Cheerleading Competition . . .
The St Gabriel cheerleaders won their last competition in Nashville. They won 1st place in the Jr High Division, and then Grand Champion of all school teams, beating several high school teams. With this win, they received a paid bid to a National Championship.

Basketball City Finals. . .
We were proud to send 5 of our basketball teams to the City Finals this weekend!! Congratulations to all the teams and especially those who won their games.
6C Boys
6B Boys
6B Girls

Young Authors . . .
Several students participated in the writing contest, Young Authors.  Only one winner per grade level was sent to the regional judging.  Those first place winners are:

Braxton Flaker- 1st Grade  (The Fox)
Morgan Rohleder- 5th grade ( Sara’s Star)
Julie Eddins- 6th grade ( The Dance of the Iris)
Carter Mattingly, Josh Tisone, Alex Justice ( Super Poems of Super People)

These books were judged against other Catholic Grade schools at St. Andrew Academy on Feb. 18.

Morgan Rohleder- 2nd place
Julie Eddins- 2nd Place
Carter Mattingly, Josh Tisone, and Alex Justice won first place for the West region.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR IMPRESSIVE WRITERS!!!!

Congratulations to our Governor's Cup Team! . . .Again!!!!. . . this time for Regional Competition. . . .
Congratulations to our 7th & 8th Grade Governor's Cup Team who won the overall Regional Tournament for the second year in a row!! The following individuals and teams will advance to the State Tournament in March:

• Claire Schortmann - 5th Place in Language Arts
• George Dailey - 2nd Place in Social Studies and 2nd Place in Arts & Humanities
• Colin Whelan - 1st Place in Science
• Our team won the Hume Sportsmanship Award!
• Quick Recall - Who came in 1st place for the second year in a row!! Quick Recall Members:
  • George Dailey
  • Colin Whelan
  • Mary Robinson
  • Hannah Gartner
  • McKenzie Dowdy
  • John Campbell
  • Josh Tisone
  • Kara Thomas
• Future Problem Solving - Who came in 2nd place and will represent St. Gabriel (for the first time ever?) in State. Future Problem Solving Members:
  • Glen Gnadinger
  • McKenzie Dowdy
  • Kara Thomas
  • Mary Robinson

Congratulations to our Governor's Cup Team! . . .
Congratulations to the 7th/ 8th grade academic team on their participation in the Governor’s Cup District Competition at St. Michael on Saturday, Jan. 23. We knocked out St. Michaels, Ramsey and Carrithers by a pretty good margin. Hopefully, our team will be successful again. Special thanks to coach Chris Huelsman. These students (see more pictures of the event) will advance to Regional Competition on February 9 and 13. Good luck!!

Overall – 1st place
Future Problem solving – 1st place
Quick Recall – 1st place
Science: 1st Glen Gnadinger, 2nd Colin Whelan, 3rd Mary Robinson
Social Studies: 1st George Dailey, 5th Glen Gnadinger
Language Arts: 2nd Claire Schortmann, 3rd Cayla Metzmeier
Arts & Humanities: 1st George Dailey, 3rd Colin Whelan
Written Composition: 2nd (tie) Hannah Gartner and Virginia Kuchenbrod, 4th Cayla Metzmeier

Blanket Louisville . . .
The following article and photo appeared in the Courier Journal, Middletown Neighborhood's Section, on Wednesday, December 3, 2009:

"Sixth grade students at St. Gabriel the Archangel School, 5503 Bardstown Rd. , helped to load over 170 blankets they collectedrecently for homeless persons in the Louisville area. The project titled “Blanket Louisville” involved approximately 87 students in Mrs. Katie Bennett’s sixth grade religion classes and other parish members at St. Gabriel Church. The new and gently used blankets will be distributed to over 20 different area shelters before the Thanksgiving holidays. According to Mrs. Kathy Fehder, co-founder of Blanket Louisville, there are at least 300 families who live on the streets and who do not seek shelter during thewinter season. A group of local volunteers called the “Love Squad” will help to distribute the donations. The organization’s goal this year is to collect 7,500 blankets. For more information, visit the website at www.blanketlouisville.org." 

Congratulation John and John . . .
John Campbell ( 7th gr ) won the school level Geography Bee on January 12th. He will take the written qualifying test for the state level  this week. Congratulations also goes to runner up Johnny Davis (6th grd). Must "bee" something in those names!!!!

Lending a helping hand….
Our Brownie Troop 81 got up early on a Saturday morning to participate in the Brightside Community Cleanup. They were responsible for cleaning one full mile of highway along Southside Drive. All volunteered to do this activity with the help of parent volunteers and troop leaders. The girls were Maya Turner, Megan Perry, Heather Sweet, Samar Seifert, Lindsey Bailey, Zoe Dowell, Sydney Miller, Samantha Miller and Rachael Miller.

Way to go….
On Tuesday, November 24th, our school will receive a trophy for our participation in the Walk for Life. We were second among schools with the most walkers, first with the parish with the most walkers and first with churches with the most donations.



Kudos to Cadette Girl Scout Troop 1945 . . .
Scout troop raisesdmoney for the underprivledged . . Read On!!!

Kudos to Girl Scout Troop 638 . . .
This scout troop worked at the Neighborhood House last month . . .Read On!!