorer Educational Advisory Board, Mrs. Annee attended the Molecular Medicine in Action (MMIA) conference earlier this week on Sunday, March 13 and Monday, March 14 at the Wells Center for Pediatric Research with Brebeuf Jesuit student Emma Mazurek ’17. Mrs. Annee is the teacher chair of the MMIA which is a hands-on program for high school teachers and students to experience the methods scientists use. Emma was one of 50 Indiana high school students selected to attend the conference with all expenses paid. Congratulations to both Mrs. Annee and Emma.
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| Convo Dress for Holy Week Mass
On Wednesday, March 23, Brebeuf Jesuit will be celebrating Holy Week Mass with Archbishop Tobin. Students are required to wear convocation (convo) dress for the day.
Please remember the guidelines for Convocation Dress:
- Boys: Wear dress shirts, a tie, dress pants, and a belt.
- Girls: Wear skirts or dresses that touch their knees, or dress slacks and a top.
Students not following convocation dress will be given a JUG. For more information on the dress code, please reference the 2015-2016 Student Handbook.
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| Brebeuf Students Heading to Iceland
Brebeuf students Sai Chalasani ‘19, Reed Rouch ‘19, and Maggie Molander ‘19 will be attending the Global Leadership Conference on the Science of Sustainability in Northern Iceland and will be traveling starting tomorrow, Friday, March 18 - Sunday, March 27.
These students will be meeting with advocates of energy such as William Kamkwamba, author of The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, Steven Chu, former Secretary of Energy in the White House, Ann Makosinski, a Google Science Fair winner and inventor, Jessica O. Matthews, an inventor and entrepreneur, and the Our Children's Trust non-profit group.
All three students have submitted projects as part of the conference. Maggie was selected as an intern and will speak in front of people from all over the U.S and Iceland. The students will also be visiting geysers, waterfalls, hot springs, and see the northern lights, all while spreading awareness for unsafe climate change in the world today.
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| Diversity Dialogue - March 18 A special diversity dialogue will be happening tomorrow, Friday, March 18, during Period 6 (11:50 a.m - 12:50 p.m.) in the Auditorium. This diversity dialogue is being sponsored by the SAGE Club. The focus of this dialogue is the topic of sexism and whether it is an issue within our school community. The club intends to explore this topic through the lenses of the following issues: - Dress Code
- Gender gaps in STEM classes
- Reactions to the term “feminism” within the school
A panel of club members will frame the issues and jumpstart the discussion.
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| Asian Fest - March 24
Asian Fest will be on Thursday, March 24 from 11:10 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. in the Auditorium. There will be food from both Panda Express and Amber Indian, as well as shows by Brebeuf students and a wide variety of snacks and games. Don't miss this special event.
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| Dance Team Call-out Meeting & Tryouts
Are you interested in joining the Brebeuf Dance Team next year? A call-out meeting for the 2016 - 2017 Brebeuf Dance Team will be on Monday, March 28 at 4:00 p.m. in the Athletic Department Hospitality Room.
The meeting is for dancers interested in trying out for the team and will last about 20 minutes. If you have any questions please contact Head Coach Ann Coan at acoan@brebeuf.org.
Brebeuf Dance Team 2016 - 2017 Tryouts will be held:
Monday, April 25 at 4:00 - 5:30p.m. - Hip Hop Clinic
Wednesday, April 27 at 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. - Jazz/Technique Clinic and Hip Hop Review
Friday, April 29 at 4:00 p.m. - Tryouts for all
**Please Note: Those who have a conflict on any day please contact head coach Ann Coan to make alternate arrangements: acoan@brebeuf.org.
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| Cheerleading Tryout Information for the 2016-2017 Football Season Cheerleading Tryouts will be held on Wednesday, March 23, beginning at 4:00 p.m. sharp.
Please arrive in black shorts and a Brebeuf t-shirt (no spandex please).
Hair should be in a ponytail with a hair bow.
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Brebuef Crew Call-out Meeting
Are you interested in joining the Brebeuf Crew Team? Then come to the Brebeuf Crew Team call-out meeting on Thursday, March 24 at the Riviera Club (5640 N, Illinois St.). New and Novice team members and parents are welcome to come for the meeting at 6:00 p.m. and returning members and parents should come at 6:45 p.m.
Brebeuf Crew is part of the multi-school junior rowing program at the Indianapolis Rowing Center. Please come and see what Crew is all about at Brebeuf.
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Brebeuf Bistro - Carafes & Canvas Car Raffle Winner One of the most popular items at the 2016 Brebeuf Bistro - Carafes & Canvas on Saturday, February 27 was one that could not be carried home. A new 2016 Ford Mustang was raffled off courtesy of Andy Mohr Automotive. Brebeuf parent Michelle Murphy was the winner of the new car and they recently picked out a red Ford Mustang. Congratulations!
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| Brebeuf Bowlers Named to Academic All-State Teams
The Indiana High School Bowling Program (IHSB) recently named the 2015-2016 Academic All-State Teams for Boys and Girls. Brebeuf Jesuit had the most students out of any school chosen for the teams with a total of seven students. Congratulations to Brebeuf Jesuit seniors William Belcher, Holden Graham, Daniel Hipskind, Alec Kersteff, Elliott Moore, Julianna Connelly, and Meredith Ringel for being named to the Academic All-State Teams. A total of 33 boys and 28 girls were selected for the teams and were eligible to compete for the annual All-State Scholarship Tournament on Saturday, March 5. In order to have been nominated to Academic All-State Teams students had to be a senior, competed in a least one varsity game, have a minimum GPA of 3.5, and have a minimum SAT score of 1500 or ACT score of 22. Congratulations to the Brebeuf’s Academic All-State bowlers.
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| Brebeuf's Choral Director, Matthew Tippel, to Conduct Choir and Orchestra for Requiem
Brebeuf Jesuit Choral Director, Matthew Tippel, will conducting a 50-piece choir and orchestra for a performance of Requiem for the Living by Dan Forrest this Sunday, March 20 at 3:00 p.m. at Allisonville Christian Church. This powerful five-movement work projects a wide range of meaningful expression, from a biting essay on the vanity and pain of mankind to a plea for mercy, and finally a celebration of eternal light. The performance will feature the Allisonville Christian Church Choir, Central Christian Church Choir, Indianapolis First Friends Meeting Choir, Cross and Crown Lutheran Church Choir, and the Allisonville Orchestra. Admission is free. Congratulations to Mr. Tippel.
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Brebeuf Athletics - Sports ReportClick the link below to access the Brebeuf Jesuit Sports Report.
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