Pack the Chapel Weekly Events
Everyone is always welcome to join in prayer during these times:- Items will be posted here as they become available
View the Student Meeting Calendar
- Flex Day Schedule: March 9: Following Period 2. Students will be dismissed to the gym by class for guest speaker Darin Odier.
- Investment Club Guest Speaker: March 10 (Tues) - all are welcome: Mr. Schmitz, private banker, will be a guest speaker on Tues, March 10, from 7:45-8:30 am in Room 310. Snacks provided! Info & RSVP here
- Final Ski Club Outing - sign up by March 9: See Ms. Surinak email for signup link. On Fri, March 13, check in at 2:45 pm in the Cafeteria. See Mr. Knight or Ms. Surinak for more info.
- Latinos Unidos Meeting - March 10 (Tues): 8am in Silas West. See Sra. Arteaga for more info.
- Improv 'March Madness' Show -March 11 (Wed): 7pm in the Theater Room. It's FREE! Swing by and see a great show.
- Dad's Day Breakfast - March 17: Archbishop Thompson will be the speaker. Don't forget to remind your Dad (and/or mom, grandparent, etc.). Info & RSVP
- Summer Driver's Ed Class - Registration is now open: Details and online registration
College / Career / Enrichment Corner
View the College & Career Roadmap Junior Class March College Newsletter Northside College Fair: March 11 - 6 -8:00 pm Explore majors, campus opportunities and meet college reps for over 100 colleges. Held at the Carmel HS Greyhound Activity Center. Event is free but registration is required. Summer Programs- Shadowing a medical career at Ascension Health
- Notre Dame Pre-College Online Courses
- Carmel Mayor's Youth Council applications are due March 1
- View these and other opportunities on the Leadership & Enrichment Page: Just added Carmel Mayor's Youth Council applications are due March 1
Senior College News
Christian Service Opportunities
Area 1 Opportunities: Service to BCHS, Parish or Faith Community
- Peer Tutor Club: If you are in National Honors Society/Spanish National Honors Society/SUMMA, need service hours, or just want to help your fellow classmates, then you can join the Peer Tutor Club! Fill out the survey! Someone from Guidance will be in touch with you when someone is looking for a tutor. Sign up here
- BCHS Mass Setup (each week): BCHS Campus Ministry could use help setting up for Mass each week. Meet in the main gym during Silas to help out and earn an Area 1 Service Hour!
- Christ the King Babysitting - April 17: Christ the King is looking for students interested in babysitting in Tuohy Hall on April 17th from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. as part of their Families of Young Children Date Night. Sign up here!
- St. Matthew's Church Opportunities: St. Matthew's could use your help. Contact Mrs. Pam Fleming (pfleming@saintmatt.org) if you are interested!
- Children’s Liturgy of the Word during the 9:30 am Mass
- Shepherd's FLOCK, a program designed to help adults with developmental disabilities grow in their spiritual life. The group meets monthly on a rotating basis from 6:00 to 7:30 pm
- IHM Sunday School Help: Immaculate Heart is looking for students to assist with their Sunday Family Faith (Sunday school) program. They meet on Sundays from 10:30-11:45. Contact Ms. Blandford (kblandford@ihmindy.org) for more info or to sign up!
- Contact your Parish for service opportunities.
Area 2 Opportunities: Service rooted in Catholic Social Teaching
- Clothe-a-Child - March 14: the Indianapolis Optimists Club will host a Clothe-a-Child event where children from the East 10 Street After Care Program are invited to shop for spring and summer clothes and shoes. The event will take place at the Castleton JC Penny store. Volunteers are needed to help children shop for new clothes. Be a buddy to a child in need. Contact Mrs. Burke at 317-432-8326 or betsy.burke@sbcglobal.net if you are interested.
- Second Helpings - March 17: Join Ms. O'Brien to serve at 2nd Helpings on Tuesday, March 17th from 3:30 to 7:30! Sign up here!
- Servants at Work: Servants at Work could use help building handicap-accessible ramps. This is a great organization that not only serves others but also teaches carpentry skills. About Servants at Work. Here is a video of what to expect. Sign up here to help!
- AYS (At Your School): This not-for-profit student-support organization working with students at St. Lawrence School is looking for volunteers for their before and after-school programming.
- View more information
- Sign up here: (Click the link at the bottom that says "Service Work Students."
- Fatima Retreat House February Opportunities : Volunteers needed to help serve meals for folks on retreat. Many times and dates. Sign Up Here
- Serve at Gleaners*
- Serve at St. Vincent de Paul*
- Volunteer at Ascension Health/ Peyton Manning Children's Hospital*
- View Christian Service requirements for the school year
- Remember: Semester II service hours are due April 24, 2026.
News Worth Repeating
- T-Shirt Design Contest: Do you have an idea for a shirt that you'd like to see in the Spirit Shop?Submit your design here Your Chatard-focused designs will be accepted throughout the year, with hopes for a new design each semester. Details can be found on the form link above. Questions? Contact Mr. Reel
- Free SAT, AP, and Math Tutoring via Schoolhouse.world for grades 8-12. Free tutoring for SATs, math courses, and Advanced Placement (AP) courses. Live small-group tutoring via Zoom will focus on SAT reading, writing, and math as well as AP course tutoring in calculus, statistics, chemistry, biology, physics, and computer science.
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3:30 pm Speech Team Practice (Room 306)
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10:34 am Class Mass: Seniors
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3:30 pm Gaming Club (Room 203)
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Roadmap to College/Career
Study Tips- Class Schedule: The schedule of classes can be found on the Bishop Chatard website and the student news app. Students only need to complete coursework for the classes scheduled on the cancellation date.
- Course Format: Students will use their iPads or other electronic devices to access course content via Canvas. Classes scheduled for the canceled day will continue in a virtual format.
- Pacing: Students can work through their assignments at their own pace, but they must adhere to due dates set by their teachers.
Attendance Procedure
- Each teacher will post an attendance form on their Canvas page, either a Google Form or Canvas Quiz.
- Failure to complete this form by 10 am will result in being marked unexcused for that class, and any submitted work may not receive credit.
Coursework Submission
- Students must complete and submit all assignments as defined by their teachers, adhering to the teacher’s specified deadlines.
Teacher Availability:
- Teachers will be available for questions from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm via email or the Canvas discussion board.
- Teachers will respond to student inquiries within one hour.
Harassment can result from a single incident or from a pattern of behavior in which the purpose or effect is to create a hostile, offensive, or intimidating environment. Harassment encompasses a broad range of verbal or physical behavior that can include, but is not limited to, the following:
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- Physical or mental abuse, bullying, hazing, shunning
- Direct or indirect threats, intimidation, assault
- Racial or religious insults
- Derogatory ethnic slurs
- Sexual comments or sexual jokes
- Sexual advances
- Touching of a sexual nature (caressing)
- Graffiti of a sexual nature
- Displaying or distributing sexually explicit drawings, pictures and written material
- Sexual gestures
- Touching oneself sexually or talking about one’s sexual activity in front of others
- Using websites as a vehicle for any type of physical or mental abuse
- Spreading rumors about or rating other students as to sexual activity or performance.
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