Good Afternoon Hawk Families,

Thank you to all our students and staff who donated blood last Friday during our EMR sponsored blood drive. Thanks to all who attended the musical last weekend! It was a great performance and glad that we were able to get the audio worked out for the Saturday and Sunday show. Thanks to all who attended and organized the Gibault Women's Club Poker Run on Sunday! It was a fun, successful afternoon.

Monday evening was a beautiful evening for baseball! Our JV and Varsity teams both walked away with a win! It was great seeing so many Gibault fans in the stands cheering on the Hawks! Thanks to all who attended!

Thanks to all who turned in change and bills for Kelsie's Hope for Sock it to Cancer Week here at Gibault. We had crazy sock day on Wednesday and students brought in money all week. The homeroom with the most money will win a donut breakfast!

We had some Senior Night activities this week! We celebrated our softball and track seniors on Wednesday night, and our soccer players are being celebrated tonight. Baseball seniors will be recognized on Monday, May 6th. Congratulations to all our spring season Senior athletes!.

On Wednesday our seniors joined seniors from our other 2 diocesan high schools for the Baccalaureate Mass at the Cathedral. Congratulations to Allison Stark, the 2024 Gibault Catholic High School recipient of the Bishop’s Discipleship Award! This award is presented to one senior from each of the diocesan high schools who exhibits a strong Catholic identity, both in school and in their community. After Mass, our seniors and their parents and special guests enjoyed a wonderful luncheon courtesy of an anonymous donor and was served by Gibault's Women Club. Thank you to both our donor and the GWC!

April Athlete of the Month Congratulations to the following students for being nominated Athlete of the Month for April:

Ryan Biffar: Track-Ryan always has a positive attitude and encourages his teammates to succeed. Ryan has recently pr'd in the Men’s 200m and 100m, and he finished first in the 400m at the Bi-County Track Meet.

Tyler Frierdich: Baseball Tyler moved to the top of the order and has just been getting on base. He leads the team in batting average and slugging percentage and is working on trying to break the school record for stolen bases in a season. Tyler has been a big part of our success since his freshman year.

Libby Mesch: Softball Libby has shown great leadership over the last month and is leading the team in pitching with 2 wins. She leads the team with a .542 batting average and a slugging percentage of over 1000. She has 3 homeruns this season and has driven in 11 RBIs. Libby is a team player and delivers in clutch moments for the team.

Aubry Thomas: Soccer Aubry has 8 goals and 5 assists this season. She has been a leader and really solidified the midfield for the team. Aubry plays every minute of every game.

Prom Court Congratulations to this year’s Gibault Catholic Prom Court! Our king and queen will be crowned at our prom this Friday evening. Libby Mesch, Hannah Perjak, Ling Pace, Grace Barrett, Elseah Congiardo, & Sydney Simonton, Paul Steingruby, Alonzo McIntosh, Lee Vermeulen, Andy Altes, Brock Murphy, Konnor Cartee.

Prom Prom 2024 is tomorrow night! Doors open at 6:30PM at The Falls in Columbia. Thank you to Mrs. Knittig and the Junior Class for planning and organizing the event.

Post Prom You don’t want to miss all the fun at the Post Prom Party. Doors open at 10:30 pm for all registered Gibault students and their guests. Everyone stays up all night until 4 am.Wear some comfy clothes and send in your music requests to listen to your favorite tunes through the night.

Unlock the doors of two different Escape Rooms.

Try Human Whack-A-Mole, and inflatable obstacle course, Human Foosball, and life size connect four games in the gym. Dodgeball anyone? We have it!

Maybe an awesome art project or some photo booth shenanigans to take home. Are you a poker player or blackjack shark? Along with all the fun there will be pizza, tacos, snow cones, sweet treats, soda, coffee bar and more to fuel the fun all night long.

If you are wanting to help chaperone, here is the sign up link for that: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F044BABAE23A3FC1-48985692-2024

Spring Concert Our Spring Concert is Sunday, May 5th at 7PM. All are invited to attend!

Stress Busters at Waterloo Library On Sunday, May 5 from 12:00-5:00pm the entire library will be reserved for quiet study time only. To relax and take a break from studying, we will have a therapy dog at 1:30pm, a yoga session at 2:30pm, and a therapy cat at 3:30pm on Sunday. Then, on Tuesday, May 14 from 3:00-8:30pm there will be a quiet & dedicated space for studying. We will have a therapy dog at 5:00pm. The library will provide snacks and a coffee bar both days. There is an image below with details.

Students for Life Students for Life are collecting new baby items for LifeNetwork. Please place items such as diapers, wipes, or anything infant/toddler related in the bins near the office. The class that collects the most items by May 10th wins ice cream treats.

Student Activities Board Student Activities Board applications are open! All rising sophomores, juniors, and seniors who are not in Student Council are eligible to apply to SAB. Applications are due to Mrs. Kovarik by May 8th. Printed copies are available in the front office.

Student Council 2024-24 Student Council applications are available in the office or you can see Mrs. Knittig. Applications are due May 10.

Re-Enrollment for the 2024-2025 School Year Re-Enrollment is now open! As a reminder the re-enrollment fee has increased to $125 as of May 1, 2024. To complete our online reenrollment process, you will access our Family Portal through your existing login. If you do not have a login, please follow the Instructions for Creating a Family Portal Login listed below.

To access Family Portal:

• Please go to FACTS Family Portal
• Type in your username and password. If you have forgotten your username or password, please click on the link provided
• Go to left-side Navigation Menu
• Click on Apply/Enroll
• Click on Enrollment/Reenrollment

Our Enrollment system will open with a link to the enrollment packet. The process should take approximately 15 minutes to complete. Your information will be saved if you need to quit and come back later. This is also a great time to review, edit or update your information. If you have any questions, please contact our office, or email Mrs. Day (kday@gibaulthawks.com)

Here are a few other reminders:

IMPORTANT:

- ALL students must complete the re-enrollment packet. You can select "will not enroll" if you do not wish to enroll your student for next year, but please indicate their enrollment status one way or another.

- Re-enrollment packets must be completed by April 30, 2024. The initial cost to re-enroll your student is $75. After April 30, the cost to re-enroll your student will be $125.

- *To complete the re-enrollment process, you must submit a FACTS re-enrollment packet AND have your current balance paid in full by June 30. Students who do not have their balance paid by June 30, 2024 will not be permitted to return for the 2024-2025 school year. If you have questions regarding your balance, please email Mrs. Lanham.

Concession Stand Our spring sport schedules begin next week. We would love to be able to offer a small concession stand at our girl softball games and girl soccer games. If you would be willing to be the lead person for that sport, please reach out to me as soon as possible. Being the lead, does not mean that you work the stand the whole game and every game. It simply means you have it ready to go, get the volunteers who signed up for that game ready to go, and then close it up at the end.

Each athlete's parent(s) is expected to work at least one shift over the school year. You can find the link is in every Hawk Happenings newsletter. (https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040D4AAEA72DA5F94-concession). Thank you to all who have already signed up!

Alumni Association Calling all Hawk Alumni! We are #gibaultproud to announce our new alumni association! Click on the link below to update your contact information so we can keep you updated on alumni news and events! Be sure to like our page and share this post so we can reach as many Gibault alum as possible! Once a Hawk, Always a Hawk!

https://gibaulthawks.com/alumni/

Give STL Day Mark your calendars for Give STL Day on May 9. Early giving is now open if you wish to donate today. Thanks in advance for your kindness! https://buff.ly/4ddhGSz

Gibault's Summer Classic Golf Tournament It’s TWO months until the Gibault Summer Golf Classic! There are lots of ways to show your support of this event!

Gather a team!

Sponsor our event! Sponsorships begin at $125!

Donate a prize for our raffles! (Gift cards, sports tickets, golf gear, or cash donations to purchase items)

Full event info here: https://summerclassic.givesmart.com

Custodian Help Needed We are in need of some custodian help for a few hours a day if you or someone you know wants to help out temporarily. Please contact me if you are interested.

Summer Service Hours Opportunity Volunteers are needed for the SS. Peter & Paul Vacation Bible School this summer. VBS is June 17-21 from 9am – noon. This year’s theme is SCUBA – Diving into friendship with God. Scan the QR code on the flyer in the office to sign up.

Peace and Blessings,

Sarah Lanham

Thurs. May 2-FFA Banquet

Fri. May 3-No school; Prom and Post Prom

Sun. May 5- Spring Concert @ 7PM

Mon. May 6-Adoration 11:15AM-12:15PM

Mon. May 13-Adoration 11:15AM-12:15PM; Senior Final Exams

Tues. May 14-Senior Final Exams

Wed. May 15-Senior Final Exams

Thurs. May 16- Men's Club @7:30PM

Fri. May 17Graduation Practice and Pictures; Awards Ceremony @1:15PM; Awards Night @7PM

Mon. May 20-Finals begin for Fresh, Soph. Juniors; Graduation

Tues. May 21-Finals for Fresh, Soph. Juniors; Women's Club @ 7PM

Wed. May 22-Finals for Fresh, Soph. Juniors

Thurs. May 23-Finals for Fresh, Soph. Juniors-Last Day of School

For complete year calendar, please visit our website.

Bryan Kennedy

Jenny Candler

Please remember these individuals and their loved ones in your daily prayers.

If you would like to add someone to the prayer list, please email details to slanham@gibaulthawks.com

Monday, April 29 was scheduled to be a busy day, but the skies opened up the day before, and softball, girls’ soccer, and track were all cancelled. Thank goodness for turf! The boys JV and varsity baseball teams were at Grizzlie Stadium, where they both got their contests in against the Redbirds of Alton. The Junior Hawks came away with an impressive 14-3 win, while varsity won by the score of 8-1.

Tuesday, April 30 had varsity baseball at home against the Lancers of Belleville East, with East coming out on top by the score of 10-2.

Wednesday, May 1 had varsity softball and baseball both at home against the Knights of Mater Dei, with both teams suffering defeats at the hands of the Knights. The Junior Hawks baseball team travelled to Mater Dei, and kept their hot streak alive with a 9-5 win on the road. Lady Hawks soccer travelled to Father McGivney, but were shutout by the score of 7-0.

Thursday, May 2 was another day that was impacted by weather. The Lady Hawks soccer squad was scheduled for a home contest at Oerter Park, but will travel to Belle-Clair Soccer Park in Belleville to get their game in on turf. The varsity baseball and softball teams were both scheduled to travel to Nashville, which missed the brunt of the weather and have their diamonds ready to go. The Junior Hawks baseball team, scheduled for a home contest, tagged along to Nashville and will play their game there as well.

Friday and Saturday we’ll be at the Prom, or catching up on sleep from being at the Prom. Either way, no sports are scheduled until next week.

Playoffs are just around the corner, it’s about to get busy!!

Monday, May 6-Varsity Baseball @home @4:30 PM SENIOR NIGHT

Track @ Nashville @2:30PM

Tuesday, May 7-JV Baseball @home @4:30PM

Softball @ Dupo @4:30PM

Wednesday, May 8-Varsity Baseball @Dupo @ 4:30PM

JV Baseball @ New Athens @ 4:30PM

Thursday, May 9-Softball @ Fr. McGivney @ 4:30PM

Girls Track Sectionals

Friday, May 10-Baseball @ Carlyle @ 4:30PM

Track @ Gillespie

The Booster Club could grow into more opportunities if the help is there. If you are interested in helping Jonella and Mike Donius with the concession, or have an idea for the Booster Club that you would like to help bring to life, please reach out to Mr. Montgomery, Mike or Jonella Donius (jmdonius@me.com), or myself.

Please share with anyone that you know who is interested in becoming a Hawk!

Shadows are open now. Parents should fill out our inquiry form to request a shadow or tour. Here is the link for that. https://gchs-il.client.renweb.com/oa/inquiry.cfm?memberid=15772

Melissa Schuchardt is the Gibault Women's Club President this year. Also, Patty DeRousse and Beth Johns will be serving this year as Co-Vice Presidents.

Their email address is: GWC@gibaulthawks.com.

Also, check out their Facebook Page for details about events for the year at Gibault Catholic High School Women's Club, https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100057560224565.

Their meetings will be held at 7PM the 3rd Monday of each month (with the exception of Jan. & Feb.) in the Teacher's Lounge.

The Gibault Men's Club meets every 3rd Thursday of the month at 7:30PM in the Teacher's Lounge.

Email: slanham@gibaulthawks.com
Website: www.gibaulthawks.com
Location: 501 Columbia Avenue, Waterloo, IL, USA
Phone: 618-939-3883
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GibaultCatholic